Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn
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Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn (20 February 1816 – 12 August 1854), was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
Background[]
Born at Carlton Gardens, London, Jocelyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, and the Hon. Maria Frances Catherine, daughter of .
Military career[]
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Jocelyn served in the First Opium War as Military Secretary to Lord Saltoun. He published two works on his experiences of the conflict. In 1853 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the East Sussex Militia.
Political career[]
Jocelyn was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1842 to 1854. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1845 and 1846.
Family[]
Lord Jocelyn married Lady Frances Elizabeth, daughter of , in 1841. They had several children. In 1854, while his regiment, the East Essex Militia, was quartered in the Tower of London, he contracted cholera and died in London in August of that year, aged 38, predeceasing his father by 16 years. His eldest son Robert later succeeded in the earldom. Lady Jocelyn died in March 1880.
Works[]
- Jocelyn, Robert (1841). Six Months with the Chinese Expedition; or, Leaves from a Soldier's Note-book (2nd ed.). London: John Murray.
References[]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Jocelyn
- 1816 births
- 1854 deaths
- British courtesy viscounts
- British military personnel of the First Opium War
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852