Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell 1725-1780

Paternal Family Tree: Stawell

On 27th January 1725 Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell was born to Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell.

On 23rd January 1742 [her uncle] William Stawell 3rd Baron Stawell [aged 60] died. His brother [her father] Edward succeeded 4th Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.

In 1747 [her future husband] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 28] and Margaretta Fitzgerald were married. She the daughter of Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare and Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare.

On 13th April 1755 [her father] Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell died. Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset extinct. His daughter Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell [aged 30] inherited his estates. She was created Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset in 1760.

In or before 1757 Henry Bilson Legge [aged 48] and Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell [aged 31] were married. He the son of William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth and Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth.

In 1757 [her son] Henry Bilson Legge 2nd Baron Stawell was born to [her husband] Henry Bilson Legge [aged 48] and Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell [aged 31]. He married 1779 Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell, daughter of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon and Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon, and had issue.

In 1760 Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell [aged 34] was created 1st Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. She the daughter of [her father] Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell.

On 23rd August 1764 [her husband] Henry Bilson Legge [aged 56] died.

In 1766 Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 47] and Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell [aged 40] were married.

On 2nd December 1773 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 25] and [her step-daughter] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 55] and Margaretta Fitzgerald. He the son of James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 60] and Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury [aged 52]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

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In 1779 [her son] Henry Bilson Legge 2nd Baron Stawell [aged 22] and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell [aged 17] were married.

On 29th July 1780 Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell [aged 55] died. Her son Henry [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell [aged 19] by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.

On 7th October 1793 [her former husband] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 75] died. His son [her former step-son] Arthur [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Marquess Downshire. Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire [aged 29] by marriage Marchioness Downshire.

Royal Ancestors of Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell 1725-1780

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell 1725-1780

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stawell of Cothelstone Manor

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stawell 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tuchet 10th Baron Audley, 7th Baron Tuchet 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Mervyn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet

Grandfather: Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hext

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hext

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parker

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Parker

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hext

father: Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pitt

Grandmother: Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell

Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England