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Jerome de Salis, Count de Salis-Soglio, DL, JP, FRS (14 February 1771 – 2 October 1836), ''Illustris et Magnificus'', was an Anglo-
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noble and Irish landowner.


Life

Jerome,
Count de Salis-Soglio Count de Salis-Soglio is a continental title of nobility that was recognized in the United Kingdom for a Swiss family which became British Subjects when Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis, was naturalized by private Act of Parliament (4 Geo. 2. c. ''5' ...
, was the eldest surviving son of Peter De Salis and his third wife, Ann, daughter of Bundespresident Antonio de Salis. Born in
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on 14 February 1771, he died on 2 October 1836 at Dawley Lodge, Harlington, and lies buried in the ancient church of St Peter and St Paul,
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, which was at the time in
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. In a letter of 1830 he proposed spending the winter in
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whence: :'...should the
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appear next year, I can easily get a passage to Chilli... by the dream I had in 1815, or rather a waking vision during an illness I had in Dublin, the application of aerial navigation to military operations will be a sign of the coming of the Antichrist.' De Salis was a friend of Samuel Wix, the high-churchman, and paid for his ''Reflections concerning the expediency of a council of the
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and the Church of Rome being holden, with a view to accommodate religious differences'' (1818) to be translated into several languages.


Family

De Salis was married three times. His first marriage was to Sophia (1765 – 14 June 1803), daughter of Admiral Francis William Drake (1724–87), himself the brother of Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th and last Baronet. The couple were married on 12 August 1797 at
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, and had: * Peter John Fane de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio ( St. Marylebone, February 1799 – 24 December 1870) Four years after Sophia's death in 1803, De Salis married Penelope (died 20 December 1807), daughter of Dr. Robert Freeman, MD, of
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, on 14 March 1807 in
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, and had one daughter. Penelope died shortly after her birth. A little over two years later, De Salis married Henrietta (Harriet) (9 October 1785 – 26 October 1856), daughter of Rt. Rev. William Foster, DD (1744–97). The couple had nine children, including Rodolphus Johannes Leslie Hibernicus de Salis, William Andreas Salicus Fane De Salis, Leopold Fane De Salis, and Henry de Salis.


Some events

* Appointed Deputy Lieutenant county Middlesex 9 April 1797. * Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Loyal Uxbridge Volunteers (Corps of Yeomanry), 5 September 1803. * In Armagh and Limerick settling Partition of estates with Lord Sandwich, September 1805 – February 1806. * Elected a
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, December 1808. His proposers were: ::* H J De Salis (his uncle); ::* Chas Abbot (1st Lord Colchester (1757–1829); ::*William Scott ( Lord Stowell); ::* Joseph Planta I (1744–1827, ''aetat suae 84''), a cousin and fellow Grison. See the monumental inscription to him in
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); ::* George Pearson, MD (1751–1828); ::*
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, (John Peachey, 2nd Lord Selsey (1749–1816)); and ::*Edward Ash (c.1764–1829), MD, FCP. Physician Extraordinary to the King; editor of "The Speculator", Dublin, 1790; nephew of John Ash). * Succeeds his father, 20 November 1807. * Royal Licence to use title Count in the UK granted by George III, 4 April 1809. * Appointed deputy-governor of county Armagh, 21 July 1809. * He was appointed
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in 1810. * Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, his uncle dies 2 May 1810. * Patron of the new school at
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, Laurelvale, Ballylisk,
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, county Armagh, 1811. * Takes 21-year lease on Rokeby Hall, near Dunleer, from 29 April 1822, (550 pounds per annum). * Royal Licence to use the name (& arms) of Fane before that of Salis, 1835. * Ends his translation of all the extant works of St. Cyrillus of Jerusalem, 26 May 1835. * Elected member of the
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, 1836 (probably). * Recumbent figure made by Richard Cockle Lucas, for Harlington church, 1836. * His house has five
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, and it was sold with stables March 1845 for 12,600 pounds. The site is now occupied by
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. * His widow lived at Dawley (near Hillingdon); the Continent; and after 1845 at Mivart's hotel and then its successor
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. * Recumbent figure made of his widow, Henrietta, by
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the Younger, for Harlington, 1856.


References and Notes

*''Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum, volume one'', by R. de Salis, London, 2003. * ''NOTES OF PAST DAYS'', By Cecil and Rachel De Salis, Henley-on-Thames, 1939. (Printed by Higgs & Co., Caxton Works). * ''De Salis Family : English Branch'', by Rachel Fane De Salis,
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, 1934. * '' Burke's Irish Family Records'', ed. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, 1976. * ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry'', by Sir (John) Bernard Burke, CB, LLD, vol. 2, London, 1895/1899 (pages 574–77). * ''Burke's Peerage'', Foreign Noblemen / Foreign Titles sections: 1851, 1936, 1956, etc. * ''
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'', Foreign Titles section, 1920, etc. * ''Der Grafliche Hauser'', Band XI olume 11 ''Genealogisches Handbuch Des Adels'', C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, 1983 (pps 331–356). * ''
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: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England'', by Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval, London : T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1907, (re-published by Genealogical Publishing Com, 1994). * ''Mullavilly – Portrait of an Ulster Parish'', by Brett Hannam, Lulu, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:De Salis-Soglio, Jerome, 4th Count Salis Salis Salis High sheriffs of Armagh De Salis De Salis
Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...
Swiss-Italian people Deputy lieutenants of Middlesex Counts de Salis-Soglio and Comtes de Salis-Seewis 19th-century Irish landowners People from Harlington, London 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century Anglo-Irish people
Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...
Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...