The Earl De La Warr | |
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| 7º Royal Governor of New Jersey | |
| In office 20 June 1737 – September 1737,Resigned, never having entered upon his duties. | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Colonial governor of New York | |
| In office 20 June 1737 – September 1737,Resigned, never having entered upon his duties. | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Lieutenant | George Clarke |
| Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury | |
| In office 1747–1752 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Adam Williamson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan |
| Governor of the Bailiwick of Guernsey | |
| In office 1752 – 16 March 1766 | |
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| Preceded by | Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier |
| Succeeded by | Lt. Gen. SirRichard Lyttelton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | The Honourable John West 4 April 1693 (1693-04-04) England |
| Died | 16 March 1766 (1766-03-17) (aged 72) |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Charlotte MacCarthy Anne Walker |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | John West, 6th Baron De La Warr Margaret Freeman |
| Profession | Military officer, governor |
Lieutenant-GeneralJohn West, 1st Earl De La WarrKB PC FRS (4 April 1693 – 16 March 1766), styledThe Honourable John West until 1723 and known asThe Lord De La Warr between 1723 and 1761, was aBritish Army officer, courtier and politician who sat in theHouse of Commons of Great Britain from 1715 to 1722.
West was the son ofJohn West, 6th Baron De La Warr, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of John Freeman, aLondon merchant.[1]
After travelling inEurope West was appointedClerk-Extraordinary of the Privy Council in 1712.[1] In 1715 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives forGrampound, a seat he held until 1722.[2] In 1715 he also became a guidon and 1st major of the1st Troop of Horse Guards and was promoted tolieutenant-colonel in 1717.[1] In 1723 he succeeded his father in the barony of De La Warr and entered theHouse of Lords. He was appointed aLord of the Bedchamber toGeorge I[3] and made a Knight of theOrder of the Bath in 1725. In 1728 he was admitted a Fellow of theRoyal Society.[1] He was ejected from the society in June 1757 for non-payment of arrears.[4]
In 1731 Lord De La Warr was sworn of thePrivy Council[5] and appointedTreasurer of the Household, a position he held until 1737.[1] In 1732 he was appointed speaker of the House of Lords in the absence ofLord King, theLord Chancellor. He was a supporter of tough sanctions against the city ofEdinburgh after thePorteous Riots of 1736. The latter year he was sent on a special mission toGermany to escortPrincess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha toBritain, where she was to become the wife ofFrederick, Prince of Wales.Lord Hervey, who described De La Warr as a "long, lank, awkward person", thought that "no fitter selection could have been made to disarm the jealousy of the prince, and that a more unpolished ambassador for such an occasion could not have been found in any of the Goth or Vandal courts of Germany." De La Warr and the future Princess of Wales landed atGreenwich in April 1736.[1]
In 1737 De La Warr was appointedGovernor of New York and New Jersey. However, he never travelled to America.[6] He continued his military career while being active in the House of Lords and fought at theBattle of Dettingen in 1743 during theWar of the Austrian Succession.[1] On 30 August 1737, he was commissioned colonel of the1st Troop of Horse Guards,[7] an appointment he held until his death. He became aBrigadier-General in 1743, aMajor-General in 1745, aLieutenant-General in 1747 and a General of the Horse in 1765.[1][8] In 1752 he was appointedGovernor of Guernsey, a post he held until his death.[8] In 1761George III created him Viscount Cantalupe and Earl De La Warr.[9]
Lord De La Warr was twice married. He married firstly Lady Charlotte, daughter ofDonough MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth Spencer, on 25 May 1721. They had two sons and two daughters, including Lady Diana, wife ofSir John Clavering.[1] After his first wife's death in February 1735 he married secondly Anne, daughter of Nehemiah Walker and widow ofGeorge Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny, in 1742. There were no children from this marriage. Anne died in June 1748. Lord De La Warr remained a widower until his death in March 1766, aged 72. He was succeeded by his eldest son,John, Viscount Cantelupe.[8]
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forGrampound 1715–1722 With:Charles Cooke 1715–1721 Richard West 1721–1722 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Treasurer of the Household 1731–1737 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Captain and Colonel of His Majesty's Own Troop of Horse Guards 1737–1766 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Adam Williamson | Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury 1747–1752 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Governor of Guernsey 1752–1766 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| New creation | Earl De La Warr 1761–1766 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by | Baron De La Warr 1723–1766 | Succeeded by |
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