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5 May 1782 his cousin Lady Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave (b. 25 Mar 1760; d. 29 Jan 1816; bur .at Great Packington, co. Warwick), 1st dau. and cohrss. of his paternal uncle James [Waldegrave], 2nd Earl Waldegrave, by his second wife Maria Walpole, 2nd illegit. dau. of Hon Sir Edward Walpole
25 de jul. de 2002 · The Memoirs of James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave (1715-63) rank with those of Horace Walpole and Lord Hervey as classics of eighteenth-century political literature. They have an additional significance as a record of the momentous political crisis of 1754-7, which heralded the break-up of the early Hanoverian party system and laid the foundations for the pattern of alignments of the last half of the ...
James Waldegrave. Escudo de armas de James Waldegrave, 1 Conde Waldegrave, KG, PC. El Castillo de Hever ( Kent ), la principal residencia familiar en los años 1557-1715. James Waldegrave, primer Conde de Waldegrave, KG, PC (1684-11 de abril de 1741), fue un diplomático británico que se desempeñó como embajador en Austria y Francia .
Waldegrave was the youngest son of the 1st Earl Waldegrave. [1] [2] He joined the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1735, rising to the rank of captain in 1739. He became a lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Regiment of Foot in 1743 and fought in 1745 at the Battle of Fontenoy, where he was wounded, during the War of the Austrian Succession. [1]
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave. by James Macardell, after Sir Joshua Reynolds mezzotint, 1762 (1760-1761) NPG D15209
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, KG, PC, FRS (4 March 1715 – 13 April 1763) was an English politician and peer who is sometimes regarded as one of the shortest-serving prime ministers in British history. His brief tenure as First Lord of the Treasury is lent a more lasting significance by his memoirs, which are regarded as significant ...
