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| Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS (1799 - 1870) |
| 5th Count, soldier, JP |
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| b. 26 Feb 1799 at Marylebone, London, England |
| m. (1) 09 Feb 1821 Henrietta Charlotte de Sennarclens DE ST DENYS ( - 1822) |
| m. (2) 16 Jul 1824 Cecile Henrietta Marguerite BOURGEOISE (1802 - 1892) |
| d. 24 Dec 1870 at Acton, Cheshire, England aged 71 |
| Parents: |
| Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS (1771 - 1836) |
| Sophia DRAKE (1765 - 1803) |
| Grandchildren (4): |
| Catherine Sophia DE SALIS (1863 - ), John Francis Charles DE SALIS (1864 - 1939), Henry Rodolph DE SALIS (1866 - 1936), Elisabeth Sophie DE SALIS (1880 - 1967) |
| Events in Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS (1799 - 1870)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 26 Feb 1799 | Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS was born | Marylebone, London, England | |||
| 14 Jun 1803 | 4 | Death of mother Sophia DRAKE (aged 38) | |||
| 09 Feb 1821 | 21 | Married Henrietta Charlotte de Sennarclens DE ST DENYS | |||
| Oct 1822 | 23 | Death of wife Henrietta Charlotte de Sennarclens DE ST DENYS | |||
| 16 Jul 1824 | 25 | Married Cecile Henrietta Marguerite BOURGEOISE (aged 22) | |||
| 25 Aug 1825 | 26 | Birth of son John Francis William DE SALIS | Switzerland | ||
| 22 Nov 1827 | 28 | Birth of son Peter DE SALIS | |||
| 01 Dec 1829 | 30 | Birth of son George Aloys DE SALIS | |||
| 28 Jul 1832 | 33 | Birth of daughter Anna Sophia Elisabeth DE SALIS | |||
| 02 Oct 1836 | 37 | Death of father Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS (aged 65) | Hillingdon, Middlesex, England | ||
| 13 Feb 1837 | 37 | Birth of son Robert John Drake DE SALIS | |||
| 1861 | 62 | Census | Acton, Middlesex, England | ||
| 22 Oct 1866 | 67 | Death of son George Aloys DE SALIS (aged 36) | |||
| 24 Dec 1870 | 71 | Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS died | Acton, Cheshire, England | Note 1 | |
| Note 1: Free BMD Dec 1870 Brentford 3a 68 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Peter John de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio DL, JP (26 February 1799 - 24 December 1870) was a soldier and landowner in the Irish counties Limerick and Armagh. He was Grand Prior of the Venerable English Langue of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
Petrus Johannes was born in Marylebone, Westminster 26 February 1799 and died at Acton 24 December 1870. Eldest son of Jerome de Salis by his first wife Sophia Drake. William Fane de Salis was a younger half-brother. His elder son was the numismatist John Francis William de Salis. After education in London, Edinburgh and Lausanne he served in the Swiss Guard, 3eme Régiment Suisse under Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies, in the Uxbridge Volunteer Infantry, and as a major in the Armagh Militia (1854). 1817 The Fleur de Lys, Paris. 1820 Chevalier de l’Ordre du Phoenix. 1823, 1826, 1832, 1834, & 1835: Landammann of Stalla. 1831 Knight Royal Order of the Red Eagle (Prussian). 1832 Medal of the King of Prussia. September 1837 'Count Peter De Salis, of Hillingdon' became Commandant of The Volunteer Infantry, of Uxbridge. 1843 Knight of Honour and Devotion and Grand Prior of Ireland (1859) of the Order of Malta. Croce d’Or Devozio. From 1832 he was Deputy Lieutenant of County Armagh. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace as well as [High Sheriff of Limerick]] in 1849. Four years later he was nominated High Sheriff of Armagh. [1] JP for Middlesex & Westminster. 1855 resident at Ballyknock Cottage, near Tandragee, Co. Armagh (Burke's Peerage, 1855). 1861 census the Count was boarding in Acton, and was described as magistrate and landowner. 1865: Peter John Fane de Salis, of Tandaragee, Co. Armagh, was listed as living at Tandragee and at Turnham Green, Middlesex (Walford's County Families, 1865). He married twice: firstly: 9 February 1821, Henrietta Charlotte (d.10.1822), daughter of Colonel de Sennarclens de St. Denys (Comte de Grancy); and secondly: 16 July 1824, Cecile Henrietta Marguerite (1802-1892) daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel. She was niece of Henry, Comte de Meuron, Lt. Colonel and Chamberlain to the King of Prussia (as at 1824). His younger son's only surviving child, Elisabeth Sophie (Neufchatel, 21 May 1880 - 30 March 1967), married Godefroy de Blonay in 1901. |
| Source References: |
| 63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| - Reference = Sydney Morning Herald27 Mar 1871 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: On 24th December last, at London, PETER JOHN FANE DE SALIS— mediatised Count of Werdenberg in the Germanic Empire —eldest brother of William and Leopold Fane de Salis. |