Biography of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 1662-1740

Before February 1655 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 24] and Isabella Blount [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 58] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 55]. He the son of [his grandfather] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 72]. They were first cousin twice removed.

On 4th October 1655 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 24] and [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard [aged 22] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 72].

On or before 3rd June 1662 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury was born to Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 31] and Anne or Abigail Sherard [aged 29]. 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 [aged 43] died. His son Charles [aged 11] de jure 4th Earl Banbury, 4th Viscount Wallingford, 4th Baron Knollys.

On 6th March 1680 [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard [aged 47] died.

On 10th June 1685 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 23] unsuccessfully petitioned the House of Lords to become Earl Banbury.

On 16th May 1689 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 26] and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury [aged 25] 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 [aged 30]. 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 [aged 36] had lost to dueling.

On 15th October 1694 [his son] Major William Knollys was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 32] and [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury [aged 31]. He married his half first cousin Mary Katherine Law.

Around 1697 [his daughter] Katherine Knollys was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury [aged 33].

In December 1699 [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury [aged 36] died.

Around 1702 [his illegitimate son] Admiral Charles Knowles 1st Baronet was born illegitimately to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 39]. See The Naval Chronicle 1799 Page 89 and Page 90.

On 30th April 1702 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 39] and Mary Woods [aged 18] 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 [aged 40] and [his wife] Mary Woods [aged 19]. 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 [aged 22] and Martha Hughes [aged 21] were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 63] and Mary Woods [aged 41].

On 12th July 1730 [his daughter] Katherine Knollys [aged 33] 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 [aged 45] died without issue.

On 26th August 1740 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 78] died at Dunkirk. His son Charles [aged 37] de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.

On 12th May 1762 [his former wife] Mary Woods [aged 78] died.