page_title: John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio
section_title: Brother
hierarchical_section_title: John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio / Brother
caption_attribution_description: English: Scan (by me, R. de Salis, Rodolph (talk) 17:19, 2 December 2014 (UTC)) of Henry Rodolph de Salis' launch Dragonfly as seen in The Engineer of 8 November 1895.
context_page_description: Sir John Francis Charles de Salis, 7th Count de Salis KCMG CVO was an Anglo-Irish British diplomat and landowner.
context_section_description: Count (Henry) Rodolph (Rudie) de Salis  (30 June 1866 – 25 February 1936). J.P. (High Sheriff, 1915) for Buckinghamshire from 1898.
  Author Bradshaw's Canals & Navigable Rivers of England & Wales, 1904, 1918 and 1928.
  De Salis: 'explored the waterways yard by yard, mile by mile travelling in his steam launch, Dragon Fly I, II and III for 11 years and covering 14,000 miles'.
  He was a main witness to the Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways (1906). (see Butterley Tunnel).
  Educated at Eton (1880–1884, Edward Compton Austen Leigh's house), (Shooting VIII, 1882–83, Peek Cup, 1883). Associate Member Institution Civil Engineers (A.M.Inst.C.E. 1893). Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects. Member of the Society of Art. JP for Buckinghamshire (1898); High Sheriff, Bucks (1915). Member Buckinghamshire County Council (1898–1916); Thames Conservancy Board (1911–1916). 
  He was director of: Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd (canal carriers of Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leicester, Nottingham, etc.) (and chairman); Windsor Electrical Installation Co. Ltd (1901–1920); Slough and Datchet Electrical Supply Co. Ltd (1908–1920).
  He married, on 9 May 1893, Alice Mary (May) (d. 10 June 1939), elder daughter of Captain Robert Lambert (1818–1891) (of the Monmouthshire, 43rd, Light Infantry), of Weston, Thames Ditton.
  They lived at Ivy Lodge, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire; Acton Lodge, Milverton Hill, or Church Hill,  Leamington Spa, Warweickshire; and retired to Chy-Morvah, St. Ives, Cornwall. He was found shot dead in his bedroom at Acton Lodge on 25 February 1936.
  From The Times, 26 February 1936, (page 14, column B):
  Mr. Henry Rodolph de Salis, brother of Count Sir John de Salis, was found shot dead yesterday in his bedroom at his home, Acton Lodge, Church Hill, Leamington. A revolver lay near the body. Mr. de Salis, who was 69 years of age, was prominent in business circles in Birmingham. A recognised authority on canal traffic problems, he was the chairman of Messrs. Fellows, Morton and Clayton canal carriers.
caption: Henry Rodolph's steam canal inspection launch Dragonfly, as shown in The Engineer of 8 November 1895
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