John Edward Cornwallis Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke (13 February 1794 – 27 January 1886) was a
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soldier and nobleman.
Biography
He was the eldest son of the
6th Baronet and 1st Earl of Stradbroke. He joined the Army at the age of 16, being gazetted as an
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in the
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards on 30 June 1810.
During the
Peninsular War
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, he took part in the battles of
Salamanca
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,
Burgos
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,
Vittoria and
San Sebastian. He was present at the crossing of the
Bidassoa, at the
Nivelle and
Nive, the crossing of the
Ardour and the invasion of
Bayonne
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.
On 4 May 1814 he was promoted to lieutenant.
Rous returned to the family estate,
Henham Park, for 12 months leave, but was ordered to rejoin his regiment in Brussels following
Napoleon's escape from Elba in March 1815. While serving in Wellington's campaign in Belgium, Rous was wounded at
Quatre Bras and so did not take part in Napoleon's defeat two days later at
Waterloo.
On 6 November 1817 he transferred to the
93rd Regiment of Foot with the rank of captain. Rous retired from the Army in 1821.
His military service earned him the
Military General Service Medal
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with five clasps.
After the death of his father in August 1827 he became the 2nd Earl of Stradbroke. He pursued an active life as a peer and politician,
also serving as the
Colonel
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of the disembodied
East Suffolk Militia from 24 May 1830 to 1844,
and as
Lord Lieutenant
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and the
Vice-Admiral
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Australia
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of Suffolk, 1844–1886.
Family
On 26 May 1857 he married Augusta Bonham (1830–1901), the widow of Colonel Henry Frederick Bonham, and the daughter of the
Reverend Sir Christopher John Musgrave, 9th Bt., by whom he had six children:
* Lady Augusta Fanny Rous (1858–1950), who married Lt. Cecil Francis William Fane, son of Judge
Robert Fane and grandson of
Vice-Adm. Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet. They had two sons.
* Lady Sophia Evelyn Rous (1859–5 Nov 1940), married Major George Hamilton Heaviside. There is no known issue.
*
George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke (1862–1947)
* Lady Adela Charlotte Rous (1865–1911), who married R.N. Lt. Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane. They had one son.
* Lady Hilda Maud Rous (1867–1904), married Charles Fitzroy Ponsonby McNeill, great-grandson of
Maj.-Gen. Sir William Ponsonby and great grandson of the
Ver. Rev. Charles Talbot. They had a son, and daughter.
* Lady Gwendoline Audrey Adeline Brudenell Rous (1869–1952), who married in 1895 Brigadier-General
Sir Richard Beale Colvin, KCB (1856–1936), had an issue.
Augusta, Countess of Stradbroke died suddenly, during a visit to her daughter Lady Hilda McNeill, 10 October 1901.
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References
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1794 births
1886 deaths
Military personnel from Suffolk
Coldstream Guards officers
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British Army honorary colonels