The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & CommercialAnonymous
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The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London
Brother of the present duke of Grafton. B. 1791; m. 1825, dau. of the
1st Earl of Burlington. Formerly in the army; served at Corunna, the
Walcheren Expedition, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes,
Toulouse, Waterloo; has war medal, with 8 clasps. Retired from the army
with rank of Lieut.-Col. 1819. M.P. (liberal) for Thetford, 1818–31,
Bury St. Edmunds, 1832–47; a privy councillor, 1835; vice-chamberlain to
the Household, 1835–39 (_United Service Club_).
7. ARTHUR, Lieut.-Col. Sir Frederick Leopold,
2nd Bart. S. of Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir George Arthur, 1st Bart.
B. in the West Indies, Dec. 1816. Suc. his father, 1854; m. 1856, Lady
Elizabeth, d. of 10th Earl of Kinnoul. Ent. the army, 1833; promoted to
present rank, 1857. Served formerly with the 4th Foot, and as military
secretary to his father, when Governor of Bombay, 1842–6. Has been on
half-pay since 1850 (_Carlton and United Service Clubs_).
9. PONSONBY, Hon. Ashley George John, M.P.
Brother of the present Lord de Mauley, and grandson maternally of the 5th
Earl of Shaftesbury. B. in St. James’s Square, 1831; m. 1857, 2nd dau.
of Lord Henry Gordon; has one s., b. 1859. Educated at Eton and Trinity
College, Cambridge; joined the Grenadier Guards, 1850; lieut. and capt.
1854; served in the Crimea; M.P. for Cirencester 1852–57; re-elected
1859. A liberal; a magistrate and dep.-lieut. for Gloucestershire
(_Brooke’s_, _Travellers’_, _and Army and Navy Clubs_; _Hatherod Castle_,
_Fairford_, _Gloucestersh._)
10. BLACKBURN, Hon. Sir Colin,
2nd s. of John Blackburn, Esq. of Killearn, Stirlingshire. B. 1813; an
M.A. of Cambridge. C. to the bar (Inner Temple) 1838; northern circuit.
A judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench, 1859, when knighted (_Doonholm_,
_Ayr_, N.B.)
10. BLACKBURN, Peter, Esq., M.P.
Eldest s. of J. Blackburn, Esq., of Killearn. Of an old Glasgow family,
seated there since the 16th century. B. 1811; suc. his father 1840; m.
1838, the 2nd dau. of the Scotch Solicitor General Wedderburn. Formerly
in the army (2nd Life Guards) 1830–37; M.P. for Stirlingshire since 1855;
a conservative; a magistrate, and dep.-lieut. for Stirlingshire; a lord
of the Treasury in 1859; a director of the Caledonian and Dumbarton
Railway; chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (_Carlton_,
_Killearn_, _near Glasgow_).
11. KEATING, Hon. Sir Henry Singer,
3rd s. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. S. Keating, K.C.B. col. 33rd Foot.
B. 1804; m. 1843, 3rd dau. of the late Maj. Gen. Evans, R.A. C. to the
bar (Inner Templ) 1832; Oxford Circuit; Queen’s Counsel, 1849, when
elected a Bencher of his Inn; M.P. for Reading, 1852–59; solicitor
general, 1857–58 (when knighted) and again 1859; judge of the Court of
Common Pleas since 1859; an L.L.D. (_Brooke’s and Athenæum Clubs_).
12. ERLE, Right Hon. Sir William,
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