Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea

Careers Lord Chelsea had three careers, that of a captain in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, that of Private Secretary to a Prime Minister (at the time, officially termed the First Lord of the Treasury) and that of an MP for the eight years from his election in 1892.

In 1892 he was elected (as Member of Parliament) for Bury St Edmunds. In February 1904, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the County of London.

Marriage and family On 30 April 1892, he married Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt (1867–1942), a daughter of politician Lord Alington, at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, Chelsea and they had six children:

Sibyl Louise Beatrix (1893–1969), married Lord Stanley. Edith Mary Winifred (1895–1969), married the 3rd Baron Hillingdon. Cynthia Hilda Evelyn (1896–1966), married Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet. Alexandra Mary (1900–1961), married the 10th Duke of Marlborough. Victoria Laura (1901–1991), married Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet, of Craigmillar. Edward George John Humphrey, briefly Viscount Chelsea (1903–1910); a godson of Edward VII and George, Prince of Wales.

His own death from cancer at age 40 at Temple House, Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, preceded the death of his only son in childhood illness.

Two years after his death, in 1910, his wife married Hedworth Lambton (later Meux) (a son of the 2nd Earl of Durham); in 1930 she married Lord Charles Montagu (a son of the 7th Duke of Manchester).