Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer.

Early life

Radstock was born in London in 1786, the elder son of Admiral

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and his wife, Cornelia Jacoba van Lennep. He succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father in 1825.

Royal Navy

Radstock joined the

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in 1798 and rose through the ranks, becoming a captain in 1807, rear admiral in 1841, vice admiral of the White in 1853 and the Red in 1855. From 1831-37, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to

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and to

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from 1837–1841.

Marriage and children

On 7 August 1823, he married Esther Caroline Paget (1800–1874). They had three children: *

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Elizabeth Cornelia Waldegrave (born 1824, died 16 April 1903), unmarried. * Hon Catherine Esther Waldegrave (born 24 May 1826, died 3 July 1898), married Sir Thomas Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Baronet * Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock (born 10 April 1833, died 8 December 1913)

Honours

Radstock was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

Death

Lord Radstock died in London in 1857, aged 70, and was succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Granville. He is buried on the western side of

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above the Lebanon Circle.

Arms

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radstock, Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron 1786 births 1857 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Companions of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy vice admirals

Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer. Early life Radstock was born in London in 1786, the elder son of Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock an ...

Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars