Robert Rodney, 6th Baron Rodney
Robert Dennett Rodney, 6th Baron Rodney (21 May 1820 – 19 August 1864) was a British soldier, landowner, and peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1846 until his death.
Rodney was the son of Captain Robert Rodney and his wife Anne Dennett.[1] On 23 November 1838 he purchased a commission as ensign and lieutenant in the Scots Guards.[2] He retired from the Army on 23 February 1844.[3] On 15 May 1846 he succeeded an uncle, Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney, as Baron Rodney and as a baronet, inheriting a seat in the Lords and a landed estate.[1] In July 1848, Rodney was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire.[4]
On 3 August 1850, Rodney married Sarah Singleton, daughter of John Singleton, and they had three children:[1]
- Patience Annie Rodney (died 1918)
- George Bridges Harley Dennett Rodney, later 7th Baron (1857–1909)
- Robert William Henry Rodney (1858–1933)
In May 1860, he was commissioned captain of the 6th Herefordshire (Leominster) Company of Rifle Volunteers.[5] He served for less than a year, resigning on 3 April 1861.[6]
Rodney died on 19 August 1864 aged 44, and was succeeded in his peerage and estates by his seven-year-old eldest son.[1]
Notes
- ^ abcdBurke's Peerage, volume 3 (2003), page 3380
- ^"No. 19677". The London Gazette. 23 November 1838. p. 2673.
- ^"No. 20319". The London Gazette. 23 February 1844. p. 620.
- ^"No. 20878". The London Gazette. 18 July 1848. p. 2683.
- ^"No. 22385". The London Gazette. 15 May 1860. p. 1837.
- ^"No. 22507". The London Gazette. 3 May 1861. p. 1902.
