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Paternal Family Tree: Bennett
On 28th July 1806 [his father] Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 30) and [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville (age 23) were married at Devonshire House. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Antoine 8th Duke Gramont (age 50) and [his grandmother] Aglae de Polignac "Guichette" Duchess Gramont. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville (age 62) and [his grandmother] Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville (age 54).
On 10th January 1810 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 33) and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville (age 27) at Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
In 1832 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 21) was elected MP North Northumberland.
On 29th January 1850 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 40) and Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 19) were married at Kimbolton Castle [Map]. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 50) and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester. He the son of Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 73) and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville (age 67).
On 31st December 1850 [his son] Charles Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 40) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 20).
On 30th March 1852 [his son] George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 42) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 21) at Claridge's Hotel, Brook Street.
On 22nd July 1852 [his brother-in-law] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 28) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 20) were married at Hanover Lower Saxony. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 53) and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester.
On 30th May 1853 [his son] Frederick Augustus Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 43) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 22).
In 1855 [his daughter] Corisande Olivia Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 44) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 24).
On 18th August 1855 [his father-in-law] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 56) died. His son [his brother-in-law] William (age 31) succeeded 7th Duke Manchester, 10th Earl Manchester, 10th Viscount Mandeville, 10th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 23) by marriage Duchess Manchester.
On 22nd June 1857 [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 47) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 26).
On 25th June 1859 [his father] Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 83) died. His son Charles (age 49) succeeded 6th Earl Tankerville, 7th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 28) by marriage Countess Tankerville.
On 23rd January 1865 [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville (age 82) died.
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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.
In 1866 Jacob Wilson was appointed land agent to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 55) for his estates at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
In 1877 [his son-in-law] John William Maule Ramsay 13th Earl Dalhousie (age 29) and [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 66) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 46).
On 29th June 1879 [his son] Charles Bennet (age 28) died of cholera at India.
On 24th November 1887 [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie (age 30) died.
On 22nd March 1890 [his brother-in-law] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 66) died. His son George (age 36) succeeded 8th Duke Manchester, 11th Earl Manchester, 11th Viscount Mandeville, 11th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester (age 37) by marriage Duchess Manchester.
On 5th September 1891 [his son] Frederick Augustus Bennet (age 38) died.
On 23rd October 1895 [his son] George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville (age 43) and [his daughter-in-law] Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville were married. He the son of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 85) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 65).
On 18th December 1899 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 89) died. His son [his son] George (age 47) succeeded 7th Earl Tankerville, 8th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. [his daughter-in-law] Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville by marriage Countess Tankerville.
On 15th February 1922 [his former wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 91) died at Greystones, Tunbridge Wells. She was buried at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 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 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Bennet 3rd Earl Tankerville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Colville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Camilla Colville Countess Tankerville
GrandFather: Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Astley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Astley 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Trentham
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Astley 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Astley Countess Tankerville 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Colebrooke
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Colebrooke 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville
Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine Charles 4th Duke Gramont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis 6th Duke of Gramont
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anne Jules 2nd Duke de Noailles
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Christine de Noailles
Great x 1 Grandfather: Antoine 7th Duke Gramont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles-Armand de Gontaut Duc de Biron
Great x 2 Grandmother: Geneviève de Gontaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie-Antoinette Duchesse de Lauzun
GrandFather: Antoine 8th Duke Gramont
Mother: Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jules 1st Duke of Polignac
GrandMother: Aglae de Polignac "Guichette" Duchess Gramont
Great x 1 Grandmother: Yolande Martine Gabrielle Polastron Duchess Gramont