George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave

The Earl Waldegrave

George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton, PC, ADC (23 November 1751 – 22 October 1789) was a British statesman.

The eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Waldegrave, he was educated at Eton and was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1768. He purchased a Lieutenantcy in 1773. In 1778 he transferred to the Coldstream Guards as a Captain-Lieutenant and was soon a Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1779 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the new 87th Regiment of Foot. He inherited his father's titles in 1784.

On 5 May 1782, Waldegrave married his first cousin, Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave and they had five children.

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    Parliament of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Alexander Forrester
    George Hay
    Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
    17741780
    With: George Hay 1774–1779
    Viscount Trentham 1779–1780
    Succeeded by
    Viscount Trentham
    Sir Archibald Macdonald
    Military offices
    New regiment Colonel of the 87th Regiment of Foot
    1779–1783
    Disbandment
    Preceded by
    Alexander Leslie
    Colonel of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
    1788–1789
    Succeeded by
    The Earl of Crawford
    Preceded by
    John Douglas
    Colonel of the 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
    1789
    Succeeded by
    George Hotham
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Viscount Hinchingbrooke
    Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
    1782–1784
    Succeeded by
    Lord Herbert
    Preceded by
    The Earl of Waldegrave
    Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte
    1784–1789
    Vacant
    Title next held by
    The Earl Harcourt
    Peerage of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    John Waldegrave
    Earl Waldegrave
    1784–1789
    Succeeded by
    George Waldegrave

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