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 194 BLOOMFIELD lion in 1798. Probably owing to his social and musical attainments, he was made by the Prince of Wales a Gent, in Waiting in 1808, and Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry 1 812-17; A.D.C. to the King 1811-14. M.P. (Tory) for Plymouth 18 12-17; Major Gen. 18 14; Lieut. Gen. 1830, and Col. Com. of the Roy. Regt. of Artillery 1823 till his death; K.C.H. 1 8 15; knighted 11 Dec. 181 5; Auditor and Sec. of the Duchy of Corn- wall, 1 8 16-17; P-C- 15 July 1 8 17. Keeper of the Privy Purse and Private Secretary, 1817-22. Envoy to the Court of Sweden, 1822-32, where he joined the sect of the Wesleyans. G.C.H., 18 19; G.C.B. (civil) I Apr. 1822. On 14 May 1825 he was cr. BARON BLOOMFIELD OF OAKHAMPTON AND REDWOOD,(=') co. Tipperary [I.]. He was subsequently in command of the garrison at Woolwich. He w., 7 Sep. 1 797, Harriott, ist da. of John Douglas, of Grantham, co. Lincoln. He d. in Portman Sq., Midx., 1 5, and was bur. 11 Aug. 1 846, at Loughton, co. Tip- perary, aged 84. Will pr. Sep. 1846. His widow d. 12 Sep. 1868, at 45 Rutland Gate, aged 92. II. 1846, 2. John Arthur Douglas (Bloomfield), Baron RARONY TTT K 1 Bloomfield of Oakhampton and Redwood [I.], only I- ■ ■■' s. and h., b. 12 Nov. 1802. Early entered the 1. 1 87 1 diplomatic service, being attache to the embassy at to Venice 18 18; at Lisbon 1824; Sec. of legation at 1879. Stuttgart 1825-26; at Stockholm 1826-39; Sec. of Em- bassy at St. Petersburg 1839-44; C.B. (civil) 27 Apr. 1 848 ; Envoy to St. Petersburg 1 844-5 ^ '■> *o Berlin 1 85 1-60; K.C.B. (civil) 6 Mar. 1851; G.C.B. 3 Sep. 1858; P.C. 17 Dec. i860; Ambassador to Vienna, i860 to 1871, when, on his retirement, he was, 7 Aug. 1871, cr. BARON BLOOMFIELD OFCIAMHALTHA[U.K.],co.Tipperary.('') He m., 4 Sep. 1845, ^^ Lamesley Chapel, co. Durham, Georgiana, da. (i6th and yst. child) of Thomas Henry (Liddell), ist Lord Ravensworth, by Maria Susannah, da. of John Simpson. He d. 1 7 Aug. 1 879, at Ciamhaltha, aged 76, when both his Peerages became extinct. His widow, who was b. 13 Apr. 1822, at 51 Portland Place, Marylebone, and was one of the maids of Honour, 1841-45, d. at Bramfield House, Hertford, 21, and was bur. 26 May 1905, at Loughton afsd., aged 83. W^ill pr. above (*) The three extinctions made use of on this occasion, according to the Act of Union [I.], were the Earldom of Roscommon (D;7/o«); the Viscountcy of Bulkeley {Bulkeley); and the Barony of Glenbervie {Douglas). Of these the Earldom of Roscommon was proved in 1828 to be in existence. Accordingly, at the creation, in 1831, of the Viscountcy of Guillamore,yc«r extinctions, in lieu of three, were required. C") He took no active part in politics and is not classified in Dod, but is given in Who's IVho among the Liberal peers. V.G. ('^) Wtr Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic /,//£• were pub. in 1883. Shealso wrote a Memoir of the ist Lord Bloomfield, and was an accomplished pianist and water colour artist.