Biography of Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden 1711-1755

On 24th April 1702 [her father] Edmund Dunch [aged 24] and [her mother] Elizabeth Godfrey were married.

In 1711 Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden was born to [her father] Edmund Dunch [aged 33] and [her mother] Elizabeth Godfrey.

On 31st May 1719 [her father] Edmund Dunch [aged 41] died.

On 21st April 1720 Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet [aged 29] died without issue. His brother [her future husband] George [aged 25] succeeded 5th Baronet Oxenden of Dene in Kent. Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 9] by marriage Lady Oxenden of Dene in Kent.

In May 1720 George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 25] and Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 9] were married. They had three sons and three daughters.

On 5th September 1721 [her son] Henry Oxenden 6th Baronet was born to [her husband] George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 26] and Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 10]. He married 28th July 1755 Margaret Chudleigh Lady Oxenden, daughter of George Chudleigh 4th Baronet and Frances Davie, and had issue.

Around 1731. Thomas Hudson [aged 30]. Portrait of Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 20].

On 3rd April 1735 [her brother-in-law] Robert Montagu 3rd Duke Manchester [aged 25] and [her sister] Harriet Dunch Duchess Manchester were married. He the son of Charles Montagu 1st Duke Manchester and Doddington Greville Duchess Manchester.

In 1739 Thomas Hudson [aged 38]. Portrait of Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 28].

On 21st October 1739 William Montagu 2nd Duke Manchester [aged 39] died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Robert [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Duke Manchester, 6th Earl Manchester, 6th Viscount Mandeville, 6th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. [her sister] Harriet Dunch Duchess Manchester by marriage Duchess Manchester.

In 1750 Basil Dixwell 2nd Baronet [aged 85] died. Baronet Dixwell of Broome House in Kent extinct. His nephew [her husband] George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 55] inherited the Dixwell estate. As a condition of the inheritance he was required to take on the surname of Dixwell, but although he procured an Act of Parliament in 1751, to this effect, it is not clear if he took the surname on in practice.

In 1755 Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 44] died.

On 20th January 1775 [her former husband] George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 80] died. His son Henry [aged 53] succeeded 6th Baronet Oxenden of Dene in Kent. Margaret Chudleigh Lady Oxenden [aged 51] by marriage Lady Oxenden of Dene in Kent.