Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Justice of the Peace , was a British soldier, Liberal politician, courtier and agriculturalist.
Background
Kingscote was the son of Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote, of Kingscote Park (Gloucestershire), by his first wife Lady Isabella Anne Frances, daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort. His mother died when he was less than one year old, shortly after the birth of her second child, a daughter.
Career
Kingscote was commissioned in to the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1846. He was also an honorary colonel in the 4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1856.
The latter year he was appointed a Commissioner of Woods and Forests, a post he held until 1895.
He was also a Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Kingscote was a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria between 1859 and 1866, when he resigned, and as an Extra Equerry to the Prince of Wales in 1867.
He served as Superintendent of the Prince of Wales"s stables until 1885, was appointed to the Council of the Prince of Wales in 1886, and as Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1888, Extra Equerry to Edward VII between 1901 and 1902 and Paymaster-General of the Royal Household between 1901 and 1908. Kingscote was also involved in agricultural affairs and served as President of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1878.
Kingscote was twice married.
Caroline Sophia, daughter of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, in 1851. She died 19.03.1852 in childbirth, at Drove, Westhampnett in West Sussex. A son born and died 19.03.1852 Drove, Westhampnett, West Sussex.
Kingscote married secondly Lady Emily Marie, daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, in 1856.
Kingscote died in September 1908, aged 78. Lady Kingscote survived him by two years and died in December 1910.
Membership
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament.
19th United Kingdom Parliament.
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
Kingscote was Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire West between 1852 and 1885.