On 29th January 1743 [his father] Charles Egleton and [his mother] Sarah Kent [aged 34] were married.
After 29th January 1743 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet was born to Charles Egleton and Sarah Kent [aged 34].
On 8th October 1759 [his grandfather] Samuel Kent [aged 76] died. His estates, including Fornham Hall, Suffolk, passed to his son [his uncle] Thomas Kent, then, in 1762, to his [his mother] daughter's [aged 51] son Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 16] who changed his surname from Egleton to Kent.
In 1769 [his father] Charles Egleton died.
On 20th May 1771 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 28] and Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent [aged 20] were married.
Around 1775 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 31] employed the architect James Wyatt to design and build Fornham Hall, Suffolk.
In 1781 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.
On 16th August 1782 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 39] was created 1st Baronet Kent of Fornham. [his wife] Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent [aged 31] by marriage Lady Kent of Fornham.
In 1784 [his son] Charles Kent 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent [aged 33]. He married before 1819 Sophia Margaret Lygon Lady Kent, daughter of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp, and had issue.
On 4th December 1790 [his mother] Sarah Kent [aged 82] died.
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On 14th March 1811 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 68] died. His son Charles [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Baronet Kent of Fornham.
On 17th September 1817 [his former wife] Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent [aged 66] died.
[his daughter] Mary Kent Lady Thorold was born to Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet and Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent. She married 1st October 1811 John Hayford Thorold 10th Baronet, son of John Thorold 9th Baronet and Jane Hayford Lady Thorold, and had issue.
father: Charles Egleton
Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Kent of Southwark
Grandfather: Samuel Kent
mother: Sarah Kent
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Dean of London
Grandmother: Sarah Dean