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unusual facts about Robert Henley-Ongley, 1st Baron Ongley



Baron Ongley

Baron Ongley, of Old Warden, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

Born Robert Henley, he assumed the additional surname of Ongley as heir of his great-uncle Sir Samuel Ongley, of Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

Marc Ongley

Ongley's first transcription for solo guitar was published in 1973 by J. Albert and Son, an interpretation of Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise.

In 1993 Ongley collaborated with British trumpeter Steve Waterman and bass player Laurence Cottle, to release his first jazz record, "Song for Ros", recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 24 April 1993.

In 1979 Ongley performed for the Australian High Commissioner, Gordon Freeth, at Australia House, London, playing the piece "Cello Suite No.1" by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Robert Henley

Robert Henley, 2nd Baron Henley (1789–1841), British lawyer and Member of Parliament

Robert Henley-Ongley, 1st Baron Ongley

Born Robert Henley, he assumed the additional surname of Ongley as heir of his great-uncle, Sir Samuel Ongley, of Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

The delay in raising him to the peerage was due to the hostility of George II, who resented Henley's former support of the Prince of Wales's faction, known as the Leicester House party; and it was in order that he might preside as Lord High Steward at the trial of the Earl Ferrers for murder in 1760 that he then received his patent.

The Grange, Northington

1764: Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (1708–1772) commissioned Robert Adam to design a kitchen block and an entrance bridge.

1787: The second Earl died childless and his sisters sold the house to the Drummond banking family.


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