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ONSLOW, GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF ONSLOW, only son of Right Hon. Arthur Onslow PC MP, Imber Court, Surrey, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne, dau. of John Bridges, Thames Ditton, Surrey; b. 13 Sep 1731; adm. Sep 1739 (Morel's); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 May 1749; MA 1766; DCL Oxford 8 Jul 1773; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1739; MP Rye 1754-61, Surrey 1761-74; a Lord of the Treasury Jul 1765 – Nov 1777; Privy Councillor 23 Dec 1767; a strong opponent of election of John Wilkes 1769; awarded damages in his action for libel against John Horne Tooke (qv) 1 Aug 1770; took active part in excluding strangers from gallery of House of Commons and in calling the printers to the bar of the House for publishing the debates 1771; created Baron Cranley 20 May 1776; succ. cousin as 4th Baron Onslow 8 Oct 1776; Lord Lieut., Surrey, from 20 Nov 1776; Comptroller of the Household 1 Dec 1777 – Dec 1779, Treasurer of the Household Dec 1779 – Sep 1780; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 15 Sep 1780; created Earl of Onslow 19 Jun 1801; m. Jun 1753 Henrietta, sister of Sir John Shelley, Bart. (qv); d. 17 May 1814. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.