George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford

George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford (27 April 1771 – 4 October 1851), known as Sir George William Jerningham, 7th Baronet from 1809 to 1824, was a British peer who, in 1824, successfully obtained a reversal of the attainder of the barony of Stafford.

Early life

Stafford was born on 27 April 1771. He was the son and heir of the former Hon. Frances Dillon (1747–1825) and Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet (1736–1809) of Cossey Park in Norfolk. Edward married Emily Middleton of London in 1804, with whom he had four children. His paternal grandparents were Sir George Jerningham, 5th Baronet and the former Marie Françoise "Mary" Plowden (only surviving child of Mary Stafford-Howard and Francis Plowden, Comptroller of the Household James II and James III). His grandmother Mary was the sole heiress of her uncle, John Stafford-Howard, 4th Earl of Stafford (son of Hon. John Stafford-Howard of Stafford Castle, younger son of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford). His mother was the eldest daughter of Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon and the former Lady Charlotte Lee (second daughter of George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and descendant of King Charles II of England).

In 1829, he was made a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a learned society founded in 1707.

Hon. Charlotte Georgina (8 October 1800 – 28 May 1876), who married Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat, in 1823. Another, Louisa, was the wife of Sir Felton Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet and, after his death, Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds. The youngest was Emily Caton, wife of John McTavish, the Scottish-born British Consul at Baltimore.

Lord Stafford died on 4 October 1851 and was buried at Cossey, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his eldest son, Henry. Lady Stafford died eleven years later on 29 October 1862.

Descendants Through his second son Edward, he was a grandfather of Augustus Stafford-Jerningham, 10th Baron Stafford (1830–1892), FitzHerbert Stafford-Jerningham, 11th Baron Stafford (1833–1913), Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham (1835–1881), wife of Basil Thomas Fitzherbert (parents of Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford and Admiral Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford), and Rosa Stafford-Jerningham (1838–1880), who became a nun.