Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn (20 February 1816 – 12 August 1854), was a British soldier and

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politician.

Background

Born at

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, London, Jocelyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of

Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, (27 October 1788 – 20 March 1870), styled Viscount Jocelyn between 1797 and 1820, was an Irish Tory politician and supporter of Protestant causes. Background Jocelyn was the son of Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Ea ...

, and the Hon. Maria Frances Catherine, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 12th Baron le Despencer.

Military career

Jocelyn served in the

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as Military Secretary to

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. He published two works on his experiences of the conflict. In 1853 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the East Sussex Militia.

Political career

Jocelyn was member of parliament for

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from 1842 to 1854. He served under

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as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1845 and 1846.

Family

Lord Jocelyn married Lady Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and

Emily Lamb Emily Temple, Viscountess Palmerston (née Lamb, later Clavering-Cowper; 1787–1869), styled The Honourable Emily Lamb from 1787 to 1805 and Countess Cowper from 1805 to 1839, was a leading figure of the Almack's social set, sister of Prime M ...

, in 1841. They had several children. In 1854, while his regiment, the East Essex Militia, was quartered in the

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, he contracted

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and died in London in August of that year, aged 38, predeceasing his father by 16 years. His eldest son

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later succeeded in the earldom. Lady Jocelyn died in March 1880.

Works

*Jocelyn, Robert (1841).
Six Months with the Chinese Expedition; or, Leaves from a Soldier's Note-book
' (2nd ed.). London: John Murray.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jocelyn, Robert Jocelyn, Viscount 1816 births 1854 deaths British courtesy viscounts British military personnel of the First Opium War Heirs apparent who never acceded Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852