James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos PC (27 December 1731 – 29 September 1789), styled Viscount Wilton from birth until 1744 and Marquess of Carnarvon from 1744 to 1771, was a British peer and politician.
Background
Chandos was the only son of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, and Lady Mary Bruce, daughter of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury.
Political career
Chandos was Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1754 to 1761 and for Radnorshire between 1761 and 1768.[1] He succeeded in the dukedom upon the death of his father on 28 November 1771.
Marriages and children
Chandos's first marriage was to Margaret Nicol (1736–1768), daughter of John Nicol, on 22 March 1753. Margaret was the owner of a famous portrait of Shakespeare, which came to be known as the Chandos portrait following the marriage. Following the death of his first wife he married Anne Eliza Gamon, daughter of Richard Gamon, on 21 June 1777. His second marriage produced the only child to survive to adulthood — Lady Anne Elizabeth Brydges (died 1836[2]),[1] who married Richard Temple-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Chandos died in September 1789, aged 57, when the Dukedom became extinct. He was buried in St Lawrence Whitchurch in Canons Park, London.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., volume III, page 45
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.dukesofbuckingham.org.uk/places/Whitchurch/whitchurch.htm
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Winchester with Henry Penton 1754–1761 |
Succeeded by Lord Harry Powlett Henry Penton |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Radnorshire 1761–1768 |
Succeeded by Chase Price |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Lord Steward 1783–1789 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Dorset |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1763–1764 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Northington |
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1771–1780 |
Succeeded by The Lord Rivers |
| Masonic offices | ||
| Preceded by | Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England 1754–1757 |
Succeeded by Lord Aberdour |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by | Duke of Chandos 1771–1789 |
Extinct |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Chandos 2nd creation 1771–1789 |
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