Peter John Fane de Salis, (5th)

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, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, DL, JP, G.C.J.J., K.R.E. (26 February 1799 – 24 December 1870) was a

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and landowner in

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and the Irish counties Limerick and Armagh. He was

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of the English

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and

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of the Irish one. He was also an hereditary Knight of the Golden Spur/Eques Auratus and Papal Count Palatine of the

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. ''Petrus Johannes'', Pierre Jean, was born in

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26 February 1799 and died at Acton 24 December 1870 (age 71). Eldest son of Jerome, Count de Salis by his first wife Sophia Drake. William Fane de Salis was a younger half-brother.

Wives and Children

Peter,

, married twice: *firstly: 9 February 1821, Henrietta Charlotte (d.10.1822), daughter of Colonel de Senarclens de St. Denys (Baron de Grancy); *and secondly: 16 July 1824, Cecile Henrietta Marguerite (1802–1892) daughter of David Bourgeoise of

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. She was niece of Henry, Comte de Meuron, Lt. Colonel and Chamberlain to the King of Prussia (as at 1824). Children by his second wife: *

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, diplomat and numismatist. *Peter (22 November 1827 – 27 March 1919), in the Austrian Service and then curator of

's art museum. Peter's only surviving child, Elisabeth Sophie (1880–1967), married

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, and became known as Baronne de Blonay. *George Alois (1 December 1829 – 22 October 1866), was a captain in the 3rd (Archduke Charles) Lancer Regiment. Mortally wounded (one of 5,650 casualties) at the

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he was buried in Verona. *Anna Sophia Elisabeth, ''Anna Grafin v. Salis-Soglio'', (Neufchatel 28.7.1832–1916). She married (24.9.1858), a cousin, Johann Gaudenz Dietegan (Freiherr) v. Salis-Seewis (Chur 5.12.1825–27.3.1886) of Bothmar, Malans. Son of Johann-Jacob, Fhr. v. Salis-Seewis (Zurich 24.5.1800-Chur 17.7.1881) married (Malans, 6.1.1822) Anna Barbara v. Jenatsch (1800-1856).

Life

After education in London, Edinburgh and Lausanne he was ''chef-de-Bataillon'' in the capitulated service of Switzerland (in the Swiss Guards of Louis XVIII and Charles X), in the service of the King of Naples (3eme Régiment Suisse under Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies),''Memoir of the Illustrious and Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, from the capitulation of Malta in 1798 to the present period...and presenting a more detailed account of its sixth or British Branch as re-organised in 1831'', by Robert Bigsby, Derby, 1869. (Pages 152–155). a Colonel in the Prussian Service, in the Uxbridge Volunteer Infantry, and a major in the Armagh Militia (1854). *1817 The

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, Paris. *1820 (Knight commander of the Princely) Chevalier de l'Ordre du Phoenix de

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. *18xx Chevalier Grand Croix de l'Ordre Imperial Asiatique de Morale Universalle (it ran between 6 July 1835 – 1851, created by or for Mongol Sultan Alinea d'Eldir, possibly mythical). *18xx Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. *18xx Commandeur Baron de l'Ordre Noble d'Epire. *1823, 1826, 1832, 1834, & 1835:

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of Stalla/

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. *18xx Knight of the Royal and Imperial Order of the

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of France (Bourbon creation). *1831 Knight Royal

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(Prussian) (third class).''Whitehall, July 21, 1842''. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Peter-John Fane-de-Salis, Count de Salis, Her royal licence and permission, that he may accept and wear the insignia, of the third class, of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, which His Majesty the King of Prussia hath been pleased to confer upon him, in testimony of His Majesty's approbation of his conduct while in the actual service of his Majesty during the insurrection at Neufchatel, in the year 1831; and that he may enjoy all the rights and privileges thereunto annexed; provided, nevertheless, that Her Majesty's said licence and permission doth not authorize the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms : And also to command, that Her Majesty's said concession and especial mark of Her royal favour be registered, together with the relative documents, in Her Majesty's College of Arms. *1832 Medal of the King of Prussia (for helping the suppression of the Insurrection of Neufchâtel). *His father dies, Middlesex, October 1836. *September 1837 'Count Peter De Salis, of Hillingdon' became Commandant of The Volunteer Infantry, of Uxbridge. *20 July 1844 (or 1843) admitted a Knight (Honour and Devotion/Croce d'Or Devozio) of St. John of Jerusalem, Roman branch. *1859, election into the English langue of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Capitular Bailiff of the English Langue and Grand Prior of Ireland of the Order by 1868. At that time the other two capitular bailiffs were his Tandragee neighbour

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, the Grand-Prior of England, and the 2nd Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, who was the Bailiff of Aquila. From 1832 he was Deputy Lieutenant of

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. He was appointed a

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and High Sheriff of Limerick in 1849. Four years later, 1853, he was nominated

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. *JP for Middlesex & Westminster. ] *1855 resident at Ballyknock Cottage, near

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, Co. Armagh (Burke's Peerage, 1855). *1861 census the Count was boarding in Acton, west London, and was described as ''magistrate and landowner''. *1865: ''Peter John Fane de Salis'', of Tandaragee, Co. Armagh, was listed as living at Tandragee and at Turnham Green, Middlesex (''Walford's County Families'', 1865). *1868: Listed by Bigsby in 1868 as at Ballylisk House, near Tanderagee; St. John's Villa, Acton; and Hillingdon Place, Uxbridge. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

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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. * ''

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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). * ''The Family and Heirs of Sir Francis Drake'', by Lady Eliott-Drake, Smith, Elder & Co, 2 vols, London, 1911. * ''Memoir of the Illustrious and Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, from the capitulation of Malta in 1798 to the present period...and presenting a more detailed account of its sixth or British Branch as re-organised in 1831'', by Robert Bigsby, Derby, 1869. (Pages 152–155).

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