Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby -1704

Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby was born to Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke and Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke.

On 24th August 1658 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave [aged 46] died. His succeeded son [her future husband] John [aged 10] succeeded 3rd Earl Mulgrave, 5th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.

On 12th January 1665 [her father] Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke [aged 21] and [her mother] Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke [aged 19] were married at St Bartholomew the Less.

On 28th July 1667 Abraham Cowley [aged 49] died in Porch House. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] where [her future husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 19] subsequently commissioned a monument.

On 17th February 1677 [her uncle] Robert Greville 4th Baron Brooke [aged 38] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His succeeded brother [her father] Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke [aged 33] succeeded 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire. [her mother] Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke [aged 31] by marriage Baroness Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.

On 18th March 1686 [her future husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 37] and Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway were married at the chapel of Littlecote House. Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 78].

Around 1687 [her daughter] Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort was born to [her future husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough [aged 26] and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby. She married 26th February 1706 her fourth cousin Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort and had issue.

On 30th December 1687 Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough [aged 26] and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby were married. He the son of Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 46] and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough [aged 41].

Around 1688 [her daughter] Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland was born to [her husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough [aged 27] and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby in Gainsborough [Map]. She married before 1st March 1709 her third cousin twice removed Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland, son of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland, and had issue.

In January 1689 [her father-in-law] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 48] died. His succeeded son [her husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl Gainsborough, 5th Viscount Campden, 5th Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Countess Gainsborough.

On 21st September 1690 [her husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough [aged 29] died. His succeeded half first cousin Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Earl Gainsborough, 6th Viscount Campden, 6th Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire.

On 25th February 1695 [her brother-in-law] Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford [aged 21] and [her sister] Elizabeth Greville Baroness Guildford were married. Elizabeth Greville Baroness Guildford by marriage Baroness Guildford.

On 12th March 1699 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 50] and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby were married at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 91]. They were sixth cousins.

On 4th November 1699 [her sister] Elizabeth Greville Baroness Guildford died in childbirth.

In 1703 [her husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 54] was created 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby.

On 7th February 1704 Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby died.

On 11th February 1704 Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 16th March 1705 [her former husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 56] and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby [aged 25] were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore [aged 47]. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 97].

On 24th February 1721 [her former husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 72] died. His succeeded son Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 5] succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 4th Earl Mulgrave, 6th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.