Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock
Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer.
Baron Radstock | |
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| Born | 24 September 1786 |
| Died | 11 May 1857 |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1798–1857 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral of the Red |
| Commands held | HMS Minorca HMS Thames HMS Volontaire |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Royal Navy
The eldest son of the 1st Baron Radstock, Waldegrave joined the Royal Navy in 1798 and rose through the ranks, becoming a captain in 1807, rear admiral in 1841, vice admiral of the White in 1853 and the Red in 1855. From 1831–37, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to King William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1837–1841.
Family life
On 7 August 1823, he had married Esther Caroline Paget (1800–1874) and they had three children:
- Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock (1833–1913)
- Hon. Catherine Esther (d. 1898), married Sir Thomas Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Baronet.
- Hon. Elizabeth Cornelia (died unmarried, 1903)
Arms
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Death
Grave of Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock in Highgate Cemetery
Lord Radstock died in 1857 and was succeeded in his title by his eldest son. He is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery above the Lebanon Circle.[2]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
- Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 120. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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