Francis Foljambe (Liberal politician) explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Francis John Foljambe
Honorific Suffix:PC
Office:Member of Parliament for East Retford
Term Start:1857
Term End:1885
Alongside:The Viscount Galway, William Beckett-Denison, Frederick Mappin
Successor:Constituency abolished
Birth Name:Francis John Savile Foljambe
Birth Date:9 April 1830
Birth Place:Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Party:Liberal
Parents:George Savile Foljambe
Harriet Emily Mary Milner
Relations:Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool (half-brother)
Edmond Foljambe (grandson)

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

Early life

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). 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,[2] and a step-sister, Hon. Mary Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam, who later married Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman.[3]

He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

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 14500acres of land and was a member of Brooks's. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1895.[4]

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

Personal life

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). Together, they had three sons, including:[5]

Foljambe died on 5 February 1917.[9] His widow Lady Gertrude Foljambe died on 17 December 1927.[10]

Descendants

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Glover . Stephen . The History of the County of Derby . 1829 . 166 . 4 June 2020 . en.
  2. News: BRIDE FAILS TO APPEAR.; Lady Constance Foljambe Decides She Does Not Want to Marry. . 4 June 2020 . . 4 July 1911.
  3. Web site: Fitzwilliam, Earl (I, 1716 - 1979) . cracroftspeerage.co.uk . Heraldic Media Limited . 4 June 2020.
  4. '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.
  5. Book: Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica . 1902 . Hamilton, Adams, and Company . 277 . 4 June 2020 . en.
  6. Book: Marshall . George William . The Registers of Worksop, Co. Nottingham, 1558-1771 . 1894 . Privately printed for the editor . 426 . 4 June 2020 . en.
  7. Book: Fox-Davies . Arthur Charles . Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour . 1910 . T.C. & E.C. Jack . 1765 . 4 June 2020 . en.
  8. Web site: Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe . secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk . Nottinghamshire County Council . 4 June 2020 .
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: Gosford, Earl of (I, 1806) . www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk . Heraldic Media Limited . 4 June 2020.
  11. Web site: Captain Edmond Walter Saville Foljambe . www.iwm.org.uk . . 4 June 2020 . en.