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Paternal Family Tree: Bulwer
On 8th November 1831 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl was born to [his father] Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 28).
On 4th October 1864 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 32) and Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 23) were married.
On 14th July 1866 [his father] Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 63) was created 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
On 12th June 1867 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton Countess Balfour was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 35) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 25). She married 21st December 1887 her sixth cousin Gerald Balfour 2nd Earl of Balfour and had issue.
On 18th January 1873 [his father] Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 69) died. His son Edward (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, 2nd Baronet Bulwer of Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
On 26th December 1874 [his daughter] Emily Bulwer-Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 43) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 33). She married 1897 Edwin Landseer Lutyens and had issue.
1876. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 46). Portrait of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 44).
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 9th August 1876 [his son] Victor Bulwer-Lytton 2nd Earl of Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 44) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 34).
On 6th February 1879 [his son] Neville Bulwer-Lytton 3rd Earl of Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 47) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 37). He married 1899 Judith Blunt-Lytton 16th Baroness Wentworth, daughter of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and Anne King-Noel 15th Baroness Wentworth, and had issue.
In 1880 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 48) was created 1st Earl of Lytton in Derbyshire. [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 38) by marriage Countess of Lytton in Derbyshire.
On 21st December 1887 [his son-in-law] Gerald Balfour 2nd Earl of Balfour (age 34) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton Countess Balfour (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 56) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 46). They were sixth cousins.
On 24th November 1891 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 60) died. His son Victor (age 15) succeeded 2nd Earl of Lytton in Derbyshire, 3rd Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, 3rd Baronet Bulwer of Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
On 17th September 1936 [his former wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 95) died.