Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 1864-1935

Paternal Family Tree: Martyn aka Cornwallis

On 29th July 1863 [his father] Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis [aged 31] and [his mother] Harriet Elizabeth Mott were married. They had four children.

On 27th May 1864 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis was born to Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis [aged 32] and Harriet Elizabeth Mott at Chacombe Priory, Banbury [Map].

On 24th April 1867 [his father] Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis [aged 35] died in a hunting accident. His son Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 2] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].

In 1886 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 21] and Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis were married. They had three sons and four daughters

In 1888 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 23] was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1900.

In 1888 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 23] was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1895.

In or before 1891 [his son] Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis was born to Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 26] and [his wife] Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis.

On 4th March 1892 [his son] Wykeham Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis was born to Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 27] and [his wife] Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis. He married 30th January 1917 Cecily Etha Mary Walker, daughter of James Heron Walker 3rd Baronet, and had issue.

In 1896 [his daughter] Yvonne Cornwallis was born to Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 31] and [his wife] Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis. She married Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil, son of William Cecil and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst.

In 1910 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 45] was appointed Chairman of Kent County Council which office he held until 1930.

On 30th January 1917 [his son] Wykeham Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Cecily Etha Mary Walker [aged 23] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. They had two children.

In May 1921 [his son] Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis [aged 30] was killed in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.

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In 1922 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 57] sold Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to John Kitchin.

1924. Oswald Birley [aged 43]. Portrait of Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 59].

In 1927 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 62] was created 1st Baron Cornwallis of Linton in Kent. [his wife] Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis by marriage Baroness Cornwallis of Linton in Kent.

On 11th March 1933 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 68] was appointed Honourary Colonel of the Thames and Medway Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery.

On 26th September 1935 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 71] died. His son Wykeham [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Cornwallis of Linton in Kent.

In 1957 [his former wife] Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis died.

Royal Ancestors of Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 1864-1935

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 26 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 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 21 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 1864-1935

Great x 1 Grandfather: Fiennes Wykeham Martin

Grandfather: Charles Wykeham-Martin

father: Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Mann

Great x 3 Grandfather: Galfridus Mann

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Mann

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Gregory

Grandmother: Jemima Isabella Mann 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

mother: Harriet Elizabeth Mott