Biography of William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney 1802-1873
On 11 Aug 1801 or 01 Oct 1801 [his father] Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet and [his mother] Mary Anne Gorges-Meredyth were married.
In 1802 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney was born to Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet and Mary Anne Gorges-Meredyth.
Before 11 Jul 1831 [his father] Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Geale Countess Fortescue were married.
On 11 Jul 1831 [his father] Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet died. His son William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 29) succeeded 5th Baronet Somerville of Somerville in County Meath.
On 22 Dec 1832 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 30) and Maria Harriet Conyngham were married. She the daughter of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 65) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 63).
On 06 Jul 1833 [his brother-in-law] Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 27) and Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester Baroness Londesborough were married. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 64).
On 21 Jun 1834 [his daughter] Elizabeth Jane Somerville Countess Charlemont was born to William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 32) and [his wife] Maria Harriet Conyngham.
On 03 Dec 1843 [his wife] Maria Harriet Conyngham died.
On 21 Dec 1847 [his former brother-in-law] Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 42) and Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 78).
In 1850 [his former brother-in-law] Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 44) was created 1st Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester Baroness Londesborough by marriage Baroness Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
On 18 Dec 1856 [his son-in-law] James Molyneux Caulfeild 3rd Earl Charlemont (age 36) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Jane Somerville Countess Charlemont (age 22) were married.
On 15 Jan 1860 [his former brother-in-law] Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 54) died. His son William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
On 16 Oct 1860 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 58) and Maria Georgiana Elizabeth Jones (age 29) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 14 Dec 1863 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 61) was created 1st Baron Athlumney of Somerville and Dollarstown in County Meath.
On 23 Mar 1865 [his son] James Somerville 2nd Baron Meredyth and Athlumney was born to William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 63) and [his wife] Maria Georgiana Elizabeth Jones (age 33).
On 03 May 1866 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 64) was created 1st Baron Meredyth of Dollardstown in County Meath.
On 08 Dec 1873 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 71) died. His son [his son] James Somerville 2nd Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 8) succeeded 2nd Baron Athlumney of Somerville and Dollarstown in County Meath, 2nd Baron Meredyth of Dollardstown in County Meath, 6th Baronet Somerville of Somerville in County Meath.
On 06 Jan 1899 [his former wife] Maria Georgiana Elizabeth Jones (age 67) died.
[his grandfather] James Quaile Somerville 3rd Baronet died. His son [his father] Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet succeeded 4th Baronet Somerville of Somerville in County Meath.
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Somerville 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Quaile Somerville 2nd Baronet
GrandFather: James Quaile Somerville 3rd Baronet
Father: Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Marcus Lowther-Crofton 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Catherine Crofton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Crofton 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Crofton
William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney
GrandFather: Richard Gorges-Meredyth 1st Baronet
Mother: Mary Anne Gorges-Meredyth