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WALDEGRAVE , the name of an See also:

English See also:family, taken from its See also:early See also:residence, Walgrave in See also:Northamptonshire. Its founder was See also:SIR See also:RICHARD WALDEGRAVE, or WALGRAVE, who was member of See also:parliament for See also:Lincolnshire in 1335; his son, Sir Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402), was See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons in 1402. One of Sir Richard's descendants was Sir See also:Edward Waldegrave (c. 1517-1561) of Borley, See also:Essex, who was. imprisoned during the reign of Edward VI. for his See also:loyalty to the princess, afterwards See also:Queen See also:Mary. By Mary he was knighted, and he received from her the See also:manor of Chewton in See also:Somerset, now the residence of See also:Earl Waldegrave. He was a member of parliament and See also:chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster. After Mary's decease he suffered a See also:reverse of See also:fortune, and he was a prisoner in the See also:Tower of See also:London when he died on the 1st of See also:September 1561. Sir Edward's descendant, another Sir Edward Waldegrave, was created a See also:baronet in 1643 for his services to See also:Charles I.; and his descendant, Sir See also:Henry Waldegrave, See also:Bart. (1660-1689), was created See also:Baron Waldegrave of Chewton in 1686. Sir Henry married Henrietta (d. 1730), daughter of See also:King See also:James II. and Arabella See also:Churchill, and their son was James, 1st Earl Waldegrave (1684-1741).

Educated in See also:

France, James Waldegrave soon crossed over to See also:England, and under See also:George I. he declared himself a See also:Protestant and took his seat as Baron Waldegrave in the House of Lords. Having become friendly with Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole, he was sent to See also:Paris as See also:ambassador extraordinary in 1725, and from 1727 to 1730 he was See also:British ambassador at See also:Vienna. In 1729 he was created See also:Viscount Chewton and Earl Waldegrave, and in 1730 he succeeded Sir Horatio Walpole as ambassador in Paris, filling this See also:post during ten very difficult years. He died on the r Ith of See also:April 1741. Much of his See also:diplomatic See also:correspondence is in the British Museum. His son JAMES, the 2nd earl (1715-1763), was perhaps the mostintimate friend of George II., and was for a See also:time See also:governor of his See also:grandson, the future king George III. He was very much in See also:evidence during the See also:critical years 1755-1757, when the king employed him to negotiate in turn with See also:Newcastle, See also:Devonshire, See also:Pitt and See also:Fox about the formation of a See also:ministry. Eventually, in consequence of a deadlock, Waldegrave himself was first See also:lord of the See also:treasury for five days in See also:June 1757. He died on the 28th of April 1763, leaving some valuable and interesting See also:Memoirs, which were published in 1821. His See also:brother See also:JOHN, the 3rd earl (1718-1784), was a soldier, who distinguished himself especially at the See also:battle of See also:Minden and became a See also:general in 1772. He was a member of parliament from 1747 to 1763. His younger See also:soli, See also:William Waldegrave (1753-1825), entered the British See also:navy in 1766, and after many years of service was third in command at the battle of Cape St See also:Vincent in 1797.

In 1800 he was created an Irish peer as Baron Radstock, and in 1802 he became an See also:

admiral. His son, George See also:Granville, 2nd Baron Radstock (1786-1857), followed in his See also:father's footsteps, and was made a See also:vice-admiral in 1851. In 1857 his son, Granville See also:Augustus William (b. 1833), became 3rd Baron Radstock.

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