Edward Onslow
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Edward Onslow FRS (9 April 1758 – 18 October 1829)[1] was a British aristocrat, the younger son of George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow. In 1781, Onslow was involved in a homosexual scandal, and was forced to resign his seat in Parliament (by accepting the Stewardship of East Hendred) and flee to France.[2]
Onslow was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1774. He briefly sat as Member of Parliament for Aldborough in 1780 and was elected the same year as a fellow of the Royal Society.[3]
On 7 March 1783, he married Marie Rosalie de Bourdeilles de Brantôme (d. 1842); one of their sons was George Onslow, the classical composer. Their son Maurice was the father of the French genre painter Édouard Onslow (1830-1904).[4] Marie was possessed of a considerable dowry, and Onslow spent the rest of his life as a country gentleman in France.
References[edit]
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1903). Visitation of England and Wales v. 5. Priv. print. p. 200. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- ^ Sadie, Stanley (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians v. 13. Macmillan. p. 543. ISBN 9780333231111. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- ^ "Library and Archive catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 6 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dossier de presse Edouard Onslow (1830-1904) : un peintre en Auvergne" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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