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William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath

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William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath (30 January 1692 – 17 May 1711) was an English nobleman.

Origins

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He was the only son of Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath, by his second wife Isabella de Nassau d'Auverquerque, sister of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham.

Career

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He was styled Viscount Lansdown from August to September 1701, when he succeeded in the earldom after his father committed suicide, allegedly because of the debts he had inherited.

Death

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Lord Bath died of smallpox in May 1711, aged 19, when the earldom became extinct.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Abel Boyer (1712). The history of the reign of Queen Anne. Vol. 10. p. 378.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Bath
1701–1711
Extinct