British Liberal politician and colonial governor
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
GCB
GCMG
PC (23 July 1819 – 3 April 1890),
[1] styled Viscount Normanby between 1831 and 1838 and Earl of Mulgrave between 1838 and 1863, was a British
Liberal politician and colonial governor of
Nova Scotia ,
Queensland ,
New Zealand and
Victoria .
Early life
Normanby was born in
London , the eldest son of
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby and his wife
the Hon Maria Liddell, daughter of
Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth . He gained the
courtesy title Viscount Normanby when his father succeeded to the Earldom of Mulgrave in 1831. When his father was created Marquess of Normanby in 1838, he became known by the courtesy title Earl of Mulgrave.
[2]
Military service
Normanby entered the
Coldstream Guards as an
ensign and became a
lieutenant in 1838.
[1]
Political and administrative career
Normanby was returned to parliament for
Scarborough in 1847, a seat he held until 1851 and again between 1852 and 1857. He was appointed
Comptroller of the Household by
Lord John Russell in 1851. When
Lord Aberdeen became prime minister in early 1852, he became
Treasurer of the Household , a post he held until 1858 the last three years under the premiership of
Lord Palmerston . In the latter year he was appointed
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia , which he remained until 1863. Whilst he served as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, he and his wife had the Prince of Wales (later King
Edward VII ) and his brother
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh , as their guests at Government House.[
citation needed ]
In 1863 Normanby succeeded his father in the marquessate and took his seat in the
House of Lords .[
citation needed ]
Normanby returned to the government in 1868 when he was appointed a
Lord-in-waiting by
William Ewart Gladstone . The following year he was promoted to
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms . From 1871 to 1874, he was
Governor of Queensland .
[3] He was then
Governor of New Zealand from 1874 to 1879 and
Governor of Victoria from 1879 to 1884.[
citation needed ]
Marriage and children
Laura the Marchioness of Normanby by
William Notman
Lord Normanby married Laura Russell, daughter of
Captain Robert Russell
RN , in 1844. The couple had seven children.
[4] [
page needed ]
Lady Laura Elizabeth Minnie Phipps (3 June 1845 – 12 October 1934); married John Vivian Hampton-Lewis (1835–1890) on 2 June 1868.
Constantine Charles Henry Phipps, 3rd Marquess of Normanby (29 August 1846 – 25 August 1932); married Gertrude Stansfeld Forster on 30 December 1903 and had issue.
Lord William Brook Phipps (13 August 1847 – 19 February 1880); married Constance Emma Keyser (d. 1932) on 31 March 1875 and had issue.
Lady Katherine Louisa Phipps (31 January 1850 – 23 September 1926); married
Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere , and had issue.
[5]
Lord Henry George Russell Phipps (26 January 1851 – 27 November 1905); married Norma Caroline Georgina Leith-Hay on 17 January 1878 and had issue.
Lady Constance Mary Phipps (1852 - 31 October 1883)
Lord Hervey Lepell Phipps (6 May 1854 – 21 April 1887); unmarried.
Honours
Normanby received the following honours:
[6]
Death
Lady Normanby died in
London in January 1885, aged 69. Lord Normanby died at
Brighton ,
Sussex in April 1890, aged 70. He was succeeded in the marquessate and other titles by his eldest son,
Constantine .
[7] [
full citation needed ]
Arms
Coat of arms of George Phipps, Marquess of Normanby
[8]
Crest
A
lion's jamb
erased ,
sable , holding a
trefoil
slipped ,
argent .
Escutcheon
Quarterly : 1st and 4th, sable, a trefoil slipped within an
orle of eight
mullets , argent,
Phipps ; 2nd,
paly of six, argent and
azure , a
bend ,
gules ,
Annesley ; 3rd, the
arms of King James II within a border
compony ,
ermine and azure.
Supporters
Dexter , a
unicorn , ermine,
armed, unguled, crined, and tufted ,
or , and gorged with a
chaplet of
roses ;
sinister , a
goat , ermine, armed and unguled, azure, gorged as the dexter.
Motto
Virtute quies (Rest in virtue)
Other versions
Full achievements :
References
^
a
b
Mennell, Philip (1892).
"Normanby, The Most Noble George Augustus Constantine Phipps" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography . London: Hutchinson & Co. p. 346 – via
Wikisource .
^ Bolton, G. C.,
"second Marquess of Normanby (1819–1890)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
archived from the original on 20 January 2021, retrieved 18 January 2024
^
"Former Governors of Queensland" . Government House Queensland .
Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024 .
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
^
Morgan, Henry James , ed. (1903).
Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada . Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 256.
^
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XI (1881-1890), Phipps, George Augustus Constantine, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave and 2nd Marquess of Normanby
^ "Marquess of Normanby obituary". The London Gazette . 1890.
^
Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage . London, Oldhams Press. 1876. p. 355, NORMANBY, MARQUESS OF. (Phipps.). Retrieved 17 June 2022 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain .
Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, as of 1 March 2003;
[1]
Archived 7 February 2003 at the
Wayback Machine
Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911).
"Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 748–749.
Bolton, G.C. (1974).
"Normanby, second Marquess of (1819–1890)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 5.
Burroughs, Peter (1982).
"Phipps George Augustus Constantine, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquess of Normanby" . In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.).
Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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