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Earl Bath is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been five creations of Earl Bath:
1st. 1485. Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath -1486. Extinct. 1486.
2nd. 1536. John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 1470-1539. Extinct. 1654.
3rd. 1661. John Granville 1st Earl Bath 1628-1701. Extinct. 1711.
4th. 1742. William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath 1684-1764. Extinct. 1764.
5th. 1803. Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath 1766-1808. Extinct. 1808.
Earl Bath (1st Creation)
Earl Bath is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
On 16th October 1485 Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath was created 1st Earl Bath at Tower of London [Map] by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28) for having supported Henry's claim to the throne.
After 1486 Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath died. Nothing is known of him after his creation as Earl Bath. Assumed Earl Bath extinct.
Earl Bath (2nd Creation)
Earl Bath is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath. Died 1539. Son
2nd: John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath. Died 1561. Grandson.
3rd: William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath. Died 1623. Son
4th: Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath. Died 1637. First Cousin Once Removed.
5th: Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath. Died 1654. Extinct.
On 9th July 1536 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 65) was created 1st Earl Bath. Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath (age 66) by marriage Countess Bath.
On 30th April 1539 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 68) died. He was buried at St Brannock's Church, Braunton. His son John (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Bath, 4th Count Eu, 12th Baron Fitzwarin. Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 36) by marriage Countess Bath.
On 4th December 1548 a double wedding of a father and son, and a mother and daughter, was celebrated at Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds.
John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 49) and Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 39) were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin.
John Bourchier (age 19) and Frances Kitson were married. She the daughter of Thomas Kitson and Margaret Donnington Countess Bath. He the son of John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath and Eleanor Manners Countess Bath.
On 10th February 1561 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 62) died. He was buried on 10th March 1561 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave. His grandson William (age 3) succeeded 3rd Earl Bath, 13th Baron Fitzwarin.
On 15th December 1578 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 21) and Mary Cornwallis Countess Bath were married. The marriage, apparently, taking place secretly at night. She by marriage Countess Bath.
On 7th August 1583 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 25) and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath were married at St Mary Major Church, Exeter. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. She the daughter of Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford (age 56) and Margaret St John Countess Bedford. They were half sixth cousins.
On 12th July 1623 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 65) died. His son Edward (age 33) succeeded 4th Earl Bath, 14th Baron Fitzwarin.
On 14th July 1623, two days after the death of his father, and his succeeding as Earl of Bath, Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath (age 33) and Dorothy St John Countess Bath were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (deceased) and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath. They were second cousins.
In 1633 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath (age 42) and Ann Lovett Countess Bath (age 16) were married. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath.
On 2nd March 1637 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath (age 47) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. His first cousin once removed Henry (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Bath. Baron Daubeney and Baron Fitzwarin abeyant between his three daughters Elizabeth Bourchier Countess Denbigh (age 11), Dorothy Bourchier (age 10) and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex (age 6) and their coheirs.
On 18th December 1638 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath (age 51) and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex (age 25) were married at Church of St Bartholomew the Great. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland (age 56). They were second cousin twice removed.
On 16th August 1654 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath (age 67) died. Earl Bath extinct. His Irish estates passed to his widow Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex (age 41), then to her nephew Henry Fane (age 4), then to his son Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane.
Earl Bath (3rd Creation)
Earl Bath is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: John Granville 1st Earl Bath. Died 1701. Son
2nd: Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath. Died 1701. Son
3rd: William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath. Died 1711. Extinct.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd April 1661. Was the splendid cavalcade of his Majesty (age 30) from the Tower of London to Whitehall, when I saw him in the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] create six Earls, and as many Barons, viz:
Edward Lord Hyde, Lord Chancellor (age 52), Earl of Clarendon; supported by the Earls of Northumberland (age 58) and Sussex (age 14); the Earl of Bedford (age 44) carried the cap and coronet, the Earl of Warwick (age 46), the sword, the Earl of Newport (age 64), the mantle.
Next, was Capel, created Earl of Essex.
Brudenell, Cardigan;.
Valentia, Anglesea;.
Greenvill, Bath;.
Howard, Earl of Carlisle.
The Barons were: Denzille Holles; Cornwallis; Booth; Townsend; Cooper; Crew; who were led up by several Peers, with Garter and officers of arms before them; when, after obedience on their several approaches to the throne, their patents were presented by Garter King-at-Arms, which being received by the Lord Chamberlain (age 59), and delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the Secretary of State, were read, and then again delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the several Lords created; they were then robed, their coronets and collars put on by his Majesty, and they were placed in rank on both sides of the state and throne; but the Barons put off their caps and circles, and held them in their hands, the Earls keeping on their coronets, as cousins to the King.
I spent the rest of the evening in seeing the several archtriumphals built in the streets at several eminent places through which his Majesty was next day to pass, some of which, though temporary, and to stand but one year, were of good invention and architecture, with inscriptions.
Notes:
Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex (age 29) was created 1st Earl Essex. Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex (age 25) by marriage Countess Essex.
Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan (age 78) was created 1st Earl Cardigan. Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan by marriage Countess Cardigan.
Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley (age 46) was created 1st Earl Anglesey, 1st Baron Annesley Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey (age 41) by marriage Countess Anglesey.
John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 32) was created 1st Earl Bath, 1st Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford.
Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle (age 32) was created 1st Earl Carlisle.
Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles (age 61) was created 1st Baron Holles. Jane Shirley Baroness Holles by marriage Baroness Holles.
Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 50) was created 1st Baron Cornwallis.
George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 38) was created 1st Baron Delamer. Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer (age 39) by marriage Baroness Delamer.
Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 30) was created 1st Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 39) was created 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles.
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On 22nd August 1701 John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 72) died. His son Charles (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Bath; he shot himself a month later.
On 4th September 1701 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 40) shot himself; he was found dead in a chair in his bedroom, wounded in the head, with two pistols, one of which had been fired. His son William (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Bath, 3rd Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford.
On 17th May 1711 William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath (age 19) died of smallpox. Earl Bath, Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford extinct.
Earl Bath (4th Creation)
Earl Bath is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
In 1742 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath (age 57) was created 1st Earl Bath. Anna Maria Gumley by marriage Countess Bath.
On 7th July 1764 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath (age 80) died. Earl Bath extinct. His estates were inherited by Frances Pulteney (age 49) nad her husband William Johnstone aka Pulteney 5th Baronet (age 34).
Earl Bath (5th Creation)
Earl Bath is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Created Countesses of England, Extinct Earldoms of England.
On 26th October 1803 Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath (age 36) was created 1st Countess Bath.
On 14th July 1808 Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath (age 41) died. Earl Bath extinct. She left her personal estate to her cousin Elizabeth Evelyn Sutton and her husband John Fawcett aka Pulteney (age 41) who adopted the surname Pulteney in 1813. He landed estates were claimed by William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland (age 41) who was a descendant of Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland.