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Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer.
Baron Radstock | |
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Born | 24 September 1786 |
Died | 11 May 1857 |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1798–1857 |
Rank | Vice Admiral of the Red |
Commands | HMS Minorca HMS Thames HMS Volontaire |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Radstock was born in London in 1786, the elder son of Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock and his wife, Cornelia Jacoba van Lennep. He succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father in 1825.
The eldest son of the 1st Baron Radstock, Radstock joined the Royal Navy in 1798 and rose through the ranks, becoming a captain in 1807, rear admiral in 1841, vice admiral of the White in 1853 and the Red in 1855.
From 1831 to 1837, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to King William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1837–1841.
On 7 August 1823, he married Esther Caroline Paget (1800–1874). They had three children:[1]
Radstock was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[citation needed]
Lord Radstock died in London in 1857, aged 70, and was succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Granville. He is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery above the Lebanon Circle.[2]
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