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b. ?1775, 1st surv. s. of Richard Power†, MP [I], of Clashmore House and Elizabeth, da. of Shapland Carew, MP [I], of Castleborough, co. Wexford; bro. of Robert Power*. educ. Trinity, Dublin 4 June 1792, aged 16. m. 1809, his cos. Dorothea, da. of Robert Shapland Carew† of Castleborough, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1814. d. 12 Mar. 1834.
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Main residence: Clashmore House, co. Waterford, [I].
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POWER, Richard (?1775-1834)

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b. 13 Sept. 1799, 3rd s. of John Thomson (afterwards Buncombe Poulett Thomson), Russia merchant (d. 1839), of 7 Austin Friars, London and Roehampton and Waverley Abbey, nr. Farnham, Surr. and Charlotte, da. of John Jacob, MD, of Salisbury, Wilts.; bro. of George Poulett Scrope†. educ. Hanwell, Mdx. (Rev. Hannington) 1806; private tutors 1809-15. unm. cr. Bar. Sydenham 19 Aug. 1840; GCB 19 Aug. 1841. d. 19 Sept. 1841.
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Vice-pres. bd. of trade Nov. 1830 – June 1834, pres. June – Dec. 1834, Apr. 1835 – Aug. 1839; PC 22 Nov. 1830; treas. of navy Dec. 1830-Dec. 1834.

Gov.-gen. Canada 1839 – d.

Main residence: 11 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, Mdx.
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See Mem. of Life of Lord Sydenham ed. his bro. George Poulett Scrope (1843); Oxford DNB.

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POULETT THOMSON, Charles Edward (1799-1841)

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b. 31 Aug. 1781, 1st s. of Frederick Ponsonby†, 3rd earl of Bessborough [I] and 3rd Bar. Ponsonby [GB], and Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, da. of John Spencer†, 1st Earl Spencer; bro. of Hon. Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby* and Hon. William Francis Spencer Ponsonby*. educ. Harrow 1790-8; Christ Church, Oxf. 1799; continental tour 1800, 1802-3. m. 16 Nov. 1805, Lady Maria Fane, da. of John, 10th earl of Westmorland, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. cr. Bar. Duncannon [UK] 19 July 1834; suc. fa. as 4th earl of Bessborough [I] and 4th Bar. Ponsonby [GB] 3 Feb. 1844. d. 16 May 1847.
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PC 23 Feb. 1831; first commr. of woods, forests and land revenues Feb. 1831 – July 1834, May 1835 – Sept. 1841; sec. of state for home affairs July – Nov. 1834; ld. privy seal Apr. 1835 – Jan. 1840; ld. lt. [I] July 1846 – d.

Ld. lt. co. Carlow 1831 – 38, co. Kilkenny 1838 – d.

Lt.-col. commdt. Marylebone vols. 1803; vice-pres. County Fire Office 1816.

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See D. Howell-Thomas, Duncannon (1992).

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PONSONBY, John William, Visct. Duncannon (1781-1847)

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b. 1 July 1764, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Rev. Thomas Plunket (d. 1778), Presbyterian minister, of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and Mary, da. of David Conyngham of Letterkenny, co. Donegal. educ. Trinity, Dublin 1779; King’s Inns 1780; L. Inn 1784, called [I] 1787. m. 20 Oct. 1790, Katherine, da. of John McCausland, MP [I], of Strabane, co. Tyrone, 6s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). cr. Bar. Plunket 1 May 1827. d. 4 Jan. 1854.
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MP [I] 1798 – 1800.

KC [I] 1795; solicitor-gen. [I] Oct. 1803 – Oct. 1805; bencher, King’s Inns 1804; att.-gen. [I] Oct. 1805 – May 1807, Jan. 1822 – May 1827; PC [I] 6 Dec. 1805, [GB] 10 May 1827; l.c.j.c.p. [I] June 1827 – Dec. 1830; ld. chan. [I] Dec. 1830 – Nov. 1834, Apr. 1835 – June 1841.

Main residence: Old Connaught, Bray, co. Wicklow, [I].
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PLUNKET, William Conyngham (1764-1854)

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b. 24 Apr. 1801, 3rd. s. of Robert Grosvenor†, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (d. 1845), and Hon. Eleanor Egerton, da. and h. of Thomas Egerton†, 1st Bar. Grey de Wilton; bro. of Richard Grosvenor, Visct. Belgrave*. educ. Westminster 1810-16; Christ Church, Oxf. 1818; L. Inn 1821. m. 17 May 1831, Hon. Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley, da. of Henry Wellesley†, 1st Bar. Cowley, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. styled. Lord Robert Grosvenor 1831-57; suc. fa. to Moor Park, Rickmansworth, Herts. 1845; cr. Bar. Ebury 15 Sept. 1857. d. 18 Nov. 1893.
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Comptroller of household Nov. 1830 – Dec. 1834; PC 1 Dec. 1830; groom of stole to Prince Albert 1840 – 41; treas. of household July 1846 – July 1847; commr. health of the metropolis 1847 – 50, clerical subscriptions 1864 – 65, ritual 1867–70.

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Access to the Grosvenor papers, privately held at Eaton Hall, is gratefully acknowledged. For Grosvenor’s later letters and speeches see E.V. Bligh, Lord Ebury as a Church Reformer (1891).

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GROSVENOR, Robert (1801-1893)

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b. 27 Jan. 1795, 1st. s. of Robert Grosvenor†, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, and Hon. Eleanor Egerton, da. and h. of Thomas Egerton†, 1st Bar. Grey de Wilton (afterwards 1st earl of Wilton); bro. of Hon. Robert Grosvenor*. educ. Westminster 1806-12; Christ Church, Oxf. 1812; European tour 1815-17. m. 16 Sept. 1819, Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower, da. of George Granville Leveson Gower†, 2nd mq. of Stafford, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 9da. (1 d.v.p.). styled. Earl Grosvenor 1831-45. suc. fa. as 2nd mq. of Westminster 17 Feb. 1845; KG 6 July 1857. d. 31 Oct. 1869.
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Ld. steward of household Mar. 1850 – Feb. 1852; PC 22 Mar. 1852.

Ld. lt. Cheshire 1845 – 68.

Capt. R. Flints. militia 1818; maj. commdt. Flints. yeomanry 1831.

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Access to the Grosvenor papers, privately held at Eaton Hall, is gratefully acknowledged. For detailed accounts of Grosvenor’s life see G. Huxley, Lady Elizabeth and the Grosvenors and Victorian Duke; and M.J. Hazelton-Swales, ‘Urban Aristocrats’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981).

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GROSVENOR, Richard, Visct. Belgrave (1795-1869)

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b. 7 Apr. 1760, 4th s. of Constantine, 1st Bar. Mulgrave [I], and Lepell, da. of John Hervey†, Lord Hervey. educ. Eton 1771-3; St. John’s, Camb. 1778-80. unm. d. 14 Sept. 1837.
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Ensign 85 Ft. 1780; lt. 88 Ft. 1780; lt. 93 Ft. 1781, capt. 1782; a.d.c. to gov. Gibraltar 1782; half-pay 1783; capt. 1 Ft. Gds. 1784; a.d.c. to ld. lt. [I] 1784 – 87; lt.-col. 1 Ft. Gds. 1793, brevet col. 1796; maj.-gen. 1801, lt.-gen. 1808; col. commdt. 60 Ft. 1807 – d.; gen. 1819.

Paymaster of marines Jan. 1810–12; clerk of deliveries at the ordnance Oct. 1812 – Nov. 1830.

Main residences: Mulgrave Castle, Yorks; 64 Mount Street, Mdx.
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PHIPPS, Hon. Edmund (1760-1837)

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b. 30 May 1764, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Grosvenor† of Swell Court, Som. and Deborah, da. and coh. of Stephen Skynner of Walthamstow, Essex. educ. Westminster 1773. m. (1) 6 Apr. 1797, Elizabeth (d. 26 July 1830), da. of Sir Gilbert Heathcote†, 3rd bt., of Normanton, Rutland, s.p.; (2) 15 Oct. 1831, Anne, da. of George Wilbraham† of Delamere Lodge, Cheshire, s.p. suc. fa. to property in Walthamstow 1795. d. 20 Jan. 1851.
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Ensign 3 Ft. Gds. 1779, lt. and capt. 1784, capt. and lt.-col. 1793, brevet col. 1796; brigadier (local rank) 1800; maj.-gen. 1802; lt.-col. 7 W.I. Regt. (half-pay) 1802 – 07; col. 97 Ft. 1807; lt.-gen. 1808; col. 65 Ft. 1814 – d.; gen. 1819; f.m. 1846.

Mayor, Chester 1810 – 11.

Main residences: Stocking Hall, Leics; Grosvenor Street, Hanover Square, Mdx.
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GROSVENOR, Thomas (1764-1851)

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