His son and namesake, Sir Richard Waldegrave, was a soldier and fought in the Hundred Years' War.

A prominent Catholic, he held office under Queen Mary I, who granted him the Chewton estate in Somerset.

Henry Waldegrave, the fourth Baronet and Richard's great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son), married Henrietta FitzJames, illegitimate daughter of King James II and his mistress Arabella Churchill.

He fought in the American Revolutionary War and also represented Newcastle-under-Lyme in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

His eldest son William Frederick Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton, died in 1854 from wounds received at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War.

Lord Waldegrave was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the ninth Earl (the eldest son of Viscount Chewton).

He sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords and served as Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1957 to 1962.

William Waldegrave, second son of the third Earl, was a prominent naval commander and was created Baron Radstock in 1800 (see this title for further information on this branch of the family).

[2] The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Edward Robert Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton (born 1986)