Biography of Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge 1786-1857
Paternal Family Tree: Berkeley
On 09 Jan 1755 [his grandfather] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 39) died. His son [his father] Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 10) succeeded 5th Earl Berkeley, 5th Viscount Dursley, 13th Baron Berkeley.
On 26 Dec 1786 Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge was born illegitimately to Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 41) and Mary Cole. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1810 [his father] Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 65) died. His eldest son Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge (age 23) claimed the Earl Berkeley unsuccessfully.
[his brother] Thomas Moreton FitzHardinge Berkeley 6th Earl of Berkeley (age 13) de jure 6th Earl Berkeley, 6th Viscount Dursley, 14th Baron Berkeley. He never claimed or established his right to either title.
In 1831 Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge (age 44) was created 1st Baron Segrave.
In 1841 Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge (age 54) was created 1st Earl Fitzhardinge.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. From Cowes we went to stay with the Ailesburys at Savernake, and then to Badminton, where the Beauforts had a large family party. The church was attached to the house, and one actually walked out of the library into the Parish Church, where the roomy Beaufort pew was well warmed by a fire. I remember going with the Duchess, my mother, and Lord Cantelupe (age 27) to see Berkeley Castle [Map], a most interesting but very uncomfortable draughty old place. I afterwards heard that Colonel Berkeley (age 55), whose name figured in certain scandals of the Regency, had spent much of his time there with the numerous frail ladies who found him irresistible.
On 10 Oct 1857 Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge (age 70) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. Earl Fitzhardinge and Baron Segrave extinct.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Baroness Berkeley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Berkeley 2nd Earl Berkeley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Massingberd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Berkeley 3rd Earl Berkeley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden
GrandFather: Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume de Penancoët Seigneur de Kéroualle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie de Plœuc
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Lennox Countess Berkeley Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Drax
GrandMother: Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Ernle 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ernle
Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
GrandFather: William Cole
Mother: Mary Cole