James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton

James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton DL (17 September 1818 – 19 December 1896),[1] styled Viscount Somerton until 1868, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was the eldest son of Welbore Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was president of the University Pitt Club.[2]

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wilton at an unopposed by-election in 1841, and was re-elected unopposed in 1847. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 1852 general election.[3]

Family

He married Caroline Susan Augusta Barrington in 1856 and had a large family, including:[4]

  • Caroline Elizabeth (21 Mar 1857 - 9 May 1894), who married Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon. They had one son, and daughter.
  • Lt. Charles George Welbore Ellis Agar, Viscount Somerton (27 Apr 1858 - 17 Jan 1894). Died unmarried.
  • Lady Mary Beatrice (10 Aug 1859 - 20 Dec 1943). Died unmarried
  • Lady Margaret Elizabeth Diana (10 Dec 1863 - 29 Mar 1941) married Hon. Ivan Campbell, son of John Alexander Gavin Campbell, 6th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, and brother of Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane. They had one son, Iain.
  • Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton (9 Apr 1865 - 25 Nov 1933) married Lady Amy Frederica Alice Byng, daughter of Henry Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford and Countess Henrietta Danneskjold-Samsöe (daughter of Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1800-1886)). They had one son, and seven daughters.
  • Lady Mary Adelaide (18 Aug 1869 - 7 June 1921) married Henry St. George Foley, son of Gen. Sir St. George Foley. They had one son, Gerald and one daughter, Mildred.
  • Hon. Henry Augustus Bernard (21 Nov 1870 - 25 Apr 1885). Died unmarried.
  • Hon. Francis William Arthur (19 Oct 1873 - 18 Aug 1936) married Laura Astley Kennard, daughter of Henry Steinmetz Kennard. They had one son, and one daughter.

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 333. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. "Normanton, Earl of (I, 1806)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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