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George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston (27 December 1777 – 12 March 1856) was an English peer and landowner.

Early life

George Irby was born on 9 June 1749 at Grosvenor Street,

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, London. For his baptism on 28 January 1778, his sponsor was

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(for whom his father served as

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). He was the eldest son, of thirteen children, born to the former Christian Methuen and

Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, FSA (9 June 1749 – 23 March 1825) was an English peer, landowner, and courtier. Early life Frederick Irby was born on 9 June 1749. He was the eldest son of William Irby, 1 ...

. Among his siblings were Rear-Admiral Hon. Frederick Paul Irby (who married George's sister-in-law, Emily Ives Drake), Hon. Charles Leonard Irby (who travelled to the

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and married Frances Mangles), and the Hon. Anne Maria Louisa Irby (who married Henry Peachey, 3rd Baron Selsey), among others. His paternal grandparents were

William Irby, 1st Baron Boston William Irby, 1st Baron Boston (8 March 1707 – 30 March 1775), known as Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet from 1718 to 1761, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Irby was born on 8 March 1707. He was the only son of Sir Edwar ...

, and Albinia Selwyn (a sister of William Selwyn, MP for Whitchurch). His paternal aunt, Hon. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby, married

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.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, 2000), volume II, page 227. His maternal grandparents were Paul Methuen, MP for Westbury,

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, and

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, and Catharine Cobb of

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, Wiltshire. His maternal uncle, Paul Cobb Methuen, was the father of

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. He was educated at

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, and graduated from

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with a Doctor of Civil Laws.

Career

Irby entered the

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, purchasing a

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in the

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on the 4 March 1794. He was promoted to Major in the

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on 22 January 1801 before he retired on 14 August 1801. Upon the death of his father on 23 March 1825, he succeeded as the 3rd

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, of

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in the

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, as well as the 4th Baronet Irby, of Whaplode and

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in the

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Personal life

On 17 October 1801 at

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, Irby married Rachel Ives Drake (1783–1830), daughter of William Drake, MP for

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, and Rachel Elizabeth Ives. Her sister, Emily Ives Drake, was the first wife of his brother, Frederick Paul Irby. Together, they were the parents of: * George Ives Irby, 4th Baron Boston (1802–1869), who married Fanny Elizabeth Hopkins-Northey, daughter of William Richard Hopkins-Northey and Anne Elizabeth Fortescue, in 1830. After her death, he married Hon. Caroline Amelia Saumarez, daughter of John Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez and Caroline Esther Rhodes, in 1861. * Hon. Rachel Emily Irby (1805–1873), who married Capt. William Jones Prowse in 1840. * Hon. Charlotte Isabella Irby (1807–1883), who married

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, son of

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and Hon. Anna Maria de Blaquiere (a daughter of the 1st Baron de Blaquiere), in 1826. * Hon. William Drake Irby (1808–1839), a Captain with the

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; he died unmarried. * Hon. Frances Matilda Irby (1810–1879) * Hon. Frederica Maria Louisa Irby (1814–1885), who married Edward Horatio Hussey, 21st Baron Galtrim, son of Edward Thomas Hussey, 20th Baron Galtrim, and Anne Frances Bacon (a daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, 8th Baronet), in 1840. * Hon. Georgina Albinia Irby (1816–1900), who died unmarried. * Hon. Catherine Cecilia Irby (1818–1894), who married Col. Walter Caulfeild Pratt, son of Col. Joseph Pratt and Jemima Roberta Tynte (a daughter of Sir James Tynte, 1st Baronet), in 1852. * Hon. Augustus Anthony Frederick Irby (1820–1870), who married Jessie Augusta Montgomery-Cuninghame, daughter of Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, 8th Baronet and Charlotte Niven Doig Hutcheson, in 1866. * Hon. Llewellyn Charles Robert Irby (1822–1911), the Rector at

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; he married Margaret Emily

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, daughter of Jonathan Bullock of Faulkbourne Hall, Essex, in 1845. Lord Boston died on 12 March 1856 at

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, Buckinghamshire. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son,

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, vol. 1, pp. 445-7.

Drake-Ives inheritance

His wife Rachel and her sister, Emily, each inherited one half of their maternal grandfather Jeremiah Ives's property, including the Manors of Boyland (including Boyland Hall} and Fritton, as well as Drake's property in Boyland, Fritton,

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, Stratton St. Mary and

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and

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; Drake's

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in Flixton and land in Flixton and

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; Drake's house 'The White House' and land in

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; Drake's messuage and land in

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; Drake's messuage in

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, formerly part of the George Inn; property in Amersham,

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and Woburn, including

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Farm in Chesham and Woburn; property formerly of Jeremiah Ives as described in 1781 Drake-Ives settlement.

References

External links

George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston dated 1854
after Herbert Luther Smith, at the

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