Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere
Vanity Fair in 1888. | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Carrickfergus | |
| In office 1847–1857 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Kirk |
| Succeeded by | William Cary Dobbs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton 24 November 1818 Saint Thomas, Barbados |
| Died | 1 December 1891 (aged 73) St James's Place, London |
| Spouse |
Susan Alice Sitwell
(m. 1844; died 1869) |
| Relations | Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere Caroline Greville |
| Education | Eton College Christ Church, Oxford |
Colonel Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere (24 November 1818 – 1 December 1891) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
Early life
Combermere was born at Duncombe House,
He was educated at
Military and political career
Stapleton-Cotton was commissioned into the
Throughout his military career and on Combermere distinguished himself as a sportsman acquiring a reputation of being a good shooter, steeple chase rider, and keen fly-fisherman. He also bred horses, was a keen fox-hunter, and often judged at the Royal Agricultural and other shows in Islington and Birmingham.[6]
In 1847, he was returned to Parliament for Carrickfergus, a seat he held until 1857.[3][7] In 1865 he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.
Personal life
In 1844 Lord Combermere married Susan Alice Sitwell. She was the daughter of
- née Chetwynd) Poole, the former wife of the High Sheriff of Cheshire Cudworth Halsted Poole of Marbury Hall.[8]
- Col. Hon. Richard Southwell George Stapleton-Cotton (1849–1925), the Inspector-General of British Guiana Police from 1889 to 1891; he married Hon. Jane Charlotte Methuen, second daughter of Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen, in 1870.[8]
- Hon. Susan Caroline Mary Stapleton-Cotton (d. 1916), who married Lt.-Col. Cecil Lennox Peel, fourth son of Laurence Peel (sixth son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet) and Lady Jane Lennox (herself the fourth daughter of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond) in 1867.[8]
- Hon. Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton (d. 1930), who married Lord Alexander Victor Paget, second son of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey and his second wife Henrietta Maria Bagot (third daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Bagot), in 1880.[8]
Susan died in August 1869. Lord Combermere survived his wife by 22 years and died of coronary thrombosis at his London home in St James' Place in December 1891, aged 73, seven weeks after being run over by a horse-drawn carriage.[4] He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury, Cheshire.[5] He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his eldest son, Robert.[3]
Lord Combermere's ghost photo
The 2nd Viscount Combermere became a posthumous celebrity in connection with "Lord Combermere's Ghost Photo", taken in 1891 by Sybell Corbet. She was Lady Combermere's sister and staying at
References
- ^ https://www.archives.bb/ [dead link]
- ^ Hart, D (1866). Trinidad and Other West India Islands and Colonies. Trinidad, The "Chronicle" Publishing Office. p. 223.
- ^ a b c thepeerage.com
- ^ a b c d "The Late Lord Combermere". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 1 December 1891. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d Gibbs, Vicary, ed. (1912). The Complete Peerage, Volume III. St Catherine's Press. p. 389.
- ^ British Sports and Sportsmen: Past & Present. 1908.
- ^ leighrayment.com[usurped]
- ^ a b c d e "Combermere, Viscount (UK, 1827)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ www.ghost-story.co.uk
- ^ Ghost Photos: Lord Combermere
- ^ "Crypt of the Moving Coffins". Cemetery Parks. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2019.