Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet


Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet was a British baronet.

Early life

Wombwell was born on 13 April 1792. He was the eldest son of Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet and Lady Anne Belasyse. After his mother's death in 1808, his father married Eliza Little, daughter of T. E. Little. From his parents' marriage, he had a younger brother, Henry Walter Wombwell, who died unmarried. From his father's second marriage, he had a half-sister, Louisa Beauclerk, and a half-brother, Charles Orby Wombwell.
His paternal grandparents were Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet and Susannah Rawlinson. His maternal grandparents were Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg of Newborough, Yorkshire, and the former Hon. Charlotte Lamb. His aunt, Lady Elizabeth Belasyse, was married to Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.

Career

Upon the death of his father on 28 October 1846, George, who was "well-known in fashionable circles", succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Wombwell, of Wombwell, and inherited Newburgh Priory in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, the old seat of the Belasyses.
Sir George never took part in "public politics" and was mainly known "in the fashionable world, and on the Turf".

Personal life

On 23 June 1824, Wombwell married Georgiana Hunter at the bride's father's house in Grosvenor Place, London. She was the youngest daughter of Thomas Orby Hunter and Frances Heywood. Together, they were the parents of:
Sir George died suddenly on 14 January 1855, at his townhouse at 15 St George Hanover Square.

Descendants

Through his youngest son Frederick, he was a grandfather of Frederick Adolphus Wombwell and Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon.