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Biography of Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven -1736

Paternal Family Tree: Brownlow

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Dewe 1668

Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow.

On 16th July 1697 [her father] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother [her uncle] William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).

In 1710 [her sister] Margaret Brownlow (age 23) died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, [her sister] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 29), [her sister] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford (age 26) and [her sister] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 19).

In June 1711 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 25) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 50) and Mary Wynn.

In 1714 [her son] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [her husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 27) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 27th July 1721 [her mother] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 62) died.

On 26th July 1723 [her father-in-law] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 62) died. His son [her husband] Peregrine (age 37) succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 1st May 1729 [her son] Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [her husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 43) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven at Lindsey House Cheyne Walk.

In 1735 [her son] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Blundell were married. He the son of [her husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 48) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

In 1736 Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven died.

On 1st January 1741 [her former husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 54) died. His son [her son] Peregrine (age 27) succeeded 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 3rd Marquess Lindsay, 6th Earl Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

After 1st January 1741. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to [her former husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (deceased). Flat Obelisk before which stands life sized carving of the deceased leaning on an Urn, in Roman dress, a putto holding a medallion of the Duchess Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 38).

[her daughter] Jane Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

[her daughter] Albinia Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

[her daughter] Mary Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

[her son] Albemarle Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

[her daughter] Caroline Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

Ancestors of Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven -1736

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet

GrandFather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Duncombe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bennett

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bennett

Father: John Brownlow 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Freke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Swayne of Blandford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Swayne

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Taylor of Burton Bradstock

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor

GrandMother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow

Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sherard

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe

GrandFather: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brownlow

Mother: Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandfather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire

GrandMother: Margaret Dewe