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Biography of George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett 1909-1973

Paternal Family Tree: Paulett

In 1908 [his father] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 24) and [his mother] Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of [his grandfather] William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett and [his grandmother] Rosa Melville Countess Poulett.

On 23rd June 1909 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett was born to William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 25) and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 19).

On 11th July 1918 [his father] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 34) died in the flu pandemic. His son George (age 9) succeeded 8th Earl Poulett, 11th Baron Poulett.

In 1935 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 25) and Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 45).

In 1941 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 31) and Olga Lorraine Lawrence Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 51).

In 1941 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 31) and Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 33) were divorced.

On 20th July 1947 [his mother] Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 57) died.

In 1961 [his wife] Olga Lorraine Lawrence Countess Poulett died.

In 1968 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 58) and Margaret Christine Ball Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett.

All About History Books

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.

On 1st March 1973 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 63) died. Earl Poulett and Baron Poulett extinct.

On 20th October 1994 [his former wife] Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 87) died.

Royal Ancestors of George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett 1909-1973

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett 1909-1973

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Butt of Arlington in Gloucestershire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Butt

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Paulett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Dallas 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Sophia Dallas

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Blackwood 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Blackwood 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Catherine Blackwood Lady Dallas

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorcas Stevenson 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

Father: William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfred Hugh de Melville

GrandMother: Rosa Melville Countess Poulett

George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Frederick Clayton Storey

Mother: Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett