Granville Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock

Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock (10 April 1833 – 8 December 1913)[1] was a British missionary and a Peer of Ireland.

The Lord Radstock
Born	10 April 1833 London, England
Died	8 December 1913 (aged 80) Hôtel d'Jéna, Paris, France
Occupation	Missionary

He became the 3rd Baron Radstock on the death of his father Granville George Waldegrave in 1857. Radstock married Susan Calcraft (1833–1892) on 16 July 1858 in Trinity Church, Marylebone. She was the youngest daughter of John Hales Calcraft, MP for Wareham, and Lady Caroline Montagu, daughter of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester.[1] In 1889, they acquired the Mayfield estate in Weston, Southampton.[2]

On 25 April 1860, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the West Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps.[3] He resigned his commission at the end of October 1866.[4]

As a result of a spiritual crisis during the Crimean War, Redstock with his wife joined the Plymouth brothers' "free" church in Bristol. It was a community of the so-called Open Brethren, led by prominent theologian and missionary George Müller.[5]

Radstock is perhaps best known for his work as a missionary during the Great Russian Awakening.[5] In 1874, he travelled to St Petersburg as part of his missionary work, trips that were repeated in 1875–76 and 1878.[1]

He died in Paris on 8 December 1913.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of Granville Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock

Crest Out of a ducal coronet Or a plum of five ostrich feathers per pale Argent and Gules a crescent Sable for difference. Escutcheon Per pale Argent and Gules a crescent Sable for difference. Supporters Dexter a talbot reguardant wings expanded and elevated holding in the dexter claw a thunderbolt all Proper. Motto St Vincent [7]

References

1. Harold H. Rowdon, "Waldegrave, Granville Augustus William, third Baron Radstock (1833–1913)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, May 2006, accessed 19 August 2012 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
2. Southampton City Council
3. "No. 22383". The London Gazette. 8 May 1860. p. 1744.
4. "No. 23182". The London Gazette. 9 November 1866. p. 5899.
5. Fountain 1988.
6. "Lord Radstock". The Times. 9 December 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 18 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

Sources

• Fountain, David G. (1988). Lord Radstock and the Russian Awakening. Southampton: Mayflower Christian Books. ISBN 978-0-907821-04-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)