Maternal Family Tree: Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 1839-1933
On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard [aged 46] and [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 8th November 1866 [his father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 33] and [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy [aged 27] were married.
On 16th March 1869 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn was born to Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 36] and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy [aged 29].
On 30th April 1881 [his brother-in-law] Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke [aged 28] and [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 19] were married at the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. See her autobiography Life's Ebb and Flow Page 38. He the son of George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke [aged 63] and Anne Charteris Countess Warwick [aged 52]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 20th October 1884 [his brother-in-law] Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 4th Duke of Sutherland [aged 33] and [his sister] Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine Duchess of Sutherland [aged 17] were married; her seventeenth birthday. He the son of George Leveson-Gower 3rd Duke Sutherland [aged 55] and Anne Hay Mackenzie Duchess Sutherland [aged 55]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 19th July 1890 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 21] and Violet Aline Vyner were married.
On 6th September 1890 [his father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 57] died. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]
Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn: On 2nd March 1833 he was born. On 8th November 1866 he and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy were married.
In 1891 [his daughter] Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 21] and [his wife] Violet Aline Vyner. She married before 30th October 1891 David Cecil Bingham and had issue.
Before 30th October 1891 [his son-in-law] David Cecil Bingham [aged 4] and [his daughter] Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine were married.
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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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On 28th May 1892 [his brother-in-law] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 32] and [his sister] Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland [aged 57].
On 22nd September 1892 George Leveson-Gower 3rd Duke Sutherland [aged 63] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Cromartie [aged 41] succeeded 4th Duke Sutherland, 5th Marquess Stafford, 22nd Earl Sutherland, 6th Earl Gower, 7th Baron Gower, 11th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his sister] Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine Duchess of Sutherland [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Sutherland.
On 16th November 1892 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 23] and [his wife] Violet Aline Vyner. He married (1) 27th December 1915 Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm.
On 2nd December 1893 George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke [aged 75] died at Warwick Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Francis [aged 40] succeeded 5th Earl Warwick, 5th Earl Brooke Warwick Castle, 12th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire. [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 31] by marriage Countess Warwick.
In 1902 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 32] and Violet Aline Vyner were divorced.
Before 19th November 1902 Arthur Hill 6th Marquess of Downshire [aged 31] and Katherine Mary "Kitty" Hare Marchioness Downshire [aged 30] were divorced as a consequence of her affair with Joseph Frederick Laycock [aged 35]. Laycock was also having an affair with [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 40] with whom he possibly fathered two children: [his nephew] Maynard Greville [aged 4] and [his niece] Mercy Greville.
On 20th March 1905 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 36] and Anna Robinson Countess of Rosslyn [aged 35] were married.
In 1907 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 37] and Anna Robinson Countess of Rosslyn [aged 37] were divorced.
On 8th October 1908 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 39] and Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn [aged 21] were married.
On 23rd August 1909 [his son] James Alexander Wedderburn St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 40] and [his wife] Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn [aged 22].
On 21st July 1910 [his sister] Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland [aged 38] died.
On 27th December 1915 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm [aged 17] were married at Cairo, Egypt.
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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On 4th October 1917 [his former wife] Anna Robinson Countess of Rosslyn [aged 47] died at Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, Ward Island, New York.
On 18th November 1917 [his son] David Simon St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 48] and [his wife] Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn [aged 30].
In 1926 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine [aged 33] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm [aged 27] were divorced.
On 4th August 1929 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine [aged 36] died.
On 8th December 1933 [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy [aged 94] died at Regent's Park. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]
Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy: On 22nd August 1839 she was born to Henry Fitzroy in Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire and Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk. On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard and she were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 26th July 1938 [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 76] died.
On 10th August 1939 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn [aged 70] died. He was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
In 1945 [his former wife] Violet Aline Vyner died.
On 24th February 1975 [his former wife] Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn [aged 88] died. She was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn: On 24th February 1887 she was born. On 8th October 1908 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn and she were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of John II King Aragon
father: Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn 6 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton 
Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus Fitzroy Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton 
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton 2 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Cosby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cosby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Fitzroy 3 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wrottesley 4th Baronet 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Henry Fitzroy 4 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Pigot
mother: Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland