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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.

Biography of Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning 1812-1862

Maternal Family Tree: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning 1776-1837

On 8th July 1800 [his father] George Canning Prime Mininster (age 30) and [his mother] Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 24) were married.

On 14th December 1812 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning was born to George Canning Prime Mininster (age 42) and Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 36) at Gloucester Lodge.

On 8th August 1827 [his father] George Canning Prime Mininster (age 57) died.

On 5th September 1835 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 22) and Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 18) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].

On 14th March 1837 [his mother] Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 60) died. Her son Charles (age 24) succeeded 2nd Viscount Canning.

In June 1842 Henry de la Poer Beresford 3rd Marquess Waterford (age 31) and [his sister-in-law] Louisa Anne Stuart Marchioness Waterford (age 24) were married byy his uncle Archbishop John Beresford (age 68) at the Chapel Roal, Whitehall. She by marriage Marchioness Waterford. He the son of Henry de la Poer Beresford 2nd Marquess Waterford and Susan Hussey Carpenter Marchioness Waterford.

In May 1859 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 46) was created 1st Earl Canning. [his wife] Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 41) by marriage Countess Canning.

On 18th November 1861 [his wife] Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 44) died at Calcutta, India in the arms of her husband Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 48).

1862 Appointment of Garter Knights

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On 17th June 1862 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 49) died without issue. Earl Canning, Viscount Canning extinct.

Ancestors of Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning 1812-1862

Father: George Canning Prime Mininster

Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning

GrandFather: John "Pawky Scott" Scott

Mother: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning