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Biography of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet 1662-1734

Paternal Family Tree: Dashwood

On 6th November 1662 Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet was baptised.

On 6th November 1662 Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet was born to George Dashwood (age 45) and Margaret Perry.

On 8th March 1683 [his father] George Dashwood (age 66) died.

On 9th June 1683 Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 20) and Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 20) were married.

On 16th September 1684 Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 21) was created 1st Baronet Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire. [his wife] Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 21) by marriage Lady Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire.

On 29th August 1686 [his daughter] Penelope Dashwood was born to Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 23) and [his wife] Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 23).

In 1687 [his son] Robert Dashwood was born to Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his wife] Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 24).

In 1690 [his son] Richard Dashwood was born to Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 27) at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire.

Around 1693 [his daughter] Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson was born to Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his wife] Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 30).

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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.

In or before 1705 [his son-in-law] John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet (age 32) and [his daughter] Penelope Dashwood (age 18) were married.

Before 24th May 1711 John Closterman (age 51). Portrait of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 48).

In or before 1713 [his son] Robert Dashwood (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Reade were married.

On 12th June 1718 [his son-in-law] Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet (age 31) and [his daughter] Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson (age 25) were married. She by marriage Lady Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.

On 29th September 1728 [his son] Robert Dashwood (age 41) died at Paris [Map].

On 14th July 1734 Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet (age 71) died at Northbrook, Oxfordshire. His grandson [his grandson] James (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baronet Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire.

On 22nd February 1735 [his former wife] Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 72) died at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire.

[his son] Chamberlayne Dashwood was born to Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet and Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood.

[his father] George Dashwood and [his mother] Margaret Perry were married.

[his daughter] Anne Dashwood was born to Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet and Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood.

Royal Descendants of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet 1662-1734

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet 1662-1734

GrandFather: Samuel Dashwood

Father: George Dashwood

Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet

GrandFather: William Perry

Mother: Margaret Perry