George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford
John Robinson Thomas Orde | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Augustus North 11 September 1757 |
| Died | 20 April 1802 (aged 44) |
| Spouses | Lady Maria Frances Mary Hobart
(m. 1785; died 1794)Susan Coutts
(m. 1796) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford Anne Speke |
George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford, FRS (11 September 1757 – 20 April 1802), known as The Honourable George North until 1790 and as Lord North from 1790 to 1792, was a British politician.
Early life
Guilford was the eldest son of
His paternal grandfather was Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford. His mother was the daughter and heiress of George Speke of White Lackington, by his third wife Anne Peer-Williams (a daughter of William Peer-Williams).[1]
North was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, matriculating in 1774, graduating with a nobleman's M.A. in 1777.[2]
Career
He was elected to the
In the latter year, he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the
Personal life
Lord Guilford married firstly Lady Maria Frances Mary Hobart, daughter of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, on 24 September 1785. Before her death on 23 April 1794, they were the parents of one child, a daughter:[1]
- Lady Maria North (1793–1841), who married, as his first wife, John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, in 1818.[1]
After Lady Maria's death, North remarried on 28 February 1796 to Susan, daughter of Thomas Coutts, founder of the banking house of Coutts & Co. with his brother, James Coutts, MP for Edinburgh. Together, they were the parents of:[1]
- Lady Susan North (1797–1884), later suo jure Baroness North.[1]
- Lady Georgiana North (d. 1835), who died unmarried.[1]
It was while courting his second wife that Guilford sustained a spinal injury in a fall from his horse and died from a lingering illness that resulted in April 1802, aged 44. He was buried at Wroxton in Oxfordshire.[3] On his death his junior title of Baron North fell into abeyance between his daughters while he was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, Francis.
Guilford's son-in-law, the Marquess of Bute, brought a petition to the House of Lords to resolve the partition of the late Earl's estate between his widow and his daughters. This was finally enacted by William IV in October 1831.[5] The Countess of Guilford died in 1837.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Guilford, Earl of (GB, 1752)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Foster, Joseph. . – via Wikisource.
- ^ History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 5 October 1831 Pages 1058-1065 Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 63, 1830-1831". British History Online. HMSO. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
References
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]