Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston
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The Lord Boston | |
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.jpg) Portrait by George Romney, c. 1790 | |
| Born | Frederick Irby 9 June 1749 |
| Died | 23 March 1825 (aged 75) Mayfair, London |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Oxford University St. John's College, Cambridge |
| Spouse |
Christiana Methuen
(m. 1775; died 1825) |
| Parent(s) | William Irby, 1st Baron Boston Albinia Selwyn |
| Relatives | Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet (grandfather) |
Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston, FSA (9 June 1749 – 23 March 1825) was an English landowner and courtier.
Frederick Irby was born on 9 June 1749. He was the eldest son of William Irby, 1st Baron Boston, and Albinia Selwyn. His elder sister, Hon. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby,[1] married Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham.[2] His younger brother, Hon. William Henry Irby,[3][4] married Mary Blackman (co-heiress of Rowland Blackman of Bath and Antigua).[5]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet and the former Dorothy Paget (a granddaughter of the 5th Baron Paget).[6] His maternal grandparents were Henry Selwyn, the Receiver-General of Customs, and Ruth Compton (a daughter of Anthony Compton of Gainslaw, near Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland). His maternal uncle was William Selwyn, MP for Whitchurch.[7]
He was educated at Eton College and graduated from Oxford University on 8 July 1763 with a Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.), and from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1769 with a Master of Arts (M.A.).[8][9]
Career
Upon the death of his father on 30 March 1775, he succeeded as the 2nd Baron Boston, of Boston, Lincolnshire in the Peerage of Great Britain,[10] as well as the 3rd Baronet Irby, of Whaplode and Boston, Lincolnshire in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[2]
In 1778, Irby built a new mansion at his estate at Hedsor House, near Taplow, Buckinghamshire. An engraving of the manor, by his brother-in-law Archdeacon John Gooch, is now in the British Museum.[11]
An amateur etcher, Irby was invested as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 8 January 1778.[12]
In later life he was a courtier, holding the office of Lord of the Bedchamber to both George III and George IV, from 1780 until his death in 1825.[13] King George III was godfather to Irby’s oldest son and heir, George, at his baptism on 28 January 1778.[14]
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