Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon 1632-1709

On 27th February 1625 [his father] Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 15] and [his mother] Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 40] and [his grandmother] Susan Vere Countess Montgomery [aged 37]. They were fifth cousins.

On 25th October 1632 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon was born to Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 22] and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. He was baptised at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map].

Archaeologia Volume 13 Section XXV. From the Baptisms is this entry.

"The lord Dormer, viscount Askot, eldest son to the right honourable the [his father] earl of Carnarvon [aged 22], was born on Fryday Oct. 25, and christened [Note. at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map]] on Tuesday November 26, 1632."

Robert Dormer, baron Dormer of Winge, and baronet, was created by king Charles I. viscount Ascot, and earl of Caernarvon, August 2, 1628. This nobleman, alike distnguished for his virtue, wisdom, and valour, fell after the battle of Newberry, Sept. 20, 1643, in his return from pursuing a party of the parliamentary forces, being killed by a trooper, who, knowing his lordship, ran, him through the body with a sword, and he expired in about an hour. He married [his mother] Anna-Sophia, daughter of [his grandfather] Philip [aged 48], earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, by whom he had an only child, whose birth and baptism are mentioned above. He was William [Note. A mistake for Charles?], the second earl of Caernarvon, who dying November 29, 1709, without male issue, that title became extinct, but the barony descended to the issue of Anthony Dormer, of Grove Park, in Warwickshire, second son of Robert, the first lord Dormer; but after being possessed by Robert [Note. Rowland?], the eldest son of that Anthony, it went to the issue male of Robert, the third son of the first baron, and is still posssessed by that branch.

On 3rd June 1643 [his mother] Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon died of smallpox.

Before 25th June 1652 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 19] and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. He the son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. They were fourth cousins.

On 25th June 1652 [his son] Charles Dormer was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 19] and [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 19].

In 1653 [his daughter] Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 20] and [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 20] in Wing, Buckinghamshire. She married after July 1665 her third cousin once removed Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield, son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield, and had issue.

On 19th May 1653 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex [aged 21] and Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland [aged 50] and Anne Cecil. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Before 25th December 1660 Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 30] were married. He the son of Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester [aged 58] and [his aunt] Elizabeth Dormer. They were fourth cousins.

On 27th August 1663 [his daughter] Isabella Dormer Countess Mountrath was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 30] and [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 30]. She married 4th August 1679 Charles Coote 3rd Earl of Mountrath and had issue.

After July 1665 [his son-in-law] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 31] and Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 32] and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 32]. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 56]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 3rd April 1667 Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester [aged 65] died. His son Henry [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Marquess Worcester, 7th Earl Worcester, 9th Baron Herbert of Raglan. [his sister-in-law] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Worcester.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th May 1667. We talked of Tangier, of which he is ashamed; also that it should put the King [aged 36] to this charge for no good in the world: and now a man going over that is a good soldier, but a debauched man, which the place need not to have. And so used these words: "That this place was to the King as my Lord Carnarvon [aged 34] says of wood, that it is an excrescence of the earth provided by God for the payment of debts".

Before 1673 [his son] Charles Dormer [aged 20] died.

In November 1677 [his daughter] Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield [aged 24] died.

In 1678 [his wife] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 45] died.

After 1678 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 45] and Mary Bertie Countess Carnarvon [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey. He the son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. They were second cousin once removed.

Around 4th August 1679 [his son-in-law] Charles Coote 3rd Earl of Mountrath [aged 24] and Isabella Dormer Countess Mountrath [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Mountrath. She the daughter of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 46] and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon.

On 30th November 1682 [his brother-in-law] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 29] was created 1st Earl Abingdon. Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon by marriage Countess Abingdon.

In July 1691 [his daughter] Isabella Dormer Countess Mountrath [aged 27] died.

On 15th April 1698 [his brother-in-law] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 44] and Catherine Chamberlayne Countess Abingdon [aged 30] were married at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell. She by marriage Countess Abingdon. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey.

On 22nd May 1699 [his brother-in-law] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 45] died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Rycote. His son Montagu [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Earl Abingdon, 6th Baron Norreys of Rycote.

Around 1700 [his brother-in-law] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 69] and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

On 9th May 1701 [his brother-in-law] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Countess Lindsey.

On 7th January 1704 [his sister-in-law] Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds [aged 75] died.

In 1709 [his wife] Mary Bertie Countess Carnarvon [aged 54] died.

On 29th November 1709 Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 77] died. Earl Carnarvon extinct. His second cousin Rowland [aged 58] succeeded 4th Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 4th Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.

[his son] Anna Sophia Dormer was born to Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon.