The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial — John Shaqi
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The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London
Second s. of the late colonel Leslie, of Glasslough. M.P. for Monaghan;
and a direct descendant of the celebrated divine John Leslie, bishop of
Orkney, Raphoe, and Clogher; m. 26 Aug. 1856, Constance Wilhelmina
Frances, youngest dau. of the late right hon. George Dawson Damer. M.P.
P.C. Has issue, a son (John, b. 1857), and two daus. (Mary, b. 1858; and
Constance, b. 1861). Educ. at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford.
Formerly in the 1st Life Guards; an amateur painter; and an Exhibitor at
the Royal Academy, and in the Fine Arts Department of the International
Exhibition (_White’s_, _Travellers_, _&c._)
_Thornwood Lodge_. VINCENT, Henry Wm. Esq.
Descended from the Vincents of Bernake Manor, Northampton; established
there temp. Henry III.; great grands., through his mother, of John, Earl
of Bristol; heir presumptive to the baronetcy of Vincent, of Debden Hall,
Essex; b. 1796; m. 1830, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Col. Callander, of
Craigforth. Educ. at Eton. In the Treasury, 1813–23; Queen’s
Remembrancer of the Exchequer, 1823–58; c. to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) 1850.
A magistrate for Middlesex; a dep.-lieut., for Berks (_Travellers’ Club_;
_Lily Hill_, _Bracknell_, _Berks_).
_Holly Lodge_. AIRLIE, 10th Earl of (Ogilvy)
A representative Scotch Peer, 28th in descent from the 1st Thane of
Angus; b. 1826; succeeded his father 1849; m. 1851, Henrietta, dau. of
2nd Lord Stanley of Alderley; has issue, two sons and two daus.; educ. at
Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. 1847; dep.-lieut. for Forfar; Capt.
Forfar Yeomanry; a liberal conservative; a director of the Alyth Railway
Company (_Cortachy Castle_, _Kerriemuir_, _Forfarshire_).
_Argyll Lodge_. ARGYLL, 8th Duke of (Campbell)
Hereditary Master of the Queen’s Household; keeper of the Great Seal of
Scotland; admiral of the Western Isles; keeper of Dunoon Castle, and of
Dunstaffnage, and Carrick; one of Her Majesty’s state counsellors for
Scotland; hereditary sheriff of the co. of Argyll; b. 1823; suc. his
father 1847; m. 1844, Lady Elizabeth Georgiana, sister of the present
Duke of Sutherland; has issue, five sons and three daus. Chancellor of
the University of St. Andrew’s since 1851; Lord Privy Seal, 1853–55;
rector of the University of Glasgow, 1854–55; postmaster-general,
1855–58; reapp. Lord Privy Seal, 1859; a liberal; a writer of
considerable ability on Scotch ecclesiastical questions, and a
distinguished lecturer (_Athenæum_; _Inverary Castle_, _Argyllshire_;
_Roseneath Castle_, _Dumbartonshire_).
_Moray Lodge_. KEANE, 2nd Baron (Keane)
Eld. s. of the hero of Ghuznee; b. 1815; suc. his father, 1844; m. 1847,
Louisa, 2nd dau. of S. Y. Benyon, Esq. of Denston Hall, Suffolk; formerly
a capt. 37th Foot; raised to the rank of major, 1841; served on his
father’s staff during the campaign of Affghanistan and Beloochistan;
present at the assault and capture of Ghuznee, for which he has received
a medal; a liberal (_United Service Club_; _Stetchworth_, _Newmarket_).
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