Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
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| Preceded by | The Duke of Newcastle |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Bute |
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| Born | 17 May 1718 |
| Died | 16 May 1778 (aged 59) Syon Hill, London, England |
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Spouse | Mary Doublet |
| Children | Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen |
| Parent(s) | Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness Lady Frederica Schomberg |
| Occupation | Diplomat, politician |
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness,
Career
In 1741 he collaborated with
King George III in favour of Lord Bute, although he had largely been a cipher in that position to the stronger personalities of his colleagues, successively the Duke of Newcastle, Thomas Robinson, Henry Fox, and William Pitt the Elder. From 1771 to 1776 he acted as governor to two of the King's sons, a solemn phantom as Horace Walpole calls him. He left no sons who survived childhood,[2] and all his titles became extinct except the Baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers, which were baronies by writ inherited from his father, and the Portuguese countship of Mértola, inherited from his mother. In those peerages, he was succeeded by his daughter, Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen
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David Hume wrote, "It is remarkable that this family of d'Arcy [sic] seems to be the only male descendant of any of the Conqueror's barons now remaining among the Peers. Lord Holdernessae [sic] is the heir of that family".[4]
Family
He was the only surviving son of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, and his wife Lady Frederica Schomberg. On 29 October 1743, Darcy married Mary Doublet, daughter of Francis Doublet and Constantia Van-der-Beck. The couple had three children, only one of whom survived childhood:[2]
- George Darcy, Lord Darcy and Conyers (September 1745 – 27 September 1747)
- Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcy and Conyers (born and died 1750), buried 29 July 1750 in the
- Lord Byron, and had one daughter, Augusta Leigh.
See also
- Great Britain in the Seven Years War
References
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ a b c Record for Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness on thepeerage.com
- ^ A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760 by Eleanor Selfridge-Field, p. 492
- ^ History of England (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975), p. 16 n. 14.
- ^ Wildeman, Marinus Godefridus, De grafboeken der Groote of St. Jacobskerk te 's Gravenhage, (1620-1830)... Robijns Publishers, 1898
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