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Biography of Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh 1828-1870

Paternal Family Tree: Fermor

On 13th January 1823 [her father] Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret (age 52) and [her mother] Amabel Borough (age 23) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the son of [her grandfather] George Fermor 2nd Earl Pomfret and [her grandmother] Anna Maria Delagard Countess Pomfret.

On 2nd January 1828 Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh was born to Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret (age 57) and Amabel Borough (age 28).

On 29th June 1833 [her father] Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret (age 62) died. His son [her brother] George (age 8) succeeded 5th Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract, 5th Baron Leominster, 6th Baronet Fermor of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.

1845 Francis Grant (age 41). Portrait of Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 16).

In 1846 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet (age 20) and Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret and Amabel Elizabeth Borough Countess of Pomfret (age 46).

In 1847 [her son] Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh 6th Baronet was born to [her husband] Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet (age 21) and Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 18).

Around February 1848 [her son] Thomas Richard Hesketh was born to [her husband] Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet (age 23) and Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 20).

On 9th May 1849 [her son] Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh 7th Baronet was born to [her husband] Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet (age 24) and Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 21).

On 22nd May 1849 [her son] Thomas Richard Hesketh (age 1) died. Memorial at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map].

Thomas Richard Hesketh: Around February 1848 he was born to Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet and Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh.

On 14th June 1863 [her grandmother] Anna Maria Lake (age 88) died. Memorial window at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map] commissioned by her grand-daughter Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 35).

Anna Maria Lake: In 1775 she was born to Gerard Lake 1st Viscount Lake and Elizabeth Barker. On 21st August 1799 Richard Borough 1st Baronet and she were married.

On 25th February 1870 Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh (age 42) died.

On 20th August 1872 [her former husband] Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet (age 47) died. His son [her son] Thomas (age 25) succeeded 6th Baronet Fermor-Hesketh of Rufford in Lancashire. Monument at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map] by Matthew Noble (age 55).

Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh 6th Baronet: In 1847 he was born to Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet and Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh. In 1876 Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh 6th Baronet died unmarried. His brother Thomas succeeded 7th Baronet Fermor-Hesketh of Rufford in Lancashire.

West wall of St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map] with windows commissioned by Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet in memory of his wife Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh.

Royal Ancestors of Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh 1828-1870

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh 1828-1870

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hatton Fermor of Easton Neston Northamptonshire 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fermor 1st Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cockayne

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fermor 1st Baron Leominster 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Osborne 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Walmesley Lady Osborne 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Osborne Baroness Leominster 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness

GrandFather: George Fermor 2nd Earl Pomfret 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jeffreys

Great x 3 Grandfather: George "Hanging Judge" Jeffreys 1st Baron Jeffreys

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Jeffreys 2nd Baron Jeffreys

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Needham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Herbert Viscountess Windsor 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume de Penancoët Seigneur de Kéroualle

Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Kéroualle Countess Pembroke and Montgomery

Father: Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Anna Maria Delagard Countess Pomfret

Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Richard Borough 1st Baronet

Mother: Amabel Elizabeth Borough Countess of Pomfret

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lancelot Charles Lake of Harrow-on-the-Hill

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gerard Lake 1st Viscount Lake

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Gumley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gumley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Davis

Great x 2 Grandmother: Laetitia Gumley

GrandMother: Anna Maria Lake

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barker