Biography of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom 1837-1898

On 22nd May 1832 [his father] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 30) and [his mother] Jessy Brooke were married.

On 12th December 1837 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom was born to Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 36) and Jessy Brooke in Blythe Hall, Lathom.

On 5th May 1844 [his father] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 42) died of influenza.

On 3rd April 1853 [his grandfather] Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale died. His grandson Edward (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire.

On 17th August 1860 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 22) and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 60) and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon (age 50).

On 31st May 1864 Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby (age 23) and [his sister-in-law] Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 24) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 64) and [his mother-in-law] Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon (age 54). He the son of Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (age 65) and [his aunt] Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby (age 59).

On 25th October 1864 [his son] Edward George Bootle Wibraham 2nd Earl Lathom was born to Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 26) and [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 23).

On 27th June 1870 [his father-in-law] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 70) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Clarendon, 5th Baron Hyde of Hindon in Wiltshire 1756.

On 6th September 1876 [his brother-in-law] Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 30) and Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon (age 19) were married at Harbridge, Someroy. She by marriage Countess Clarendon. She the daughter of James Charles Agar 3rd Earl Normanton (age 57) and Caroline Susan Augusta Barrington Countess Normanton (age 41). He the son of [his father-in-law] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon and [his mother-in-law] Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1880 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 42) was created 1st Earl Lathom. [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 39) by marriage Countess Lathom.

The London Gazette 25558. St. James's Palace, February 10, 1886. THE Queen has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:— .

Valentine Augustus (age 60), Earl of Kenmare, K.P., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward (age 48), Earl of Lathom, resigned.

Charles Douglas Richard (age 45), Lord Sudeley to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of George William (age 47), Earl of Coventry, resigned.

William John, Lord Monson to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of George William (age 61), Viscount Barrington, resigned.

The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 28), M.P., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir Henry Fletcher (age 50), Bart., M.P., resigned.

On 16th August 1887 [his son-in-law] Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil (age 24) and [his daughter] Florence Bootle Wibraham were married. She the daughter of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 49) and [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 46). He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 57) and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury (age 60). They were sixth cousins.

On 15th August 1889 [his son] Edward George Bootle Wibraham 2nd Earl Lathom (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie Countess Lathom (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor (age 48) and Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor (age 43). He the son of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 51) and [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 48). They were second cousins.

On 18th July 1892 [his mother] Jessy Brooke died.

The London Gazette 26321. St. James's Palace, August 25, 1892.

The Queen (age 73) has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:-

Charles Robert, Lord Carrington (age 49), G.C.M.G., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward, Earl of Lathom (age 54), G.C.B., resigned.

The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 34), M.P., to be Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Henry George, Lord Burghley (age 42), M.P., resigned.

George William Henry, Lord Vernon (age 38), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of Charles Alfred Worsley, Earl of Yarborough (age 33), resigned.

William, Lord Kensington (age 57), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeoman of the Guard, in the room of William, Earl of Limerick (age 52), K.P., resigned.

On 21st April 1893 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby (age 66) died at Knowsley, Lancashire. His brother Frederick (age 52) succeeded 16th Earl Derby, 10th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. [his sister-in-law] Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 53) by marriage Countess Derby.

In 1897 [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 56) died.

On 19th November 1898 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 60) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Lathom, 3rd Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire. [his daughter-in-law] Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie Countess Lathom (age 29) by marriage Countess Lathom.

[his daughter] Florence Bootle Wibraham was born to Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom.