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Peter John de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio DL

Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

, JP

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

(26 February 1799 – 24 December 1870) 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. John of Jerusalem.

Petrus Johannes was born in Marylebone

Marylebone

Marylebone is an affluent inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It is sometimes written as St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone....

, Westminster

Westminster

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26 February 1799 and died at Acton 24 December 1870.
Eldest son of Jerome de Salis

Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio

Jerome de Salis, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio DL, JP, FRS , Illustris et Magnificus was an Anglo-Grison-Irish noble, visionary, vegetarian and landowner....

by his first wife Sophia Drake. 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...

was a younger half-brother. His elder son was the numismatist John Francis William de Salis

John Francis William, 6th Count de Salis-Soglio

John Francis William de Salis, 6th Count de Salis was a British diplomat and coin connoisseur.He was the eldest son of Count Peter John de Salis by his second wife Cecile Henrietta Marguerite, daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel.After some education in London he was an Attache in Turin . ...

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After education in London, Edinburgh and Lausanne he served in the Swiss Guard, 3eme Régiment Suisse under Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies, in the Uxbridge Volunteer Infantry, and as a major in the Armagh Militia (1854).

1817 The Fleur de Lys, Paris.
1820 Chevalier de l’Ordre du Phoenix.
1823, 1826, 1832, 1834, & 1835: Landammann of Stalla.
1831 Knight Royal Order of the Red Eagle
Order of the Red Eagle
The Order of the Red Eagle was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful service to the kingdom, or other achievements...

(Prussian).
1832 Medal of the King of Prussia.
September 1837 'Count Peter De Salis, of Hillingdon' became Commandant of The Volunteer Infantry, of Uxbridge.
1843 Knight of Honour and Devotion and Grand Prior of Ireland (1859) of the Order of Malta.
Croce d’Or Devozio.

From 1832 he was Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

of County Armagh

County Armagh

-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

as well as High Sheriff of Limerick in 1849. Four years later he was nominated High Sheriff of Armagh

High Sheriff of Armagh

The High Sheriff of Armagh is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Armagh. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258...

JP for Middlesex & Westminster.

1855 resident at Ballyknock Cottage, near Tandragee, Co. Armagh (Burke's Peerage, 1855).
1861 census the Count was boarding in Acton, and was described as magistrate and landowner.
1865: Peter John Fane de Salis, of Tandaragee, Co. Armagh, was listed as living at Tandragee and at Turnham Green, Middlesex (Walford's County Families, 1865).

He married twice:

firstly: 9 February 1821, Henrietta Charlotte (d.10.1822), daughter of Colonel de Sennarclens de St. Denys (Comte de Grancy);
and secondly: 16 July 1824, Cecile Henrietta Marguerite (1802–1892) daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel. She was niece of Henry, Comte de Meuron, Lt. Colonel and Chamberlain to the King of Prussia (as at 1824).

His younger son's only surviving child, Elisabeth Sophie (Neufchatel, 21 May 1880 - 30 March 1967), married Godefroy de Blonay

Godefroy de Blonay

Godefroy Jean Henri Louis de Blonay , was an important early member of the International Olympic Committee....

in 1901.

Ancestors

**Some of De Salis's ancestors**
Peter John de Salis	Jerome, Count De Salis Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio Jerome de Salis, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio DL, JP, FRS , Illustris et Magnificus was an Anglo-Grison-Irish noble, visionary, vegetarian and landowner....	Peter, Count de Salis 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 -...	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...
			Hon. Mary Fane, daughter of 1st Lord Fane.
		Anna v. Salis-Soglio Soglio, Switzerland Soglio is a former municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden close to the border with Italy. It's now part of the municipality of Bregaglia.-Geography:...	Giovanni v. Salis-Soglio (1707–1790).
			Katherina Barbara (1711–1788), daughter of Rudolfo v. Salis-Soglio (1652–1735).
	Sohia Drake. They married in 1797.	Vice Admiral Admiral (United Kingdom) Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank Admiral of the Fleet... Francis William Drake Francis William Drake Francis William Drake born in Buckland Monachorum, Devon the third son of Anne Heathcote and Sir Francis Henry Drake. Francis William is often confused with his younger brother, also a naval officer whose death occurred around the same time... (d.1787). Admiral of the Blue, then Red, then White. Brother of Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Bt. (d.1792). Brothers-in-law of Lord Heathfield George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba... .	Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Bt., MP (d.1739/40). Descendant of Francis Drake Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He also carried out the... .
			Anne Heathcote (buried Hackney 5 Nov. 1768), daughter of Samuel Heathcote. Sister of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt.
		Elizabeth Heathcote (d.1797). A first cousin of her husband.	Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt., of Hursley Hursley Hursley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England with a population of around 800 in 2005. It is located roughly mid-way between Romsey and Winchester on the A3090... , Hampshire (1693–1751).
			Elizabeth Parker, (d.1746/7), dau of Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC, FRS was an English Whig politician.-Youth and early career:He was born in Staffordshire, the son of Thomas Parker, an attorney at Leek. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge... .

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