William Vickery I
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| Full Name | William John Vickery |
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| 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 |
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| School | Winchester |
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| Year Attained Title | 1745 |
| Year of Marriage | (1)1740, (2)1752 |
| Spouse | (1)Emmeline 'Emma' Fletcher, (2)Elizabeth Pimbury |
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| Spouse's Death | 1750 |
| Issue | Edward, Laura, Anne, James, George |
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