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St George's Church, Hanover Square is in Hanover Square.
On 3rd February 1731 Francis Eliott 5th Baronet was born to John Eliott 4th Baronet (age 25). He was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 28th February 1731.
On 21st February 1733 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 22) and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 14) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 10th April 1744 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (age 35) and Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 22nd June 1744 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 24) and Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam, Baroness Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. She the daughter of Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham (age 50). He the son of John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam and Anne Stringer.
On 29th September 1746 Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
Before 17th May 1748 Charles Mordaunt was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 15th June 1749 John Mordaunt was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 3rd December 1749 Charles Henry Sloane 2nd Earl Cadogan was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 30th January 1752 Harriat Mordaunt was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 11th June 1753 Harriat Mordaunt was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 9th December 1754 James Wright 1st Baronet (age 24) and Catherine Stapleton Lady Wright (age 22) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The wedding was officiated by Abraham Joseph Rudd, Curate of St. George, Hanover. The witnesses were Sir James Wright's maternal aunt Rhoda Cotes and her third husband William Maddott.
On 12th May 1761 Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood (age 20) and Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th March 1762 John Reade 6th Baronet was born to John Reade 5th Baronet (age 40) and Harriet Barker. He was a twin. He was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1763 Edward Weld (age 21) and Juliana Petre (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On or after 3rd February 1763 Cromwell Price and Lucy Bromley (age 5) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 22nd July 1764 Charles William Blunt 3rd Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Peers Lady Blunt were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Blunt of the City of London.
On 11th June 1765 Brook Bridges 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Fanny Fowler (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She an heiress to Baron Fitzwalter through her maternal grandmother Frances Mildmay who was a daughter of Mary Mildmay who was sister of Henry Mildmay 16th Baron Fitzwalter and Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter, and aunt of Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter who was the 19th and last Baron Fitzwalter on whose death the Barony became abeyant.
On 10th October 1765 Reverend Samuel Bulkeley (age 35) and Frances Mordaunt (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 57) and Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth.
On 3rd July 1767 Charlotte Fitzroy Viscountess Dungannon was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 30) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 29). She was baptisd at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 30th July 1767. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 22nd March 1768 Laurence Sterne (deceased) was buried in the churchyard of St George's Church, Hanover Square. It was widely rumoured that Sterne's body was stolen shortly after it was interred and sold to anatomists at Cambridge University. Circumstantially, it was said that his body was recognised by Charles Collignon, who knew him, and discreetly reinterred back in St George's, in an unknown plot. When the churchyard of St. George's was redeveloped in 1969, amongst 11,500 skulls disinterred, several were identified with drastic cuts from anatomising or a post-mortem examination. One was identified to be of a size that matched a bust of Sterne made by Nollekens. His remains were transferred to Coxwold churchyard [Map] in 1969 by the Laurence Sterne Trust.
On 19th May 1768 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick (age 23) and Anna Vernon (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 26th February 1770 Archdeacon Andrew Burnaby (age 37) and Anna Edwyn (age 34) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The marriage brought Baggrave Hall to the Burnaby family.
On 16th October 1770 Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow (age 25) and Jocosa Drury Lady Cust (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
On 1st April 1771 George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke (age 24) and Georgiana Peachey were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick (age 51) and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick (age 51). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 18th July 1771 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Cornewall (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She her father's heir. He adopted his father-in-law's surname Cornewall two days later on 20 Jul 1771.
On 22nd June 1772 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 12th December 1773 Lieutenant-General William Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 36) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 35). She was baptisd at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 30th July 1767. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1774 Bishop Reginald Courtenay (age 32) was appointed Rector at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 16th January 1774 George Cornewall 3rd Baronet was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Catherine Cornewall (age 22). He was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 22nd May 1777 Robert John Buxton 1st Baronet (age 23) and Juliana Mary Beevor were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 20th April 1780 Richard Vyse and Anne Howard (age 26) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 16th December 1780 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 28) and Anne Montolieu (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 21st May 1781 George Thicknesse 19th Baron Audley 16th Baron Tuchet (age 24) and Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
On 10th January 1783 George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 24) and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry (age 60) and Maria Gunning Countess Coventry.
On 29th November 1786 Charles Clifford Clifford 6th Baron Clifford Chudleigh (age 27) and Eleanor Mary Arundell Baroness Clifford Chudleigh (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19th July 1788 William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley 4th Earl Mornington was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 15th January 1789 Robert Henry Herbert was born to Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis (age 34) and Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis (age 30) at the parish of St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th July 1789 FitzWilliam Barrington 10th Baronet 1755 1832 (age 34) and Edith Mary Marshall Lady Barrington were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 10th March 1792 John Perceval 4th Earl Egmont (age 24) and Bridget Wynn Countess Egmont were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of John Perceval 3rd Earl Egmont (age 54) and Isabella Powlett Countess Egmont.
On 5th December 1793 Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 20) and Augusta Murray Duchess Sussex (age 25) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. Their second marriage; again contrary to the Royal Marriages Act.
On 13th February 1794 James Henry Blake 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Louisa Elizabeth Gage (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th March 1794 Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 24) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 29th November 1794 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 34) and Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Mornington. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 52).
On 16th June 1795 Richard Bedingfeld 5th Baronet (age 27) and Charlotte Georgiana Jerningam (age 27) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were third cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th April 1796 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 23) and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 54) and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon (age 43).
On 6th April 1797 Field Marshall Thomas Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 32) and Elizabeth Heathcote (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 11th May 1797 Theodore Henry Broadhead (age 29) and Elizabath Macdougall were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th July 1799 Vice-Admiral Mark Robert Kerr (age 22) and Charlotte MacDonnell 3rd Countess of Antrim (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Randal William MacDonnell 1st Marquess of Antrim. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 62) and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.
On 30th September 1800 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1803 Reverend Robert Hodgson (age 29) was appointed Rector of St George's Church, Hanover Square which position he remained until his death.
In 1804 Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 26) and Catherine Bligh (age 29) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Bligh 3rd Earl Darnley. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 64) and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 53).
On 20th December 1804 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset was born to Edward Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset (age 29) and Charlotte Hamilton Duchess Somerset (age 32). He was baptised on 16th February 1805 at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 4th July 1808 Charles Merrik Burrell 3rd Baronet (age 34) and Frances Wyndham Lady Burrell (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Raymond of Valentine House in Essex. She the illegitmate daughter of George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 56) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 39).
On 15th August 1808 John Gore (age 36) and Georgiana Montagu were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th November 1809 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 21) and Sophia Paulett Duchess of Cleveland (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett (age 53) and Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett. He the son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland (age 43) and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington.
On 22nd May 1810 John Loftus 2nd Marquess Ely (age 40) and Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely and Jane Myhill Marchioness Ely.
On 24th May 1810 William Oglander 6th Baronet (age 41) and Mary Anne Fitzroy Lady Oglander (age 25) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Oglander of Nunwell in Hampshire. She the daughter of George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton (age 50) and Charlotte Maria Waldegrave.
On 20th October 1810 Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet (age 34) and Mary Martha Ellice were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 28th February 1811 Sackville Tufton 9th Earl of Thanet (age 41) and Anne Charlotte de Bojanowitz were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Sackville Tufton 8th Earl of Thanet and Mary Sackville Countess Thanet (age 64).
In 1812 Henry St John 4th Viscount Bolingbroke 5th Viscount St John (age 25) and Maria St John-Mildmay Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 29th June 1813 Lucas Pepys 1st Baronet (age 71) and Deborah Askew (age 49) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 11th May 1814 George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 31st October 1814 Sarah Fairbrother was born at James Street Covent Garden. She was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th March 1816 George Byron 7th Baron Byron (age 27) and Elizabeth Chandos-Pole (age 22) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th April 1816 Reverend John Applethwaite Jones (age 26) and Louisa Prevost were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 21st May 1818 John "Mad Jack" Mytton (age 21) and Harriet Emma Tyrwhitt-Jones (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 2nd June 1821 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 21) and Sophia Catherine Coventry Lady Gresley and Des Voeux were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. There was no issue from the marriage. She by marriage Lady Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire. She the daughter of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 63) and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 61).
On 4th November 1821 Frances Julia Murray was born to James Murray 1st Baron Glenlyon (age 39) and Emily Frances Percy Baroness Goldolphin Helston (age 33). She was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 25th July 1829.
In April 1822 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe (age 24) was ordained Priest by Bishop Bowyer Sparke (age 62) at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th June 1822 Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 22) and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 64) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 57). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 20th August 1822 John Russell (age 26) and Sophia Coussmaker 22nd Baroness Clifford (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In March 1823 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe (age 25) was ordained Deacon by Bishop Bowyer Sparke (age 63) at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th March 1824 Oswald Smith (age 29) and Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square (probably by her father who was Rector?).
On 6th July 1824 James Haughton Langston (age 28) and Julia Reynolds-Moreton (age 15) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie (age 47) and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth (age 42).
On 16th June 1825 Augustus Dashwood (age 30) and Hester Astley (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 28th June 1825 Raikes Currie (age 24) and Laura Sophia Wodehouse (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 5th August 1825 John Jacob Buxton 2nd Baronet (age 36) and Elizabeth Cholmeley were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 1st August 1827 James Doughty-Tichborne 10th Baronet (age 43) and Henriette Felicite Seymour Lady Tichborne (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th May 1828 Francis Walpole (age 33) and Elizabeth Knight (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square by Reverend Robert Walpole (age 47) in the presence of [?] Knight, Frances Knight and Sophia Walpole.
On 17th July 1828 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 48) and Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow (age 36) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 63) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 13th August 1829 Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Duchess Buccleuch and Duchess Queensberry. She the daughter of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 64) and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath (age 55). He the son of Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry and Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 29th April 1832 Captain George William St John-Mildmay (age 40) and Mary Baillie (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 5th June 1833 Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote of Kingscote Park in Gloucestershire (age 34) and Harriot Mary Anne Bloomfield (age 26) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 3rd May 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 11th October 1836 Richard White 2nd Earl Bantry (age 35) and Mary O'Brien Countess Bantry were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of William O'Brien 2nd Marquess Thomond (age 71) and Rebecca Trotter Marchioness Thomond (age 61). He the son of Richard White 1st Earl Bantry (age 69) and Margaret Anne Hare Countess Bantry.
On 28th November 1837 Walter Rockliffe Farquhar 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Mary Octavia Somerset Lady Farquhar (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Farquhar of Cadogan House in Middlesex. She the daughter of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 66).
On 11th May 1839 Lieutenant-General John Smyth (age 33) and Catherine Alice Abbott (age 36) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 10th July 1839 Thomas Whichcote 7th Baronet (age 26) and Marianne Beckett Lady Whichcote were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Whichcote of the Inner Temple in the City of London.
On 26th September 1839 Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (age 21) and Sinetta Lambourne (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 16th January 1840 Charles Henry Maynard (age 26) and Frances Julia Murray (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 2nd June 1840 George Baker 3rd Baronet (age 23) and Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker were married St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
In 1841 Francis Baring 1st Baron Northbrook (age 44) and Arabella Georgina Howard Baroness Northbrook (age 31) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 73) and Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham (age 65).
On 25th August 1842 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 49) and Eleanor Grosvenor Duchess Northumberland (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 47) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 45). He the son of Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland and Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 9th July 1844 William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 34) and Andalusia Carstairs (age 34) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They had met only four months before.
On 9th September 1844 Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont (age 39) and Isabella Anne Browne Baroness Beaumont (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 28th July 1845 Horatio Nelson 3rd Earl Nelson (age 21) and Mary Jane Agar Countess Nelson (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Welbore Ellis Agar 2nd Earl Normanton (age 67) and Diana Herbert Countess Normanton. He the son of Thomas Bolton aka Nelson 2nd Earl Nelson.
In December 1848 Alan Legge Gardner 3rd Baron Gardner (age 38) and Julia Sarah Hayfield Fortescue Baroness Gardner (age 31) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Gardner.
On 28th July 1849 John Scott Bankes (age 23) and Annie Jervis (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 9th August 1849 George Meredith (age 21) and Mary Ellen Peacock (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. Their honeymoon was to the Rhine Valley where George had been to school.
On 14th August 1850 or 16th September 1850 George Cavendish-Bentinck (age 29) and Prudence Penelope Leslie (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 23rd May 1854 George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham (age 25) and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Durham. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 43) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 41). He the son of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Around 15th August 1854 William Henry Chetwynd (age 42) and Blanche Chetwynd-Talbot (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
In 1856 John Leslie 1st Baronet (age 33) and Constance Wilhelmina Dawson-Damer were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1856 Archibald Campbell Swinton (age 43) and Georgiana Caroline Sitwell (age 32) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 29th May 1856 William John Legh 1st Baron Newton (age 27) and Emily Jane Wodehouse (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 26th August 1856 Percy Burrell 4th Baronet (age 44) and Henrietta Katherine Brooke-Pechell were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. There was no issue from the marriage.
In 1859 Edward George Walpole Keppel (age 59) and Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny (age 38) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 24th May 1860 William Vincent 12th Baronet (age 25) and Margaret Erskine (age 25) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 9th October 1860 Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey (age 24) and Anna Allnutt were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th July 1861 Theodore Brinckman 2nd Baronet (age 30) and Cecilia Augusta Conyngham were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 64) and Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham (age 62). They were fifth cousins.
On 22nd August 1861 Somerset Lowry-Corry 4th Earl Belmore (age 26) and Anne Elizabeth Honoria Gladstone (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl Belmore and Emily Louise Shepherd Countess Belmore (age 47).
On 1st August 1863 Henry Winston Barron 1st Baronet (age 67) and Augusta Anne Somerset Lady Barron (age 39) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Barron of Glenanna and Barroncourt in County Waterford. The difference in their ages was 28 years.
On 18th January 1864 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 76) died at the parish of St George's Church, Hanover Square. His brother William (age 71) succeeded 3rd Duke of Cleveland, 3rd Marquess of Cleveland, 5th Earl Darlington, 5th Viscount Barnard, 7th Baron Barnard, 3rd Baron Raby of Raby Castle in County Durham. Grace Caroline Lowther Duchess of Cleveland by marriage Duchess of Cleveland.
On 29th January 1864 Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 33) and Louisa Julia Mary Dixie (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
The Times. 25th January 1865. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of the Earl of Coventry (age 26) and Lady Blanche Craven (age 22), third daughter of Earl Craven (age 55), was solemnized yesterday morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The bridegroom and the friends of both families assembled at the church at 11 o'clock, and shortly afterwards were joined by the bride, accompanied by her mother, the Countess Craven (age 48). The bride was received by her father at the church door, and, attended by eight bridesmaids, proceeded at once to the communion table, in front ot which a numerous company had assembled, including the Earl (age 65) and Countess of Clarendon (age 54) and Lady Emily Villiers (age 22), the Countess of Verulam (age 40) and Lady Harriet Grimston (age 20), Viscount (age 49) and Viscountess Folkestone (age 43) and Hon. Miss Bouverie, the Countess of Sefton (age 27) and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount Chelsea (age 24), and Lady Caroline Townley (age 27) and Miss Townley, Viscount Uffington (age 23), Sir Henry (age 58) and Lady Sophia Des Voeux, Hon. Mr. and Mrs Coventry, Hon. Gerald (age 35) and Lady Maria Ponsonby (age 28), Mr. Oswald andl Miss Oswald, Dr. Quin, Mr. Cecil Boothby (age 51), Mr. James Oswald, Miss Talbot, Viscount (age 32) and Viscountess Grey de Wilton (age 28), Lady Evelyn Bruce (age 25), Hon. Mrs. Grimston and Miss Grimston, &c.
The Hon. and Rev. Edward Grimston (age 52), uncle of the bride, performed the religious rite. After the registration of the marriage the wedding party left the church, and procceded to the Earl and Countess Craven's mansion in Charles-street, Mayfair. At 2 o'clock the newly-wedded couple took their departure for Croome Court, the Earl of Coventry's seat, near Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map], there to pass the honeymoon. At Croome Pirton and Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, the marriage was celebrated yesterday by the tenantry and neighbours of the Earl of Coventry. The tenantry of the Crome Pirton and Severn Stoke estates, to ths number of about 100, dined together in two parties yesterday at Severn Stoke and High-green. At Pirton and Severn Stoke garlands of evergreens and flags were hung out over the roads, and at night a bonfire was lighted at High-green. The rejoicings have extended over all his Lordship's large estates in the southern portion of Worcestershire. The inhabitants of Worcester [Map] celebrated the marriage by hoisting flags from tile windows and streamers across the streets. The bells from the various churches rang merry peals all day.
On 24th January 1865 George Coventry 9th Earl Coventry and Blanche Craven Countess Coventry were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven.
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On 30th May 1865 Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Baron Rockley was born to Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil (age 31) and Gertrude Louisa Scott at the parish of St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 18th July 1865 Francis Wheler Hood 4th Viscount Hood (age 27) and Edith Lydia Drummond Ward Viscountess Hood (age 17) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Viscountess Hood of Whitley in Warwickshire.
On 7th February 1867 Thomas Henry Clifton (age 21) and Madeline Diana Elizabeth Agnew (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 30th March 1867 Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers 5th Baron Rivers (deceased) was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th April 1869 Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Marie Amelie Rose Fountaine Lady Lawes (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were first cousins.
On 8th July 1869 Joseph Hardcastle (age 53) and Mary Scarlett Campbell (age 42) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 6th November 1869 Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury (age 42) and Fabia San Roman of Seville were married at the Registry Office of the parish of St George's Church, Hanover Square. The second of three ceremonies of which the first two transpired to be bigamous.
On 19th March 1872 Albert Leveson-Gower (age 28) and Grace Emma Abdy (age 25) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland and Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland.
On 18th June 1872 John Stephen Barrington Simeon 4th Baronet (age 21) and Isabella Mary Dutton (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th January 1873 Harry Chichester 2nd Baron Templemore (age 51) and Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper Baroness Templemore (age 35) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Templemore of Templemore in Donegal. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 71) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury. They were fifth cousins.
On 31st August 1876 Charles Henry Wynn (age 29) and Frances Georgiana Romer were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1877 John Hamilton-Gordon 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (age 29) and Isabel Marjoribanks Marchioness of Aberdeen and Ternair (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen. They had four children. He the son of George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen and Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 62).
On 3rd April 1877 John William Plunkett 17th Baron Dunsany (age 23) and Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Burton (age 22) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were second cousins.
On 13th January 1880 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 45) and Emma Mary Bailey Baroness Tenterden (age 37) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Tenterden of Hendon in Middlesex.
On 11th March 1880 Chandos Stanhope Reade 8th Baronet (age 28) and Emma Elizabeth Conway Griffith were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Reade of Barton in Berkshire.
On 23rd January 1883 Sydney Holland 2nd Viscount Knutsford (age 27) and Mary Ashburnham Viscountess Knutsford (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Bertram Ashburnham 4th Earl Ashburnham and Katherine Charlotte Baillie Countess Ashburnham (age 63).
On 4th June 1883 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th Earl Howe (age 22) and Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough (age 61) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough (age 61). He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 61) and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 51). They were sixth cousins.
On 28th July 1884 Valentine Cameron Prinsep (age 46) and Florence Leyland (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 19th January 1886 David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie (age 29) and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 47) and Edith Jocelyn.
On 10th February 1887 Walter Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot aka Carpenter (age 52) and Beatrice Grey (age 33) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. There was no issue from the marriage. He the son of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford.
On 7th July 1887 Robert Henry Benson (age 36) and Evelyn Holford were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 21st December 1887 Delves Louis Broughton 10th Baronet (age 30) and Mary Evelyn Cotton Lady Broughton (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.
On 29th June 1889 James Walker Larnach and Isabel Lettice Theodosia Boyle (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 9th Earl Cork (age 60) and Emily Charlotte Burgh Countess Cork (age 60).
On 25th July 1889 Francis Denzil Edward Baring 5th Baron Ashburton (age 23) and Mabel Edith Hood Baroness Ashburton (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon.
On 17th December 1889 Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley (age 23) and Violet Neville Countess Cowley (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny (age 63) and Caroline Vanden Bempte Johnston Marchioness Abergavenny. He the son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley (age 55) and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 50).
On 30th January 1890 Henry Neville Gladstone 1st Baron Gladstone (age 37) and Maud Ernestine Rendel (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1891 Major-General Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (age 33) and Violet Guthrie (age 4) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 28 years.
On 3rd March 1892 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley (age 30) and Evelyn Everard Hutton (age 32) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 11th June 1892 Warner Hastings 15th Earl Huntingdon (age 23) and Maud Margaret Wilson Countess Huntingdon (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Huntingdon. He the son of Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings 14th Earl Huntingdon.
On 7th June 1893 George Frampton (age 32) and Christabel Cockerell (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. Her father George Russell Cockerell (age 55) was one of the witnesses.
On 10th May 1894 Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (age 41) and Emma Margaret "Margot" Tennant (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 26th June 1894 Hugh Molesworth-St Aubyn 13th Baronet (age 29) and Emma Sybil Wake Lady Morice (age 29) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were third cousins.
On 31st May 1897 Richard Arthur Surtees Paget 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Muriel Finch-Hatton Lady Paget (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Murray Finch-Hatton 7th Earl Nottingham 12th Earl Winchilsea (age 46) and Edith Harcourt Countess Winchelsea and Nottingham (age 41).
On 30th November 1901 Dudley Marjoribanks 3rd Baron Tweedmouth (age 27) and Muriel Brodrick (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of William St John Brodrick 1st Earl of Midleton (age 44) and Hilda Charteris.
On 28th April 1902 Major Hugh Danway (age 26) and Susan de la Poer Beresford (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford and Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford.
On 4th March 1903 Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas (age 32) and Olive Eleanor Custance (age 29) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square in the presence of Edith Fox-Pitt (age 29) and Cecil Hayes.
Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas: On 22nd October 1870 he was born to John Sholto Douglas 9th Marquess Queensberry. On 20th March 1945 Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas died.
Olive Eleanor Custance: On 7th February 1874 she was born to Frederick Hambleton Custance at 12 John Street Mayfair. On 12th February 1944 Olive Eleanor Custance died.
Edith Douglas: In 1874 she was born to John Sholto Douglas 9th Marquess Queensberry. In 1899 St George Lane Fox-Pitt and she were married. He the son of Augustus Henry Fox Pitt-Rivers and Alice Margaret Stanley. In 1963 Edith Douglas died.
On 9th June 1903 Mervyn Wingfield 8th Viscount Powerscourt (age 23) and Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie Viscountess Powerscout (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In July 1903 Arthur Ernest Guinness (age 26) and Marie Clothilde Russell were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Edward Guiness 1st Earl Iveagh (age 55) and Adelaide "Dodo" Guinness (age 59).
On 11th July 1905 Jacob Wilson died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Chillingham [Map]. A memorial service was held at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
Around November 1907 Captain John Banks Jenkinson (age 26) and Joan Hill were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 1st February 1908 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 47) and Emily Harriett Jemima Baird (age 46) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She being the older sister of his previous wife Maude Dora Gertrude Baird; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Marriage to your later wife's sister had recently become legal - see Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907.
On 20th November 1909 Warren Hastings D'Oyly 10th Baronet (age 71) and Amy Agnes White Lady D'Oyly were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk.
On 14th April 1910 William Amherst Cecil (age 24) and Gladys Evelyn Baggallay (age 26) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
The Times. 22nd June 1910. LORD ACHESON (age 33) AND MISS CARTER (age 22).
The marriage of Viscount Acheson, elder son of the Earl (age 68) and Countess of Gosford (age 54), and Miss Mildred Carter, only daughter of Mr. J. Ridgely Carter (age 46), American Minister to Rumania, and Mrs. Ridgely Carter (age 45), took place yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square. The Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal (the Rev. Edgar Sheppard, D.D.) performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. David Anderson and other clergy, and Mr. Ridgely Carter gave his daughter away. She wore a very simple wedding gown of soft white satin with a long train draped with old point de Venise, and a Venetian lace cap over a spray of myrtle and orange blossom, covered by a plain tulle veil. Master David Stanley, Master Julian Ward, and Miss Diana Roberts, dressed all in white, followed the bride, and there were seven bridesmaids, Lady Theo Acheson (age 28) (sister of the bridegroom), Lady Victoria Stanley, Mlle. Irene deo La Grange, Miss Canilla Morgan, the Hon. Rhoda Astley, Miss Elsie Nicholl, and Miss Marian Scranton, who wore white chiffon dresses with draped bodices and wreaths of myrtle beneath tulle veils. They also wore diamond neckislides and carried loose bunches of red roses. The Hon. Patrick Acheson (age 26) was best man to his brother.
Mrs. Ridgely Carter afterwards held a large reception at Dorchester House (lent by the American Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid), and among the many who came on from the church were the French, Russian, German, Spanish, and Italian Ambassadors, the Danish Minister, tho Rumanian Minister, the Swedish Minister and Countess Wrangel, Mme. Dominguez, the Servian Charge d'Affaires and Mme. Grouitel, the Chilian Minister and Mme. Gana, the Belgian Minister and Countess de Lalaing, the Duke (age 63) and Duchess of Somerset (age 57), Katharine Duchess of Westminster (age 53) and Lady Helen Grosvenor (age 22), Prince and Princess Alexis Dolgorouki, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hamilton, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, the Marquis (age 48) and Marchioness of Salisbury (age 42), the Marchioness of Anglesey (age 26), the Countess of Powis (age 45), the Earl (age 56) and Countess of Chesterfield, the Countess of Kintore and Lady Hilda Keith-Falconer, the Earl and Countess of Gosford, Prince and Princess Frederick Liechtenstein, the Countess of Kimberley, Countess Grey, the Marquis d'Hautpoul, the Countess of Leicester (age 54) and Lady Bridget Coke (age 19), the Earl (age 41) and Countess of Craven (age 38), the Earl of Desart, Countess Fritz Hochberg, the Earl and Countess of Meath, the Countess of Bilmorey, the Countess of Londesborough (age 49) and Lady Irene Denison (age 19), the Earl and Countess of Derby (age 70), the Earl (age 51) and Countess of Yarborough, Ellen Lady Inchiquin and the Hon Lilah O'Brien, Lord and Lady Charles Beresford, Lord and Lady Leith of Fyvie, Lady Saltoun, Baroness Nunburnholme (age 30), Baroness Newborough, Sir John and Lady Lister-Raye, Lord and Lady Monson, Lord and Baroness Savile, Lady Rothschild, Viscount and Viscountess AIdleton, Lady Alexander Paget, Lady Harcourt, Lady Desborough, Lord Suffield, Sir Herbert and Lady Jekyll and Miss Jekyll, the Hon. Sir Francis and Baroness Ufford and Miss Viliers, Lady Heien Vincent, Lord Knaresborough and the Hon. Helen Meysey-Thompson, Lady Pauncefote, Lord and Lady Weardale, Lady Grace Baring, Lord Strathcona, Lady Margaret Graham and Miss Graham, Sir Francis and Lady Channing, Mary Baroness Gerard, Baroness Manners and the Hon. Misses Manners, Lady Edward Cavendish, Mme. Langenbach, Lord Revelstoke, the Countess of Bessborough (age 84) and Ladv Gweneth Ponsonby (age 22), Lord Aberdare and the Hon. Eva Bruce, the Hon. Harry and Mrs. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. F. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Arthur James, Mrs. Walter Burns, Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, Mrs. Lowther and Miss Lokther, Mine. Vagliano, Captain and Mrs. Clonman, Miss Ralli, Mr. William Giuett, Mrs: Hwfa Williams, the Hon. Mrs. Derek Keppel, Mr. William Phillips, Mrs. Frank D'Arcy, the Hon. Lady Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Sassoon, Sir Bartle Frere, Mme. de Bille, Mrs. Featherstonhaugh, Mrs. Cotton Jodrell, Mrs. Frank Mackay, the Hon. Urs. Charles Lawrence, the Hon. Mrs. Rochfort Maguire, Lady Barrymore, Mrs. Chauncey, and Mrs. Ronalds.
Lord and Lady Acheson left later in the afternoon for the Continent, the bride travelling in a dress of grey chiffon and a large hat swathed in tulle to match the dress.
A list of the principal wedding presents was published in The Times yesterday.
In 1911 Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester 4th Baron Templemore (age 30) and Clare Meriel Wingfield Baroness Templemore (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Templemore of Templemore in Donegal. They were sixth cousins.
On 11th July 1911 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 27) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 57). They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 17th April 1913 Captain Percy Lyulph Wyndham (age 25) and Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 1st September 1922 Major Herbert Broke Turnor (age 37) and Enid Victoria Rachel Fane (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 2nd December 1922 Henry Robert Fitzroy (age 24) and Bettine Violet Malcolm (age 22) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1928 William John Kirwan Taylor (age 22) and Hélène Charlotte de Berquely (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 28th November 1928 Henry Philip Hunloke (age 21) and Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 60) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 58).
In 1931 Major John Ogilvie Spencer (age 25) and Edith Joan Clarke Baroness Renwick were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.