Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland

Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (16 December 1605 – 17 March 1663) was an English diplomat and landowner who held the presidency of Munster, Ireland.

Life

He was the second but eldest surviving son of the 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He was born at Neyland, Essex.

In 1632 and 1633, he undertook a diplomatic mission to the courts of France, Savoy, Florencee and Venice.^[1] He succeeded his father as Earl of Portland in 1635.

Supplementing his estates, in 1663 as the owner of Coulsdon manor in Surrey had no male heir, Charles II granted it to "Jerome second Earl of Portland" in consideration of his surrender of the presidency of Munster to the Crown.^[2]

Engraving of Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland by Wenceslas Hollar after Anthony van Dyck

Family

Lord Portland married Lady Frances Stuart (19 March 1617 − 13 March 1694), a daughter of the 3rd Duke of Lennox, on 10 June 1632. He was succeeded by their son Charles.

He was a first cousin of Jeremiah Clarke, a Governor of Rhode Island in the American Colonies.

Styles from birth to death

Mr. Jerome Weston (1605–1628)
The Hon. Jerome Weston (1628−?)
Lord Weston (?−1635)
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Portland (1635–1663)

References

Dictionary of National Biography, s:Weston, Jerome (DNB00)

↑ Gary M. Bell, A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509-1688 (Royal Hisotrical Society, Gudides and handbooks, 16, 1990).
↑ H.E. Malden (editor) (1912). "Parishes: Coulsdon". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Governor of the Isle of Wight 1633–1642	Succeeded by The Earl of Pembroke (Parliamentary)
Preceded by The Earl of Portland	Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1635–1646 With: The Earl of Southampton 1641–1646 and The Duke of Richmond	English Interregnum
Preceded by The Earl of Portland	Vice-Admiral of Hampshire 1635–1646	Vacant Title next held by The Earl of Pembroke (Parliamentary)
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper	Vice-Admiral of Hampshire 1660–1662	Succeeded by The Lord Colepeper
Preceded by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper	Governor of the Isle of Wight 1660–1661	Succeeded by The Lord Colepeper
Peerage of England
Preceded by Richard Weston	Earl of Portland 1635–1663	Succeeded by Charles Weston

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62971395

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