Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Tory
politician.
Life
Warwick was the son of
Sir William Drummond and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, on Captain Sir John Gore's ship HMS Medusa to bring Drummond to Constantinople. Henry undertook another tour to Italy during the late 1820s, where he purchased a set of Pietra Dure tables from the Grimanni Palace in Venice, a set which were sold by Merlin Entertainments at Sotheby's in 2015.[2]
He entered Parliament as one of two representatives for
Lord of the Bedchamber between 1828 and 1830. In 1827 he was made a Knight of the Thistle
.
He was also an amateur artist. His print Landscape with Old Trees by Water—one of the first
lithographs made in Britain—was published in the portfolio Specimens of Polyautography in 1803.[3]
Lord Warwick married Lady Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough, and widow of John Monson, 3rd Baron Monson, in 1816. She died in January 1851, aged 64. Warwick survived her by two years and died in August 1853, aged 74. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son George.
See also
Notes
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- ^ "A Gentleman's Grand Tour 1801 – 1803". YouTube. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Sotheby's, London, 10th December 2015".
- ^ Landscape with Old Trees by Water, 1803–6, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]