Biography of Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby 1709-1761

Before 18th February 1675 [her father] Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 18] and Barbara Gorges [aged 18] were married.

On 23rd April 1698 [her father] Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 41] and [her mother] Frances Jones [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh [aged 57] and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh. They were second cousins.

Around 1709 Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby was born to Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 52] and Frances Jones [aged 36]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%.

Around 1716 [her mother] Frances Jones [aged 43] died.

On 30th April 1719 [her father] Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 62] was created 1st Earl Coningsbury with a special remainder to the eldest daughter of his second marriage Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 10].

On 1st May 1729 [her father] Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby [aged 72] died. His daughter Margaret [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Countess Coningsbury.

In 1730 Michael Newton 4th Baronet [aged 35] and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby and Frances Jones.

On 16th October 1732 [her son] John Newton was born to [her husband] Michael Newton 4th Baronet [aged 37] and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 23]. He died aged less than one years old.

On 4th January 1733 [her son] John Newton died at Culverthorpe Hall [Map]. He is reported to have died when he was removed from his crib by a pet monkey who then dropped him from the roof of the house; there are variations of the story. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].

John Newton: On 16th October 1732 he was born to Michael Newton 4th Baronet and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby.

On 12th February 1734 [her father-in-law] John Newton 3rd Baronet [aged 83] died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]; his monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 39]. His son [her husband] Michael [aged 39] succeeded 4th Baronet Newton of Barrs Court. Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 25] by marriage Lady Newton of Barrs Court.

John Newton 3rd Baronet: Around 1651 he was born to John Newton 2nd Baronet and Mary Eyre. Before 9th June 1680 he and Abigail Heveningham were married. On 23rd January 1691 he and Susanna Wharton Lady Newton were married. On 31st August 1699 John Newton 2nd Baronet died. His son John succeeded 3rd Baronet Newton of Barrs Court. Susanna Wharton Lady Newton by marriage Lady Newton of Barrs Court.

On 6th April 1743 [her husband] Michael Newton 4th Baronet [aged 48] died. Baronet Newton of Barrs Court extinct. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]. Sculpted by Peter Scheemakers [aged 52].

On 12th June 1761 Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby [aged 52] died. Earl Coningsbury extinct. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]. Monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 66].