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.
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.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
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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.
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