Biography of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 1662-1740

Before February 1655 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Isabella Blount were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland. He the son of [his grandfather] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury. They were first cousin twice removed.

On 4th October 1655 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury.

On or before 3rd June 1662 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury was born to [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard. He was baptised on 3rd June 1662 at the Church of St John the Baptist, Boughton.

In 1674 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury died. His son Charles de jure 4th Earl Banbury, 4th Viscount Wallingford, 4th Baron Knollys.

On 6th March 1680 [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard died.

On 10th June 1685 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury unsuccessfully petitioned the House of Lords to become Earl Banbury.

On 16th May 1689 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury were married. She by marriage Countess Banbury. Said to be at the Nag's Head Coffee-House James Street although this may have been the location of the reception. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.

On 6th October 1692 Captain Philip Lawson was killed in a duel by his brother-in-law Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury. The House of Lords decided that he was not a Peer (there was doubt over the paternity of his father), and he pleaded in the King's Bench. The second husband his wife [his sister] Anna Maria Knollys had lost to dueling.

On 15th October 1694 [his son] Major William Knollys was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury. He married his half first cousin Mary Katherine Law.

Around 1697 [his daughter] Katherine Knollys was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury.

In December 1699 [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury died.

Around 1702 [his illegitimate son] Admiral Charles Knowles 1st Baronet was born illegitimately to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury. See The Naval Chronicle 1799 Page 89 and Page 90.

On 30th April 1702 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and Mary Woods were married at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.

On 26th March 1703 [his son] Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and [his wife] Mary Woods. He was baptised on 14th April 1703 at St James' Church, Piccadilly. He married 28th December 1725 Martha Hughes and had issue.

On 28th December 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury and Martha Hughes were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and Mary Woods.

On 12th July 1730 [his daughter] Katherine Knollys died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].

Katherine Knollys: Around 1697 she was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury.

In June 1740 [his son] Major William Knollys died without issue.

On 26th August 1740 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury died at Dunkirk. His son Charles de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.

On 12th May 1762 [his former wife] Mary Woods died.