{{Short description|British Liberal politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use British English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Earl of Liverpool | honorific_suffix = PC | image = The Lord Hawkesbury in 1895.jpg | image_size = | caption = | order1 = Lord Steward of the Household | term_start1 = 18 December 1905 | term_end1 = 23 March 1907 | monarch1 = Edward VII | prime_minister1 = Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman | predecessor1 = The Earl of Pembroke | successor1 = The Earl Beauchamp | constituency_MP2 = Mansfield | term_start2 = 18 December 1885 | term_end2 = 26 July 1892 | predecessor2 = Constituency created | successor2 = John Williams | constituency_MP3 = North Nottinghamshire | term_start3 = 27 April 1880 | term_end3 = 18 December 1885 | predecessor3 = Sir Evelyn Denison | successor3 = Constituency abolished | birth_date = {{birth date|1846|11|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Worksop, Nottinghamshire | death_date = {{death date and age|1907|3|23|1846|11|7|df=y}} | death_place = Kirkham, East Riding of Yorkshire | party = Liberal | alma_mater = | spouse = (1) Louisa Howard <br />(d. 1871) <br /> (2) Susan Cavendish <br />(d. 1917) }}
'''Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC}} (7 November 1846 – 23 March 1907), known as '''the Lord Hawkesbury''' between 1893 and 1905, was a British Liberal politician. A great-nephew of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, he was Lord Steward of the Household under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman between 1905 and his death in 1907. He was the grandson of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet of Parham, his namesake. Foljambe was a noted ornithologist and was once visited by a young Franklin D. Roosevelt who made a trip specifically to see Foljambe's collection.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rightful Heritage |last=Brinkley |first=Douglas |authorlink=Douglas Brinkley |page=106-107 |publisher=HarperCollins |date=2016}}</ref>
==Background== {{Unsourced|section|date=December 2022}} Foljambe was born at Osberton Hall in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was the son of George Savile Foljambe and Lady Selina Jenkinson, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool. Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, was his great-uncle, and his older half-brother was Francis Foljambe, a fellow Liberal politician.
He joined the Royal Navy and served as a midshipman 1861–67 then lieutenant 1867–70, in England, and in New Zealand during the Waikato War in 1863–64. He kept his own hand-written logs of his voyages, which include numerous colour and black and white sketches. His postings included HMS ''Victory'' (1861–1862), HMS ''Defence'' (1862–1863), HMS ''Curacoa'' (1863–1867), HM Gunboat ''Pioneer'' (1863), HM Steamer ''Avon'' (1863–1864), and HM Colonial Steamer ''Koheroa'' (1864).
During 1863, he completed a running survey of the Waikato River between Ngāruawāhia and Huntly when a fellow shipmate was wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Koheroa ridges [cartographic material] : scene of action between the native tribes of the Waikato River and the troops under the command of Lt. General Cameron C.B., July 17th, 1863 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230867269 |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 June 1867, and retired from the navy on 2 May 1870.
==Political career== In 1880, Foljambe was elected to the House of Commons for North Nottinghamshire. He held this seat until 1885,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons3.htm |title=leighrayment.com House of Commons: Northampton North to Nuneaton |access-date=21 November 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407065925/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons3.htm |archive-date=7 April 2017 }}</ref> and then represented Mansfield from 1885 to 1892.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons1.htm |title=leighrayment.com House of Commons: Macclesfield to Marylebone West |access-date=21 November 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231646/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons1.htm |archive-date=10 August 2009 }}</ref>
In 1893, he was raised to the peerage as '''Baron Hawkesbury''', of Haselbech in the County of Northampton and of Ollerton, Sherwood Forest, in the County of Nottingham,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26415 |date=23 June 1893 |page=3570 }}</ref> a revival of the barony held by his maternal grandfather, Lord Liverpool. In 1894, he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Liberal administration of Lord Rosebery,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26509 |date=4 May 1894 |page=2613 }}</ref> a post he held until the government fell in 1895.
In July 1901, he was appointed an additional member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27340 |date=2 August 1901 |page=5125}}</ref>
When the Liberals returned to power in 1905 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Hawkesbury was made Lord Steward of the Household.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27866 |date=22 December 1905 |page=9171 }}</ref> A few days later the earldom of Liverpool was also revived when he was made '''Viscount Hawkesbury''', of Kirkham in the County of York and of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham, and '''Earl of Liverpool'''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27866 |date=22 December 1905 |page=9173 }}</ref> He was admitted to the Privy Council<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28873 |date=9 January 1906 |page=182 }}</ref> in 1906 and remained a member of the government until his death in March 1907.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28046 |date=30 July 1907 |page=5281 }}</ref>
==Family==
[[File:The three eldest children of Frederick John Howard (1814-1897) and Lady Fanny Cavendish, by Robert Dowling (1827-1886).jpg|thumb|Louisa (Foljambe) Howard (seated) with her elder brothers William and George Robert Dowling, 1844)]] Lord Liverpool married Louisa Howard, daughter of Frederick John Howard, on 22 July 1869. They had two children: *Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (27 May 1870 – 15 May 1941) *Frederick Compton Savile Foljambe (20 August 1871 – 21 August 1871), died in infancy.
After his first wife's death in 1871, Foljambe erected memorial plaques and windows in 38 churches which had connections with the family, e.g. Sherburn-in-Elmet church where there is a "Foljambe window".{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
On 21 July 1877, Foljambe married his first wife's cousin, Susan Cavendish, daughter of William Frederick Henry Cavendish. They had eleven children:<ref>Whitaker´s Almanach, 1905</ref> *Gerald William Frederick Savile Foljambe, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1878–1962), an officer in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. *Lady Edith Margaret Emily Mary Foljambe (1879–1962), married Brigadier-General D'Arcy Legard. *Lady Alice Etheldreda Georgiana Mary Foljambe (1880–1922), a painter,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Savile |first1=Cecil George |title=Catalogue of portraits, miniatures &c. : in the possession of Cecil George Savile, 4th Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward, &c |date=1905 |publisher=[Liverpool : s.n.] |url=https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofportr00savi/catalogueofportr00savi#page/32/mode/1up/search/%22Alice+Foljambe%22}}</ref> died unmarried. *Lady Mabel Evelyn Selina Mary Foljambe (1881–1915), married Dr. William Woodburn. *Brevet Major Honourable Josceline Charles William Savile Foljambe (1882–1916), an officer in the Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action in the First World War. *Margaret Susan Louisa Mary Foljambe (14 January 1884 – 16 January 1884), died in infancy. *Lady Constance Blanche Alethea Mary Foljambe (1885–1977), married Reverend Hezekiah Hawkins. *Robert Anthony Edward St Andrew Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl of Liverpool (1887–1969) *Honourable Bertram Marmaduke Osbert Savile Foljambe (1891–1955), married Joyce Edmunson and had issue, including Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe (1919–1944), whose son Edward Foljambe (b.1944) is the present Earl of Liverpool. *Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe (1893–12 April 1974), married Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, and had issue. *Honourable Victor Alexander Cecil Savile Foljambe (1895–1975).
Foljambe died in March 1907, aged 60, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest and only surviving son from his first marriage, Arthur. The Countess of Liverpool died in December 1917.
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