Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness

Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, PC (24 November 1681  20 January 1721) was a British peer and politician.

Life

Darcy was the second (but eldest surviving) son of John Darcy, Lord Conyers, (himself the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness), and Bridget, daughter of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington. He was styled Lord Conyers when his father died in 1688 and later inherited his grandfather's earldom in 1692. He also inherited the titles of 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 7th Baron Conyers. In 1698 he matriculated fellow-commoner from King's College, Cambridge.[1] In 1714, the Earl of Holderness, as he now was, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire and admitted to the Privy Council and appointed First Lord of Trade in 1718. He was also a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1719 to his death.

On 26 May 1715, Holderness married Lady Frederica Schomberg (the eldest surviving daughter of the 3rd Duke of Schomberg) and they had two surviving children: Hon. Robert (1718–1778) and Lady Caroline (d. 1778, married the 4th Marquess of Lothian).

On Lord Holderness' death in 1721, his title passed to his only surviving son, Robert Darcy, and his wife later married the future 1st Earl FitzWalter.

References

  1. "Darcy, Robert (DRCY698R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Suffolk
First Lord of Trade
17181719
Succeeded by
The Earl of Westmorland
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire
17141721
Succeeded by
Conyers Darcy
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Conyers Darcy
Earl of Holderness
16921721
Succeeded by
Robert Darcy
Preceded by
Conyers Darcy
Baron Darcy de Knayth and Baron Conyers
1692-1721
Succeeded by
Robert Darcy
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