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D’ARCY, ROBERT, 4TH EARL OF HOLDERNESS, only surviving son of Robert D’Arcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, a Lord of the Bedchamber, and Lady Frederica Schomberg, dau. of Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg PC KG, General of the Horse; b, 17 May 1718; succ. as 3rd Earl of Holderness 20 Jan 1722; adm. Sep 1726; in school list 1731; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. nob. 18 Nov 1732; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire North Riding 31 May 1740- 6 Feb 1778; a Lord of the Bedchamber 17 Apr 1741 - Jun 1751; in attendance to King George II at battle of Dettingen 16 Jun 1743; Ambassador to Venice Oct 1744 - Aug 1746; Ambassador to The Hague Jun 1749 - Jun 1751; Secretary of State for Southern Department 21 Jun 1751 - Nov 1756, Northern Department Nov 1756- Jun 1757, Southern Department Jun 1757 - Mar 1761; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1751; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Governor of Dover Castle from Oct 1765; Governor to the Prince of Wales 12 Apr 1771 - 28 May 1776; member Society of Dilettanti 1745; Busby Trustee from 17 Mar 1774; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757, Middlesex 1763; m. 3 Nov 1742 Mary, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, dau. of François Doublet, a member of the States of Holland; d. 16 May 1778. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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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.