Henry Noel Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave (14 October 1854 – 30 December 1936) was a

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and

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. Waldegrave was born in 1854, the

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son of

William Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton William Frederick Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton (29 June 1816 in Cardington, Bedfordshire – 8 October 1854) was a British army officer. Early life and education Waldegrave was the eldest son of William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave and was ...

(the eldest son of

William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave Vice-Admiral William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave, CB (27 October 1788 – 24 October 1859) was a British naval commander and politician. Waldegrave was the son of George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave and his wife, the former Lady Elizab ...

) and his wife Frances Waldegrave, Viscountess Chewton. He was educated at

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and graduated from

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in 1878. He then entered the

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and was

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of Stoke d'Abernon from 1890 to 1898,

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from 1905 to 1912 and some time for Orchardleigh and Lullington. On 27 October 1892, he married Anne Katharine Bastard, daughter of Rev. William Pollexfen Bastard and Caroline (Woollcombe) Bastard. They had five children. In 1933, he inherited his nephew's titles, and on his own death in 1936 was succeeded by his eldest son, Geoffrey.

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