Family and Education
b. c. 1680, 2nd but 1st surv. s. Charles Berkeley, 2nd earl of Berkeley and Elizabeth, da. Baptist Noel, 3rd Visct. Campden; bro. of George‡ and Henry Berkeley‡. educ. ?Savoy sch. Add. 28569, f. 63. m. c. 13 Feb. 1711, Louisa (d.1717), da. Charles Lennox, duke of Richmond, 1s. 1da. KG 31 Mar. 1718. d. 17 Aug. 1736; will 23 May 1735, pr. 23 Sept., 4 Oct., 20 Oct. 1736. TNA, PROB 11/679.
Offices Held
Gent. of bedchamber 1714 – 27; first ld. of Adm. 1717 – 27; PC 17 Apr. 1717; ld. justice 1719, 1720, 1726, 1727.
Freeman, Gloucester 1701; ld. lt., Glos. 1710 – 12, 1714 – d.; custos rot. Surr. 1710 – d.; high steward, Gloucester 1710 – 12, 1714 – d.; warden, Forest of Dean and constable of St. Briavel’s Castle 1711 – 12, 1714 – d.; v-adm. of the coast 1715 – d.
Vol. RN 1695, lt. 1699, capt. 1701, v.-adm. Jan. 1708, adm. Dec. 1708; v.-adm. of Great Britain 1718 – d., adm. of the fleet and c.-in-c. 13 Mar. – 15 Apr. 1719.
Elder bro. Trinity House 1715 – d., master 1715 – 19.
Associated with: Berkeley Castle, Glos.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, oils, 1710, NPG 3195; oil on canvas by P. Monamy and Sir G. Kneller, oils, 1720, NMM.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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