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Charles Lock (1770 – 12 September 1804) was the British consul-general in Naples during the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799. ==Family== Charles Lock was born in 1770 into a rich, though illegitimate family. He was the second son of William Lock, who purchased the Norbury Park estate in Mickleham, Surrey in 1774 and commissioned Thomas Sandby to build the present manor house.〔 〕 Charles Lock's parents were close friends to famed diarist and novelist Frances Burney (a.k.a. Mme d'Arblay), who spells their name Locke.〔 On 12 July 1795, Charles Lock married Cecilia Margaret Ogilvie (9 July 1775 – 1824),〔Ruvigny et Raineval 1994, (p. 477 )〕 daughter of Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster and her second husband William Ogilvie. Cecilia had almost married the son and heir of the 1st Marquess of Donegall in 1790.〔 Author Jack Russell, who was critical of Lock, stated in his book ''Nelson and the Hamiltons'' that he "married above himself." Lock's wife was the half-sister of the Irish rebel Lord Edward FitzGerald who was hanged for treason, and the cousin of prominent Whig statesman Charles James Fox. Jack Russell thus points out that Charles Lock was "allied to a family which had strong Republican sympathies."〔Russell 1969, (p. 97 )〕 His liberal intellect and connection to Fox made Charles Lock feel "a better man than a decrepit Ambassador or a half-blind Admiral."〔 Because of their family connections, Charles Lock and his wife were naturally taken for Jacobins at the Bourbon court of Naples.〔Coleman 2002, p. 190〕 Charles Lock and his wife Cecilia had three daughters: *Emily Frederica Lock (1796–1822). She married Count George de Viry around 1815,〔 and left descendants in Italy.〔 *Georgina Cecilia Lock (1798–1867). She married Robert Fulke Greville in 1822. Their son William Hamilton Greville, born in 1826, died a bachelor.〔 *Lucy Frances Lock (1801–1893). She was born in Naples on 26 June 1801 during her father's consulship there. She married Captain Alexander Ellice of the Royal Navy in 1826, brother of the well-known politician Edward Ellice.〔Ruvigny et Raineval 1994, (p. 477 )〕 Like many members of the Lock family, Charles had a portrait of him painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, probably around 1795, the year of his marriage. The portrait is currently untraceable. A version of it, possibly the original, was at one time in the Kann Collection in Paris. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Lock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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