Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea

Who was Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea?

The Hon. Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, born Henry Arthur Cadogan DL, was a British army officer, civil servant and politician.

This Viscount Chelsea was a Conservative Member of the House of Commons elected twice to the seat of Bury St Edmunds. He was previously a captain in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers and a civil servant to the Prime Minister. His father was a major developer of part of Kensington and Chelsea and represented the Crown in Ireland. Henry became his expectant heir from the age of 10 but had no sons who survived childhood and he predeceased his father at the age of 40.

His wife, Cecilia Mildred Harriet Sturt, had a less notable career than Henry. She suffered the loss of her husband and two years later, that of their only son but that year married again and being widowed again, married the Duke of Manchester.