Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford
Member of Parliament for Bridgwater | |
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In office 1761–1763 | |
Preceded by | Robert Balch The Earl of Egmont |
Succeeded by | Viscount Perceval The Lord Coleraine |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 June 1738 |
Died | 1 November 1777 | (aged 39)
Political party | Whig |
Spouse |
Sophia Campbell
(m. 1765) |
Relations | Elizabeth Cromwell, 8th Baroness Cromwell (grandmother) Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham (uncle) Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes (uncle) |
Parent(s) | Lady Catherine Watson Edward Southwell Jr. |
Residence | Kings Weston |
Alma mater | Westminster School Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (6 June 1738 – 1 November 1777) was a British politician.
Early life
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Southwell was born on 6 June 1738 as the only son and heir of Lady Katherine Watson and
His paternal grandparents were
He was educated at Westminster School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[2] Upon the death of his father in 1755, he inherited the Kings Weston estate near Bristol.[citation needed]
Career
Southwell was elected to the
On 17 April 1776, the
Personal life
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On 29 August 1765, Edward Southwell married Sophia Campbell, the daughter of Samuel Campbell of Mount Campbell in County Leitrim. Together they were the parents of one son and four daughters, including:[1]
- Edward Southwell, 21st Baron de Clifford (1767–1832), who married on 19 February 1789, at St Anne's Church, Dublin, Mary Elizabeth Bourke, daughter of the Most Rev. Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell (page 29) records Lady de Clifford as Governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales. This would be Mary Elizabeth Bourke, who was Lady de Clifford from her marriage in 1789, not her mother-in-law Sophia Campbell, who is generally attributed as Princess Charlotte's governess, but was by then the dowager Lady de Clifford, widow of Edward Southwell, 20th Lord de Clifford, who died in 1777. William Henry Wilkins states in his Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV (p. 261) that Lady de Clifford was "Sophia, Lady de Clifford married to Edward, 20th Baron de Clifford", but at the time around 1810, Sophia would have been in her mid-sixties and Mary in her early forties, so that Mary seems the likelier candidate to be the Lady de Clifford referred to.[1]
- Hon. Catherine Southwell (d. 1801), who married Col. George Kein Hayward Coussmaker (1759–1801) in 1790[1]
- Hon. Sophia Southwell (1771–1795), who married John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney in 1790[6]
- Hon. Elizabeth Southwell (1776–1817), who married at St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, on 9 April 1792, William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle[7]
- Hon. Henrietta Southwell, who married Frederick Delmé in 1799[1]
Baron de Clifford died on 1 November 1777 and was buried at Henbury, Gloucestershire.[1] After his death, his widow, Lady de Clifford, was according to some accounts appointed Governess to Princess Charlotte, daughter of the future King George IV.[8] His eldest son, who died with no issue, succeeded him as the 21st Baron de Clifford, and was himself succeeded by the 20th Baron's granddaughter, Sophia Coussmaker (1791–1874), who became the 22nd Baroness de Clifford suo jure after the death of her uncle in 1832.[1]
Descendants
Through his eldest daughter Catherine, Southwell was a grandfather of Sophia Coussmaker, who became the 22nd Baroness de Clifford. She married John Russell, third son of
Through his daughter Sophia, he was a grandfather of the Hon. Sophia Mary Townshend, who married Lt. Col. Hon.
Through his daughter Elizabeth, who married
Papers
Documents relating to Edward Southwell, including family papers, deeds, financial records and estate records, are held by Bristol Archives (Ref. 42725 and 45317) (online catalogue page 1 online catalogue page 2)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "de Clifford, Baron (E, 1299)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Edward, Southwell (STWL754E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Sydney, Viscount (GB, 1789 – 1890)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Albemarle, Earl of (E, 1696/7)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. PORTRAIT OF SOPHIA, MRS EDWARD SOUTHWELL, LATER LADY DE CLIFFORD (1743–1828)". www.sothebys.com. Sotheby's. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Moon, George Washington (1891). Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries p. 849, London: Sutton Publishing [1].