Biography of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow 1853-1911

On 11th July 1848 [his father] George Augustus Cranley Onslow [aged 35] and [his mother] Mary Harriet Anne Loftus were married at St Nicholas' Church, Kenilworth.

On 7th March 1853 William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow was born to George Augustus Cranley Onslow [aged 39] and Mary Harriet Anne Loftus at Old Alresford, Hampshire.

In 1855 [his father] George Augustus Cranley Onslow [aged 41] died.

In October 1870 Arthur George Onslow 3rd Earl Onslow [aged 92] died. His great nephew William [aged 17] succeeded 4th Earl Onslow, 4th Viscount Cranley, 7th Baron Onslow, 8th Baronet Onslow of West Clandon in Surrey, 9th Baronet Foote of London. [his future wife] Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 17] by marriage Countess Onslow.

In 1875 William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 21] and Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 21] were married.

On 23rd August 1876 [his son] Richard William Alan Onslow 5th Earl Onslow was born to William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 23] and [his wife] Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 23]. He married 22nd February 1906 Violet Marcia Bampfylde Countess Onslow, daughter of Coplestone Richard Bampfylde 3rd Baron Poltimore and Margaret Harriet Beaumont Baroness Poltimore, and had issue.

On 22nd July 1881 [his daughter] Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow Countess Iveagh was born to William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 28] and [his wife] Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 28]. She married before 15th October 1906 Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness 2nd Earl Iveagh, son of Edward Guiness 1st Earl Iveagh and Adelaide "Dodo" Guinness, and had issue.

In 1885 [his daughter] Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess Halifax was born to William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 31] and [his wife] Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 31]. She married 21st September 1909 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl Halifax, son of Charles Lindley Wood 2nd Viscount Halifax and Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay Viscountess Halifax, and had issue.

The London Gazette 25615. St. James's Palace, August 5, 1886. To be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:—

William Hillier [aged 33], Earl of Onslow, in the room of William, Lord Kensington, resigned.

William Hale John Charles [aged 46], Earl of Limerick, in the room of Henry James, Lord Hothfield, resigned.

John-Major [aged 43], Lord Henniker, in the room of Thomas, Lord Ribblesdale, resigned.

John Adrian Louis, Earl of Hopetoun, in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen, resigned.

William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone, in the room of Thomas John, Lord Thurlow, resigned.

On 13th November 1890 [his son] Victor Alexander Herbert Huia Onslow was born to William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 37] and [his wife] Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 37]. He married 3rd February 1919 Muriel Wheldale.

In 1903. John Collier [aged 52]. Portrait of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 49].

On 22nd February 1906 Richard William Alan Onslow 5th Earl Onslow [aged 29] and Violet Marcia Bampfylde Countess Onslow [aged 21] were married. He the son of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 52] and Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 53].

Before 15th October 1906 [his son-in-law] Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness 2nd Earl Iveagh [aged 32] and Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow Countess Iveagh [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Iveagh. She the daughter of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 53] and Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 53]. He the son of Edward Guiness 1st Earl Iveagh [aged 58] and Adelaide "Dodo" Guinness [aged 62].

On 21st September 1909 [his son-in-law] Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl Halifax [aged 28] and Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess Halifax [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 56] and Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 56].

On 23rd October 1911 William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow [aged 58] died at Hendon Barnet. His son Richard [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Onslow, 5th Viscount Cranley, 8th Baron Onslow, 9th Baronet Onslow of West Clandon in Surrey, 10th Baronet Foote of London. Violet Marcia Bampfylde Countess Onslow [aged 26] by marriage Countess Onslow.

On 3rd August 1934 [his former wife] Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow [aged 81] died.