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Paternal Family Tree: Agar
On 29th May 1733 [his father] Henry Agar (age 31) and [his mother] Anne Ellis (age 25) were married.
On 22nd December 1736 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton was born to Henry Agar (age 34) and Anne Ellis (age 29).
On 18th November 1746 [his father] Henry Agar (age 44) died.
On 14th April 1761 [his mother] Anne Ellis (age 53) died.
Before 1778 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 41) and Jane Benson Countess Northampton were married.
In 1778 Welbore Ellis Agar 2nd Earl Normanton was born to Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 41) and Jane Benson Countess Northampton. He married 17th September 1818 Diana Herbert Countess Normanton, daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Elisabeth Beauclerk, and had issue.
Around 1787 George Romney. Portrait of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 50).
In 1794 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 57) was created 1st Baron Somerton. [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton by marriage Baroness Somerton.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 14th December 1798 [his son-in-law] Thomas Ralph Maude 2nd Viscount Hawarden (age 31) and [his daughter] Frances Anne Agar Viscountess Hawarden were married. She the daughter of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 61) and [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton.
In 1801 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 64) was created 1st Viscount Somerton. [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton by marriage Viscountess Somerton.
In 1806 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 69) was created 1st Earl Normanton. [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton by marriage Countess Normanton.
On 14th July 1809 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 72) died. He was buried at North Transept Westminster Abbey [Map]. His sonWelbore (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl Normanton.
In 1826 [his former wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton died. She was buried next to her husband Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton at the North Transept Westminster Abbey [Map].
Frances Anne Agar Viscountess Hawarden was born to Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton and Jane Benson Countess Northampton. She married 14th December 1798 Thomas Ralph Maude 2nd Viscount Hawarden, son of Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden and Mary Allen.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Agar
GrandFather: James Agar
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Blanchville of Kilkenny
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ellis Blanchville
Father: Henry Agar
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wemyss of Danesfort
GrandMother: Mary Wemyss
Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend John Ellis
GrandFather: Bishop Welbore Ellis
Mother: Anne Ellis
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Briscoe of Boughton in Northamptonshire
GrandMother: Diana Briscoe