Biography of Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 1773-1865
Paternal Family Tree: De Cotton
On 14 Nov 1773 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere was born to Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (age 34).
On 14 Aug 1775 [his grandfather] Lynch Salusbury Cotton 4th Baronet (age 70) died. His son [his father] Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (age 36) succeeded 5th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
On 01 Jan 1801 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 27) and Anna-Maria Clinton (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 31 May 1807 [his wife] Anna-Maria Clinton (age 23) died.
On 24 Aug 1809 [his father] Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (age 70) died. His son Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 35) succeeded 6th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
On 11 Apr 1812 Major-General John Le Marchant (age 46) led the 5th Dragoon Guards in a perfectly timed flank charge, in echelon of squadrons, which defeated two strong columns of French cavalry under General Charles Lallemand. The French had been attacking British light cavalry under Sir Stapleton Cotton (age 38), who were being forced to give ground.
On 03 May 1814 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 40) was created 1st Baron Combermere.
On 22 Jun 1814 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 40) and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Combermere.
In 1815 [his daughter] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 41) and [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 26).
On 24 Nov 1818 [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 45) and [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 29) at Duncombe House.
Before 17 Feb 1821 [his brother-in-law] Algernon Greville of North Lodge in Barnet (age 30) and Catherine Graham (age 35) were married.
On 08 Feb 1827 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Combermere. [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 38) by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
On 25 Jan 1837 [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 48) died.
On 23 Aug 1837 [his son-in-law] Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire (age 25) and [his daughter] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire (age 22) were married. He the son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 48) and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire (age 47).
In 1838 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 64) and Mary Gibbings Viscountess Comberemere were married. She by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
In 1844 [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Susan Alice Sitwell were married.
On 23 Nov 1857 [his former brother-in-law] Algernon Greville of North Lodge in Barnet (age 66) died.
On 21 Feb 1865 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 91) died. His son [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Combermere, 2nd Baron Combermere, 7th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
After 21 Feb 1865. St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (deceased) sculpted by William "The Younger" Theed (age 61).
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 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 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 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cotton 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton of Combermere Abbey in Cheshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cotton 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Calverley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Calverley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cholmondeley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Salusbury 1st Baronet
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Salusbury 2nd Baronet 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Myddelton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Salusbury 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Tyrrell 1st Baronet
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hester Tyrrell Lady Salusbury 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: Lynch Salusbury Cotton 4th Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lynch
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton
Father: Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wiliam Cotton of Alkington
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cotton of Alkington and Bellaport
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Cotton of Bellaport
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rowland Cotton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Abigail Cotton Lady Cotton
Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland