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The Earl Fauconberg | |
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![]() Thomas Belasyse, aged 24 | |
Lord Lieutenant, North Riding | |
In office 1660–1687 | |
Monarch | Charles II James II |
Envoy to the Republic of Venice | |
In office 1669–1672 | |
Monarch | Charles II |
Special Envoy to France | |
In office 1658–1659 | |
Monarch | Commonwealth of England |
Personal details | |
Born | ca 1627 Newburgh Priory,Yorkshire |
Died | 31 December 1700 73) Sutton House,London | (aged
Resting place | St Michael's,Coxwold |
Nationality | English |
Spouse(s) | Mildred Saunderson Mary Cromwell (1637-1713) |
Parent(s) | Henry Belasyse (1604–1647) Grace Barton |
Alma mater | Trinity College,Cambridge |
Occupation | Politician,diplomat |
Thomas Belasyse,1st Earl Fauconberg PC (c. 1627 – 31 December 1700) was an English peer. [1] He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War,becoming close to Oliver Cromwell and marrying Cromwell's third daughter,Mary. After the Restoration of the monarchy he became a member of the Privy Council to Charles II and was elevated to an earldom by William III.
Belasyse was the only son of Henry Belasyse,and Grace Barton;his grandfather,Thomas Belasyse,1st Viscount Fauconberg,was a Royalist,who went into exile after being defeated at Marston Moor in 1644. [2]
Unlike his Royalist father and grandfather,Belasyse supported Parliament in the English Civil War,and subsequently became a strong adherent of Oliver Cromwell,whose third daughter,Mary,he married in 1657. His father died in 1647 and he succeeded his grandfather to the viscounty of Fauconberg in the Bishopric of Durham in 1652. [3]
Belasyse again became a Royalist at the Restoration of the monarchy,and was appointed a member of the Privy Council of England by Charles II and Captain of the Guard (in which office he succeeded his uncle Lord Belasyse). He also served as English ambassador in Venice. He was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire (1660–1692),with responsibility for the North York Militia,personally commanding one of the Troops of Horse. [4] He was one of the noblemen who joined in inviting William of Orange to England,and was by that king created Earl Fauconberg,in the Peerage of England,on 9 April 1689. [3]
Fauconberg died on 31 December 1700,and was buried in the family vault in Coxwold. He had no children;on his death,the earldom became extinct,but his viscountcy passed to his nephew,Thomas Belasyse,3rd Viscount Fauconberg.
On 3 July 1651 Fauconberg married Mildred,daughter of Nicholas Saunderson,2nd Viscount Castleton. She died 8 May 1656. [5] On 18 November 1657,he married Mary Cromwell,the third daughter of Oliver Cromwell. [6] She outlived her husband by thirteen years dying on 14 March 1713. [7]
While he was in Italy,Fauconberg translated and published the Histoire du gouvernement de Venise,by Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye. [8]
The Sealed Knot was a secret Royalist association which plotted for the Restoration of the Monarchy during the English Interregnum. The group was commissioned by King Charles II between November 1653 and February 1654 from his exile in Paris for the purpose of coordinating underground Royalist activity in England and preparing for a general uprising against the Protectorate.
Baron Fauconberg is an hereditary title created twice in the Peerage of England.
Viscount Fauconberg,of Henknowle in the Bishopric of Durham,was a title in the Peerage of England held by the head of the Belasyse family. This family descended from Sir Henry Belasyse,High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1604,who was created a Baronet,of Newborough in the County of York,in the Baronetage of England in 1611. His son,Sir Thomas,the second Baronet,was created Baron Fauconberg,of Yarm in the County of York,in the Peerage of England in 1627. In 1643 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Fauconberg,of Henknowle in the Bishopric of Durham,also in the Peerage of England. He was succeeded by his grandson,Thomas,the second Viscount,the son of Henry Belasyse. Thomas was created Earl Fauconberg in the Peerage of England in 1689. He was childless and the earldom became extinct on his death in 1700. He was succeeded in the remaining titles by his nephew and namesake,Thomas,the third Viscount,the son of Sir Rowland Belasyse. The third Viscount was succeeded by his son,Thomas,the fourth Viscount,who in 1756 was created Earl Fauconberg,of Newborough in the County of York,in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Earl's son Thomas,the second Earl,had no sons and the earldom became extinct on his death in 1802. He was succeeded in the remaining titles by his second cousin Rowland Belasyse,the sixth Viscount,the grandson and namesake of Rowland Belasyse,younger brother of the third Viscount. The sixth Viscount was succeeded by his younger brother,Charles the seventh Viscount,on whose death in 1815 all the titles became extinct.
John Belasyse,1st Baron Belasyse was an English nobleman,Royalist officer and Member of Parliament,notable for his role during and after the Civil War. He suffered a long spell of imprisonment during the Popish Plot,although he was never brought to trial. From 1671 until his death he lived in Whitton,near Twickenham in Middlesex. Samuel Pepys was impressed by his collection of paintings,which has long since disappeared.
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