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Biography of William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington 1835-1896

Paternal Family Tree: Edwardes of Kensington

On 12th October 1833 [his father] William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 32) and [his mother] Laura Jane Ellison (age 22) were married.

On 11th May 1835 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington was born to [his father] William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 34) and [his mother] Laura Jane Ellison (age 24).

On 26th February 1846 [his mother] Laura Jane Ellison (age 34) died.

On 10th August 1852 [his grandfather] William Edwardes 2nd Baron Kensington (age 75) died. His son [his father] William (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baron Kensington.

On 19th September 1867 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 32) and Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington were married.

On 25th July 1868 [his son] William Edwardes 5th and 2nd Baron Kensington was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 33).

On 7th July 1869 [his daughter] Gwendoline Edwardes was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 34) and [his wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington. She married 27th April 1899 her second cousin once removed Captain William Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray.

On 1st January 1872 [his father] William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 70) died. His son William (age 36) succeeded 4th Baron Kensington. [his wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington by marriage Baroness Kensington.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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On 3rd September 1873 [his son] Hugh Edwardes 6th and 3rd Baron Kensington was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 38).

On 19th May 1877 [his son] Major George Henry Edwardes was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 42) and [his wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington. He married 28th April 1903 Olive Kerr.

On 23rd March 1886 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 50) was created 1st Baron Kensington of Middlesex.

The London Gazette 26321. St. James's Palace, August 25, 1892.

The Queen (age 73) has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:-

Charles Robert, Lord Carrington (age 49), G.C.M.G., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward, Earl of Lathom (age 54), G.C.B., resigned.

The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 34), M.P., to be Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Henry George, Lord Burghley (age 42), M.P., resigned.

George William Henry, Lord Vernon (age 38), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of Charles Alfred Worsley, Earl of Yarborough (age 33), resigned.

William, Lord Kensington (age 57), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeoman of the Guard, in the room of William, Earl of Limerick (age 52), K.P., resigned.

On 7th October 1896 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 61) died. His son William (age 28) succeeded 5th Baron Kensington, 2nd Baron Kensington of Middlesex.

On 19th January 1910 [his former wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington died.

Royal Ancestors of William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington 1835-1896

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington 1835-1896

Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Edwardes

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Edwardes

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Edwardes 1st Baron Kensington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Cope Countess Holland 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rich 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Edwardes 2nd Baron Kensington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Warren Baroness Kensington

Father: William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Thomas

GrandMother: Dorothy Patricia Thomas Baroness Kensington

William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall in County Durham

Mother: Laura Jane Ellison