Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan ( 1685 - 1776 )

Birth: 1685 Death: His home in Bruton Street, London (24 September 1776) Burial: Caversham, Oxfordshire Profession: Soldier Career: Entered the Coldstream Guards (1706); served in Marlborough's later campaigns and in Scotland (1715); MP for Reading (1716-1722); MP for Newport (1722-1726); Colonel of the 4th Foot (1719); accompanied his brother, William 1st Earl Cadogan on an embassy to Vienna (1720); Colonel of the 6th Inniskillin Dragoons (1734); General; Colonel of the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards (-death); Governor of Sheerness (1749-1752); Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury (1751-death); Sloane Trustee of the British Museum (1753-death) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/12/1718 Council: 1721, 1728-1729.