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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 Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville 1890-1967

Paternal Family Tree: Lyon

Maternal Family Tree: Mary Garritt

On 16th July 1881 [her father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 26) and [her mother] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 18) were married at the Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. He the son of [her grandfather] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 56) and [her grandmother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 48).

On 6th May 1890 Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 35) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27).

Evening Standard. Mon, 16 Jun 1913 LATE EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE.

The funeral of the Earl of Leven and Melville [John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville (deceased)], who died last week in London from injuries received in an accident in the hunting field, took place in Scotland to-day. A memorial service was held at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, W., this afternoon. Among the congregation were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Beatrice Ormsby-Gore (age 21), the [her mother] Countess of Strathmore (age 50) and Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon (age 23), the Countess of Desart (age 59), Countess Waldegrave (age 63), the Countess of Dartrey (age 51), the Earl (age 61) and Countess (age 59) of Verulam, Viscount Althorp (age 21) and Lady Adelaide Spencer (age 24), Viscount De Vesci (age 31), Captain and Lady Nina Balfour, the Dowager Lady Leaconfield, Viscount Maidstone, and Lord Reay.

On 24th May 1916 William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 35) and Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 61) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 53). He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville (age 68). They were third cousin once removed.

On 12th December 1917 [her daughter] Mary Cecilia Leveson-Gower was born to [her husband] William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 37) and Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 27).

On 6th December 1918 [her son] Granville James Leveson-Gower 5th Earl Granville was born to [her husband] William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 38) and Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 28).

On 30th October 1930 Princess Margaret was baptised at the Chapel Buckingham Palace by Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang (age 65). Her aunt Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 40) was godmother.

On 23rd June 1938 [her mother] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 75) died.

On 21st July 1939 [her brother-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 3rd Earl Granville (age 67) died without issue. His brother [her husband] William (age 59) succeeded 4th Earl Granville, 4th Viscount Granville. Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 49) by marriage Countess Granville.

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 7th November 1944 [her father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 89) died. His son [her brother] Patrick (age 60) succeeded 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (age 55) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.

On 25th June 1953 [her husband] William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 72) died. His son [her son] Granville (age 34) succeeded 5th Earl Granville, 5th Viscount Granville.

In 1958 [her son] Granville James Leveson-Gower 5th Earl Granville (age 39) and [her daughter-in-law] Doon Aileen Plunket were married. He the son of [her former husband] William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville and Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 67).

On 17th November 1967 Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 77) died.

Royal Ancestors of Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville 1890-1967

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville 1890-1967

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jean Nicholson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bowes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Gilbert

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas George Lyon Bowes 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Carpenter

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter

GrandFather: Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Joseph Valentine Grimstead

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Grimstead

Father: Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Abel Smith

Great x 3 Grandfather: Abel Smith

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Smith

Great x 1 Grandfather: Oswald Smith

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Mosley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Parker Mosley 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Mary Mosley

GrandMother: Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hodgson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hodgson of Congleton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend Robert Hodgson

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Porteus Junior

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mildred Porteus

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson

Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pierre Roland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley

Mother: Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend Andrew Burnaby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Archdeacon Andrew Burnaby

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edwyn Andrew Burnaby

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Edwyn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Edwyn

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edwyn Burnaby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend William Browne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Browne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Adcock

GrandMother: Caroline Louisa Burnaby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury of Marshfield House

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lister

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Caroline Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Webb of Church Stanway in Gloucestershire

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Webb

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Webb

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Garritt