Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet
Henry Orland Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (born September 20, 1773 in St. Marylebone , London , † July 31, 1829 in Regent's Park , London) was a British diplomat, Consul General in Portugal and Charge d'Affaires in Brazil . He was promoted to baronet on February 22, 1828 .
Life
Chamberlain was born in London and was the illegitimate son of Henry Fane, an Earl of Westmoreland, and grandson of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland . His mother's name and status are unknown. He was brought up as an allegedly distant relative with his step-siblings in his father's house. As a young man he fell in love with one of his father's daughters, so that he revealed his parentage to him, whereupon Chamberlain left the house and hired out on one of the sailing ships in the nearest port city. So he first came to Portugal, where he accepted a job in the postal administration. He was later accepted into the English consulate service and then placed in diplomatic service. He moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he served as Consul General for South America before he was appointed a diplomatic chargé d'affaires . For his services to the conclusion of a trade agreement between England and Brazil, he was finally bestowed the hereditary title of baronet. In 1829 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary Plenipotentiary to Portugal. At that time he was in London and suffered from an initially inconspicuous injury, which was made worse by his diabetes and led to his death on July 31, 1829.
activity
Chamberlain was interested in natural science and worked in areas such as astronomy, botany, physics and zoology. He had traveled extensively in Brazil and thus assembled an extensive collection. In his garden he planted exotic plants from the Brazilian flora. He became known in connection with the introduction of the begonias to Europe, for which he was awarded the large silver medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in London on April 25, 1828 . Shortly before his death, he gave lectures on astronomy in London. Its rich library and collections were auctioned off. The entomological collection came to Berlin.
family
He married Elizabeth Harrod of Exeter on January 1, 1795, and in 1813 the marriage was divorced by an Act of Parliament . The following children were born from this marriage:
- Henry Chamberlain, 2nd Baronet (October 2, 1796, † 1843 or 1844 in Bermuda)
- William Augustus Charles Chamberlain (1797-1806)
- Eliza Caroline Chamberlain († December 11, 1887), married on December 2, 1819 Charles Orlando Bridgeman RN († April 13, 1860), Vice Admiral and second son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford .
Henry Chamberlain married for the second time on June 5, 1813. Anne Eugenia was the daughter of William Morgan. The marriage resulted in the following children:
- Anne Beresford Chamberlain (* 1815 in Rio de Janeiro)
- Harriett Mary Chamberlain (* 1816 in Rio de Janeiro)
- William Charles Chamberlain (born April 21, 1818 in Rio de Janeiro, † 1878), Rear Admiral, RN
- Neville Bowles Chamberlain (born January 10, 1820 in Rio de Janeiro, † 1902), Field Marshal , British Army
- Crawford Trotter Chamberlain (1821-1902), General of the Indian Staff Corps
- Thomas Hardy Chamberlain (born September 13, 1822 in Rio de Janeiro), Major General
- Katherine Cochrane Chamberlain
- Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain (1826–1870), Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Indian Army
Henry Chamberlain died on July 31, 1829 on the York Terrace at Regent's Park as a result of an unsuccessful operation on a toe.
supporting documents
- Bernard Burke, Peter Townend, John Burke: Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage and knightage . 105th edition. Burke's Peerage, London 1970, OCLC 8948585 , p. 516 .
- Baptismal Register of Christ Church. Rio de Janeiro
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chamberlain, Sir Henry the Elder. Jul 1829 Regents Park, London, England: Fortunatusfamilia. In: com.au. fortunatusfamilia.com.au, accessed September 17, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Houston Stewart Chamberlain: Life Paths of My Thought . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1919, OCLC 1688027 ( hschamberlain.net - section: 15 I. My origin. The maternal line - The paternal line ). hschamberlain.net ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart. In: The Gentleman's Magazine And Historical Chronicle. Volume 99 (July-December 1829), p. 274.
- ^ Yuzo Ota: Basil Hall Chamberlain: Portrait of a Japanologist. Routledge, 1998 pp. 16-17.
- ^ Henry Colburn, Richard Bentley: The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine . London 1829, p. 119 ( books.google.com ).
- ↑ Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart. In: The Gentleman's Magazine. Volume 176, London, England 1844, p. 207 (English).
- ^ Henry Chamberlain. Encyclopaedia Itaú Cultural, accessed September 17, 2015 (Portuguese, English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chamberlain, Henry, 1st Baronet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chamberlain, Henry Orland, 1st Baronet (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diplomat, Consul General in Portugal and Charge d'Affaires in Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Marylebone , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1829 |
| Place of death | Regent's Park , London |