Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth

Who was Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth?

Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth FRS, styled Lord Windsor until 1771, was an English nobleman.

Styled Lord Windsor from birth, he was the eldest son of Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth and the Honourable Catherine, daughter of Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 April 1773. He was Colonel of the Glamorganshire Miltia, 6 August 1779.

Lord Plymouth married his first cousin the Honourable Sarah, daughter of Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer, on 20 May 1778. They had several children, including:

⁕Other Archer Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth

⁕Lady Maria Windsor, wife of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire.

⁕Harriet Clive Windsor, Baroness Windsor, wife of Robert Clive.

Lord Plymouth died in June 1799, aged 48, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Other. The Dowager Countess of Plymouth married as her second husband William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, later Earl Amherst.