George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
(1840-1915), Politician; MP for BathSitter in 17 portraits
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1870s or 1880s?
NPG 5602
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 7 February 1861
NPG Ax51463
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1893
NPG Ax27639
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, mid 1890s
NPG x45464
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Charles Newman & Co
carbon print, published before 1895
NPG Ax15888
by James Russell & Sons
dry-plate glass negative, 23 November 1904
NPG x8461
Members of the Marlborough House Set
by David Knights-Whittome, for James Russell & Sons
dry-plate glass negative, 23 November 1904
NPG x8465
Members of the Marlborough House Set
by David Knights-Whittome
dry-plate glass negative, 10-17 September 1906
NPG x8466
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon print
NPG Ax15951
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Charles William Walton, after Alexander Bassano
lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D32529
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Joseph Brown, after Elliott & Fry
stipple engraving, published 1881
NPG D32528
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan ('Statesmen. No. 361')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 June 1881
NPG D44015
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1887
NPG D44362
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1907
NPG D20771
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1907
NPG D20772
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1907
NPG D9669
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon print, after 1895
NPG x5183
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Dr Ben Knighton
14 June 2019, 12:34
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan (12 May 1840 – 6 March 1915) KG, KP, PC, JP, styled Viscount Chelsea from 1864 to 1873 eldest son of Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan, by his wife Mary, daughter of Reverend Gerald Wellesley, younger brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. He was born in the city of Durham and baptised at St James's, Westminster, London. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
16 May 1865, he married Lady Beatrix Craven, fourth daughter of William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven. They had nine children:
Returned as Member of Parliament for Bath in a by-election in May 1873, just before he was ennobled on the death of his father on 8 June and had to move to the House of Lords. He was made Under-Secretary for War in 1875 and Under-Secretary to the Colonies in 1878 by Disraeli. He served under Lord Salisbury as Lord Privy Seal from 1886 to 1892 (after 1887 in the Cabinet), and again in the cabinet as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1895 to 1902.
By 1888, at the initiative of the Fifth Earl, building work was well under way at the south-eastern end of London's Sloane Street to rebuild Holy Trinity Church
He bought Culford Park, Culford, Suffolk, in 1889 as a family home. It is now a private school. He was succeeded by his son, Gerald Oakley (1869–1933), 6th Earl Cadogan and briefly Viscount Chelsea.
Lord Cadogan's wife died in 1907 and on 12 January 1911, he married his first cousin once removed, Adele, daughter of Lippo Neri, Count Palagi del Palagio and Olivia Georgiana Cadogan. Lord Cadogan died in Chelsea, London, on 6 March 1915, aged 74. The Countess Cadogan died in February 1960.