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Onslow, Earl of (UK, 1801)

 

Creation: let. pat. 19 Jun 1801

 

Family name: Onslow

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Arms:

Argent a Fess Gules between six Cornish Choughs proper

Crest:

An Eagle Sable preying on a Partridge Or

Supporters:

On either side a Falcon close proper belled Or

Motto:

Festina Lente (Quick without impetuosity)

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George [Onslow], 1st Baron Cranley later 4th Baron Onslow later 1st Earl of Onslow, PC

only son of Rt Hon Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons (by his wife Anne Bridges, dau. and cohrss. of John Bridges, of Imbercourt, Thames Ditton, co. Surrey), and second cousin and heir of Richard [Onslow], 3rd Baron Onslow

born

13 Sep 1731

mar.

26 Jun 1753 Henrietta Shelley (b. Feb 1730/1; d. 27 May 1802), 1st dau. of Sir John Shelley, 4th Bt., of Michelgrove, co. Sussex, by his second wife Hon Margaret Pelham, sister of Thomas [Pelham later Pelham-Holles], 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, and 3rd dau. of Thomas [Pelham], 1st Baron Pelham, by his wife second wife Lady Grace Holles, Lady Grace Holles, sister and cohrss. of John [Holles], 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 4th dau. of Gilbert [Holles], 3rd Earl of Clare

children

1. Hon Thomas Onslow, later 2nd Earl of Onslow

2. Hon Edward Onslow (b. 9 Apr 1758; d. 18 Oct 1829), mar. 7 Mar 1783 Marie Rosalie de Bourdeille (d. 20 Jan 1842), dau. of Chev Jean de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Constance, and had issue

died

17 May 1814

created

20 May 1776 Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt in the County of Surrey

19 Jun 1801 Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire

suc. by

son

note

Out Ranger of Windsor Great Park 1754-63; Member of Parliament for Rye 1754-61 and for Surrey 1761-74; Surveyor of the King's Gardens and Waters 1761-63; a Commissioner of the Treasury 1765-77; Privy Councillor 1767; granted 10,000 acres of East Florida at a quit rent of a half-penny an acre 1767; High Steward of Kingston-upon-Thames 1768-1814; suc. his second cousin 8 Oct 1776 as 4th Baron Onslow; Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and High Steward of Guildford 1776-1814; Comptroller of the Household 1777-79; Treasurer of the Household 1779-80; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1780-1814; Col in the Army 1794 and of the Surrey Regiment of Fencible Cavalry 1794-1800

 

Thomas [Onslow], 2nd Earl of Onslow

born

15 Mar 1754

mar. (1)

20 Dec 1776 Arabella Ellerker (b. c. 1756; d. 11 Apr 1782), sister and cohrss. of Roger Ellerker, of Risby Park, co. York, and 3rd dau. of Eaton Mainwaring Ellerker, of Risby Park, co. York, by his wife Barbara Dixon, sister and hrss. of Abraham Dixon, of Belford, co. Northumberland

children by first wife

1. Hon Arthur George Onslow, later 3rd Earl of Onslow

2. Lt Col Hon Thomas Cranley Onslow, of Stoke Park, co. Surrey, and Upton House, co. Hampshire (b. 7 Oct 1778; d. 7 Jul 1861), mar. 28 May 1812 Susannah Elizabeth Hiller (d. 26 Mar 1852), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Nathaniel Hiller, of Stoke Park, co. Surrey, and had issue:

1a. George Augustus Cranley Onslow (b. 14 May 1813 ; dvp. 13 Apr 1855), mar. 11 Jul 1848 Mary Harriet Anne Loftus (d. 7 Nov 1880), 1st dau. of Lieut Gen William Fraser Bentinck Loftus, of Kilbride, co. Wicklow, and had issue:

1b. William Hillier Onslow, later 4th Earl of Onslow

2a. Guildford James Hiller Onslow later Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow MP DL, of Risby Park, co. York, which he inherited from his uncle (b. 29 Mar 1814; dsps. 20 Aug 1882, leaving the Risby estate to a nephew), mar. 28 Apr 1838 his distant kinswoman Rosa Anna Onslow (d. 19 Dec 1889), dau. of Gen Denzil Onslow, of Stoughton House, co. Huntingdon

3a. Lt Col Arthur Edward Onslow (b. 13 Nov 1815; d. 10 Jul 1897), mar. 30 Apr 1846 Margaret Anne Ferrers (d. 11 Apr 1892), 2nd dau. of Edward Ferrers, of Baddesley Clinton, and had issue

4a. Thomas Frederick Onslow (b. 15 Jan 1821; d. 15 Jul 1883)

3. Lt Col Hon Edward Mainwaring Onslow later Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow, of Risby Park, co. York, which he inherited from his mother (b. 2 Oct 1779; d. 30 Jul 1861)

mar. (2)

13 Feb 1783 Charlotte Duncombe (b. c. 1751; widow of Thomas Duncombe, of Duncombe Park, co. York;  d. 25 Apr 1819), dau. of William Hale, of King's Walden, co. Hertford, by his wife Elizabeth Farnaby, yst. dau. of Sir Charles Farnaby, of Kippington, co. Kent

died

22 Feb 1827

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Rye 1775-84 and for Guildford 1784-1806; Out Ranger of Windsor Great Park 1793; Lt Col, Surrey Regiment of Yeomanry 1794; Col in the Army 1797 and of the Surrey Militia 1797-1812

 

Arthur George [Onslow], 3rd Earl of Onslow

born

25 Oct 1777

mar.

21 Jul 1818 Mary Fludyer (b. 18 Apr 1793; d. 1 Mar 1830), 1st dau. of George Fludyer, of Ayston, co. Rutland, by his wife Lady Mary Fane, 3rd dau. by his second wife of John [Fane], 9th Earl of Westmorland

children

1. Hon Arthur George Onslow, styled Viscount Cranley (b. 16 Jun 1820; dspm. and vp. 2 Aug 1856), mar. 1 Aug 1850 his cousin Lady Catherine Anne Cust (b. 18 Nov 1822; d. 18 Oct 1885), 4th dau. of John [Cust], 1st Earl Brownlow, by his second wife Caroline Fludyer, 2nd dau. of George Fludyer, of Ayston, co. Rutland, by his wife Lady Mary Fane, 3rd dau. by his second wife of John [Fane], 9th Earl of Westmorland, and had issue:

1a. Hon Mary Katherine Onslow (b. 14 Aug 1851; d. 23 Jan 1902)

2a. Hon Katherine Elizabeth Onslow (b. 5 Dec 1853; d. 27 Apr 1934)

3a. Hon Emily Marian Onslow (b. Sep 1856; d. 16 Sep 1943)

1. Lady Mary Augusta Onslow (b. c. 1820; d. 30 Apr 1891)

died

s.p.m.s. 24 Oct 1870

suc. by

great-nephew

 

William Hillier [Onslow], 4th Earl of Onslow, GCMG PC

born

7 Mar 1853

mar.

3 Feb 1875 Hon Florence Coulston Gardner (b. 7 Feb 1853; d. 8 Aug 1934), 1st dau. of Alan Legge [Gardner], 3rd Baron Gardner, by his second wife Julia Sarah Hayfield Fortescue, dau. of Edward F T Fortescue

children

1. Hon Richard William Alan Onslow, later 5th Earl of Onslow

2. Hon Victor Alexander Herbert Hula Onslow (b. 13 Nov 1890 ; dsp. 27 Jun 1922), mar. 3 Feb 1919 Muriel Wheldale (d. 19 May 1932), only dau. of John Wheldale

1. Lady Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow CBE, Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Southend-on-Sea 1927-35, Freedom of Southend-on-Sea 1932 (b. 22 Jul 1881; d. 16 Feb 1966), mar. 8 Oct 1903 Rupert Edward Cecil Lee [Guinness], 2nd Earl of Iveagh, and had issue

2. Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow CI DCVO DGStJ, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth 1937-41 (b. 21 Mar 1885; d. 2 Feb 1976), mar. 21 Sep 1909 Edward Frederick Lindley [Wood], 1st Earl of Halifax, and had issue

died

23 Oct 1911

suc. by

son

note

High Steward of Guildford 1875; a Lord-in-Waiting (Conservative) 1880 and 1886-87; Under Secretary of State for the Colonies 1887-88 and 1900-03; KCMG 1887; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1888; Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand, 1889-92; GCMG 1889; Under Secretary of State for India 1895-1900; Alderman, London County Council 1895-99 and City of Westminster 1900; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, Surrey 1895-1911; Privy Councillor 1903; President of the Board of Agriculture 1903-05; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords 1905-11

 

Richard William Alan [Onslow], 5th Earl of Onslow, GBE

born

23 Aug 1876

mar.

22 Feb 1906 Hon Violet Marcia Catherine Warwick Bampfylde CBE GCStJ (b. 7 Nov 1883; d. 23 Oct 1954), only dau. of Coplestone Richard George Warwick [Bampfylde], 3rd Baron Poltimore, by his wife Hon Margaret Harriet Beaumont, 1st dau. by his first wife of Wentworth Blackett [Beaumont], 1st Baron Allendale

children

1. Hon William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow, later 6th Earl of Onslow

1. Lady Mary Florence Violet Margaret Onslow (d. 1 May 1970), mar. 10 Jan 1933 (div. 1940) Capt George Garside, and had issue

died

9 Jun 1945

suc. by

son

note

entered Diplomatic Service 1901; Attaché, Madrid 1902; 3rd Secretary, Tangiers 1903, St Petersburg1904 and Berlin 1907; 2nd Secretary 1907; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary 1909-11; Clerk in the Foreign Office 1910; Private Secretary to the Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1911-13; Assistant Clerk in the Foreign Office 1913-14; served in World War I: Capt 1916, Maj 1918, Col and Assistant Director of Staff Duties, BEF France 1918 ; OBE 1918; with British War Mission, Paris 1918-19; a Lord-in-Waiting 1919-20; Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1920-21; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture 1921, to the Ministry of Health 1921-23 and to the Board of Education 1923-24; Under Secretary of State for War and Vice-President of the Army Council 1924-28; British Delegate at Arms Traffic Conference, Geneva 1925; Privy Councillor 1926; Paymaster-General 1928-29; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords 1931-45; GBE 1938; GCStJ; High Steward of Guildford

 

William Arthur Bampfylde [Onslow], 6th Earl of Onslow, KBE MC

born

11 Jun 1913

mar. (1)

4 Aug 1936 (div. 1962) Hon Pamela Louisa Eleanor Dillon JP (b. 26 Aug 1915; d. 1992), only dau. of Eric FitzGerald [Dillon],  19th Viscount Dillon, by his wife Nora Juanita Muriel Beckett, only child of Brig Gen Charles Edward Beckett CB

children by first wife

1. Hon Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, later 7th Earl of Onslow

2. Lady Teresa Lorraine Onslow, translator and novelist (b. 26 Feb 1940), mar. 1 Jul 1961 Auberon Alexander Waugh, columnist and political commentator, of Combe Florey House, co .Somerset (b. 17 Nov 1939; d. Jan 2001), 1st son and heir of Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh, the novelist, by his second wife Laura Laetitia Gwendolen Evelyn Herbert, 3rd dau. of Hon Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert MP (by his wife Hon Mary Gertrude Vesey, only child of John Robert William [Vesey], 4th Viscount de Vesci), 1st son by his second wife of Henry Howard Molyneux [Herbert], 4th Earl of Carnarvon, and had issue

mar. (2)

30 Jun 1962 Nina Edith ("Jo") Sturder MBE (b. c. 1922; d. 28 Nov 2006), dau. of Thomas Percival Sturder

died

3 Jun 1971

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in World War II as Lieut, Life Guards; Member, London County Council 1940-46 and Surrey County Council 1949-52; MC 1941; High Steward of Guildford 1947-71; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards 1951-60; KBE 1960

 

Michael William Coplestone Dillon [Onslow], 7th Earl of Onslow

born

28 Feb 1938

mar.

17 Jul 1964 Robin Lindsay Bullard, dau. of Maj Robert Lee Bullard III, of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, by his wife Ann Lindsay Aymer, only dau. of Alexander Lindsay Aymer, of New York City, USA

children

1. Hon Rupert Charles William Bullard Onslow, later 8th Earl of Onslow

1. Lady Arabella Onslow (b. 9 Apr 1970)

2. Lady Charlotte Emma Dorothy Onslow (b. 15 Oct 1977)

died

14 May 2011

suc. by

son

note

High Steward of Guildford; elected to the House of Lords 1999

 

Rupert Charles William Bullard [Onslow], 8th Earl of Onslow

born

16 Jun 1967

mar.

Sep 1999 Leigh M Jones-Fenleigh (b. Mar 1959), dau. of Edward J Jones-Fenleigh by his wife Patricia F Ritchie, dau. of Andrew J Ritchie by his wife Vanessa M Binnie

only child

1. Hon O P Onslow, styled Viscount Cranley (b. Aug 2003)

 

 Last updated 18 May 2011

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Titles:

8th Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 19 Jun 1801)

8th Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 19 Jun 1801)

11th Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire and of Clandon in the County of Surrey

(Great Britain, let. pat. 19 Jun 1716)

8th Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt in the County of Surrey

(Great Britain, let. pat. 20 May 1776)

12th Baronet, styled "of West Clandon, co. Surrey"

(England, let. pat. 8 May 1674 with precedency from 21 Nov 1660)

 

Address:

Temple Court, Clandon Park, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7RQ

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