Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio
Peter John Fane de Salis, Count de Salis-Soglio, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, DL, JP, G.C.J.J., K.R.E. was a mercenary soldier and landowner in Middlesex and the Irish counties Limerick and Armagh. He was Bailiff of the English Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Grand Prior of the Irish one. He was also an hereditary Knight of the Golden Spur/Eques Auratus and Papal Count Palatine of the Lateran.
Petrus Johannes, Pierre Jean, was born in Marylebone, Westminster 26 February 1799 and died at Acton 24 December 1870.
Eldest son of Jerome, Count de Salis by his first wife Sophia Drake.
William Fane de Salis was a younger half-brother.
Wives and Children
He married twice:- firstly: 9 February 1821, Henrietta Charlotte, daughter of Colonel de Senarclens de St. Denys ;
- and secondly: 16 July 1824, Cecile Henrietta Marguerite daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel. She was niece of Henry, Comte de Meuron, Lt. Colonel and Chamberlain to the King of Prussia.
- John Francis William de Salis, diplomat and numismatist.
- Peter, in the Austrian Service and then curator of Neuchâtel's art museum. Peter's only surviving child, Elisabeth Sophie, married Godefroy de Blonay, and became known as Baronne de Blonay.
- George Alois, was a captain in the 3rd Lancer Regiment. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Custoza he was buried in Verona.
- Anna Sophia Elisabeth, Anna Grafin v. Salis-Soglio,. She married, a cousin, Johann Gaudenz Dietegan v. Salis-Seewis of Bothmar, Malans. Son of Johann-Jacob, Fhr. v. Salis-Seewis married Anna Barbara v. Jenatsch.
Life
- 1817 The Fleur de Lys, Paris.
- 1820 Chevalier de l'Ordre du Phoenix de :fr:Ordre du Phénix de Hohenlohe|Hohenlohe.
- 18xx Chevalier Grand Croix de l'Ordre Imperial Asiatique de Morale Universalle.
- 18xx Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
- 18xx Commandeur Baron de l'Ordre Noble d'Epire.
- 1823, 1826, 1832, 1834, & 1835: Landammann of Stalla/Bivio.
- 18xx Knight of the Royal and Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour of France.
- 1831 Knight Royal Order of the Red Eagle .
- 1832 Medal of the King of Prussia.
- His father dies, Middlesex, October 1836.
- September 1837 'Count Peter De Salis, of Hillingdon' became Commandant of The Volunteer Infantry, of Uxbridge.
- 20 July 1844 admitted a Knight of St. John of Jerusalem, Roman branch.
- 1859, election into the English langue of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Capitular Bailiff of the English Langue and Grand Prior of Ireland of the Order by 1868. At that time the other two capitular bailiffs were his Tandragee neighbour Duke of Manchester, the Grand-Prior of England, and the 2nd Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, who was the Bailiff of Aquila.
- JP for Middlesex & Westminster.
- 1855 resident at Ballyknock Cottage, near Tandragee, Co. Armagh.
- 1861 census the Count was boarding in Acton, west London, and was described as magistrate and landowner.
- 1865: Peter John Fane de Salis, of Tandaragee, Co. Armagh, was listed as living at Tandragee and at Turnham Green, Middlesex.
- 1868: Listed by Bigsby in 1868 as at Ballylisk House, near Tanderagee; St. John's Villa, Acton; and Hillingdon Place, Uxbridge.
Ancestors
| Peter John de Salis | Jerome, Count De Salis | Peter, Count de Salis | Jerome, Count de Salis |
| Peter John de Salis | Jerome, Count De Salis | Peter, Count de Salis | Hon. Mary Fane, daughter of 1st Lord Fane. |
| Peter John de Salis | Jerome, Count De Salis | Anna v. Salis-Soglio | Giovanni v. Salis-Soglio. |
| Peter John de Salis | Jerome, Count De Salis | Anna v. Salis-Soglio | Katherina Barbara, daughter of Rudolfo v. Salis-Soglio. |
| Peter John de Salis | Sohia Drake. They married in 1797. | Vice Admiral Francis William Drake. Admiral of the Blue, then Red, then White. Brother of Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Bt.. Brothers-in-law of Lord Heathfield. | Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Bt., MP. Descendant of Francis Drake. |
| Peter John de Salis | Sohia Drake. They married in 1797. | Vice Admiral Francis William Drake. Admiral of the Blue, then Red, then White. Brother of Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Bt.. Brothers-in-law of Lord Heathfield. | Anne Heathcote, daughter of Samuel Heathcote. Sister of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt. |
| Peter John de Salis | Sohia Drake. They married in 1797. | Elizabeth Heathcote. A first cousin of her husband. | Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt., of Hursley, Hampshire. |
| Peter John de Salis | Sohia Drake. They married in 1797. | Elizabeth Heathcote. A first cousin of her husband. | Elizabeth Parker,, dau of Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield. |