William Vickery I

William Vickery

Portrayed by Bernard Hepton
Full Name	William John Vickery
Title	Viscount Saltash
Associated Noble House(s)	Viscountcy of Saltash
Date of Birth	1715
Father	John Vickery
Father's Rank	Viscount Saltash
Mother	Mary Vickery
Mother's Rank	Viscountess Saltash
Town Residence
Income
School	Winchester
University
Year Attained Title	1745
Year of Marriage	(1)1740, (2)1752
Spouse	(1)Emmeline 'Emma' Fletcher, (2)Elizabeth Pimbury
Spouse's Rank
Spouse's Death	1750
Issue	Edward, Laura, Anne, James, George

William, Lord Saltash, in his Parliamentary robes c. 1760

William Vickery was the only living son of John Vickery, the first Viscount Saltash, at his father's death in 1745 and became the second Viscount. Prior to his accession to the title, he served in the Army and was present at the Battle of Dettingen, the last time a reigning British monarch led an army in the field.

He married twice, the first union producing a son Edward and daughter Laura Asquith, although Edward predeceased his father, dying of pneumonia in 1781. Although his wife Emmeline (known as Emma to family and close friends) became pregnant a third time, neither she nor the child (a son) survived the birth. William subsequently remarried, his second wife Elizabeth, the daughter of a baronet, bore two sons and a daughter, who outlived their parents. Elizabeth's second child, a son, eventually became the third Viscount Saltash.

William himself died in 1783, having seen his eldest son die and his second son return from the war in America, marry and have a son of his own, Robert.

Shortly after his father's death, William decided to remodel the country seat, Fallbrooke House, improving the interior of the house that had been built to replace the original Elizabethan manor house, and making improvements to the park surrounding the house, as well as expanding the stables and offices, and adding an orangery along the south side of the house.

Family

See also Vickery Family

• Wife: (1) Emmeline (b. 1723, d. 1750), (2) Elizabeth (b. 1734, d. 1802)
• Issue: Edward (b. 1744, d. 1781), Laura, Anne, James, George
• Grandchildren: David, St John, Edward, Richard, Charlotte, Robert, Kit, John, Lucinda, Emma, Jonty, Georgiana, William, Laura, Miranda, Edward