The Lord Calthorpe Vanity Fair 1885-07-25

Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe (24 July 1826 – 25 June 1893), was a British Liberal Party politician.

Background and education

Born in

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, Calthorpe was the eldest son of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe, and Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset, daughter of

Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG (22 December 1766 – 23 November 1835), styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803, was a British politician. Background and education Somerset was the son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort ...

. He was educated at

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and

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Political career

Calthorpe was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two

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(MPs) for Worcestershire East at a by-election in February 1859. He was re-elected at the general election later in 1859 and again in

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, and held the seat until May 1868, when he succeeded his father in the barony and took his seat in the

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Personal life

Lord Calthorpe, a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family, died at

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, in June 1893, aged 66. He never married and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother,

Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (8 November 1829 – 22 July 1910), was a British agriculturist and philanthropist. Family He was born at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire. He was third son in the family of four sons and six daughters of Fr ...

Arms

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calthorpe, Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron 1826 births 1893 deaths Gough-Calthorpe family Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1865–1868 Calthorpe, B5 People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 5