Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (second creation)

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (27 April 1699 8 February 1774) was a British peer.[1]

Fauconberg was the son and heir of Thomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg, by his wife Bridget Gage, a daughter of Sir John Gage, 4th Baronet.[2] He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but made a public abjuration of the faith and converted to the Church of England.[3] Fauconberg succeeded to his father's viscountcy on 26 November 1718.[4] He served as a Lord of the Bedchamber to George II between 1738 and 1760, and was made a member of the Privy Council. On 16 June 1756, he was created Earl Fauconberg in the Peerage of Great Britain.[5]

He married Catherine Betham, the daughter of John Betham, on 5 August 1726. He was succeeded in his titles by his son, Henry.[6]

References

  1. Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage - 'Fauconberg, Earl (GB, 1756 - 1802)' http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/fauconberg1774.htm
  2. George Kearsley, Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1 (1799), 126.
  3. The English Peerage, Volume 1 (1790), 388.
  4. The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of England (W. Owen [and 2 others], 1790), 296.
  5. George Kearsley, Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1 (1799), 126.
  6. George Kearsley, Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1 (1799), 126.


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Peerage of Great Britain
New creation Earl Fauconberg
2nd creation
1756–1774
Succeeded by
Henry Belasyse
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Belasyse
Viscount Fauconberg
1st creation
1718–1774
Succeeded by
Henry Belasyse
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