Biography of Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche 1752-1828

Paternal Family Tree: Bishopp

On 8th January 1750 [his father] Cecil Bishopp 7th Baronet and [his mother] Susan Hedges Lady Bishopp were married.

On 29th December 1752 Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche was born to [his father] Cecil Bishopp 7th Baronet and [his mother] Susan Hedges Lady Bishopp.

On 15th June 1778 [his grandfather] Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet (age 77) died. His son [his father] Cecil succeeded 7th Baronet Bishopp of Parham in Sussex. [his mother] Susan Hedges Lady Bishopp by marriage Lady Bishopp of Parham in Sussex.

In 1779 [his father] Cecil Bishopp 7th Baronet died. His son Cecil (age 26) succeeded 8th Baronet Bishopp of Parham in Sussex.

In or before 1783 Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 30) and Harriet Anne Southwell were married. They had two sons, both of whom predeceased him, and three daughters.

On 25th June 1783 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Bishopp was born to Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 30).

In or after 1784 [his son] Lieutenant Charles Cecil Bisshop was born to Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 31).

On 7th September 1787 [his daughter] Harriet Anne Bishopp 13th Baroness Zouche was born to Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 34). She married 1808 Robert Curzon Baron Zouche, son of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon and Dorothy Grosvenor Baroness Curzon, and had issue.

On 1st December 1791 [his mother] Susan Hedges Lady Bishopp died.

On 1st December 1791 [his daughter] Katharine Anabella Bisshop Lady Brooke-Pechell was born to Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 38). She married 1st August 1826 George Brooke-Pechell 4th Baronet, son of Thomas Brooke-Pechell 2nd Baronet and Charlotte Clavering Lady Pechell, and had issue.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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In 1808 [his son] Lieutenant Charles Cecil Bisshop (age 23) died of yellow fever in Jamaica after the frigate Muros was wrecked whilst endeavouring to destroy some batteries near Havana, Cuba.

In 1808 [his son-in-law] Robert Curzon Baron Zouche (age 33) and [his daughter] Harriet Anne Bishopp 13th Baroness Zouche (age 20) were married.

Around 16th July 1813 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Bishopp (age 30) died from wounds. Bisshopp's final action in the war was to lead an attack on Black Rock, New York from Fort George, Ontario. The raid was successful but their departure was delayed and he was injured in a counterattack. He died from his injuries a few days later. Bishopp is buried in the Lundy's Lane Battlefield Cemetery in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The London Gazette 17046. Whitehall, July 27, 1815.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, has been graciously pleased to order a writ to be issued, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for summoning Sir Cecil Bisshopp (age 62), of Parham-Park, in the county of Sussex, Baronet, up to the House of Peers, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Zouche, of Haryngworth, he being lineally descended from the eldest of the two daughters [Note. Elizabeth Zouche and Mary Zouche] of Edward the last Lord Zouche, of Haryngworth, who died without issue male in 1625 and one of the rightful heirs of the said Barony, which was created by writ of summons in the reign of King Edward the Second.

Note. The descent from Elizabeth Zouche as follows: Zouche Tate, William Tate, Bartholomew Tate, [his grandmother] Catherine Tate, [his mother] Susan Hedges Lady Bishopp, Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche.

On 1st August 1826 [his son-in-law] George Brooke-Pechell 4th Baronet (age 37) and [his daughter] Katharine Anabella Bisshop Lady Brooke-Pechell (age 34) were married at Parham Park, Sussex.

On 11th November 1828 Cecil Bishopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 75) died. Baron Zouche Harringworth abeyant. His first cousin George (age 37) succeeded 9th Baronet Bishopp of Parham in Sussex.

The London Gazette 18540. Whitehall, January 8, 1829.

The King has been pleased to direct letter patent to be passed under the Great Seal, declaring that the Honourable [his daughter] Harriet-Anne Curzon (age 41) (wife of the Honourable [his son-in-law] Robert Curzon (age 54)), being one of the two surviving daughters [Note. the other being [his daughter] Katharine Anabella Bisshop Lady Brooke-Pechell (age 37)] and coheirs of the body of Cecil, late Baron Zouche of Haryngworth and shall be Baroness Zouche of Haryngworth and shall have and enjoy the said ancient Barony of Zouche of Haryngworth, to her and the heirs of her body in as full and ample manner as the said Cecil Baron Zouche of Haryngworth, or any of his ancestors, Barons Zouche of Haryngworth, held and enjoyed the same.