William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath
William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath (30 January 1692 – 17 May 1711) was an English nobleman.
Origins[]
He was the only son of Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath, by his second wife Isabella de Nassau d'Auverquerque, sister of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham.
Career[]
He was styled Viscount Lansdown from August to September 1701, when he succeeded in the earldom after his father committed suicide, allegedly because of the debts he had inherited.
Death[]
Lord Bath died of smallpox in May 1711, aged 19, when the earldom became extinct.[1]
References[]
- ^ Abel Boyer (1712). The history of the reign of Queen Anne. Vol. 10. p. 378.
Categories:
- 1692 births
- 1711 deaths
- Deaths from smallpox
- Earls of Bath (1661 creation)
- Granville family
- Infectious disease deaths in England