Person North; William (1678 - 1734); 6th Baron North and 2nd Lord Grey North William 1678 - 1734 Male Caldecot, Cambridgeshire 22 December 1678 Madrid, Spain 31 October 1734

Soldier 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) 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 Fellow 30/06/1720 George Moult 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Dec 1678 - 31 Oct 1734 NA1066 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 323d4968-00f4-4feb-a166-9e1ef8730d75