Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 1887-1969

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On 22nd June 1880 [his father] Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere [aged 35] and [his mother] Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere were married.

On 29th June 1887 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere was born to Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere [aged 42] and Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere.

On 1st December 1891 [his grandfather] Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere [aged 73] died. His son [his father] Robert [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Viscount Combermere, 3rd Baron Combermere, 8th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. [his mother] Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere by marriage Viscountess Combermere.

In 1898 [his father] Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere [aged 53] died. His son Francis [aged 10] succeeded 4th Viscount Combermere, 4th Baron Combermere, 9th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. [his future wife] Louisa Agnew [aged 6] by marriage Viscountess Combermere.

On 30th October 1917 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere [aged 30] and Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere [aged 26] were married.

In 1926 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere [aged 38] and Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere [aged 34] were divorced.

On 1st January 1927 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere [aged 39] and Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond [aged 33] were married. She a first cousin of his first wife Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere [aged 35].

On 8th August 1929 [his son] Michael Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 5th Viscount Combermere was born to Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere [aged 42] and [his wife] Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond [aged 36].

On 17th September 1930 [his mother] Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere died.

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On 6th March 1932 [his son] Captain David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton was born to Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere [aged 44] and [his wife] Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond [aged 38]. He married 1955 Susan Nomakepu Albu.

On 15th April 1943 [his former wife] Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere [aged 51] died.

In 1955 [his son] Captain David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton [aged 22] and [his daughter-in-law] Susan Nomakepu Albu were married.

On 29th June 1968 [his wife] Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond [aged 75] died.

On 8th February 1969 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere [aged 81] died. His son Michael [aged 39] succeeded 5th Viscount Combermere, 5th Baron Combermere, 10th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.

Royal Ancestors of Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 1887-1969

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 20 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 1887-1969

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lynch Salusbury Cotton 4th Baronet 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Cotton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Abigail Cotton Lady Cotton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sleigh

Great x 1 Grandfather: Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Grandfather: Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Greville 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Somerset 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fulke Greville 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Southwell 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Meliora Coningsby 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Meliora Southwell 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Hurt

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Sitwell 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sitwell 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Sitwell 2nd Baronet 16 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandmother: Susan Alice Sitwell 17 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Chetwynd 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Chetwynd 16 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chetwynd 1st Baronet 17 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Chetwynd 2nd Baronet 18 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: George Chetwynd 3rd Baronet 19 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ambrose Sparrow

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sparrow of Bishton Hall in Staffordshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hannah Maria Sparrow

Mother: Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough

Great x 3 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandes 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Martin Sandes 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Letitia Tipping

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trumbull

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Trumbull

Grandmother: Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Other Windsor 3rd Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Archer Countess Plymouth 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James West

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer