Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg (13 April 1742 – 23 March 1802) was a British politician and peer.
The Earl Fauconberg | |
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 Earl Fauconberg in the uniform of the North York Militia, painted by John Singleton Copley ca 1794[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1742 |
| Died | 23 March 1802 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse | Charlotte Lamb Jane Cheshyre |
Family
editFauconberg was the son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg and Catherine Betham.[2]
Career
editHe served as the Member of Parliament for Peterborough between 1768 and 1774, sitting for the Whig party. Following his succession to his father's title in 1774, Fauconberg assumed his seat in the House of Lords. He was a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1777 until his death in 1802, and was Custos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire over the same period.[2] In 1779 he raised a Yorkshire regiment of fencible infantry, 'Lord Fauconberg's Regiment' or 'Fauconberg's Fencibles' of which he was Colonel. They were disbanded in 1783.[3] He was also commissioned as colonel of the North York Militia on 18 November 1779 and remained in command until he resigned on grounds of ill health 25 May 1797.[4]
Marriages and issue
editOn 29 May 1766, he married the Hon. Charlotte Lamb, the daughter of Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet and sister of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne. Together they had four daughters:
- Lady Anne Belasyse (1760–1808), married Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet in 1791 and had issue.
- Lady Charlotte Belasyse (1767–1825), married Thomas Edward Belasyse-Wynn. No issue.
- Lady Elizabeth Belasyse (1770–1819), married firstly Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk in 1789 and had issue. Married secondly Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan in 1794 and had issue.
- Lady Harriet Belasyse (1776– died young).
On 5 January 1791 he married Jane Cheshyre, daughter of John Cheshyre, Esq., of Bennington co. Hertford. She died 4 April 1820 and they had no children.[5]
As Fauconberg had no sons, his earldom became extinct upon his death. He was succeeded by his cousin, Rowland Belasyse, in his viscountcy and barony.[5] Through his wife he was the uncle of the Whig Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.
References
edit- ^ 'North Yorkshire Militia 1759–1820' at Richard A. Warren, This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France.
- ^ a b Arthur Collins, The peerage of England (1779), p. 364.
- ^ "Preferments". The Scots Magazine. 2 August 1779. p. 56.
- ^ Major Robert Bell Turton, The History of the North York Militia, now known as the Fourth Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Leeds: Whitehead, 1907/Stockton-on-Tees: Patrick & Shotton, 1973, ISBN 0-903169-07-X, pp. 52, 56, 70–1, Appendix S.
- ^ a b "Fauconberg, Earl (GB, 1756 - 1802)". Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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