Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Normanby KG GCB GCH PC |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 29 April 1835 – 13 March 1839 |
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William IV Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Haddington |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Ebrington |
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In office 30 August 1839 – 30 August 1841 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | Lord John Russell |
| Succeeded by | Sir James Graham, Bt |
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| Born | 15 May 1797 |
| Died | 28 July 1863 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Maria Liddell (1798–1882) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby KG GCB GCH PC (15 May 1797 – 28 July 1863), styled Viscount Normanby between 1812 and 1831 and known as The Earl of Mulgrave between 1831 and 1838, was a British Whig politician and author. He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1835 to 1839 and as Home Secretary from 1839 to 1841 and was British Ambassador to France between 1846 and 1852.
Normanby was the son of Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave and Martha Sophia, daughter of Christopher Thompson Maling. His great-grandfather William Phipps had married Lady Catherine Annesley, who was the daughter and heiress of James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey and his wife Lady Catherine Darnley (an illegitimate daughter of King James II by his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester). Lady Catherine Darnley had later married John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, and hence Constantine Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave and later 1st Marquess of Normanby was the step-great-great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the second President of the Cambridge Union Society.
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