Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia

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Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia (23 August 184320 January 1927) KCVO CB JP was a British peer and Conservative politician.

The eldest son of Hon. Arthur Annesley and Flora Macdonald, he was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He succeeded his grandfather to the Viscounty in 1863. He joined the 10th Hussars in 1864 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1868. He served with the Yeomanry Cavalry, AAG, in South Africa and was mentioned in despatches. He retired from the Army in 1872.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Oxford in 1895, holding the seat until 1917 when he was raised to a United Kingdom peerage as Baron Annesley of Bletchington. He was Comptroller of HM Household from 1898-1905 and a Lord in Waiting from 1915 until 1924. He was awarded the CB in 1900, the MVO in 1901 and the KCVO in 1923.

He was succeeded by his younger son, Hon. Caryl Arthur James Annesley, his elder son having been killed in action in 1914.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Tomkyns Chesney
Member for Oxford
1895–1917
Succeeded by
John Arthur Ransome Marriott
Political offices
Preceded by
Lord Arthur Hill
Comptroller of the Household
1898–1905
Succeeded by
Master of Elibank
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Arthur Annesley
Viscount Valentia
1863–1927
Succeeded by
Caryl Annesley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Annesley of Bletchington
1917–1927
Succeeded by
Caryl Annesley