Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick 1904-1973

On 4th October 1904 Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick was born to Harry Bennedetto Renwick 1st Baronet [aged 43].

On 10th June 1929 Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick [aged 24] and Dorothy Mary Parkes were married.

On 5th June 1930 [his daughter] Susan Renwick was born to Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick [aged 25] and [his wife] Dorothy Mary Parkes. She married (1) 25th November 1955 John Francis Baring 7th Baron Ashburton, son of John Baring 1697-1748 and Richard de Vernon 1st Baron Shipbrook 1050-1107, and had issue.

In 1931 Major John Ogilvie Spencer [aged 25] and [his future wife] Edith Joan Clarke Baroness Renwick were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

On 7th January 1932 [his father] Harry Bennedetto Renwick 1st Baronet [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Baronet Renwick of Coombe in Surrey.

On 10th October 1935 [his son] Harry Andrew Renwick 2nd Baron Renwick was born to Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick [aged 31] and [his wife] Dorothy Mary Parkes.

Before 28th July 1953 Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick [aged 48] and Dorothy Mary Parkes were divorced.

On 28th July 1953 Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick [aged 48] and Edith Joan Clarke Baroness Renwick were married.

On 25th November 1955 [his son-in-law] John Francis Baring 7th Baron Ashburton [aged 27] and [his daughter] Susan Renwick [aged 25] were married.

The London Gazette 43524. 23rd December 1964. The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 23rd day of December 1964, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Sir Robert Burnham Renwick [aged 60], Baronet, K.B.E., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Renwick, of Coombe in the County of Surrey. [[his wife] Edith Joan Clarke Baroness Renwick by marriage Baroness Renwick of Coombe in Surrey.]

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 30th August 1973 Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick [aged 68] died. His son Harry [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baron Renwick of Coombe in Surrey, 3rd Baronet Renwick of Coombe in Surrey.

On 6th November 1994 [his former wife] Edith Joan Clarke Baroness Renwick died.