Biography of Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury 1729-1814

Paternal Family Tree: Brudenell

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden 1562-1643

On 15 May 1707 [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan (age 21) and [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan (age 18) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury (age 51) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury.

On 30 Apr 1729 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury was born to George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan (age 43) and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan (age 40).

On 05 Jul 1732 [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan (age 46) died. His son [his brother] George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Cardigan, 4th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. Mary Montagu Duchess of Montagu (age 21) by marriage Countess Cardigan.

In 1745 [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan (age 56) died.

On 17 Apr 1746 [his uncle] Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury (age 63) was created 1st Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire with a special remainder to his nephew Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 16).

On 17 Feb 1761 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 31) and Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Ailesbury. He the son of George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan.

In 1762 [his daughter] George Brudenell was born to Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 32) and [his wife] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury (age 29).

In 1765 [his daughter] Frances Elizabeth Brudenell was born to Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 35) and [his wife] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury (age 32).

In 1767 [his daughter] Charles Brudenell was born to Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 37) and [his wife] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury (age 34).

On 14 Feb 1773 [his son] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury was born to Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 43) and [his wife] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury (age 40).

In Jun 1776 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 47) was created 1st Earl Ailesbury. [his future wife] Anne Elizabeth Rawdon Countess Ailesbury (age 23) by marriage Countess Ailesbury.

On 04 Feb 1783 [his wife] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury (age 50) died.

On 14 Feb 1788 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 58) and Anne Elizabeth Rawdon Countess Ailesbury (age 35) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira (age 67) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira (age 56). He the son of George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan.

On 02 Oct 1789 Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon (age 60) died unmarried at the home of his nephew [his brother-in-law] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings (age 34). His fifth cousin once removed Theophilus Henry Hastings 11th Earl Huntingdon (age 60) de jure 11th Earl Huntingdon although he wasn't aware of the fact. His sister [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira (age 58) succeeded 16th Baroness Botreaux, 15th Baroness Hungerford, 13th Baroness Moleyns and 13th Baroness Hastings

On 10 Apr 1793 [his son] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Henrietta Maria Hill were married in Florence, Italy. He the son of Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 63) and [his former wife] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury.

On 20 Jun 1793 [his father-in-law] John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira (age 73) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Moira.

On 12 Jul 1804 [his brother-in-law] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings (age 49) and Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of James Mure-Campbell 5th Earl Loudon. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira (age 73).

On 11 Apr 1808 [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira (age 77) died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings (age 53) succeeded 17th Baron Botreaux, 16th Baron Hungerford, 14th Baron Moleyns and 14th Baron Hastings.

On 08 Jan 1813 [his wife] Anne Elizabeth Rawdon Countess Ailesbury (age 60) died.

On 19 Apr 1814 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 84) died at Seymour Place. His son [his son] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Ailesbury, 3rd Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. The wicked Countess and her lover lived at Clieveden [Map] - "the bower of wanton Shrewsbury and of love" - and her spirit is supposed to haunt the beautiful riverside retreat, but I am thankful to say she has never appeared in the old home of her innocent girlhood. Her portrait by Sir Peter Lely hangs in the White Hall at Deene, and is a fine example of the artist's well-known very décolleté style of "robes loosely flowing, hair as free", with the usual mise en scène of a beauty of Charles II's time. The [his father] third Earl of Cardigan was Master of the Buckhounds to Queen Anne; he married a [his mother] daughter of the [his grandfather] Earl of Ailesbury, and their fourth son inherited the Ailesbury title and estates. Lord Cardigan's [his brother] eldest son married the heiress of the Duke of Montagu in 1766 [Note. Married on 07 Jul 1730. He was created Duke in 1766]. He was a friend of Horace Walpole, the influence of whose pseudo-Gothic tastes may still be seen in the south front of Deene [Map], built at this time, and which now incorporates the great ball-room built for me by my dear husband.

[his daughter] Caroline Anne Brudenell was born to Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury and Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury 1729-1814

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury 1729-1814

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell of Doddington in Huntingdonshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tresham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tresham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Catesby

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Throckmorton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Throckmorton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hussey Baroness Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandFather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savage 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Manners 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Rich

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cornwallis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Father: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Savile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Savile 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Savile 1st Baron Savile 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hussey 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hussey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Saye 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Collette Clarke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sheldon of Howley in Leicestershire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey

Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bruce

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chichester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Chichester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harington 1st Baron Harington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Keilway Baroness Harington

GrandFather: Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Honora Rogers

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Seymour 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe

GrandMother: Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Clerke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden