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Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe

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Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1885.

Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe (24 July 1826 – 25 June 1893), was a British Liberal Party politician.

Background and education

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Born in London, Calthorpe was the eldest son of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe, and Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

Political career

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Calthorpe was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Worcestershire East at a by-election in February 1859.[2] He was re-elected at the general election later in 1859 and again in 1865, and held the seat until May 1868,[2] when he succeeded his father in the barony and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Personal life

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Lord Calthorpe, a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family, died at Grosvenor Square, London, in June 1893, aged 66. He never married and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe.

Arms

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Coat of arms of Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe
Crest
1st: A Boar's Head couped at the neck Azure (Calthorpe); 2nd: A Boar's Head couped Argent pierced through the cheek with a Broken Spear Gules (Gough)
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Checky Or and Azure a Fess Ermine (Calthorpe); 2nd and 3rd, Gules on a Fess Argent between three Boars' Heads couped Or a Lion passant Azure (Gough)
Supporters
On either side a Wild Man proper his Hair and Beard Sable wreathed about the head and waist with Oak Vert fructed Or the exterior hand holding a Club erect of the last
Motto
Gradu Diverso Via Una (The same way by different steps) [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Calthorpe [Gough-Calthorpe], Frederick Henry William Gough (CLTP845FH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 484. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. ^ "Calthorpe, Baron (GB, 1796 - 1997)".
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Worcestershire East
18591868
With: John Hodgetts-Foley 1859–1861
Harry Vernon 1861–1868
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Calthorpe
1868–1893
Succeeded by