Biography of Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 1773-1865

On 14th November 1773 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere was born to Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (age 34).

On 1st January 1801 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 27) and Anna-Maria Clinton (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln.

On 31st May 1807 [his wife] Anna-Maria Clinton (age 23) died.

On 24th August 1809 [his father] Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (age 70) died. His son Stapleton (age 35) succeeded 6th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.

On 11th April 1812 Major-General John Le Marchant (age 46) led the 5th Dragoon Guards in a perfectly timed flank charge, in echelon of squadrons, which defeated two strong columns of French cavalry under General Charles Lallemand. The French had been attacking British light cavalry under Sir Stapleton Cotton (age 38), who were being forced to give ground.

On 3rd May 1814 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 40) was created 1st Baron Combermere.

On 22nd June 1814 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 40) and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Combermere.

In 1815 [his daughter] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 41) and [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 26).

On 24th November 1818 [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 45) and [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 29) at Duncombe House, St Thomas.

On 8th February 1827 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Combermere. [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 38) by marriage Viscountess Combermere.

On 25th January 1837 [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere (age 48) died.

On 23rd August 1837 [his son-in-law] Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire (age 25) and [his daughter] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire (age 22) were married. He the son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 48) and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire (age 47). They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1838 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 64) and Mary Gibbings Viscountess Comberemere were married. She by marriage Viscountess Combermere.

In 1844 [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Susan Alice Sitwell (age 24) were married.

On 21st February 1865 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 91) died. His son [his son] Wellington (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Combermere, 2nd Baron Combermere, 7th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.

St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere sculpted by William "The Younger" Theed (age 61).

Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere: On 24th November 1818 he was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere at Duncombe House, St Thomas. In 1844 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere and Susan Alice Sitwell were married. On 1st December 1891 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere died. His son Robert succeeded 3rd Viscount Combermere, 3rd Baron Combermere, 8th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere by marriage Viscountess Combermere.