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Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Ernle 1697-1759
In or before 1720 [her father] Henry Drax (age 26) and [her mother] Elizabeth Ernle (age 22) were married.
Around 1720 Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent was born to Henry Drax (age 27) and Elizabeth Ernle (age 23).
On 14th July 1730 [her future husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 21) and Emilia Plunkett were married. She the daughter of Peter Plunkett 4th Earl of Fingall and Frances Hales Countess Fingall.
On 23rd March 1736 [her future husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 27) and Anne Craggs were married.
On 7th May 1744 Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 29) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Berkeley. He the son of James Berkeley 3rd Earl Berkeley and Louisa Lennox Countess Berkeley.
In 1745 [her son] Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley was born to [her husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 29) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 25). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 17th December 1750 [her daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach was born to [her husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 35) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 30). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th August 1753 [her son] George Cranfield Berkeley was born to [her husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 38) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 33). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 9th January 1755 [her husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 39) died. His son [her son] Frederick (age 10) succeeded 5th Earl Berkeley, 5th Viscount Dursley, 13th Baron Berkeley.
On 24th May 1755 [her father] Henry Drax (age 62) died.
On 2nd January 1757 Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 48) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 37) were married.
In 1758 [her daughter] Louisa Nugent was born to [her husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 49) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 38).
In 1758 [her daughter] Mary Elizabeth Nugent Marchioness Buckingham was born to [her husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 49) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 38).
In 1759 [her mother] Elizabeth Ernle (age 62) died.
Around 1759 Joshua Reynolds (age 35). Portrait of Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 39).
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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.
In 1767 [her husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 58) was created 1st Viscount Clare, 1st Baron Nugent. Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 47) by marriage Viscountess Clare.
On 30th May 1767 [her son-in-law] William Craven 6th Baron Craven (age 28) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 47).
In 1771 [her step-son] Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Nugent (age 39) died unmarried.
In 1775 [her son-in-law] George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 21) and [her daughter] Mary Elizabeth Nugent Marchioness Buckingham (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 66) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 55).
In 1776 [her husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 67) was created 1st Earl Nugent. Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 56) by marriage Countess Nugent.
In 1784 [her son] George Cranfield Berkeley (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Emily Charlotte Lennox (age 20) were married. He the son of [her former husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 64). They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 13th October 1788 [her husband] Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 79) died. [her son-in-law] George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Nugent. Viscount Clare, Baron Nugent extinct.
On 13th October 1791 [her son-in-law] Charles Alexander Hohenzollern Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 55) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 40) were married at Lisbon [Map]. She by marriage Margravine Brandenburg Ansbach. She the daughter of [her former husband] Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 71). They were fifth cousins. He a great grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 29th June 1792 Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 72) died.
Father: Henry Drax
Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent
GrandFather: Edward Ernle 3rd Baronet
Mother: Elizabeth Ernle