Johan Zoffany - Tribuna of the Uffizi - people group 1-3

Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth FRS (30 May 1751 – 12 June 1799), styled Lord Windsor until 1771, was an English peer.

Early life

Styled Lord Windsor from birth, he was the eldest son of

Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth DL (12 May 1731 – 21 April 1771) was a British peer, styled Lord Windsor until 1732. Early life Windsor was born on 12 May 1731. He was the son of Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth and Elizabeth Le ...

, and the Honourable Catherine, daughter of

Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (21 July 1695 – 19 October 1768) was an English Member of Parliament, who was created Baron Archer in 1747. His arms are blazoned: ''Azure three arrows or.''thepeerage.com Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth
/ref> He was elected a Fellow of the

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on 22 April 1773. He was Colonel of the

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Militia, 6 August 1779. Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth was featured in

Johan Zoffany Johan / Johann Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German Neoclassicism, neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy, and India. His works appear in many prominent Briti ...

's painting

Tribuna of the Uffizi The Tribuna of the Uffizi is an octagonal exhibition hall in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Designed by Bernardo Buontalenti for Francesco I de' Medici in 1584, the most important antiquities and High Renaissance and Bolognese paintings ...

painted between 1772 and 1778. The 5th Earl is one of a number of visiting English noblemen to the

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room in the

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. The painting is part of the United Kingdom's

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Marriage

Lord Plymouth married his first cousin the Honourable

Sarah Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woma ...

, daughter of

Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer (29 July 1736 – 18 April 1778), 18th-century British Whig politician, styled the Hon. Andrew Archer between 1747 and 1768. Life The son of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipp ...

, on 20 May 1778. She was a notable botanist. They had several children, including: * Other Archer Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth (2 July 1789 – 20 July 1833) * Lady Maria Windsor (1790 – 7 April 1855), wife of

Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire KP (8 October 1788 – 12 September 1845) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Fairford from 1789 until 1793 and Earl of Hillsborough from 1793 to 1801. Early life He was born ...

. * Harriet Windsor-Clive, Baroness Windsor (30 July 1797 – 9 November 1869), wife of

Robert Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British List of governors of Bengal Presidency, Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for l ...

Death

Lord Plymouth died in June 1799, aged 48, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Other. The Dowager Countess of Plymouth married as her second husband William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, later

Earl Amherst Earl Amherst (), of Arracan in the East Indies, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 December 1826, for William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, the Governor-General of India. He was made Viscount Holmesdale, in ...

References

1751 births 1799 deaths 5 Fellows of the Royal Society {{UK-earl-stub