Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock

Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer.

Royal Navy

The eldest son of the 1st Baron Radstock, Waldegrave joined the Royal Navy in 1798 and rose through the ranks, becoming a Captain in 1807, Rear Admiral in 1841, Vice Admiral of the White in 1853 and the Red in 1855. From 1831–37, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to King William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1837–1841.

Family life

On 7 August 1823, he had married Esther Caroline Paget (1800–1874) and they had three children:

• Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock (1833–1913)
• Hon. Catherine Esther (d. 1898), married Sir Thomas Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Baronet.
• Hon. Elizabeth Cornelia (died unmarried, 1903)

Arms

Coat of arms of Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock

Crest Out of a ducal coronet Or a plum of five ostrich feathers per pale Argent and Gules a crescent Sable for difference. Escutcheon Per pale Argent and Gules a crescent Sable for difference. Supporters Dexter a talbot reguardant wings expanded and elevated holding in the dexter claw a thunderbolt all Proper. Motto St Vincent

Death

Lord Radstock died in 1857 and was succeeded in his title by his eldest son.

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Waldegrave, Granville George" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References

• Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Waldegrave, George Granville" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.