Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock

Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer.

Baron Radstock
Born24 September 1786
Died11 May 1857
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1798–1857
RankVice Admiral of the Red
CommandsHMS Minorca
HMS Thames
HMS Volontaire
Battles / warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Early life

edit

Radstock was born in London in 1786,[1] the elder son of Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock and his wife, Cornelia Jacoba van Lennep. He succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father in 1825.

Royal Navy

edit

The eldest son of the 1st Baron Radstock, Radstock joined the Royal Navy in 1798 and rose through the ranks, becoming a captain in 1807, rear admiral in 1841, vice admiral of the White in 1853 and the Red in 1855.

From 1831 to 1837, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to King William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1837–1841.

Marriage and children

edit

On 7 August 1823, he married Esther Caroline Paget (1800–1874). They had three children:[2]

Honours

edit

Radstock was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[citation needed]

Death

edit
 
Grave of Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock in Highgate Cemetery

Lord Radstock died in London in 1857, aged 70, and was succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Granville. He is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery above the Lebanon Circle.[3]

Arms

edit
Coat of arms of Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock
 
 
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet Or a plum of five ostrich feathers per pale Argent and Gules a crescent Sable for difference.
Escutcheon
Per pale Argent and Gules a crescent Sable for difference.
Supporters
Dexter a talbot reguardant wings expanded and elevated holding in the dexter claw a thunderbolt all Proper.
Motto
St Vincent[4]

See also

edit
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Waldegrave, Granville George" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Waldegrave, Adm Granville George 2nd Baron Radstock CB".
  2. ^ [Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  3. ^ Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 120. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Radstock
1825–1857
Succeeded by