Background
He was the second but eldest surviving son of the 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He was born at Neyland, Essex.
He was the second but eldest surviving son of the 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He was born at Neyland, Essex.
In 1632 and 1633, he undertook a diplomatic mission to the courts of France, Savoy, Florencee and Venice. He succeeded his father as Earl of Portland in 1635. Supplementing his estates, in 1663 as the owner of Coulsdon manor in Surrey had no male heir, Charles II granted it to "Jerome second Earl of Portland" in consideration of his surrender of the presidency of Munster to the Crown.
Lord Portland married Lady Frances Stuart (19 March 1617 − 13 March 1694), a daughter of the 3rd Duke of Lennox, on 10 June 1632.
He was a first cousin of Jeremiah Clarke, a Governor of Rhode Island in the American Colonies. Mr. Jerome Weston (1605–1628)
The Honorary
Jerome Weston (1628−?)
Lord Weston (?−1635)
The Rt. Honorary The Earl of Portland (1635–1663).
