Paternal Family Tree: Stewart of Donegal
On 30th June 1737 [his father] Alexander Stewart [aged 39] and [his mother] Mary Cowan were married.
On 27th September 1739 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry was born to Alexander Stewart [aged 41] and Mary Cowan.
1757. Anton Raphael Mengs [aged 28]. Portrait of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 17].
Before 1769 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 29] and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford [aged 50] and Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford [aged 42].
On 18th June 1769 [his son] Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 29] and [his wife] Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway [aged 21] at Henry Street, Dublin. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 1794 Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry, daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire.
On 20th July 1770 [his wife] Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway [aged 22] died.
On 7th June 1775 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 35] and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden [aged 61] and Elizabeth Jeffreys [aged 50].
On 24th June 1777 [his daughter] Frances Stewart was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 37] and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 26]. She married before 9th February 1810 Charles Fitzroy, son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton, and had issue.
In 1778 [his son] Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 38] and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 27]. He married 1. 1804 Catherine Bligh, daughter of John Bligh 3rd Earl Darnley, and had issue 2. 3rd April 1819 Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry, daughter of Henry Vane-Tempest 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
On 22nd April 1781 [his father] Alexander Stewart [aged 83] died.
In 1785 [his brother-in-law] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden [aged 26] and Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden [aged 29] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden [aged 71] and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Jeffreys.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1789 [his daughter] Emily Jane Stewart Viscountess Hardinge was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 49] and [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 38]. She married 1. 29th June 1814 her first cousin John James, son of Walter Head aka James 1st Baronet and Jane Pratt Lady James, and had issue 2. 10th December 1821 Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge and had issue.
In 1794 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry [aged 24] and Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 54] and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.
In 1794 [his father-in-law] Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden [aged 80] died. In 1794 His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Camden, 2nd Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey in Kent, 2nd Baron Camden of Camden Place in Kent.
In 1804 Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry [aged 26] and Catherine Bligh [aged 29] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Bligh 3rd Earl Darnley. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 64] and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 53].
Before 10th February 1808. Hugh Douglas Hamilton [aged 68]. Portrait of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 68].
Before 9th February 1810 [his son-in-law] Charles Fitzroy [aged 45] and Frances Stewart [aged 32] were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 70] and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 59]. He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 74] and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton.
On 9th February 1810 [his daughter] Frances Stewart [aged 32] died.
In 1812 [his brother-in-law] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden [aged 53] was created 1st Marquess Camden, 1st Earl Brecknock. Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden [aged 56] by marriage Marchioness Camden.
In 1814 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 74] was appointed 646th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 51] during the Regency.
On 29th June 1814 [his son-in-law] John James and Emily Jane Stewart Viscountess Hardinge [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 74] and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 63]. They were first cousins.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1816 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 76] was created 1st Marquess Londonderry. [his wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 65] by marriage Marchioness Londonderry.
On 3rd April 1819 Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry [aged 41] and Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry [aged 19] were married at Bruton Street. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 79] and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 68].
On 6th April 1821 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 81] died. His son Robert [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Marquess Londonderry. Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 49] by marriage Marchioness Londonderry.
On 18th January 1833 [his former wife] Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 82] died.
Grandfather: William Stewart of Ballylawn in County Donegal 
Father: Alexander Stewart
Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry
Grandfather: John Cowan
Mother: Mary Cowan