Lord Edward Clinton

Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton in 1901.

Tomb of Lord Edward and his wife, Brookwood Cemetery

United Kingdom Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton GCVO KCB (11 August 1836 – 9 July 1907),^[1] known as Lord Edward Clinton, was a British Liberal Party politician.

Clinton was educated at Eton and left in 1853. He joined the Rifle Brigade as an Ensign in 1854 and served in the Crimea after the fall of Sebastopol. He reached the rank of Captain in 1857 and spent 5 years in Canada (1861–1865). In 1878 he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and retired in 1880 while posted in India.^[2]

Clinton was elected unopposed at the 1865 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Nottinghamshire, but did not seek re-election in 1868.^[3]

Clinton was Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1881 to 1894, then Master of the Household from 1894 until her death. He then reverted to a Groom-in-Waiting under her successor King Edward VII in 1901^[4] and remained in that post until his death.

Edward was a younger son of the 5th Duke of Newcastle and on 22 August 1865, he married Matilda Jane Cradock-Hartopp, a daughter of Sir William Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet, but the couple did not have any children.

On his death he was buried in a tomb in Brookwood Cemetery.^[5] The tomb is now Grade II* listed by English Heritage.

Honours

• KCB : Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
• GCVO : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order - 2 February 1901^[6]
•  Prussia - 1st class, Order of the Crown - 1901 - during the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II for the death and funeral of Queen Victoria in January–February 1901^[7]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
2. Source: The Eton Register part II, 1853-1859.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 438. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. The London Gazette: no. 27336. p. 4838. 23 July 1901.
5. Historic England. "TOMB OF LORD EDWARD PELHAM CLINTON 1836 TO 1907 (1391044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
6. The London Gazette: no. 27285. p. 1145. 15 February 1901. Retrieved 11-10-2012.
7. "Latest intelligence - Germany" The Times (London). Monday, 27 May 1901. (36465), p. 3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Edward Clinton