George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave

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A c. 1784 mezzotint of Waldegrave by Richard Earlom.

George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave, PC (23 November 1751 – 22 October 1789) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.

The eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Waldegrave, he was educated at Eton and was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1768. He purchased a Lieutenancy in 1773. On 16 May 1778 he transferred to the Coldstream Guards as a Captain-Lieutenant and on 4 October 1779, was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the new 87th Regiment of Foot (until 1783).[1] In 1788 he was briefly made Colonel of the 63rd Regiment of Foot, transferring in 1789 to be Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot, a position he held equally briefly before his death later that year.[2]

He inherited his father's titles in 1784. On 5 May 1782, Waldegrave married his first cousin, Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave and they had six children.

  • Lady Maria Wilhelmina Waldegrave (1783 – 20 February 1805), married Nathaniel Micklethwaite. Had issue, a daughter, Charlotte.
  • George Waldegrave, 5th Earl Waldegrave (13 July 1784 – 29 June 1794), died at the age of nine.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave (31 July 1785 – 28 September 1846), married Anne King, by whom he had issue.
  • Lieutenant Edward William Waldegrave (29 August 1787 – 22 January 1809), drowned at sea
  • Vice-Admiral William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave (27 October 1788 – 24 October 1859), married firstly Elizabeth Whitbread, had issue; secondly Sarah Whitear
  • Lady Charlotte Waldegrave (2 December 1789 - 3 January 1790), born posthumously.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Mackinnon, Daniel (1833). Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards. Vol. II. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 492–493.
  2. ^ "WALDEGRAVE, George, Visct. Chewton (1751–1789)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
17741780
With: George Hay 1774–1779
Viscount Trentham 1779–1780
Succeeded by
Military offices
New regiment Colonel of the 87th Regiment of Foot
1779–1783
Disbandment
Preceded by Colonel of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
1788–1789
Succeeded by
Preceded by
John Douglas
Colonel of the 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
1789
Succeeded by
George Hotham
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1782–1784
Succeeded by
Preceded by Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte
1784–1789
Vacant
Title next held by
The Earl Harcourt
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl Waldegrave
1784–1789
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