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Thomas Weld (cardinal)

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prompted assurances from people of high influence in England that his nomination had excited no jealousy, and was met with general satisfaction. He took up residence in an apartment in the immense Odescalchi Palace in Rome. In his opulent premises he periodically received visits from the aristocracy
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Widowed and with no further family responsibilities, Weld found himself at liberty to follow a religious vocation and become a priest. He renounced the Lulworth and other estates in favour of his next brother, Joseph Weld. He placed himself under the religious guidance of his old friend, the
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in July 1775, but he died just three months later after a fall from his horse. His widow later married Thomas Fitzherbert in 1778, but he died in 1781. The widowed Mrs Fitzherbert was introduced to George, Prince of Wales (later King
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on 15 May 1831, and was buried on 18 May in her father's Roman church. Cardinal Weld died on 10 April 1837. His remains were deposited in the church of
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to establish Stonyhurst College. He distinguished himself in relieving the misfortunes of the refugees of the French Revolution, and supported the
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as a wedding gift from his parents on his marriage in 1802 to Charlotte Mary Stourton, daughter of Mary Langdale and
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Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of two grandaughters and six grandsons, among them,
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Weld was born in London on 22 January 1773, the eldest son of the fifteen children of
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Richard Abbot, "Brighton's unofficial queen," THE TABLET, 1 September 2007, 12.
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of Rome, native and foreign, and from large numbers of his fellow-countrymen.
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Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.
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on 7 April 1821. Weld had meanwhile sponsored an orphanage in London.
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Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 18 January 2019
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On 20 June 1822 he began to assist the priest in charge of the
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to declare his aunt's marriage to George sacramentally valid.
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Portrait miniature of Thomas Weld and his daughter Mary Lucy
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Mary Lucy Weld (1799–1831), who married her second cousin,
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Pollen, John Hungerford. "Weld." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Charles Hugh Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
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His daughter died in 495:Charles Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton 695: 661:Recollections of the Four Last Popes 565:. The funeral oration, delivered by 343:because it had not been approved by 745:The Sequel to Catholic Emancipation 24: 462:had decided to elevate him to the 25: 849: 593:(1826–1883), who was awarded the 521:On 14 June 1796 Weld married, at 450:. Shortly after their arrival in 786:Dictionary of National Biography 768: 516: 750: 533:. Their only child was born at 818:19th-century British cardinals 737: 689: 666: 653: 644: 635: 632:, 2004 Oxford University Press 622: 572: 485:(1777–1863), had received the 279:Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin 277:, painted in Paris in 1819 by 13: 1: 431:, in a ceremony performed at 265: 7: 673:James, Jude (17 May 2019). 421:Bishop of Kingston, Ontario 10: 854: 763: 589:from 1857 to 1893 and Sir 723:Mosley, Charles, editor. 531:Hugh, third Lord Clifford 433:St Edmund's College, Ware 390:Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen 358: 237: 229: 219: 209: 201: 190: 178: 166: 161: 151: 138: 125: 120:Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen 112: 107: 85: 75: 67: 58: 47: 34: 781:Weld, Thomas (1773-1837) 481:Meanwhile, his brother, 341:Royal Marriages Act 1772 569:, was later published. 458:announced to Weld that 392:ordained him priest in 330:(c.1740–1775), married 182:10 April 1837 (aged 64) 454:, on 19 January 1830, 384:. Another friend, the 376: 368: 281: 696:Duke, Gerald (2003). 563:Santa Maria in Aquiro 543:Hugh Charles Clifford 473:His elevation to the 468:San Marcello al Corso 374: 366: 273: 254:. He was consecrated 233:Lucy Bridget Clifford 195:Santa Maria in Aquiro 53:San Marcello al Corso 728:Wilmington, Delaware 679:Advertiser and Times 601:Notes and references 545:(afterwards seventh 507:Royal Yacht Squadron 464:College of Cardinals 224:Thomas and Mary Weld 700:. martinstown.co.uk 591:Henry Hugh Clifford 509:. 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Index

Cardinal Weld
His Eminence
Cardinal-priest
San Marcello al Corso

Cardinal-priest of San Marcello al Corso
Coadjutor Bishop
Kingston
Titular Bishop
Amyclae
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen
William Poynter
Pius VIII
Cardinal-priest
Rome
Santa Maria in Aquiro
Roman Catholic
Thomas and Mary Weld
priesthood
bishop
cardinal

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
Thomas Weld
Lulworth Castle
Hooton
Charles Plowden
Thomas Weld
Bruges
Society of Jesus

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