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| John Francis William DE SALIS (1825 - 1871) |
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6th Count, diplomat
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| Date |
Age |
Event |
Place |
Notes |
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| 25 Aug 1825 |
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John Francis William DE SALIS was born |
Switzerland |
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| 01 Feb 1862 |
36 |
Married Amelia Frances Harriet TOWER (aged 25) |
Eton, Buckinghamshire, England |
Free BMD Mar 1862 Eton 3a 407 |
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| abt Mar 1863 |
37 |
Birth of daughter Catherine Sophia DE SALIS |
London, Middlesex, England |
Note 1 |
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| 19 Jul 1864 |
38 |
Birth of son John Francis Charles DE SALIS |
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
Note 2 |
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| 30 Jun 1866 |
40 |
Birth of son Henry Rodolph DE SALIS |
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
Note 3 |
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| 24 Dec 1870 |
45 |
Death of father Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS (aged 71) |
Acton, Cheshire, England |
Note 4 |
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| 02 Apr 1871 |
45 |
Census |
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
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| 07 Aug 1871 |
45 |
John Francis William DE SALIS died |
Uxbridge, Middlesex, England |
Note 5 |
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| Personal Notes: |
John Francis William de Salis, 6th Count de Salis (25 August 1825 - 7 August 1871) was a British diplomat and coin connoisseur.
He was the eldest son of Count Peter John de Salis by his second wife Cecile Henrietta Marguerite, daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel.
After some education in London (Harrow) he was an Attache in Turin (October 1845-December 1849). Lived at Hillingdon. He was a JP for Middlesex. In 1860 he was commissioned into the 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps. He was promoted Lieutenant later that year and Captain in 1861.
A renowned numismaticist, he is recorded on a large board as one of the British Museum's major benefactors. John Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley was a first cousin, and William Fane De Salis an uncle.
He married (1 February 1862) Amelia Frances Harriet (1837- 8 January 1885), daughter of Christopher Tower, JP DL MP, of Huntsmoor Park, Iver and Weald Hall, Essex, by his wife Lady Sophia Cust (1811-1882), eldest daughter of the first Earl Brownlow.
In 1881 Burke's records the Countess at 7, Athlestone terrace, Cromwell road, London (where she died in 1885), and as at Grange Hill, Kilmallock, Ireland. |
