James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave
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| Lord Waldgrave's Estate Act 1691 | |
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| Royal assent | 24 February 1692 |
James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave,
Life
Waldegrave was the son of the
Educated in France,
- James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave (1715–1763)
- John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave (1718–1784)
- Lady Henrietta Waldegrave (1717–1753), married firstly, Lord Edward Herbert, a son of the 2nd Marquess of Powis and had issue; married secondly, John Beard (a singer at Covent Garden).
After the death of his wife, he converted from
During his ambassadorship to France, he still spent enough time in London to be one of the founding Governors of the new charity there, known as the Foundling Hospital (created in 1739). In 1729, he had been created Earl Waldegrave and on his death in 1741, was succeeded by his eldest son, James.
Sir James inherited Hever Castle in Kent which had remained in the Waldegrave family for 160 years. It was deemed too small for Sir James and he sold it in the early 1700s to Sir William Humfreys, Lord Mayor of London (1714).[2]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 254.
- ^ "Hever Castle". 20 June 2009.
External links
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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