John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook (born 22 March 1839 – 13 July 1911) was a British hereditary peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Early life and education

Born John Stewart Hardy, Lord Cranbrook was the eldest son of the Conservative politician Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, and Jane Stewart Orr. He assumed the additional surname of Gathorne by Royal licence in 1878 and when his father was elevated to the peerage as Earl of Cranbrook in 1892, he gained the courtesy title of Lord Medway.

Cranbrook was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Cranbrook was elected to the House of Commons for Rye in 1868, a seat he held until 1880, and later represented Mid Kent from 1884 to 1885 and Medway from 1885 to 1892.

In 1906, he succeeded his father as second Earl of Cranbrook and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Marriage and children

In 1867, Lord Cranbrook married Cicely Marguerite Wilhelmina Ridgway, daughter of Joseph Ridgway and Selina Harriet Doyle (died 1861, Egypt). They had seven children:[1]

Death

Lord Cranbrook died in July 1911 at the age of 72 and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Gathorne. Lady Cranbrook died in 1931.

Notes

  1. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003

Bibliography

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (106th edition) (New York: St Martin's Press 1990)
  • Williamson, D (ed.) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (107th edition) (London 2002)
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