Authorised form of name | North; William (1678 - 1734); 6th Baron North and 2nd Lord Grey |
Dates | 1678 - 1734 |
Place of birth | Caldecot, Cambridgeshire |
Date of birth | 22 December 1678 |
Place of death | Madrid, Spain |
Date of death | 31 October 1734 |
Occupation | Soldier |
Activity | Education: Magdalen College, Cambridge (matriculated 1691); Foubert's Military Academy (entered 1694) Career: Having got into debt as a minor, on the advice of his uncle he travelled abroad until he attained his majority (1696-1699); Captain in the Foot Guards (1702); Colonel of the 10th Foot (1703-1715); served at the Battle of Blenheim, where his right hand was shot off (1704); Brigadier General (1705); Governor of Sheerness (1705); Major General (1709); Lieutenant General (1710); Privy Councillor (1711-1714); Governor of Portsmouth (1711-1714); Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1711-1715); hypothetically created Earl North by the Old Pretender (1722); imprisoned in the Tower of London on a charge of high treason on suspicion of complicity in Atterbury's plot (1722); escaped to the Isle of Wight but was recaptured and released on bail of £20,000 (1723); went to Paris and then to Spain; became a Roman Catholic, thereby losing the friendship of Atterbury (1728) |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 30/06/1720 |
Proposer | George Moult |
Relationships | Son of Charles North, 5th Baron North, and his wife, Katharine, widow of Sir Edward Moseley, Bart, of Hough, Lancashire, and Rollaston, Staffordshire, and daughter of William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Warke, and his wife, Cecilia or Priscilla, daughter of Sir John Wentworth of Gosfield, Essex; succeeded his father (1691); married Maria Margaretta, daughter of Cornelius de Yong, Lord of Elmeet in the United Provinces and Receiver General of the States of Holland; no children |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC; Venn References: Obituaries in 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1734, p626; 'London Magazine' 1734, p608; 'Historical Register Chronological Diary' 1734, p30 |
Code | NA1066 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/003342 | North, William, 6th Baron North and 2nd Lord Grey | nd |
MS/390/186 | Bond of William North, 6th Baron North and 2nd Baron Grey, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 7 April 1720 |