Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis
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Jérôme de Salis, 2nd Count de Salis-Soglio
(8 July 1709 - 8 August 1794) was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and sometime British Resident in the Grisons
. He was also known as Hieronimus, Gerolamo, Geronimo, Harry, Jerome the grandfather and Monsieur le Comte de Salis.
, capital of the Grisons
, then an independent republic, whose rule extended into present day Italy, including the areas of Chiavenna
and the Valtellina
. He would be the only surviving son of Colonel Peter de Salis-Soglio (1675–1749), by his wife Margherita (1678–1747), daughter of Hercules de Salis-Soglio.
His father, of a distinguished family had been a soldier in France
, in the Dutch Republic
and in England
, where he became envoy of the Grisons Republic to the Court of St. James's
during the reign of Queen Anne
. There he became an Anglophile and made influential friends amongst the Hanoverian
s. On his return to Chur he resolved to send his son to London and Jerome de Salis became a naturalized British subject by Private Act of Parliament on 24 March 1730/31.
On 7 January 1734/35, de Salis married Mary Fane, eldest daughter of Charles, the first Viscount Fane. Together they were to have four sons: Charles (1736–1781), who died at Hieres; Peter
(1738–1807), who became 3rd Count de Salis; Henry Jerome (1740–1810) and William (1741–1750).
De Salis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
on 19 March 1741, proposed by Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope
(his wife's cousin), Martin Folkes
(former president of the society), Andrew Mitchell
, and his brother-in-law, Lord Sandwich
.
. This means he served as King George II's extraordinary envoy or minister plenipotentiary to the Grisons Leagues. He arrived in Coire
on April 10, 1743, and resided there in a public character until 13 March 1750.
In 1748, by a patent dated of 12 March Emperor Francis I
created his father Peter, together with his descendants, a Count
of the Holy Roman Empire
; the father died the following year.
During and after his time as British Resident in the Grisons he lived in both Chur and in Chiavenna and, in the mid-1760s, he started to build an Anglo-Palladian double-pile summer villa http://www.viabregaglia.com/ita/route/07/index.php in Bondo
, a village in the Val Bregaglia
between Chiavenna and the Maloja Pass
. The house was completed by his son Peter in 1774.
until his death on 8 August 1794. In the meantime, his wife lived in Knightsbridge, Margate, Marseilles, Harlington and, from 1780, at Smallborough Green, Isleworth. She died there of dropsy
on the 31 March 1785 and was buried at Harlington.
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:...
(8 July 1709 - 8 August 1794) was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and sometime British Resident in the Grisons
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...
. He was also known as Hieronimus, Gerolamo, Geronimo, Harry, Jerome the grandfather and Monsieur le Comte de Salis.
Family background and early life in Chur and London
He was born on 8 July 1709 in ChurChur
Chur or Coire is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton.-History:The name "chur" derives perhaps from the Celtic kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia....
, capital of the Grisons
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...
, then an independent republic, whose rule extended into present day Italy, including the areas of Chiavenna
Chiavenna (SO)
This article is about the Italian municipality. For the astronomer, see Paolo Chiavenna.Chiavenna is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km north of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Sondrio...
and the Valtellina
Valtellina
Valtellina or the Valtelline valley ; is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its skiing, its hot spring spas, its cheeses and its wines...
. He would be the only surviving son of Colonel Peter de Salis-Soglio (1675–1749), by his wife Margherita (1678–1747), daughter of Hercules de Salis-Soglio.
His father, of a distinguished family had been a soldier in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in the Dutch Republic
Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic — officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republic of the Seven United Provinces — was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately...
and in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where he became envoy of the Grisons Republic to the Court of St. James's
Court of St. James's
The Court of St James's is the royal court of the United Kingdom. It previously had the same function in the Kingdom of England and in the Kingdom of Great Britain .-Overview:...
during the reign of Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
. There he became an Anglophile and made influential friends amongst the Hanoverian
Hanoverian
The adjective Hanoverian is used to describe:* British monarchs or supporters of the House of Hanover, the dynasty which ruled the United Kingdom from 1714 to 1901.* things relating to the Electorate of Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover, or Province of Hanover...
s. On his return to Chur he resolved to send his son to London and Jerome de Salis became a naturalized British subject by Private Act of Parliament on 24 March 1730/31.
On 7 January 1734/35, de Salis married Mary Fane, eldest daughter of Charles, the first Viscount Fane. Together they were to have four sons: Charles (1736–1781), who died at Hieres; 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 -...
(1738–1807), who became 3rd Count de Salis; Henry Jerome (1740–1810) and William (1741–1750).
De Salis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
on 19 March 1741, proposed by Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope FRS was a British peer.The son of the 1st Earl Stanhope and Lucy Pitt, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1721. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society....
(his wife's cousin), Martin Folkes
Martin Folkes
Martin Folkes FRS , English antiquary, was born in London.He was educated at Saumur University and Clare College, Cambridge, where he so distinguished himself in mathematics that when only twenty-three years of age he was chosen a fellow of the Royal Society...
(former president of the society), Andrew Mitchell
Andrew Mitchell (diplomat)
Sir Andrew Mitchell was a British diplomat noted for his service as envoy to the court of Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War.-Early Career and Interests:...
, and his brother-in-law, Lord Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten...
.
Diplomatic Service in the Grisons
In 1743, de Salis was appointed British ResidentResident (title)
A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of indirect rule....
. This means he served as King George II's extraordinary envoy or minister plenipotentiary to the Grisons Leagues. He arrived in Coire
Chur
Chur or Coire is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton.-History:The name "chur" derives perhaps from the Celtic kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia....
on April 10, 1743, and resided there in a public character until 13 March 1750.
In 1748, by a patent dated of 12 March Emperor Francis I
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty...
created his father Peter, together with his descendants, a Count
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
; the father died the following year.
During and after his time as British Resident in the Grisons he lived in both Chur and in Chiavenna and, in the mid-1760s, he started to build an Anglo-Palladian double-pile summer villa http://www.viabregaglia.com/ita/route/07/index.php in Bondo
Bondo, Switzerland
Bondo is a former municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It's now part of the municipality of Bregaglia.-Geography:...
, a village in the Val Bregaglia
Val Bregaglia
The Val Bregaglia or Bergell Tal is an alpine valley of Switzerland and Italy at the base of which runs the river Mera River...
between Chiavenna and the Maloja Pass
Maloja Pass
Maloja Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadin with the Val Bregaglia and Chiavenna in Italy...
. The house was completed by his son Peter in 1774.
Return to London
De Salis returned to London in 1768 and lived in Harley StreetHarley Street
Harley Street is a street in the City of Westminster in London, England which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery.- Overview :...
until his death on 8 August 1794. In the meantime, his wife lived in Knightsbridge, Margate, Marseilles, Harlington and, from 1780, at Smallborough Green, Isleworth. She died there of dropsy
Edema
Edema or oedema ; both words from the Greek , oídēma "swelling"), formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin or in one or more cavities of the body that produces swelling...
on the 31 March 1785 and was buried at Harlington.
Sister
Margaretha, (born 2 July 1704 and died 13 May 1765), married 3 October 1728, Antonio v. Salis-Soglio; Chur Stadtrichter; (born 1702 and died 1765). He was son of commissioner Battista v. Salis-Soglio of the Casa Battista, by Anna v. Salis-Samaden.Ancestors
| Jerome de Salis | Peter, 1st Count de Salis-Soglio (1675–1749) |
Antonio de Salis-Soglio (1649–1735) |
Antonio de Salis-Soglio (casa Antonio) (1609–82). Brother of Rudolf |
| Cornelia de Salis (1624–96). Sister of Margaretha |
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| Perpetua v. Planta-Zuoz Zuoz Zuoz is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-History:Zuoz is first mentioned about 840 as Zuzes. Historically, Zuoz was the political center of the upper Engadin. It was the seat of the local bishop. But, it has long ago been supplanted by other Engadin... |
Peter v. Planta-Zuoz (1617–1703) |
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| Anna v. Perini |
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| Margherita v. Salis-Soglio (1678–1747) |
Ercole de Salis-Soglio (1650–1727) |
Rudolf de Salis-Soglio (Casa di Mezzo) (1608–80). Brother of Antonio |
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| Cleophea de Salis-Grusch Grüsch Grüsch is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Fanas and Valzeina were merged with Grüsch.-History:... (1622–98) |
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| Maria Magdalena de Salis-Seewis Seewis im Prättigau Seewis im Prättigau is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-History:Seewis im Prättigau is first mentioned in 1224 as de Sevve.... (1653–97) |
Jerome de Salis-Seewis (1621–1710) |
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| Margherita de Salis (1627–1707). Sister of Cornelia |
External
- Salis family described by German Wiki.