Other Events:

• Sponsor: 15 Oct 1857, H.M. the King of Hanover

Notes:

--- "The Times" 29 Oct 1921, page 11:
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
LORD RAGLAN.

The Earl of Clarendon represented the King at the memorial service yesterday, at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, for Lord Raglan, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, whose funeral took place yesterday at Llandenny, Monmouthshire. The Rev. W.E. Simmons, chaplain to the Household Cavalry, officiated, and the musical portion of the service was rendered by the band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Lieutenant Miller, and by the choristers of St. Peter's Church. The service began with the playing of two voluntaries and the "Dead March" in Saul. The hymns were "Hark, my soul! It is the Lord," "The saints of God," and "The King of Love my Shepherd is." At the conclusion of the service the National Anthem was sung and the "Last Post" sounded, the drummers of the Grenadier Guards being placed in the vestry of the church.

The immediate relatives present were Lady Raglan (the widow), the Hon. Mrs. William Douglas, the Hon. Frederica and the Hon. Ivy Somerset (daughters), the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Somerset (sister-in-law), Miss Blanche Somerset (niece), the Hon. Mrs. Wilfrid Smith (half-sister), the Dowager Countess of Bessborough, Lord and Lady Oranmore and Browne, the Hon. Cyril and Mrs. Ponsonby, the Hon. Walter Ponsonby, Major Chalres and Lady Kathleen Skinner, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Lady Gweneth Baring, the Hon. Windham Baring, Lady May Ponsonby, Mr. Victor Ponsonby, and the Hon. Bertie Ponsonby. The Hon. FitzRoy Somerset (eldest son and heir), attended the funeral at Llandenny.

--- 1861 Census shows them at Madresfield Court. Governess is Eliza Marks.

George married Ethel Jemima Ponsonby on 28 Feb 1883 in St. James, Piccadilly. Ethel (daughter of Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot) was born on 08 Apr 1857 in Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset; was christened on 01 May 1857 in Canford Magna, Dorset; died on 22 Jun 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Goddaughter of Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis. Received 5,000 pounds in her will.

--- "Wells Journal" 18 Apr 1857, page 8:
BIRTHS. April 8, at Canford Vicarage, the Lady Louisa Ponsonby, a daughter.

--- "The Times" 24 Jun 1940, page 9:
We have to announce the death of the Dowager Lady Raglan, which occurred in London on June 22. The funeral will take place at Llandenny, Mon., on June 26, at 3.15. No mourning, by her request. Instead of flowers, donations may be sent to the Alexandra Day Fund, Eccleston Square, London, or to the Royal National Life-boat Institution, Grosvenor Gardens, London.

--- "The Times" 28 Jun 1940, page 9:
FUNERAL.
The Dowager Lady Raglan
The funeral of the Dowager Lady Raglan took place at Llandenny Church, Monmouthshire, on Wednesday. The Rev. A.D. Smith officiated. Those present included:---
Lord Raglan (son) and Lady Raglan, Major the Hon. Wellesley Somerset (son), Mr. and Mrs. Raglan Somerset, and the Master of Belhaven.

--- "Memories of Three Reigns" by Lady Ethel Raglan, 1928, page 93-8:
What fun we used to have at Port Eliot, where we had our own large suite of nurseries in which to play!

I always remember the occasions when my grandfather gave one of his big dinner parties. We would creep down the back staircase to visit Mrs. Davis, the housekeeper; and once safely arrived in her comfortable sanctum, we had our secret suppers, for she would proceed to feed us with delicious roast turkey (stuffed from a special recipe of the cook, Mrs. Vaughan), succulent brown sausages, followed by pink-topped ices, hot-house grapes, and almonds and raisins!

. . . All of my grandfather's old servants were devoted to us. Another of my special treats was to be allowed to visit the head butler, Mr. Bailey, in his pantry, and to watch him cleaning the plate.

One day, when I was sitting there, perched on a high stool, watching him perform this task, I said to him: "What do you clean it with?"

He replied--- "Elbow grease, Miss!"

This made me very curious, the "commodity" being at that time unknown to me, and wishing to ascertain what it was, I enquired naively: "And were do you get that from?"

The old butler smiled at this innocent remark of mine, and tapped his elbows with a significant gesture.

. . . In my grandfather's time it was customary for servants to rise at a much earlier hour in the morning than they do now. At Port Eliot, the head housemaid, Sarah [Lavers], used to get up at five-thirty every day, her reason for doing this being, to use her own expression, that the work would not otherwise be done. She was the most cheery person, and I never remember seeing her look depressed.

It was the habit them to keep copper kettles in bedrooms, and nobody could clean these, or the brass fire-irons, as Sarah could. She could make them shine like mirrors, and I believe used to remove any stains by the application of a little lemon juice.

I remember on one occasion when I contracted some childish ailment and was ordered away to the seaside to recuperate, that Sarah was chosen to accompany and take charge of me, and so off we went together to Downderry. She proved to be the most delightful companion and, most important achievement in my eyes, a champion builder of sand castles!

My grandfather's cook, Mrs. Vaughan, was a great character. She had been with the family for so many years that she had grown stout in their service and identified herself entirely with their interests; and she possessed a marvellous memory, to the extent of even recollecting the favourite dish of each guest who had every stayed a night in the house!

Another characteristic of hers was her quint sense of humour. On one occasion when the domestic staff at Port Eliot were on the point of migrating for the season to the town house in Dover Street, they received the news that the old lady who acted as lodge-keeper had been taken ill and had suddenly died; and when the tidings were broken to Mrs. Vaughan, she said: "I haven't got time to cry now. I must keep my cry until I arrive in London."

Years ago, servants took a pride in doing their tasks thoroughly. I recollect one day, when I was staying with my grandfather, that I went into the dining-room and found the butler busily occupied in taking intricate measurements on the table cloth, with a yard measure.

After watching him in astonishment for few seconds I said: "What are you doing?"

"Measuring the distance between the knives and forks, Missy, so that they shall be quite exact!" was his surprising explanation.

. . . There was a very large staff at Port Eliot. The indoor servants included the butler, under butler, valet, two footmen, an odd man and a hall boy. There was the cook, and under her were two kitchen maids and a scullery maid. In addition there were three housemaids, two stillroom maids, two laundry maids and, to supervise them all, Mrs. Davis, the housekeeper, who was not really a married woman, but was given the courtesy title of Mrs. as were all head women-servants in those days.

--- "Memories of Three Reigns" by Lady Ethel Raglan, 1928, page 104-5:
I always remember what a great feature was made of the breakfasts at my grandfather's house parties at Port Eliot, and of the numerous courses that succeeded each other.

There would be a choice of fish, fried eggs and crisp bacon, a variety of egg dishes, omelettes and sizzling sausages and bacon. During the shooting parties, hot game and grilled pheasants always appeared on the breakfast menu but were served of course without any vegetables.

On a side table was always to be found a choice of cold viands; delicious home-smoked hams, pressed meats, on of the large raised pies for which Mrs. Vaughan (the cook) was justly famous, consisting of cold game and galantine, with aspic jelly.

The guests drank either tea or coffee, and there were the invariable accompaniments of home-made rolls, piping hot, and stillroom preserves of apple and quince jelly, and always piled bowls of rich Cornish cream.

The men usually finished with a fruit course of grapes or hothouse peaches and nectarines.

And that was how we breakfasted in my young days, before super-tax had eaten up our bank balances, or income tax demands had spoiled our digestions!

--- "Eggs in Cookery" edited by Richard Hosking, 2006, page 176:
. . . country house breakfasts, like this one of 1870 recalled by Lady Raglan, granddaughter of the Earl of St. Germans, in "Memories of Three Reigns":
'I always remember what a great feature was made of the breakfasts at my grandfather's house parties at Port Eliot, and of the numerous courses that succeeded each other. There would be a choice of fish, fried eggs and crisp bacon, a variety of egg dishes, omelettes and sizzling sausages and bacon. During the shooting parties, hot game and grilled pheasants always appeared on the breakfast menu but were served of course without any vegetables. On a side table was always to be found a choice of cold viands; delicious home-smoked hams, pressed meats, on of the large raised pies for which Mrs. Vaughan (the cook) was justly famous, consisting of cold game and galantine, with aspic jelly. The guests drank either tea or coffee, and there were the invariable accompaniments of home-made rolls, piping hot, and stillroom preserves of apple and quince jelly, and always piled bowls of rich Cornish cream. The meal usually finished with a fruit course of grapes or hothouse peaches and nectarines.

--- "I Don't Feel Old: The Experience of Later Life" Paul Richard Thompson & others, 1990, Oxford University Press, page 57-8:
For the grandchildren of the Cornish Earl of St. Germans, house and family memory combined to give an unforgettable magic to their long seaside summer and autumn visits to Port Eliot. 'We had our own large suite of nerseries in which to play,' wrote one of the earl's granddaughters, from which, when there were big evening dinners, the children would 'creep down the back staircase' to be fed with sausages, turkey, ice-cream, and nuts in the 'comfortable sanctum' of the housekeeper. The earl himself 'we children all loved,' remembering that their peculiar delight 'as a small child was to sit on his knee and inspect his watch, which could open and shut, and chief novelty of all in my eyes, could chime!' On these visits they would be joined by multiple cousins, and together 'we used to love to listen to stories about the past of the family:' stories which frame the opening of this granddaughter's own life.

Other Events:

• Name: Richard Henry Fitzroy Raglan

Notes:

--- "The New Monthly Magazine" Vol. 7, 1817, page 566:
ABROAD.
BIRTHS. At Paris, Right Hon. Lady Somerset of a son.

Richard married Georgiana Lygon on 25 Sep 1856 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Georgiana (daughter of 4th Earl Beauchamp, Henry Beauchamp Lygon and Susan Caroline Eliot) was born on 30 Jul 1832 in Grosvenor Place, London; was christened on 27 Aug 1832 in St. George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London; died on 30 Sep 1865 in Wimbledon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1841, (Census) 16 Grosvenor Place

Notes:

--- Goddaughter of Aunt Caroline (Lady Caroline Georgiana Eliot)

--- "London Standard" Wednesday, 04 Oct 1865, page 7:
DEATHS
Raglan.- Sept. 30, at Wimbledon, the Lady Raglan, aged 33.

--- "Monmouthshire Beacon" 14 Oct 1865, page 4:
THE LATE LADY RAGLAN.--- In noticing the death of this esteemed lady the Court Journal says:--- "Many of our readers will learn with deep regret the intelligence of the premature death of Lady Raglan. The mournful event happened on Saturday morning, at Wimbledon, where Lord Raglan and his lamented wife had taken a temporary residence. The deceased, Georgianna Lady Raglan, was the third and only surviving daughter of Henry Beauchamp Lygon, second Earl of Beauchamp, by his wife Lady Susan Caroline, second daughter of William, second Earl of St. Germans. She was born July 30th, 1832, and married, Sept. 25th, 1856, the present Lord Raglan. The deceased lady leaves a youthful family of four children. The late Lady Raglan was confined of a son on the 9th of August, at the town residence of the family in Great Cumberland Street, and had removed to Wimbledon a few days since to recruit her strength.

--- "Yorkshire Gazette" Saturday, 07 Oct 1865, page 3 of 12:
DEATH OF LADY RAGLAN. --- We have to announce the demise of Lady Raglan, which event occured on Saturday last, after a very short illness. Her ladyship was the only daughter of the late Earl Beauchamp, and was born in 1832. She leaves a youthful family by Lord Raglan, to whom she was married in September, 1856.

--- "Hereford Times" 05 October 1867, page 3:
Re-Interment.--- The remains of the late Lady Raglan, sister to Earl Beauchamp, were removed from Brompton Cemetery, under a faculty from the Bishop of London, and re-interred in a brick vault in Madresfield churchyard yesterday (Friday) week. The bodies of Miss Marks and Miss Susan Marks, who waited on her ladyship, and died some time after her, were also removed. The ceremony was strictly private.
[She was re-interred on 20 Sep 1867]

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--- "The True Story of My Life: An Autobiography by Alice M. Diehl" by Alice Mangold Diehl, 1908, page 45:
Then last, but not least --- for my mother had hosts of other good friends, among them Mr. Hertz, the great art connousseur, and his family--- there was the beautiful Miss Lygon, afterwards, when her father became Earl Beauchamp, Lady Georgiana Lygon, who later on married Lord Raglan, the son of the well-known General.

Lady Georgiana was a constant visitor, and after we were considered old enough, we were her frequent guests in Grosvenor Place.

Her deputy-mother --- to whose care she and her eldest sister, Felicia, were urgently confided by their young mother, Lady Susan Lygon, on her death-bed --- was a Miss Marks, the elder and more robust sister of my own always beloved godmother, Susanna Marks. Thus we children became of interest to one of the loveliest girls ever created, and, lover of beauty as I was, each time that we met, whether she came to see my mother, whom she evidently valued very highly, or we 'spent the day' at Grosvenor Place, or joined the children invited to her parties, each occasion was like a star in my memory. It was always there, shining, in the dull sky of my London life.

. . . [pages 186-8]
There were other concerts at which I played. And once again I found my self in salons where artists were always welcome. But the event of 1863 --- in my case an event which, by a concatenation of incidents, led to the shunting of my life into other channels --- was my introduction by our friend of life, Lady Raglan (formerly Lady Georgiana Lygon), to the patron of music and musicians, the Earl of Dudley.

The beautiful creature was always, in her unselfish life, thinking of others. She never left us long without finding out how we fared, and doing her utmost to help and further our interests. I do not remember which year it was that she married the son of the celebrated Lord Raglan, but I well recollect the array of wedding-presents --- we were 'spending the day' in Grosvenor Place, as so often before--- and the gratification it was to see our modest offerings among the diamonds and the gold, also, a few days later, the marriage in a Belgravian church of extremest High Church tendencies. I can see her now, coming down the church on her bridegroom's arm, in a heavy lace veil thrown back over as heavy a wreath of real orange-blossoms, the old lace, and thick silk of her rich, plain gown --- chimed in ill with the unusual pallor of her ordinarily peach-like complexion. Her dark-blue eyes looked very blue, her dark hair very dark, and there was a sadness in her rare, sweet smile as she noticed her special friends as she left the church on her husband's arm, which, to me, boded ill. I felt singularly depressed for some time after --- one of those horrible whispers which meant death had unnerved me as that lovely, pale bride went by . . . She died, all too young, in the first fullness of rich, beautiful yought, as her mother, Lady Susan Lygon, and her sister, Lady Felicia Cavendish, had died before her.

But before her premature translation, she had a time of healthy, happy wife and motherhood. In the early days of her married life she suggested to my mother that a special introduction from herself to Lord Dudley might help me on.

Notes:

--- "Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard" 16 Mar 1895, page 5:
DOWN AMPNEY
The Earl of Bessborough.--- The Hon. and Rev. Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, who succeeds his brother as seventh Earl, as reported in another page, married, in 1850, Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, duaghter of the third Earl of St. Germans. Their son, Mr. Edward Ponsonby, the Speaker's Secretary, becomes Viscount Duncannon. The Earl of Bessborough is a cousin of Lord de Mauley. The new Earl and Countess of Bessborough have been spending the winter in Cornwall, on a visit to their relatives the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, at Port Eliot. Lord Bessborough is suffering from influenza, and is confined to his bed at Port Eliot.

--- "Cheltenham Chronicle" 3 Mar 1906, page 7:
DEATH OF THE EARL OF BESSBOROUGH.
The Rev. the Earl of Bessborough died at his London residence, 38 Eccleston-square, shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday night. Deceased, who was in his eighty-fifth year, had been ailing for some time, but the end came somewhat unexpectedly. His lordship was the seventh earl in the peerage of Ireland, and sat in the House of Lords as Baron Ponsonby, in the peerage of Great Britain. The deceased earl, who succeeded his bother in the title in 1895, was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. He was rector of Canford Magna from 1846 to 1869, of Beer Ferris from 1869 to 1875, of Marston Bigot from 1875 to 1880, and of Stutton, Suffolk, from 1880 to 1894. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Viscount Duncannon. One of the late peer's brothers married a sister of the Earl of Coventry, and one of his daughters is Countess Raglan. His lordship was, after his ordination, licensed to the curacy of Hatherop, Gloucestershire, in 1845.

--- "London Daily News" 03 Mar 1906, page 9:
BURIAL OF LORD BESSBOROUGH.
Yesterday the remains of the late Earl of Bessborough were interred in the family vault at Piltown, County Kilkenny, and a representative attendance showed the esteem in which he was held. A feature of the funeral procession was a large number of children from seven schools on the estate. A letter was received from King Edward conveying a message of condolence with Lady Bessborough, Lord Duncannon, and family in the loss they had sustained.

Walter married Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot on 15 Jan 1850 in St. James', Picadilly, Westminster, London. Louisa (daughter of 3rd Earl St. Germans, Edward Granville Eliot and Countess St. Germans, Jemima Cornwallis) was born on 17 Dec 1825 in 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex; was christened on 17 Jan 1826 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 15 Jan 1911 in 38 Eccleston Square, Westminster, London; was buried on 20 Jan 1911 in Family Vault, Pilltown, County Killkenny, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Medical: Bef 15 Jun 1847, Has Measles
• Census: 1851, 36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London

Notes:

--- "Morning Chronicle" 23 December 1825, page 4:
On the 17th instant, the Lady Jemima Eliot, of a daughter.

--- "Western Courier" 13 Sep 1843, page 3:
Lady Jemima Eliot, accompanied by the Honourable Miss Eliot, have left the seat of the venerable Earl of St. Germans for Ireland, and the Misses Pringle, have since arrived at Port Eliot on a visit to the noble Earl.

--- "London Evening Standard" 25 Dec 1847, page 2:
The Earl of St. Germans and Lord Eliot arrived at Port Eliot, the family seat in Cornwall, on Wednesday last from town. The Countess and Lady Louisa Eliot had arrived there the previous Friday.

--- "Western Courier" 2 Feb 1848, page 3:
Major-General the Hon. Henry, and Mrs. Murray entertained at dinner on Thursday, the 27th of January, at Government House, Lord Eliot, Lady Louisa Eliot, Hon. Granville and William Eliot, Hon. Captain and Mrs. Dalzell, 81st Regiment; Colonel and Mrs. Barlow, 14th Regiment; Colonel and Mrs. Rowland, Royal Artillery; Captain Schomber, R.N.; Mr. Massingberd; Copleston L. Radcliffe, Esq; Lieutenant and Miss West; Lietuenants Lepper and Jones; Captain Nelson, Brigade Majore; Captain Prothero, A.D.C. The whole party went in the evening to the ball at Moorshead's Hotel, patronised by the Honourable Mrs. Henry Murray, which was very well attended; and the arrangements did credit to Mr. Moorshead, and gave universal satisfaction. It is hoped that these ball-rooms will be liberally patronised, as they afford amusement easily accessible to families residing at Stoke, Devonport, and in Cornwall.

--- "Illustrated London News" 2 Jun 1849, page 10:
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--- On Wednesday, at St. George's Church, Miss Meyrick, eldest daughter of Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick, and niece of the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, was led to the hymeneal altar by Mr. Charles Holder, of the 5th Dragoon Guards. The bride, who was very beautifully attired, was attended by a train of eleven bridemaids, four of whom were her own sisters; the Lady Rachel Russell, Lady Louisa Eliot, Lady Margarent Butler, the Hon. Miss Cotton, Miss Phillpotts, Miss Augusta Somerset, and Miss Gertrude Vane making up the number. Several of these young ladies were attired in pink satin costumes, and the remainder in blue dresses of a similar material. The Bishop of Exeter performed the ceremony, which was attended by a large circle of the friends of both parties. The bride's presents were of the most superb description. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, with characteristic munificence, presented their fair niece with a purse of 10,000 pounds, and other relatives made valuable additions to the fiance's jewel-case.

--- "Illustrated London News" 1 Dec 1849, page 12:
The Earl and Countess of St. Germans, and Lady Louisa Eliot arrived in town on Thursday, from a visiting tour in Scotland.

--- "Morning Post" 18 Sep 1854, page 4:
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Countess St. Germans intend to sojourn a few weeks at Port Eliot, the family seat in Cornwall. Lady Louisa Ponsonby (daughter of the noble earl and countess) and infant son, by the last letters from Canford, are progressing most favourably.

--- "Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard" 16 Mar 1895, page 5:
DOWN AMPNEY
The Earl of Bessborough.--- The Hon. and Rev. Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, who succeeds his brother as seventh Earl, as reported in another page, married, in 1850, Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, duaghter of the third Earl of St. Germans. Their son, Mr. Edward Ponsonby, the Speaker's Secretary, becomes Viscount Duncannon. The Earl of Bessborough is a cousin of Lord de Mauley. The new Earl and Countess of Bessborough have been spending the winter in Cornwall, on a visit to their relatives the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, at Port Eliot. Lord Bessborough is suffering from influenza, and is confined to his bed at Port Eliot.

--- "Royal Cornwall Gazette" Thursday, 17 Feb 1898, page 4:
LOCAL GOSSIP.
Lord and Lady Bessborough and Lady Mary Ponsonby have been staying for some time at Port Eliot, Cornwall, on a visit to Lord and Lady St. Germans. Lady Bessborough is the only sister of Lord St. Germans. She passed all her early life at Port Eliot, and was greatly beloved in the village of St. Germans.

--- "The Scotsman" 16 Jan 1911, page 6:
The Dowager Countess of Bessborough, widow of the seventh Earl, and only sister of the Earl of St Germans, died yesterday morning at her London residence, 38 Eccleston Square. She was 85 years of age. Her Ladyship, who was a daughter of the third Earl of St. Germans and married in 1850, leaves three daughters and five sons. She had been ill for about two months.

--- "Exeter and Plymouth Gazette" Monday, 16 Jan 1911, page 3:
DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS BESSBOROUGH.
The Dowager Countess of Bessborough, widow of the seventh Earl, and only sister of the Earl of St. Germans, died yesterday morning at her London residence, 38, Eccleston Square. Her ladyship, who was a daughter of the third Earl of St. Germans, and married in 1850, leaves three daughters and five sons. She was 85 years of age and had been ill for about two months. She gradually grew worse, and, following a serious attack on Monday last, death occurred yesterday from heart failure.

--- "Exeter and Plymouth Gazette" Friday, 20 Jan 1911, page 9:
The Hon. Constance Waldegrave, Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane, and Sir Hubert and Lady Medlycott were present at the first part of the funeral service of the Dowager Countess of Bessborough, at St. Gabriel's, Warwick-square, Pimlico. The coffin was subsequently removed for interment in the family vault at Bessborough, Piltown, Kilkenny.

--- "Cheltenham Looker-On" Saturday, 21 Jan 1911, page 24:
OBITUARY. We regret to announce the death of the Dowager Countess of Bessborough, which took place on Sunday last from heart failure, on the sixty-first anniversary of her wedding day. Lady Bessborough, who was in her eighty-sixth year, was the widow of Walter, seventh Earl of Bessborough, and daughter of Edward, third Earl of St. Germans. She was the grandmother of Lord Duncannon, Lady Oranmore and Browne and Lady Irene Congreve, and had great-grandchildren.

--- "Hackney Express & Shoreditch Observer", 21 Jan 1911, page 6:
The Dowager Countess of Bessborough, sister of the Earl of St. Germans, died in London on Sunday morning from heart failure at the age of 85. She had been ill for about two . . . [scan did not pick up the last line]

--- "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 26 Jan 1911, page 4:
At the funeral of Louisa Dowager Countess of Bessborough, on Friday, at the family burial ground attached to the Episcopalian Church of Piltown, co. Kilkenny, the chief mourners included Lord Eliot. Upwards of a hundred wreaths were laid on the grave, the principal tributes including those from the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, Lord Eliot, and Sir Reginald and Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew.

Notes:

Married:
• "Hertford Mercury and Reformer" 19 Jan 1850, page 3:
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE — The marriage of Lady Louisa Susan Eliot, only daughter of the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, and the Hon. and Rev. Walter Ponsonby, son of the late Earl of Bessborough, was solemnized on Tuesday last, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on which occasion a very numerous and distinguished circle assembled to witness the solemnity.

FitzRoy married Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole on 06 Aug 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1841, (Census) 16 Grosvenor Place
• Residence: 26 Feb 1848, 16 Grosvenor Place, London

Notes:

--- "Country Life" Vol. 168, page 1459:
She concludes rather sadly: "He was very glad, he said, to see me again, for he had now only two old friends left, myself and another. His son, who was wounded in Portugal, is now recovering. He had a most narrow escape, being shot through the throat, but the windpipe escaped. The son was Henry Lygone, Lord Beauchamp's third. He had been fighting with the British Army in the attempt to relieve Almerda. Col. Willoughby Cotton, later General Sir Willoughby Cotton, wrote to a family friend asking him to break the news of the wound, saying that Lygon had been attended by Wellington's own surgeon. Cotton called him "the most intimate friend I have and as gallant an officer as ever served".

--- A mention in "Birmingham Daily Post" (25 Feb 1891) states the following about the graves of the older Lygons:
"The earlier members of the family, from the time when a title was conferred upon its direct line of succession, were buried within the park, where a smaller edifice stood until the new church was finished and consecrated. Six tablets of white marble, at the west end of the church, are graven with the brief records of their births and deaths, but with little else. The largest tablet, which has a central position behind the small font, is also the most interesting . . ."

--- "Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard" 03 Sep 1844, page 1:
The Earl of St. Germans is surrounded by a select party at Port Eliot, the noble Earl's seat, in Conrwall. The Earl of Harrowby has arrived on a visit to the Earl. Lord Eliot, the Secretary for Ireland, joined Lady Jemima Eliot and family on Monday. The Hon. General Lygon and Miss Lygon are among the visitors.

--- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 15, 1863, page 506-7:
General Earl Beauchamp.
Sept. 8. At Madresfield Court, Great Malvern, aged 79, the Rt. Hon. Earl Beauchamp.
The deceased nobleman, Henry Beauchamp Lygon, Earl Beauchamp, Viscount Elmley, and Baron Beauchamp of Powyke, Worcestershire, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was the third son of William Lygon, first Earl, by his marriage with Catherine, only daughter of James Denn, Esq. He entered the army July 9, 1803, served in the Peninsula with the 16th Dragoons at the capture of Oporto, battles of Talavera and Busaco, and elsewhere, and was very severely wounded at Busaco. He eventually became a General in the army, Colonel in succession of the 10th Hussars and the 2nd Life Guards, and Gold Stick in Waiting to the Queen. As General Lygon, he sat in the House of Commons for the county of Worcester before the passing of the Reform Bill, and afterwards for the Western Division of the county --- altogether for more than a quarter of a century. He was first elected for the county in 1816; and during the Reform agitation, being opposed to the measure, the noble Earl, then General Lygon, was defeated. This was the only defeat he ever sustained. The Reform Bill passed in the next year, and Worcestershire was separated into two divisions, East and West, and at the election consequent upon that division General Lygon was elected for West Worcestershire, and continued to sit for the division until his elevation to the Upper House. In politics he was a Conservative. In 1853 he succeeded his brother, John Reginald, third Earl. In 1824 he married Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, second daughter of William second Earl of St. Germans; she was born April 12, 1801, and died January 15, 1835. The had issue--- Felicia Susan, born in 1825, and died in 1848, having married the Rev. Charles Cavendish; Georgiana Harriet, born in 1826, died in 1827; William, born in 1828, died in 1834; Henry, Viscount Elmley, Captain 1st Life Guards, and M.P. (now Earl Beauchamp), born 1829; Hon. Frederick, M.P. for Tewkesbury, born 1830; Lady Georgiana (now Lady Raglan), born 1832; and Reginald, born and died in 1834.

'The death of Henry Beauchamp Lygon, fourth Earl Beauchamp,' says a local paper, 'will create a void which will not be readily filled up. In him the nation has lost a faithful and trustworthy servant and soldier; the county of Worcester an ornament of which it was justly proud, and a benefactor whose help was always to be reckoned upon when any charitable or benevolent work was on hand; while in all the various duties of a country gentleman he was a model for universal imitation. As a landlord, perhaps no man was ever more attached to or beloved by his tenantry than the late Earl. Considerate, kind, and affable, the transactions between them afforded occasions of mutual gratification, for to his numerous tenants a meeting with the Earl on matters of business was a meeting of pleasure.'

The first Earl, William Lygon (ennobled in 1806, and who was M.P. for Worcestershire for upwards of thirty years), was the son of Reginald Pyndar, who took the name of Lygon after the family of his mother, who was descended in the female line from the extinct house of Beauchamp, Lords Beauchamp of Powyke.
The present peer, before named as Viscount Elmley, was born Feb. 13, 1829, and entered the army as cornet in the First Life Guards in 1843; he is now senior captain of the regiment. He was elected member for the western division of Worcestershire in March, 1853, and continued to represent the county in the House of Commons until his elevation to the House of Lords.

--- "Worcestershire Chronicle" 19 Oct 1864, page 3:
THE LATE EARL BEAUCHAMP.
Two handsome memorial tablets have just been erected in the church at Madresfield, in record of the deaths of the late Earl Beauchamp and his wife, Lady Susan Lygon. They bear the following inscriptions:--- "To the memory of Henry Beauchamp Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp, Colonel of Her Majesty's Second Regiment of Life Guards. Born January 6th, 1785, died September 8th, 1863. He was eleven times chosen knight of the shire for the couty of Worcester."

"To Lady Susan Lygon, 2nd daughter of William, 2nd Earl of St. Germans, married in 1824, to henry, afterwards 4th Earl Beauchamp, died 1835. This tablet was erected in affectionate remembrance by her three surviving children, Henry, 5th Earl Beauchamp, Frederick Lygon, Georgiana (Lady Raglan)."

The tablets were executed by My. Joseph Stephens, sculptor, Copenhagen-street, of this city.

Henry married Susan Caroline Eliot on 08 Jul 1824 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. Susan (daughter of 2nd Earl St. Germans, William Eliot and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower) was born on 12 Apr 1801; was christened on 10 May 1801 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 15 Jan 1835 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 22 Jan 1835 in Eliot Family Vault, St. Germans, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Burial: 03 Oct 1867, Churchyard of Madresfield, Worcester

Notes:

Notes:

Married:

• "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 19 Jun 1824, page 2:
It is said among the haut ton that the Hon. Colonel Henry Lygon will very shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the amiable Lady Susan Eliot, second daughter of the Earl and Countess of St. Germans.

• "Morning Post" 09 Jul 1824, page 3:
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE
Yesterday morning at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle, the Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon, to the Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, second daughter of the Earl of St. Germain.

• "The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square" by St. George's Church, Mitchell & Hughes, 1897, Volume 24, Part 4, page 12:
July 8 The Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon, B., of St. James, Westminster, & the Rt. Hon. Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, S. Licence*

*Witnesses, St. Germans, Capt. Beauchamp, W.H. Pringle, Longford, Caroline Eliot, Charlotte Eliot, Eliot, Susan St. Germans, Edward P. Lygon.

John married Maria Fane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: 03 Feb 1809 - 1811, Westminster School
• Education: 13 Dec 1815, Matric. Christ Church, Oxford (aged 17)
• Residence: Oct 1816, Trebursey
• Occupation: 03 Sep 1819, Brussels (At the Embassy)
• Occupation: 29 Jan 1821, Brussels (At the Embassy)
• Military Service: 10 Oct 1822, Ensign (Cornwall, 32 Regt of Foot)
• Elected: 1827, Mayor of Liskeard
• Military Service: 17 Jan 1827, Lieut-Colonel (Regt. of North Cornwall Yeomanry Cavalry)
• Grand Dinner: 29 Mar 1828, Lord Eliot, Dover Street, London
• Occupation: Apr 1827 - Nov 1830, Lord of the Treasury
• Occupation: 16 Jan 1824 - 1832, M.P. for Liskeard
• Resignation: 11 Feb 1833, Borough of Liskeard (Position of Alderman)
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1835 - 31 Mar 1835, Leaves Dover St. for Spain (Lord Eliot Convention)
• Occupation: 1834 - 1837, Envoy Extraordinary to Spain
• Occupation: 1840, Vice-Pres. Elect for British Association for the Advancement of Science
• Census: 1841, 47 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London
• Occupation: 1841, Vice-President of British Association for the Advancement of Science
• Appointment: 2 Apr 1841, Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall
• Visiting: Sep 1843, Lord E and Jemima Tour Lakes of Killarney
• Residence: 1845, 7 New Burlington-street (Stables at 8 Burlington Mews)
• Occupation: Sep 1841 - Jan 1845, Chief Secretary to Lord Lieutenant
• Occupation: 1837 - 19 Jan 1845, M.P. for Cornwall East
• Residence: 1846, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
• Occupation: Jan 1846 - Jun 1846, Postmaster-General
• Census: 1851, 36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London
• Visiting: 13 Oct 1851, Earl and Countess St G Leave Dover Street for Continental Tour
• Visiting: Mar 1852, Earl and Countess St G Tour Italy and France
• Appointment: 28 Aug 1852, Special Deputy Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon
• Occupation: 05 Jan 1853 - 07 Mar 1855, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Occupation: 23 Nov 1857 - 25 Feb 1858, Master King's Household (2,000 l. pa); Lord Steward
• Residence: 1860, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
• Occupation: 20 Jun 1860, Queen's Levee at St. James' Palace; In Honour of Queen's Accession to the Throne
• Census: 1861, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall
• Residence: 29 Dec 1862, Arrives at Dover-street from Port Eliot
• Occupation: Between 01 Jan 1864 and 19 Jan 1866, Master King's Household (2,000 l. pa); Lord Steward
• Residence: 1865, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
• Census: 1871, 36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London
• Residence: 1876, 36 Dover St
• Probate: 21 Dec 1877, Principal Registry, London

Notes:

--- "North Devon Journal" 07 Nov 1850, page 8:
ST. GERMANS' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The present Earl of St. Germans, better known as Lord Eliot, formerly Secretary for Ireland, met the Agricultural Society of his neighbourhood on Thursday last. As his lordship is a man of considerable mark, and was formerly a Protectionist, our readers may be interested in knowing what are his present opinions upon agriculture, and we therefore insert his speech, as follows:--

I have, on former occasions, called upon you to drink "Prosperity to the St. Germans' Farmers' Club," and have exhorted you to promote its success by all and every means within your power; but I have never done it on any previous occasion with greater earnestness than upon the present, because I feel that the times call for additional exertion. Now, gentlemen, I believe that, throughout the length and the breadth of the land, a spirit has gone forth, exhorting the farmer to develop the capabilities of the soil to the greatest extent, and to increase to the utmost its productive powers -- (hear, hear). Those who make no effort to keep pace with the march of improvement, will not only be left far behind, but will be less able than those who do to cope with the difficulties to which I have adverted -- (hear, hear). Gentlemen, good farming -- by which I do not mean unnecessarily expensive farming -- will frequently pay, when bad farming will not -- (hear, hear). I take good farming to consist in clean and careful cultivation -- in the application of a proper quantity of suitable measure -- in a judicious rotation of crops adapted to the peculiarities of the soil -- and in a judicious outlay of capital to an amount proportioned to the return which it can fairly be expected to make. In these respects, undoubtedly, science does lend its aid; and very useful and important aid it gives us. It teaches the farmer to analyse different manures -- to ascertain their different properties -- and so to learn how far they are, or are not, adapted to the soil which he has to cultivate; but, as Mr. Roseveare has very properly observed, science of itself is not sufficient. Experience must go hand in hand with science, practice with theory; and it is because I think societies such as this particularly well calculated to apply this test of experience to science, that I think them so important. It is not given to science to penetrate all the mysteries of nature -- to lay open all her processes, or to discover all her secrets -- there are some things which it is impossible for science to find out, or to make clear, until the test of practical experience has been applied to them -- (hear, hear). When I look at the vast additions which have been made, within a comparatively short period, to the number of the productions of other soils and other climates, which have become naturalised in this, I do not despair of seeing that number very considerably increased. It is not 70 or 80 years ago, that the cultivation of the turnip became general in the country; my grandfather was one of the first, if not the first, to introduce it here; and when we see that there is now no part of the country in which it is more successfully cultivated than in this, we may fairly hope to obtain equal excellence in other crops -- (hear, hear). I am not a practical man. I do not pretend to give an opinion worth acting on, but I will venture to call your attention to the single subject of flax. Within the last few years the cultivation of flax has spread with extraordinary rapidity throughout the whole of Ireland; and it is there found to be a most valuable crop, the fibre being applied to the manufacture of linen, and the seed as food for cattle. It is impossible for me to say that the soil and climate of this country are as well suited to the growth of flax as the climate and soil of Ireland. I am far from saying so; but I do think that it is worth the while of our agriculturists to enquire how far it may be introduced here with success. Beyond this I will not go; but when I consider the circumstances of the times, and that we are now exposed to the competition of other countries, I feel that no means should be left untried to develop to the utmost the resources and capabilities of the soil. I do not mean to lay down any rule, or to direct you to any course as that which ought to be pursued; but we should not lose sight of the fact that the immediate district is situated within a few miles of the three towns -- I might almost call them the one town, of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse -- with their population of 100,000; and that there must be, in these towns, with their large and increasing population, a great and growing demand for your meant, milk, butter, turnips, and the other products of the soil. With this market you have frequent communication by water, which you have lately made more available by the introduction of steam; and I may be permitted to remark, in passing, that I think the farmers of the neighbourhood will very much consult their own interests by making that communication by steam as convenient and expeditious as possible. You should not throw away one of the advantages which you possess. If you find that one description of crop will make a better return than another, you should not be so wedded to the practice or routine of former years as to discard it. And without wishing, I repeat, to prescribe any particular course, I think that every man in his own sphere might try some few experiments, and that at these meetings, where men who are engaged in a common pursuit meet together for the advancement of a common object, the greatest possible benefit might be derived from the communication, by individuals, of experiments tried by themselves upon a small scale. With respect to the meeting of to-day, I think that nothing is more calculated to improve our husbandry than the encouragement given by this and similar societies to good ploughing. The time may come when steam will supersede the plough; but, until that day arrives, as good husbandry depends upon the proper culture of the soil, so nothing will do more to promote it than the encouragement of those who plough well -- (hear, hear). It is further important, as showing that we realise and appreciate the exertions of our poorer neighbours, and we may hope that the rewards which have been given, in this assembly, to the successful competitors in this day's trial, will stimulate them to still further efforts.

Edward married Countess St. Germans, Jemima Cornwallis on 02 Sep 1824 in St. James, Westminster, London. Jemima (daughter of 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis and Louisa Gordon) was born on 24 May 1803 in Burlington-street, London, Middlesex; was christened on 02 Jun 1803 in Westminster, London; died on 02 Jul 1856 in 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was buried on 07 Jul 1856 in Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Presentation at Court: 20 Jul 1837, Lady Jemima Eliot by the Countess of Charlemont
• Visiting: Sep 1843, Lord E and Jemima Tour Lakes of Killarney
• Visiting: 13 Oct 1851, Earl and Countess St G Leave Dover Street for Continental Tour
• Visiting: Mar 1852, Earl and Countess St G Tour Italy and France
• Visiting: 02 May 1855, Attends Queen's Drawing Room
• Residence: 29 Dec 1862, Arrives at Dover-street from Port Eliot
• Probate: 08 Jul 1878, Cornwall Principal Registry

Notes:

Married:

• "Exeter Flying Post" 09 Sep 1824, page 4:
MARRIED.
On Thursday, in London, Lord Eliot, eldest son of the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, to Lady Anne Cornwallis, grand-daughter of the late Marquis Cornwallis.

• "Morning Post" 6 Sep 1824, page 3:
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.
On Thursday last, was married at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Bayning, Lord Eliot, only son of the Earl of St. Germans, to the Right Hon. Lady Jemima Cornwallis, third daughter of the late Marquis Cornwallis. The lovely bride, who is the universal favourite of a numerous circle of friends, was given away by the Viscount Sydney, and attended to the Altar by her amiable sisters, the Ladies Lousia, Mary, and Elizabeth Cornwallis, and Lady Jemima Mann, as bridesmaids.

After the ceremony, the happy pair set off in a new travelling chariot and four, for Woburn Abbey, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Bedford.

Amongst the company we noticed ---
The Marchioness Cornwallis, Earl of St. Germans, Lady Caroline Eliot, Lady Susan and Colonel Lygon, Duke of Norfolk, Hon. Sophia and Mary Townshend (Lord Sydney's daughters), Hon. Caroline and Emily Townshend (Lord Bayning's sisters), Miss Sinderby, Mr. Hamilton, and the Rev. Henry Hasted.

In the evening, the Marchioness Cornwallis entertained the Wedding Party with a sumptuous dinner, at the house of her Grace the Duchess Richmond, in Waterloo-place, where her Ladyship is at present residing. We feel assured that the friends of both families will join with us, in wishing that this auspicious union may be productive of the most permanent felicity to the amiable pair, who, from the high character his Lordship bears, appear to have an equal claim to "Heaven's choicest gifts."