William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath (30 January 1692 – 17 May 1711) was an English nobleman.

Origins

He was the only son of

Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath ( bapt. 31 August 1661 – 4 September 1701) was an English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier and peer. Born with the courtesy title of Lord Lansdown in 1661, he was the eldest son of John Granville, 1st ...

, by his second wife Isabella de Nassau d'Auverquerque, sister of

Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham (born Hendrik van Nassau, 16735 December 1754), was a British Army officer, courtier and peer who was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau and second cousin once removed to William III of ...

Career

He was styled Viscount Lansdown from August to September 1701, when he succeeded in the earldom after his father committed

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, allegedly because of the debts he had inherited.

Death

Lord Bath died of

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in May 1711, aged 19, when the earldom became extinct.

References

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Infectious disease deaths in England