George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford (27 April 1771 – 4 October 1851), known as Sir George William Jerningham, 7th Baronet from 1809 to 1824, was a British peer who, in 1824, successfully obtained a reversal of the

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of the barony of Stafford.

Early life

Stafford was born on 27 April 1771. He was the grandson and heir of the former Hon. Frances Dillon (1747–1825) and Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet (1736–1809) of Cossey Park in

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. His elder sister, Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham, was the wife of Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet. He had two younger brothers, William Charles Jerningham (one of his daughters married Edward Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston and another married Sir Edward Charles Blount) and Edward Jerningham, a barrister who served as Secretary for British Catholic Board and designed the St. Augustine Chapel at the family seat, Costessey Hall, which opened the week after their father's death in 1809. Edward married Emily Middleton of London in 1804, with whom he had four children. His father was the representative of one of the few remaining families of English

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prior to the

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, and was descended on his mother's side from King

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. His paternal grandparents were Sir George Jerningham, 5th Baronet and the former Marie Françoise "Mary" Plowden (only surviving child of Mary Stafford-Howard and Francis Plowden,

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James II and James III). His grandmother Mary was the sole heiress of her uncle,

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(son of Hon. John Stafford-Howard of Stafford Castle, younger son of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford). His mother was the eldest daughter of

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and the former Lady Charlotte Lee (second daughter of George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield).

Career

He succeeded as seventh Baronet of Costessey on 14 August 1809. In 1824, he obtained a reversal of the

of the barony of Stafford (the attainder had been imposed on his ancestor William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and 1st Baron Stafford in 1680). The family assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Stafford at the same time.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, In 1829, he was made a

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of the

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, a learned society founded in 1707.

Personal life

Lord Stafford was twice married. His first marriage was on 26 December 1799 to Frances Henrietta Sulyarde (1776–1832), youngest daughter and co-heiress of Edward Sulyarde of Haughley Hall and the former Susanna Ravenscroft (eldest daughter and co-heiress of John Ravenscroft of Wykeham). Before her death on 14 November 1832, they were the parents of six sons and six daughters, including: * Hon. Charlotte Georgina Stafford-Jerningham (1800–1876), who married

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, in 1823. * Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford (1802–1884). * Hon. Edward Stafford-Jerningham (1804–1849), who married Marianne Smyth (d. 1859), daughter of John Smythe, Esq., in 1828. * Hon. Sir George Sulyarde Stafford-Jerningham (1806–1874), who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden from 1859 to 1872. * Hon. Charles William Stafford-Jerningham (1807–1884), a Lieutenant in the

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who died unmarried. * Hon. Laura Maria Stafford-Jerningham (1811–1886), who married Hon. Robert Edward Petre MP, eldest son of

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and, his second wife, Juliana Barbara Howard (sister of

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), in 1829. * Hon. William George Stafford-Jerningham (1812–1874), who served as Minister Resident at Lima in

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from 1857 to 1874 and who married Eglantina Narcissa Elmore, daughter of Frederick Augustus Elmore of Lima, in 1860. * Hon. Francis Hugh Joseph Stafford-Jerningham (1814–1874), who died unmarried. The couple lived at Haughley Hall until 1809 when he inherited his father's title and estate. They moved to the Jerningham family seat of Costessey Hall and lived there for the rest of their lives. Haughley Hall was sold to William Crawford in about 1816. From 1826 to 1836, J. C. Buckler built a Gothic castle at Costessey for Lord Stafford which was several times larger than the original Tudor hall. After Frances' death in 1832, he married Elizabeth Caton (1790–1862), second daughter

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and Mary Carroll Caton (a daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton), on 26 May 1836. One of her sisters, Marianne, was the second wife of

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. Another, Louisa, was the wife of Sir Felton Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet and, after his death, Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds. The youngest was Emily Caton, wife of John McTavish, the Scottish born British Consul at Baltimore. Lord Stafford died on 4 October 1851 and was buried at Cossey, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his eldest son, Henry. Lady Stafford died eleven years later on 29 October 1862.

Descendants

Through his second son Edward, he was a grandfather of Augustus Stafford-Jerningham, 10th Baron Stafford (1830–1892), FitzHerbert Stafford-Jerningham, 11th Baron Stafford (1833–1913), Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham (1835–1881), wife of Basil Thomas Fitzherbert (parents of Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford and Admiral Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford), and Rosa Stafford-Jerningham (1838–1880), who became a nun.

References

External links

Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford
(his son) at the

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