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Richard James Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam^[1]

1832 - 1907

• Suffix	Earl of Clanwilliam
  Born	3 Oct 1832  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Aug 1907	Badgemore, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Buried	8 Aug 1907	Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Notes	KINSHIP: 1st son and heir. MILITARY: Entered the Royal Navy, 1845; Lieutenant, 1852; Commander 1858; Captain, 1859; naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, 1872-1876; Rear-Admiral, 1876; Vice-Admiral, 1881; Commander-in-Chief on the North American and West Indian Station, 1885-1886; Admiral, 1886; Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1891-1894; Admiral of the Fleet, 1895. MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Served in the War with Russia on the Baltic, 1854-1855; took part in the assault on Canton during the Chinese War. OFFICE: A Lord of the Admiralty, 1874-1880. HONORS: [C.B.] Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1877; [K.C.M.G.] Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St.George, 1882; [K.C.B.] Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, 1887; [G.C.B.] Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1895. TITLES: Succeeded father, in 1879, as Earl of ClanWilliam [I.], title created 1776; as Viscount ClanWilliam and Baron Gillford [I.], titles created 1766; as Baron ClanWilliam [U.K.], title created 1828; as a Baronet, title created 29 May 1703. POLITICS: A Conservative. STATE OF HEALTH: Severely wounded during the Chinese war, in the assault on Canton, 1877. DEATH: Cause> Pneumonia. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION: St. Peter's, Eaton Square, [1]
  Person ID	I55914	British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam,   b. 15 Aug 1795, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland ,   d. 7 Oct 1879, Belgrave Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Herbert,   b. 31 Mar 1809,   d. 20 Sep 1858, Taynuilt, Muckairn, Argyllshire, Scotland
  Married	5 Jul 1830	St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F31135	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Henrietta Kennedy,   d. 1 Apr 1925, Hall Grove, Bagshot, Windlesham, Surrey, England
  Married	17 Jun 1867	St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Children	1. Richard Charles Meade, "Lord Gillford",   b. 10 Jun 1868,   d. 14 Oct 1905, Whelprigg, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England   2. Arthur Vesey Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam,   b. 14 Jan 1873,   d. 23 Jan 1953   3. Admiral Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh,   b. 3 Nov 1875,   d. 27 Oct 1964   4. Edward B Meade,   b. 1878, of, Gill Hall, Dromore, Down, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Adelaide Jane Meade,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F31139	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 3 p. 241.