| Authorised form of name | West; John (1693 - 1766); 1st Earl De la Warr |
| Other forms of surname | Delawarr |
| Dates | 1693 - 1766 |
| Date of birth | 04 April 1693 |
| Date of death | 16 March 1766 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Margaret's, Westminster |
| Occupation | Soldier; Courtier |
| Activity | Career:
Travelled abroad; Standard-Bearer of the Band of Gentleman Pensioners (1712-1714); Clerk extraordinary of the Privy Council (1712-1723); MP for Grampound (1715-1722); Guidon and 1st Major (1715), Lieutenant Colonel (1717), Colonel (1737-1766) of 1st Troop of Horse Guards; Verdurer of Windsor Park (1718); Lord of the Bedchamber (1725-1727); Lieutenant Colonel of 1st Troop of Foot Guards (1730); Treasurer of the Household (1731-1737); Privy Councillor (1731); Ambassador to Saxe Gotha (1736); Brigadier General (1743); served at the Battle of Dettingen (1743); Major General (1745); Lieutenant General (1747); Governor of the Forts of Tilbury and Gravesend (1747-1752); Governor of Guernsey (1752-1766); General of the Horse (1765)
Honours:
KB 1725; Viscount Cantelupe and Earl 1760 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/12/1728 |
| Proposer | James Douglas |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | Ejected for non-payment of arrears (09 June 1757) |
| Relationships | Son of John West, 6th Baron De La Warr, and his wife Margaret, widow of Thomas Salway and daughter of John Freeman, Merchant, of London. Married: 1) secretly, Charlotte, daughter of Donagh MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland; 2) Anne, widow of George Neville, Lord Abergavenny, and daughter of Nehemiah Walker, Sea Captain, of Middlesex; brother-in-law of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (FRS 1698)
Although he was the 16th Baron overall, the barony fell into abeyance in 1551 and he was the 7th Baron of the new creation |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; GEC; Sedgwick
Notes:
DNB gives date of honours as 1761. Name given as Delawarr in index to BR and R; De La Warr in BR itself and DNB. |
| Code | NA895 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/4/10 | Bond by John West, 1st Earl De la Warr, on the payment of his contribution to the Society | 25 November 1730 |
| IM/001121 | West, John, 1st Earl De la Warr | nd |