Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet
Sir Henry Paston-Bedinfeld, Bt | |
|---|---|
 Photograph of Sir Henry by Camille Silvy, 1863 | |
| High Sheriff of Norfolk | |
| In office 1882–1882 | |
| Preceded by | George Duckett Berney |
| Succeeded by | William Earle Gascoyne Lytton Bulwer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld 21 June 1830 Norwich, Norfolk |
| Died | 18 January 1902 (aged 71) Cromwell Road, London |
| Spouse |
Augusta Lucy Clavering
(m. 1859; died 1902) |
| Children | 11 |
| Parent(s) | Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet Margaret Paston |
| Education | Stonyhurst College |
Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet DL (21 June 1830 – 18 January 1902) was an English landowner.
Early life
[edit]He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet, of Oxburgh Hall, and heiress Margaret Paston, who inherited the Brailes estate in Warwickshire in 1841.[1] His younger brother, Raoul, married Katherine Gregory (née Walker) Stephens, widow of Henry Alexander Claremont Lyne-Stephens.
His paternal grandparents were Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet and Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham.[1][2] Among his extended paternal family was aunt Frances "Fanny" Bedingfeld (wife of William Petre, 11th Baron Petre),[3] Matilda Bedingfeld (wife of George Stanley Cary),[3] Agnes Bedingfeld (wife of Maj. Thomas Molyneux-Seel),[3] and uncle Felix Bedingfeld (who married Mary Woodward Lightbourn Chads, eldest daughter of John Cornell Chads, Governor of the British Virgin Islands).[4] His maternal grandparents were Lucy (née Brown) Paston and Edward Paston, of Appleton, Norfolk, the last of the Pastons of Paston, formerly Earls of Yarmouth.[1]
A member of a prominent English Roman Catholic family, he was educated at Stonyhurst College.[5]
Career
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As a young man, he served for some time with the Austrian Cuirassiers before becoming a captain in the West Norfolk Militia.[6]
Upon the death of his father on 4 February 1862, he succeeded his father as 7th Baronet Paston-Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh.[3] He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk and was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1882.[7]
Personal life
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On 17 October 1859, he married Augusta Lucy Clavering (d. 1929), only child of Edward John Clavering, of Callaly Castle.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[9]
- Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet (1860–1941), a Major in the Liverpool Regiment who served in the Boer War; he married Sybil Lyne-Stephens, eldest daughter of Henry Alexander Claremont Lyne-Stephens of Grove House, Roehampton (son of Edward Stopford Claremont), in 1904.[10]
- Richard Henry Clavering Paston-Bedingfeld (1862–1931), who emigrated to United States, where he bought land in Wyoming in 1897, and later to Canada; he died unmarried.[3]
- Alice Mary Paston-Bedingfeld (1863–1947), who was awarded the Order of the Chefakat; she married Vice-Adm. James Lacon Hammet, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, in 1891. After his death in 1905, she married Cdr. Hon. Clement La Primaudaye, Commissioner of the Malta Police Force, in 1906.[3]
- Charles Paston-Bedingfeld (1864–1936), who also emigrated to United States and bought land in Wyoming in 1897 where he raised cattle; later became a gold miner; he died unmarried.[3]
- Mary Maud Paston-Bedingfeld (1866–1962), who became a nun of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.[3]
- Mary Augusta Paston-Bedingfeld (1868–1868), who died in infancy.[3]
- Edward Arthur Paston-Bedingfeld (1870–1878), who died young.[3]
- William Felix Paston-Bedingfeld (1873–1911), who emigrated to South Africa and worked as a wine and spirit merchant in Middleburg; he died unmarried.[3]
- Francis Augustus Paston-Bedingfeld (1874–1950), who also emigrated to South Africa after his 1926 marriage to Dorothy Mary Hooker of Kingston upon Thames.[3]
- Edith Mary Paston-Bedingfeld (1876–1972), who also became a nun of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.[3]
- Hubert Paston-Bedingfeld (1877–1956), who emigrated to the United States with his brother Charles; he also died unmarried.[3]
Sir Henry died on 18 January 1902, at age 71, at 45 Cromwell Houses, Cromwell Road, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.[11] Lady Paston-Bedingfeld died on 2 March 1929.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS | SIR H.R. PASTON-BEDINGFELD, BART ". The Illustrated London News. Elm House: 181. 1862. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 1885. p. 113.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3068.
- ^ "SIR RICHARD BEDINGFELD, BART". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868]: 79–80. 1830. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 152.
- ^ Pollen, John Hungerford (1909). Bedingfeld papers, &c. [ed. by J.H. Pollen]. p. 231. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "No. 25078". The London Gazette. 28 February 1882. p. 870.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 1251. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1907). The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907. Kelly's Directories. p. 263. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: In which is Included Much Information Respecting the Collateral Brances of Baronets, and the Issue of Knights. Dean & Son. 1921. p. 53. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Obituary -- SIR HENRY PASTON-BEDINGFELD". The Times. 21 January 1902. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Bt (1830-1902), Landowner at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Augusta Lucy (née Clavering), Lady Paston-Bedingfeld (died 1929), Wife of Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfield, 7th Bt; daughter of Edward John Clavering at the National Portrait Gallery, London