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Biography of Hester Granville Countess Chatham 1720-1803

On 25 Nov 1710 [her father]  (age 32) and [her step-mother]  (age 20) were married.

On 08 Nov 1720 Hester Granville Countess Chatham was born to (age 42).

On 17 Feb 1727 [her father]  (age 48) died.

On 16 Nov 1754 William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 46) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Richard Granville 1678-1727.

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On 19 Oct 1755 [her daughter] Hester Pitt was born to [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 46) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 34).

On 09 Oct 1756 [her son] John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham was born to [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 47) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 35).

In 1758 [her daughter] Harriet Pitt was born to [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 49) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 37).

On 28 May 1759 [her son] William "The Younger" Pitt was born to [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 50) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 38).

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In 1761 [her son] James Charles Pitt was born to [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 52) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 40).

On 17 Jul 1761 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Pitt (age 56) died.

On 04 Aug 1766 [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 57) was created 1st Earl Chatham. Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 45) by marriage Countess Chatham.

On 19 Dec 1774 [her son-in-law]  (age 21) and [her daughter] Hester Pitt (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 66) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 54). He the son of Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope 1714-1786 (age 60) and Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope. They were half second cousins.

On 11 May 1778 [her husband] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 69) died. His son [her son] John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham (age 21) succeeded 2nd Earl Chatham.

On 20 Jul 1780 [her daughter] Hester Pitt (age 24) died.

On 13 Nov 1780 [her son] James Charles Pitt (age 19) died at Antigua.

On 10 Jul 1783 [her son] John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham (age 26) and [her daughter-in-law]  were married. She by marriage Countess Chatham. He the son of William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 62).

In 1785 [her son-in-law] Edward James Eliot (age 26) and [her daughter] Harriet Pitt (age 27) were married. She the daughter of William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 64).

In 1786 [her daughter] Harriet Pitt (age 28) died from childbirth five days after giving birth to her only child.

In 1800 Hester Lucy Stanhope (age 23) was sent to live with her maternal grandmother Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 79) at Burton Pynsent, Somerset.

On 09 Apr 1803 Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 82) died.

Family Trees of Hester Granville Countess Chatham 1720-1803

Paternal Family Tree: Granville

Ancestors of Hester Granville Countess Chatham 1720-1803

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Granville

GrandFather: Richard Granville

Father: Richard Granville 1678-1727

Hester Granville Countess Chatham