Paternal Family Tree: Amyand aka Cornewell
In 1748 [his father] George Amyand 1st Baronet [aged 27] and [his mother] Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand were married.
On 8th November 1748 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet was born to George Amyand 1st Baronet [aged 28] and Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand.
On 16th August 1766 [his father] George Amyand 1st Baronet [aged 45] died. His son George [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baronet Amyand aka Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire.
In 1767 [his mother] Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand died.
On 18th July 1771 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 22] and Catherine Cornewall [aged 19] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She her father's heir. He adopted his father-in-law's surname Cornewall two days later on 20 Jul 1771.
In 1773 [his daughter] Catherine-Frances Cornewall was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 24] and [his wife] Catherine Cornewall [aged 21]. She married 15th March 1796 Samuel Peploe of Garnstone Castle in Weobley.
In 1774 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Herefordshire which seat he held until 1796.
On 16th January 1774 [his son] George Cornewall 3rd Baronet was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 25] and [his wife] Catherine Cornewall [aged 22]. He was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He married 26th September 1815 Jane Naper Lady Cornewall and had issue.
In 1777 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Elliot 1st Earl Minto [aged 25] and [his sister] Anna-Maria Amyand Countess Minto [aged 24] were married.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1777 [his brother-in-law] James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury [aged 30] and [his sister] Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury [aged 16] were married.
In 1779 [his son] Anna-Maria Cornewall was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 30] and [his wife] Catherine Cornewall [aged 27].
In 1783 [his daughter] Frances Elizabeth Cornewall Viscountess Hereford was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Catherine Cornewall [aged 31]. She married 12th December 1805 Henry Devereux 14th Viscount Hereford, son of George Devereux 13th Viscount Hereford and Marianna Devereux Viscountess Hereford, and had issue.
In 1789 [his daughter] Caroline Cornewall Lady Duff-Gordon was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Catherine Cornewall [aged 37]. She married 5th February 1810 William Duff-Gordon 2nd Baronet, son of Alexander Gordon and Anne Duff Countess Dumfries, and had issue.
On 15th March 1796 [his son-in-law] Samuel Peploe of Garnstone Castle in Weobley and [his daughter] Catherine-Frances Cornewall [aged 23] were married.
In 1802 and 1806 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 53] was elected MP Herefordshire. He stood down in 1807.
On 12th December 1805 [his son-in-law] Henry Devereux 14th Viscount Hereford [aged 28] and Frances Elizabeth Cornewall Viscountess Hereford [aged 22] were married. They had five sons and one daughter. She by marriage Viscountess Hereford.
On 5th February 1810 [his son-in-law] William Duff-Gordon 2nd Baronet [aged 37] and [his daughter] Caroline Cornewall Lady Duff-Gordon [aged 21] were married. They had four children. She by marriage Lady Duff of Halkin in Aberdeenshire. He the son of Alexander Gordon and Anne Duff Countess Dumfries [aged 72].
In 1813 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Elliot 1st Earl Minto [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Minto of Minto in Roxburghshire. [his sister] Anna-Maria Amyand Countess Minto [aged 60] by marriage Countess Minto of Minto in Roxburghshire.
On 26th September 1815 [his son] George Cornewall 3rd Baronet [aged 41] and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Naper Lady Cornewall were married.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 26th August 1819 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet [aged 70] died. His son George [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Baronet Amyand aka Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire. Jane Naper Lady Cornewall by marriage Lady Amyand aka Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire.
In 1835 [his former wife] Catherine Cornewall [aged 83] died.
father: George Amyand 1st Baronet
George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet
Grandfather: John Abraham Korteen
mother: Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand