Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (second creation)

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (27 April 1699 – 8 February 1774) was a British peer.^[1]

Fauconberg was the son and heir of Thomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg, by his wife Bridget Gage, a daughter of Sir John Gage, 4th Baronet.^[2] He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but made a public abjuration of the faith and converted to the Church of England.^[3] Fauconberg succeeded to his father's viscountcy on 26 November 1718.^[4] He served as a Lord of the Bedchamber to George II between 1738 and 1760, and was made a member of the Privy Council. On 16 June 1756, he was created Earl Fauconberg in the Peerage of Great Britain.^[5]

He married Catherine Betham, the daughter of John Betham, on 5 August 1726. He was succeeded in his titles by his son, Henry.^[6]

References

1. Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage - 'Fauconberg, Earl (GB, 1756 - 1802)' http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/fauconberg1774.htm
2. George Kearsley, Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1 (1799), 126.
3. The English Peerage, Volume 1 (1790), 388.
4. The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of England (W. Owen [and 2 others], 1790), 296.
5. George Kearsley, Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1 (1799), 126.
6. George Kearsley, Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1 (1799), 126.

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