Family and Education
b. 22 Dec. 1678, 1st s. and h. Charles North, 5th Bar. North and Bar. Grey of Rolleston and Katherine (d. c.1695), da. of William Grey* [1777], Bar. Grey of Warke. educ. Magdalene, Camb. matric. 22 Oct. 1691; Foubert's Military Academy, Leicester Fields, 1694-6; Bodl. North c.8, f. 5; c.10, f. 74. travelled abroad (Patrick Withrington, tutor), 1697-8 (Italy), Padua Univ. 30 Apr. 1697; North, Lives, iii. 240-4; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 41. m. bef. 11 Oct. 1705, Add. 70269, Harley’s accounts, 11 Oct. 1705. Maria Margareta (d. 8 June 1762), da. of Cornelius de Jonge, Vrijheer van Ellemeet, Recr.-Gen. of the States of Holland, d.v.p. 1s. illegit. J.H. Holmes, ‘Epping Place’, Essex Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. xxv. 339. d. 31 Oct. 1734. will 20 Apr. 1731, pr. 2 Apr. 1735. TNA, PROB 11/670.
Offices Held
PC 13 Dec. 1711 – Sept. 1714.
Capt. and lt.-col. 1st Ft. Gds. 14 Mar. 1702 – 15 Jan. 1703; col. 10th Regt. of Ft. 15 Jan. 1703 – 23 June 1715; brig.-gen., June 1706 – Apr. 1709; maj.-gen. Apr. 1709 – 1 Jan. 1710; lt.-gen. 1 Jan. 1710 – 23 June 1715; lt.-gen. (Spanish army), 3 Apr. 1728–d.
Ld.-lt. Cambs. 6 Dec. 1711 – 28 Oct. 1715; burgess, Portsmouth, 3 Sept. 1712. 5 Sept. 1712 – 27 Sept. 1714
FRS 30 June 1720.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Associated with Kirtling Hall, Kirtling [Catlidge], Cambs. 1691–1724;Bodl. North c.10, f. 74; c.8, f. 7. ; Epping Place, Epping, Essex 1706–24;Bodl. North a.3, ff. 217, 221. , Queen’ Sq. Westminster 1708;E. Hatton, A New View of London, ii. 628. ; Rivers House, Westminster c.1715–24;Survey of London, v. 70; Bodl. North c.9, f. 155. ; Bond St, Westminster c.1712–1715;Bodl. North a.3, f. 223. ; Poland St, Westminster c.1715–24.HMC Stuart, i. 444; HMC Cowper, iii. 117.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas, attrib. J. Closterman (sold by Christies 2008); mezzotint, aft. Sir G. Kneller, NPG D20013.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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