Paternal Family Tree: Flower
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On 11th March 1685 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow was born to Thomas Flower and Mary Temple.
Around 1687 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 1] educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1715 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 29] was elected MP Kilkenny.
In 1717 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 31] and Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow [aged 23] were married.
In 1720 [his son] Henry Flower 1st Viscount Ashbrook was born to William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 34] and [his wife] Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow [aged 26].
Around 1722 [his daughter] Rebecca Flower was born to William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 36] and [his wife] Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow [aged 28]. She married 6th July 1740 James Agar.
After 1727 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 41] was elected MP Portarlington.
In 1733 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Castle Durrow of Castle Durrow in County Kilkenny. [his wife] Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Castle Durrow of Castle Durrow in County Kilkenny.
In 1735 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 49] was appointed Privy Council.
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 6th July 1740 [his son-in-law] James Agar [aged 26] and [his daughter] Rebecca Flower [aged 18] were married.
On 29th April 1746 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 61] died. He was buried at Finglas, County Dublin.
[his father] Thomas Flower and [his mother] Mary Temple were married.
father: Thomas Flower
William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Temple of Stowe 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Temple
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Temple
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Temple of Dublin
Grandfather: John Temple
mother: Mary Temple
Great x 1 Grandfather: Abraham Yarner
Grandmother: Jane Yarner