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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, 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 ...
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]
Maria Walpole. Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766, as a result of her first marriage to James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave. Her second husband was Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and ...
