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2 unusual facts about Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford


Archibald Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford

The son of Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1922.

William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester

#Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu (Kimbolton Castle, 17 January 1856 – London, 3 March 1944), married London, 10 August 1876 Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and had issue.


Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford

The son of Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father, and was subsequently created Baron Gosford in 1776 and Viscount Gosford in 1785.

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford

In November, Lord Gosford learned of the planned Lower Canada Rebellion and had many of Papineau's followers arrested, although Papineau himself escaped to the United States.

Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel

Two months later, Lord Gosford appointed him to the Executive Council of Lower Canada.

Markethill

In 1819, Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, (a peerage bestowed on the family in 1776), commissioned the construction of Gosford Castle.

No. 613 Squadron RAF

Viscount Acheson

Royal Commission for the Investigation of all Grievances Affecting His Majesty's Subjects of Lower Canada

Governor Gosford lead the royal commission of inquiry as commissioner together with Charles Edward Grey and George Gipps.

Thomas Storrow Brown

Their attacks were especially harsh against the Governor of the Colony, Lord Gosford despite the fact that he had ordered the dissolution of the British Rifle Corps in January 1836.


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