Charles de Salis
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He was the eldest son of Jerome, Count de Salis-Soglio
Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis
Jérôme de Salis, 2nd Count de Salis-Soglio was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and sometime British Resident in the Grisons...
by his wife Mary, daughter of Charles, 1st Viscount Fane
Viscount Fane
Viscount Fane was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 22 April 1718 for the politician and courtier Charles Fane. He was made Baron of Loughguyre, in the County of Limerick, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
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After some schooling with his younger brothers (Peter
Peter, 3rd Count de Salis
Peter de Salis, Count of the Holy Roman Empire Peter de Salis, Count of the Holy Roman Empire (Nobile Signor Don Pietro Podesta di Salis) Peter de Salis, Count of the Holy Roman Empire (Nobile Signor Don Pietro Podesta di Salis) (28 June 1738, parish of St. James, Westminster -...
, Henry
Henry Jerome de Salis
Henry Jerome de Salis, MA, DD, FRS, FSA, was an English churchman. He was Rector of St. Antholin, and Vicar of Wing. He was also known as: Revd Henry Jerome de Salis, MA; Dr. de Salis; Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, and, from 1809, Rev...
and William) in his father's ancestral homeland, the Grisons Republic, he was at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
from 1747, where he was one of the c250 pupils there at the time. He travelled abroad 1757-1760, the tour included: Lausanne (university); Northern Italy; Rome; Naples; Coire; Paris; Turin; and Holland.
His maternal uncle, 2nd Lord Fane (an Opposition/Bedford Whig
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
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), had been one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Reading 1754-1761. In 1761 de Salis stood in his place, but having been admitted a Freeman/Burgess of the Corporation of Reading on 4 March 1761 he was well beaten at the poll on 25 March 1761. De Salis had 258 votes, whereas the elected candidates polled 396 and 355.
Apart from returning to execute his uncle's will in 1766, he subsequently lived in Provence; at Arles, Salon, Nîmes and Hieres (also spelt: Hyères
Hyères
Hyères , Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....
), where he died and was buried at the Convent des Cordeliers in 1781.
He seems to have shared with his mother, maternal-grandmother (Mary Stanhope), and to a greater degree his maternal-aunt a prediliction for the vapours.
De Salis and his mother both received treatment from Dr. Pierre Pomme, of Montpellier university, author of Traite des Affections Vaporeuses des deux sexes, 1767.
Ancestors
| Charles de Salis | Father: Jerome, Count De Salis Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis Jérôme de Salis, 2nd Count de Salis-Soglio was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and sometime British Resident in the Grisons... |
Paternal Grandfather: Peter, Count de Salis-Soglio |
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Antonio de Salis-Soglio |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Perpetua v. Planta-Zuoz |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Margherita v. Salis-Soglio |
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Hercules v. Salis-Soglio |
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| Paternal Great-Grandmother: Maria Magdalena v. Salis-Seewis |
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| Mother: Hon. Mary Fane |
Maternal Grandfather: Viscount Fane |
Maternal Great-Grandfather: Sir Henry Fane, KB |
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| Maternal Great-Grandmother: Elizabeth Southcott |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Mary Stanhope |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Hon. Alexander Stanhope |
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| Maternal Great-Grandmother: Catherine Burghill |