Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor 1630-1714

After 1625 John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 19] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor were married. She by marriage Baroness Robartes of Truro in Cornwall. The difference in their ages was 24 years.

In 1630 Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor was born to John Smythe [aged 31] and Isabella Rich [aged 37].

On 1st August 1632 [her mother] Isabella Rich [aged 39] died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map].

Isabella Rich: John Smythe and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed. Around 1593 she was born to Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.

In 1634 [her father-in-law] John Robartes 1st Baron Robartes [aged 54] died. His son [her husband] John [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 2nd Baronet Robartes. Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes [aged 19] by marriage Baroness Robartes of Truro in Cornwall.

Before 7th February 1634 [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 28] and Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her uncle] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 46] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.

On 16th October 1640 [her father] John Smythe [aged 41] died in Siena [Map].

Around 1650 [her daughter] Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda was born to [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 44] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 20] at Lanhydrock, Bodmin. She married (1) 28th October 1669 her fourth cousin Charles Moore 2nd Earl Drogheda, son of Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda and Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (2) 29th September 1679 William Wycherley.

Before 6th January 1650 [her son] Francis Robartes was born to [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 44] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 20] at Lanhydrock, Bodmin. He married (1) before 2nd July 1680 Penelope Pole, daughter of Courtenay Pole 2nd Baronet and Urith Shapcote Lady Pole (2) before 3rd February 1718 his fourth cousin twice removed Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Holles Countess Kildare, and had issue.

Before 14th July 1657 [her future husband] Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven [aged 31] and Jane Cavendish [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 64] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th April 1668. At noon with Creed to my Lord Crew's [aged 70], and there dined; and here was a very fine-skinned lady dined, the daughter [aged 18] of my Lord Roberts [aged 62], and also a fine lady, Mr. John Parkhurst [aged 25] his wife, that was but a boy the other day. And after dinner there comes in my Lady Roberts [aged 38] herself, and with her Mr. Roberts's daughter, that was Mrs. Boddevill [aged 31], the great beauty, and a fine lady indeed, the first time I saw her. My Lord Crew, and Sir Thomas, and I, and Creed, all the afternoon debating of my Lord Sandwich's [aged 42] business, against to-morrow, and thence I to the King's playhouse, and there saw most of "The Cardinall", a good play, and thence to several places to pay my debts, and then home, and there took a coach and to Mile End [Map] to take a little ayre, and thence home to Sir W. Pen's [aged 47], where I supped, and sat all the evening; and being lighted homeward by Mrs. Markham, I blew out the candle and kissed her, and so home to bed.

On 28th October 1669 [her son-in-law] Charles Moore 2nd Earl Drogheda and Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 63] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 39]. He the son of Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda [aged 47] and Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda [aged 43]. They were fourth cousins.

In 1679 [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 73] was created 1st Earl Radnor, 1st Viscount Bodmin by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] in reward for having supported Charles' brother James II King England, Scotland and Ireland 1633-1701's future accession. Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 49] by marriage Countess Radnor.

On 29th September 1679 [her son-in-law] William Wycherley [aged 38] and Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda [aged 29] were married in secret fearing to lose the King's patronage. She the daughter of John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 73] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 49].

Before 2nd July 1680 Francis Robartes [aged 30] and Penelope Pole were married. He the son of John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 74] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 50].

On 17th March 1681 [her future husband] Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven [aged 55] was created 1st Viscount Newhaven.

Around 1685 [her daughter] Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda [aged 35] died.

On 17th July 1685 [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor [aged 79] died at Chelsea. His grandson Charles [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Earl Radnor, 2nd Viscount Bodmin, 3rd Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 3rd Baronet Robartes.

After 17th July 1685 Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven [aged 59] and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 55] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Newhaven.

On 30th June 1698 [her husband] Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven [aged 72] died. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. His son [her step-son] William [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Viscount Newhaven.

On 9th July 1714 Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor [aged 84] died.

[her father] John Smythe and [her mother] Isabella Rich were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and [her grandmother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed.

[her son] John Robartes was born to John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.