Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia, (23 August 1843 – 20 January 1927) was a British soldier, courtier and

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politician. He notably served as

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between 1898 and 1905.

Background and education

Annesley was the eldest son of the Honourable Arthur Annesley by his wife Flora Mary Macdonald, daughter of Lt. Colonel James Macdonald of Clanranald. His father died when he was one year oldthepeerage.com Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia
/ref> and he succeeded his grandfather in the viscountcy in 1863. He was educated at the

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Military career

Annesley joined the

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in 1864 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1868. He retired from the Army in 1872, but in 1894 was appointed

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of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. In early 1900, Lord Valentia was seconded for service with the

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in the

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, and left for

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in the ''

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'' in late January. He served as Assistant Adjutant-General for Imperial Yeomanry, with the temporary rank of

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, and was

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and appointed a Companion of the

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(CB) in November 1900 for his services. Upon relinquishing his commission, he was granted, on 1 January 1901, the honorary rank of Colonel in the Army.

Political career

He was appointed

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for 1874–75. The viscountcy of Valentia was an

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and did not entitle Annesley to an automatic seat in the

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. He was instead elected as the

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(MP) for

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in 1895, a seat he held until 1917. He served as

under Lord Salisbury from 1898 to 1902 and under

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from 1902 to 1905. He was appointed a

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(MVO) in July 1901. When the

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was formed in 1915, Lord Valentia was appointed a

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, a post he held until 1924. In 1917 he was created Baron Annesley of Bletchington, in the County of Oxford, in the

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, which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords. He was made a

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(KCVO) in 1923.

Family

Lord Valentia married, on 30 January 1878, Laura Sarah Webb, daughter of Daniel Hale Webb, of Wykeham Park,

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, and widow of Sir Algernon William Peyton, 4th Baronet.Ruvigny (1907), p. 237 They had two sons and six daughters: *Hon. Vere (8 March 1879 – 18 May 1975); married Rev. Guy Ronald Campbell, grandson of

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. *Hon. Lt. Arthur (24 Aug 1880-16 Nov 1914); unmarried. Killed in action in France. *Hon. Violet Katherine (18 Mar 1882-4 Sep 1963); married Charles Henry Gore, son of Sir Francis Charles Gore. They had a son, and two daughters. * Sir Caryl Arthur (3 Jul 1883-6 Oct 1949); unmarried. *Hon. Helen (30 Jul 1884-21 Jul 1965); married Col. John Pemberton Heywood-Lonsdale. No known issue. *Hon. Lettice (24 Sep 1885–1988); married Capt. Geoffrey Vaux Salvin Bowlby, maternal grandson of Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet. *Hon. Hilda Cecil (19 Apr 1889-20 Sep 1972); unmarried. *Hon. Dorothy (b. 11 May 1892); married Joseph Francis Vaughan Gibbs, maternal descendant of

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and

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. They had two daughters.

Death

Lord Valentia died in January 1927, aged 83, and was succeeded by his younger son, the Hon. Caryl Arthur James Annesley, as Lord Valentia's elder son, the Hon. Arthur Annesley, was killed in action in 1914.

Polo

He was the Chairman of the Hurlingham Club Committee and the National Polo Pony Society.Horace A. Laffaye, ''Polo in Britain: A History'',

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, McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 10

References

Citations

Bibliography

* Ruvigny (Marquess de) (1907). ''

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'', "Exeter" volume

External links

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