Saturday, February 18, 2017

{110} Ruvigny Addition: Essex Descent & Issue of Lady Anne (née Townshend) Hudson (1775-1818)

Lady Anne (née Townshend) Hudson (1775-1818)
[Image from Artnet.com]
Lady Anne Townshend was the first child born to the 1st Marquess Townshend and his second wife, the beautiful Anne née Montgomery. George Townshend, described by contemporaries as "a very handsome man," was a distinguished military commander, veteran of the battles of Culloden (1746), Lauffeld (1747), Quebec (1759), and Villinghausen (1761), when he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1767. He had been married for over fifteen years to Charlotte (née Compton), who had succeeded her mother in the ancient Ferrers barony of Chartley Castle, and had brought a marriage portion of £12,000 to Townshend. Shortly after their arrival in Ireland, they became aware of 'the three Graces,' the rage of Dublin society: sisters Elizabeth, Anne and Barbara Montgomery, immortalized by Sir Joshua Reynolds in his painting Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen. They were the daughters of William Montgomery, a Scotsman who had immigrated to Dublin, where he prospered as an army contractor, and had just been returned to the Irish Parliament. Montgomery sent his daughters to the prestigious Whyte Academy on Grafton Street in Dublin for their education, where classmates were the sons and daughters of the principal families in Ireland. The Montgomery sisters emerged accomplished into society, acting in amateur theatricals given at Leixlip Castle, the summer residence of Lord Lieutenant Townshend. Each sister a beauty, it was the fair-haired middle sister Anne who enraptured the womanizing Townshend. Lady Townshend had accompanied her husband to Ireland, but she was increasingly frail, and her death in the autumn of 1770 freed the Lord Lieutenant to actively pursue the beautiful Anne Montgomery. They were seen everywhere together in Dublin, till Townshend resigned his office in September 1772. He sailed from Dalkey Harbour "in a thick sea mist," so the story goes ['Successful Beauties of the Last Century', The New Ireland Review, Vol. 5 (1896), pp. 229-33], thinking he was leaving behind not only his office, but the 19-year-old beauty he had courted as well. But when he landed in Holyhead, Anglesey, he found Anne's 18-year-old army officer brother William Stone Montgomery (1754-1778) waiting for him.
Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen by Sir Joshua Reynolds
[from l. to r., Barbara, Elizabeth, and Anne Montgomery]
Wishing to avoid another duel (it would have been his seventh), Townshend came to an understanding with the Montgomerys: the 49-year-old viscount married the young Irish 'Grace' the following spring, in London. The new Lady Townshend was well-received at Court--"The men think the new beauty very handsome, but the women won't allow her a shred of good looks," one lady reported--but Lord Townshend's debts from his extravagance in Ireland forced the couple to retire to Raynham Hall, the family seat in Norfolk, where their first child Anne was born in 1775, followed by five others in ten years. Townshend's greatest ambition--a higher title in the peerage--was fulfilled in 1788 when he was created a marquess.

John Hudson (1727-1772)
In 1794, Marquess Townshend was appointed Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull, the thriving Yorkshire port city, and it was there that 19-year-old Lady Anne Townshend met the 22-year-old Harrington Hudson, Cambridge-educated and recently promoted to captain in the East Yorkshire Militia, garrisoned in the city.  Hudson was seated at Bessingby Hall, an estate of approximately a thousand acres a mile-and-a-half outside of the coastal town of Bridlington. Harrington's grandfather Benjamin Hudson (d. 1761), a wealthy merchant in Bridlington, had left a thriving business to his son John Hudson (1727-1772) who was able to marry into Yorkshire aristocracy (and the Edward I bloodline), taking to wife in 1764, Susanna Trevelyan, a favourite niece of her childless uncle Sir Walter Blackett, baronet at Calverley Hall, near Leeds, and was able to purchase the Bessingby Hall estate the following year. John Hudson died untimely in 1772, aged only 45, leaving a widow, four daughters, and an infant son, Harrington. Seven years later, Susanna Hudson died, leaving the children to the care of relatives, led by their maternal grandmother Julia, Lady Trevelyan (1714-1787). Lady Anne Townshend had inherited the golden-haired beauty of her mother, as her portrait miniature makes clear, and as the daughter of a marquess, she could be expected to make a grand match into the peerage (her next eldest sister Lady Charlotte married two years later the heir to the Duke of Leeds). Capt. Hudson, respectable as he was in the East Riding, was hardly on the social level to aspire to the hand of a marquess's daughter. This had to have been a love match. Captain Hudson and Lady Anne wed at Raynham Hall in October 1795, which shows that the likely unenthusiastic Marquess Townshend had at least given his blessing to the marriage.
Caroline (of Brunswick),
Princess of Wales

The status of the Hudson family would peak with Capt. Harrington Hudson, who was returned to Parliament twice under the influence of his brother-in-law the 6th Duke of Leeds. Indeed, it was the family connections which Lady Anne brought, more so than the wealth of the Hudson estate, that helped to place her large family of eight grown children. In 1795, the same year that Lady Anne married Captain Hudson, her mother, the now middle-aged Marchioness Townshend, former 'Grace' of Dublin, became Mistress of the Robes to the Princess of Wales (Caroline of Brunswick). Marchioness Townshend ran the household of the Princess for the next thirteen years, until 1808, during which period it gained a notorious reputation. Nevertheless, it was still the royal family, and two of her Hudson grandchildren would have positions in a royal household. Marquess Townshend lived to see the birth of eight of Lady Anne's ten children. In the spring of 1818, less than four years after the birth of her tenth child, Lady Anne died in London at age 43. Captain Hudson never remarried. He lived to walk his eldest daughter down the aisle, dying a year later in 1826 at Bessingby Hall aged 54.

Drawing of Queen Adelaide and her ladies Miss Hudson and Miss
Byng
with a man [Image from the Royal Collection]
 
The estate was inherited by eldest son Harrington G.F. Hudson (1798-1848), who lacked his father's political aspirations, and was content being a landed gentleman. He married locally to Charlotte Watt, the daughter of fellow East Riding landed gentleman and horse breeder Richard Watt of Bishop Burton Hall. The fourth son James Hudson (1810-1885) became the most prominent of all the siblings. He used his late grandmother's position running a royal household to launch his own career at age 21, when he was appointed gentleman usher to Queen Adelaide. This in turn led two years later to the appointment of his 31-year-old spinster sister Charlotte Hudson (1802-1889), as a maid of honour to the queen, and was followed in 1843 by the appointment of their elder brother Rev. George Townshend Hudson (1804-1884) to the position of domestic chaplain to the dowager queen. Rev. Townshend remained in that position until just a year before the dowager queen's death, when in 1848, his best friend and first cousin the 7th Duke of Leeds, gifted him with the lucrative living of Harthill, Yorkshire, where the family mausoleum lay. The third surviving brother Rev. Charles Walter Hudson (1807-1900) was also a clergyman, and owed both of his livings, first Saundby in Nottinghamshire, then Trowell in the same county, to the gift of his best friend and brother-in-law (they married sisters) Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton. Rev. Hudson vacated the living of Trowell in 1877 to make way for his nephew Rev. Bertram Darley (1850-1926), the seventh of the large brood of nine children of the youngest Hudson sister Harriet Darley (1812-1885), who had married at age 20 the heir to a local East Riding landed estate. The youngest brother, Joseph Henry Hudson (1814-1885), only three-and-a-half when his mother died and twelve when his father passed, was the only one to pursue a military career. He was a 28-year-old junior officer in the Grenadier Guards when he married the daughter of the Major of the Tower of London, where he was stationed. Joseph rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and after his retirement from the Guards, was made land agent to Hornby Castle, the seat of his first cousin the 7th Duke of Leeds.
Bessingby Hall, Yorkshire
Considering how well-connected and well-positioned the surviving children of Lady Anne Hudson were, it's curious that the family did not make it into the 1834 (or any subsequent) edition of Burke's Commoners. I've not been able to locate a single published pedigree of the family, which may be why Ruvigny, in his 1908 Essex volume, mentioned that Lady Anne had issue, but didn't trace any of her descendants. I've had an intense past couple weeks tracing them as best as I can, an exercise which led me to such fascinating individuals as a World War II war hero who founded a successful Yorkshire stud farm, the commander of the British land forces who presided over the funeral of the Queen Mother, a Los Angeles shoe salesman, the wife of a Northamptonshire brewery operator, a tough-as-nails pioneer mother of Australian miners, the wife of a successful stage actor, and finally, and most surprisingly, to the Custer National Cemetery at Big Horn, Montana, and the grave of a former American naval officer. I hope to explore several of these lines in future blogposts. In the meantime, I'll begin with Lady Anne Hudson, her children, and her grandchildren, all of whom are additions to Ruvigny.
Ruvigny's brief account of Lady Anne Hudson on p. 92 of his Essex volume

Lady ANNE TOWNSHEND, b. 1 Feb. 1775 Marylebone, London, bap. 10 Mar. 1775 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. there 2 Apr. 1818, est dau. of George, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807, descended from Edward III - see Generation 17 below) and his 2nd wife Anne Montgomery (c.1753-1819); m. 26 Oct. 1795 St Mary Church, East Raynham, Norfolk, Capt. HARRINGTON HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, Yorkshire, M.P. Helston 1818-26, b. 11 Apr. 1772 Bessingby Hall, bap. 12 Apr. 1772 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. there 29 Nov. 1826, bur. there 7 Dec. 1826, only son of John Hudson of Bessingby Hall (1727-1772) and Susanna Trevelyan (1736-1780, descended from Edward IV), and had issue, seven sons and three daughters.

Issue of Lady Anne (Townshend) and Harrington Hudson:
Soulsby of Hallington coat of arms

1) ANNE HUDSON, b. 10 Feb. 1797 Marylebone, London, bap. 14 Mar. 1797 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. 6 June 1839 Bessingby Hall; m. 1 Nov. 1825 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, her first cousin, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SOULSBY of Hallington Hall, St John Lee, Northumberland, bap. 14 July 1794 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee; d. 28 Oct. 1842 Bessingby Hall, er (twin) son of Christopher Soulsby of Hallington Hall (1754-1814, descended from Edward III) and Julia Elizabeth Hudson (1764-1829, descended from Edward IV), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

2) HARRINGTON GEORGE FREDERICK HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, b. Raynham Hall, Norfolk, bap. 6 Mar. 1798 St Mary Church, East Raynham; d. 6 Nov. 1848 Bessingby Hall; m. 24 July 1834 All Saints Church, Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, as her 1st husband[*1], CHARLOTTE WATT, bap. 30 Dec. 1814 All Saints Church, Bishop Burton; d. 30 Dec. 1891 Ashton Hall, Ashton-cum-Stoddy, Lancashire, 3rd dau. of Richard Watt of Bishop Burton Hall (1786-1855) and Hannah Burn (1789-1828), and had issue, three sons and one daughter.

Issue of Harrington and Charlotte (Watt) Hudson:

St Magnus Church, Bessingby, Yorkshire
2A) HARRINGTON HUDSON of The Lodge, Banstead, Surrey, b. 7 Oct. 1835 Bessingby Hall, bap. 13 Oct. 1835 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. 9 Feb. 1896 The Lodge, Banstead; m. 11 Jan. 1865 St Michael-le-Belfry, York, (BELLE) BLANCHE CLOUGH, bap. 4 July 1844 St Michael-le-Belfry, York; d. (suicide) 6 Mar. 1879 St Pancras Railway Station, London, dau. of John Clough of Clifton House (1803-1865, descended from Edward III) and Rosina Cumberland (1811-1869, descended from Edward I), and had issue, two sons and two daughters.

2B) ANNE CHARLOTTE AMELIA HUDSON, bap. 20 Nov. 1836 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. 24 Nov. 1925 Speke Hall, Lancashire; m. 27 June 1861 St Mary Church, Boyton, Wiltshire, (JOHN PIERCE) CHAMBERLAIN STARKIE of Ashton Hall, Lancashire, M.P. Lancashire North East 1868-1880, b. 28 June 1830 Huntroyde Hall, Padiham, Lancashire, bap. 18 Nov. 1830 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 12 June 1888 Ashton Hall, bur. 16 June 1888 St Leonard Church, Padiham, 2nd son of Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyde Hall (1799-1865, descended from Edward III) and Anne Chamberlain (1809-1888), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

2C) Lt-Col. JAMES HUDSON of Armley House, Bridlington, 84th Regiment of Foot, chairman Bridlington bench magistrates, b. 4 Mar. 1838 Bessingby Hall; d. 27 Apr. 1912 Belvedere House, Kensington, London, bur. 30 Apr. 1912 St Magnus Churchyard, Bessingby; m. 5 Mar. 1867 St Paul Church, Valletta, Malta, AGNES CAMPBELL SMITH, b. 22 Oct. 1842 Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia, bap. there 21 Mar. 1843; d. 11 Nov. 1912 Brickfield Court, Slough, Berkshire, dau. of Sir John William Smith of Pimlico, Commissary General-in-Chief 1836 (1805-1875) and Agnes Campbell MacArthur (c.1817-1892), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

2D) HERBERT RICHARD HUDSON of Westminster, b. 1841 Scotland; d. unm. 28 Mar. 1863 Pau, Béarn, France.
St Marylebone Parish Church, London

3) WILLIAM HUDSON, b. 28 Oct. 1799 Marylebone, London, bap. 5 Dec. 1799 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. unknown, presumably s.p.[*2]

4) JOHN HUDSON, b. 17 Dec. 1800 Marylebone, bap. there 25 Jan. 1801; d. young 17 Oct. 1805 Bessingby Hall, bur. 20 Oct. 1805 St Magnus Church, Bessingby.

5) CHARLOTTE AMELIA HUDSON, maid of honour to HM Queen Adelaide, b. c.1802 (aged 87 per death certificate) London (per 1881 Census); d. unm. 16 Dec. 1889 Regent's Park, London.

6) Rev. GEORGE TOWNSHEND HUDSON, Rector of Harthill, Yorkshire 1848-64, chaplain to HM Queen Adelaide, b. c.1804 Raynham Hall (per Census); d. unm. 7 July 1884 Harthill, bur. 10 July 1884 All Hallows Church, Harthill.

Rev. Charles Walter Hudson
(1807-1900)
7) Rev. CHARLES WALTER HUDSON, Rector of Trowell, Nottinghamshire 1858-77, b. 19 July 1807 Marylebone, bap. there 14 Aug. 1807; d. 4 Oct. 1900 Montague House, Bridlington, Yorkshire, bur. 8 Oct. 1900 St Martin Churchyard, Saundby, Nottinghamshire; m. 11 Oct. 1838 All Saints Church, Rudston, Yorkshire, Hon. JULIA MACDONALD, b. 30 Oct. 1805 Norwich, Norfolk, bap. 29 Nov. 1805 St John the Baptist Church, Timberhill, Norwich; d. 11 July 1884 Montague House, bur. 16 July 1884 St Martin Churchyard, Saundby, 2nd dau. of Godfrey Bosville, 3rd Baron MacDonald of Slate (1775-1832, descended from James V) and Louisa Maria Laccoast (1782-1835, descended from George II), and had issue, one son and one daughter.

Issue of Rev. Charles Walter and Hon. Julia (Macdonald) Hudson:

7A) LOUISA MARIA HUDSON, bap. 1 Aug. 1839 St Martin Church, Saundby; d. in infancy 13 May 1843 Saundby, bur. there 16 May 1843.
Sir James Hudson (1810-1885),
caricature in Vanity Fair

7B) HENRY WILLOUGHBY HUDSON of Trowell, bap. 11 May 1845 St Martin Church, Saundby; d. unm. 21 Jan. 1865 Burringham, Lincolnshire, bur. 26 Jan. 1865 St Martin Churchyard, Saundby.

8) Sir JAMES HUDSON of Turin, Italy, GCB, Resident Minister Italy 1861-63, b. 2 Jan. 1810 Marylebone, bap. there 1 June 1810; d.s.p. 20 Sept. 1885 Strasbourg, Alsace, France, bur. Cimitero Evangelico Degli Allori, Florence, Italy; m. (one week before his death) 14 Sept. 1885 British Consulate, Geneva, Switzerland, EUGENIA VANOTTI, b. c.1832; d. 19 Sept. 1914, bur. Cimitero Evangelico Degli Allori, Florence.

9) HARRIETT LOUISA HUDSON, b. 5 Mar. 1812 Marylebone, bap. there 15 May 1812; d. 27 Jan. 1885 Hill House, Richmond, Yorkshire, bur. 30 Jan. 1885 St Botolph Church, Bossall, Yorkshire; m. 5 Mar. 1832 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, HENRY BREWSTER DARLEY of Aldby Park, Bossall, b. 26 Nov. 1809 Aldby Park, bap. 17 Aug. 1810 St Botolph Church, Bossall; d. 21 Sept. 1860 Spaunton Lodge, Hutton le Hole, Yorkshire, bur. 29 Sept. 1860 St Botolph Church, Bossall, son of Henry Darley of Aldby Park (1777-1846) and Mary Ann Martin (c.1789-1865), and had issue, five sons and four daughters.

Issue of Harriett Louisa (Hudson) and Henry Brewster Darley:

Dr. Sydney Ringer
(1835-1910)
9A) ANN DARLEY, b. 19 Feb. 1833 Thearne Hall, Woodmansey, Yorkshire; d. 29 Apr. 1897 Lastingham, Yorkshire, bur. 3 May 1897 St Mary Churchyard, Lastingham; m. 8 Aug. 1867 All Saints Church, North Street, York, Dr. SYDNEY RINGER of Marylebone, physician, b. 11 Mar. 1835 Norwich, Norfolk, reg. 25 Mar. 1836 (Non-Conformist); d. 14 Oct. 1910 Lastingham, bur. 18 Oct. 1910 St Mary Churchyard, Lastingham, son of John Manship Ringer of Norwich, tradesman (c.1798-1843) and Ann Smith (c.1801-1872), and had issue, two daughters.

9B) ADELAIDE DARLEY, bap. 18 Dec. 1835 All Saints Church, Appleton-le-Street, Yorkshire; d. 12 July 1907 Lastingham, bur. 15 July 1907 St Mary Churchyard, Lastingham; m. 6 Sept. 1864 All Saints Margaret Street, London, EDWARD DWYER of Cape Town, Judge Supreme Court of South Africa, b. Sept. 1821 Dublin, Ireland; d. 29 July 1887 Wynberg, Cape Town, son of Thomas Dwyer of Dublin and Ellen Tuomy, and had issue, three sons.

Darley of Aldby coat of arms
9C) Capt. HENRY DARLEY of Aldby Park, Captain 5th Dragoon Guards, Mayor of Scarborough, Yorkshire, b. 9 Sept. 1839 Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire, bap. 15 Sept. 1839 St Margaret Church, Huttons Ambo; d. 25 Dec. 1904 Scarborough, bur. 28 Dec. 1904 St John Churchyard, Buttercrambe, Yorkshire; m. 1st 17 Sept. 1863 St Andrew Church, Rugby, Warwickshire, CHARLOTTE ATTY, b. 19 Oct. 1841 Penley Hall, Flintshire, Wales, bap. 14 Nov. 1841 St Mary Magdalene Church, Penley; d.s.p. 6 Dec. 1864 London, bur. 14 Dec. 1864 St Botolph Church, Bossall, 4th dau. of James Atty of Rugby, railway promoter (1810-1877, descended from Edward III) and Catherine Adeline Welby (d. 1889); m. 2nd 20 Apr. 1869 St Peter Church, Scrayingham, Yorkshire, ROSAMOND JANE LEAVENS [later CHOLMLEY], b. (before parents' marriage) 10 Mar. 1843 London, bap. 29 May 1843 St Martin in the Fields; d. 7 Apr. 1894 Scarborough, bur. 11 Apr. 1894 St Botolph Church, Bossall, only dau. of Sir George Strickland [later Cholmley], 7th Baronet of Boynton (1782-1874, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Jane Leavens (1809-1898), and had issue, three sons and four daughters.

9D) CECIL HARRINGTON DARLEY of Lymm, Cheshire, b. 6 Dec. 1841 Huttons Ambo, bap. there 24 Dec. 1842; d. unm. 9 Feb. 1914 Lymm.

Walker of Sand Hutton coat of arms
9E) HARRIET LOUISA DARLEY, bap. 5 July 1844 St Margaret Church, Huttons Ambo; d. 23 May 1930 Paddington, London; m. 28 Sept. 1869 St Botolph Church, Bossall, Capt. GERALD WALKER of Regents Park, London, Captain 15th Hussars, b. 14 Sept. 1841 Sand Hutton Hall, Bossall, bap. 12 Oct. 1841 St Botolph Church, Bossall; d. 13 July 1927 Regents Park, 5th son of Sir James Walker, 1st Baronet of Sand Hutton (1803-1883) and Maria Thompson (c.1802-1878), and had issue, two sons and one daughter.

9F) JAMES VERE DARLEY of South Africa, tea inspector clerk [per 1881 England Census], b. 4 Sept. 1847 Aldby Park, bap. 4 Mar. 1849 St Botolph Church, Bossall; d. bef. 1891 (when his wife is listed as 'widow') South Africa(?)[*3]; m. 5 Jan. 1871 St Anne Soho, London, CATHERINE JULIA CROSSE, b. 22 Dec. 1854 Clifton, Gloucestershire, bap. 15 Sept. 1855 St Mary on the Quay Church, Clifton; d. 24 Feb. 1927 Sydenham, Kent, dau. of Thomas Crosse of Bristol, builder and Maria Sunbury, and had issue, two sons and two daughters.
All Hallows Church, Harthill, Yorkshire

9G) Rev. BERTRAM DARLEY, Rector of Harthill, Yorkshire 1891-1923, b. 4 Nov. 1850 Aldby Park, bap. 25 Dec. 1850 St Botolph Church, Bossall; d. unm. 28 Apr. 1926 Royal Free Hospital, London.

9H) EDMOND OSWALD DARLEY of Fort Worth, Texas, real estate speculator, b. 19 Oct. 1854 Aldby Park, bap. 29 July 1855 St Botolph Church, Bossall; d. 1895 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas (per his son's passport application); m. by 1883, CHRISTIAN ROBSON (----), millinery store proprietor, b. Feb. 1855 Scotland (per U.S. Census); d. 1935 Denver, Colorado, and had issue, four sons. [Note: I hope to have a full blogpost on Edmond Darley and his family in the near future - I'm still in the process of researching]

9I) FLORENCE MARGARET DARLEY, b. Aldby Park, bap. 22 Nov. 1857 St Botolph Church, Bossall; d. unm. 3 Apr. 1907 Marylebone, London, bur. 6 Apr. 1907 St Botolph Church, Bossall.

10) Lt-Col. JOSEPH HENRY HUDSON of Winterfield House, Hornby, Yorkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Grenadier Guards, land agent for Hornby Castle, b. 18 June 1814 Marylebone, London, bap. 19 July 1814 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. 18 Apr. 1885 Winterfield House, bur. 22 Apr. 1885 St Mary Church, Hornby; m. 28 June 1842 Chapel Royal, Tower of London, FRANCES MARIAN SARAH ELRINGTON, b. 1817; d. 26 June 1869 London, bur. 1 July 1869 Kensal Green Cemetery, London, dau. of Maj. John Henry Elrington of the Tower of London (1771-1857, descended from Edward III) and Sarah Reed (c.1785-1867), and had issue, two sons.
Tower of London

Issue of Lt-Col. Joseph and Frances (Elrington) Hudson:

10A) JOSEPH HENRY FRANCIS HARRINGTON HUDSON of Namur, Belgium, b. 1844 London; d. 4 Apr. 1904 Namur; m. MARIA ISABELLA (----), who survived him. Issue: unknown.

10B) Lt. FRANK ELRINGTON HUDSON of Wimbledon, Surrey, b. 30 June 1846 Melcombe Regis, Dorset, bap. 21 Oct. 1846 St John Church, Melcombe Regis; d. 19 May 1922 Wimbledon; m. 27 Nov. 1879 Church of Our Lady, St Johns Wood, Westminster, FRANCES CLARA SEGRAVE, b. 1846 Dedham House, Essex; d. 1921, dau. of O'Neil Segrave of Marylebone (c.1805-1875, descended from Edward III) and Frances Steward (1810-1886), and had issue, one son.

[*1] Charlotte (Watt) Hudson m. 2nd 29 Oct. 1853 St George Hanover Square, Rev. Arthur Fane, Vicar of Warminster (c.1810-1872, descended from Edward III), and had further issue.

[*2] William Hudson is the one out of the ten children of Lady Anne Hudson for whom I've yet to locate a death notice or burial entry. It's likely that he died young like the next brother John. Even if he survived childhood, he would still have predeceased his other siblings by many years. No mention is made of William in their later documents (wills, etc).
James Darley's Widow and their Four Children on the passenger list of
the Coptic, which sailed from London 21 Jan. 1891, bound for Cape Town

[*3] Without a doubt, James Vere Darley is the most difficult to research of the nine Darley siblings. He travelled extensively (Australia, Hawaii, New York) from a young age, no doubt as a result of his career, which seems to have been tied in with the tea trade. It appears that he immigrated in 1883-84  to South Africa, where his brother-in-law Edward Dwyer was a judge on the Supreme Court. The last record I can find of James is his insolvency in South Africa in 1885. Presumably he died there, as there is no entry for him in the England & Wales Death index, and in 1891 his wife, listed as widow, with their four young children travelled to South Africa from England.

Lady Anne Hudson has several lines of descent from Edward III. The one Ruvigny traced in his 1908 Essex volume is below, with some elaboration.

Edward III had a second surviving son,
Isabel (née Plantagenet), Countess of
Essex
- see Generation 5
1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
3) Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) m. Lady Alianore Holland (1370-1405, descended from Edward I), and had
4) Lady Anne Mortimer (1388-1411) m. Richard of York, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415, descended from Edward III), and had
5) Lady Isabel Plantagenet (1409-1484) m. 2) Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404-1483, descended from Edward III), and had
6) William, Lord Bourchier (c.1428-1477) m. 2) Lady Anne Woodville (c.1448-1489), and had
7) Cecily Bourchier (c.1473-1493) m. John Devereux, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1464-1501, descended from Edward I), and had
8) Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1491-1558) m. 1) Lady Mary Grey (c.1492-1
Dorothy (née Devereux), Countess of
Northumberland
- see Generation 11
538, descended from Edward III), and had
9) Sir Richard Devereux of Lamphey (by 1513-1547) m. Lady Dorothy Hastings (c.1520-1566, descended from Edward III), and had
10) Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1539-1576) m. Lettice Knollys (1543-1634, descended from Edward III), and had
11) Lady DOROTHY DEVEREUX, b. c.1564 Chartley Hall, Staffordshire; d. 11 Aug. 1619 Petworth House, Sussex, bur. 14 Aug. 1619 St Mary Church, Petworth; m. 2nd 1594, HENRY PERCY, 9th Earl of Northumberland, b. Apr. 1564 Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland; d. 5 Nov. 1632 Petworth House, bur. 6 Nov. 1632 St Mary Church, Petworth, est son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (1532-1585, descended from Edward III) and Katherine Neville (1546-1596, descended from Edward III), and had
12) Lady DOROTHY PERCY, b. Petworth House, bap. 20 Aug. 1598 St Mary Church, Petworth; d. 20 Aug. 1659 Penshurst Place, Kent, bur. 23 Aug. 1659 St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst; m. (secretly) 1615, ROBERT SIDNEY, 2nd Earl of Leicester, b. 1 Dec. 1595 Baynards Castle, London; d. 2 Nov. 1677 Penshurst Place, bur. 8 Nov. 1677 St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, son of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (1563-1626, descended from Edward I) and his 1st wife Barbara Gamage (c.1559-1621, descended from Edward I), and had
Lady Lucy (née Sidney) Pelham
- see Generation 13
13) Lady LUCY SIDNEY, b. 1625; bur. 19 Oct. 1685 All Saints Church, Laughton, Sussex; m. 20 Jan. 1647 St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Sir JOHN PELHAM, 3rd Baronet of Laughton, b. c.1623 (aged 9 and upwards in 1633); d. 20 Jan. 1703 Halland Place, East Hoathly, Sussex, bur. 26 Jan. 1703 All Saints Church, Laughton, son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet of Laughton (1597-1654, descended from Edward I) and his 1st wife Mary Wilbraham (c.1600-1635), and had
14) THOMAS, 1st Baron PELHAM of Laughton, b. c.1653 Halland Place [per ODNB]; d. 23 Feb. 1712 Halland Place, bur. 8 Mar. 1712 All Saints Church, Laughton; m. 1st 21 Mar. 1680 St Giles in the Fields, London, ELIZABETH JONES, b. c.1664; d. (from childbirth) Oct. 1681 London, bur. 13 Oct. 1681 All Saints Church, Laughton, dau. of Sir William Jones of Ramsbury (1630-1682) and Elizabeth Alleyn (1633-1699), and had
Elizabeth (née Pelham), Viscountess
Townshend
- see Generation 15
15) Hon. ELIZABETH PELHAM, b. 7 Oct. 1681 London; d. 11 May 1711 Raynham Hall, bur. 17 May 1711 St Mary Church, East Raynham; m. 3 July 1698, as his 1st wife, CHARLES, 2nd Viscount TOWNSHEND of Raynham, b. 18 Apr. 1674 London, bap. 2 May 1674 St Martin in the Fields, London; d. 21 June 1738 Raynham Hall, bur. 27 June 1738 St Mary Church, East Raynham, est son of Horatio, 1st Viscount Townshend (1630-1687, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Mary Ashe (1653-1685), and had
16) CHARLES, 3rd Viscount TOWNSHEND of Raynham, b. 11 July 1700 London, bap. 15 July 1700 St Martin in the Fields; d. 12 Mar. 1764 Raynham Hall, bur. 20 Mar. 1764 St Mary Church, East Raynham; m. 29 May 1723, ETHELDREDA HARRISON, b. c.1708; d. 5 Mar. 1788 Balls Park, Hertfordshire, bur. 12 Mar. 1788 All Saints Church, Hertford, dau. of Edward Harrison of Balls Park (1674-1732, descended from Edward I) and Frances Bray (d. 1758), and had
1st Marquess Townshend -
see Generation 17
17) GEORGE, 1st Marquess TOWNSHEND, b. 28 Feb. 1724 London, bap. 23 Mar. 1724 St Martin in the Fields; d. 14 Sept. 1807 Raynham Hall, bur. 28 Sept. 1807 St Mary Church, East Raynham; m. 2nd 19 May 1773 St George Hanover Square, London, ANNE MONTGOMERY, b. 1754; d. 29 Mar. 1819 Westminster, London, bur. 8 Apr. 1819 St Mary Church, East Raynham, dau. of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet of Macbie Hill (1717-1788) and Hannah Tomkins (d. by 1760), and had
18) Lady ANNE TOWNSHEND (1775-1818-see details above), wife of Capt. Harrington Hudson

The next blogpost will look at the tragic next and final generation of Hudsons at Bessingby Hall, and show how a Los Angeles shoe salesman descends from Edward IV.

Cheers,                                  -------Brad

Monday, February 6, 2017

{109} Some Edward III Descents for Christopher Thomas Soulsby (1794-1842)

Soulsby of Hallington coat of arms
[Ermine, four bars gules]
The Soulsbys can be traced to the late seventeenth-century in Northumberland. In 1730, Christopher Soulsby (1691-1735), gentleman farmer of Chollerton, purchased lands in nearby Hallington. His eldest son Ralph Soulsby (1723-1769) became even more prominent as an industrialist, presumably in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His marriage in 1751 is indicative of how far up the social ladder the family had climbed, for his wife was Mary, the half sister of William Fenwick of Bywell Hall. The Fenwicks were a family of great antiquity, and considerable political influence, within the county. Mary's father John Fenwick, had represented Northumberland in Parliament until his 1747 death, and Mary's grandfather Roger Fenwick had also sat in Parliament. Ralph built Hallington Hall on his 330-acre estate, and it was the family's seat for sixty-some years, until it was sold in 1825 by his grandson Christopher Thomas Soulsby (1794-1842), who, later that same year, married his first cousin Anne Hudson, eldest daughter of Capt. Harrington Hudson of Bessingby Hall in Yorkshire, which became the home of the young couple and the property of Anne's eldest brother Harrington Hudson when her father died the following year. Why the Soulsbys abandoned Hallington Hall and Northumberland for Yorkshire isn't clear, what is certain is that of Bessingby Hall, they were the tenants, not the owners.

Basil Harrington Soulsby
(1864-1933)
The Soulsbys had lost the status of landed gentry after only three generations, and, since inheriting Bessingby Hall wasn't an option, C. Percy Soulsby (1826-1867) had to make his own way in the mid-19th-century. He became a land agent, and in 1860, he immigrated to New Zealand with his second wife and their young daughter. There, he settled on Court Barton Farm in Riccarton near Christchurch, and was appointed secretary of the Waste Lands Board. His farm went bankrupt in 1865, and the following year, Soulsby was hired by the Public Works Department as foreman on the road works at Brownings Pass. He died in the Gold Rush boomtown of Hokitka, on the West Coast of South Island, in January 1867, aged only 40. Eleven months later, his widow returned to England with their two children, who became notable professionals. Lucy Soulsby (1856-1927) - the only member of the family to have an entry in ODNB - was a headmistress, first at Oxford High School for Girls from 1887-97, then at Manor House, Brondesbury from 1897-1915. A staunch conservative, Lucy opposed Oxford University opening up its degree to women in 1895, and did not support women's suffrage. She was also an accomplished writer, the most interesting (to me) of her books being The America I Saw in 1916-18 (1920). Letters between Lucy and her mother Susan (née Thompson) Soulsby, who herself had been a private teacher while in New Zealand, were published posthumously: The Letters of S.S.S. and L.H.M.S.: Mrs. and Miss Soulsby (1929). Lucy's only surviving sibling, brother Basil Harrington Soulsby was also a schoolmaster initially, but changed careers in 1892, becoming a librarian, first at the British Museum, then in 1909 at the Natural History Museum. His life's work, a catalogue of the thousands of works of Linnaeus contained in the museum, was published just after his 1933 death. Basil was the last of the male-line descendants of Ralph Soulsby the builder of Hallington Hall.
Hallington Hall, St John Lee, Northumberland
The Soulsbys sold Hallington Hall too early in the 19th-century to be included in the landed gentry series by Sir Bernard Burke. The only published pedigree of the family is the 1897 'Soulsby of Hallington' one in History of Northumberland Volume 4. It's very thorough, but ends at the generation of Christopher Thomas Soulsby, who still has descendants living today, those of his elder daughter Helen (née Soulsby) Portal.

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SOULSBY of Hallington Hall, St John Lee, Northumberland, b. there, bap. 14 July 1794 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee; d. 28 Oct. 1842 Bessingby Hall, Yorkshire, er (twin) son[*1] of Christopher Soulsby of Hallington Hall (1754-1814, descended from Edward III - see Generation A16 below) and Julia Elizabeth Hudson (1764-1829, descended from Edward IV - see Generation B16 below); m. 1 Nov. 1825 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, his first cousin, ANNE HUDSON, b. 10 Feb. 1797 Marylebone, London, bap. 14 Mar. 1797 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. 6 June 1839 Bessingby Hall, est dau. of Capt. Harrington Hudson of Bessingby Hall (1772-1826, descended from Edward IV) and Lady Anne Townshend (1775-1818, descended from Edward III), and had issue, one son and two daughters.
Bessingby Hall, Yorkshire is a nursing home today

Issue of Christopher Thomas and Anne (Hudson) Soulsby:

1) C(HRISTOPHER) PERCY SOULSBY of Court Barton Farm, Riccarton, New Zealand, land agent and surveyor, bap. 18 Oct. 1826 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. 31 Jan. 1867 Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand, bur. 3 Feb. 1867 Hokitika Cemetery; m. 1st 5 Apr. 1853 St Mary Church, Astbury, Cheshire, LUCY AUGUSTA WILMOT, b. 11 Dec. 1831, bap. 8 Jan. 1832 All Saints Church, Pickwell, Leicestershire; d.s.p. 10 Mar. 1854 Grosvenor Square, London, bur. 13 Mar. 1854 Kensal Green Cemetery, London, dau. of Edward Woollett Wilmot of Buxton, land agent (1808-1864, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Augusta Matilda Champion (1810-1838); m. 2nd 16 Oct. 1855 St Gabriel Warwick Square, Pimlico, London, SUSAN SYBILLA THOMPSON, private teacher, b. Wellow Hall, Nottinghamshire, bap. 19 Nov. 1833 St Swithin Church, Wellow; d. Feb. 1904 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, bur. 11 Feb. 1904 Cheltenham Cemetery, dau. of Jonathan Thompson of Sherwood Hall, receiver-general of crown rents for the northern counties (1793-1852) and Anne Smyth (c.1802-1863), and had issue, three sons and one daughter.

Issue of Christopher Percy and Susan Sibylla (Thompson) Soulsby:

1A) LUCY HELEN MURIEL SOULSBY, headmistress Manor House, Brondesbury 1897-1915, writer, b. 18 July 1856 Pimlico, London; d. unm. 19 May 1927 Reading, Berkshire.

1B) RALPH WILMOT SOULSBY, b. 15 Feb. 1858 Pimlico; d. there the next day 16 Feb. 1858, bur. 17 Feb. 1858 Kensal Green Cemetery.

1C) WALTER RALEIGH SOULSBY, b/d. Feb. 1863 Christchurch, New Zealand, bur. Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Christchurch.

1D) BASIL HARRINGTON SOULSBY of Reading, librarian British Museum Natural History 1921-30, b. 3 Nov. 1864 Riccarton, South Island, New Zealand; d. unm. 14 Jan. 1933 Reading, Berkshire.
Portal coat of arms

2) HELEN MARY CHARLOTTE SOULSBY, b. Bessingby Hall, bap. 5 Oct. 1828 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. 9 May 1904 South Kensington, London, bur. 12 May 1904 All Saints Churchyard, Burghclere, Hampshire; m. 1st 23 May 1850 St Katharine Chapel, Regent's Park, London, WILLIAM DAUBUZ of Killiow House, Kea, Cornwall, b. 23 Aug. 1804 Killiow House, bap. 4 Oct. 1804 St Mary Church, Truro, Cornwall; d. 24 Feb. 1854 Killiow House, bur. St Kea Church, Kea, son of Lewis Charles Daubuz of Killiow House (1755-1839) and Wilmot Arundell (1770-1814), and had issue, one daughter; m. 2nd 26 Dec. 1860 Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Rev. (GEORGE) RAYMOND PORTAL, Rector of Burghclere 1871-89, b. 28 Feb. 1827 Freefolk House, Freefolk Priors, Hampshire, bap. 14 July 1827 St Mary Church, Laverstoke, Hampshire; d. 3 Apr. 1889 Burghclere, bur. 8 Apr. 1889 All Saints Churchyard, Burghclere, yst son of John Portal of Laverstoke House (1764-1848) and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Drummond (1788-1877, descended from Henry VII), and had further issue, three sons and two daughters.
Beatrice Soulsby's 1896 arrest in
the London Evening Standard

3) BEATRICE HARRIET SOULSBY, teacher of shorthand[*2], bap. 27 Dec. 1829 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. unm. 15 June 1902 Northumberland House, Green Lanes, Stoke Newington, Middlesex.

[*1] Christopher Thomas Soulsby's twin brother was Walter Raleigh Soulsby, Major 2nd (Queen's Own) Dragoon Guards 1826-27, bap. 14 July 1794 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee; d. unm. 8 Jan. 1827 Hulme Barracks, Manchester, bur. 13 Jan. 1827 Manchester Cathedral. The twin brothers were the only children of their parents.

[*2] In 1896, Beatrice Soulsby was charged with attempting to obtain £10 under false pretences. It seems she suffered delusions, and had been living under the care of Dr. Rogers in Kensington for the past four or five years ['Police Intelligence: Bow-Street', London Evening Standard, Friday, February 28, 1896, p. 7]. She died in a private mental hospital in a London suburb.

Edward III had 4 sons A1, J1, K1 & N1 (see below)
A1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had
A2) Lady Joan Beaufort (c.1377-1440) m. twice, and had two daus A3 & H3, and three sons E3, F3 & G3 (see below)
A3) Elizabeth Ferrers, by 1st husband (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c.1390-1436), and had a son A4 and a dau D4 (see below)
Greystoke coat of arms
A4) Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke (1414-1487) m. 1) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (c.1420-1469), and had three daus A5, B5 and C5 (see below)
A5) Margery Greystoke m. Sir Thomas Gray of Chillingham Castle (c.1455-1498, descended from Edward I), and had
A6) Sir Ralph Gray of Chillingham Castle (1479-1507) m. Elizabeth ---- (d. aft.1532), and had
A7) Mary Gray (c.1505-1571) m. John Fenwick of Stanton Hall (descended from Edward I), and had
A8) Ralph Fenwick of Stanton Hall (d. aft.1557) m. Barbara Ogle (descended from Edward I), and had
A9) Richard Fenwick of Stanton Hall m. 2) Margaret Mills, and had
A10) William Fenwick of Stanton Hall (1581-1647) m. Elizabeth Gargrave (b. 1578, descended from Edward I), and had
A11) Edward Fenwick of Stanton Hall (1606-1689) m. Sarah Neville (d. 1691), and had
A12) William Fenwick, Heir of Stanton Hall (1633-1675) m. Elizabeth Ellison (b. 1637), and had
A13) Roger Fenwick of Stanton Hall (c.1662-by 1701) m. Elizabeth Fenwick (1675-by 1705, descended from Edward I), and had
Fenwick of Stanton coat of arms
A14) John Fenwick of Stanton Hall (1698-1747) m. 2) Alice Errington (see H13 below), and had
A15) MARY FENWICK, b. Bywell Hall, Northumberland, bap. 20 Sept. 1731 St Andrew Church, Bywell; d. Morpeth, Northumberland, bur. 19 Sept. 1771 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee; m. 21 Sept. 1751 St Andrew Church, Bywell, RALPH SOULSBY of Hallington Hall, industrialist, bap. 17 Nov. 1723 St Giles Church, Chollerton, Northumberland; bur. 28 July 1769 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee, est son of Christopher Soulsby of Chollerton (1691-1735) and Martha Reed (1692-1779), and had
A16) CHRISTOPHER SOULSBY of Hallington Hall, Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1783-84, b. Stanton Hall, Longhorsley, Northumberland, bap. 28 Dec. 1754 St Helen Church, Longhorsley; bur. 29 Jan. 1814 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee; m. 20 Jan. 1783 St Giles Church, Netherwitton, Northumberland, JULIA ELIZABETH HUDSON (see B16 below), and had
A17) CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SOULSBY of Hallington Hall (1794-1842-see details above)

Anne (née Danby) Calverley -
see Generation B8
B5) Elizabeth Greystoke (c.1438-aft.1483) m. 1) Thomas, 5th Lord Scrope of Masham (c.1430-1475), and had
B6) Margery Scrope (c.1470-aft.1531) m. Sir Christopher Danby of Thorpe Perrow (1468-1518), and had
B7) Sir Christopher Danby of Thorpe Perrow (1503-1571) m. Elizabeth Neville (see F6 below), and had
B8) Anne Danby (c.1534-aft.1571) m. Walter Calverley, Heir of Calverley Hall (c.1525-by 1571), and had
B9) William Calverley of Calverley Hall (c.1557-1596) m. Katherine Thorneholme (see C10 below), and had
B10) Walter Calverley of Calverley Hall (c.1575-1605) m. Philippa Brooke (see G8 below), and had
B11) Henry Calverley of Calverley Hall (1604-1652) m. 2) Joyce Pye (see O9 below), and had
B12) Walter Calverley of Calverley Hall (1629-1691) m. Frances Thompson (1639-1721), and had
Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Bt
- see Generation B13
B13) Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Baronet of Calverley (1670-1749) m. Julia Blackett (1686-1736, descended from Edward IV), and had
B14) Julia Calverley (1714-1787) m. Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet of Nettlecombe (see J13 below), and had
B15) Susanna Trevelyan (1736-1780) m. John Hudson of Bessingby Hall (1727-1772), and had
B16) JULIA ELIZABETH HUDSON, bap. 19 Dec. 1764 Holy Trinity Kings Square, York; d. 13 May 1829 Bessingby Hall, bur. 16 May 1829 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; m. 20 Jan. 1783 St Giles Church, Netherwitton, CHRISTOPHER SOULSBY of Hallington Hall (see A16 above)

C5) Mary Greystoke (c.1450-1496) m. 1) Thomas Salvin of Newbiggin Hall (d. 1477, descended from Edward I), and had
C6) Sir Ralph Salvin of Newbiggin Hall (1473-1534) m. Elizabeth Hastings (b. c.1478, descended from Edward I), and had
C7) George Salvin of Newbiggin Hall (d. 1538) m. Margery Bulmer (see E6 below), and had
C8) Sir Francis Salvin of Newbiggin Hall (d. 1562) m. Margery Eure (see D7 below), and had
C9) Agnes Salvin m. John Thorneholme of Haisthorpe Hall (d. aft.1585), and had
C10) Katherine Thorneholme (c.1555-1604) m. William Calverley of Calverley Hall (see B9 above)
Eure of Witton coat of arms

D4) Eleanor Greystoke m. Sir Ralph Eure, Heir of Witton Castle (d. 1461), and had
D5) Sir William Eure of Witton Castle (b. 1440) m. 1) Margery Constable, and had
D6) Sir Ralph Eure of Witton Castle (c.1460-1539) m. 2) Agnes Constable, and had
D7) Margery Eure (b. c.1518) m. Sir Francis Salvin of Newbiggin Hall (see C8 above)

E3) William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, by 2nd husband (c.1406-1463) m. Joan Fauconberg (1406-1490), and had
E4) Lady Alice Neville (b. c.1436) m. John Conyers, Heir of Hornby Castle (c.1435-1469, descended from Edward I), and had
E5) Margery Conyers (c.1466-1524) m. Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle (1465-1531), and had
E6) Margery Bulmer m. George Salvin of Newbiggin Hall (see C7 above)

1st Lord Latimer -
see Generation F3
F3) George Neville, 1st Lord Latimer, by 2nd husband (c.1411-1469) m. Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp (c.1411-1480, descended from Edward I), and had
F4) Sir Henry Neville, Heir of Latimer (c.1435-1469) m. Joan Bourchier (c.1448-1470, descended from Edward III), and had
F5) Richard Neville, 2nd Lord Latimer (1468-1530) m. 1) Anne Stafford (d. by 1521), and had
F6) Elizabeth Neville (b. 1500) m. Sir Christopher Danby of Thorpe Perrow (see B7 above)

G3) Edward Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny, by 2nd husband (c.1417-1476) m. 2) Katherine Howard (descended from Edward I), and had
G4) Margaret Neville (c.1455-1506) m. John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham (c.1447-1512, descended from Edward I), and had
G5) Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham (c.1475-1529) m. 1) Dorothy Heydon (c.1477-by 1515), and had
9th Lord Cobham - see
Generation G6
G6) George Brooke, 9th Lord Cobham (c.1497-1558) m. Anne Bray (c.1510-1558), and had
G7) Sir Henry Brooke of Sutton at Hone (1537-1592) m. Anne Sutton (d. 1612), and had
G8) Philippa Brooke (c.1579-1613) m. 1) Walter Calverley of Calverley Hall (see B10 above)

H3) Lady Eleanor Neville, by 2nd husband (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see K4 below), and had two sons H4 & I4 (see below)
H4) Sir Ralph Percy (1425-1464) m. Eleanor Acton (d. aft.1498), and had
H5) Sir Henry Percy of Dunstanburgh Castle (d. 1486) m. Constance ---, and had
H6) Margery Percy m. Sir Henry Widdrington of Widdrington Castle (d. 1517, descended from Edward I), and had
H7) Sir John Widdrington of Widdrington Castle (1503-1571) m. 1) Agnes Metcalfe (d. by 1542), and had
Widdrington coat of arms
H8) Edward Widdrington of Swinburne Castle (d. 1577) m. Ursula Carnaby (see I9 below), and had
H9) Dorothy Widdrington (d. 1643) m. John Errington of Errington (d. bef.1626), and had
H10) Henry Errington of Errington (1600-1695) m. Elizabeth Selby, and had
H11) William Errington, Heir of Errington (c.1630-1691) m. Agnes Errington, and had
H12) Thomas Errington of Sandhoe (c.1660-1748) m. Mary Douglas, and had
H13) Alice Errington (c.1710-1731) m. John Fenwick of Stanton Hall (see A14 above)

I4) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) m. Eleanor Poynings (1428-1484, descended from Edward I), and had
I5) Lady Margaret Percy (b. c.1447) m. Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (c.1450-1487, descended from Edward III), and had
I6) Margaret Gascoigne (b. c.1470) m. Ralph, 3rd Lord Ogle (1468-1513, descended from Edward I), and had
I7) Dorothy Ogle (c.1498-bef.1570) m. 1) Sir Thomas Forster of Adderstone (d. 1527), and had
I8) Dorothy Forster (c.1522-aft.1565) m. Sir Reginald Carnaby of Halton Castle (d. 1543), and had
I9) Ursula Carnaby (1541-aft.1600) m. 1) Edward Widdrington of Swinburne Castle (see H8 above)

J1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun (1365-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
Lady Elizabeth (née Bourchier)
Chichester
- see Generation J6
J2) Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham (1383-1438) m. 3) William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (c.1374-1420), and had
J3) William Bourchier, 9th Lord FitzWarin (c.1409-1469) m. 1) Thomasine Hankford (1423-1453), and had
J4) Fulk Bourchier, 10th Lord FitzWarin (1445-1479) m. Elizabeth Dinham (c.1450-1516), and had
J5) John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath (1470-1539) m. 1) Cecily Daubeney (b. c.1477), and had
J6) Lady Elizabeth Bourchier (c.1500-1548) m. Edward Chichester of Hounditon (c.1496-1522), and had
J7) Sir John Chichester of Raleigh (c.1520-1568) m. Gertrude Courtenay (1521-1566, descended from Edward I), and had
J8) Urith Chichester (1558-1591) m. John Trevelyan of Nettlecombe Court (c.1555-1623), and had
J9) John Trevelyan, Heir of Nettlecombe Court (c.1577-bef.1623) m. Margaret Luttrell (see N10 below), and had
J10) George Trevelyan of Nettlecombe Court (1613-1653) m. Margaret Strode (see L11 below), and had
Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Bt
- see Generation J13
J11) Sir George Trevelyan, 1st Baronet of Nettlecombe (1633-1671) m. Mary Willoughby (see M13 below), and had
J12) Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet of Nettlecombe (1670-1755) m. Susanna Warren (d. 1718), and had
J13) Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet of Nettlecombe (1707-1768) m. Julia Calverley (see B14 above)

K1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
K2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortmer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
K3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had a son K4 & a dau L4 (see below)
K4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (see H3 above)

L4) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1437) m. 1) John, 7th Lord Clifford (1388-1422, descended from Edward I), and had
Margery (née Wentworth) Seymour
- see Generation L7
L5) Mary Clifford (c.1420-by1458) m. Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead (1424-1464), and had
L6) Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead (1448-1499) m. 1) Anne Say (c.1448-aft.1489), and had
L7) Margery Wentworth (c.1478-1550) m. Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall (c.1474-1536), and had
L8) Elizabeth Seymour (c.1514-by 1563) m. 2) Gregory, 1st Baron Cromwell (c.1514-1551, son of Thomas, Lord Cromwell), and had two daus L9 & M9 (see below)
L9) Katherine Cromwell (c.1541-by 1571) m. John Strode of Parnham House (1524-1581), and had
L10) Sir Robert Strode of Parnham House (1559-1616) m. 2) Margaret Wyndham (descended from Edward I), and had
L11) Margaret Strode (1612-1646) m. George Trevelyan of Nettlecombe Court (see J10 above)
Strode of Newnham coat of arms

M9) Frances Cromwell (c.1544-1562) m. Richard Strode of Newnham (1528-1581, descended from Edward I), and had
M10) Sir William Strode of Newnham (1562-1637) m. 1) Mary Southcote (d. 1618, descended from Edward I), and had
M11) Julian Strode (c.1590-1627) m. Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet of Creedy (1589-1654), and had
M12) Mary Davie (1615-1650) m. John Willoughby of Leyhill (c.1611-1681), and had
M13) Mary Willoughby (c.1636-1689) m. Sir George Trevelyan, 1st Baronet of Nettlecombe (see J11 above)

N1) Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1402) m. 1) Infanta Isabel of Castile (1355-1392), and had
N2) Lady Constance Plantagenet of York (c.1375-1416) = Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (1382-1408, descended from Edward I), and had
N3) Eleanor Holland, illegit. (b. c.1406) m. James Tuchet, 5th Lord Audley (c.1398-1459), and had a son N4 and a dau O4 (see below)
N4) Sir Humphrey Audley of Middleton (c.1435-1471) m. Elizabeth Courtenay (c.1435-1493, descended from Edward I), and had
George Luttrell - see
Generation N9
N5) Philippa Audley (d. aft.1527) m. Richard Hadley of Withycombe (d. 1524), and had
N6) James Hadley of Withycombe (1494-1537) m. 1) Fridiswide Mathew, and had
N7) Christopher Hadley of Withycombe (c.1518-1540) m. Anne Hill, and had
N8) Margaret Hadley (c.1539-1607) m. 1) Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle (c.1521-1571, descended from Edward I), and had
N9) George Luttrell of Dunster Castle (1560-1629) m. 1) Joan Stewkley (d. 1621, descended from Edward I), and had
N10) Margaret Luttrell (b. 1584) m. John Trevelyan, Heir of Nettlecombe Court (see J9 above)

O4) Anne Audley (b. c.1447) m. Sir Richard de la Bere of Kinnersley Court (c.1448-1514, descended from Edward I), and had
Joyce (née Pye) Calverley
- see Generation O9
O5) Anne de la Bere (c.1480-aft.1514) m. John Pye of Mynde Park (d. 1547), and had
O6) Walter Pye of Mynde Park (c.1500-1575) m. Margaret Price, and had
O7) Roger Pye of Mynde Park (d. 1591) m. Bridget Kyrle (d. 1624), and had
O8) Sir Walter Pye of Mynde Park (1571-1635) m. Joan Rudhall (c.1580-1625, descended from Edward I), and had
O9) Joyce Pye (1606-1679) m. Henry Calverley of Calverley Hall (see B11 above)

The next blogpost, which I hope to have online by the end of the week, will be about the descendants of Lady Anne (née Townshend) Hudson, who are additions to Ruvigny's 1908 Essex volume.

Cheers,                          -----Brad

Saturday, February 4, 2017

{108} Edward IV Descents for Helen (née Soulsby) Portal (1828-1904)

All Saints Church, Burghclere, Hampshire
Rev. G. Raymond Portal was the youngest son of John Portal and Elizabeth, née Drummond. He attended Christ Church College Oxford, and pursued a career in the Church, per the wishes of his father, who five days before his 1848 death, granted his son an annual allowance of £500 provided he became a clergyman within three years. Raymond accepted the living of Albury, Surrey in 1858, which was the gift of his uncle Henry Drummond, M.P.  Two years later, while on holiday in Italy with his best friend the 4th Earl of Carnarvon, he met and married Helen (née Soulsby) Daubuz, the widow of a Cornish landholder. She was staying with her uncle, the diplomat Sir James Hudson, who lived in Turin. The Portals had five children, but sadly, the second son died in infancy, and the eldest son, who joined the military, died just a few months after arriving in India. Rev. Portal was an active Freemason (Grand Master of the Mark Lodge), and also a driving force behind the National Deposit Friendly Society, a health insurance and savings plan for working folks founded in 1868, that still exists today. In 1871, the 4th Earl of Carnarvon presented his friend Rev. Portal with the living of Burghclere, Hampshire. He subsequently became Hon. Canon of Winchester Cathedral.  "He was ever ready to assist the necessitous poor, and spared no time or labour in encouraging thrift and promoting temperance among the people. He was also an active supporter of the Young Men’s Friendly Society, and of the itinerant missions in the Winchester Diocese...The deceased possessed in an eminent degree the characteristics of the Portal family—a warm heart, a bright intellect, a keen perception, a high sense of justice, and great capacity for business,—qualities which carried him to the front in every association of life, and won for him the esteem and affection of all who had the pleasure of co-operating with him in the many good works in which he was engaged" ['Death of the Rev. Canon Portal', Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette, Newbury Herald, and Berks County Paper, Saturday, April 6, 1889, p. 4].

Rev. Portal can be found in the peerage works--his elder brother was made a baronet in 1901, and the title is still in existence today--and his lines of descent from James V, James IV and Henry VII were presented in previous posts. His wife's ancestry was more challenging to work out (only one published pedigree of her family exists, and it doesn't even contain her), but just as fascinating. I'll go into more detail on the Soulsbys in the next post. Her parents were first cousins, and Helen's four lines of descent from Edward IV's illegitimate daughter Lady Margaret Lumley are presented below.
Daubuz of Killiow coat of arms

HELEN MARY CHARLOTTE SOULSBYb. Bessingby Hall, Yorkshire, bap. 5 Oct. 1828 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. 9 May 1904 South Kensington, London, bur. 12 May 1904 All Saints Churchyard, Burghclere, Hampshire, er dau. of Christopher Thomas Soulsby of Bessingby Hall (1794-1842, descended from Edward IV - see Generation A12 below) and Anne Hudson (1797-1839, descended from Edward IV - see Generation B12 below); m. 1st 23 May 1850 St Katharine Chapel, Regent's Park, London, WILLIAM DAUBUZ of Killiow House, Kea, Cornwall, b. 23 Aug. 1804 Killiow House, bap. 4 Oct. 1804 St Mary Church, Truro, Cornwall; d. 24 Feb. 1854 Killiow House, bur. St Kea Church, Kea, son of Lewis Charles Daubuz of Killiow House (1755-1839) and Wilmot Arundell (1770-1814), and had issue, one daughter; m. 2nd 26 Dec. 1860 Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Rev. (GEORGE) RAYMOND PORTAL, Rector of Burghclere 1871-89, b. 28 Feb. 1827 Freefolk House, Freefolk Priors, Hampshire, bap. 14 July 1827 St Mary Church, Laverstoke, Hampshire; d. 3 Apr. 1889 Burghclere, bur. 8 Apr. 1889 All Saints Churchyard, Burghclere, yst son of John Portal of Laverstoke House (1764-1848) and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Drummond (1788-1877, descended from Henry VII), and had issue, three sons and two daughters.

Issue of Helen (Soulsby) and William Daubuz:

1) ANN EVELYN DAUBUZ, b/d. (lived only a couple hours) 27 Mar. 1852 Killiow House.
The children of Rev. Portal on p. 540 of Ruvigny's 1903 Tudor volume

Issue of Helen (Soulsby) and Rev. George Portal:

2) Lt. HENRY RAYMOND PORTAL, Lieutenant 61st (Gloucester) Regiment 1885-86, b. 4 Oct. 1863 Albury, Surrey, bap. 8 Nov. 1863 St Peter & St Paul Church, Albury; d. unm. (while on active service) 24 May 1886 Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.

3) BERENGER RAYMOND PORTAL, b. 20 Jan. 1865 Albury, bap. 12 Mar. 1865 St Peter & St Paul Church, Albury; d. in infancy 28 Sept. 1867 Albury, bur. there 4 Oct. 1867.
Maj. Maurice Raymond Portal
(1870-1955)

4) (HELEN) VIOLET PORTAL, b. 9 June 1867 Albury, bap. 14 July 1867 St Peter & St Paul Church, Albury; d. 2 Oct. 1927 Woodcott House, Hampshire; m. 31 Aug. 1897 St Paul Church Knightsbridge, London, RICHARD FRANCIS NICHOLSON of Woodcott House, distiller, b. 7 Oct. 1865 Paddington, London, bap. 16 Nov. 1865 St James Church, Paddington; d. 6 May 1940 Woodcott House, 4th son of William Nicholson of Basing Park (1824-1909) and Isabella Sarah Meek (1835-1934), and had issue, two sons.

5) Maj. MAURICE RAYMOND PORTAL of Holywell House, Swanmore, Hampshire, b. 29 Mar. 1870 Albury, bap. 29 Mar. 1870 St Peter & St Paul Church, Albury; d.s.p. 30 Dec. 1955 The Priory Nursing Home, Roehampton, Surrey; m. 12 Oct. 1897 St Paul Knightsbridge, London, (CLARA) ETHEL KIDSTON, b. 1875 Finlaystone House, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire; d.s.p. 11 June 1960 Holywell House, 5th dau. of George Jardine Kidston of Finlaystone House (1835-1909) and Elizabeth Agnes Logan (d. 1881).

6) (HELEN) MARGARET PORTAL, b. 22 Jan. 1875 Albury; d.s.p. 8 Nov. 1959 Bodorgan House, Ramsbury, Wiltshire; m. 17 Sept. 1908 All Saints Church, Burghclere, RAdm. EDMOND HYDE PARKER of Bodorgan House, Rear-Admiral Royal Navy 1917-51, b. 30 Jan. 1868 Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, bap. 1 Mar. 1868 Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford; d.s.p. 19 Aug. 1951 Bodorgan House, 3rd son of Sir William Parker, 9th Baronet of Melford Hall (1826-1891, descended from Charles II) and Sophia Mary Barnardiston (1836-1903, descended from Edward IV).
Edward IV

Edward IV = (probably) Margaret Fitzlewis, Dame Lucy (1440-1466, descended from Edward I), and had a dau:
A1) Margaret Plantagenet, illegit. (b. c.1462) m. Sir Thomas Lumley, Heir of Lumley Castle (c.1462-1503, descended from Edward III), and had two sons A2 & D2 and a dau C2 (see below)
A2) Roger Lumley of Ludworth Tower (d. aft.1529) m. Isabel Radcliffe (descended from Edward I), and had
A3) Isabel Lumley (c.1520-1590) m. Richard Conyers of Horden Hall (d. 1595, descended from Edward I), and had
A4) CHRISTOPHER CONYERS of Horden Hall, Easington, Durham, b. by 1545; bur. 23 Sept. 1608 St Mary Church, Easington; m. 2nd 4 Nov. 1586 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street, Durham, ANNE HEDWORTH (see C5 below), and had
A5) Sir JOHN CONYERS, 1st Baronet of Horden, b. c.1587; d. 4 Dec. 1664 Horden Hall, bur. 6 Dec. 1664 St Mary Church, Easington; m. 1 June 1606 St Giles Church, Skelton, Yorkshire, FRANCES GROVES, b. c.1590; bur. 24 Jan. 1636 St Mary Church, Easington, dau. of Thomas Groves of York and Anne Herbert, and had
Lady Julia (née Conyers) Blackett
- see Generation A7
A6) Sir CHRISTOPHER CONYERS, 2nd Baronet of Horden, bap. 28 Mar. 1621 St Mary Church, Easington; bur. there 12 Oct. 1693; m. 2nd 3 Nov. 1666, as her 2nd husband, Hon. JULIA LUMLEY (see D6 below), and had
A7) JULIA CONYERS, bap. 19 May 1668 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street; d. 16 Aug. 1722, bur. 21 Aug. 1722 St John Church, Hampstead, Middlesex; m. 1st 27 Jan. 1685 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, Sir WILLIAM BLACKETT, 1st Baronet of Newcastle-on-Tyne, b. 5 Apr. 1657 Newcastle, bap. 9 Apr. 1657 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle; d. 2 Dec. 1705 London, bur. 29 Dec. 1705 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle, son of Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet of Newcastle-on-Tyne (1621-1680) and Elizabeth Kirkley (d. 1674), and had
A8) JULIA BLACKETT, b. 18 May 1686 Newcastle-on-Tyne, bap. 25 May 1686 St Andrew Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 13 Sept. 1736 Calverley Hall, Yorkshire, bur. 19 Sept. 1736 St Wilfred Church, Calverley; m. 17 Jan. 1707 St Andrew Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Sir WALTER CALVERLEY, 1st Baronet of Calverley, bap. 16 Jan. 1670 St Wilfred Church, Calverley; d. 15 Oct. 1749, bur. St Wilfred Church, Calverley, son of Walter Calverley of Calverley Hall (1629-1691, descended from Edward III) and Frances Thompson (1639-1721, descended from Edward I), and had
Lady Julia (née Calverley) Trevelyan
- see Generation A9
A9) JULIA CALVERLEY, b. 20 May 1714 Calverley Hall, bap. 17 June 1714 All Saints Church, Otley, Yorkshire; d. 28 Dec. 1787; m. 29 Jan. 1733 St Oswald Church, Guiseley, Yorkshire, Sir GEORGE TREVELYAN, 3rd Baronet of Nettlecombe, bap. 18 Nov. 1707 St Mary Church, Nettlecombe, Somersetshire; d. 11 Sept. 1768 Nettlecombe Court, bur. 20 Sept. 1768 St Mary Church, Nettlecombe, son of Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet of Nettlecombe (1670-1755, descended from Edward III) and Susanna Warren (d. 1718), and had
A10) SUSANNA TREVELYAN, b. Leyhill, Payhembury, Devon, bap. 19 Nov. 1736 St Mary Church, Payhembury; bur. 23 Apr. 1780 St Crux Church, York, Yorkshire; m. 5 Feb. 1764 St Crux Church, York, JOHN HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, bap. 28 June 1727 St Mary Church, Bridlington, Yorkshire; d. Oct. 1772, bur. St Magnus Church, Bessingby, son of Benjamin Hudson of Bridlington, merchant (d. 1761) and Elizabeth Wilson, and had a dau A11 and a son B11 (see below)
Susanna (née Trevelyan) Hudson
- see Generation A10
A11) JULIA ELIZABETH HUDSON, bap. 19 Dec. 1764 Holy Trinity Kings Square, York; d. 13 May 1829 Bessingby Hall, bur. 16 May 1829 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; m. 20 Jan. 1783 St Giles Church, Netherwitton, Northumberland, CHRISTOPHER SOULSBY of Hallington Hall, St John Lee, Northumberland, bap. 28 Dec. 1754 St Helen Church, Longhorsley, Northumberland; bur. 29 Jan. 1814 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee, only son of Ralph Soulsby of Hallington Hall (1723-1769) and Mary Fenwick (1731-1771, descended from Edward III), and had
A12) CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SOULSBY of Hallington Hall, bap. 14 July 1794 St John of Beverley Church, St John Lee; d. 28 Oct. 1842 Bessingby Hall; m. 1 Nov. 1825 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, his first cousin, ANNE HUDSON (see B12 below), and had
A13) HELEN MARY CHARLOTTE SOULSBY (1828-1904-see details above)
Soulsby coat of arms

B11) Capt. HARRINGTON HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, M.P. Helton 1818-26, b. 11 Apr. 1772 Bessingby Hall, bap. 12 Apr. 1772 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. there 29 Nov. 1826, bur. there 7 Dec. 1826; m. 26 Oct. 1795 St Mary Church, East Raynham, Norfolk, Lady ANNE TOWNSHEND, b. 1 Feb. 1775 Marylebone, London, bap. 10 Mar. 1775 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. there 2 Apr. 1818, est dau. of George, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Anne Montgomery (1754-1819), and had
B12) ANNE HUDSON, b. 10 Feb. 1797 Marylebone, London, bap. 14 Mar. 1797 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. 6 June 1839 Bessingby Hall; m. 1 Nov. 1825 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, her first cousin, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SOULSBY of Hallington Hall (see A12 above)

C2) Sybil Lumley (c.1480-by 1526) m. William, 9th Lord Hilton (d. by 1537), and had
Hedworth of Harraton coat of arms
C3) ANNE HILTON, b. c.1515; d. unknown; m. Sir RALPH HEDWORTH of Harraton Hall, Chester-le-Street, Durham, b. c.1517; d. by 12 Feb. 1566 (when inventory of goods was taken), son of John Hedworth of Harraton Hall (d. 1534) and Ellen Hoton, and had
C4) JOHN HEDWORTH of Harraton Hall, b. c.1537; bur. 15 Jan. 1600 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street; m. c.1560, JANE BELLASIS, b. c.1535; bur. 25 Feb. 1601 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street, dau. of Richard Bellasis of Henknoll (c.1489-1540) and Margery Errington (d. 1587), and had
C5) ANNE HEDWORTH, b. c.1565; d. unknown; m. 4 Nov. 1586 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street, as his 2nd wife, CHRISTOPHER CONYERS of Horden Hall (see A4 above)

D2) Richard, 4th Lord Lumley (by 1478-1510) m. Anne Conyers (1469-1530, descended from Edward III), and had
D3) Anthony Lumley (d. bef.1587) m. --- Grey, and had
D4) ROGER LUMLEY of Durham, b. c.1550; d. Great North Gate, Durham, bur. 30 Mar. 1606 St Mary-le-Bow Durham; m. 28 Sept. 1578 St Oswald Church, Durham, ANNE KYRKEMAN, d. aft.1616, and had
Hon. Julia (née Lumley) Conyers
- see Generation D6
D5) RICHARD, 1st Viscount LUMLEY of Waterford, bap. 7 Apr. 1589 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street; d. by 12 Mar. 1663 (when will was proved), bur. St Dunstan Church, Cheam, Surrey; m. 1st by 1617, FRANCES (SHELLEY) HOLLAND, bap. 21 Nov. 1592 Warminghurst, Sussex; bur. 10 Mar. 1627 St John the Baptist Church, Westbourne, Sussex, widow of William Holland of Steyning (1590-1615), and dau. of Henry Shelley of Warminghurst (1554-1623, descended from Edward I) and his 2nd wife Barbara Cromer (c.1562-1612, descended from Edward I), and had
D6) Hon. JULIA LUMLEY, bap. 12 Aug. 1624 St John the Baptist Church, Westbourne; d. 21 May 1691, bur. St Peter Church, Racton, Sussex; m. 2nd 3 Nov. 1666, as his 2nd wife, Sir CHRISTOPHER CONYERS, 2nd Baronet of Horden (see A6 above)

The next blogpost will look at some of the additional Edward III lines behind Helen Portal's parents, Christopher Thomas Soulsby and Anne née Hudson.

Cheers,                                      ------Brad