John Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave

Lieutenant-colonel John James Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave (31 July 1785 – 1835) was a British peer and British Army officer.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Waldegrave
Born	31 July 1785
Died	1835
Buried	Navestock
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1802–1835
Rank	Lieutenant-colonel
Commands	54th Regiment of Foot
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Venta del Pozo Hundred Days

Waldegrave was the second son of the 4th Earl Waldegrave and was educated at Eton. Upon his father's death in 1789, Waldegrave's elder brother George inherited the former's titles, but Waldegrave soon inherited them (aged eight), when his brother drowned in the Thames five years later. In 1797 he inherited from Horace Walpole his famous residence, Strawberry Hill House, in Twickenham.

On leaving Eton in 1801, Lord Waldegrave purchased a commission in the 55th Foot. He later transferred to the 3rd Foot Guards and in 1804 transferred to the 39th Foot as a Lieutenant without purchase. He later transferred to the 36th Foot and exchanged into the 7th Light Dragoons in 1805. He saw action during the Peninsular War. In 1808 he transferred to the 8th Garrison Battalion as a Major and a few months later exchanged into the 72nd Foot. He exchanged into the 15th Light Dragoons in 1809 and into the 12th Light Dragoons in 1812. Eight months later he purchased the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 54th Foot, which he commanded during the Hundred Days campaign.

On his return home, he married his longtime lover, Anne King on 30 October 1815; they had had several children before their marriage and later had a further four. His daughter Lady Horatia married firstly in 1847 Capt. John Joseph II Webbe-Weston (died 1849) of Sutton Place, Surrey and secondly John Wardlaw, brother of General Wardlaw. Lord Waldegrave was briefly a Tory Lord of the Bedchamber from 1830 to 1831 and died in 1835. He was succeeded by his eldest legitimate son, Hon. George Edward, and his wife remarried in 1839, to Dr Algernon Hicks.

Waldegrave later transferred to the 98th Foot.

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave

Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave Henrietta FitzJames John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet Mary Webb Barbara Belasyse George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave Sir John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower Catherine Manners Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull Lady Evelyn Pierrepont Mary Feilding John James Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave Henrietta FitzJames James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet Mary Webb Barbara Belasyse Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave Sir Robert Walpole Sir Edward Walpole Catherine Shorter Maria Walpole Hammond Clement Dorothy Clement Priscilla

External links

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