George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley
George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Treasurer of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone between 1868 and 1872.
Early life
Born George Fleming Leicester, he was the eldest son of John Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, by his wife Georgina Maria Cottin, daughter of Josiah Cottin, and a godson of George IV.George was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1832, he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Warren in lieu of Leicester under the terms of the will of his kinswoman Elizabeth Warren-Bulkeley, Viscountess Bulkeley.
Political career
Lord de Tabley succeeded in the barony on the death of his father in 1827. He sat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served under successively Lord Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell as a Lord-in-waiting between 1853 and 1858 and 1859 and 1866. In 1868 he was appointed Treasurer of the Household in the first Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone, a post he held until 1872, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1869.Personal life
Lord de Tabley married Catharina Barbara 'Nina', daughter of Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio, in 1832. They had two sons and four daughters:- John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley.
- Hon. Catharine Leicester. Buried Harlington, Middlesex, beside her mother. In 1884 the women's ward of the Harlington, Harmondsworth and Cranford Cottage Hospital was named after her.
- Hon. Meriel Warren, married Allen Bathurst in 1862.
- Hon. Eleanor, married Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet, of Loton, Shropshire, in 1864. She was heir to her brother in 1895, and in 1900 took the name Leighton-Warren. Barbara Sotheby, photographer and painter, was her daughter.
- Hon. Francis Peter Leicester Warren.
- Hon. Margaret Warren, married Arthur Cowell-Stepney, 2nd Baronet, of Llanelli, in 1875. Their daughter Catherine Muriel Cowell-Stepney, was painted by Sir John Everett Millais. She married Sir Stafford Howard in 1911.