Background
Henry Gage was born on 14 December 1791, the son of Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage and Susanna Maria Skinner.
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Career
He inherited the Viscountcy on 29 January 1808. On 8 March 1813 Gage married Elizabeth Maria Foley. They had four children:
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Henry Edward Hall Gage (9 January 1814 - 8 September 1875)
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Caroline Harriet Gage (23 July 1823 - 8 May 1888)
Lieutenant-General Honorary Edward Thomas Gage (28 December 1825 - 21 May 1889)
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Fanny Charlotte Gage (8 November 1830 - 23 January 1883)
In 1817 Viscount Gage sold a substantial portion of the family"s holdings - the Highmeadow estate, 4,257 acres (1723 km²) of farms in Staunton, Newland, and English Bicknor and woods in Hadnock, Monmouthshire, and Mailscot, and also ironworks and mills in Redbrook and Lydbrook, to the Crown Commissioners of Woods. He spent considerable time in renovating the family manor at Firle.
Politics
Viscount Gage held a strong interest in politics, holding reactionary conservative views and vigorously opposing Britain"s Reform Bill.
