James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave KG, PC was a British ambassador. Waldegrave was the son of the 1st Baron Waldegrave and Henrietta FitzJames, the illegitimate daughter of James II and Arabella Churchill. Waldegrave inherited his father's title in 1690 and on 20 May 1714, he married Mary Webbe, a daughter of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet and they had three surviving children: Hon. James Waldegrave (1714–1763) Hon.

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  • James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave KG, PC was a British ambassador. Waldegrave was the son of the 1st Baron Waldegrave and Henrietta FitzJames, the illegitimate daughter of James II and Arabella Churchill. Waldegrave inherited his father's title in 1690 and on 20 May 1714, he married Mary Webbe, a daughter of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet and they had three surviving children: Hon. James Waldegrave (1714–1763) Hon. John Waldegrave (1718–1784) Lady Henrietta Waldegrave (1717–1753), married firstly, Lord Edward Herbert, a son of the 2nd Marquess of Powis and had issue; married secondly, John Beard (a singer at Covent Garden). His wife died in childbirth in 1719 and after her death, converted from Roman Catholicism (the religion he was brought up with) to Anglicanism in order to take his seat in the House of Lords. He was briefly a Lord of the Bedchamber in 1723 and then from 1730-41 and Ambassador to Austria from 1727-30 and to France from 1730-40. During his ambassadorship to France, he still spent enough time in London to be one of the founding Governors of the new charity there, known as the Foundling Hospital (created in 1739). In 1729, he had been created Earl Waldegrave and on his death in 1741, was succeeded by his eldest son, James. Waldegrave was the first person to discuss what would become game theory in a 1713 letter concerning the card game le Her.
  • James Waldegrave, 1. hrabia Waldegrave (1684–11 IV 1741) - brytyjski dyplomata. Jego ojcem był Henry Waldegrave, 1. baron Waldegrave. James Waldegrave odziedziczył tytuł ojca w roku 1690 a 20 maja 1714,poślubił Mary Webbe, której ojcem był Sir John Webb, 3. baronet Webb mieli razem kilkoro dzieci: James Waldegrave (1714–1763) John Waldegrave (1718–1784) Henrietta Waldegrave (1717–1753), (pierwszy mąż: Lord Edward Herbert, drugi: John Beard . Jego zona zmarła przy porodzie w roku 1719, po jej śmierci Waldegrave przeszedł z katolicyzmu na anglikanizm by móc objąć stanowisko w Izbie Lordów. Nosił krótko tytuł Lord of the Bedchamberw roku 1723 i potem w latach 1730-41. Był ambasadorem w Austrii w latach 1727-30 i we Francji od 1730 do 1740. Po jego wyjeździe z Paryża na placówce pozostał chargé d'affaires Anthony Thompson, a następny ambasador William Anne Keppel, 2. hrabia Albemarle przybył tam dopiero w 1748 roku. Waldergrave interesował się zagadnieniami znanymi dziś jako teoria gier.
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  • 1690–1741
  • 1729–1741
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  • James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave KG, PC was a British ambassador. Waldegrave was the son of the 1st Baron Waldegrave and Henrietta FitzJames, the illegitimate daughter of James II and Arabella Churchill. Waldegrave inherited his father's title in 1690 and on 20 May 1714, he married Mary Webbe, a daughter of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet and they had three surviving children: Hon. James Waldegrave (1714–1763) Hon.
  • James Waldegrave, 1. hrabia Waldegrave (1684–11 IV 1741) - brytyjski dyplomata. Jego ojcem był Henry Waldegrave, 1. baron Waldegrave. James Waldegrave odziedziczył tytuł ojca w roku 1690 a 20 maja 1714,poślubił Mary Webbe, której ojcem był Sir John Webb, 3. baronet Webb mieli razem kilkoro dzieci: James Waldegrave (1714–1763) John Waldegrave (1718–1784) Henrietta Waldegrave (1717–1753), (pierwszy mąż: Lord Edward Herbert, drugi: John Beard .
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  • James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave
  • James Waldegrave, 1. hrabia Waldegrave
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