James Annesley 1715-1760

Before 15th April 1715 [his father] Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham [aged 26] and [his mother] Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Altham. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 67] and [his grandmother] Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway.

On 15th April 1715 James Annesley was born to Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham [aged 26] and Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham [aged 23] at Dunmaine. At some time after his birth his father threw his mother out of the house apparently for infidelity. His father also rejected James who, thereafter, was homeless.

On 16th November 1727 [his father] Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham [aged 38] died. His brother [his uncle] Richard [aged 34] succeeded 5th Baron Altham.

In October 1729 [his mother] Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham [aged 37] died.

Before 11th August 1740 James Annesley [aged 25], on his third attempt, escaped his captors and made his way overland to Philadelphia where he took passage on a merchant ship to Port Royal in Jamaica.

On 11th August 1740 James Annesley [aged 25] signed on as a midshipman on HMS Falmouth under the command of Admiral Edward Vernon [aged 55].

In 1741 James Annesley [aged 25] returned to England. Shortly thereafter durign a hunting trip in Scotland he accidentally shot a man. His uncle Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey [aged 48] attempted to have him hanged for murder.

On 5th January 1760 James Annesley [aged 44] died.