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Paternal Family Tree: Wyntoun aka Seton
Maternal Family Tree: Charlotte Layard Countess Lindsey 1780-1858
On 2nd March 1826 [her father] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 34) and Elizabeth Conyngham (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 59) and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 56). He the son of [her grandfather] George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 64) and [her grandmother] Catherine Anne Cope (age 55).
On 2nd April 1844 [her father] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 52) and [her mother] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 23) were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Reverend William Peter Pegus and [her grandmother] Charlotte Layard Countess Lindsey (age 64). He the son of [her grandfather] George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 82) and [her grandmother] Catherine Anne Cope.
On 22nd March 1846 Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster was born to [her father] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 54) and [her mother] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 25).
On 17th June 1853 [her grandfather] George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 91) died. His son [her father] Charles (age 61) succeeded 10th Marquess Huntly, 15th Earl Huntley, 6th Earl Aboyne. [her mother] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 32) by marriage Marchioness Huntly.
On 14th July 1863 Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 32) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 71) and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 42).
On 18th September 1863 [her father] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 71) died. His son [her brother] Charles (age 16) succeeded 11th Marquess Huntly, 16th Earl Huntley, 7th Earl Aboyne.
On 26th August 1864 [her daughter] Evelyn Clementina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Lady Ewart was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 33) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 18). She married 3rd November 1888 Major-General Peter Ewart 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 23rd March 1866 [her daughter] Margaret Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 35) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 20).
On 29th July 1867 [her son] Gilbert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond 2nd Earl Ancaster was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 36) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 21). He married 6th December 1905 Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster and had issue.
On 6th September 1867 [her father-in-law] Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland (age 72) died. His son [her husband] Gilbert (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baron Aveland, 6th Baronet Heathcote of London. Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 21) by marriage Baroness Aveland.
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In 1869 [her daughter] Nina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 38) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 22).
On 14th July 1869 [her brother] Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Amy Brooks Marchioness Huntly were married. She by marriage Marchioness Huntly. He the son of [her father] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and [her mother] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 48).
On 18th May 1870 [her son] Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 39) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 24). He married 9th January 1907 Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine, daughter of Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine 14th Earl Buchan, and had issue.
On 15th October 1872 [her son] Claud Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 42) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 26). He married 1905 Florence Conyngham, daughter of George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham.
On 24th June 1874 [her daughter] Cecilie Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 43) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 28).
On 27th June 1876 [her daughter] Alice Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 45) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 30).
In 1878 [her brother-in-law] Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale (age 20) and [her sister] Grace Cecilie Gordon Countess Lonsdale (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and [her mother] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 57). He the son of Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale.
On 25th April 1878 [her daughter] Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Countess Dalhousie was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 47) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 32). She married 14th July 1903 Arthur Ramsay 14th Earl Dalhousie, son of John William Maule Ramsay 13th Earl Dalhousie and Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie.
On 8th February 1882 George Henry Lowther 4th Earl Lonsdale (age 26) died at a house in London he had purchased for Connie Gilchrist (age 17) and other girls of the Gaiety Theatre. He bequeathed the house, and a sizeable legacy, to Gilchrist. His brother [her brother-in-law] Hugh (age 25) succeeded 5th Earl Lonsdale, 6th Viscount Lowther, 6th Baron Lowther. [her sister] Grace Cecilie Gordon Countess Lonsdale (age 27) by marriage Countess Lonsdale.
On 2nd November 1885 [her son] Peter Robert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 55) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 39).
On 3rd November 1888 [her son-in-law] Major-General Peter Ewart 1st Baronet (age 50) and [her daughter] Evelyn Clementina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Lady Ewart (age 24) were married at Lowndes Square, Belgravia. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 58) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 42).
On 13th November 1888 [her mother-in-law] Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland (age 79) died. Her son [her husband] Gilbert (age 58) succeeded 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 42) by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
In 1892 [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 61) was created 1st Earl Ancaster in Lincolnshire. Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 45) by marriage Countess Ancaster in Lincolnshire.
In 1893 [her mother] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 72) died.
On 14th July 1903 [her son-in-law] Arthur Ramsay 14th Earl Dalhousie (age 24) and [her daughter] Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Countess Dalhousie (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Dalhousie. She the daughter of [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 72) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 57). He the son of John William Maule Ramsay 13th Earl Dalhousie and Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1905 [her son] Claud Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond (age 32) and [her daughter-in-law] Florence Conyngham (age 38) were married. She the daughter of George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 71). He the son of [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 74) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 58).
On 6th December 1905 [her son] Gilbert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond 2nd Earl Ancaster (age 38) and [her daughter-in-law] Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster (age 23) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 75) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 59).
On 9th January 1907 [her son] Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond (age 36) and [her daughter-in-law] Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine were married. She the daughter of Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine 14th Earl Buchan (age 57). He the son of [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 76) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 60).
On 24th December 1910 [her husband] Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 80) died. His son [her son] Gilbert (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Ancaster in Lincolnshire, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Aveland, 7th Baronet Heathcote of London. [her daughter-in-law] Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster (age 28) by marriage Countess Ancaster in Lincolnshire.
The Times. 26th December 1910. We regret to state that [her former husband] Lord Ancaster (deceased) died on Saturday night at his Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire seat, in his 81st year.
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, created first Earl of Ancaster in 1892, was Joint Heereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. This dignity is held jointly by Lord Cholmondeley (age 27), Lord Ancastor, and Lord Carrington (age 67). The late peer filled it during the reign of Queen Victoria, Lord Cholmondeley during that of King Edward, and Lord Carrington fills it during the present reign.
He was born on October 1, 1830, and succeeded his [her former father-in-law] father (age 12) as second Lord Aveland on September 6, 1807, and his [her former mother-in-law] mother as 24th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on November 13, 1888.
Few noblemen possessed a longer lineage, for the lordship of Erresby in Lincolnshire was acquired by the family of Bee or Belec bv the marriage of Walter dc Bec with Agnes, daughter and heiress of Hugh Fitz Pincheon, a 12th century magnate of Lincolnshire. A John Beeke received permission from Edward I to make a castle of his manor house at Eresby and was summoned to Parliament as one of the barons of the realm. By his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas, Lord Furnival, be had, among other children, Alice, who was married to Sir William de Willoughby, one of those who went with Prince Edward to the Holy Land. His son, Robert, became first Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Subsequent holders of that title played a prominent part in the country's history at home and abroad. The 13th baron was created Earl of Lindsey. The fourth Earl of Lindsey was created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1713. That dukedom became extinct with the death of the fifth Duke in 1809. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the sisters of the fourth duke until it was terminated by the Crown in 1780 in favour of the elder co-heir, Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, whom the first Lord Gwydir married in 1779. Their eldest son Peter Robert, 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby, married the daughter of the first Lord Perth, and one of their daughters became in 1840 the wife of the second Lord Carrington. Almeric, the 22nd Lord Willoughby do Eresby and third Baron Gwydyr of Gwydyr, County Carnarvon, Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, died in August, 1870. The barony of Willoughby do Eresby again fell into abeyance between his lordship's surviving sisters, and it was terminated in favour of the elder, the Dowager Baroness Aveland, who married in 1827 Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, created Baron Aveland in 1856. Their eldest son was the late Lord Ancaster, whose sister, [her former sister-in-law] Clementina Charlotte (age 78), married in 1869 Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, who died in her Majesty's ship Victoria in June 1893.
The late Lord Ancaster married in 1863 Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (age 64), second daughter of the [her father] tenth Marquis of Huntly, by whom be had four sons and six daughters. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland from 1856 to 1867. He was a magistrate for Kesteven and chairman of Quarter Sessions, lord of the manor of Thurlbv Baston and Langtoft, as well as chairman of the Stamford Division Conservative and Unionist Association; and was Lord Chamberlain during Queen Victoria's reign and contested the right to continue on King Edward's succession.
He is succeeded in the title by [her son] Lord Willoughby de Eresby (age 43),??? for the Hornecastle Division of Lincolnshire, who is a major and hon. lieutenant-colonel of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and was formerly an officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married in 1905 [her daughter-in-law] Eloise Laurence (age 28), eldest daughter of the late Mr. W. L. Breese, of New York, and has a son, Gilbert [her grandson] James (age 3), born in 1907, and two daughters.
The late earl's other children include [her son] Major Charles S. Heathcote-Drunmond-Willoughby (age 40), who married [her daughter-in-law] Lady Muriel Erskine, daughter of Lord Buchan (age 60); [her son] Major Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (age 38), who married [her daughter-in-law] Lady Florence Astley (age 43), youngest daughter of the third Marquis Ponyngham; [her daughter] Lady Evelyn Clementina (age 46), wife of Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart; the [her daughter] Hon. Margaret Mary (age 44), who was married to the late Mr. Gideon Macpherson Rutherford; the [her daughter] Hon. Cecilie (age 36), wife of Mr. T. C. E. Goff; and [her daughter] Lady Dalhousie (age 32). The late peer assumed by Royal licence in 1872 the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. He was a large landowner, owning Drummond Castle Crieff, and extensive deer forests in Perthshire and land in Lincolnshire and Rutland. Recently, however, he sold considerable portion of his estates, in many instances to the tenants who had the option of purchase. He was a very generous landlord, and was highly respected. He used Normanton Castle as his chief country house till Lord Willoughby de Eresby was married; then Normanton became the latter's home, and Lord Ancester lived at Grimsthorpe. He was president of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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On 1st November 1914 [her son] Peter Robert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond (age 28) was killed in the sinking of Monmouth at Coronel during the Battle of Coronel.
On 16th March 1921 Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 74) died.
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lyon Countess Aboyne 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Gordon 3rd Earl Aboyne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Middleton Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Lockhart
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Lockhart Countess Aboyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Montgomerie 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cochrane
GrandFather: George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 3rd Earl Galloway
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th Earl Galloway 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Douglas Countess Galloway 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Montgomerie Countess Galloway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cochrane
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart Countess Aboyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cochrane 2nd Earl Dundonald 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Cope 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
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Great x 2 Grandfather: Johnathan Cope 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Jenkinson Lady Cope
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cope 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Howard 3rd Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Capell Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Arabella Howard 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Spencer Countess Carlisle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Arabella Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
GrandMother: Catherine Anne Cope 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bisshopp 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bisshopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Bisshopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
GrandFather: Reverend William Peter Pegus
Mother: Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Peter Layard
GrandMother: Charlotte Layard Countess Lindsey