Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool

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Cecil George Saville Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC (7 November 1846–23 March 1907) was a British Liberal politician.

He was son of George Savile Foljambe and Lady Selina Jenkinson, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool. Prime Minister Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool was his great-uncle.

In 1880, Foljambe was elected to the House of Commons for North Nottinghamshire. he held this seat until 1885, and then represented Mansfield from 1885 to 1892. In 1893 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hawkesbury, of Haselbech in the County of Northampton and of Ollerton, Sherwood Forest, in the County of Nottingham. This revived the barony held by his maternal grandfather, Lord Liverpool. In 1894 he was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Liberal administration of Lord Rosebery, a post he held until the government fell in 1895.

When the Liberals returned to power in 1905 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liverpool was made Lord Steward of the Household. A few days later the earldom of Liverpool was also revived when he was made Viscount Hawkesbury, of Kirkham in the County of York and of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham, and Earl of Liverpool. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1906 and remained a member of the government until his death in March 1907, aged 60.

[edit] Family

Liverpool married Louisa Howard, daughter of Frederick John Howard, on 22 July 1869. They had two children:

After his first wife's death in 1871 he married her cousin, Susan Cavendish, daughter of William Frederick Henry Cavendish, on 21 July 1877. They had eleven children:

  • Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe, married Archibald Melville, 13th Earl of Leven and had issue.
  • Gerald William Frederick Savile Foljambe, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1878–1962)
  • Edith Margaret Emily Mary Foljambe (c. 1880–?), married Brig.-Gen. D'Arcy Legard.
  • Alice Etheldeda Georgiana Mary Foljambe (c. 1881–1922), died unmarried.
  • Brevet Major Josceline Charles William Savile Foljambe (1882–1916), killed in action in the First World War.
  • Mabel Evelyn Selina Mary Foljambe (c. 1883–1915), married Dr. William Woodburn.
  • Margaret Susan Louisa Mary Foljambe (14 Jan 1884–16 Jan 1884), died in infancy.
  • Robert Anthony Edward St. Andrew Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl of Liverpool (1887–1969)
  • Constance Blanche Aletha Mary Foljambe (c. 1889–?), married Rev. Hezekiah Hawkins.
  • Bertram Marmaduke Osbert Savile Foljambe (1891–1955), married Joyce Edmunson and had issue.
  • Victor Alexander Cecil Savile Foljambe (1895–?)
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Hamilton of Dalzell		 Lord-in-Waiting
1894–1895		 Succeeded by
The Lord Harris
Preceded by
The Earl of Pembroke		 Lord Steward of the Household
1905–1907		 Succeeded by
Earl Beauchamp
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation		 Earl of Liverpool Succeeded by
Arthur Foljambe