Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, PC (24 November 1681 – 20 January 1721) was a British peer and politician.
Darcy was the second (but eldest surviving) son of John Darcy, Lord Conyers, himself the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness. He became his grandfather's heir, styled Lord Conyers when his father died in 1688 and later inherited the former's earldom in 1692. In 1698 he matriculated fellow-commoner from King's College, Cambridge.[1] In 1714, the Earl of Holderness, as he now was, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire and admitted to the Privy Council and appointed First Lord of Trade in 1718. He was also a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1719 to his death.
On 26 May 1715, Holderness had married Lady Frederica Schomberg (the eldest surviving daughter of the 3rd Duke of Schomberg) and they had two surviving children: Hon. Robert (1718-1778) and Lady Caroline (d. 1778, married the 4th Marquess of Lothian).
On Lord Holderness' death in 1721, his title passed to his only surviving son, Robert, and his wife later married the future 1st Earl FitzWalter.
References
- ^ Darcy, Robert in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Earl of Suffolk |
First Lord of Trade 1718–1719 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Westmorland |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Buckingham and Normanby |
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1714–1721 |
Succeeded by Conyers Darcy |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Conyers Darcy |
Earl of Holderness 1692–1721 |
Succeeded by Robert Darcy |
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