Background
He was the eldest son of Count Peter John de Salis by his second wife Cecile Henrietta Marguerite, daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel.
He was the eldest son of Count Peter John de Salis by his second wife Cecile Henrietta Marguerite, daughter of David Bourgeoise of Neuchâtel.
Harrow School.
After some education in London (Harrow) he was an Attache in Turin (October 1845-December 1849). Lived at Hillingdon. He was a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex. In 1860 he was commissioned into the 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps.
He was promoted Lieutenant later that year and Captain in 1861.
A renowned numismaticist, he is recorded on a large board as one of the British Museum"s major benefactors. In 1881 Burke"s records the Countess at 7, Athlestone terrace, Cromwell road, London (where she died in 1885), and as at Grange Hill, Kilmallock, Ireland.
Peter (22 November 1827 – 27 March 1919), was a painter and engraver, notably of dogs. He was in the Austrian Service and then was curator of Neuchâtel"s art museum.
George Alois (1 December 1829 – 22 October 1866), was a captain in the 3rd (Archduke Charles) Lancer Regiment.
Mortally wounded at the Battle of Custoza (1866) he was buried in Verona. Salis-Seewis (4 December 1825- Chur 27 March 1886) of Bothmar, Malans. He was a grandson of the poet, lieder writer, and politician, Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762–1834).
They had two daughters: Anna Barbara Cäcilia (22 July since 1859) married Doctor Paul Sprecher von Bernegg.
Helene Elisabeth (Chur 8 June since 1863) married Friedrich von Tscharner, colonel, of Andermatt.
The younger Johann Gaudenz was a member of the Swiss parliament (Nationalrat in Bern) 1861-1863 and represented Maienfeld in the Grossen Kantonalrats.
