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Horace Beauchamp Seymour
Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour KCH (22 November 1791 – 23 November 1851) was an English army officer and Tory politician. Life Horace Seymour was the son of Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour (son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) and Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave. At the Battle of Waterloo, Seymour was aide-de-camp to the cavalry commander Lord Uxbridge and was reported to have killed more men at the battle than any other single individual. He carried the wounded Uxbridge from the battlefield, after he was hit by grapeshot from a cannon. Seymour later recalled that when hit Uxbridge cried out "I have got it at last," to which the Duke of Wellington replied "No? Have you, by God?" Going into politics as a Peelite, Seymour was Member of Parliament for Lisburn 1819–1826, Orford (1820), Bodmin (1826–1832), Midhurst (1841–45), Antrim (1845–1847), and Lisburn again, 1847–1851. Family Seymour married, firstly, Elizabeth Malet Palk, daughter of Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Beauchamp Seymour (1791-1851) By William Egley (1798-1870), After Jeab-Baptiste Isabey
Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour KCH (22 November 1791 – 23 November 1851) was an English army officer and Tory politician. Life Horace Seymour was the son of Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour (son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) and Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave. At the Battle of Waterloo, Seymour was aide-de-camp to the cavalry commander Lord Uxbridge and was reported to have killed more men at the battle than any other single individual. He carried the wounded Uxbridge from the battlefield, after he was hit by grapeshot from a cannon. Seymour later recalled that when hit Uxbridge cried out "I have got it at last," to which the Duke of Wellington replied "No? Have you, by God?" Going into politics as a Peelite, Seymour was Member of Parliament for Lisburn 1819–1826, Orford (1820), Bodmin (1826–1832), Midhurst (1841–45), Antrim (1845–1847), and Lisburn again, 1847–1851. Family Seymour married, firstly, Elizabeth Malet Palk, daughter of Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stephen Poyntz
William Stephen Poyntz (20 January 1770 – 8 April 1840) was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1800 and 1837. Early life Poyntz was the son of William Poyntz of Midgham (d.1809) by his wife Isabella (d.1805), daughter and co-heir of Kellond Courtenay of Painsford in Devon. His father, the eldest son of the courtier and diplomat Stephen Poyntz, was a brother of Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer, and hence William Stephen Poyntz's paternal first cousins were George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough. His maternal first cousins and brothers-in law (through the marriages of his sisters Isabella and Carolina) were Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork, and Vice-Admiral Sir Courtenay Boyle. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1787. Career In June 1800, Poyntz was elected at a by-election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans and held the seat until the 1807 gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leslie Foster
John Leslie Foster, FRS (c. 1781 – 10 July 1842) was an Irish barrister, judge and Tory Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament. In 1830 he was appointed a Baron of the Court of Exchequer of Ireland. He was the son of William Foster, Bishop of Clogher (1744-1797) and nephew of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and St John's College, Cambridge. Early life After his father's death while he was about sixteen, his uncle, John Foster, oversaw his further education, encouraged him to travel and employed him (presumably part-time) as his private secretary (in an office for the loss of which he was later compensated on the Union with Great Britain with an annuity of £10 5s). Taking advantage of a respite in hostilities between Britain and France thanks to the Treaty of Amiens, he visited Paris in April 1802 where he attended a levée, was presented to Napoleon and noted that the splendour of the court of the Tuileries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Walpole
Sir Edward Walpole KB PC (Ire) (1706 – 12 January 1784) was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742. Early life The second son of Sir Robert Walpole, he was educated at Eton (1718) and King's College, Cambridge (1725) and studied law at Lincoln's Inn (1723), where he was called to the bar in 1727. He undertook a Grand Tour in Italy in 1730. Political career Walpole first entered Parliament as Member for Lostwithiel in a by-election on 29 April 1730, following the death of Sir Edward Knatchbull earlier that month. He was appointed junior Secretary to the Treasury the same year. On 2 May 1734, in the next general election, he succeeded his uncle Horatio Walpole as Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, retaining the seat for nearly 34 years until the 1768 election, when his first cousin the Hon. Richard Walpole (son of Lord Walpole of Wolterton) replaced him. On 7 September 1737 the Duke of Devonsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave
James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave, (168411 April 1741) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria, Austria and British Ambassador to France, France. Life Waldegrave was the son of the Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave and Henrietta Waldegrave, Baroness Waldegrave, Henrietta FitzJames, the illegitimate daughter of James II of England, James II and Arabella Churchill (royal mistress), Arabella Churchill. Educated in France, Waldegrave inherited his father's title in 1690, and on 20 May 1714 he married Mary Waldegrave, Baroness Waldegrave, Mary Webb (who died in childbirth in 1719), a daughter of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet and they had three surviving children: *James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave (1715–1763) *John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave (1718–1784) *Lady Henrietta Waldegrave (1717–1753), married firstly, Lord Edward Herbert, a son of the William Herbert, 2nd Marq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke Of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, (25 October 1683 – 6 May 1757) was an Irish and English politician. Early life He was the only child and heir of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690) (an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers) by his wife Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington, a great-granddaughter of William the Silent. He succeeded to his father's titles on 9 October 1690. Career Grafton was one of the members of the Hanoverian-supporting Kit-Cat Club portrayed by Godfrey Kneller. He served as Lord High Steward at King George I's coronation, becoming a Privy Counsellor in 1715 and a Knight of the Garter in 1721. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1720 to 1724 and Lord Chamberlain from 1724 until his death. In 1719 he was one of the main subscribers to the Royal Academy of Music, a corporation that produced baroque opera on the stage. In 1739 he supported the creation of what was to become one of London's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Ragley, 1st Baron Conway of Killultagh, MP, PC (Ire) (28 May 1679 – 3 February 1731/1732), was a British politician, born Francis Seymour. Background Born Francis Seymour, he was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, by his second wife Letitia, daughter of Alexander Popham. This branch of the Seymour family descended from Sir Edward Seymour, son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset by his first wife Catherine Filliol. His nephew Sir Edward Seymour succeeded as 8th Duke of Somerset in 1750. On the death of his elder brother Popham Seymour-Conway in 1699, Francis succeeded to the estates of his mother's relative Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway, and assumed the same year by Royal licence the additional surname of Conway. Political career Conway sat as Tory Member of Parliament for Bramber from 1701 to 1703. In 1703 he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Conway of Ragley, in the County of Warwick, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria, Duchess Of Gloucester And Edinburgh
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Maria Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766 as the wife and then widow of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, and a member of the British royal family from 1766 as the wife and then widow of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Early life Maria Walpole was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement. Her grandfather was Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, considered to be the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1721–41). She grew up at Frogmore House in Windsor, but her parents were not married, and her illegitimate status hindered her social standing despite her family connections. Countess Waldegrave On 15 May 1759, she married James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave at the house in Pall Mall of her father, Sir Edward Walpole. The ceremony was performed by Frederick Keppel, the future Bishop of Exeter, and the official wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Seymour-Conway, Countess Of Hertford
Isabella Seymour-Conway ( Fitzroy; 1726 – 10 November 1782), was the wife of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. She was the daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, and thus descended in the illegitimate line from King Charles II. Her mother was Henrietta FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, formerly Lady Henrietta Somerset. She married Seymour-Conway on 29 May 1741, when he was still Baron Conway. Their children were: * Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford (1743-1822) * Lady Anne Seymour-Conway (1744-1784), who married Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, and had children *Lord Henry Seymour-Conway (1746-1830) * Lady Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway (27 September 1747 – 20 July 1770), who married Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, and had children * Lord Robert Seymour-Conway (1748-1831), who was married twice and had children * Lady Gertrude Seymour-Conway (1750-1782), who married George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC (14 April 1798 – 27 December 1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier, and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral. He succeeded his elder brother as Earl Spencer in 1845 and held political office as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and 1857. In 1849 he was made a Knight of the Garter. Early life Spencer was born on 14 April 1798 at the Admiralty Building, London, and was baptised in St Martin-in-the-Fields. He was the fifth child born to George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, and Lady Lavinia Bingham. Among his siblings was older brothers John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (whose wife died in childbirth) and Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, who died unmarried at sea. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Spencer, Countess Spencer
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, (12 April 1821 – 30 March 1895) was a British naval commander. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet between 1874 and 1877 and of the Mediterranean Fleet (United Kingdom), Mediterranean Fleet between 1880 and 1883. Background Seymour was the son of Horace Seymour, Colonel Sir Horace Seymour and a cousin of the Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford, 5th Marquess of Hertford. He was a great-grandson of the Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, 1st Marquess of Hertford. Naval career Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1834, and served in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Pacific Ocean, Pacific, and was for three years aide-de-camp to his uncle Sir George Seymour, and was promoted to commander in 1847. He also served in Myanmar, Burma. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station from 10 March 1860 and 21 July 1862 as Commodore second class with his pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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