Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton
Victoria | |
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Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | Sir James Ferguson, Bt |
Succeeded by | M. E. Grant Duff |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis 2 March 1834 Rome, Papal States |
Died | 29 March 1904 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 70)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouses | Harriet Hepburn-Forbes
(m. 1858; died 1869)Margaret Walrond (m. 1875) |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton (2 March 1834 – 29 March 1904), styled The Honourable Charles Trefusis between 1832 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for India from 1867 to 1868.[2]
Early life and education
Clinton was born in Rome in 1834, the eldest son of the eight children of
Clinton was educated at Eton College. In 1854, he graduated with first-class honours in law and modern history from Christ Church, Oxford.[2]
Political career
Clinton was elected to the
In July 1867, he was appointed
Landholdings and wealth
In later life, Lord Clinton owned estates in England of 18,135 acres, of which 14,431 were in Devon, worth £23,246 per annum, and in Scotland 16,655 acres worth £14,230 per annum. This contrasted with his former meagre annual allowance received from his father at the time of his first marriage of £700 per annum.[6]
Marriage and issue
Lord Clinton married twice. First, in 1858 at Fasque, near Fettercairn in Scotland, he wed his first cousin Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes (d. 1869), daughter and heiress of Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Baronet (d.1867), of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, Scotland. The mothers of each were daughters of William Kerr, Marquess of Lothian, and their families initially opposed the match on the grounds of consanguinity. In 1867, in accordance with his father-in-law's will,[7] he assumed by royal licence[8] the additional surnames and arms of Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes. By Harriet he had five children:[4]
- Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton (18 January 1863 – 5 July 1957)
- Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Henry Walter Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (8 December 1864 – 2 June 1948)
- Hon. Ada Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (died unmarried 14 October 1945)
- Hon. Mary Elizabeth Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (died unmarried 7 June 1954)
- Hon. Margaret Adela Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, married Rt Rev Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson, Bishop of Ely (died 20 March 1939)
Harriet died in 1869, and in 1875 Lord Clinton remarried, to Margaret Walrond (d.1930),
- Brigadier-General Hon. John Frederick Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, DSO (14 January 1878 – died of wounds 24 October 1915)
- Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Walter Alexander Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1 July 1879 – 11 July 1926)
- Hon. Schomberg Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (22 March 1882 – 11 October 1974)
- Hon. Robert Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1 July 1888 – 1 July 1958)
- Hon. Edith Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (12 February 1876 – 13 April 1934)
- Hon. Evelyn Mary Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (3 July 1883 – 5 January 1963), married Colonel Harry Stuart Ravenhill
- Hon. Harriet Margaret Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b 20 March 1891 – 2 February 1975), married Lieutenant-Colonel Eustace Maurice Widdrington-Bell
Death
Lord Clinton died of heart failure in Cairo in March 1904, aged 70, where he had gone for health reasons,[2] and was buried at St Andrew's Church, South Huish, which he had rebuilt in memory of his first wife Harriet.[10] He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son from his first marriage, Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton.
References
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1884. p. 168.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Lord Clinton". The Times. 31 March 1904. p. 4.
- ^ Lauder, p.70
- ^ a b c d Burke's : Clinton.
- ^ "Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1834–1904), 20th Baron Clinton, Chairman of Devon County Council (1889–1901) - Art UK". Art UK.
- ^ Lauder, p.71, probably based on the Return of Owners of Land, 1873
- ^ Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, p.71
- ^ "No. 23303". The London Gazette. 20 September 1867. p. 5161.
- ^ "Exhibitions". www.royalcollection.org.uk.
- ^ Lauder, p.71