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Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
Summary
1643. Edward Waldegrave 1st Baronet created.
1650. Son Henry Waldegrave 2nd Baronet succeeded.
10th October 1658. Son Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet succeeded.
1684. Son Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave succeeded.
24th January 1689. Son James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
11th April 1741. Son James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
13th April 1763. Brother John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
22nd October 1784. Son George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
22nd October 1789. Son George Waldegrave 5th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
29th June 1794. Brother John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
1835. Son George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
28th September 1846. Uncle William Waldegrave 8th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
24th October 1859. Grandson William Frederick Waldegrave 9th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
12th August 1930. Son William Waldegrave 10th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
30th January 1933. Uncle Henry Waldegrave 11th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
30th December 1936. Son Geoffrey Waldegrave 12th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
23rd May 1995. Son James Waldegrave 13th Earl Waldegrave succeeded.
In 1643 Edward Waldegrave 1st Baronet (age 75) was created 1st Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
Around 1650 Edward Waldegrave 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son Henry (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 10th October 1658 Henry Waldegrave 2nd Baronet (age 60) died. His son Charles (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
In or before 1661 Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet (age 34) and Helen Englefield Lady Waldegrave (age 30) were married. She by marriage Lady Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
Around 1684 Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet (age 58) died. Around 1684 His son Henry (age 23) succeeded 4th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 17) by marriage Lady Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 24th January 1689 Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave (age 28) died. His son James (age 5) succeeded 2nd Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 5th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 11th April 1741 James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave (age 57) died. His son James (age 26) succeeded 2nd Earl Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 6th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 13th April 1763 James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave (age 48) died. His brother John (age 44) succeeded 3rd Earl Waldegrave, 4th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 7th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 39) by marriage Countess Waldegrave.
On 22nd October 1784 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 66) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded 4th Earl Waldegrave, 5th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 8th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave Countess Waldegrave (age 24) by marriage Countess Waldegrave.
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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.
On 22nd October 1789 George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave (age 37) died. His son George (age 5) succeeded 5th Earl Waldegrave, 6th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 9th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 29th June 1794 George Waldegrave 5th Earl Waldegrave (age 9) drowned whilst swimming in the River Thames near Eton [Map]. His brother John (age 8) succeeded 6th Earl Waldegrave, 7th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 10th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
In 1835 John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave (age 49) died. His son George (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Waldegrave, 8th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 11th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 28th September 1846 George Edward Waldegrave 7th Earl Waldegrave (age 30) died. His uncle William (age 57) succeeded 8th Earl Waldegrave, 9th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 12th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. His wife Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave (age 25) inherited Strawberry Hill House.
On 24th October 1859 William Waldegrave 8th Earl Waldegrave (age 70) died. His grandson William (age 8) succeeded 9th Earl Waldegrave, 10th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 13th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 12th August 1930 William Frederick Waldegrave 9th Earl Waldegrave (age 79) died. His son William (age 47) succeeded 10th Earl Waldegrave, 11th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 14th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 30th January 1933 William Waldegrave 10th Earl Waldegrave (age 50) died unmarried. His uncle Henry (age 78) succeeded 11th Earl Waldegrave, 12th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 15th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 30th December 1936 Henry Waldegrave 11th Earl Waldegrave (age 82) died. His son Geoffrey (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Waldegrave, 13th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 16th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 23rd May 1995 Geoffrey Waldegrave 12th Earl Waldegrave (age 89) died. His son James (age 54) succeeded 13th Earl Waldegrave, 14th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 17th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.