Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet

Sir George Wombwell, Bt
Pencil and chalk drawing of Sir George by Count Alfred d'Orsay, 1841
Born(1792-04-13)13 April 1792
Died14 January 1855(1855-01-14) (aged 62)
St George Hanover Square
Spouse
Georgiana Hunter
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(m. 1824; died 1855)​
Children4, including George
Parent(s)Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet
Lady Anne Belasyse
RelativesSir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet (grandfather)
Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg (grandfather)

Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet (13 April 1792 – 14 January 1855) was a British baronet.

Early life

Wombwell was born on 13 April 1792. He was the eldest son of Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet and Lady Anne Belasyse.[1] After his mother's death in 1808, his father married Eliza Little, daughter of T. E. Little. From his parents' marriage, he had a younger brother, Henry Walter Wombwell, who died unmarried.[2] From his father's second marriage, he had a half-sister, Louisa (née Wombwell) Beauclerk (best known for her lengthy relationship with Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, grandson of King George III and cousin of Queen Victoria),[3] and a half-brother, Charles Orby Wombwell (who married his wife's sister, Charlotte Catherine Hunter, in 1836).[4]

His paternal grandparents were Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet and Susannah Rawlinson (a daughter of Sir Thomas Rawlinson). His maternal grandparents were Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg of Newborough, Yorkshire, and the former Hon. Charlotte Lamb (daughter of Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet and sister of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne). His aunt, Lady Elizabeth Belasyse, was married to Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.[4]

Career

Upon the death of his father on 28 October 1846, George, who was "well-known in fashionable circles",[5] succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Wombwell, of Wombwell, and inherited Newburgh Priory in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, the old seat of the Belasyses.[4]

Sir George never took part in "public politics" and was mainly known "in the fashionable world, and on the Turf".[6]

Personal life

Anonymous portrait of his sons, 1870–80

On 23 June 1824, Wombwell married Georgiana Hunter (1807–1875) at the bride's father's house in Grosvenor Place, London.[7] She was the youngest daughter of Thomas Orby Hunter (a grandson of Thomas Orby Hunter, MP for Winchelsea) and Frances Heywood (daughter of James Modyford Heywood).[7] Together, they were the parents of:[4]

Sir George died suddenly on 14 January 1855, at his townhouse at 15 St George Hanover Square.[8]

Descendants

Through his youngest son Frederick, he was a grandfather of Frederick Adolphus Wombwell (father of Sir Frederick Wombwell, 6th Baronet) and Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon.[4]

References

  1. ^ "SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR G. WOMBWELL BART". The Yorkshire Herald and the York Herald York. 20 Jan 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1830. p. 838. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ St Aubyn, Giles (2011). The Royal George: The Duke of Cambridge: His Family and Career, 1819-1904 (Chapter VIII – Family Affairs). Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571281718.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4237.
  5. ^ "DEATH OF SIR GEORGE WOMBWELL, BART". The Era. 1 Nov 1846. p. 12. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ^ Walford, Edward (1857). Walford's records of the Great and Noble. Original and selected memoirs of nearly one thousand celebrated people. p. 56. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Wedding". The Nottingham Journal. 3 Jul 1824. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Sudden Death of Sir George Wombwell". Glasgow Herald. 19 Jan 1855. p. 6. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
Baronetage of Great Britain
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