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General John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave (28 April 1718 – 22 October 1784) was a British politician and soldier. Career. 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 was a Conservative politician and served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1896 to 1905. He was succeeded by his only son, the tenth Earl. He never married and on his death in 1933 the titles passed to his uncle, the eleventh Earl. He was the second son of the aforementioned Viscount Chewton.
His wife, Frances, Countess Waldegrave (1821–1879), a daughter of the singer John Braham, was a prominent figure in society. He was her second husband, and after his death she married George Granville Vernon Harcourt of Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire, and later Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford .
Although Cumberland was the son of George II and famous for his victory over the Scottish Jacobite rebels at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, he was disgraced and never held military command after the debacle of Hastenbeck.
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John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave (28 April 1718 – 22 October 1784) was a British politician and soldier. Waldegrave was the youngest son of the 1st Earl Waldegrave. He joined the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1735, rising to the rank of Captain in 1739.
Lieutenant-Colonel John James Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave (31 July 1785 – 28 September 1846) was a British peer and soldier. Waldegrave was the second son of the 4th Earl Waldegrave and was educated at Eton.
