George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave

The Earl Waldegrave

George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton, PC, ADC (23 November 1751 – 22 October 1789) was a British statesman.

The eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Waldegrave, he was educated at Eton and was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1768. He purchased a Lieutenantcy in 1773. In 1778 he transferred to the Coldstream Guards as a Captain-Lieutenant and was soon a Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1779 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the new 87th Regiment of Foot.

On 5 May 1782, Waldegrave married his first cousin, Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave and they had five children. He inherited his father's titles in 1784.

External links

• Stirnet: Waldegrave1 (subscription required)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Alexander Forrester George Hay	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1774 – 1780 With: George Hay 1774–1779 Viscount Trentham 1779–1780	Succeeded by Viscount Trentham Sir Archibald Macdonald
Military offices
New regiment	Colonel of the 87th Regiment of Foot 1779 – 1783	Disbandment
Preceded by Hon. Alexander Leslie	Colonel of the 63rd Regiment of Foot 1788 – 1789	Succeeded by The Earl of Crawford
Preceded by Lt-Gen. John Douglas	Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot 1789	Succeeded by Gen. George Hotham
Political offices
Preceded by Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1782–1784	Succeeded by Lord Herbert
Preceded by The Earl of Waldegrave	Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte 1784–1789	Vacant Title next held by The Earl Harcourt
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Waldegrave	Earl Waldegrave 1784–1789	Succeeded by George Waldegrave