George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden

For other people of the same name, see George Pratt.

The second Marquess Camden

George Charles Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden, KG (2 May 1799 – 6 August 1866) was a British peer and Tory politician, styled Viscount Bayham from 1794 to 1812 and Earl of Brecknock from 1812 to 1840.

Pratt's father was John Pratt, Viscount Bayham, eldest son of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. His mother was Frances Molesworth, daughter of William Molesworth of Wenbury, Devon (the second son of Sir John Molesworth, 4th Baronet).

In 1821, Brecknock became Tory Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, then for Bath in 1830 and finally for Dunwich in 1831. He was also a Lord of the Admiralty from 1828 to 1829.

On 8 January 1835, he was called to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Camden and was married later that year, on 27 August, to Harriet Murray (1813–1854), the daughter of George Murray, Bishop of Rochester. His wife was later made a Lady of the Bedchamber and they had eleven children.

In 1840, Camden inherited his father's titles. He was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1846 and Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire in 1865. On his death in 1866, his titles passed to his eldest son, John, Earl of Brecknock.

Source

• Cokayne et al., The Complete Peerage

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess Camden

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Earl of Carhampton Sandford Graham	Member of Parliament for Ludgershall 1821–1826 With: Sandford Graham	Succeeded by George Agar-Ellis Edward Foley
Preceded by Lord John Thynne Charles Palmer	Member of Parliament for Bath 1826–1830 With: Lord John Thynne	Succeeded by Lord John Thynne Charles Palmer
Preceded by Andrew Arcedeckne Frederick Barne	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1831–1832 With: Frederick Barne	Succeeded by Frederick Barne Viscount Lowther
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lloyd Watkins	Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire 1865–1866	Succeeded by The Lord Tredegar
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Pratt	Marquess Camden 1840–1866	Succeeded by John Pratt
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Pratt	Baron Camden (writ of acceleration) 1835–1866	Succeeded by John Pratt