Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart 1738-1789

In 1738 Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart was born illegitimately to Edward Walpole [aged 32] and Dorothy Clement [aged 23].

Around 1739 [her mother] Dorothy Clement [aged 24] died.

Around 1747. Unknown Painter. Portrait of the children of [her father] Edward Walpole [aged 41]: [her illegitimate sister] Laura Walpole, Maria [aged 10], Edward Walpole [aged 10] and Charlotte [aged 9].

Edward Walpole: In 1706 he was born to Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford and Catherine Shorter. On 12th January 1784 Edward Walpole died. On 2nd March 1797 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford died unmarried. Earl Orford extinct. He left a life interest in his home Strawberry Hill House to his first-cousin once-removed Anne Seymour-Conway. After her death in 1828 the house was inherited by his great great nephew John James Waldegrave 6th Earl Waldegrave, great grandson of his brother Edward Walpole.

Laura Walpole: she was born illegitimately to Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement. On 13th September 1758 Bishop Frederick Keppel and she were married. He the son of William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle. On 27th July 1813 Laura Walpole died.

Edward Walpole: In 1737 he was born illegitimately to Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement. In 1771 Edward Walpole died without issue.

On 15th May 1759 [her brother-in-law] James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave [aged 44] and [her illegitimate sister] Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Waldegrave. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave and Mary Webb.

Around 1760. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart [aged 22].

On 2nd October 1760 Lionel Tollemache 5th Earl Dysart [aged 26] and Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart [aged 22] were married. He the son of Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart [aged 52] and Grace Carteret Countess Dysart.

In 1766 [her brother-in-law] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 22] and [her illegitimate sister] Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 29] were married in secret at Pall Mall [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. He the son of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 46].

On 10th March 1770 Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart [aged 61] died. His succeeded son Lionel Tollemache 5th Earl Dysart [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Dysart, 6th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk. Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart [aged 32] by marriage Countess Dysart.

Before 16th July 1770 Francis Cotes [aged 44]. Portrait of Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart [aged 32].

On 12th January 1784 [her father] Edward Walpole [aged 78] died.

In 1789 Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart [aged 51] died.