Third Cousin

Third Cousin is in Third Cousin Succession Heading.

In 1676 William Brydges 7th Baron Chandos (age 55) died of smallpox with no male issue. His third cousin James Brydges 8th Baron Chandos (age 33) succeeded 8th Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Elizabeth Barnard Baroness Chandos (age 33) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.

On 10 May 1709 William Hay 6th Earl Kinnoull died. His third cousin Thomas Hay 7th Earl Kinnoull (age 49) succeeded 7th Earl Kinnoull.

On 08 Nov 1723 Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet (age 41) died. His third cousin Charles Palmer 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Palmer of Wingham in Kent.

In 1730 James Carnegie 5th Earl Southesk (age 38) died. His third cousin James Carnegie 3rd Baronet (age 14) de jure 6th Earl Southesk.

On 22 Apr 1745 Henry Howard 10th Earl Suffolk (age 38) died. His third cousin Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk (age 59) succeeded 11th Earl Suffolk.

On 26 Jan 1782 John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 85) died. His third cousin John Campbell 1st Marquess Breadalbane (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Breadalbaine and Holland.

On 15 Nov 1786 Richard Temple 7th Baronet (age 55) died. His third cousin John Temple 8th Baronet (age 55) succeeded 8th Baronet Temple of Stowe. There is some disagreement as to whether he was legally the 8th Baronet, with some sources, including Cracroft stating:

Following the death of Sir Richard Temple the Baronetcy of Temple of Stow was claimed by his third cousin, John Temple (age 55), British Consul-General in Washington 1786-98, a great-grandson of Mary Temple and her husband Robert Nelson. In spite of a letter of support from his kinsman, George [Grenville later Nugent-Temple-Grenville] (age 33), 1st Marquess of Buckingham, the heir general of the 1st Baronet, Mr John Temple's claim to the Baronetcy cannot be through his mother, as the succession to the baronetcy was restricted to male heirs of the body of the 1st Baronet. His claim must, therefore, be through his father, Capt Robert Temple, of Boston, Massachusetts, British North America (and indeed the Marquess of Buckingham describes him as the "heir male" of the 1st Baronet in his letter from Stowe dated 3 Dec 1786). Without further information it is difficult to see Mr John Temple's placing amongst the male line descendants of the 1st Baronet and the nature of the kinship between his parents, unless he descends, as has been suggested, from the Rev Thomas Temple, Rector of Burton-on-the-Water, and third son of the 1st Baronet.

In addition to Mr John Temple's claim it is possible that there are living male line descendants of Col Edmund Temple, of Sulby Priory, co. Northampton, through his third son, Edmund Temple, of Leicester, and it is for this reason that the Baronetcy of Temple of Stowe is regarded as being dormant rather than extinct.

On 10 Oct 1794 Archbishop Richard Robinson 1st Baron Rokeby (age 86) died at Clifton Bristol, Gloucestershire. His third cousin Matthew Robinson 2nd Baron Rokeby (age 81) succeeded 2nd Baron Rokeby.

On 30 Oct 1796 Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton (age 70) died at Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning. His third cousin Hugh Montgomerie 12th Earl Eglinton (age 56) succeeded 12th Earl Eglinton.

On 08 Feb 1809 Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 79) died without male issue at Grimsthorpe, South Kesteven. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Swinstead [Map] on 17 Feb 1809. Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, Marquess Lindsay extinct. His third cousin Albermarle Bertie 9th Earl Lindsey (age 64) succeeded 9th Earl Lindsey.

Sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 33). A handsome white marble wall tablet in Grecian style depicting deceased and wife on a catafalque with mourning female figure, flanked by mother, children and angel. Above a scrolled cornice with Ducal coronet and palm. Beneath a rectangular inscription panel, flanked by scrolled brackets.

On 16 Dec 1815 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk (age 69) died. His third cousin Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk (age 50) succeeded 12th Duke Norfolk, 30th Earl Arundel Sussex, 13th Earl Surrey, 10th Earl Norfolk, 20th Baron Maltravers, 20th Baron Arundel. Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk (age 45) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

On 11 Dec 1816 Richard Howard 4th Earl of Effingham (age 68) died. Earl of Effingham extinct. His third cousin Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 49) succeeded 11th Baron Howard of Effingham.

On 01 Jun 1833 Edmund Mark Winn 7th Baronet (age 70) died. His third cousin Charles Winn-Allanson 2nd Baron Headley (age 48) succeeded 8th Baronet Winn of Nostel in Yorkshire.

On 01 Dec 1871 George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope 7th Earl Chesterfield (age 40) died of typhoid unmarried. His third cousin George Philip Stanhope 8th Earl Chesterfield (age 49) succeeded 8th Earl Chesterfield, 8th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire. He had been staying at Londesborough Lodge Scarborough with the Prince of Wales (age 30) who also contracted typhoid but survived.