John Francis William, 6th Count de Salis-Soglio
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He was the eldest son of Count Peter John de Salis
Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio
Peter John de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio DL, JP was a soldier and landowner in the Irish counties Limerick and Armagh. He was Grand Prior of the Venerable English Langue of the Order of St...
by his second wife Cecile Henrietta Marguerite, daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel.
After some education in London (Harrow) he was an Attache in Turin (October 1845-December 1849). Lived at Hillingdon. He was a JP for Middlesex. In 1860 he was commissioned into the 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps. He was promoted Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
later that year and Captain
Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force...
in 1861.
A renowned numismaticist
Numismatics
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects. While numismatists are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the...
, he is recorded on a large board as one of the British Museum's
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
major benefactors. John Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley
John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley
John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley was an English poet, numismatist, botanist and an authority on bookplates.-Biography:...
was a first cousin, and William Fane De Salis
William Andreas Salicus Fane De Salis
William Andreas Salius Fane de Salis was a businessman, colonialist, and barrister.De Salis was the third son of Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio , by his third wife, Henrietta Foster . Peter John Fane, Count de Salis was an elder half-brother. William Foster Stawell was a first cousin, and the...
an uncle.
He married (1 February 1862) Amelia Frances Harriet (1837- 8 January 1885), daughter of Christopher Tower, JP DL MP, of Huntsmoor Park, Iver
Iver
Iver is in the south-east corner of the English county of Buckinghamshire and it forms one of the largest civil parishes in the South Bucks district.Iver railway station is in Richings Park.-Etymology:...
and Weald Hall, Essex, by his wife Lady Sophia Cust (1811–1882), eldest daughter of the first Earl Brownlow.
In 1881 Burke's records the Countess at 7, Athlestone terrace, Cromwell road, London (where she died in 1885), and as at Grange Hill, Kilmallock, Ireland.
His brother Count Peter
Peter (22 November 1827 -27 March 1919), was a painter and engraver, notably of dogs. He was in the Austrian Service and then was curator of Neuchâtel's art museum.He married firstly (1868) Adele L'Huillier (d. 27 March 1872) and secondly Agnes Louisa (d. 5 May 1916, ebendort), daughter of Charles Joseph La Trobe
Charles La Trobe
Charles Joseph La Trobe was the first lieutenant-governor of the colony of Victoria .-Early life:La Trobe was born in London, the son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe, a family of Huguenot origin...
, CB, by his wife Sophie de Montmollin.
His surviving child, Elisabeth Sophie (Neufchatel, 21 May 1880 - 30 March 1967) married the long serving International Olympic Committee member Godefroy de Blonay
Godefroy de Blonay
Godefroy Jean Henri Louis de Blonay , was an important early member of the International Olympic Committee....
.
His brother Count George
George Alois (1 December 1829 - 22 October 1866), was a captain in the 3rd (Archduke Charles) Lancer Regiment. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Custoza (1866)Battle of Custoza (1866)
The Battle of Custoza took place on June 24, 1866 during the Third Italian Independence War in the Italian unification process.The Austrian Imperial army with the old Venetian Army, led by Archduke Albert of Habsburg, defeated the Italian army led by Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora and Enrico Cialdini,...
he was buried in Verona.
His sister
Anna Sophia Elisabeth, (28 July 1832 - 17 March 1916) married, at Neuchatel on 24 September 1858, a cousin Johann Gaudenz Dietegan (Freiherr) v. Salis-Seewis (4 December 1825- Chur 27 March 1886) of Bothmar, MalansMalans, Switzerland
Malans is a municipality in the district of Landquart in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-History:Malans is first mentioned about 840 as in villa Mellanze. In 956 it was mentioned as Malanz.-Geography:...
. He was a grandson of the poet, lieder writer, and politician, Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
Johann Gaudenz Gubert Graf von Salis-Seewis was Swiss poet.- Life :Salis-Sewis came from an old Swiss aristocracy...
(1762–1834). The younger Johann Gaudenz was a member of the Swiss parliament (Nationalrat in Bern) 1861-63 and represented Maienfeld
Maienfeld
Maienfeld is a municipality in the district of Landquart in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story Heidi.- History :...
in the Grossen Kantonalrats.
They had two daughters:
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- Anna Barbara Cäcilia (22 July 1859- ) married Dr. Paul Sprecher von Bernegg.
- Helene Elisabeth (Chur 8 June 1863- ) married Friedrich von Tscharner, colonel, of Andermatt.