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Granville of Potheridge, Baron (E, 1703 - 1707)

Creation: let.pat. 13 Mar 1702/3

Extinct: 3 Dec 1707

Family name: Granville

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Arms:

See Earl of Bath

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John [Granville], 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge, PC

2nd son of John [Granville], 1st Earl of Bath, by his wife Jane Wyche, dau. of Sir Peter Wyche, Comptroller of the Royal Household

born

12 Apr 1665

mar.

15 Apr 1703 Rebecca Somerset (widow of Lord Charles Somerset MP, styled Marquess of Worcester, 1st son and heir ap. of Henry [Somerset], 1st Duke of Beaufort; d. 17 Jul 1712), half-sister of Richard [Child later Tylney], 1st Earl Tylney, and 1st dau. of Sir Josiah Child, 1st Bt., of Wanstead, co. Essex, by his second wife Mary Atwood, dau. of William Atwood, of Hackney, London

died

s.p. 3 Dec 1707

created

13 Mar 1702/3 Baron Granville of Potheridge, of Potheridge in the County of Devon

note

Col of the Guards; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Launceston 1685-87, for Plymouth 1689-98, for Newport (Cornwall) 1698-1700, for Fowey 1701, and for Cornwall 1701-03; Lieut General of the Ordnance 1702-05; Privy Councillor 1702; Lord Warden of the Stannaries1702-05; Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1702-05; Ranger of St James's Park 1703-07; a Lord Proprietor of the Colony of Carolina in or before 1705/6

On the death of the 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge the Barony of Granville of Potheridge became extinct.

 First written 23 Jun 2005

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