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Portsmouth, Earl of (GB, 1743)

Creation: let. pat. 11 Apr 1743

Family name: Wallop

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Arms:

Argent a Bend wavy Sable

Crest:

A Mermaid holding in the sinister hand a Mirror and in the dexter a Comb all proper

Supporters:

On either side a Chamois or Wild Goat Sable

Motto:

En Suivant La Verité (In following the truth)

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John [Wallop], 1st Viscount Lymington later 1st Earl of Portsmouth

3rd son of John Wallop, of Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire, by his wife Alicia Borlase, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of William Borlase, of Great Marlow, co. Buckingham

born

15 Apr 1690

mar. (1)

20 May 1716 Lady Bridget Bennet (bapt. 3 Sep 1696; d. 12 Oct 1738; bur. at Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire), 1st dau. of Charles [Bennet], 1st Earl of Tankerville, by his wife Lady Mary Grey, dau. and hrss. of Ford [Grey], 1st Earl of Tankerville

only surviving child by first wife

1. Hon John Wallop, styled Viscount Lymington, Page of Honour 1739, Member of Parliament (Whig) for Andover 1741-49 (b. 3 Aug 1718; dvp. 19 Nov 1749; bur. at Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire), mar. 12 Jul 1740 Catherine Conduitt (d. 15 Apr 1750; bur. in Westminster Abbey), dau. and hrss. of John Conduitt, of Cranbury Lodge, Otterbourne, co. Hampshire, Master of the Mint, by his wife Catharine Barton, dau. of Robert Barton, of Brigstock, co. Northampton, by his wife Hannah Newton, half-sister of the scientist Sir Isaac Newton, and had issue:

1a. Hon John Wallop, later 2nd Earl of Portsmouth

2a. Hon Henry Wallop MP, Groom of the Bedchamber to King George III (d. Aug 1794)

3a. Rev Hon Barton Wallop, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (b. 3 Jan 1744; d. 1 Sep 1781), mar. 14 May 1771 his second cousin Camilla Powlett Smyth (d. 29 Sep 1820), sister and cohrss. of William Powlett Smyth later Powlett, of Samborne, co. Hampshire, and 2nd dau. of Rev Richard Smyth, of Itchen and Crux Easton, co. Hampshire, Rector of Myddle, co. Shropshire, by his wife Annabella Powlett, 1st dau. of William Powlett MP, of Easton, co. Hampshire (by his wife Lady Annabella Bennet, 2nd dau. of Charles [Bennet], 1st Earl of Tankerville), 1st son of Lord William Powlett MP (by his first wife Louisa, dau. of the Marquis Monpouillon, 2nd son of Duc de la Force), 2nd son by his second wife of Charles [Powlett], 1st Duke of Bolton, and had issue

4a. Hon Bennet Wallop (b. 29 Jan 1745; d. 12 Feb 1815), mar., and had issue

1a. Lady Catherine Wallop (d. May 1812), mar. 3 Oct 1770 Lt Col Hon Lockhart Gordon, Judge Advocate General in Bengal (b. 1732; d. 24 Mar 1788), 3rd son of John [Gordon], 3rd Earl of Aboyne, by his wife Grace Lockhart, dau. of George Lockhart of Carnwath, by his wife Lady Euphemia Montgomerie, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Alexander [Montgomerie], 6th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue

mar. (2)

9 Jun 1741 Hon Elizabeth Grey (bapt. 30 Nov 1691; widow of Henry Grey, of Billingbere, co. Berkshire;  dsp. 13 Aug 1762), 1st dau. of James [Griffin], 2nd Baron Griffin, by his wife Anne Raynsford, dau. and sole hrss. of Richard Raynsford, of Dallington, co. Northampton

died

22 Nov 1762 (bur. at Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire)

created

11 Jun 1720 Baron Wallop, of Farley Wallop in the County of Southampton, and Viscount Lymington

11 Apr 1743 Earl of Portsmouth

suc. by

grandson

note

fought as a volunteer at the Battle of Oudenarde 1708; Hereditary Bailiff of Burley; Member of Parliament (Whig) for Hampshire 1705-20; a Lord of the Treasury 1717-20; Chief Justice in Eyre north of Trent 1732-34; Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire and the Town of Southampton 1733-42; Vice Admiral of Hampshire and Lord Warden of the New Forest 1733-42; Governor of the Isle of Wight 1734-42; Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight 1734; a Governor of the Foundling Hospital 1739; Governor and Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight 1745/6-62

John [Wallop], 2nd Earl of Portsmouth

born

29 Jun 1742

mar.

27 Aug 1763 Urania Fellowes (b. 18 Jan 1742/3; d. 29 Jan 1812; bur. at Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire), 4th dau. of Coulson Fellowes, of Eggesford, co. Devon, of Ramsay Abbey, co. Huntingdon, and of Hampstead, co. Middlesex, by his wife Urania Herbert, sister of Henry Arthur [Herbert], 1st Earl of Powis, and 1st dau. of Francis Herbert, of Oakley Park, co. Shropshire

children

1. Hon John Charles Wallop, later 3rd Earl of Portsmouth

2. Hon Newton Wallop later Fellowes, later 4th Earl of Portsmouth

3. Hon Coulson Wallop (d. 31 Aug 1807), mar. 4 Apr 1802 Catherine Townley Keatinge, only dau. of Maurice Keatinge

1. Lady Urania Annabella Wallop (d. 17 Dec 1844)

2. Lady Henrietta Dorothea Wallop (b. 1780; d. 10 Jun 1862), mar. 19 Jan 1816 Rev John Comyns Churchill

died

16 May 1797 (bur. at Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire)

suc. by

son

note

Hereditary Bailiff of Burley

John Charles [Wallop], 3rd Earl of Portsmouth

born

18 Dec 1767

mar. (1)

19 Nov 1799 Hon Grace Norton (b. 8 Nov 1752; dsp. 13 Nov 1813), 1st dau. of Fletcher [Norton], 1st Baron Grantley, by his wife Grace Chapple, dau. of Sir William Chapple

mar. (2)

7 Mar 1814 (annulled 1828) Mary Anne Hanson, 1st dau. of John Hanson, of Bloomsbury Square, London, solicitor

died

s.p. 14 Jul 1853 (bur. at Farleigh Wallop, co. Hampshire)

suc. by

brother

note

Hereditary Bailiff of Burley

Newton [Wallop later Fellowes], 4th Earl of Portsmouth

born

26 Jun 1772

mar. (1)

30 Jan 1795 Frances Sherard (d. 15 Mar 1819), 4th dau. of Rev Castell Sherard, of Glatton, co. Huntingdon, by his wife Jane Caryer, dau. of Richard Caryer, of Godmanchester

children by first wife

1. Henry Arthur Fellowes, Member of Parliament for Andover 1831-35 (b. 1799; dvp. 15 Feb 1847)

1. Lady Henrietta Caroline Fellowes (d. 2 Jan 1880), mar. 14 Dec 1826 Joseph Chichester Nagle, of Calverleigh, co. Devon

mar. (2)

24 Jun 1820 Lady Catherine Fortescue (b. 30 Aug 1786; d. 17 Apr 1854), 2nd dau. of Hugh [Fortescue], 1st Earl Fortescue, by his wife Hester Grenville, sister of George [Grenville later Nugent-Temple-Grenville], 1st Marquess of Buckingham, and 3rd dau. of Rt Hon George Grenville MP, Prime Minister 1763-65

children by second wife

2. Hon Isaac Newton Fellowes later Wallop, later 5th Earl of Portsmouth

2. Lady Catherine Henrietta Fellowes (d. 9 Sep 1900), mar. 29 Jul 1843 Seymour Phillips Allen, of Cresselly, co. Pembroke (d. 13 Mar 1861), and had issue

3. Lady Hester Urania Fellowes (b. 1822; d. 30 Jul 1887), mar. 26 Oct 1847 Ralph Merrik Leeke, of Longford Hall, co. Shropshire (b. 1813; d. 26 Nov 1882), only son of Thomas Leeke, of Longford Hall, co. Shropshire, by his wife Louisa Shawe, and had issue

4. Lady Camilla Eleanor Fellowes (dsp. 5 Aug 1920), mar. 8 Jun 1852 her cousin Hon Dudley Francis Fortescue, Member of Parliament for Andover 1857-74, High Sheriff of co. Waterford 1870 (b. 4 Aug 1820 ; dsp. 2 Mar 1909), 3rd son of Hugh [Fortescue], 2nd Earl Fortescue, by his first wife Lady Susan Ryder, 1st dau. of Dudley [Ryder], 1st Earl of Harrowby

died

9 Jan 1854 (bur. at Eggesford, co. Devon)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

assumed the surname of Fellowes in lieu of that of Wallop by Royal Licence 1794 on succeeding to the Eggesford estate in North Devon on the death of his maternal uncle, Henry Arthur Fellowes; Capt, Independent Company, South Devon Militia 1795, and 1st (East) Devon Regiment of Militia 1820; Member of Parliament (Whig) for Andover 1802-20 and for North Devon 1832-37; Hereditary Bailiff of Burley

Isaac Newton [Fellowes later Wallop], 5th Earl of Portsmouth

born

11 Jan 1825

mar.

15 Feb 1855 Lady Eveline Alicia Juliana Herbert (b. 21 Dec 1834; d. 1 Oct 1906; bur. at Hurstbourne Priors, co. Hampshire), 1st dau. of Henry John George [Herbert], 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, by his wife Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard, 1st dau. of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (by his wife Elizabeth Long, dau. of Edward Long, Chief Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Jamaica), yr. brother of Bernard Edward [Howard], 12th Duke of Norfolk

children

1. Hon Newton Wallop, later 6th Earl of Portsmouth

2. Hon John Fellowes Wallop, later 7th Earl of Portsmouth

3. Hon Oliver Henry Wallop, later 8th Earl of Portsmouth

4. Hon Robert Gerard Valoynes Wallop, Private Secretary to the Governor of the Straits Settlements 1885-97 and to the Governor of Queensland 1891-94 (b. 6 Jul 1864; d. 22 Aug 1940)

5. Rev Hon Arthur George Edward Wallop (b. 12 Oct 1867; dvp. 22 Dec 1898)

6. Hon Frederick Henry Arthur Wallop, Assistant Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Agriculture, Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery 1818-48 (b. 16 Feb 1870; d. 9 Aug 1953)

1. Lady Catherine Henrietta Wallop DJStJ (d. 21 Aug 1935), mar. 7 Dec 1876 Rt Hon Charles George Milnes-Gaskell DL, of Thornes House, co. York, and Wenlock Abbey, co. Shropshire, Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Morley 1885-92 (b. 23 Jan 1842; d. 9 Jan 1919), 1st son and hr. of James Milnes-Gaskell MP, of Thornes House, co. York, by his wife Mary Williams-Wynn, 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Charles Watkins Williams-Wynn MP, Secretary of War, and had issue

2. Lady Eveline Camilla Wallop (dsp. 14 Sep 1894), mar. 20 Sep 1888 Rt Hon Sir William Brampton Gurdon KCMG CB MP, of Assington Hall, co. Suffolk, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk 1907-10 (b. 5 Sep 1840; dsp. 31 May 1910), brother of Robert Thornhaugh [Gurdon], 1st Baron Cranworth, and 2nd son of Brampton Gurdon MP, of Letton, co. Norfolk, and Grundisburgh, co Suffolk. by his wife Hon Henrietta Susannah Ridley-Colborne, 1st dau. of Nicholas William [Ridley later Ridley-Colborne], 1st Baron Colborne

3. Lady Rosamond Alicia Wallop (d. 19 Nov 1935), mar. 9 Feb 1882 Augustus Langham Christie, of Glyndebourne, co. Sussex, and Tapeley Park, Instow, co. Devon (b. 8 Aug 1857; d. 7 Apr 1930), 1st son and hr. of Capt William Langham Christie MP, of Glyndebourne, co. Sussex, by his wife Agnes Hamilton Clevland, 1stdau. and cohrss. of Col Augustus Saltren Willett later Clevland, of Tapeley Park, co. Devon, and had issue

4. Lady Dorothea Hester Bluett Wallop (d. 29 Dec 1906), mar. 11 Feb 1886 Sir Richard Nelson Rycroft, 5th Bt., and had issue

5. Lady Gwendolen Margaret Wallop (d. 14 Feb 1943), mar. 3 Feb 1891 Vernon James Watney, of Cornbury Park, Charlbury, co. Oxford (b. 14 Oct 1860; d. 27 Aug 1928), 1st son and heir of James Watney MP, of Beddington, co. Surrey, and Thorney House, Palace Gate, London, by his wife Blanche Maria Georgiana Burrell, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Frederick Salmon Burrell, of Highfield Park, co. Sussex, and had issue

6. Lady Henrietta Anna Wallop (d. 28 Feb 1932), mar. 14 Oct 1890 John Carbery Evans, barrister, of Townsend Manor, Middle Wallop, co. Hampshire (d. 30 Sep 1954), and had issue

died

4 Oct 1891

suc. by

son

note

resumed the name of Wallop when he succeeded to the peerage 1854; Hereditary Bailiff of Burley

Newton [Wallop], 6th Earl of Portsmouth

born

19 Jan 1856

mar.

17 Feb 1885 Beatrice Mary Pease (d. 13 Dec 1935; bur. at Hurstbourne Priors, co. Hampshire), only child and hrss. of Edward Pease, of Greencroft Hall, Darlington, and Sumner Manor, Bewdley, by his wife Sarah Sturge, dau. of Charles Sturge, of Bewdley

died

s.p. 4 Dec 1917 (bur. at Hurstbourne Priors, co. Hampshire)

suc. by

brother

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FSA 1878; FZS; Hereditary Bailiff of Burley; Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1880-85 and for North Devon 1885-91; Under Secretary of State for War 1905-08

John Fellowes [Wallop], 7th Earl of Portsmouth

born

27 Dec 1859

died

7 Sep 1925

suc. by

brother

note

Vice-Lieutenant of Devon; Private Secretary to the Governor of Tasmania

Oliver Henry [Wallop], 8th Earl of Portsmouth

born

13 Jan 1861

mar.

Apr 1897 Marguerite Walker (d.9 May 1938), dau. of Samuel Johnson Walker, of Frankfort, Kentucky, USA

children

1. Hon Gerard Vernon Wallop, later 9th Earl of Portsmouth

2. Hon Oliver Malcolm Wallop, served in World War II 1939-45 with the USA Air Force (b. 1905; d. 1980), mar. (1) 1 Jun 1929 Jean Moore (d. 7 Apr 1943), 1st dau. of Edward Small Moore, of New York, USA, (2) 26 Sep 1944 (div. 1954) Mrs Alberta Jannapolis Hines, and (3) 25 Sep 1954 Carolyn Russell (former wife of Henry Sturgis Russell, of Glenbrook, Nevada, USA; d. 1973), dau. of Dr Harvey Parker Towle, and had issue by his first wife

died

10 Feb 1943

suc. by

son

Gerard Vernon [Wallop], 9th Earl of Portsmouth

born

16 May 1898

mar. (1)

31 Jul 1920 (div. 1936) Mary Lawrence Post (mar. (2) 12 Feb 1938 Everard John Boothby How;  d. 6 Aug 1964), dau. of Waldron Kintzing Post, of Bayport, Long Island, USA

children by first wife

1. Hon Oliver Kintzing Wallop, styled Viscount Lymington (b. 14 Jan 1923; dvp. 5 Jun 1984), mar. (1) 26 Jun 1952 (div. 1954) Maureen Stanley, dau. of Lt Col Kenneth Bridges Stanley MBE, of Prince's Gate, London, (2) 31 May 1954 (div. 1974) Ruth Violet Mason (former wife of Richard Desborough Malcolm Mason, of Mau Narok, Kenya; d. 2 Jan 1978), 2nd dau. of Brig Gen Gerald Carew Sladen CB CMG DSO MC, by his wife Mabel Ursula Orr-Ewing, 2nd dau. of Sir Archibald Ernest Orr-Ewing, 3rd Bt., of Ballikinrain, co. Stirling, and (3) 26 Mar 1974 Julia Kirwan-Taylor (former wife of Peter Robin Kirwan-Taylor), dau. of Cdr (William) Graeme Ogden DSC RN, of Frome, co. Somerset, and had issue by his second wife:

1a. Hon Quentin Gerard Carew Wallop, later 10th Earl of Portsmouth

1a. Hon Lucinda Ruth Wallop (b. 9 Feb 1956), mar. 1984 as his second wife Patrick Anthony Ewen Bellville, of Manor Farm House, Cliddesden, co. Hampshire, only surviving son of Anthony Seymour Bellville, of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, and has issue

2a. Hon Emma Geraldine Anne Wallop (b. 5 Oct 1958), mar. 27 Jun 1981 Gerald Thomas Cordingley, of Cheesecombe Farm, Hawkley, co. Hampshire, son of Thomas Cordingley, of Bridlington, co. York, and has issue

1. Lady (Anne) Camilla Eveline Wallop (b. 12 Jul 1925), mar. 22 Apr 1944 Capt Lord Rupert Charles Montacute Larnach-Nevill later Nevill CVO KStJ, Treasurer to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh 1970-82 and Private Secretary 1976-82 (b. 29 Jan 1923;  d. 18 Jul 1982), 2nd son of Guy Temple Montacute [Nevill later Larnach-Nevill], 4th Marquess of Abergavenny, by his wife Isabel Nellie Larnach, only child and hrss. of James Walker Larnach, of Brambletye, co. Sussex, Lanwades Hall, Newmarket, and Adderbury, co. Oxford, by his wife Lady Isabella Lettice Theodosia Boyle, 5th dau. of Richard Edmund St Lawrence [Boyle], 9th Earl of Cork, and has issue

mar. (2)

14 Aug 1936 Bridget Cery Crohan (d. 15 Dec 1979), only dau. of Capt Patrick Bermingham Crohan RN, of Owlpen Old Manor, Uley, co. Gloucester

children by second wife

2. Hon Nicholas Valoynes Bermingham Wallop, art dealer (b. 14 Jul 1946), mar. 1 Oct 1969 Lavinia Karmel, only dau. of David Karmel CBE QC, of Great Rissington Hill, co. Gloucester, and has issue

2. Lady Philippa Dorothy Bluet Wallop (b. 21 Aug 1937; d. 1984), mar. 6 Jun 1963 as his first wife Charles Gerald John [Cadogan], 8th Earl Cadogan, and had issue

3. Lady Jane Alianora Borlase Wallop (b. 24 Feb 1939)

died

28 Sep 1984

suc. by

grandson

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Lieut, 2nd Life Guards 1916-19; Member of Parliament (Unionist) for Basingstoke 1929-34; Member, Milk Marketing Board 1933-34; Vice-Chairman, Hampshire War Agriculture Committee 1939-47; Vice-President and Chairman, Country Landowners' Association 1947-49; President, Kenya Electors' Union 1953-55; Chairman, Forest Advisory Committee for Kenya Government 1955-61; Corporate Member for Agriculture, Kenya Legislative Council 1957-61; Vice-Chairman, East African National Resources Research Council 1963-84; Hereditary Bailiff of Burley

Quentin Gerard Carew [Wallop], 10th Earl of Portsmouth

born

25 Jul 1954

mar. (1)

10 Feb 1981 (div. 1985) Candia Frances Juliet McWilliam (mar. (2) Fram Dinshaw), only dau. of Colin McWilliam, of Edinburgh

children by first wife

1. Hon Oliver Henry Rufus Wallop, styled Viscount Lymington (b. 22 Dec 1981), mar. Flora Pownall, 2nd dau. of George Pownall, of London, by his wife Elfreda Wadsworth, and has issue:

1a. Hon Stella Beatrice Grace Wallop (b. 14 Sep 2017)

1. Lady Clementine Violet Rohais Wallop (b. 20 Nov 1983)

mar. (2)

16 Mar 1990 Annabel Ferguson, 1st dau. of Dr Ian Fergusson, of Tudor Place, Richmond Green, Richmond-on-Thames, co. Surrey

only child by second wife

2. Lady Rose Hermione Annabel Wallop (b. 23 Oct 1990)

Last updated 31 Dec 2017

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Titles:

10th Earl of Portsmouth

(Great Britain, let. pat. 11 Apr 1743)

10th Viscount Lymington

(Great Britain, let. pat. 11 Jun 1720)

10th Baron Wallop, of Farley Wallop in the County of Southampton

(Great Britain, let. pat. 11 Jun 1720)

Hereditary Bailiff of Burley, New Forest

Address:

Farleigh House, Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire RG25 2HS

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