Paternal Family Tree: Sturt
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On 15th August 1820 [his father] Henry Charles Sturt [aged 25] and [his mother] Charlotte Penelope Brudenell were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan [aged 50].
On 16th May 1825 Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington was born to Henry Charles Sturt [aged 29] and Charlotte Penelope Brudenell.
In 1848 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Baring 1st Earl Northbrook [aged 21] and [his sister] Elizabeth Sturt Baroness Northbrook were married.
On 10th September 1853 Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 28] and Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan [aged 53] and Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan [aged 44]. They were first cousins.
On 20th August 1859 [his son] Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington was born to Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 34] and [his wife] Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 27]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. He married 25th June 1883 Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington, daughter of Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke and Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke, and had issue.
Before 13th December 1860 [his brother-in-law] Charles George Bingham 4th Earl Lucan [aged 30] and Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox Countess Lucan [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond and Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 64]. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan [aged 60] and [his aunt] Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan [aged 51]. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 14th April 1866 [his father] Henry Charles Sturt [aged 70] died.
On 6th September 1866 Francis Baring 1st Baron Northbrook [aged 70] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Northbrook, 4th Baronet Baring of Larkbeer in Devon. [his sister] Elizabeth Sturt Baroness Northbrook by marriage Baroness Northbrook.
In June 1867 [his sister] Elizabeth Sturt Baroness Northbrook died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 17th March 1868 [his daughter] Winifred Selina Sturt was born to Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 42] and [his wife] Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 36]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. She married 17th April 1890 her first cousin Charles Hardinge 1st Baron Penshurt, son of Charles Stewart Hardinge 2nd Viscount Hardinge and Lavinia Bingham Viscountess Hardinge, and had issue.
In 1869 [his daughter] Mildred Cecilia Sturt Lady Montagu was born to Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 43] and [his wife] Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 36]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. She married (1) 30th April 1892 Henry Arthur Cadogan, son of George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan and Beatrix Jane Craven Countess Cadogan, and had issue (2) 18th April 1910 her fifth cousin once removed Hedworth Lambton aka Meux, son of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (3) 4th December 1930 her sixth cousin Charles William Augustus Montagu, son of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester.
On 14th January 1876...
William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny [aged 49] was created 1st Marquess Abergavenny, 1st Earl Lewes. Caroline Vanden Bempte Johnston Marchioness Abergavenny by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.
Edward Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Earl Wharncliffe [aged 48] was created 1st Earl Wharncliffe. Susan Charlotte Lascelles Countess Wharncliffe [aged 42] by marriage Countess Wharncliffe.
John Ormsby-Gore 1st Baron Harlech [aged 59] was created 1st Baron Harlech with remainder to his brother William in the absence of male heirs.
Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 50] was created 1st Baron Alington. [his wife] Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 43] by marriage Baroness Alington.
Edinburgh Gazette 14 Jan 1876. 14th January 1876. Whitehall Palace [Map].
The Queen [aged 56] has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignities of an Earl and Duke of the said United Kingdom to Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond, K.G. [aged 30], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Earl of Kinrara, in the County of Inverness, and Duke of Gordon, of Gordon Castle, in that part of the said United Kingdom called Scotland.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignities of an Earl and Marquess of the said United Kingdom to William, Earl of Abergavenny [aged 49], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Earl of Lewes, in the County of Sussex, and Marquess of Abergavenny, in the County of Monmonth.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignities of a Viscount and Earl of the said United Kingdom to Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, Lord Wharncliffe [aged 48], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Carlton, of Carlton, and Earl of Wharncliffe, bdth in the West Riding of the County of York; with remainder, in default of such issue male, to the Honourable Francis Dudley Stuart-Wortley [aged 46] (brother of the said Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, Lord Wharncliffe), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to John, Earl of Erne [aged 73], in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, K.P., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Fermanagh, of Lisnaskea, in the County of Fermanagh.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to John Ralph Ormsby-Gore [aged 59], Esq, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Harlech, of Harlech, in the County of Merioneth; with remainder, in default of snch issue male, to William Richard Ormsby-Gore, Esq [aged 56]. (brother of the said John Ralph Ormsby-Gore), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to Henry Gerard Sturt [aged 50], Esq, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Alington, of Crichel, in the County of Dorset.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to John Tollemache, Esq, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Tollemache, of Helmingham Hall, in the County of Suffolk.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the said Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to Sir Robert Tolver Gerard [aged 67], Bart., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Gerard, of Bryn, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
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In 1879 [his mother] Charlotte Penelope Brudenell died.
On 25th June 1883 [his son] Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke [aged 47] and Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke [aged 43].
On 3rd July 1888 [his wife] Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 56] died.
On 17th April 1890 [his son-in-law] Charles Hardinge 1st Baron Penshurt [aged 31] and [his daughter] Winifred Selina Sturt [aged 22] were married. They were first cousins.
On 10th February 1892 Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 66] and Evelyn Henrietta Leigh Baroness Alington were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington.
On 30th April 1892 [his son-in-law] Henry Arthur Cadogan [aged 23] and [his daughter] Mildred Cecilia Sturt Lady Montagu [aged 23] were married at The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity with Saint Jude, Sloane Street. He the son of George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan [aged 51] and Beatrix Jane Craven Countess Cadogan [aged 47].
On 17th February 1904 Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 78] died. His son Humphrey [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Baron Alington. Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington [aged 40] by marriage Baroness Alington.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 23rd January 1939 [his former wife] Evelyn Henrietta Leigh Baroness Alington died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Sturt
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Sturt
Grandfather: Charles Sturt of Crichel and Brownsea Castle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Pitfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Pitfield
father: Henry Charles Sturt 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall in Hertfordshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Montagu 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Montagu 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Baynard 25 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandmother: Mary Anne Ashley Cooper 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward des Bouverie
Great x 3 Grandfather: William des Bouverie 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne de la Foterie
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Urry
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Urry Lady Bouverie
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholemew Clarke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clarke
Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Seymour 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bishopp 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Boscawen 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Boscawen 1st Viscount Falmouth 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jael Godolphin 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boscawen Lady Bishopp 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Godfrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Arabella Churchill 
14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
mother: Charlotte Penelope Brudenell 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Cranbrooke
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Cooke of Harefield
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Cooke
Great x 1 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Twysden 3rd Baronet 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Twysden 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Twysden 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Wythens
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Wythens Lady Twysden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor
Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bowyer 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bowyer 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Briggs
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stonhouse
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Dashwood
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood