John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden GCB KH (1799–1873), was

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in the

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, 1850–1858.

Family

John Hobart Caradoc was the son of General

John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden General (United Kingdom), General John Francis Cradock, 1st Baron Howden (11 August 175926 July 1839) was a British peerage, peer, politician and soldier. Life He was son of John Cradock, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. In 1775 he was ...

, GCB (11 August 1759 – 26 July 1839), a British peer, (1st Baron Howden since 1819) in the

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and since 1831 in the

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. He was a politician and soldier instrumental in the 1798 battle of

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, County of

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, within what is known as the Irish Rebellion. He was, between other things,

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, 1811–1814. John Hobart Caradoc was therefore, the grandson of

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(1708? – 1778), alias Craddock,

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from 1772, the

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branch of the Protestant

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, nowadays. His accepted family name changed thus in two generations from Craddock to Cradock and then to Caradoc. He married Princess

Catherine Bagration Princess Catherine Bagration (russian: Екатерина Павловна Багратион) née Skavronskaya (7 December 1783 – 21 May 1857 or 2 June 1857) was a Russian princess, married to general Pyotr Bagration. She was known for he ...

, née Countess Skavronskaya in 1830. The union was childless and the couple separated.

Career

He served in

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as M.P. for

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in 1830–31. He had been appointed as a liaison officer of the British Army during the siege of the Belgian Antwerp citadel by the French Northern Army of Marshall Gérard end of 1832. For his services he had been made an officer in the Belgian order of Leopold on 10 March 1833 and a commander in 1852.

Honours

* Commander of the Order of Leopold.RD of 01.03.1852

References

*http://www.abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/b_body.htm. A very short sketch on the life of former Mrs. Bagration, a widow since 1812, née Skavronsky, (1783–1857), who married in 1830, 47, 15 years younger John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden, title inherited, and extinct at his death in 1873, no issue, since 1839. *http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/howden/howden000.html. This document is entitled: "Catalogue of papers of John Francis Cradock (later Caradoc), 1st Baron Howden, and of his son, John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden, 1806-58", Bodleian Library, University of Oxford *

Alexander Mikaberidze Alexander Mikaberidze ( ka, ალექსანდრე მიქაბერიძე; born 27 January 1978) is a Georgian lawyer, author and historian who specializes in Napoleonic studies. He is a full professor of history and social scien ...

, "The Lion of the Russian Army: Life and Military Career of Prince General Peter Bagration", 2 volumes, (doct. diss., Florida State University, 2003). *http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/bagration/c_bagration1.html . A page by Alexander MIKABERIDZE, Chairman of the Napoleonic Society of Georgia, mentioned above. ;Specific

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