Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg
| Thomas Belasyse | |
|---|---|
 Thomas Belasyse, aged 24, later 1st Earl Fauconberg (1627-1700) | |
| Born | 1627 |
| Died | 31 December 1700 |
| Title | 1st Earl Fauconberg |
| Tenure | 9 April 1689 - 31 December 1700 |
| Nationality | British |
Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg PC (c. 1627 – 31 December 1700) was an English peer.[1] He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War, becoming close to Oliver Cromwell and marrying Cromwell's third daughter, Mary. After the Restoration of the monarchy he became a member of the Privy Council to Charles II and was elevated to an earldom by William III.
Biography
Belasyse was the only son of Hon. Henry Belasyse, who was the eldest son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg.[2] Unlike his Royalist father and grandfather, Belasyse supported Parliament in the English Civil War, and subsequently became a strong adherent of Oliver Cromwell, whose third daughter, Mary, he married in 1657. His father died in 1647 and he succeeded his grandfather to the viscounty of Fauconberg in the Bishopric of Durham in 1652.[3]
Belasyse again became a Royalist at the Restoration of the monarchy, and was appointed a member of the Privy Council of England by Charles II and Captain of the Guard (in which office he succeeded his uncle Lord Belasyse). He also served as English ambassador in Venice. He was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire (1660–1692). He was one of the noblemen who joined in inviting William of Orange to England, and was by that king created Earl Fauconberg, in the Peerage of England, on 9 April 1689.[3]
Fauconberg died in 1700.[4][5] He had no children and on his death the earldom became extinct, but his viscountcy passed to his nephew, Thomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg.
Family
On 3 July 1651 Fauconberg married Mildred, daughter of Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton. She died 8 May 1656.[6] On 18 November 1657, he married Mary Cromwell, the third daughter of Oliver Cromwell.[7] She outlived her husband by thirteen years dying on 14 March 1713.[8]
Bibliography
While he was in Italy, Fauconberg translated and published the Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, by Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye.[9]
See also
- Green Ribbon Club A post restoration political club which Fauconberg was a member. The 'Green Ribbon' was the badge of The Levellers in the English Civil Wars in which many of the members had fought and was an overt reminder of their radical origins.
References
- ↑ Also referred to as "Lord Falconbridge" in some sources (Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, "Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye" )
- ↑ Nicolas, p. 185
- 1 2 Keary 1885.
- ↑ Keary, p. 142 Cites Forster's County Families of Yorkshire, and Collins's Peerage.
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904). p. 21
- ↑ University of London, Institute of Historical Research. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Volume 4, Longmans, Green, 1926. p. 26
- ↑ Sherwood p. 115
- ↑ Grant p .8
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, "Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye"
- Attributionn
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Keary, Charles Francis (1885). "Belasyse, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 142.
Sources
- Grant, Peter, "Belasyse [née Cromwell], Mary, Countess Fauconberg (bap. 1637, d. 1713)", Oxford University Press 2004–2008, Bellasis family 1500-1653, page 7. Website of Ingilby History, Retrieved 5 March 2010
- Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris & Courthope, William. The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement, the origin, descent, and present state of every title of peerage which has existed in this country since the Conquest ; being a new edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England", John Murray, 1857
- Sherwood, Roy Edward (1997). Oliver Cromwell: king in all but name, 1653-1658. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-17659-7.
Further reading
- Stater, Victor "Belasyse, Thomas, first Earl Fauconberg (1627/8–1700)", Oxford University Press 2004–2008, Bellasis family 1500-1653, pages 5,5. Website of Ingilby History, Retrieved 5 March 2010
- Staff Green Ribbon Club
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| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| English Interregnum | Lord Lieutenant of Durham 1660–1661 |
Succeeded by John Cosin |
| Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1660–1687 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Fairfax of Emley | |
| Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1660–1700 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Burlington | |
| Preceded by The Lord Belasyse |
Captain of the Gentleman Pensioners 1672–1676 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Roscommon |
| Preceded by The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1689–1692 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Carmarthen |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New title | Earl Fauconberg 1689–1700 |
Extinct |
| Preceded by Thomas Belasyse |
Viscount Fauconberg 1652–1700 |
Succeeded by Thomas Belasyse |