George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes - St Leonard - Badlesmere Lees, Kent
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Hatchment to George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes, in St Leonard's church, Badlesmere.
Waymark Code: WM119V4
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/13/2019
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Hatchment to George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes, in St Leonard's church, Badlesmere.
"The hatchment on the south wall is of George Watson, the First Earl Sondes who died in 1894 and was married in 1859 to Charlotte, the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Stracey of Norfolk. It was the custom to paint armorial bearing on a lozenge-shaped panel and display it on the housefront as a sign of mourning. Oftern such hatchments, or funeral escutcheons, were placed later in the parish church. Here the black background on the dexter side and the white on the sinister indicate that the husband had died and the wife survived him."
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"George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes (2 October 1824 – 10 September 1894), was a British peer and Conservative politician. Sondes was the son of George Milles, 4th Baron Sondes.
Sondes was elected Member of Parliament for Kent East in 1868, a seat he held until 1874 when he succeeded his father as fifth Baron Sondes and entered the House of Lords. In 1880 he was created Viscount Throwley, of the County of Kent, and Earl Sondes, of Lees Court in the County of Kent.
Lord Sondes married Charlotte Stracey, daughter of Sir Henry Stracey, 5th Baronet, in 1859. They had several children. He died in September 1894, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, George. Lady Sondes died in June 1927."
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