John West, 1st Earl De La Warr
| John West, 1st Earl De La Warr | |
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| 7º Royal Governor of New Jersey | |
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In office 20 June 1737 – September 1737, Resigned, never having entered upon his duties. |
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| Monarch | George II |
| Colonial governor of New York | |
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In office 20 June 1737 – September 1737, Resigned, never having entered upon his duties. |
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| Monarch | George II |
| Lieutenant | George Clarke |
| Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury | |
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In office 1747–1752 |
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| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Adam Williamson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan |
| Governor of the Bailiwick of Guernsey | |
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In office 1752 – 16 March 1766 |
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| Preceded by | Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier |
| Succeeded by | Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Lyttelton |
| Personal details | |
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The Honourable John West 4 April 1693 England |
| Died | 16 March 1766 (aged 72) |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Charlotte MacCarthy, Anne Walker |
| Children | Diana, John, George Augustus, Henrietta |
| Profession | Military Officer, Governor |
Lieutenant-General John West, 1st Earl De La Warr KB PC FRS (4 April 1693 – 16 March 1766), styled The Honourable John West until 1723 and known as The Lord De La Warr between 1723 and 1761, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.
West was the son of John West, 6th Baron De La Warr, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of John Freeman, a London merchant.
After travelling in Europe West was appointed Clerk-Extraordinary of the Privy Council in 1712. In 1715 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Grampound, a seat he held until 1722. In 1715 he also became a guidon and 1st major of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1717. In 1723 he succeeded his father in the barony of De La Warr and entered the House of Lords. He was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to George I and made a Knight of the Order of the Bath in 1725. In 1728 he was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1731 Lord De La Warr was sworn off the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household, a position he held until 1737. In 1732 he was appointed speaker of the House of Lords in the absence of Lord King, the Lord Chancellor. He was a supporter of tough sanctions against the city of Edinburgh after the Porteous Riots of 1736. The latter year he was sent on a special mission to Germany to escort Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha to Britain, where she was to become the wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Lord Hervey, who described De La Warr as a "long, lank, awkward person", thought that "no fitter selection could have been made to disarm the jealousy of the prince, and that a more unpolished ambassador for such an occasion could not have been found in any of the Goth or Vandal courts of Germany." De La Warr and the future Princess of Wales landed at Greenwich in April 1736.
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