The Earl of Portsmouth | |
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| Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives | |
| In office 1908–1916 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as a hereditary peer 7 December 1925 – 10 February 1943 | |
| Preceded by | The 7th Earl of Portsmouth |
| Succeeded by | The 9th Earl of Portsmouth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oliver Henry Wallop 13 January 1861 Eggesford, Devon, England |
| Died | 10 February 1943 (aged 82) Colorado Springs, Colorado, US |
| Spouse |
Marguerite Walker
(m. 1897; died 1938) |
| Children |
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| Parent(s) | Isaac Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth Lady Eveline Herbert |
Oliver Henry Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth (13 January 1861 – 10 February 1943), was a British peer and also served in the Wyoming State Legislature in the United States.[1]
Wallop was born at Eggesford House in Devon, England, to Isaac Newton Fellowes (later Wallop), 5th Earl of Portsmouth, and Lady Eveline Alicia Juliana Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon. As the third son, he was not expected to inherit his father's earldom, and in 1883 moved to the American West to become a rancher and stockman. He settled in Miles City, Montana, before coming to Big Horn, Wyoming, and purchasing the Canyon Ranch in 1895. He became a United States citizen in 1904 and, as O. H. Wallop, was first elected to the Wyoming Legislature in 1908, serving two terms as a Republican in the Wyoming House of Representatives.[2]
From 1917 to 1919, he served in the British Army in the First World War.[3]
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 3192–3193. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ The State of Wyoming Legislature-O. H. Wallop
- ^ U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.