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Paternal Family Tree: Stewart of Donegal
On 30th June 1737 [his father] Alexander Stewart (age 39) and [his mother] Mary Cowan were married.
On 27th September 1739 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry was born to Alexander Stewart (age 41) and Mary Cowan.
1757. Anton Raphael Mengs (age 28). Portrait of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 17).
Before 1769 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 29) and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford (age 50) and Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford (age 42).
On 18th June 1769 [his son] Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 29) and [his wife] Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway (age 21) at Henry Street, Dublin. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 20th July 1770 [his wife] Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway (age 22) died.
On 7th June 1775 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 35) and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden (age 61) and Elizabeth Jeffreys (age 50).
All About History Books
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 24th June 1777 [his daughter] Frances Stewart was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 37) and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 26).
In 1778 [his son] Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 27).
On 22nd April 1781 [his father] Alexander Stewart (age 83) died.
In 1785 [his brother-in-law] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 26) and Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 29) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden (age 71) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Jeffreys.
In 1789 [his daughter] Emily Jane Stewart Viscountess Hardinge was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 49) and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 38).
In 1794 [his father-in-law] Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden (age 80) died. In 1794 His son [his brother-in-law] John (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Camden, 2nd Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey in Kent, 2nd Baron Camden of Camden Place in Kent.
In 1794 [his son] Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Amelia Hobart (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 54) and [his former wife] Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.
In 1799 [his brother-in-law] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 40) was appointed 622nd Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 60).
In 1804 [his son] Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] 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 [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 53).
Before 10th February 1808. Hugh Douglas Hamilton (age 68). Portrait of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 68).
Before 9th February 1810 [his son-in-law] Charles Fitzroy (age 45) and [his daughter] Frances Stewart (age 32) were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 70) and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 59). He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 74) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton.
On 9th February 1810 [his daughter] Frances Stewart (age 32) died.
In 1812 [his brother-in-law] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 53) was created 1st Marquess Camden, 1st Earl Brecknock. Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 56) by marriage Marchioness Camden.
All About History Books
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.
In 1814 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 74) was appointed 646th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 51) during the Regency.
On 29th June 1814 [his son-in-law] John James and [his daughter] Emily Jane Stewart Viscountess Hardinge (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 74) and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 63). They were first cousins.
In 1816 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 76) was created 1st Marquess Londonderry. [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 65) by marriage Marchioness Londonderry.
On 3rd April 1819 [his son] Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 41) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry (age 19) were married at Bruton Street. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 79) and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 68).
On 6th April 1821 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 81) died. His son [his son] Robert (age 51) succeeded 2nd Marquess Londonderry.
On 18th January 1833 [his former wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 82) died.
GrandFather: William Stewart of Ballylawn in County Donegal
Father: Alexander Stewart
Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry
GrandFather: John Cowan
Mother: Mary Cowan