Alleyne FitzHerbert P.C. (bef. 1753 - 1839)

Born before 28 Feb 1753 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

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Died 19 Feb 1839 after age 85 in Grafton Street, London, England

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Biography

Alleyne FitzHerbert P.C. was born in Derbyshire, England.

Alleyne FitzHerbert P.C. is Notable.

Descendant of Reynold Alleyne 1609 Alleyne-37 He was the 1st Alleyne Immigrant to Barbados..

Sir Alleyne FitzHerbert was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Alleyne FitzHerbert 1st Lord St Helens (1753-1859) was the youngest son of Sir William FitzHerbert MP of Tissington, and his wife Mary Meynell.
He was baptised at St Alkmund's Church, Derby, England, on 28 February 1752/53, having been born at nearby St Helen's House, his father's Derby town house.^[1]
"Alleyne FitzHerbert was first created a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland in 1791 when the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Then in 1801 he was made Baron St Helens (St Helens is on the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton), in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, allowing him to sit in the House of Lords." ^[2] From 1805 to 1837 he had been a trustee of the British Museum, and at the time of his death he was the senior member of the privy council.

Alleyne, Lord St Helens, FitzHerbert devoted his whole life to the Foreign Diplomatic service, whether it was in Brussells, Spain or Russia.

Therefore, he never married nor had any children. The title of Baron St Helens then became extinct upon his death and his property passed to his nephew, Sir Henry Fitzherbert.
Alleyne, St. Helens died in Grafton Street, London, on 19 February, 1839, and was buried in the Harrow Road Cemetery on 26th February. The suffix to his name, P.C. denotes that he was a member in the Privy Council. ^[3]
An interesting bit of information is that Mount St Helen's in Washington State, USA, is named after Lord St. Helens.

Quote from Wikipedia: "He was a dipomat and ambassador to Russia, before becoming Lord of the Bedchamber to George III and a trustee of the British Musuem in South Kensington. His friend, the explorer, George Vancouver named the volcano Mount St Helens, in what is now Washington, in his honour. He was also a friend of Catherine the Great.

Press cutting- Cheltenham Looker-On 2 March 1839 - Death of Lord St. Helens. —Alleyne Fitzherbert Lord St. Helens expired at his house in Grafton Street on the 19th of February, aged 86. ^[4] He had been Minister at most of our foreign Courts, and was equally beloved and respected for his talents and excellent qualities; he was interred, by his own desire, in the Cemetry on the Harrow Road, on the 27th. His remains were attended by a long line of carriages of the nobility, including the Dukes of Cambridge, and Gloucester. " ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "FITZHERBERT, Alleyne, 1st Lord St Helen's (1753-1839)" in Craven, Maxwell, Derbeians of Distinction (Derby, Breedon Books, 1998), p.87
2. ↑ Baron St Helens: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_St_Helens)
3. ↑ Privy Council (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom)
4. ↑ Find a Grave: ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39583062/alleyne-fitzherbert)
5. ↑ Life of Lord Alleyne FitzHerbert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleyne_FitzHerbert,_1st_Baron_St_Helens)

Acknowledgements

The Peerag.com (M, #409757).

WikiTree profile Fitz-Herbert-117 created through the import of Fitzherbert.ged on Aug 23, 2011 by Tony X.