John Francis William de Salis, 6th Count de Salis (*Neuchatel 25 August 1825 – †Hillingdon 7 August 1871) was a

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 in 1743. Emperor F ...

, a British diplomat, and coin connoisseur.

Life

He was the eldest son of Count Peter John de Salis by his second wife Cecile Henrietta Marguerite, daughter of David Bourgeoise of

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. After some education in London (Harrow) he was an Attaché in Turin (October 1845-December 1849). Lived at Hillingdon. He was a JP for Middlesex. In 1860 he was commissioned into the 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps. He was promoted

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later that year and

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in 1861. A renowned

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, he is recorded on a large board as one of the British Museum's major benefactors.

John Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley (26 April 1835 – 22 November 1895) was an English poet, numismatist, botanist and an authority on bookplates. Biography He was eldest son of George Fleming Leicester (afterwards Warren), Lord ...

was a first cousin, and William Fane De Salis an uncle. He married (Iver, 1 February 1862) Amelia Frances Harriet (*London 1837- †8 January 1885), daughter of

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, JP DL MP, of Huntsmoor Park,

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and

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, Essex, by his wife Lady Sophia Cust (1811–1882), eldest daughter of the first

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. In 1881 Burke's records the Countess at 7, Athlestone Terrace, Cromwell Road, London (where she died in 1885), and as at Grange Hill, Kilmallock, Ireland.

His brother Count Peter

Peter Fane de Salis (22 November 1827 – 27 March 1919), was a painter and engraver, notably of dogs. He was in the Austrian Service and then was curator of

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He married firstly (1868) Adele L'Huillier (d. 27 March 1872) and secondly Agnes Louisa (d. 5 May 1916, ebendort), daughter of Charles Joseph La Trobe, CB, by his wife Sophie de Montmollin. His surviving child, Elisabeth Sophie (Neufchatel, 21 May 1880 – 30 March 1967) married the long serving International Olympic Committee member Godefroy de Blonay.

His brother Count George

George Alois (1 December 1829 – 22 October 1866), was a captain in the 3rd (Archduke Charles) Lancer Regiment. Mortally wounded at the

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he was buried in Verona.

His sister

Anna Sophia Elisabeth, (28 July 1832 – 17 March 1916) married, at Neuchatel on 24 September 1858, a cousin Johann Gaudenz Dietegan (Freiherr) v. Salis-Seewis (4 December 1825- Chur 27 March 1886) of Bothmar, Malans. He was a grandson of the poet, lieder writer, and politician,

Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis Johann Gaudenz Gubert Graf (and Freiherr) von Salis-Seewis (26 December 1762 – 29 January 1834) was a Swiss poet, writer, politician and librettist. Life Salis-Seewis was born in Malans, and came from an old Swiss aristocracy. His fath ...

(1762–1834). The younger Johann Gaudenz was a member of the Swiss parliament (''Nationalrat in Bern'') 1861-63 and represented

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in the ''Grossen Kantonalrats''. They had two daughters: ::Anna Barbara Cäcilia (22 July 1859- ) married Dr. Paul Sprecher von Bernegg. ::Helene Elisabeth (Chur 8 June 1863- ) married Friedrich von Tscharner, colonel, of Andermatt.

Children

Catherine Sophia (Katie) (29.1.1863-), John Francis Charles (1864-) and Henry Rodolph (Rudie) (1866-). *Katie married (24.7.1895) Thomas George Hare (1.9.1850-26.5.1915), of

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, great-grandson of

William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel (September 1751 – 13 July 1837), known as Lord Ennismore from 1800 to 1816 and as the Viscount Ennismore and Listowel from 1816 to 1822, was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. Life He was the second son ...

, they had two daughters, Adelaide Mary (1896-) and Frances Letitia (d.29.11.1919). Miss Hare (Adelaide) lived at: Cefn y Borth,

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, Holyhead, Anglesey, and then at: Bryn, Menai Bridge.Debrett's

References

* ''Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum, volume one'', by R. de Salis, London, 2003. * ''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). * ''Armorial Families, a directory of Coat- Armour'', compiled by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, volume 1, 1929. * Obituary in the ''Numismatic Chronicle'' 1872, pp. 10–12. * John Allan, 'The early history of the Department of Coins and Medals', ''BM Quarterly'', 1953, p. 76. {{DEFAULTSORT:De Salis-Soglio, John Francis William, 6th Count

De Salis De Salis is the surname of an old noble family from Grisons, Switzerland. People with the surname They were one of the most influential families of the Three Leagues. At first the family appears in Soglio, Switzerland with ''ser Rodolfus de Sal ...

Numismatics Volunteer Force officers in Middlesex units

John Francis William Salis

De salis De Salis is the surname of an old noble family from Grisons, Switzerland. People with the surname They were one of the most influential families of the Three Leagues. At first the family appears in Soglio, Switzerland with ''ser Rodolfus de Sal ...

Counts de Salis-Soglio and Comtes de Salis-Seewis 19th-century Irish landowners