Biography of Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot 1572-1644

Paternal Family Tree: Wilmot

Around 1572 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot was born to Edward Wilmot of Culham.

On 05 Aug 1599 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 27) was knighted by Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 33) at Dublin [Map].

In Jul 1601 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 29) was appointed Governor of County Cork.

On 05 Mar 1602 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 30) captured Rahinnane Castle.

In Sep 1602 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 30) was appointed Governor of County Kerry.

Around 1605 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 33) and Sarah Anderson (age 7) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.

In or before 1608 [his brother-in-law] Richard Anderson (age 23) and Mary Spencer (age 19) were married.

In or before 1609 [his son] Arthur Wilmot was born to Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 36) and [his wife] Sarah Anderson (age 10).

Before 03 Mar 1611 [his son] Charles Wilmot was born to Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 39) and [his wife] Sarah Anderson (age 13).

In 1612 [his daughter] Elizabeth Wilmot was born to Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 40) and [his wife] Sarah Anderson (age 14).

On 26 Oct 1612 [his son] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester was born to Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 40) and [his wife] Sarah Anderson (age 14).

In 1615 [his wife] Sarah Anderson (age 17) died.

On 04 Jan 1621 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 49) was created 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone by King Charles I (age 20) as a reward for his activities in Ireland.

Before 1627 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 55) and Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot were married. She by marriage Viscountess Wilmot of Athlone.

Before 09 Nov 1627 Garret Moore 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda (age 63) and [his wife] Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot were married. She by marriage Viscountess Moore of Drogheda.

On 01 Nov 1632 [his son] Arthur Wilmot (age 23) died.

Before 21 Aug 1633 [his son] Charles Wilmot (age 22) died.

On 05 Sep 1634 [his step-daughter] Anne Moore (age 40) died.

In 1635 [his daughter] Elizabeth Wilmot (age 23) died.

Before Jun 1639 [his step-son] Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda (age 36) and Alice Loftus Viscountess Moore (age 32) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Moore of Drogheda.

Battle of Portlester

On 07 Aug 1643 [his step-son] Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda (age 40) was killed at Ballivor, County Meath. His son Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 21) succeeded 3rd Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 3rd Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.

In 1644 [his son] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 29) were married.

In 1644 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 72) died.

On 03 Jun 1654 [his former wife] Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot died.

Royal Descendants of Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot 1572-1644

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