especially to help the poor. He established a "Committee for the Relief of the Poor", and contributed generously to the fund. Between 1797 and 1798, nearly 300 people received assistance from this fund. Waldegrave completed his term as governor in 1800. Honours Waldegrave was created a peer as Baron Radstock, of Castletown in the Queen's County in the Peerage of Ireland in 1800 on the completion of his term as Governor of Newfoundland. In 1802, upon his retirement from the Navy, Waldegrave was promoted to full admiral. In 1815 he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). Marriage and children Waldegrave was married in 1785 to Cornelia Jacoba van Lennep (17 September 175310 October 1839). They had three sons and six daughters: Vice-admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock (1786–1857), married Esther Paget and had issue Hon Emily Susanna Laura Waldegrave (5 November 178712 April 1870), married Nicholas Westby of Thornhill, Mount Merrion, County Dublin, and had issue Maria Waldegrave (26 December 17881791) Hon Isabella Elizabeth Waldegrave (18 August 179221 October 1866) Hon Harriet Ann Frances Waldegrave (20 October 179326 July 1880), unmarried Captain Hon William Waldegrave (7 June 179629 December 1838), married Amelia Allport Hon Caroline Waldegrave (4 October 17987 January 1878), married Rev. Carew Anthony St John-Mildmay and had issue Hon Augustus Waldegrave (4 February 1803November 1825), killed in a hunting accident near Mexico City Elizabeth Frances Waldegrave (24 November 1799August 1800) Arms See also Governors of Newfoundland List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador Waldegrave Islands Cape Radstock References External links Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador thepeerage.com A Finding List of the William Waldgrave, Baron Radstock Manuscript Material in the Pforzheimer Collection of The New York Public Library Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock Younger sons of earls