Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock

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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
Commands heldHMS Minorca
HMS Thames
HMS Volontaire
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

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

Royal Navy[]

The eldest son of the 1st Baron Radstock, Waldegrave 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 1831–37, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to King William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1837–1841.

Family life[]

On 7 August 1823, he had married Esther Caroline Paget (1800–1874) and they had three children:

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Radstock Escutcheon.png
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[1]

Death[]

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

Lord Radstock died in 1857 and was succeeded in his title by his eldest son. He is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery above the Lebanon Circle.[2]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
  2. ^ Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 120. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Radstock
1825–1857
Succeeded by


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