Francis Foljambe (Liberal politician)

Francis John Savile Foljambe (9 April 1830 – 5 February 1917) was a British Liberal Member of Parliament.

Francis John Foljambe
Savile and his father George, portrait by Robert Thorburn
Member of Parliament for East Retford
In office
1857–1885
Preceded byWilliam Duncombe
The Viscount Galway
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Francis John Savile Foljambe

(1830-04-09)9 April 1830
Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Died5 February 1917(1917-02-05) (aged 86)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Lady Gertrude Emily Acheson
(m. 1856)
RelationsCecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool (half-brother)
Edmond Foljambe (grandson)
Parent(s)George Savile Foljambe
Harriet Emily Mary Milner
EducationEton College
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Early life

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Foljambe was born at Osberton Hall, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire on 9 April 1830. He was the eldest son and heir of George Savile Foljambe[1] and Harriet Emily Mary Milner (a daughter of Sir William Milner, 4th Baronet).[2] After his mother's death, his father remarried to Selina, Viscountess Milton, widow of William Charles FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton (son of the 5th Earl Fitzwilliam) and daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool. From this marriage, he had a younger half-brother, fellow Liberal politician Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool,[3][4] and a step-sister, Hon. Mary Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam, who later married Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman.[5]

He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

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Foljambe was elected as a Member of Parliament for East Retford in the 1857 general election. He was re-elected at every general election until the 1885 election, when the seat was abolished. He owned about 14,500 acres (59 km2) of land and was a member of Brooks's. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1895.[6]

In 1889, he succeeded Antony Gibbs as the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and was, in turn, succeeded by Sir Charles Seely.

Personal life

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On 20 February 1856, he married Lady Gertrude Emily Acheson, eldest daughter of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford and Lady Theodosia Brabazon (daughter of John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath).[3] Together, they had three sons, including:[2]

Foljambe died on 5 February 1917.[10] His widow Lady Gertrude Foljambe died on 17 December 1927.[3]

Descendants

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Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of cricketer Edmond Walter Savile Foljambe (1890–1960), a soldier during World War I who married Judith Harriet Wright (daughter of the first-class cricketer H. FitzHerbert Wright, who was also the brother-in-law of his uncle Godfrey) in 1940.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Glover, Stephen (1829). The History of the County of Derby. p. 166. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica. Hamilton, Adams, and Company. 1902. p. 277. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Gosford, Earl of (I, 1806)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "BRIDE FAILS TO APPEAR.; Lady Constance Foljambe Decides She Does Not Want to Marry". The New York Times. 4 July 1911. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Fitzwilliam, Earl (I, 1716 - 1979)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ^ 'FOLJAMBE, Rt. Hon. Francis John Savile' in Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007 (subscription required) FOLJAMBE, Rt. Hon. Francis John Savile, accessed 23 August 2008.
  7. ^ Marshall, George William (1894). The Registers of Worksop, Co. Nottingham, 1558-1771. Privately printed for the editor. p. 426. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  8. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 1765. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe". secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 4 June 2020.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Obituary: p. 158, The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918.
  11. ^ "Captain Edmond Walter Saville Foljambe". www.iwm.org.uk. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Retford
18571885
With: The Viscount Galway 1857–1876
William Beckett-Denison 1876–1880
Frederick Mappin 1880–1885
Constituency abolished
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Antony Gibbs
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
1889
Succeeded by