Lord Edward Clinton

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton GCVO KCB (11 August 1836 – 9 July 1907),[1] known as Lord Edward Clinton, was a British Liberal Party politician.

For the English politician (1624–1657), see Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton.

Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton in 1901.
Tomb of Lord Edward and his wife, Brookwood Cemetery

Life

Clinton was the second son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle and his wife Lady Susan Hamilton and educated at Eton until 1853.

He joined the Rifle Brigade as an ensign in 1854 and served in the Crimea after the fall of Sebastopol. He reached the rank of captain in 1857 and spent 5 years in Canada (1861–1865). In 1878 he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and retired in 1880 while posted in India.[2]

Clinton was elected unopposed at the 1865 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Nottinghamshire, but did not seek re-election in 1868.[3]

Clinton was Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1881 to 1894, then Master of the Household from September 1894 until her death in January 1901.[4] He then reverted to a Groom-in-Waiting under her successor King Edward VII in 1901[5] and remained in that post until his death.

On his death he was buried in a tomb in Brookwood Cemetery.[6] The tomb is now Grade II* listed by English Heritage.[7][8]

Honours

Family
Matilda Jane Cradock-Hartopp, 1860 photograph

On 22 August 1865, Clinton married Matilda Jane Cradock-Hartopp, daughter of Sir William Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet. The couple had no children.

As a memorial to his wife Clinton reconstructed the chancel of St Gabriel's, Warwick Square at a cost of £1,400, commissioning the architect John Francis Bentley.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  2. Source: The Eton Register part II, 1853-1859.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 438. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. "No. 26556". The London Gazette. 28 September 1894. p. 5522.
  5. "No. 27336". The London Gazette. 23 July 1901. p. 4838.
  6. Historic England. "TOMB OF LORD EDWARD PELHAM CLINTON 1836 TO 1907 (1391044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  7. "Tomb of Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton - Brookwood Cemetery website". Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. Tomb of Lord Edward Pelham Clinton on Historic England
  9. "No. 27285". The London Gazette. 15 February 1901. p. 1145.
  10. "Latest intelligence - Germany". The Times. No. 36465. London. 27 May 1901. p. 3.


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