William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath
William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath (30 January 1692 – 17 May 1711) was an English nobleman.
Origins
[edit]He was the only son of Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath, by his second wife Isabella de Nassau d'Auverquerque, sister of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham.
Career
[edit]He was styled Viscount Lansdown from August to September 1701, when he succeeded in the earldom after his father committed suicide, allegedly because of the debts he had inherited.
Death
[edit]Lord Bath died of smallpox in May 1711, aged 19, when the earldom became extinct.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Abel Boyer (1712). The history of the reign of Queen Anne. Vol. 10. p. 378.