Henry Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth

Henry Liddell
Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876.
Member of Parliament for Northumberland South
In office
1852-1878
Serving with Wentworth Beaumont
Personal details
Born(1821-10-08)8 October 1821
Died22 July 1903(1903-07-22) (aged 81)
PartyConservative
Spouse(s)
Mary Gunning-Sutton
(m. 1852; died 1890)

Emma Denman
(m. 1892)
Children2
Parent
RelativesThomas Liddell (grandfather)

Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth (8 October 1821 – 22 July 1903), styled Lord Eslington between 1874 and 1878, was a British Conservative politician.

Background

Ravensworth was the son of Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth, and Isabella Horatia, daughter of Lord George Seymour.

Political career

Ravensworth sat in the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Northumberland South between 1852 and 1878. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.

Family

Lord Ravensworth married firstly Mary Diana, daughter of Orlando George Gunning-Sutton, on 8 December 1852 at Coolhurst, Sussex. They had two daughters. After her death in 1890, he married secondly Emma Sophia Georgiana, daughter of the Hon. Richard Denman and widow of Oswin Baker-Cresswell, in 1892. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Ravensworth died in July 1903, aged 81, and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, Atholl. Lady Ravensworth later remarried and died in January 1939.

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth
Coronet
That of a baron.
Crest
A lion rampant sable, billetée and crowned with an eastern crown or.
Escutcheon
Argent, fretty gules, on a chief gules three leopards' faces or.
Supporters
Two leopards or, semée of golps, and gorged with mural crowns purpure.
Motto
Fama semper vivit (Fame lives always), and unus et idem (One and the same).[1]

References

  1. ^ Burke's peerage and baronetage (77 ed.). 1915. pp. 1673–1675.