Paternal Family Tree: Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley
In 1789 [his father] Charles Shaw-Lefevre [aged 29] and [his mother] Helena Lefevre were married at which time he changed his surname from Shaw to Shaw-Lefevre.
On 22nd February 1794 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley was born to Charles Shaw-Lefevre [aged 34] and Helena Lefevre.
On 24th June 1817 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 23] and Emma Laura Whitbread [aged 22] were married.
Around 1823 [his daughter] Helena Shaw Lefevre Lady St John-Mildmay was born to Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 28] and [his wife] Emma Laura Whitbread [aged 28]. She married 1851 Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet, son of Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet and Charlotte Bouverie.
On 27th April 1823 [his father] Charles Shaw-Lefevre [aged 63] died.
In August 1834 [his mother] Helena Lefevre died.
In 1839 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 44] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
Around 1844. George Hayter [aged 51]. Portrait of Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 49].
In 1851 [his son-in-law] Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet [aged 41] and [his daughter] Helena Shaw Lefevre Lady St John-Mildmay [aged 28] were married. Helena Shaw Lefevre Lady St John-Mildmay by marriage Lady St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.
In 1857 [his wife] Emma Laura Whitbread [aged 62] died.
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The London Gazette 21981. Whitehall, March 23, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre [aged 63], late Speaker of the House of Commons, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title, of Viscount Eversley, of Heckfield, in the county of Southampton.
On 28th December 1888 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 94] died. Viscount Eversley of Heckfield in Southampton extinct.
GrandFather: Reverend George Shaw
Father: Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley
GrandFather: John Lefevre
Mother: Helena Lefevre