Henry Charles Gage, 5th Viscount Gage (April 2, 1854 – April 18, 1912) was Viscount Gage

Viscount Gage

Viscount Gage, of Castle Island in the County of Kerry of the Kingdom of Ireland, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1720 for Thomas Gage, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Gage, of Castlebar in the County of Mayo, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1744 he also...

 of Firle Place

Firle Place

Firle Place is a Manor house in Firle, East Sussex, United Kingdom and is the family seat of Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage, whose family the Viscounts Gage have owned the land at Firle since acquiring it from the Levett family in the 15th century. The manor house was first built in the late 15th...

 during the early 20th century.

Gage inherited Firle from Sir Henry Hall

Henry Hall, 4th Viscount Gage

Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage was Viscount Gage of Firle Place through much of the 19th century.-Biography:Henry Gage was born on 14 December 1791. He inherited the Viscountcy on 29 January 1808....

 (his grandfather) in 1877.

He was engaged to the musician, Violet Gordon-Woodhouse

Violet Gordon-Woodhouse

Violet Gordon-Woodhouse was an acclaimed British harpsichordist and clavichordist, highly influential in bringing both instruments back into fashion.-Family:...

, but she broke it off when human sexuality

Human sexuality

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 was explained to her. He married Leila Peel in 1894.

He commissioned major alterations and renovations of Firle Place by Billy Freeman Thomas. Gage had a new staircase and garden terraces installed at the manor for his wife to entertain nobility

Nobility

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 and royalty

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Family

He was the son of Hon. Henry Edward Hall Gage (9 January 1814 - 8 September 1875), and Sophia Selena Knightley.
He married Leila Georgina Peel; they had four children:

• Henry Rainald Gage, 6th Viscount Gage (30 December 1895 - 27 February 1982)
• Hon. Irene Adelaide Gage (born 9 February 1898)
• Hon. Vera Benedicta Gage (born 29 April 1899)
• Hon. Yvonne Rosamund Gage (20 July 1902 - 3 February 1960)