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WALDEGRAVB. 89 Karldom. 4 and 5. Gkorob (Waldboravb), Eaiil Waldb- jy ORAYE, &0., 1ft I. and b.(>) ; b. 23 Not. 1751 ; iijfUd ' 1784 ^ISCOOHT Grbwton, 1769-84 ; entered the 8d Foot Quarde, Barony. ' 1768 ; being Capt of the Coldatream Foot Quarde. 1778 ; Y Lieut-Col. 87ih Foot, 1779, and CoL oC the 83d Foot, 1788, ^ * J and of the 1 4th Foot, 1789 ; was M.P. for Newcaatle-under- Lyne, 1774-80 ; Vice Chamberlain of the Household 1782-84 ; Aide-de-Cainp to the King 1782 ; me. to the peeragef as aboTe, 22 Oct 1784 ; Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort^ 1784. He m. 5 May 1782, at Qloucester House, Qroevenor square (the residence of her mother, then Duchess of Qloucester), Elisabeth Laura, Ipt da. and coheir of his paternal uncle, James (Waloioravr), 2d Barl Waldioratb, by his 2il wife, Maria illegit da. of the Hon. Sir Edward Walfolb, K.B. He d. 17 Oct 1789, at Lord Aylesford's seat, at Paokington Magna, 00. Warwick, and was bur. there, in his 38th Tear. Admon. Nov. 1789. His widow, who was 6. 26 March 1760, d, at Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, co. Midi., 29 Jan. and was bur. 9 Feb. 1816, at Packington afM., aged 66. Burial reg. at Twickenham. Will pr. 1816. Borldom. ^ V. Barony. VI. 5 and 6, Gborob (Waldbgravb), Earl WAiiOB- aBATB, ke, 1st s. and h.; 6. 13 July 1784, and bap, at St 1789. ^^yl«bone; itpled Visoodiit Chiwtoii till he sue to ike peerage, as above, 17 Oct 1789 ; ed. at Eton, where he was aoctdently drowned in the Thames, 29 June 1794, in his 10th year, being bur, in the chapel of Eton College. Barldom. ' $ and 7. John Jambs (Waldbqravb), Earl yj Waloioravi, Ac, next br. and h. ; 6. 81 July and bap, 1794 ^^ ^"S* 1786, at Navestock ; eue. to the peerage^ 29 June Barony. 1794 ; ed. at Eton ; joined the army (3d F<Hjt Guards) 1802 ; y^l* served in the Peninsula, in Flanders, and was present at the ^^^* ^ battle of Waterloo (for which he received a medal), being Lieut. Col. of the 54th Foot, 1812-19. He m. at Paris, 30 Oct 1816>(^) Anne, da. of William Kino, of Hastings, co. Sussex, a Lady by whom he had already had a family. He d 31 July 1885, at Strawberry Hill afsd., aged 60. Will pr. Jan. 1836. His widow m. 2 Feb. J 839, at St Mary's Bryanston square, Algernon HiOK8| of Henrietta street, Cavendish square. She d, 22 Aug. 1862, aged 62. Barldom. VII. Barony. VIII. 7 and 8, Osorob Edward (Waidbgravb), Earl Waldroravi, &a, Ist legit s. of his parents and h. ; b, 1835 ^ ^^^' *^ ^^' ^^ ^^^^ 1816, at Twickenham ; etjfled ' VnoouRT CHSwroR, till he $ue, to the peerage, as above, 31 July 1885 ; ed. at Cambridge. He m. 28 Sep. 1840, Frances Elisabeth Anne, widow of his elder but illegit br., James Henry WaldrOravr, of Navestock nfsd., da. of John BRAHAif,(c) by (- ), da. of ( — ) Bolton, of Ardwick, near Manchester. He d B.p. at his seat, Harptree Court, 00. Somerset, 28 Sep. and was 6ur. 7 Oct. 1846, at Navestock, aged 30.(<*) Will dat 16 Oct 1846, pr. 21 Oct. 1846, under £20,000 (i^) His yr. br. Admiral the Hon. Sir William Wiildegrave, G.O.B., was er, 20 Dea 1800, Baron Kadstock of Castletown [1.] (^) They were remarried 12 June 1816, at Twickenham, 00. Midi., she being (rishtly) described as " Anne, Countess Waldegrave." <«) He, who was a celebrated tenor singer, was 6. in London, being sou of a German Jew (Abraham ?), and d 17 Feb. 1866, aged about 82. (<>) " By his conduct both at the Univ. of (Cambridge and in London he soon proved that he had not arrived at years of discretion. His wild eioesses were wont to adorn the records of Uie police courts, and made his name unfortunately notorious. The sale, in 1842, of [should be *' at^" for the house itself, and the land a^oining were not sold] the villa of Strawberry Hill, and the dispersal of the Museum of Horace Walpole were the result of his pecuniary difficulties. ' [OetU, Mag,]