Lathom House - This imposing house once dominated the West Lancashire Plain and housed, for most of its duration, one of the richest and most influential, aristocratic families of Lancashire and Victorian England, the Bootle-Wilbrahams. The recently renovated west wing of Lathom House, Lathom Chapel and the family vault are the only remaining memorials to those who inhabited the original Giacomo Leoni designed house. The changes made in 1859 produced a greatly enhanced property that housed a large staff who cared for a stream of visitors that included guests as varied as Prince and Princess of Wales (later George V and Queen Mary) to Sir Oswald Moseley 5th Baronet, the father of the notorious political figure. At its height it was the country seat of a successful landowner and Shorthorn cattle breeder and one of the most influential figures in Queen Victoria's court, the 1st Earl of Lathom. His wife Lady Alice Villiers was the 2nd daughter of the Earl of Clarendon, and younger sister of Lady Constance Stanley.
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William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst of Arracan, Pro GM UGLE 1898-1908
b. 26 Mar 1836, Mayfair, London, England; d. 14 Aug 1910.
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a British peer and Freemason, known as Viscount Holmesdale from 1857 to 1886.
He was born in Mayfair, London, the son of Viscount Holmesdale (later 2nd Earl Amherst) and was baptised on 3 May 1836 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London. He was educated at Eton and went on to serve with the Coldstream Guards, rising to the rank of Captain and fighting in the Battle of Balaclava, the Battle of Inkerman (where he was severely wounded) and the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
On his return from the Crimea, Holmesdale became MP for West Kent in 1859 and on 27 August 1862, he married Julia Mann (the only daughter of the 5th Earl of Cornwallis) in Linton, Kent.
In 1868 Holmesdale became MP for Mid Kent until 1880 and on the death of his father in 1886, became Earl Amherst. Julia died in 1883 and on 25 April 1889, he married Alice Vaughan, the widow of the 5th Earl of Lisburne in London.
He died in 1910, aged 74, at his home of Montreal Park, near Sevenoaks, Kent as a result of an operation he received three months prior for a throat infection. He was cremated on 16 August 1910 and his ashes buried two days later in nearby Riverhead. Despite having married twice, the earl died childless and his titles passed to his brother, Hugh.
Father William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst of Arracan1 b. 3 September 1805, d. 26 March 1886
Mother Gertrude Percy1 b. 30 August 1814, d. 27 April 1890
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William Archer Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst of Arracan was born on 26 March 1836 in Lower Brook Street, Mayfair, London, England.1 He was the son of William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst of Arracan and Gertrude Percy.1 He was baptised on 3 May 1836 in St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.1 He married, firstly, Julia Cornwallis, daughter of James Mann, 5th Earl of Cornwallis and Julia Bacon, on 27 August 1862 in Linton, Kent, England.2 He married, secondly, Alice Dalton Probyn, daughter of Edmund Probyn and Sophia Dalton, on 25 April 1889 in Christ Church, Down Street, London, England.2 He died on 14 August 1910 at age 74 in Montreal Park, from an operation for an infection of the throat undergone three months before, without issue.3 He was buried on 18 August 1910 in Riverhead, Kent, England, after being cremated two days earlier.3
William Archer Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst of Arracan was educated in Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.1 He fought in the Battle of Balaclava.1 He fought in the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854, where he was severely wounded.1 He fought in the Siege of Sebastopol.1 He gained the rank of Captain in 1855 in the service of the Coldstream Guards.1 He was styled as Viscount Holmesdale between 1857 and 1886.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Kent between 1859 and 1868.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Mid Kent between 1868 and 1880.1 He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Amherst of Montreal, Kent [G.B., 1788] on 17 April 1880.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Holmesdale, in Kent [U.K., 1826] on 26 March 1886.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl Amherst of Arracan, in the East Indies [U.K., 1826] on 26 March 1886.1
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