Biography of Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 1689-1762
Paternal Family Tree: Pierrepoint
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
In 1687 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 32) and [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh and [her grandmother] Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
On or before 26 May 1689 Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 34) and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull (age 21). On 26 May 1689 she was baptised at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
On 17 Sep 1690 [her uncle] William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston (age 28) died at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 35) succeeded 5th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 5th Viscount Newark, 5th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull (age 22) by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In Dec 1697 [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull (age 29) died.
In 1706 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 51) was created 1st Marquess Dorchester.
In 1712 Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 33) and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 22) were married after they eloped together to avoid her marriage to Clotworthy Skeffington 4th Viscount Massereene. She the daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 57) and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 15 May 1713 [her son] Edward Wortley-Montagu was born to [her husband] Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 35) and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 23).
On 02 Aug 1714 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 59) and [her step-mother] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull (age 26) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorchester. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland.
In 1715 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 60) was created 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull. [her step-mother] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull (age 26) by marriage Duchess Kingston upon Hull.
On 24 Sep 1717 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford was born to Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 41) and Catherine Shorter (age 35). [her granddaughter] Louisa Stuart wrote to her grandmother Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 28) of rumours that his biological father was Carr Hervey (age 26) with whom his mother was known to be on romantic terms. The fifth child Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford was born some eleven years after this elder siblings who were born 1701-1706.
Around 1718 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson (age 50). Portrait of Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 28).
In Feb 1718 [her daughter] Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute was born to [her husband] Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 39) and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 28).
Before 1723 Godfrey Kneller (age 76). Portrait of Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 33).
On 05 Mar 1726 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 71) died. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His grandson Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 15) succeeded 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Marquess Dorchester, 6th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 6th Viscount Newark, 6th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In 1732 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 66) was living in Avignon [Map] where he was seen by the writer Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 42).
In 1734 Philip Medows (age 26) and Frances Pierrepont (age 21) were married. On the day of her 21st birthday she attended the opera. During the interval she eloped much to the disapproval of her aunt Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 44) who had eloped in 1712.
Around 20 Aug 1736 [her son-in-law] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 23) and [her daughter] Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 18) were married. He the son of James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute and Anne Campbell Countess Bute (age 50).
Letters of Horace Walpole. 27 Jul 1752. Arlington Street. To Horace Mann 1st Baronet (age 45).
What will you say to me after a silence of two months? I should be ashamed, if I were answerable for the whole world, who will do nothing worth repeating. Newspapers have horse-races, and can invent casualties, but I can't have the confidence to stuff a letter with either. The only casualty that is of dignity enough to send you, is a great fire at Lincoln's Inn, which is likely to afford new work for the lawyers, in consequence of the number of deeds and writings it has consumed. The Duke of Kingston (age 63) has lost many of his: he is unlucky with fires: Thoresby, his seat, was burnt a few years ago, and in it a whole room of valuable letters and manuscripts. There has been a Very considerable loss of that kind at this fire: Mr. Yorke, the Chancellor's son, had a great collection of Lord Somers's papers, many relating to the assassination plot; and by which, I am told, it appeared that the Duke of Marlborough was deep in the schemes of St. Germain's [Meaning the court of the exiled James II].
On 22 Jan 1761 [her husband] Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 82) died.
1789. Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. Monument to Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont. Sculpted by Thomas-Henry Scheemakers (age 49).
The inscription:
Sacred to the Memory of the Right Honorable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who happily introduced from Turkey, into this country, The Salutary Art of inoculating the Small Pox. Convinced of its efficacy she first tried it with success on her own children. And then recommended the practice of it to her fellow citizens. The by her Example and Advice we have softened the virulence and escaped the danger of of this malignant disease. To perpetuate the memory of such benevolence, and to express gratitude, for the benefit of herself received from this alleviating art. This monument is erected by Henrietta Inge (age 72) relict of Theodore William Inge Esq. and daughter to Sir John Wrottesley Baronet in the year of our lord MDCCLXXXIX [1989].
Henrietta Wrottesley: In 1717 she was born to John Wrottesley 4th Baronet and Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley. On 01 Jan 1735 Theodore William Inge Baronet and she were married. In 1790 Henrietta Wrottesley died.
Theodore William Inge Baronet: In 1711 he was born. In 1753 he died.
John Wrottesley 4th Baronet: Around 1682 he was born to Walter Wrottesley 3rd Baronet. In 1712 Walter Wrottesley 3rd Baronet died. His son John Wrottesley 4th Baronet succeeded 4th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire. Before 1717 John Wrottesley 4th Baronet and Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley were married. She by marriage Lady Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire. In 1726 John Wrottesley 4th Baronet died. His son Hugh Wrottesley 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
GrandFather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
Father: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
GrandMother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe
Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding of Newnham Paddock
Great x 3 Grandfather: Basil Feilding of Newnham Paddock in Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Aston of Tixall in Staffordshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aston
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond
GrandFather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Rawson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Cooke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Read of Osterley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Read
Mother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
GrandMother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cranfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheppard