Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
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Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (16 December 1605 – 17 March 1663) was an English diplomat.
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.
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
- ^ Gary M. Bell, A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509-1688 (Royal Hisotrical Society, Gudides and handbooks, 16, 1990).
Categories:
- 1662 deaths
- English diplomats
- Earls in the Peerage of England
- Lord-Lieutenants of Hampshire
- 1605 births
- Peerage of England earl stubs
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