Henry Jerome de Salis, DD, FRS, FSA, (20 August 1740 – 2 May 1810) was an English churchman. He was Rector of St. Antholin in the City of London and Vicar of Wing in Buckinghamshire. He was also known as: Revd Henry Jerome de Salis, MA; the Hon. & Rev. Henry Jerome De Salis, Count of the Holy Roman Empire;[1]Dr. de Salis; Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, and, from 1809, Rev. Count Henry Jerome de Salis.[2]
Sharp's (?) engravingPart of an ancestral 1670s candlestick once used by De Salis
He was the second of four sons of Jerome (Hieronimus), Count de Salis-Soglio by the hon. Mary Fane (ffane), eldest daughter of Charles, first Viscount Fane, by his wife Mary (1686–1762) daughter of the envoy hon. Alexander Stanhope, FRS, and sister of soldier-statesman James, Earl Stanhope (1673–1721).
His parents (or brother Peter) bought this property in Dawley, Harlington in 1772. The mansion was soon demolished but the building on the left (east) remained until 1929[3]
On returning from the Grisons in 1753 de Salis was sent with two of his brothers, Charles (1736–1781) and Peter (1738–1807), to Eton (he left c1757), after which he went up to Queen's College, Oxford, BA (1760), MA, DD (1777).
He was ordained into the English Church in Ireland 1760. His uncle Lord Fane appointed him Vicar of Fedamore, co. Limerick in 1760, he retained the position until 1774/5. He was appointed a Chaplain in Ordinary to George III in 1763, and was Rector of St. Antholin, Watling Street from 1774 to 1810. His kinsman the fifth Earl of Chesterfield made him Vicar of Wing in Buckinghamshire in 1777. He remained there until his death in 1810.
Hogarth's The Beggar's Opera VI, 1731, (22.5 x 30 inches). On De Salis' wall from 1798.
De Salis was an executor of Rev. Thomas Monkhouse, DD, FSA, Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, who died in April 1798. From Monkhouse it seems he inherited the Tate Gallery's (since 1909) version of William Hogarth's TheBeggar's Opera. However, by 1817[5] it had passed to Thomas Bowerbank, merchant, Factor of Lothbury, City of London (died April 1818).[6]
De Salis's parents appointed him Game keeper of and for their said manor of Dally otherwise Dawley, near Hayes, Middlesex, from 13 June 1775.[7]
In a letter to his father in Harley street, dated Oxford 24 September 1771 he describes 'Lord le Despencer's Festival at West-Wycombe':
Lord le Despencer's Music was incomparably performed,
and what with the excellence of that, the fine weather and
the Beauty of the place, every body went away enchanted.
On Saturday a newly erected Temple of Bacchus was opened
in the true antique Taste. The Statue of the God was crowned,
and was invoked in Verse by the High Priest Montfancon
and other Books of antiquities were consulted for proper
Ornaments, with which Mr. Dance the Painter decorated the
Bacchanalians. Our Pan and Silenus were inimitable, and
indeed every Character was well supported. There were 3 or 4000
people present, and it really was a Fête worthy of Versailles.[8]
Marriageedit
The Tower (with now lost finial surmounted De Salis tomb nearby), Harlington Church, Middlesex. photograph published 1909.
He married at St. Antholin, 17 November 1775, Miss Julia Henrietta "Harriet" Blosset from a well-connected huguenot family (d. 18 January 1819, at Hanwell), second daughter and co-heir of Solomon Stephen Blosset of Dublin & Meath (grandson of Salomon Blosset de Loche), by his wife Elizabeth Dorothy Le Coq St. Leger, from Trunkwell House at Shinfield (now Beech Hill) in Berkshire. Harriet Blosset was the girl who in 1768 had been led to believe by Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820) that he would marry her on his return from his journey with Cook on the Endeavour. They returned in June 1771 but Banks's previous affections had been irrevocably changed by his 3 years of living with the Tahitian natives; compensation was paid.
Meanwhile, Harriet's elder sister, Bella, had married Rev. Henry Peckwell (1747–1787), clerk of St. James, Westminster, in the spring of 1773. Their daughter, Selina, was the mother of the historian George Grote.
Outside of a letter from Henry to his father, with his father's inscriptions of receipt, 1783[9]
His only child, a daughter Henrietta, was born in June 1779, and died 31 March 1785, in Dover Street, Westminster. Having died on the same day as her paternal grandmother she was buried simultaneously with her in the family vault at Harlington-under-Heathrow, Middlesex, a church that is both close to Heathrow airport and clearly visible from the M4.
De Salis had fallen out with his elder brother Peter after their father's death in 1794, relations however were restored with his sons, the elder nephew Jerome in particular.[11]
Maternal Great-grandfather: Hon. Alexander Stanhope
Maternal Great-Grandmother: Catherine Burghill
Referencesedit
^The Genuine works of William Hogarth with biographical anecdotes, by John Nichols, FSA and the late George Steevens, Esq, FRS, FSA, three volumes, page 99, London, 1817
^A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 3, VCH, 1962
^Born in Colchester, Essex, Wegg studied law at Cambridge and became a lawyer, inheriting his first stock in the Hudson Bay Company from his father in 1748. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753, then joined the Hudson Bay Company board of directors in 1760 before becoming governor in 1782. It was during his time as Governor that Sir Alexander Mackenzie went on his legendary expeditions, reaching the Arctic Ocean overland in 1789 and the Pacific in 1793. This period also saw the Company's London headquarters move into a new Hudson's Bay House at numbers 3 and 4, Fenchurch Street, in 1795. Wegg died at his home in Acton in 1802, a few years after retiring from public life. (info from: Jeremy Turcotte)
^The Genuine works of William Hogarth with biographical anecdotes, by John Nichols, FSA and the late George Steevens, Esq, FRS, FSA, three volumes, page 99, London, 1817
R. de Salis, Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum, volume one, London, 2003
Rachel Fane De Salis, De Salis Family: English Branch, Henley-on-Thames, 1934.
manuscripts & muniments.
Royal Society archives via their website.
October 28, 2023
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Henry Jerome de Salis DD FRS FSA 20 August 1740 2 May 1810 was an English churchman He was Rector of St Antholin in the City of London and Vicar of Wing in Buckinghamshire He was also known as Revd Henry Jerome de Salis MA the Hon amp Rev Henry Jerome De Salis Count of the Holy Roman Empire 1 Dr de Salis Rev Dr Henry Jerome de Salis and from 1809 Rev Count Henry Jerome de Salis 2 Sharp s engravingPart of an ancestral 1670s candlestick once used by De SalisContents 1 Life 2 Marriage 3 Ancestors 4 ReferencesLife editHe was the second of four sons of Jerome Hieronimus Count de Salis Soglio by the hon Mary Fane ffane eldest daughter of Charles first Viscount Fane by his wife Mary 1686 1762 daughter of the envoy hon Alexander Stanhope FRS and sister of soldier statesman James Earl Stanhope 1673 1721 nbsp His parents or brother Peter bought this property in Dawley Harlington in 1772 The mansion was soon demolished but the building on the left east remained until 1929 3 On returning from the Grisons in 1753 de Salis was sent with two of his brothers Charles 1736 1781 and Peter 1738 1807 to Eton he left c1757 after which he went up to Queen s College Oxford BA 1760 MA DD 1777 He was ordained into the English Church in Ireland 1760 His uncle Lord Fane appointed him Vicar of Fedamore co Limerick in 1760 he retained the position until 1774 5 He was appointed a Chaplain in Ordinary to George III in 1763 and was Rector of St Antholin Watling Street from 1774 to 1810 His kinsman the fifth Earl of Chesterfield made him Vicar of Wing in Buckinghamshire in 1777 He remained there until his death in 1810 nbsp Hogarth s The Beggar s Opera VI 1731 22 5 x 30 inches On De Salis wall from 1798 De Salis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society FRS 3 May 1770 His proposers were Lyttelton Jeremiah Milles c 1714 1784 Le Despencer Anthony Shepherd 1721 1796 John Hunter Robert Mylne 1734 1811 Erasmus Saunders d 1775 Samuel Wegg 1723 1802 4 He was a Justice of the Peace JP for Buckinghamshire and a subscriber to the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge SPCK and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel SPG De Salis was an executor of Rev Thomas Monkhouse DD FSA Fellow of Queen s College Oxford who died in April 1798 From Monkhouse it seems he inherited the Tate Gallery s since 1909 version of William Hogarth s The Beggar s Opera However by 1817 5 it had passed to Thomas Bowerbank merchant Factor of Lothbury City of London died April 1818 6 De Salis s parents appointed him Game keeper of and for their said manor of Dally otherwise Dawley near Hayes Middlesex from 13 June 1775 7 In a letter to his father in Harley street dated Oxford 24 September 1771 he describes Lord le Despencer s Festival at West Wycombe Lord le Despencer s Music was incomparably performed and what with the excellence of that the fine weather and the Beauty of the place every body went away enchanted On Saturday a newly erected Temple of Bacchus was opened in the true antique Taste The Statue of the God was crowned and was invoked in Verse by the High Priest Montfancon and other Books of antiquities were consulted for proper Ornaments with which Mr Dance the Painter decorated the Bacchanalians Our Pan and Silenus were inimitable and indeed every Character was well supported There were 3 or 4000 people present and it really was a Fete worthy of Versailles 8 Marriage edit nbsp The Tower with now lost finial surmounted De Salis tomb nearby Harlington Church Middlesex photograph published 1909 He married at St Antholin 17 November 1775 Miss Julia Henrietta Harriet Blosset from a well connected huguenot family d 18 January 1819 at Hanwell second daughter and co heir of Solomon Stephen Blosset of Dublin amp Meath grandson of Salomon Blosset de Loche by his wife Elizabeth Dorothy Le Coq St Leger from Trunkwell House at Shinfield now Beech Hill in Berkshire Harriet Blosset was the girl who in 1768 had been led to believe by Sir Joseph Banks 1743 1820 that he would marry her on his return from his journey with Cook on the Endeavour They returned in June 1771 but Banks s previous affections had been irrevocably changed by his 3 years of living with the Tahitian natives compensation was paid Meanwhile Harriet s elder sister Bella had married Rev Henry Peckwell 1747 1787 clerk of St James Westminster in the spring of 1773 Their daughter Selina was the mother of the historian George Grote nbsp Outside of a letter from Henry to his father with his father s inscriptions of receipt 1783 9 His only child a daughter Henrietta was born in June 1779 and died 31 March 1785 in Dover Street Westminster Having died on the same day as her paternal grandmother she was buried simultaneously with her in the family vault at Harlington under Heathrow Middlesex a church that is both close to Heathrow airport and clearly visible from the M4 nbsp Letter from Henry written from Eton 1749 10 De Salis had fallen out with his elder brother Peter after their father s death in 1794 relations however were restored with his sons the elder nephew Jerome in particular 11 Ancestors editSome of De Salis s ancestors Rev Dr Henry Jerome de Salis Father Jerome Count De Salis Paternal Grandfather Peter Count de Salis Soglio Paternal Great Grandfather Antonio de Salis SoglioPaternal Great grandmother Perpetua v Planta ZuozPaternal Grandmother Margherita v Salis Soglio Paternal Great Grandfather Hercules v Salis SoglioPaternal Great Grandmother Maria Magdalena v Salis SeewisMother Hon Mary Fane Maternal Grandfather Viscount Fane Maternal Great Grandfather Sir Henry Fane KBMaternal Great Grandmother Elizabeth SouthcottMaternal Grandmother Mary Stanhope Maternal Great grandfather Hon Alexander StanhopeMaternal Great Grandmother Catherine BurghillReferences edit The Genuine works of William Hogarth with biographical anecdotes by John Nichols FSA and the late George Steevens Esq FRS FSA three volumes page 99 London 1817 Fane de Salis MSS A History of the County of Middlesex Volume 3 VCH 1962 Born in Colchester Essex Wegg studied law at Cambridge and became a lawyer inheriting his first stock in the Hudson Bay Company from his father in 1748 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753 then joined the Hudson Bay Company board of directors in 1760 before becoming governor in 1782 It was during his time as Governor that Sir Alexander Mackenzie went on his legendary expeditions reaching the Arctic Ocean overland in 1789 and the Pacific in 1793 This period also saw the Company s London headquarters move into a new Hudson s Bay House at numbers 3 and 4 Fenchurch Street in 1795 Wegg died at his home in Acton in 1802 a few years after retiring from public life info from Jeremy Turcotte The Genuine works of William Hogarth with biographical anecdotes by John Nichols FSA and the late George Steevens Esq FRS FSA three volumes page 99 London 1817 PROB 11 1603 370 Fane de Salis MSS Fane de Salis MSS Fane de Salis MSS Fane de Salis MSS Fane de Salis MSS R de Salis Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum volume one London 2003 Rachel Fane De Salis De Salis Family English Branch Henley on Thames 1934 manuscripts amp muniments Royal Society archives via their website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Jerome de Salis amp oldid 1123249478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
