On 10th August 1698 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was born to Edward Stratford at Ormond, County Tipperary.
On 8th May 1716 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 17] educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 1721 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 22] was elected MP Baltinglass.
In 1727 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 28] was appointed High Sheriff of Wexford.
In or before 1736 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 37] and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 29] were married.
In 1736 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Wicklow.
In 1736 [his son] Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 37] and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 30]. He married (1) 29th July 1765 Barbara Herbert Countess Aldborough (2) 24th May 1787 Anne Elizabeth Henniker Countess Aldborough, daughter of John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker and Anne Major Baroness Henniker.
In 1739 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 40] was appointed High Sheriff of Wexford.
Around 1740 [his son] John Stratford 3rd Earl Aldborough was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 41] and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 34]. He married April 1777 Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aldborough and had issue.
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In 1746 [his son] Benjamin Stratford 4th Earl of Aldborough was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 47] and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 40].
On 7th September 1760 [his son-in-law] Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt [aged 29] and Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt were married. She the daughter of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 62] and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 54].
On 21st May 1763 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 64] was created 1st Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow.
On 29th July 1765 Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough [aged 29] and Barbara Herbert Countess Aldborough [aged 23] were married. He the son of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 66] and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 59].
On 22nd July 1776 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 77] was created 1st Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare.
On 9th February 1777 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 78] was created 1st Earl Aldborough. [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 71] by marriage Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
In April 1777 John Stratford 3rd Earl Aldborough [aged 37] and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aldborough [aged 20] were married. He the son of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 78] and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 71].
On 29th May 1777 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough [aged 78] died. His son Edward [aged 41] succeeded 2nd Earl Aldborough, 2nd Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 2nd Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow. Barbara Herbert Countess Aldborough [aged 34] by marriage Countess Aldborough.
On 11th March 1796 [his former wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough [aged 90] died.
[his daughter] Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough. She married 7th September 1760 Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt and had issue.