Paternal Family Tree: De Cotton
On 14th November 1773 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere was born to Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet [aged 34].
On 14th August 1775 [his grandfather] Lynch Salusbury Cotton 4th Baronet [aged 70] died. His son [his father] Robert [aged 36] succeeded 5th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
On 1st January 1801 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 27] and Anna-Maria Clinton [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln.
On 31st May 1807 [his wife] Anna-Maria Clinton [aged 23] died.
On 24th August 1809 [his father] Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet [aged 70] died. His son Stapleton [aged 35] succeeded 6th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
On 11th April 1812 Major-General John Le Marchant [aged 46] led the 5th Dragoon Guards in a perfectly timed flank charge, in echelon of squadrons, which defeated two strong columns of French cavalry under General Charles Lallemand. The French had been attacking British light cavalry under Sir Stapleton Cotton [aged 38], who were being forced to give ground.
On 3rd May 1814 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 40] was created 1st Baron Combermere.
On 22nd June 1814 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 40] and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Baroness Combermere.
In 1815 [his daughter] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 41] and [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere [aged 26]. She married 23rd August 1837 her fifth cousin once removed Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire, son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire, and had issue.
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 24th November 1818 [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 45] and [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere [aged 29] at Duncombe House, St Thomas. He married 1844 Susan Alice Sitwell, daughter of George Sitwell 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
On 8th February 1827 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Combermere. [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere [aged 38] by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
On 25th January 1837 [his wife] Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere [aged 48] died.
On 23rd August 1837 [his son-in-law] Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire [aged 25] and [his daughter] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire [aged 22] were married. He the son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire [aged 48] and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 47]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1838 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 64] and Mary Gibbings Viscountess Comberemere were married. She by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
In 1844 [his son] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Susan Alice Sitwell [aged 24] were married.
On 21st February 1865 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere [aged 91] died. His son Wellington [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Viscount Combermere, 2nd Baron Combermere, 7th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere sculpted by William "The Younger" Theed [aged 61].
Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere: On 24th November 1818 he was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere at Duncombe House, St Thomas. In 1844 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere and Susan Alice Sitwell were married. On 1st December 1891 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere died. His son Robert succeeded 3rd Viscount Combermere, 3rd Baron Combermere, 8th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of 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 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cotton 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton of Combermere Abbey in Cheshire 11 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cotton 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Calverley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Calverley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cholmondeley 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Salusbury 1st Baronet 
3 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Salusbury 2nd Baronet 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Myddelton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Salusbury 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Tyrrell 1st Baronet 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hester Tyrrell Lady Salusbury 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Lynch Salusbury Cotton 4th Baronet 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lynch
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton
father: Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wiliam Cotton of Alkington
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cotton of Alkington and Bellaport
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Cotton of Bellaport
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rowland Cotton
Grandmother: Elizabeth Abigail Cotton Lady Cotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervaise Sleigh of Ash, Derbyshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cholmondeley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Sleigh
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Harpur 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harpur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harpur
Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland