Paternal Family Tree: Grosvenor
On 28th April 1794 [his father] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 27] and [his mother] Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 41]. He the son of Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor [aged 62].
On 30th December 1799 Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton was born to Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 32] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 29].
On 5th August 1802 [his grandfather] Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor [aged 71] died at Earls Court, Kensington. He was buried at Grosvenor Vault, St Mary's Church, Eccleston. His son [his father] Robert [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Grosvenor, 8th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. [his mother] Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 32] by marriage Countess Grosvenor.
On 23rd September 1814 [his grandfather] Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 65] died. His grandson Thomas [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl Wilton, 2nd Viscount Grey de Wilton. Baron Grey Wilton extinct. His fourth cousin John [aged 48] succeeded 8th Baronet Egerton and Oulton.
Before October 1820 [his brother] Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland [aged 62] and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland [aged 55]. He the son of [his father] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 53] and [his mother] Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 50].
On 29th November 1821 Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 21] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Wilton. She the daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 68] and Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby [aged 62]. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 54] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 51].
In 1823 [his daughter] Eleanor Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 23] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 22]. She died aged one in 1824.
In 1824 [his daughter] Eleanor Egerton [aged 1] died.
In 1825 [his son] Thomas Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 25] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 24]. He died aged five in 1830.
In 1827 [his daughter] Mary Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 26]. She died aged eleven in 1838.
In 1830 [his son] Thomas Egerton [aged 5] died.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1830 [his daughter] Margaret Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 29]. She died aged one in 1831.
On the 15th September 1830 the Liverpool-Manchester Railway was opened by the Duke of Wellington. Several trains travelled between Liverpool and Manchester. The line had a number of stations: Liverpool Crown Street, Roby, Parkside, Eccles and Manchester Liverpool Road.
A collision took place at Parr. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, who was travelling in the lead train on the northern track, hauled by Phoenix: "One of our engine wheels, how I know not, contrived to bolt from the course—in plain words, it escaped from the rail, and ploughed along upon the clay, with no other inconvenience than an increase of friction, which damped our speed, and with the additional application of the break, soon brought us to an anchor. The engine, however, behind us, not being aware of our mishap, came pelting on at a smart pace, without receiving its signal for checking motion in time. Accordingly, those on the look-out hastily called on their fellow-passengers to be on their guard, and prepare for a jolt, which took place with a crash upon our rear, sufficiently loud and forcible to give an idea of what would happen, if by any strange chance it had charged us with the unrestrained impetuosity of its powers."
At Parr the Duke of Wellington's train stopped for water. Despite a request from the railway engineers for passengers to remain on the trains, around fifty men disembarked from the Duke's train to stretch their legs. The group consisted of many of the most influential figures of the day, including the Marquess of Stafford [aged 72], Charles Arbuthnot [aged 63], Prince Esterházy, and the Earl of Wilton [aged 30].
At Parkside William Huskisson [aged 60] went to shake the hand of the Duke of Wellington. As they exchanged greetings, some of the crowd saw Rocket, hauling the third of the seven trains on the northern track, approaching in the distance. They shouted "An engine is approaching, take care gentlemen" to those people—including Huskisson—standing on the tracks. Huskisson tried to clamber into the carriage, but those inside failed to reach him to pull him in. Holmes, still pressed against the carriage, shouted "For God's sake, Mr Huskisson, be firm", but Huskisson grabbed the door of the carriage. With Holmes still pressed against the side of the carriage, the door, with Huskisson hanging on to it, swung out directly into the path of Rocket. Rocket collided with the door and Huskisson fell onto the track in front of the locomotive. In the words of Harriet Arbuthnot [aged 37], who was in the Duke's carriage, "[Huskisson] was caught by it, thrown down & the engine passed over his leg & thigh, crushing it in a most frightful way. It is impossible to give an idea of the scene that followed, of the horror of everyone present or of the piercing shrieks of his unfortunate wife, who was in the car. He said scarcely more than, 'It's all over with me. Bring me my wife and let me die.'"
1831 colour engraving of Parkside station:
Charles Arbuthnot: On 14th March 1767 he was born. On 28th February 1799 he and Marcia Clapcote Lisle were married at Cholmondeley House. On 31st January 1814 he and Harriet Fane were married at St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck. The difference in their ages was 26 years. On 18th August 1850 he died at Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner.
Harriet Fane: On 10th September 1793 she was born to Henry Fane of Fulbeck and Anne Buckley Batson. In August 1834 Harriet Fane died.
In 1831 [his son] Arthur Egerton died.
In 1831 [his daughter] Margaret Egerton [aged 1] died.
In 1831 [his brother] Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 57] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 49]. He the son of [his father] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 63] and [his mother] Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 60].
In 1831 [his son] Arthur Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 31] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 30]. He died aged less than one years old.
In 1831 [his father] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 63] was created 1st Marquess Westminster. [his mother] Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 60] by marriage Marchioness Westminster.
On 5th July 1832 [his daughter] Elizabeth Egerton Baroness Ros of Helmsley was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 31]. She married 12th October 1853 Dudley Fitzgerald De Ros 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley, son of William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley and Georgiana Lennox Baroness Ros of Helmsley, and had issue.
In 1833 [his son] Arthur Egerton 3rd Earl Wilton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 32]. He married 11th August 1858 Elizabeth Charlotte Louisa Craven Countess Wilton, daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven.
On 21st October 1834 [his father-in-law] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 81] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 59] succeeded 13th Earl Derby, 7th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. Charlotte Margaret Hornby Countess Derby by marriage Countess Derby.
In 1835 [his daughter] Katherine Grey Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 35] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 34]. She married 22nd July 1861 Henry John Roberts, son of Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1837 [his daughter] Emily Egerton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 37] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 36]. She died aged two in 1839.
In 1838 [his daughter] Mary Egerton [aged 11] died.
In 1839 [his daughter] Emily Egerton [aged 2] died.
On 20th January 1839 [his son] Seymour Egerton 4th Earl Wilton was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 39] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 38]. He married 9th August 1862 Laura Caroline Russell Countess Wilton and had issue.
In 1842 [his daughter] Alice Magdalene Egerton Lady Des Voeux was born to Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 42] and [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 41]. She married 13th August 1863 Henry Dalrymple Des Voeux 5th Baronet.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. I remember an amusing incident that happened when I was staying with Lord [aged 44] and [his wife] Lady Wilton [aged 43] at Egerton Lodge Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Lord Wilton was a very handsome, fascinating man, and his numerous love affairs had gained for him the title of the "The Wicked Earl", in fact, many of the country people never called him anything else.
One Sunday Lady Wilton and I went to church unaccompanied by Lord Wilton, who, whatever his failings might be, was usually most strict in his religious observances. Melton Church was then a very old-fashioned edifice, with high pews; and the clerk, who sat directly underneath the vicar's seat, was considered quite an important factor in the services.
I saw the clerk look at us as we entered the church, and he evidently noticed Lord Wilton's absence, but I was not prepared for what followed. The vicar duly commenced, "When the wicked ", but he was stopped by the clerk, who turned to him, and looking across at Lord Wilton's vacant seat said in a loud voice, "Please, sir, his Lordship's not come yet!".
On 17th February 1845 [his father] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 77] died at Eaton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. He was buried at Grosvenor Vault, St Mary's Church, Eccleston. His son [his brother] Richard [aged 50] succeeded 2nd Marquess Westminster, 3rd Earl Grosvenor, 9th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster [aged 48] by marriage Marchioness Westminster.
On 29th November 1846 [his mother] Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 76] died.
On 30th June 1851 [his brother-in-law] Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby [aged 76] died. His son Edward [aged 52] succeeded 14th Earl Derby, 8th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe.
On 12th October 1853 [his son-in-law] Dudley Fitzgerald De Ros 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 26] and Elizabeth Egerton Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 21] were married at Heaton, Lancashire. She the daughter of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 53] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 52].
In September 1857 [his brother] Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury [aged 56] was created 1st Baron Ebury. [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury [aged 49] by marriage Baroness Ebury.
On 11th August 1858 Arthur Egerton 3rd Earl Wilton [aged 25] and Elizabeth Charlotte Louisa Craven Countess Wilton [aged 22] were married. There was no issue from the marriage. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven [aged 48] and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven [aged 42]. He the son of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 58] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 57].
In December 1858 [his wife] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 57] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 22nd July 1861 [his son-in-law] Henry John Roberts [aged 34] and Katherine Grey Egerton [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 61] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton. He the son of Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester.
On 9th August 1862 Seymour Egerton 4th Earl Wilton [aged 23] and Laura Caroline Russell Countess Wilton [aged 20] were married. He the son of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 62] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton.
On 13th August 1863 [his son-in-law] Henry Dalrymple Des Voeux 5th Baronet [aged 40] and Alice Magdalene Egerton Lady Des Voeux [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 63] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton.
On 12th September 1863 Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 63] and Susan Isabel Elton Smith Countess Wilton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Wilton. The difference in their ages was 42 years. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster.
On 31st October 1869 [his brother] Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster [aged 74] died. His son [his nephew] Hugh [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Marquess Westminster, 4th Earl Grosvenor, 10th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster [aged 35] by marriage Marchioness Westminster.
On 7th March 1882 Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 82] died. His son Arthur [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Earl Wilton, 3rd Viscount Grey de Wilton. Elizabeth Charlotte Louisa Craven Countess Wilton [aged 45] by marriage Countess Wilton.
On 23rd January 1916 [his former wife] Susan Isabel Elton Smith Countess Wilton [aged 74] died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 2nd Baronet 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Grosvenor 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Grosvenor 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Warre
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Warre Lady Grosvenor
father: Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Baronet 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Holland Egerton 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 6th Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cave 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Cave 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Wenman Lady Cave 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Cave 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bromley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bromley Lady Cave
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula Leigh
Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
mother: Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Assheton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 3rd Baronet
Grandmother: Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton