William Killigrew 1606-1695

Paternal Family Tree: William Killigrew

Maternal Family Tree: William Killigrew

William Killigrew and Mary Hill were married.

In 1604 [his father] Robert Killigrew [aged 24] and [his mother] Mary Woodhouse were married.

In 1606 William Killigrew was born to Robert Killigrew [aged 26] and Mary Woodhouse.

In May 1626 William Killigrew [aged 20] was knighted.

In March 1628 William Killigrew [aged 22] was elected MP Penryn.

In 1629 William Killigrew [aged 23] was appointed Governor of Pendennis Castle.

In 1633 [his father] Robert Killigrew [aged 53] died.

After 1633 [his step-father] Thomas Stafford [aged 59] and [his mother] Mary Woodhouse were married. He the illegitmate son of George Carew 1st Earl Totnes.

In 1636 [his brother] Thomas Killigrew [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Cecilia Crofts [aged 26] were married.

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Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 38]. Portrait of William Killigrew [aged 32].

Before 1650 [his brother-in-law] Francis Boyle 1st Viscount Shannon [aged 26] and [his sister] Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess Shannon [aged 27] were married. He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.

In 1655 [his brother] Thomas Killigrew [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Hesse [aged 26] were married.

In 1664 William Killigrew [aged 58] was elected MP Richmond.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th July 1665. Up, and after doing a little business, down to Deptford, Kent [Map] with Sir W. Batten [aged 64], and there left him, and I to Greenwich, Kent [Map] to the Park, where I hear the King [aged 35] and Duke [aged 31] are come by water this morn from Hampton Court [Map]. They asked me several questions. The King mightily pleased with his new buildings there. I followed them to Castle's [aged 36] ship in building, and there, met Sir W. Batten, and thence to Sir G. Carteret's [aged 55], where all the morning with them; they not having any but the Duke of Monmouth [aged 16], and Sir W. Killigrew [aged 59], and one gentleman, and a page more. Great variety of talk, and was often led to speak to the King and Duke.