Family and Education
b. 1684, s. Henry Waldegrave, (later Bar. Waldegrave) and Henrietta Fitzjames (d.1730), London Evening Post, 2-4 Apr. 1730. illegit. da. James Stuart, duke of York (later King James II) and Arabella Churchill. educ. abroad (Jesuit College, La Flèche, Anjou, France; Italy). Mems. and speeches of James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, 1742-63 ed. J.C.D. Clark, 22. m. 20 May 1714 (with £12,000) Mary (d.1719), da. of Sir John Webb, bt. of Hatherop, Glos., 2s., ?1da. KG 20 Feb. 1738. d. 11 Apr. 1741; will (at Paris) 29 Jan. 1739 n.s., (at London) 8 Mar. 1741 o.s., pr. 21 Apr. 1741. TNA, PROB 11/709.
Offices Held
Gent. of bedchamber, 1723 – 27, 1730 – d.; PC 12 Feb. 1735 – d.
V.-adm., Essex 1735 – d.
Envoy extraordinary, Paris Sept. – Oct. 1725, Dec. 1727 – Apr. 1728; amb. extraordinary and plenip., Vienna 1728 – 30; amb. extraordinary, Paris 1730–40.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Navestock, Essex and Chewton, Som.
Likenesses
pastel by Gustaf Lundberg, c.1738-40, NPG 1875.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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