12-514: Albert Denison may refer to: Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough (1805–1860), British politician and diplomat Albert Denison (Royal Navy officer) (1835–1903), his son, officer in the British Royal Navy [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
24-484: A daughter of the 1st Duke of Cleveland ). His paternal grandparents were William Forester , also MP for Wenlock (and son of Sir William Forester and Lady Mary Cecil, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Salisbury ), and the former Catherine Brooke. His maternal grandfather was Robert Townshend. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford . He was elected to the House of Commons for Wenlock in 1790,
36-772: A seat he held until 1820. The latter year he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Forester , of Willey Park in the County of Shropshire . He had initially asked to be titled as Baron Wenlock to spite the rival local Lawley family who later did take the title. During the time of the French Revolutionary Wars , Forester was in 1800 captain of the Wenlock volunteers troops, becoming ultimately lieutenant-colonel in command in 1804. In 1813 he served as treasurer of
48-530: The Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury. In 1800, Weld-Forester married Lady Katherine Mary Manners (1779–1829), daughter of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland , and Lady Mary Isabella Somerset . They had nine children, four sons and five daughters, including: He died of gout at Belgrave Square , London in 1828, aged 61, and was buried at Willey parish church. His tomb was sculpted by John Carline . He
60-532: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Denison&oldid=1048285213 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough , KCH , FRS , FSA ( né Conyngham ; 21 October 1805 – 15 January 1860),
72-611: The seat until he was elevated to peerage in 1850. From 1844 to 1845, he served as first President of the British Archaeological Association , and from 1855 until his death as first President of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society . He was sometime Vice-Admiral of the Yorkshire Coast. In 1849, he changed his surname to Denison under the terms of the will of his maternal uncle, William Joseph Denison , and
84-564: Was a British Whig Party politician and diplomat, known as Lord Albert Conyngham from 1816 to 1849. Born Albert Denison Conyngham was born at Stanhope Street, Mayfair , he was the third son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham , and Elizabeth Denison . He was educated at Eton , and was commissioned a cornet and sub-lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards in 1821, before joining the diplomatic service . On 28 April 1826, he purchased an unattached infantry lieutenancy. In 1824, he
96-504: Was an attaché to Berlin, then Vienna in 1825, and Secretary of the Legation to Florence in 1828, and to Berlin, from 1829 to 1831. Conyngham was knighted in 1829, and at the 1835 general election he was elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Canterbury , a seat he held until 1841 , when he did not contest the election. He was elected unopposed at a by-election in March 1847 and held
108-611: Was created Baron Londesborough a year later. In 1851, he bought both Grimston Park , near Tadcaster , North Yorkshire, and the painting The Monarch of the Glen , the latter for £840. On 6 July 1833, Londesborough married Hon. Henrietta Marie Weld-Forester (a daughter of the 1st Baron Forester ) and they had six children: Londesborough's first wife died in 1841, and on 21 December 1847, he married Ursula Bridgeman (a daughter of Vice-Admiral Charles Orlando Bridgeman ). They had seven children: Lord Londesborough died in 1860 and his title
120-419: Was inherited by his eldest son, William, who was later created Earl of Londesborough in 1887. His second wife later married Lord Otho FitzGerald . Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (baptised 7 April 1767 – 23 May 1828) was a Tory British Member of Parliament and later peer . Born Cecil Forester and baptised at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury , he
132-529: Was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son John George Weld-Forester . Lady Forester died in 1829. His daughters Anne and Selina were leaders of fashionable society, and both were intimate friends of Benjamin Disraeli . It was often said that Disraeli in his last years was in love with Selina, but since she was not free to marry, he proposed to the widowed Lady Anne instead, in the hope of remaining close to both sisters. Through his youngest daughter Selina, he
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#1733106061954144-551: Was the eldest son of Anne ( née Townshend) Forester and Lt-Col. Cecil Forester , MP for Wenlock. He assumed the additional surname of Weld by Royal Licence in 1811, upon inheriting Willey Park from his cousin George Forester . Among his younger siblings were George Townshend-Forester (Recorder of Wenlock), the Rev. Townshend Forester (Prebendary of Worcester ), and Maj. Francis Forester (MP for Wenlock who married Lady Louisa Vane,
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