Edward Onslow

Edward Onslow FRS (9 April 1758 – 18 October 1829)[1] was a British aristocrat, the younger son of George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow. In 1781, Onslow was involved in a homosexual scandal, and was forced to resign his seat in Parliament (by accepting the Stewardship of East Hendred) and flee to France.[2]

For the English landowner, see Edward Onslow (died 1615). For the baseball player, see Eddie Onslow. For the English sculptor, see Edward Onslow Ford.

Onslow

Onslow was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1774. He briefly sat as Member of Parliament for Aldborough in 1780 and was elected the same year as a fellow of the Royal Society.[3]

On 7 March 1783, he married Marie Rosalie de Bourdeilles de Brantôme (d. 1842); one of their sons was George Onslow, the classical composer. Their son Maurice was the father of the French genre painter Édouard Onslow (1830-1904).[4] Marie was possessed of a considerable dowry, and Onslow spent the rest of his life as a country gentleman in France.

References
  1. Howard, Joseph Jackson (1903). Visitation of England and Wales v. 5. Priv. print. p. 200. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  2. Sadie, Stanley (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians v. 13. Macmillan. p. 543. ISBN 9780333231111. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  3. "Library and Archive catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. "Dossier de presse Edouard Onslow (1830-1904) : un peintre en Auvergne" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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