Biography of George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave 1816-1846
Paternal Family Tree: Waldegrave
On 29 Jun 1794 [his uncle] George Waldegrave 5th Earl Waldegrave (age 9) drowned whilst swimming in the River Thames near Eton [Map]. His brother [his father] John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave (age 8) succeeded 6th Earl Waldegrave, 7th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 10th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 08 Feb 1816 George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave was born to John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave (age 30).
In 1835 [his father] John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave (age 49) died. His son George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Waldegrave, 8th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 11th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 25 May 1839 [his illegitimate brother] John James Waldegrave and [his future wife] Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 18) were married. She would, a year later, marry his legitimate half-brother George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave (age 23); an example of Married to Two Siblings. He the illegitmately son of John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave. He a great x 4 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. [his future wife] Frances, Lady Waldegrave (age 18), was a very charming woman I knew in those far-off days. She was the eldest daughter of John Braham (age 66), the famous tenor, and she was married four times.
Her first husband was [his illegitimate brother] John James Waldegrave, of Navestock, Essex; and in 1840 she married George, seventh Earl of Waldegrave (age 23). In 1847 Lady Waldegrave (age 18) took as her third husband George Granville Harcourt (age 54), the eldest son of the Archbishop of York. The one love of her life, however, was Mr. Chichester Fortescue (age 16), and she married him as her fourth husband in 1871. Mr. Fortescue was afterwards Lord Carlingford, but the title became extinct in 1898.
When Lady Waldegrave was a young girl a gipsy told her that she would be married four times and leave her fourth husband a widower. The prediction came true, for she died in 1879, and Mr. Fortescue survived her.
On 28 Sep 1840 George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave (age 24) and Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 19) were married at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire thereby avoiding the constraint of the 1835 Marriage Act. He being the legitimate younger brother of her first husband John James Waldegrave; an example of Married to Two Siblings. He theson of John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave. He a great x 4 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1841 George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave (age 24) was imprisoned for six months at Newgate Prison, London [Map] for having having drunkenly assaulted a police officer in Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [Map]. His wife [his wife] Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 19) and servants joined him during his imprisonment.
On 28 Sep 1846 George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave (age 30) died. His uncle [his uncle] William Waldegrave 8th Earl Waldegrave (age 57) succeeded 8th Earl Waldegrave, 9th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 12th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. His wife [his wife] Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 25) inherited Strawberry Hill House.
On 30 Sep 1847 George Harcourt (age 62) and [his former wife] Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 26) were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years. He theson of Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (age 89) and Anne Leveson-Gower.
In 1863 Chichester Parkinson Fortescue 2nd Baron Clermont 1st Baron Carlingford (age 39) and [his former wife] Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 41) were married.
In 1879 [his former wife] Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 57) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Englefield Lady Waldegrave 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hyde Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Webb 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Webb 3rd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Blomer Lady Webb 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Belasyse Lady Webb 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave 2 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Englefield Lady Waldegrave 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hyde Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Webb 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Webb 3rd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Blomer Lady Webb 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Belasyse Lady Webb 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave Countess Waldegrave 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel Robert Walpole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Walpole 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Short of Bybrook
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Shorter 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Philipps 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hammond Clement Postmaster
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Clement
George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave 4 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland