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A genealogy of the Selwyn family
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1749 - 1825 (75 years)
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Name |
Frederick Irby |
Born |
9 Jun 1749 |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
23 Mar 1825 |
Age |
75 years |
Person ID |
I1069 |
The Selwyn Family Tree |
Last Modified |
9 Aug 2012 |
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Notes |
- Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 8, 1767. Elder s. of William [1st] Baron Boston, of Middlesex [and Albinia, dau. of Henry Selwyn, of Matson, Gloucs.]. [B. June 9, 1749.] School, Eton. Matric. Easter, 1769; M.A. 1769. D.C.L., Oxford, July 8, 1773. F.S.A. Succeeded his father as 2nd Lord Boston, 1775. Lord of the Bedchamber, 1780-1825. Married, May 15, 1775, Christiana, dau. of Paul Methuen, of Corsham House, Wilts. Died Mar. 23, 1825, in Lower Grosvenor Street, London. Father of the next and of William A. (1801). A portrait of him by Romney is in the Provost's Lodge at Eton. (Al. Oxon.; Burke, P. and B., 1940; Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., III. 720, and IV. 326; G.E.C.; Thompson, Hist. of Boston, 397, which gives 'died Mar. 28.')
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