Paternal Family Tree: Hervey
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey 1700-1768
On 25th October 1720 [her father] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 24] and [her mother] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 20] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 55] and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol [aged 43].
On 15th April 1723 Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 26] and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 23].
In 1733 [her father] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 36] by writ of acceleration 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. [her mother] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
On 26th February 1743 Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 20] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 19] were married.
On 5th August 1743 [her father] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 46] died. His son [her brother] George [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
On 30th May 1744 [her son] Constantine Phipps 1st and 2nd Baron Mulgrave was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 21] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 21]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married before 7th November 1769 Anne Elizabeth Cholmley Baroness Mulgrave.
On 4th August 1744 [her brother] Augustus John Hervey 3rd Earl Bristol [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 23] were married privately at Lainston House Winchester. There marriage remained a secret until she wanted to marry Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 33] in 1769 at which time she initiated a suit of jactitation1 against him requiring him to prove they were married. The court found in her favour.
1750. Jean Etienne Liotard [aged 47]. The Honourable Mrs Constantine Phipps [aged 26], Being Led to Greet Her Brother, Captain The Honourable [her brother] Augustus Hervey [aged 25], 3rd Earl of Bristol
On 20th January 1751 [her grandfather] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 85] died. His grandson [her brother] George [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Bristol.
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Before 1753 [her brother] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol [aged 19] were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
On 10th December 1753 [her son] Captain Charles Phipps was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 31] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 30]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 14th February 1755 [her son] Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 32] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 31]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 1795 Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave and had issue.
On 26th March 1757 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Phipps was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 34] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 33]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 19th August 1776 her fourth cousin Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon, son of Henry Dillon 11th Viscount Dillon and Charlotte Lee Viscountess Dillon, and had issue.
On 7th April 1760 [her son] Edmund Phipps was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 37] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 36]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1762 [her son] Augustus Phipps was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 39] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 38]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Around 1765 Johan Joseph Zoffany [aged 31]. Portrait of Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 41].
In 1767 [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford. Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 43] by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford.
On 2nd September 1768 [her mother] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 68] died.
On 8th March 1769 Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 58] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 48] were married at Keith's Chapel, Mayfair. She by marriage Duchess Kingston upon Hull. Her first alledged husband [her brother] Augustus John Hervey 3rd Earl Bristol [aged 44] was still living. Preferring to avoid a divorce, she had previously issued a suit of jactitation against Hervey, with his collusion, requiring him to cease claiming marriage to her unless proved. After Hervey failed to prove the relationship in court and Chudleigh swore she was unmarried, the consistory court in February 1769 pronounced her a spinster, free to marry.
Before 7th November 1769 [her son] Constantine Phipps 1st and 2nd Baron Mulgrave [aged 25] and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Elizabeth Cholmley Baroness Mulgrave were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
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In 1775 George William Hervey 2nd Earl Bristol [aged 54] died. His brother Augustus [aged 50] succeeded 3rd Earl Bristol, 4th Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
On 13th September 1775 [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 53] died. His son Constantine [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford. Anne Elizabeth Cholmley Baroness Mulgrave [aged 5] by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford.
On 19th August 1776 [her son-in-law] Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon [aged 30] and [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Phipps [aged 19] were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 23rd December 1779 Augustus John Hervey 3rd Earl Bristol [aged 55] died due to a gout in the stomach in St James' Square. His brother Frederick [aged 49] succeeded 4th Earl Bristol, 5th Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol [aged 46] by marriage Countess Bristol.
Note 1. 'jactitation'. Where one person falsely asserted that he or she was married to another, the wronged party could obtain an order restraining further repetitions of the falsehood. The action was abolished in England in 1986 and in Ireland in 1995.
On 11th May 1780 Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 57] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hervey 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hervey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ambrose Jermyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jermyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Heveningham 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Jermyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Blagge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Blagge
Grandfather: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol
father: John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Felton 15 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Felton 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Felton 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bassingbourne Gawdy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Gawdy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Framlingham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Felton 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susanna Tollemache Lady Felton 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope
Grandmother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 14 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Lady Felton 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Villiers Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Nicholas Wedig Lepell
mother: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey