John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke

John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (30 May 1750 – 27 August 1827), known as Sir John Rous, Bt, from 1771 to 1796 and as The Lord Rous from 1796 to 1821, was a British nobleman, race horse owner and Member of Parliament. He married Charlotte Maria Whittaker on 23 February 1792 at 11 Manchester Square, London, England.[1]

Stradbroke was the son of Sir John Rous, 5th Baronet, and succeeded as sixth Baronet on his father's death in 1771. In 1780 he was elected to the House of Commons for Suffolk, a seat he held until 1796.[2] The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rous, of Dennington in the County of Suffolk. In 1821 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Dunwich, in the County of Suffolk, and Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk.[3] Lord Stradbroke owned a stud farm in Suffolk and won the 1815 2,000 Guineas with the colt Tigris.

In 1788 he married Juliana Warter Wilson, daughter of Irish landowner Edward Wilson of Bilboa.[3] His wife owned an estate on the border between Limerick and Tipperary.[3] She died in 1790. he couple had a daughter Lady Frances Anne Juliana Rous who married Vice Admiral Henry Hotham.[3][4] Stradbroke later remarried.[3]

Lord Stradbroke died in August 1827, aged 77 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. His second son, Henry John Rous, became an admiral in the Royal Navy and a renowned steward of the Jockey Club.[5]

References

  1. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/1, page 322. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. ^ "Rt Hon. John Rous, 6th Baronet, later first Earl of Stradbroke in Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry Uniform, William BEECHEY". NGV. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Landed Estates: Rous". University of Galway. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  4. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 2 (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 1976.
  5. ^ "Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870". Trove. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.

Further reading

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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