Biography of Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny 1619-1665

In 1609 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 30] and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and [his grandmother] Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.

On 14th October 1619 Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny was born to [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 40] and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 27] at March House.

On 16th February 1624 [his uncle] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 49] died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Richmond and Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. His brother [his father] Esmé [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Duke Lennox. [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Lennox.

On 30th July 1624 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 45] died. His son [his brother] James [aged 12] succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.

On 7th March 1626 [his brother-in-law] Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 17] and [his sister] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 34]. He the son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 40] and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 41]. They were half fifth cousins.

In 1627 [his step-father] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 23] and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Strabane. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn and Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn [aged 44].

On 10th June 1632 [his brother-in-law] Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland [aged 26] and [his sister] Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 40]. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 55] and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland [aged 55].

On 8th January 1634 Charles Herbert [aged 15] and [his future sister-in-law] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 12] were married. The marriage was short-lived with his dying a year later. She re-married in Aug 1637 to [his brother] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 21]. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 31]. He the son of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 49] and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.

On 13th March 1635 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 58] died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map] where he has a monument. The marble elments sculpted by Isaac Besnier, Sculptor in Ordinary and Keeper of the Statues to Charles I until 1643, when he was superseded by his son Peter; the bronze elements perhaps cast by Hubert le Sueur. His son [his brother-in-law] Jerome [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. [his sister] Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 18] by marriage Countess of Portland.

Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland: On 16th December 1605 he was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 10th June 1632 he and Frances Stewart Countess Portland were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 17th March 1663 he died. His son Charles succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.

Frances Stewart Countess Portland: In 1617 she was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. In 1694 Frances Stewart Countess Portland died.

On 3rd August 1637 [his brother] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 35]. He the son of [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Before 17th September 1637 [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45] died. She was buried on 17th September 1637. Her son [his brother] James [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

On 23rd October 1642 Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny [aged 23] succeeded 10th Lord Aubigny.

On 4th October 1646 Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 61] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 38] succeeded 14th or 22nd Earl Arundel, 5th Earl Surrey, 2nd Earl Norfolk, 12th Baron Maltravers, 12th Baron Arundel, 15th Baron Mowbray, 16th Baron Segrave. [his sister] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk [aged 36] by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Norfolk, Countess Norfolk.

John Evelyn's Diary. 14th November 1651. Dr. Clare preached on Genesis xxviii., verses 20, 21, 22, upon Jacob's vow, which he appositely applied, it being the first Sunday his Majesty [aged 21] came to chapel after his escape. I went, in the afternoon, to visit the Earl of Norwich [aged 43]; he lay at the Lord of Aubigny's [aged 32].

On 30th March 1655 [his brother] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 42] died. His son [his nephew] Esmé [aged 6] succeeded 2nd Duke Richmond, 5th Duke Lennox, 3rd Earl March, 4th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1662. I dined at Arundel House [Map], where I heard excellent music performed by the ablest masters, both French and English, on theorbos, viols, organs, and voices, as an exercise against the coming of the Queen [aged 23], purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my Lord Aubigny [aged 42] her Majesty's Almoner to be) showed us his elegant lodging, and his wheel-chair for ease and motion, with divers other curiosities; especially a kind of artificial glass, or porcelain, adorned with relievos of paste, hard and beautiful. Lord Aubigny (brother to the [his brother] Duke of Lennox) was a person of good sense, but wholly abandoned to ease and effeminacy.

John Evelyn's Diary. 12th January 1662. At St. James's chapel preached, or rather harangued, the famous orator, Monsieur Morus, in French. There were present the King [aged 31], Duke [aged 28], French Ambassador, Lord Aubigny [aged 42], Earl of Bristol [aged 49], and a world of Roman Catholics, drawn thither to hear this eloquent Protestant.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th July 1663. Thence by water to Whitehall, and so walked to St. James's, but missed Mr. Coventry [aged 35]. I met the Queen-Mother [aged 53] walking in the Pell Mell [Map], led by my Lord St. Alban's [aged 58]. And finding many coaches at the Gate, I found upon enquiry that the Duchess [aged 26] is brought to bed of a boy; and hearing that the King [aged 33] and Queen [aged 24] are rode abroad with the Ladies of Honour to the Park, and seeing a great crowd of gallants staying here to see their return, I also staid walking up and down, and among others spying a man like Mr. Pembleton (though I have little reason to think it should be he, speaking and discoursing long with my Lord D'Aubigne [aged 43]), yet how my blood did rise in my face, and I fell into a sweat from my old jealousy and hate, which I pray God remove from me.

John Evelyn's Diary. 9th June 1664. Sir Samuel Tuke [aged 49] being this morning married to a lady, kinswoman to my Lord Arundel of Wardour [aged 56], by the Queen's Lord Almoner, L. Aubigny [aged 44] in St. James's chapel, solemnized his wedding night at my house with much company.

On 11th November 1665 Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny [aged 46] died.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23rd January 1667. Up, and with Sir W. Batten [aged 66] and Sir W. Pen [aged 45] to White Hall, and there to the Duke of York [aged 33], and did our usual business. Having done there, I to St. James's, to see the organ Mrs. Turner [aged 44] told me of the other night, of my late Lord Aubigney's; and I took my Lord Bruncker [aged 47] with me, he being acquainted with my present Lord Almoner, [his nephew] Mr. Howard [aged 38], brother to the Duke of Norfolke [aged 38]; so he and I thither and did see the organ, but I do not like it, it being but a bauble, with a virginal! joining to it: so I shall not meddle with it.