Biography of Charles Henry Maynard 1814-1865

In January 1814 Charles Henry Maynard was born to Charles Henry Maynard 3rd Viscount Maynard (age 27).

On 16th January 1840 Charles Henry Maynard (age 26) and Frances Julia Murray (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

On 14th September 1846 John Murray 5th Duke Atholl (age 68) died at Greville Place St John's Wood. His nephew [his brother-in-law] George (age 31) succeeded 6th Duke Atholl, 7th Marquess Atholl, 8th Earl Atholl, 9th Earl Tullibardine, 11th Baron Strange Knockin.

Before 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard (age 46) and Frances Julia Murray (age 38) were divorced.

On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard (age 46) and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.

On 10th December 1861 [his daughter] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick was born to Charles Henry Maynard (age 47) and [his wife] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 22) at 27 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.

On 16th January 1864 [his former brother-in-law] George Augustus Frederick Murray 6th Duke Atholl (age 49) died. His son John (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Atholl, 8th Marquess Atholl, 9th Earl Atholl, 10th Earl Tullibardine, 12th Baron Strange Knockin, 3rd Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire.

On 14th February 1864 [his daughter] Blanche Maynard was born to Charles Henry Maynard (age 50).

On 2nd January 1865 Charles Henry Maynard (age 51) died.

The Chelmsford Chronicle (Chelmsford, Essex), January 6, 1865, p. 8, col. 2

Death of Colonel Maynard – Colonel the Hon. Chas. Henry Maynard, only son of Viscount Maynard, died on Monday, at his residence in Hill street, Berkeley-square. The lamented gentleman was born in 1814, and married 16th January, 1840, Lady Francis Julia Murray, second daughter of the James first Lord Glenlyon, and sister to the late Duke of Athole, who died in 1858. He married, second, in 1860, Miss Fitzroy, second daughter of Mr. Henry Fitzroy, of Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire, by whom he leaves issue two infant daughters. The deceased was formerly in the Royal Horse Guards, and held the post of colonel in the Essex Militia, and was also a deputy-lieutenant of the county.

The Chelmsford Chronicle, January 13, 1865, p. 6, col. 2

Little Easton. – Funeral of the Hon. Colonel Maynard (deceased). – On Saturday the remains of the lamented only son and heir apparent of the worthy and respected Lord-Lieutenant of the county, the Right Hon. Viscount Maynard, were consigned to their last resting place in the family mausoleum at Little Easton church [Map]. The body, in a costly coffins covered with black cloth and massive gilt ornaments and handles, was brought down by railway in the course of the forenoon to Bishop Stortford, and thence in a heavily plumed hearse, drawn by four horses, to Easton Lodge, followed by two mourning coaches, and was punctual to the appointed time under the conduct of the undertaker, Mr. Fox, of Bishopsgate-street. The mourning followers were the Hon. [his former wife] Mrs. Maynard (age 25), widow of the deceased; [his former father-in-law] H. Fitzroy (age 58), Esq., her father; [his former brother-in-law] W. Fitzroy (age 27), Esq., her brother; G. Ives, C. Ives, and O. H. Capel, Esqrs., nephews of the deceased; F. Sitwell, Esq., H. Cheffins, Esq., agent to his lordship; W. B. Clapham, Esq., family surgeon; Mr. Moffat, head gardener, and Mr. Bridgeman, park ranger. Alighting from the carriages, the mournful procession was met at the churchyard by the Rev. V. Knox Child, rector of Little Easton, who read the burial service most impressively in the church and at the entrance to the mausoleum. There was a very large and respectable attendance of his lordship's tenantry and tradespeople, as well as humbler neighbors from Dunmow, Great Easton, Broxted, &c., who testified their respect by the utmost silent attention and decorum during the whole of the funeral solemnities. The deceased gentleman was laid in front of the coffin of his mother, the Viscountess, who died in October, 1857.

On 8th November 1866 Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 33) and [his former wife] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 27) were married.

On 4th November 1868 [his former wife] Frances Julia Murray (age 47) died at Shern Hall, Walthamstow.

The Chelmsford Chronicle (Chelmsford, Essex), November 12, 1858, p. 3, col. 3

We regret to find recorded in our obituary the death of Lady Frances Maynard, the wife of Colonel Maynard, of Shern Hall, Walthamstow. Her ladyship (who was the daughter [niece] of the late Duke of Atholl) expired on Thursday afternoon, November 4th, having been in a delicate state of health for a few weeks, but the fatal termination was unexpected. The deceased lady was of a most amiable disposition, and her loss will be deeply deplored.

On 8th December 1933 [his former wife] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 94) died at Regent's Park. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]

Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy: On 22nd August 1839 she was born to Henry Fitzroy in Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire and Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk. On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard and she were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. On 8th November 1866 Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn and she were married.