James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton

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James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton DL (17 September 1818 – 19 December 1896),[1] styled Viscount Somerton until 1868, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was the eldest son of Welbore Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was president of the University Pitt Club.[2]

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wilton at an , and was re-elected unopposed in 1847. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 1852 general election.[3]

Family[]

He married Caroline Susan Augusta Barrington in 1856 and had a large family, including:[4]

  • Caroline Elizabeth (21 Mar 1857 - 9 May 1894), who married Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon. They had one son, and daughter.
  • Lt. Charles George Welbore Ellis Agar, Viscount Somerton (27 Apr 1858 - 17 Jan 1894). Died unmarried.
  • Lady Mary Beatrice (10 Aug 1859 - 20 Dec 1943). Died unmarried
  • Lady Margaret Elizabeth Diana (10 Dec 1863 - 29 Mar 1941) married Hon. Ivan Campbell, son of , and brother of Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane. They had one son, .
  • (9 Apr 1865 - 25 Nov 1933) married Lady Amy Frederica Alice Byng, daughter of Henry Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford and Countess Henrietta Danneskjold-Samsöe (daughter of ). They had one son, and seven daughters.
  • Lady Mary Adelaide (18 Aug 1869 - 7 June 1921) married Henry St. George Foley, son of Gen. Sir St. George Foley. They had one son, and one daughter, Mildred.
  • Hon. Henry Augustus Bernard (21 Nov 1870 - 25 Apr 1885). Died unmarried.
  • Hon. Francis William Arthur (19 Oct 1873 - 18 Aug 1936) married Laura Astley Kennard, daughter of Henry Steinmetz Kennard. They had one son, and one daughter.

References[]

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 333. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ "Normanton, Earl of (I, 1806)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Viscount FitzHarris 		Member of Parliament for Wilton
– 1852 		Succeeded by
Charles A'Court
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
 Earl of Normanton
1868–1896 		Succeeded by
Sidney James Agar
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Somerton
1873–1896 		Succeeded by
Sidney James Agar
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