Paternal Family Tree: Cecil
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On 2nd February 1821 [his father] James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 29] and [his mother] Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury [aged 15] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 72] and [his grandmother] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 70].
On 3rd February 1830 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury was born to James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 38] and Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury [aged 24] at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire [Map].
Around 1835. George Richmond [aged 25]. Portrait of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 4].
On 15th October 1839 [his mother] Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury [aged 33] died.
On 29th April 1847 [his father] James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 56] and [his step-mother] Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr [aged 55] and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr [aged 51]. He the son of [his grandfather] James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury and [his grandmother] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 11th July 1857 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil [aged 27] and Georgina Anderson [aged 30] were married. He the son of James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 66] and Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury.
On 11th April 1858 [his daughter] Beatrix Maud Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Selborne was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 28] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 31]. She married 27th October 1883 William Palmer 2nd Earl Selborne, son of Roundell Palmer 1st Earl Selborne and Laura Waldegrave Countess Selborne, and had issue.
On 28th July 1860 [his daughter] Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 30] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 33].
On 23rd October 1861 [his son] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 31] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 34]. He married 17th May 1887 Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury, daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn, and had issue.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 9th March 1863 [his son] Bishop Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 33] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 36]. He married 16th August 1887 his sixth cousin Florence Bootle Wibraham, daughter of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom, and had issue.
On 14th September 1864 [his son] Edgar Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 34] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 37]. He married 22nd January 1889 Eleanor Lambton Viscountess Cecil, daughter of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham.
In 1865 [his daughter] Fanny Georgina Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 34] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 38]. She died aged two in 1867.
On 24th April 1867 [his daughter] Fanny Georgina Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil [aged 2] died.
On 12th July 1867 [his son] Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 37] and [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 40]. He married 18th June 1894 Violet Georgina Maxse Viscountess Milner and had issue.
On 12th April 1868 [his father] James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 76] died. His son Robert [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 9th Earl Salisbury. [his wife] Georgina Anderson [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.
On 14th October 1869 [his son] Hugh Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Baron Quickswood was born to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 39] and [his wife] Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 42].
In 1872 [his brother-in-law] Alan Stewart 10th Earl Galloway [aged 36] and [his half-sister] Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Galloway [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father] James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury and [his step-mother] Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 47]. He the son of Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway [aged 72] and Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway [aged 60]. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1873 Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway [aged 73] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Alan [aged 37] succeeded 10th Earl Galloway, 9th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 8th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. [his half-sister] Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Galloway [aged 22] by marriage Countess Galloway.
In 1878 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 47] was appointed 771st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 58].
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Around 1883. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 52].
On 27th October 1883 [his son-in-law] William Palmer 2nd Earl Selborne [aged 24] and Beatrix Maud Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Selborne [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 53] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 56]. He the son of Roundell Palmer 1st Earl Selborne [aged 70] and Laura Waldegrave Countess Selborne [aged 62].
On 23rd June 1885 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 55] was appointed Prime Minister.
On 25th July 1886 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 56] was appointed Prime Minister.
On 17th May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 25] and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 48] and Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 57] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 60].
On 16th August 1887 Bishop Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil [aged 24] and Florence Bootle Wibraham were married. They had four sons and three daughters. She the daughter of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom [aged 49] and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom [aged 46]. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 57] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 60]. They were sixth cousins.
On 22nd January 1889 Edgar Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil [aged 24] and Eleanor Lambton Viscountess Cecil [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 58] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 62].
Around 1891. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 61]. Portrait of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 60]
On 18th June 1894 Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil [aged 26] and Violet Milner [aged 22] were married. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 64] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 67].
On 25th June 1895 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 65] was appointed Prime Minister.
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.
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On 20th November 1899 [his wife] Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 72] died.
On 18th August 1903 [his half-sister] Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Galloway [aged 53] died.
On 22nd August 1903 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 73] died. Monument at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] by William Goscombe John [aged 43]. His son James [aged 41] succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. Note the St George Pendant signifying his being a Knight of the Garter.
Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury: On 15th July 1867 she was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. On 17th May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and she were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury. On 5th February 1955 Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury died.
1911 to 1912. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 61]. Portrait of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Cecil 4th Earl Salisbury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Bennett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Bennett Countess of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Moorwood
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Keet of Canterbury
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury
father: James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hill
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Hill
Great x 2 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Trevor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire
Grandmother: Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Boyle Countess Kildare 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Clotworthy 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boyle Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Crisp Gascoyne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bamber Gascoigne "The Elder"
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bamber of Mincing Lane
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bamber
Grandfather: Bamber "The Younger" Gascoyne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Issac Green of Lancashire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Green
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Aspinwall
mother: Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury
Great x 1 Grandfather: Chase Price
Grandmother: Sarah Bridget Frances Price
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Evelyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Evelyn Glanville
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Evelyn