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Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS (1709 - 1794)
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Charles DE SALIS (1736 - 1781)
Peter DE SALIS (1738 - 1809)
Henry Jerome DE SALIS (1740 - 1810)
William DE SALIS (1741 - 1750)
Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS (1709 - 1794)

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Mary FANE (1710 - 1785)
Peter DE SALIS-SOGLIO (1675 - 1749) Antonio DE SALIS-SOGLIO (1649 - 1735)



Perpetua VON PLANTA-ZUOZ



Margherita DE SALIS-SIGLIO (1678 - 1747) Hercules DE SALIS-SIGLIO









Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS Mary FANE

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Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS Mary FANE Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS
Pic 3. Escrutcheon over main door of the house Jerome's father built in Coire/Chur from 1727

b. 08 Jul 1709 at Chur, Grisons, Switzerland
m. 07 Jan 1734 Mary FANE (1710 - 1785)
d. 08 Aug 1794 at London, Middlesex, England aged 85
Near Relatives of Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS (1709 - 1794)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Antonio DE SALIS-SOGLIO 1649 1735 86
Grandmother Perpetua VON PLANTA-ZUOZ
Grandfather Hercules DE SALIS-SIGLIO

Father in Law Charles FANE Jan 1676 Basildon, Berkshire, England 04 Jul 1744 68
Mother in Law Mary STANHOPE 1686 30 Aug 1762 76

Father Peter DE SALIS-SOGLIO 1675 1749 74
Mother Margherita DE SALIS-SIGLIO 1678 1747 69

Self Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS 08 Jul 1709 Chur, Grisons, Switzerland 08 Aug 1794 London, Middlesex, England 85

Wife Mary FANE abt 1710 31 Mar 1785 Isleworth, England 75

Son Charles DE SALIS 25 Jul 1736 Westminster, Middlesex, England Jul 1781 Hieres, Provence, France 45
Son Peter DE SALIS 28 Jun 1738 Westminster, Middlesex, England 19 Nov 1809 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England 71
Son Henry Jerome DE SALIS 20 Aug 1740 02 May 1810 Wing, Buckinghamshire, England 69
Son William DE SALIS 1741 1750 9

Sister Margaretha DE SALIS-SOGLIO 02 Jul 1704 13 May 1765 60

Daughter in Law Ann DE SALIS-SOGLIO 1749 1831 82
Daughter in Law Julian Henrietta Hariet BLOSSET

Grandson Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS 14 Feb 1771 Chiavenna, Italy 02 Oct 1836 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England 65
Granddaughter Henrietta DE SALIS Jun 1779 31 Mar 1785 Westminster, Middlesex, England 5

Niece Ann DE SALIS-SOGLIO 1749 1831 82

Brother in Law Charles FANE abt 1708 abt 24 Jan 1766 58
Sister in Law Elizabeth FANE 1711 1760 49
Sister in Law Lucy FANE abt 1712 1713 1
Brother in Law James FANE abt 1713 1714 1
Sister in Law Dorothy FANE abt 1715
Sister in Law Charlotte FANE 1718 1765 47
Brother in Law Antonio DE SALIS-SOGLIO 1702 1765 63
Events in Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS (1709 - 1794)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
08 Jul 1709 Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS was born Chur, Grisons, Switzerland
07 Jan 1734 24 Married Mary FANE (aged 24)
25 Jul 1736 27 Birth of son Charles DE SALIS Westminster, Middlesex, England
28 Jun 1738 28 Birth of son Peter DE SALIS Westminster, Middlesex, England
20 Aug 1740 31 Birth of son Henry Jerome DE SALIS
1741 32 Birth of son William DE SALIS
1747 38 Death of mother Margherita DE SALIS-SIGLIO (aged 69)
1749 40 Death of father Peter DE SALIS-SOGLIO (aged 74)
1750 41 Death of son William DE SALIS (aged 9)
Jul 1781 72 Death of son Charles DE SALIS (aged 45) Hieres, Provence, France
31 Mar 1785 75 Death of wife Mary FANE (aged 75) Isleworth, England
08 Aug 1794 85 Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS died London, Middlesex, England
Personal Notes:
1. Family background and early life in Chur and London
He was born on 8 July 1709 in Chur, capital of the Grisons, then an independent republic, whose rule extended into present day Italy, including the areas of Chiavenna and the Valtellina. He would be the only surviving son of Colonel Peter de Salis-Soglio (1675-1749), by his wife Margherita (1678-1747), daughter of Hercules de Salis-Soglio.

His father, of a distinguished family [1] had been a soldier in France, in the States-General of the Netherlands and in England, where he became envoy of the Grisons Republic to the Court of St. James's during the reign of Queen Anne. There he became an Anglophile and made influential friends amongst the Hanoverians. On his return to Chur he resolved to send his son to London and Jerome de Salis became a naturalized British subject by Private Act of Parliament on 24 March 1730/31.

On 7 January 1734/35, de Salis married Mary Fane, eldest daughter of Charles, the first Viscount Fane. Together they were to have four sons: Charles (1736-1781), who died at Hieres; Peter (1738-1807), who became 3rd Count de Salis; Henry Jerome (1740-1810) and William (1741-1750).

De Salis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 19 March 1741, proposed by Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope (his wife's cousin), Martin Folkes (former president of the society), Andrew Mitchell, and his brother-in-law, Lord Sandwich. [2] .

2. Diplomatic Service in the Grisons
In 1743, de Salis was appointed British Resident. This means he served as King George II's extraordinary envoy or minister plenipotentiary to the Grisons Leagues. He arrived in Coire on April 10, 1743, and resided there in a public character until 13 March 1750.

In 1748, by a patent dated of 12 March Emperor Francis I created his father Peter, together with his descendants, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire; the father died the following year.

During and after his time as British Resident in the Grisons he lived in both Chur and in Chiavenna and, in the mid-1760s, he started to build an Anglo-Palladian double-pile summer villa [1] in Bondo, a village in the Val Bregaglia between Chiavenna and the Maloja Pass. The house was completed by his son Peter in 1774.

3. Return to London
De Salis returned to London in 1768 and lived in Harley Street until his death on 8 August, 1794. In the meantime, his wife lived in Knightsbridge, Margate, Marseilles, Harlington and, from 1780, at Smallborough Green, Isleworth. She died there of dropsy on the 31 March 1785 and was buried at Harlington.

4. Sister
Margaretha, (born 2 July 1704 and died 13 May 1765), married 3 October 1728, Antonio v. Salis-Soglio; Chur Stadtrichter; (born 1702 and died 1765). He was son of commissioner Battista v. Salis-Soglio of the Casa Battista, by Anna v. Salis-Samaden.

6. Notes

Salis's great-grandfather Antonio (1609-1682) had with his brothers Rudolph and Friedrich bought the seigneurie d'Ober Aich and Engishofen in Thurgau on 10 June 1646. Their father was a knight of the Order of San Marco (22 August 1603) and in turn his father had been invested an hereditary Knight of the Golden Spur on 11 April 1571 by Pope Pius V. Earlier the Venetians had also made him a (life) Knight of the Order of St. Mark.
Their citation ran as follows:Jerom de Salis Esqr. of London. A Gentleman of great merit & distinction, being desirous of becoming a fellow of this Honourable Society, we accordingly recommend him as a Person of Learning, well Skill'd in Philosophical & Natural knowledg, and every way qualified to be a usefull and valuable member of the Society. ‘Salis, Jerome de’, Library and Archive catalogue of the Royal Society.

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