Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, (24 November 168120 January 1721) was a British politician who served as
First Lord of Trade from 1718 to 1719.
Life
Darcy was the second (but eldest surviving) son of
John Darcy, Lord Conyers, (himself the eldest son of
Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness
Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (1622 – 13 December 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and later became a peer.
Life
Darcy was the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 1 ...
), and Bridget, daughter of
Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington. He was styled Lord Conyers when his father died in 1688 and later inherited his grandfather's earldom in 1692. He also inherited the titles of 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 7th Baron Conyers. In 1698 he matriculated
fellow-commoner
A commoner is a student at certain universities in the British Isles who historically pays for his own tuition and commons, typically contrasted with scholars and exhibitioners, who were given financial emoluments towards their fees.
Cambridge
...
from
King's College, Cambridge
King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...
.
In 1714, the Earl of Holderness, as he now was, was appointed
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, admitted to the
Privy Council. In 1718, he was appointed
First Lord of Trade. He was also a
Lord of the Bedchamber
Gentleman of the Bedchamber was a title in the Royal Household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain. A Lord of the Bedchamber was a courtier in the Royal Household, the term being fir ...
from 1719 to his death.
On 26 May 1715, Holderness married
Lady Frederica Schomberg (the eldest surviving daughter of the
3rd Duke of Schomberg) and they had two surviving children:
Hon. Robert (1718–1778) and
Lady Caroline (d. 1778, married the
4th Marquess of Lothian).
On Lord Holderness' death in 1721, his title passed to his only surviving son,
Robert Darcy, and his wife later married the future
1st Earl FitzWalter.
References
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1681 births
1721 deaths
17th-century English nobility
18th-century English nobility
Earls of Holderness
Lord-lieutenants of the North Riding of Yorkshire
Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Presidents of the Board of Trade
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Barons Conyers