Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis
Jérôme de Salis, 2nd Count de Salis-Soglio was a Count de Salis-Soglio. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and sometime British Resident in the Grisons. He was also known as Hieronimus, Gerolamo, Geronimo, Harry, Jerome the grandfather and Monsieur le Comte de Salis. He is the founder of the English branch of the de Salis family which produced a number of politicians, diplomats, officers and clerics.
Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis
Cobham and Schaub's signatures on the De Salis – Fane marriage settlement.
Palazzo Salis in Bondo, Switzerland
Image: Portrait of Mary Fane c. 1730
Count de Salis-Soglio is a continental title of nobility that was recognized in the United Kingdom for a Swiss family which became British Subjects when Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis, was naturalized by private Act of Parliament in 1741.
London Gazette, April 8 to April 11, 1809, announces grant of Royal Licence to Jerome De Salis, and his descendants, to assume & use title of Count in UK.
Comital arms of De Salis.
Soglio: Cas' Alta (left) and Casa Battista (Hotel Palazzo Salis, built in 1630, right), still owned by the Swiss family branch
Palazzo Salis, Chiavenna