On 1st June 1801 [his father] Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet [aged 21] and [his mother] Christina Hird were married.
On 16th December 1806 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet was born to Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet [aged 27] and Christina Hird.
In 1814 [his grandfather] Charles Vinchon Des Voeux 1st Baronet died. His son [his father] Charles [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Baronet De Voeux of Indiaville in Queen's County.
On 2nd June 1821 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet [aged 21] and [his future wife] Sophia Catherine Coventry Lady Gresley and Des Voeux were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. There was no issue from the marriage. She by marriage Lady Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire. She the daughter of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry [aged 63] and [his future mother-in-law] Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 61].
On 16th July 1839 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet [aged 32] and Sophia Catherine Coventry Lady Gresley and Des Voeux were married. She the daughter of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry [aged 79].
In July 1841 [his mother] Christina Hird died.
In December 1842 [his father] Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet [aged 63] and [his step-mother] Cecilia Paulet [aged 36] were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester [aged 78] and Anne Andrews Marchioness of Winchester.
On 15th May 1843 [his brother-in-law] George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry [aged 58] died. His grandson George [aged 5] succeeded 9th Earl Coventry.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. In the autumn of 1844 we went to Bretby [Map], the seat of the Earl of Chesterfield [aged 38], where we spent a most enjoyable time. There was a large house-party, among many others the Duke [aged 44] and Duchess [aged 26] of Montrose, Mr. [aged 37] and [his wife] Lady Sophia des Voeux, Lord Alvanley [aged 54], and the Count de Nieukerke, who was the recognised lover of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte [aged 23]. M. de Nieukerke was a very charming man, and he was much struck by my singing, and used to compare me with George Sand's heroine - Consuelo - for I was a very pretty girl with a slight, but fine figure, and long hair that fell in curls below my knees.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 28th September 1858 [his father] Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet [aged 79] died. His son Henry [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Baronet De Voeux of Indiaville in Queen's County. [his wife] Sophia Catherine Coventry Lady Gresley and Des Voeux by marriage Lady De Voeux of Indiaville in Queen's County.
The Times. 25th January 1865. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of the Earl of Coventry [aged 26] and Lady Blanche Craven [aged 22], third daughter of Earl Craven [aged 55], was solemnized yesterday morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The bridegroom and the friends of both families assembled at the church at 11 o'clock, and shortly afterwards were joined by the bride, accompanied by her mother, the Countess Craven [aged 48]. The bride was received by her father at the church door, and, attended by eight bridesmaids, proceeded at once to the communion table, in front ot which a numerous company had assembled, including the Earl [aged 65] and Countess of Clarendon [aged 54] and Lady Emily Villiers [aged 22], the Countess of Verulam [aged 40] and Lady Harriet Grimston [aged 20], Viscount [aged 49] and Viscountess Folkestone [aged 43] and Hon. Miss Bouverie, the Countess of Sefton [aged 27] and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount Chelsea [aged 24], and Lady Caroline Townley [aged 27] and Miss Townley, Viscount Uffington [aged 23], Sir Henry [aged 58] and [his wife] Lady Sophia Des Voeux, Hon. Mr. and Mrs Coventry, Hon. Gerald [aged 35] and Lady Maria Ponsonby [aged 28], Mr. Oswald andl Miss Oswald, Dr. Quin, Mr. Cecil Boothby [aged 51], Mr. James Oswald, Miss Talbot, Viscount [aged 32] and Viscountess Grey de Wilton [aged 28], Lady Evelyn Bruce [aged 25], Hon. Mrs. Grimston and Miss Grimston, &c.
The Hon. and Rev. Edward Grimston [aged 52], uncle of the bride, performed the religious rite. After the registration of the marriage the wedding party left the church, and procceded to the Earl and Countess Craven's mansion in Charles-street, Mayfair. At 2 o'clock the newly-wedded couple took their departure for Croome Court, the Earl of Coventry's seat, near Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map], there to pass the honeymoon. At Croome Pirton and Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, the marriage was celebrated yesterday by the tenantry and neighbours of the Earl of Coventry. The tenantry of the Crome Pirton and Severn Stoke estates, to ths number of about 100, dined together in two parties yesterday at Severn Stoke and High-green. At Pirton and Severn Stoke garlands of evergreens and flags were hung out over the roads, and at night a bonfire was lighted at High-green. The rejoicings have extended over all his Lordship's large estates in the southern portion of Worcestershire. The inhabitants of Worcester [Map] celebrated the marriage by hoisting flags from tile windows and streamers across the streets. The bells from the various churches rang merry peals all day.
On 24th January 1865 George Coventry 9th Earl Coventry and Blanche Craven Countess Coventry were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven.
On 4th January 1868 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet [aged 61] died. His half brother [his half-brother] Frederick [aged 20] succeeded 4th Baronet De Voeux of Indiaville in Queen's County.
On 29th March 1875 [his former wife] Sophia Catherine Coventry Lady Gresley and Des Voeux died at 39 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
Grandfather: Charles Vinchon Des Voeux 1st Baronet
father: Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet
Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet
mother: Christina Hird