Biography of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough 1834-1900

On 6th July 1833 [his father] Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 27] and [his mother] Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 64].

On 19th June 1834 William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough was born to Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 28] and Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester.

On 22nd April 1841 [his mother] Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester died.

On 21st December 1847 [his father] Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 42] and [his step-mother] Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman [aged 24] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 78].

On 2nd August 1849 William Joseph Denison Banker [aged 80] died unmarried. He left the bulk of his estate to his nephew [his father] Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 43].

In 1850 [his father] Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

On 15th January 1860 [his father] Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 54] died. His son William [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

In 1863 William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 28] and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort and Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort [aged 62]. They were third cousins.

On 19th June 1864 [his son] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough was born to William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 30] and [his wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 26]. He married 11th August 1887 his third cousin Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough, daughter of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.

After 1865 [his daughter] Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison Lady Codrington was born to William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 30] and [his wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 26]. She married 3rd February 1887 her half first cousin Gerald William Henry Codrington 1st Baronet and had issue.

On 18th February 1866 Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull [aged 80] died. His son George [aged 38] succeeded 12th Earl Kinnoull, 5th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire. [his sister-in-law] Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset Countess Kinnoul [aged 38] by marriage Countess Kinnoull.

On 11th August 1867 [his daughter] Lilian Katharine Selina Denison was born to William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 33] and [his wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 29].

In or after 1868 [his daughter] Mildred Adelaide Cecilia Denison was born to William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 33] and [his wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 29]. She married (1) 1902 William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke 10th Baronet, son of William Ridley Charles Cooke 9th Baronet, and had issue.

In or after 1868 [his daughter] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell was born to William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 33] and [his wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 29]. She married 1886 George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet, son of Sitwell Reresby Sitwell 3rd Baronet, and had issue.

In 1886 [his son-in-law] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet [aged 25] and Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Lady Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. She the daughter of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 51] and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 47].

In 1887 William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Londesborough in Yorkshire. [his wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 48] by marriage Countess Londesborough in Yorkshire.

On 3rd February 1887 [his son-in-law] Gerald William Henry Codrington 1st Baronet [aged 37] and Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison Lady Codrington [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Lady Codrington of Dodington. She the daughter of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 52] and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 48]. They were half first cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11th August 1887 William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough [aged 23] and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 61] and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland [aged 52]. He the son of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 53] and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 49]. They were third cousins.

In 1892 Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin [aged 51] sold the heavily mortgaged Blankney, Lincolnshire to the principal mortgagee William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 57].

In 1895 [his sister-in-law] Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset Countess Kinnoul [aged 67] died.

In 1899 [his brother-in-law] Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort [aged 75] died at Badminton House. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry [aged 51] succeeded 9th Duke Beaufort, 11th Marquess Worcester, 15th Earl Worcester, 17th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 9th Baron Botetort. Louise Emily Harford 9th Duchess Beaufort [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Beaufort.

On 31st July 1899 [his daughter] Lilian Katharine Selina Denison [aged 31] died.

On 19th April 1900 William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough [aged 65] died. His son William [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Londesborough in Yorkshire, 3rd Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough [aged 39] by marriage Countess Londesborough in Yorkshire.

On 15th May 1915 [his former wife] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough [aged 76] died.