Biography of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon 1632-1709
Paternal Family Tree: Dormer
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Fitzwilliam 1504-1588
On 08 Nov 1616 Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer (age 65) died. His grandson [his father] Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 6) succeeded 2nd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 2nd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire. [his mother] Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon by marriage Baroness Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
In 1628 [his father] Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 18) was created 1st Earl Carnarvon. [his mother] Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
Before 1632 [his father] Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 22) and [his mother] Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon were married. She the daughter of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 47) and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.
On 25 Oct 1632 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon was born to Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 22) and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon.
Archaeologia Volume 13 Section XXV. From the Baptisms is this entry.
"The lord Dormer, viscount Askot, eldest son to the right honourable the earl of Carnarvon (age 22), was born on Fryday Oct. 25, and christened [Note. at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map]] on Tuesday November 26, 1632."
Robert Dormer (age 22), baron Dormer of Winge, and baronet, was created by king Charles I. viscount Ascot, and earl of Caernarvon, August 2, 1628. This nobleman, alike distnguished for his virtue, wisdom, and valour, fell after the battle of Newberry, Sept. 20, 1643, in his return from pursuing a party of the parliamentary forces, being killed by a trooper, who, knowing his lordship, ran, him through the body with a sword, and he expired in about an hour. He married Anna-Sophia, daughter of Philip (age 48), earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, by whom he had an only child, whose birth and baptism are mentioned above. He was William [Note. A mistake for Charles?], the second earl of Caernarvon, who dying November 29, 1709, without male issue, that title became extinct, but the barony descended to the issue of Anthony Dormer, of Grove Park, in Warwickshire, second son of Robert, the first lord Dormer; but after being possessed by Robert [Note. Rowland?], the eldest son of that Anthony, it went to the issue male of Robert, the third son of the first baron, and is still posssessed by that branch.
On 03 Jun 1643 [his mother] Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon died of smallpox.
On 20 Sep 1643 the First Battle of Newbury was fought at Newbury [Map] with King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 42) commanding the Royalist army and Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 52) commanding the victorious Parliamentary army. For King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 42) John Byron 1st Baron Byron (age 44) fought with distinction.
Henry Bertie was killed.
[his father] Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 33) was killed. His son Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison (age 29) was killed. His brother John Villiers 3rd Viscount Grandison succeeded 3rd Viscount Grandison.
Edward Villiers (age 23) fought.
Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 33) was killed. His son Lucius Carey 3rd Viscount Falkland (age 11) succeeded 3rd Viscount Falkland.
Richard Neville (age 28) served under the Earl Carnarvon (age 33). Carnarvon was killed and Neville took up the command as a Colonel of Horse.
Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 25) was wounded.
Before 25 Jun 1652 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 19) and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. He the son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. They were fourth cousins.
On 25 Jun 1652 [his son] Charles Dormer was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 19) and [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon (age 19).
In 1653 [his daughter] Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 20) and [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon (age 20) in Wing, Buckinghamshire.
On 06 Jul 1655 Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden (age 44) and [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Campden. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 47) and Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness. They were second cousin twice removed.
In 1657 [his brother-in-law] Charles Capell died.
In 1660 Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Clarendon and [his sister-in-law] Theodosia Capell were married. She died a year later. He the son of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon (age 50) and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon (age 42).
On or after 28 Nov 1661 [his sister-in-law] Theodosia Capell died.
On 27 Aug 1663 [his daughter] Isabella Dormer died.
After Jul 1665 [his son-in-law] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield (age 31) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 32) and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon (age 32). He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 56). They were third cousin once removed.
Pepy's Diary. 05 May 1667. We talked of Tangier, of which he is ashamed; also that it should put the King (age 36) to this charge for no good in the world: and now a man going over that is a good soldier, but a debauched man, which the place need not to have. And so used these words: "That this place was to the King (age 36) as my Lord Carnarvon (age 34) says of wood, that it is an excrescence of the earth provided by God for the payment of debts".
Before 1673 [his son] Charles Dormer (age 20) died.
On 02 Sep 1674 [his future brother-in-law] Charles Bertie (age 34) and Mary Tryon (age 21) were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness.
In 1678 [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon (age 45) died.
After 1678 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 45) and Mary Bertie Countess Carnarvon (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey. He the son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. They were second cousin once removed.
On 23 Feb 1681 [his brother-in-law] Vere Bertie died. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map].
In 1683 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden (age 43) died.
On 19 Jan 1686 [his brother-in-law] Richard Bertie (age 51) died.
On 11 Apr 1692 [his former brother-in-law] Henry Capell 1st Baron Capell Tewkesbury (age 54) was created 1st Baron Capell Tewkesbury by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 41).
On 30 May 1696 [his former brother-in-law] Henry Capell 1st Baron Capell Tewkesbury (age 58) died at Chapelizod.
On 03 Jan 1701 [his brother-in-law] Peregrine Bertie (age 67) died.
In 1709 [his wife] Mary Bertie Countess Carnarvon (age 54) died.
On 29 Nov 1709 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 77) died. Earl Carnarvon extinct. His second cousin Rowland Dormer 4th Baron Dormer (age 58) succeeded 4th Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 4th Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
[his daughter] Isabella Dormer was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon.
[his son] Anna Sophia Dormer was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dormer of Thame and West Wycombe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Dormer of Wing
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Dormer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Catesby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Catesby of Whiston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Catesby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pigot
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Pigot
GrandFather: William Dormer 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gage
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Gage
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Guildford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre Gilsland
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Molyneux
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Molyneux 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Radclyffe of Ordsall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Radclyffe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Booth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Alice Molyneux 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gerard
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Gerard of Astley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holcroft
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holcroft
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Radclyffe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ratclyffe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ratclyffe
Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Black William" Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Herbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cradock
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Parr
8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Parr Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Green
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Green Lady in Waiting 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan aka Jane Fogge
GrandFather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley
7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Guildford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor West
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Mother: Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford
GrandMother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saunders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam
9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
