| The Right Honourable The Viscount Valentia CB, KCVO, JP |
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| "Oxford City". Lord Valentia as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, September 1899. | |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 19 October 1898 – 4 December 1905 |
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| Monarch | Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | Lord Arthur Hill |
| Succeeded by | The Master of Elibank |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1843 Scotland |
| Died | 20 January 1927 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Webb (d. 1933) |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia CB, KCVO, JP (23 August 1843 – 20 January 1927) was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician. He notably served as Comptroller of the Household between 1898 and 1905.
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Annesley was born in Scotland, the eldest son of the Honourable Arthur Annesley by his wife Flora Macdonald, daughter of Colonel Reginald George Macdonald of Clanranald. His father died when he was one year old.[1] He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Annesley succeeded his grandfather in 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 appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1875.
The viscountcy of Valentia was an Irish peerage and did not entitle Annesley to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was instead elected Member of Parliament for Oxford in 1895, a seat he held until 1917.[2]
He served as Comptroller of the Household under Lord Salisbury from 1898[3] to 1902 and under Arthur Balfour from 1902 to 1905.[4] He was appointed a a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in July 1901[5] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in September 1900 (when Assistant Adjutant-General for Imperial Yeomanry).[6] When the coalition government was formed in 1915, Lord Valentia was appointed a Lord in Waiting,[7] a post he held until 1924.
In 1917 he was created Baron Annesley of Bletchington, in the County of Oxford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,[8] which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords. He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1923.[9]
Lord Valentia married Laura Sarah Webb, daughter of Daniel Hale Webb, of Wykeham Park, Oxfordshire, and widow of Sir Algernon William Peyton, 4th Baronet, in 1878. They had two sons and six daughters. He died in January 1927, aged 83, and was succeeded by his younger son, the Honourable Caryl Arthur James Annesley, his elder son the Honourable Arthur Annesley having been killed in action in 1914.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by George Tomkyns Chesney |
Member of Parliament for Oxford 1895–1917 |
Succeeded by John Marriott |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Lord Arthur Hill |
Comptroller of the Household 1898–1905 |
Succeeded by The Master of Elibank |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Arthur Annesley |
Viscount Valentia 1863–1927 |
Succeeded by Caryl Annesley |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Annesley of Bletchington 1917–1927 |
Succeeded by Caryl Annesley |