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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.

Biography of Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire 1906-1941

Paternal Family Tree: Howard

Battle of Istabulat

On 21st April 1917 [his father] Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 39) was killed in action when a piece of shrapnel entered his heart. His son Charles (age 11) succeeded 20th Earl Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire.

On 2nd March 1906 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire was born to Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 28) and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 27).

In 1934 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 27) and Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire. He the son of Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 55).

On 10th June 1940 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 34) left Paris and travelled to Bordeaux [Map] where British Embassy representatives introduced them to the master of the British tramp ship SS Broompark. They embarked 33 eminent scientists, with their families. Two more scientists, Lew Kowarski and Hans Halban, arrived with the entire world stockpile of heavy water. Then the managing director of the Antwerp Diamond Bank, Paul Timbal, joined, with $10 million worth of gem diamonds. They discovered 600 tons of machine tools in wagons on the quay, which were also loaded. The Broompark carried them safely to Pendennis Castle, Falmouth [Map].

On 12th May 1941 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 35) was killed. He had successfully defused thirty-four bombs. The thirty-fifth exploded at Erith Marshes, Kent bomb cemetery. The 250kg bomb, dropped six months earlier, contained a Zus 40 booby trap that detonated when the Type 17 fuse was withdrawn. The explosion killed fourteen people: the Earl, his chauffeur Fred Hards, his secretary Eileen Beryl Morden (who died in the ambulance), and eleven other people who were nearby.

[his son] Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire (age 6) succeeded 21st Earl Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire, 13th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 13th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.

On 27th March 1935 [his son] Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire was born to Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 29) and [his wife] Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 37).

1925. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 18).

The London Gazette 35220. Central Chancery Of The Orders Of Knighthood.

St. James's Palace, S.W.1. 18th July, 1941.

The King has been gracidusly pleased to award the GEORGE CROSS to:-

Charles Henry George Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire (deceased), Chief Field Research and Experimental Officer, Directorate of Scientific Research, Ministry of Supply.

For conspicuous bravery in connection with bomb disposal.

On 26th December 1904 [his father] Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 27) and [his mother] Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 25) were married. She a wealthy American heiress, one of many who married into English nobilty around the time. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire and [his grandmother] Mary Eleanor Coventry Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 57).

All About History Books

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 22nd February 1966 [his former wife] Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 68) died.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire 1906-1941

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire 1906-1941

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Howard 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 15th Earl Suffolk 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Skreen

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gaskarth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Julia Gaskarth

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Howard 17th Earl Suffolk 10th Earl Berkshire 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Dutton 1st Baron Sherborne 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Bond

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jane Dutton Countess Suffolk and Berkshire 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coke Baroness Sherborne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne

GrandFather: Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard Howard 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Roper 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Molyneux 6th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Julia Molyneux 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Catherine Mary Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Suffolk and Berkshire 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Long

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Long

Father: Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Gunning Countess Coventry

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Amelius Beauclerk Coventry 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aubrey Beauclerk 6th Duke St Albans 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Ponsonby Duchess St Albans 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Moses

GrandMother: Mary Eleanor Coventry Countess Suffolk and Berkshire 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Dundas 24th of Dundas

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Dundas

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Dundas of Dundas

Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Stirling Dundas

Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

GrandFather: Levi Zeigler Leiter

Mother: Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter