George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney

Lieutenant-Colonel George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (25 December 1753 – 2 January 1802), was a British soldier and politician.

Rodney was the son of Admiral George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, by his first wife Lady Jane Compton, daughter of the Honourable Charles Compton. His mother died when he was three years old. Rodney was a captain in the 3rd Foot Guards and a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army.[1] In 1780 he was returned to Parliament for Northampton, a seat he held until 1784.[1][2] In 1792 he entered the House of Lords on the death of his father.[1]

Lord Rodney married Anne Harley, daughter of the Honourable Thomas Harley, in 1781. They had nine sons and one daughter. He died in January 1802, aged 48, and was succeeded by his eldest son, George. Lady Rodney died in April 1840, aged 80.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Rodney, Baron (GB, 1782)
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Wilbraham Tollemache
Sir George Robinson, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Northampton
1780–1784
With: Viscount Althorp 1780–1782
The Lord Lucan 1782–1784		 Succeeded by
Lord Compton
Fiennes Trotman
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Brydges Rodney		 Baron Rodney
1792–1802 		Succeeded by
George Rodney
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