Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet 1769-1853

Paternal Family Tree: Phipps aka Waller

Before 6th October 1769 [his father] Joshua Phipps [aged 24] and [his mother] Mary Allen [aged 25] were married.

On 6th October 1769 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet was born to Joshua Phipps [aged 24] and Mary Allen [aged 25].

Around January 1773 [his father] Joshua Phipps [aged 28] died.

On 22nd July 1788 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe [aged 62] was created 1st Earl Howe, 1st Baron Howe. The Baroney was created with a special remainder to his daughter Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe.

Before 1795 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 25] had become Eye Surgeon to King George III [aged 56] and his son the future King William IV [aged 29].

On 5th August 1799 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe [aged 73] died. Earl Howe, Viscount Howe extinct. His daughter Sophia succeeded 2nd Baroness Howe. His brother William [aged 69] succeeded 5th Viscount Howe, 5th Baron Glenawley. Frances Conolly Viscountess Howe by marriage Viscountess Howe.

In 1804 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 34] established the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, which was the first hospital of its kind in London to treat "Egyptian Ophthalmia", a virulent eye disease contracted by many soldiers returning to Britain from the Nile Campaign.

Before 1805 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 35] and Elizabeth Slack [aged 30] were married. They had four children. They were half first cousins.

On 24th June 1805 [his son] Thomas Wathen Phipps Waller 2nd Baronet was born to Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Slack [aged 31]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

On 11th December 1807 [his son] Reverend Ernest Adolphus Waller was born to Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Elizabeth Slack [aged 33]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

In January 1809 [his wife] Elizabeth Slack [aged 34] died.

In 1812 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 42] and Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe were married. There was no issue from the marriage. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe and Mary Hartop.

In 1814 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 44] adopted the surname to inherit the estates of his maternal great-grandfather Thomas Waller.

The London Gazette 16969. Whitehall, December 27, 1814

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the following Gentlemen respectively, and the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Sir Alexander Campbell, Knt. Major-General in the Army, and Lieutenant-General and Commander of the Forces in the Isle of France.

The Right Honourable William McMahon, Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

George Buchan Hepburn, of Smeaton, in the county of Haddington, Esq. late one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland.

The Right Honourable John Marjoribanks [aged 51], Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh. [Baronet Marjoribanks of Lees in Berwickshire]

John Silvester, of Yardley-House, in the county of Essex, Esq. Recorder of the city of London.

Thomas Hugh Clifford, of Tixall, in the county of Stafford, Esq.

John Simeon, of Grazeley, in the county of Berks, Esq.

Guy Campbell, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Major in the 6th Regiment of Foot.

Gilbert King, of Charlestown, in the county of Roscommon, Esq. Colonel in the Army.

John Jackson, of Ailsey, in the county of Bodford, Esq.

Henry Steuart, of Allanton, in the county of Lanerk, Esq. with remainder to his son in law, Ranald or Reginald Macdonald, of Stalfa, and his heirs male.

George Griffiths Williams, of Llwyny Wormwood, in the county of Carmarthen, Esq.

David Dundas, of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, and of Llanelly, in the county of Carmarthen, Esq. Serjeant-Surgeon to the King.

Robert Holt Leigh, of Whitley, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. with remainder to the heirs male of Holt Leigh, of Whitley, Esq. deceased, father of the said Robert Holt Leigh.

Edmund Antrobus, of Antrobus, in the county of Chester, and of Rutherford, in the county of Roxburgh, Esq. with remainder to his nephew, Edmund Antrobus [aged 22], jun. Esq. and his heirs male, and in default of such issue, to his nephew, Gibbs Crawford Antrubus [aged 21], Esq. and his heirs male, both sons of his late brother, John Antrobus, Esq. deceased.

Samuel Egerton Brydges, of Denton-Court, in the county of Kent, Esq.

Jonathan Wathen Waller [aged 45], of Braywick-Lodge, in the county of Berks, and of Twickenham, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.

John Compton Domville, of Santry-House, in the county of Dublin, Esq.

Thomas Preston, of Beeston St. Lawience, in the county of Norfolk, Esq.

Rose Price, of Treagwainton, in. the county of Cornwall, Esq.

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On 19th March 1820 Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe [aged 23] and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan [aged 50] and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan [aged 50].

On 21st March 1820 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon [aged 90] died. His grandson Richard [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire.

On 26th June 1830 King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 67] died. His brother William [aged 64] succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Duke Clarence and St Andrews merged with the Crown. Queen Adelaide of England [aged 37] by marriage Queen Consort England.

He was attended by Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet [aged 60].

In 1835 Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe died. Her son Richard [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Baron Howe. Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe [aged 36] by marriage Baroness Howe.

On 20th April 1845 [his son] Reverend Ernest Adolphus Waller [aged 37] died.

Penn Curzon and Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe were married. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe and Mary Hartop.

Ancestors of Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet 1769-1853

Grandfather: Robert Phipps

Father: Joshua Phipps

Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet

Grandfather: John Allen

Mother: Mary Allen