Biography of Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 1774-1835

Paternal Family Tree: Villiers

Maternal Family Tree: Frances Twysden 1753-1821

On 28 Aug 1769 [her grandfather] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey (age 62) died. His son [her father] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 34) succeeded 4th Earl Jersey, 7th Viscount Grandison, 4th Viscount Villiers, 4th Baron Villiers.

In Mar 1770 [her father] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 34) and [her mother] Frances Twysden (age 17) were married. She just past her 17th birthday, he twice her age. He the son of William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey and Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford.

On 16 Dec 1774 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 39) and Frances Twysden (age 21).

In or before 1790 Brigadier-General Henry Mordaunt Clavering (age 31) and [her future sister-in-law] Augusta Campbell (age 29) were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll (age 66) and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll (age 56).

On 05 Jul 1795 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 27) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 20) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 60) and Frances Twysden (age 42). He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 51) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 53).

On 06 Jun 1796 [her daughter] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 28) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 21).

On 14 Jun 1796 John Campbell 4th of Islay (age 26) and [her future sister-in-law] Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll (age 73) and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

On 06 Jul 1797 [her son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 29) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 22).

On 13 Oct 1798 [her daughter] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 30) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 23).

On 02 Aug 1799 [her future husband] George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

In 1800 John Hoppner (age 41). Portrait of Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 25).

On 29 Aug 1800 [her daughter] Georgina Paget Lady Crofton was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 32) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 25).

In 1801 James Erskine (age 28) and [her sister-in-law] Louisa Paget (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 56) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 59).

On 26 Jan 1802 [her daughter] Augusta Paget Baroness Templemore was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 33) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 27).

Before 1803 John Thomas Capell (age 34) and [her sister-in-law] Caroline Paget (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 58) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 60). He the son of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex and Harriet Bladen Countess Essex (age 67).

In 1803 Thomas North Graves 2nd Baron Graves (age 27) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Paget Baroness Graves (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Graves of Gravesend in Londonderry. She the daughter of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 58) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 61).

On 01 Mar 1803 [her son] William Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 34) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 28).

On 11 Feb 1804 [her daughter] Agnes Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 35) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 29).

On 31 Jan 1805 [her son] Arthur Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 36) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 30).

On 22 Aug 1805 [her father] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 70) died. His son [her brother] George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 32) succeeded 5th Earl Jersey, 8th Viscount Grandison, 5th Viscount Villiers, 5th Baron Villiers. Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 20) by marriage Countess Jersey.

On 24 May 1806 John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll (age 82) died. His son [her future husband] George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll (age 37) succeeded 6th Duke Argyll.

Before 15 Jul 1806 [her brother-in-law] Vice Admiral Charles Paget (age 27) and Elizabeth Araminta Monck (age 19) were married. He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 62) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 64).

Before 1809 [her brother-in-law] Berkeley Thomas Paget (age 28) and Sophia Askell Bucknall were married. He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 64) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 66).

In 1809 [her brother-in-law] Arthur Paget (age 37) and Augusta Fane Baroness Boringdon (age 23) were married. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 49) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 64) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 67).

On 29 Nov 1810 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 42) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 35) were divorced by an act of Parliament as a result of his having had an affair with Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 29) whose husband Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 37) also sought a divorce.

Around 19 Dec 1810, three weeks after her divorce, George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll (age 42) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 36) were married at Canongate Kirk. She by marriage Duchess Argyll. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden (age 57). He the son of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

After 19 Dec 1810 [her former husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 42) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan and Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan (age 52). He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 66) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 68).

On 13 Mar 1812 [her former father-in-law] Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 67) died. He was buried at Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. His son [her former husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Uxbridge, 4th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.

On 04 Jul 1815 [her former husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 47) was created 1st Marquess Anglesey. Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 33) by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.

On 10 Apr 1817 [her son-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond (age 25) and [her daughter] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 48) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 42). He the son of Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 52) and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 48). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 05 Aug 1819 [her son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Eleanora Campbell were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 51) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 44).

In 1820 [her son-in-law] Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Templemore (age 22) and [her daughter] Augusta Paget Baroness Templemore (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 51) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 45).

On 25 Jul 1821 [her mother] Frances Twysden (age 68) died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. She was buried in the Villiers Vault, All Saints' Church, Middleton Stoney.

On 23 Apr 1824 [her son-in-law] Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 26) and [her daughter] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 55) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 49). He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 57) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 55).

On 28 Dec 1825 [her son] Arthur Paget (age 20) died.

On 07 Mar 1829 [her son-in-law] George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 22) and [her daughter] Agnes Paget (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 60) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 54). He the son of John Byng 1st Earl Strafford (age 57) and Mary Stevens Mackenzie.

On 22 Jun 1831 [her sister-in-law] Augusta Campbell (age 71) died.

On 04 Aug 1832 John Robert Townshend 1st Earl Sydney (age 26) and [her illegitimate step-daughter] Emily Paget Countess Sydney Scadbury Kent (age 22) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 64) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 51).

On 27 Aug 1833 [her son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 36) and [her daughter-in-law] Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 65) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 58).

On 19 Oct 1833 [her son-in-law] Edward Crofton 2nd Baron Crofton (age 27) and [her daughter] Georgina Paget Lady Crofton (age 33) were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 65) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 58).

On 29 Apr 1835 [her former sister-in-law] Mary Paget Baroness Graves (age 52) died.

On 16 Jun 1835 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 60) died.

On 22 Oct 1839 [her former husband] George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll (age 71) died. His brother [her former brother-in-law] John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll (age 61) succeeded 7th Duke Argyll, 4th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 29 Apr 1854 [her former husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 85) died. His son [her son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 56) succeeded 2nd Marquess Anglesey, 3rd Earl Uxbridge, 5th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey. [her daughter-in-law] Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. I remember often meeting Lady Charlotte Cadogan, who ran away with Lord Anglesey; they lived together for some years until Lady Anglesey divorced her husband, and he was free to marry Lady Charlotte. Lady Anglesey, who was a daughter of the [her father] Earl of Jersey, afterwards married the sixth Duke of Argyll, but she was a great invalid and quite a cripple during the latter part of her life.

Royal Ancestors of Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 1774-1835

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Royal Descendants of Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 1774-1835

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1

Ancestors of Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 1774-1835

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 1st Earl Jersey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Unknown Chiffinch

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Chiffinch

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Chiffinch Countess Jersey

GrandFather: William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Father: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes

GrandMother: Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Winston Churchill

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drake

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Boteler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jennings

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Jennings

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess Marlborough

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Temple

Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Philip Twysden Bishop Raphoe

Mother: Frances Twysden