{30} Edward IV Descents for Agnes Mary (née Eyston) Western (1870-1961)

Agnes Mary (née Blount) Eyston (1834-1918)
as a young girl at Mapledurham House

Through her ancestor Charles II, Agnes Mary Eyston, the second wife of Col.. Charles M.T. Western, has two lines of descent from Edward IV through his eldest legitimate child Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII. In addition, through her father, Agnes has a definite descent from Edward IV's illegitimate son Arthur Plantagent, Viscount Lisle, and through her mother she has a probable descent from Edward IV's illegitimate daughter Dame Margaret Lumley.

CHARLES JOHN EYSTON of Hendred House, East Hendred, Berkshire [today, Oxfordshire], b. Bath, Somersetshire, bap. 5 Nov. 1817 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d. there 19 Feb. 1883, bur. 23 Feb. 1883 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, son of Charles Eyston of Hendred House (1790-1857, descended from Edward III) and Maria Teresa Metcalfe (1791-1848, descended from Edward IV - see Generation A11 below); m. 10 Sept. 1863 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire, AGNES MARY BLOUNT, b. 28 Mar. 1834 Mapledurham House, bap. there 30 Mar. 1834; d. 29 Jan. 1918 The Coppice, Finchampstead, Berkshire, bur. 2 Feb. 1918 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred, 5th dau. of Michael Henry Blount of Mapledurham House (1789-1874, descended from Edward IV - see Generation B12 below) and his 1st wife Hon. Elizabeth Anne Mary Petre (1798-1848, descended from Charles II), and had issue, three sons and two daughters.

Ruvigny's account of the Eystons of Hendred on p. 375 of his 1905 Clarence volume

Issue of Charles John and Agnes Mary (Blount) Eyston:

1) THOMAS MORE EYSTON of Hendred House, b. there 18 Aug. 1864, bap. same day St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d. unm. (after an accident while hunting with the Craven hounds) 25 Mar. 1889 Hendred House, bur. St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred.

2) MARY WINEFRIDE EYSTON, b. 13 Jan. 1866 Hendred House, bap. 15 Jan. 1886 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d.s.p. 14 Mar. 1920 Reading, Berkshire; m. 14 May 1901 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, NOEL HAY MORRELL of Moulsford, Berkshire, b. 18 Nov. 1874 Cae Mawr House, Clyro, Radnorshire, Wales, bap. 18 Apr. 1875 St Michael Church, Clyro; d.s.p. (of a gunshot wound to the chest while hunting alone) 15 Sept. 1906 Pensarn, Merionethshire, Wales, bur. 19 Sept. 1906 St John the Baptist Church, Moulsford, 8th son of Hopewell Baker Morrell of Moulsford (1836-1908) and Louisa Foote Hay (1837-1920).

Eyston of Hendred coat of arms

3) JOHN JOSEPH EYSTON of Hendred House, b. there 15 Mar. 1867, bap. 17 Mar. 1867 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d. 7 June 1916 Hendred House, bur. 10 June 1916 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred; m. 15 Oct. 1890 St James Spanish Place, Marylebone, London, ELIZABETH DUNN, b. 21 Feb. 1866 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland; d. 29 Jan. 1951 Kingston Bagpuize, Berkshire, only dau. of George Dunn of Bath House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1815-1873) and Marianne Young (c.1843-1936), and had issue, one son and three daughters.

4) CHARLES TURBERVILE EYSTON of The Cottage, Buckland, Berkshire, b. 7 Mar. 1868 Hendred House, bap. 8 Mar. 1868 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d. 23 July 1938 The Cottage, Buckland; m. 25 Nov. 1896 St James Spanish Place, Marylebone, London, FLORENCE MARION DUFFIELD, b. 1864 Marcham Park, Berkshire; d. 6 Apr. 1943 Abingdon, Berkshire, only dau. of Charles Philip Duffield of Marcham Park (1831-1889, descended from Edward III) and Penelope Graham (1836-1907), and had issue, one son.

Western coat of arms

5) AGNES MARY EYSTON, b. 13 Aug. 1870 Hendred House, bap. 14 Aug. 1870 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d.s.p. there 5 Jan. 1961, bur. St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; m. 23 Sept. 1902 Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & St Gregory, Warwick Street, Soho, London, as his 2nd wife, Col. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of The Coppice, Finchampstead, Berkshire, Colonel Royal Field Artillery 1805-13, b. 2 Sept. 1855 Bath; d. (on a fishing trip) 1 Sept. 1913 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, bur. 11 Sept. 1913 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, est son of Charles Maximilian Thomas Western of Bath (1824-1894, descended from Edward III) and Harriet Balfour (1835-1915, descended from James V).

The two lines are as follows. Line A is definite. Line B is my own speculation at generations B3 & B7 (see footnotes). I'll be curious to hear any thoughts about it.

1st Viscount Lisle - see
Generation A1

Edward IV, by two different mistresses, had a son A1 & a dau B1 (see below)
A1) ARTHUR PLANTAGENET, 1st Viscount Lisle, b. c.1480; d. 3 Mar. 1542 Tower of London, bur. St Peter ad Vincula Chapel, Tower of London; m. 1st 13 Nov. 1511, ELIZABETH GREY, 6th Lady Lisle, b. c.1484; d. by 1526, dau. of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle (c.1435-1492, descended from Edward I) and Elizabeth Talbot, 3rd Lady Lisle (1451-1487, descended from Edward I), and had
A2) Hon. FRANCES PLANTAGENET, b. c.1515; d. before 1583; m. 2nd, as his 1st wife, THOMAS MONCK of Potheridge House, Merton, Devon, b. c.1515; d. by 20 Aug. 1583 (when administration of his estate was granted), son of Anthony Monck of Potheridge House (d. 1545) and Elizabeth Wood, and had
A3) ANTHONY MONCK of Potheridge House, b. c.1545; d. 1620; m. 13 Sept. 1568, MARY ARSCOTT, bur. 30 Jan. 1575 St Peter Church, Ashwater, Devon, dau. of Richard Arscott of Ashwater (d. 1578) and Margaret Fitz, and had

Stucley of Affeton coat of arms

A4) FRANCES MONCK, b. 15 June 1571 Ashwater, Devon, bap. 22 June 1571 St Peter Church, Ashwater; d. after 1620; m. (lic. 9 Feb. 1596 Exeter, Devon), Sir LEWIS STUCLEY of Affeton Castle, West Worlington, Devon, b. c.1570, bur. 30 May 1620 St Mary Church, West Worlington, son of John Stucley of Affeton Castle (by 1550-1610) and his 1st wife Frances St Leger (c.1550-by 1597, descended from Edward III), and had
A5) JOHN STUCLEY of Affeton Castle, b. Potheridge House, bapt. 24 Apr. 1597 All Saints Church, Merton, Devon; d. 31 Jan. 1638; m. 2nd 12 Sept. 1625 St Wenna Church, Morval, Cornwall, ELIZABETH COODE, b. c.1605; d. unknown, dau. of William Coode of Morval House (1573-1655) and Loveday Kendall (c.1575-1613, descended from Edward III), and had
A6) MARY STUCLEY, bap. 31 Oct. 1630 St Mary & Holy Trinity Church, Buckland Filleigh, Devon; d. unknown; m. by 1657, JOHN COURTENAY of Molland, b. 1630; d. 24 Apr. 1684, bur. 4 May 1684 St Mary Church, Molland, son of John Courtenay of Molland (c.1602-1661, descended from Edward III) and Margaret Wyndham (c.1610-1684, descended from Edward I), and had
A7) JOHN COURTENAY of Molland, bap. 23 Sept. 1659 St Mary Church, Molland; d. 14 Sept. 1724 West Molland Barton, bur. 18 Sept. 1724 St Mary Church, Molland; m. (lic. 3 Oct.) 1681, Hon. AMY CLIFFORD, b. Ugbrook Park, Chudleigh, Devon, bap. 23 June 1661 St Martin & St Mary Church, Chudleigh; bur. 7 Dec. 1693 St Mary Church, Molland, 3rd dau. of Thomas, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1630-1673, descended from Edward III and from Thomas, Lord Cromwell) and Elizabeth Martin (d. 1709), and had

Mary (née Courtenay) Paston
- see Generation A8

A8) MARY COURTENAY, b. Jan. 1687 West Molland Barton, bap. 1 Feb. 1687 St Mary Church, Molland; d. 29 Oct. 1747 Horton Court, Gloucestershire, bur. 31 Oct. 1747 St James Church, Horton; m. WILLIAM PASTON of Horton Court, b. 1700; d. 11 Jan. 1769 Horton Court, bur. 14 Jan. 1769 St James Church, Horton, son of John Paston of Horton Court (1669-1737, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Frances Tichborne (c.1675-1712, descended from Edward III), and had
A9) ANNA MARIA PASTON, b. 22 Jan. 1728 Horton Court; d. 20 Oct. 1791 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, bur. 22 Oct. 1791 St Mary Church, Abergavenny; m. 21 June 1748 St James Church, Arlington, Devon, Sir GEORGE THROCKMORTON of Weston House, Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, Heir of Coughton Court, b. 1721; d. 30 Aug. 1767, son of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet of Coughton (1702-1791, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Lady Theresa Herbert (c.1700-1723, descended from Edward III), and had

Metcalfe of Brigg coat of arms

A10) TERESA THROCKMORTON, b. Weston House, bap. 28 Feb. 1759 St Laurence Church, Weston Underwood; d. 24 Sept. 1824 Hendred House, bur. 2 Oct. 1724 St George Catholic Church, Buckland, Berkshire; m. 28 Aug. 1789 St George Catholic Church, Buckland, THOMAS PETER METCALFE of Bath, b. 4 July 1756 Brigg, Lincolnshire; d. 21 Oct. 1793 Bath, only son of Peter Metcalfe of Brigg (d. 1757) and Bridget More (c.1735-1797, descended from Edward III and from St Thomas More), and had
A11) MARIA TERESA METCALFE, b. 6 Feb. 1791 Bath, bap. same day St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square, Bath; d. 19 Mar. 1848 Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton, Gloucestershire; m. 13 Oct. 1814 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square, Bath, CHARLES EYSTON of Hendred House, b. 17 May 1790 Milton House, Berkshire, bap. 18 May 1790 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Milton House; d. 24 Feb. 1857 London, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton, Gloucestershire, est son of Basil Eyston of Hendred House (1749-1817, descended from Edward III) and Mary Jane Huddleston (1765-1847, descended from Edward III), and had
A12) CHARLES JOHN EYSTON of Hendred House (1817-1883-see details above) m. Agnes Mary Blount (see B13 below), and had
A13) AGNES MARY EYSTON (1870-1961-see details above) m. Col. Charles M.T. Western

Lumley coat of arms

B1) Margaret Plantagenet, illegit. (b. c.1462) m. Sir Thomas Lumley (c.1462-1503, descended from Edward III), and had
B2) Anne Lumley m. 1) Robert, 4th Baron Ogle (c.1490-1532, descended from Edward III), and had
B3) Agnes Ogle [*1] m. Sir John Delaval of Seaton Delaval Hall (by 1523-1572), and had
B4) Sir Robert Delaval of Seaton Delaval Hall (by 1542-1607) m. Dorothy Gray (c.1554-bef.1600, descended from Edward III), and had
B5) Robert Delaval of Cowpen (c.1580-1629) m. Alice Riddell (d. aft.1646), and had
B7) ELIZABETH DELAVAL, bap. 11 Aug. 1623 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland; d. after 1685[*2]; m. by 1653, WILLIAM BLOUNT of Kidmore End, Oxfordshire, b. c.1622; d. 1676, son of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham House (1564-1628) and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Moore, and had
B8) LYSTER BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 1654; d. 25 June 1710 Mapledurham House, bur. 29 June 1710 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. by 1687, MARTHA ENGLEFIELD, b. 1663; d. 31 Mar. 1743, bur. 6 Apr. 1743 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, dau. of Anthony Englefield of Whiteknights House (1637-1712, descended from Edward III) and Alice Stokes, and had
B9) MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. there 26 Mar. 1693, bap. same day St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; d. Tichborne House, Hampshire, bur. there 2 Nov. 1739; m. 1715, MARY AGNES TICHBORNE, b. c.1691 (in her 86th year at death); d. 19 May 1777 Mapledurham House, bur. 24 May 1777 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, est. dau. of Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, 4th Baronet of Tichborne (c.1665-1743, descended from Edward III) and Mary Kempe (1674-1755, descended from Edward III), and had
B10) MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 24 Apr. 1719 Mapledurham House; d. there 5 Feb. 1792, bur. 13 Feb. 1792 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 16 Aug. 1742, MARY EUGENIA STRICKLAND, b. 10 July 1723; d. 12 Dec. 1765 Mapledurham House, dau. of Mannock John Strickland of Bloomsbury, London (1683-1744, descended from Edward III) and Mary Wright (c.1700-1750, descended from Edward III), and had

Blount of Mapledurham coat of arms,
with interior coat of arms of a Petre spouse

B11) MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 4 July 1743 Bloomsbury, London; d. 29 Oct. 1821 Portman Square, London, bur. 6 Nov. 1821 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 2nd 27 Aug. 1787 St Marylebone Parish Church, London, CATHERINE (PETRE) WRIGHT, b. 20 Dec. 1760 Bellhouse, Stanford Rivers, Essex; d. 18 Jan. 1845 Hampstead, Middlesex, bur. 27 Jan. 1845 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, widow of Francis Wright of Bedford Square (1752-1786, descended from Edward III), and dau. of John Petre of Bellhouse (1737-1762, descended from Edward III) and Frances Manby (1729-1787, descended from Edward III), and had
B12) MICHAEL HENRY BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 8 Aug. 1789 Portman Square, London; d. 3 Sept. 1874 Mapledurham House, bur. 10 Sept. 1874 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 1st 15 May 1817 Grosvenor Square, London, Hon. ELIZABETH ANNE MARY PETRE, b. 12 Dec. 1798 at Grosvenor Square; d. 4 Mar. 1848 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, bur. 11 Mar. 1848 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, 4th dau. of Robert Edward, 10th Baron Petre (1763-1809, descended from Charles II) and Mary Bridget Howard (1767-1843, descended from James II of Scotland), and had
B13) AGNES MARY BLOUNT (1834-1918-see details above) m. Charles John Eyston of Hendred House (see A12 above)

Ogle coat of arms

[*1] Most online databases, including Roglo and Genealogics, make 'Anne' Ogle, the wife of Sir John Delaval, a daughter of Ralph, 3rd Baron Ogle (1468-1513) and Margaret Gascoigne. The genealogist W. Percy Hedley in his Northumberland Families, in both his Ogle and Lisle articles, says that Anne, daughter of the 3rd Baron Ogle, married first Humphrey Lisle of Felton, who died before 1542, then married Sir John Delaval (d. 1572). Hedley in his Ogle article (p. 149): "The 1563/4 visitation pedigree only credits Ralph, [3rd] lord Ogle, with one child, a son Robert, but the 1575 pedigree gives him two other sons William and John, and three daughters...Anne wife of Humfrey, son and heir to sir William Lisle" later on p. 151, Hedley says, "The early visitation pedigrees of the Ogle family are very inconsistent about the sons of the 4th baron and his wife Anne Lumley. The pedigree of 1563/4 has internal evidence that it was very out of date at the time of this visitation...The 1575 pedigree, on the other hand, is completely up to date...This pedigree can therefore be taken as reasonably accurate in respect of the children of the 4th lord. These are given as" four sons Ralph (died young), Robert the 5th Lord, Thomas (died young), Owen (4th son) and one daughter "Agnes".

Ogle pedigree from 1575 Visitation of the North
[As published by the Surtees Society]

The Ogle pedigree from the 1575 Visitation is on p. 88-89 of Visitation of the North Part IV. It does give a daughter to the 3rd Baron "Anne maried to Humfrey son and heir to Sir William Lisle", and a daughter to the 4th Baron "Agnes", with no marriage. No mention of any marriage to a Sir John Delaval. Hedley in his Lisle article (p. 226) says that Sir William Lisle and his son Humphrey participated in several raids in 1527, freeing prisoners from the gaol at Newcastle, stealing cattle from the sheriff of Northumberland, etc. This led to Sir William's execution in April 1528, when "Humphrey and apparently his younger brother were pardoned on account of their youth". Hedley assumed Humphrey Lisle was only about thirteen years old in 1521 when the canons of Bridlington "asserted themselves and occupied the tithe corn and when sir William heard of this 'he sent his son and servant (called Jowsey) to turn them out; on which they killed him (the canon) with their swords'". No father would send a 13-year-old son to deal with a hot button issue like that. Maybe an 18-year-old son. This evidence suggests that Humphrey was born no later than 1503.

Delaval of Seaton coat of arms

Hedley's Delaval article is basically taken word-for-word from the 1909 Delaval pedigree in History of Northumberland Volume 9. There, Sir John Delaval "was 40 years of age at his father's death" (so born by 1523). He couldn't have been born much before that date as his father was "born 16 April 1498". Sir John's wife is "Anne, or Agnes, widow of Sir Humphrey Lisle, and dau. of Ralph, Lord Ogle", and cites "Flower's Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4" as it's source. The original pedigrees taken by the herald William Flower in 1563/4 and 1567 were published in Visitations of the North Part II. There is neither a Delaval nor an Ogle pedigree. So actually what HoN used in 1909 was the Harleain Society's Delaval pedigree from it's 1881 Visitation of Yorkshire, where "John Delavale Esquyer = Agnes doter of the Lord Ogle".

Given that: a) the latest that Anne Ogle, daughter of the 3rd Baron Ogle, could have been born is 1513 (the year he died); b) all chronological evidence points to the children of the 3rd Lord Ogle born earlier than that, in the timespan of 1490 to 1505; c) Humphrey Lisle of Felton appears to have been born no later than 1503; d) Sir John Delaval appears to have been born a full generation later, in the early 1520s; e) so far there isn't a 16th-century original document that confirms Lisle and Delaval were married to the same lady; and f) the (presumably 16th-century) source of the 1881 Harleain Society Delaval pedigree states that Sir John Delaval's wife's first name not 'Anne' but 'Agnes', and we know that the 4th Lord Ogle had a daughter by that name who works perfectly chronologically - I'm going on the assumption in my database that the 3rd Lord Ogle had a daughter Anne married to Humphrey Lisle of Felton (c.1503-bef.1542), and the 4th Lord Ogle's daughter Agnes was the one who was married to Sir John Delaval (by 1523-1572).

[*2] The most recent pedigree of the Blounts of Mapledurham can be found in BLG 17th Edition (1952), p. 2158, sub Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange. It states that William Blount of Kidmore End (d. 1676) married "Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Ralph Delaval, Bt., of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland". Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet was born 13 October 1622, and Lyster Blount, the son of William Blount & Elizabeth Delaval, was born in 1654. It's chronologically impossible for a man born in 1654 to have been the grandson of one born in 1622. So William Blount's wife Elizabeth cannot have been the daughter of the first, or any subsequent, Delaval baronet.

Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland

The 1909 Delaval pedigree in HoN (followed by Hedley) doesn't show any Delaval daughter married to a William, or any, Blount. The 1979 book Village Education in Nineteenth-Century Oxfordshire by Pamela Horn (available on snippet view thru Google Books) states on p. 52, that William Blount's wife Elizabeth "was daughter of Sir Ralph Delaval of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland", and that Elizabeth Delaval Blount was living in 1685, a widow and a Papist.

Going back to the 1909 Delaval pedigree, Sir Ralph Delaval (by 1577-1628), the grandfather of the 1st Baronet, did have a daughter Elizabeth, born in 1615, but per the pedigree, she died unmarried in 1629, a month before her 14th birthday. Looking closely at the pedigree, the likeliest Elizabeth Delaval to have been the wife of William Blount, is Sir Ralph Delaval's niece Elizabeth, "baptized 11th August, 1623; living unmarried, 2nd August, 1650", a daughter of his younger brother Robert Delaval of Cowpen. This works well chronologically, as William Blount could not have been born prior to 1620 (his father's first wife died in November 1619), and Lyster Blount, the couple's elder son, was born in 1654, just four years after Elizabeth Delaval was reported living unmarried. This is how I have it in my database, with a note that further research is needed.

The daughters of Robert Delaval,
from the 1909 pedigree in History of Northumberland

Luckily, my conjectural Line B above is the trickiest of Agnes Mary Eyston Western's ancestral lines. My next post will look in detail at the Edward III lines for Maria Teresa Metcalfe (see A11 above), who is a descendant of St Thomas More through her father, and of his adversary Thomas, Lord Cromwell, through her mother.

Cheers,                                 ------Brad

{29} Charles II Descent for Agnes Mary (née Eyston) Western (1870-1961)

Eyston of Hendred coat of arms
[Sable three lions rampant, or]

Agnes Mary Eyston, the second wife of Col. Charles Maximilian Thomas Western (1855-1913), has fascinating lines of descent. She has among her ancestors both St. Thomas More and his adversary Thomas, Lord Cromwell, as well as Elizabeth I's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham, and most of the leading Catholic noble & gentry families of the 18th-century. Through her maternal grandmother, she descends from Charles II's illegitimate daughter Mary (Tudor), Countess of Derwentwater. Agnes was born in 1870 at Hendred House in Oxfordshire, which has been the seat of the Eyston family for nearly 600 years, the youngest of her parents' five children. Her father died when Agnes was twelve, and she became the primary caretaker of her widowed mother, who suffered from blindness the last twenty years of her life. In 1902 in London, at age 32, Agnes married the widower Maj. Charles M.T. Western, and together with Agnes's mother they dwelled in a house called The Coppice, in Finchampstead, Berkshire. In 1913, Col. Western died suddenly while on a fishing trip in Norway, and Agnes was once again left with her elderly mother, who died six years later. Agnes survived her husband almost fifty years, never remarrying. When her great-nephew inherited Mapledurham House from her mother's family the Blounts in 1943, Agnes took up permanent residence at her birthplace Hendred House, where she died in 1961 at age 90. She is buried in the churchyard of St Mary Church, the Catholic church in East Hendred founded by the Eystons.

Hendred House, Oxfordshire, seat of the Eyston family since the mid-15th century

AGNES MARY EYSTON, b. 13 Aug. 1870 Hendred House, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, bap. 14 Aug. 1870 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d.s.p. there 5 Jan. 1961, bur. St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred, dau. of Charles John Eyston of Hendred House (1817-1883, descended from Edward IV) and Agnes Mary Blount (1834-1918, descended from Charles II - see Generation 7 below); m. 23 Sept. 1902 Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & St Gregory, Warwick Street, Soho, London, as his 2nd wife, Col. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of The Coppice, Finchampstead, Berkshire, Colonel Royal Field Artillery 1805-13, b. 2 Sept. 1855 Bath, Somersetshire; d. (on a fishing trip) 1 Sept. 1913 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, bur. 11 Sept. 1913 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, est son of Charles Maximilian Thomas Western of Bath (1824-1894, descended from Edward III) and Harriet Balfour (1835-1915, descended from James V).

Agnes is an 8th-generation descendant of Charles II.

Mary (née Tudor), Countess of
Derwentwater - see Generation 1

CHARLES II = Mary Davies (c.1651-1708), and had a dau
1) Lady MARY TUDOR, illegit., b. 16 Oct. 1673; d. 5 Nov. 1726 Paris, France; m. 1st 18 Aug. 1687,  EDWARD RADCLIFFE, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater, b. 9 Dec. 1655; d. 29 Apr. 1705 London, est son of Francis Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Derwentwater (1625-1696, descended from Edward III) and Katherine Fenwick (descended from Edward III), and had
2) JAMES RADCLIFFE, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, b. 26 June 1689 Piccadilly, London; d. (executed) 24 Feb. 1716 Tower Hill, London, bur. Dalston Chapel, Northumberland; m. 10 July 1712, ANNA MARIA WEBB, b. 1693; d. 19 Aug. 1723 Brussels, Belgium, est dau. of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet of Odstock (c.1670-1745, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Hon. Barbara Bellasis (c.1673-1740, descended from Edward III), and had
3) Lady ANNA MARIA BARBARA RADCLIFFE, b. 1716; d. 31 Mar. 1760 Ingatestone Hall, Essex, bur. 4 Apr. 1760 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone; m. 2 May 1732 St Pauls Cathedral, London, ROBERT JAMES PETRE, 8th Baron Petre of Writtle, b. 3 June 1713; d. 2 July 1742, bur. 8 July 1782 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone, est son of Robert, 7th Baron Petre (1690-1713, descended from Edward III) and Catherine Walmesley (1698-1785, descended from Edward III), and had

4) ROBERT EDWARD PETRE, 9th Baron Petre of Writtle, b. Feb. 1742; d. 2 July 1801 Westminster, London, bur. 9 July 1801 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone; m. 1st 19 Apr. 1762 Golden Square, London, ANNE HOWARD, b. 29 Aug. 1742; d. 15 Jan. 1787 Thorndon Hall, West Thorndon, Essex, bur. 23 Jan. 1787 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone, dau. of Philip Howard of Buckenham House (1689-1750, descended from James II of Scotland) and his 2nd wife Henrietta Blount (1708-1782, descended from Edward III), and had

10th Baron Petre - see
Generation 5

5) ROBERT EDWARD PETRE, 10th Baron Petre of Writtle, b. 2 Sept. 1763 Thorndon Hall, bap. there 3 Sept. 1763; d. 28 Mar. 1809, bur. 6 Apr. 1809 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone; m. 14 Feb. 1786, MARY BRIDGET HOWARD, b. 29 Sept. 1767 Worksop, Nottinghamshire; d. 30 May 1843, bur. 5 June 1843 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone, dau. of Henry Howard of Glossop (1713-1787, descended from James II of Scotland) and Juliana Molyneux (c.1745-1808, descended from Edward III), and had
6) Hon. ELIZABETH ANNE MARY PETRE, b. 12 Dec. 1798 at Grosvenor Square, London; d. 4 Mar. 1848 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, bur. 11 Mar. 1848 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire; m. 15 May 1817 Grosvenor Square, as his 1st wife, MICHAEL HENRY BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 8 Aug. 1789 London; d. 3 Sept. 1874 Mapledurham House, bur. 10 Sept. 1874 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, son of Michael Blount of Mapledurham House (1743-1821, possibly descended from Edward IV) and his 2nd wife Catherine Petre (1760-1845, descended from Edward III), and had

St Mary Catholic Church,
East Hendred

7) AGNES MARY BLOUNT, b. 28 Mar. 1834 Mapledurham House, bap. there 30 Mar. 1834; d. 29 Jan. 1918 The Coppice, Finchampstead, bur. 2 Feb. 1918 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; m. 10 Sept. 1863 St Michael the Archangel Chapel, Mapledurham House, CHARLES JOHN EYSTON of Hendred House, b. Hendred House, bap. 5 Nov. 1817 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d. there 19 Feb. 1883, bur. 23 Feb. 1883 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, son of Charles Eyston of Hendred House (1790-1857, descended from Edward III) and Maria Teresa Metcalfe (1791-1848, descended from Edward IV), and had
8) AGNES MARY EYSTON (1870-1961-see details above) m. Col. Charles M.T. Western

Since there were several intermarriages between the Petre and Howard families in the 18th and 19th centuries, I'll explore in detail the remaining ancestry of the parents of Hon. Elizabeth Anne Mary (Petre) Blount when I return to the Howards of Norfolk and their spouses.

My next post will cover the Edward IV descents of the parents of Agnes Mary (Eyston) Western.

Cheers,                             --------Brad

{28} Edward III Descents for Charles M. T. Western, Postmaster of Bath (1824-1894)

Abington Hall, seat of the Western family in the 18th century

For over one hundred fifty years, from 1790 to 1947, there were four successive generations of fathers and sons who bore the name of Charles Maximilian Thomas Western, all of whom appear on p. 307 of Ruvigny's 1908 Essex volume. The Western family came to prominence in London in the 17th-century. Thomas Western (1623-1707) was a wealthy grocer and ironmonger who purchased the estate of Rivenhall Place in Essex in 1692, and made it his country seat. In 1697, he purchased Abington Hall in Great Abington, Cambridgeshire, and earmarked it for his third son Maximilian Western (1656-1720). Abington Hall was the seat of Maximilian's branch of the Western family until it was sold in 1784 by his great-grandson Rev. Charles Western. Rev. Western was the father of the first Charles Maximilian Thomas Western, a military officer who began his career in March 1807 at age 16 as an ensign with the 6th Infantry Regiment. Nine months later in November 1807, Portugal was invaded by a French army (under orders from Napoleon), which launched the Peninsular War, and the first English victory at the Battle of Rolica in August 1808. Charles was promoted to lieutenant with the 29th Infantry (aka Worcestershire) Regiment in May 1809, which assigned him to act as a training-liaison officer to an elite Portuguese Light Cavalry force, the 8th Cacadores. Under the command of Sir Dudley St Leger Hill, the 8th Cacadores stormed Badajoz in April 1812, participated in the battle of Salamanca in July were in the Burgos retreat, where they lost half their number during the passage of the Carrion river valley. Charles was severely wounded at the battle of Tordesillas on 25 October 1812. He was promoted to Major, cited for distinguished service, and received a pension of £100 per annum. A year later in October 1813 at Lisbon, he married Harriet Clarke, the daughter of Captain Christopher Clarke of Twickenham House, King's County [now County Offaly], Ireland, paymaster to the 40th Regiment of Foot from 1809 till his death in December 1813, and his wife Catherine Stanley, widow of Maj. Brinsley Hewetson, and daughter of James Stanley of Low Park, co. Roscommon.

Battle of Salamanca 22 July 1812

Promoted to captain in 1814, Charles M. T. Western didn't fight in the battle of Waterloo the following year, probably the severe wounds he received at Tordesillas prevented any further active service. He and his wife retreated to the picturesque coastal town of Tavira in southern Portugal, where their first child was born (and sadly died three months later) in May 1815. Capt. Western retired on half pay on Christmas day 1816. Perhaps for reasons of health, he and his wife remained at Tavira. The 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) promoted Charles from half pay to Captain in December 1820, but it was disbanded in Ireland the following year. At some point in the early 1820s, Capt. Western returned with his family to Britain. He was a decorated (Portuguese Order of the Tower and the Sword) war veteran without a family seat - Abington Hall had been sold by his clergyman father six years before his birth. His father was still living, the rector of Kingham in Oxfordshire, with ties to the university, and in his early 60s when his only son retuned home, but Rev. Western must have disapproved of his son's Irish wife. Capt. Western, the reverend's only surviving child, and his family were completely omitted from the will of the reverend, who left his estate solely to his wife, save for a £600 bequest to his brother James Western, a solicitor in Bath. Capt. Western settled in South Mimms, in Hertfordshire, and died there at age 33 in 1824, leaving a 30-year-old widow with two young daughters and an infant namesake son, only weeks old. The death must have been sudden, for, unlike his father, he left no will [*1].

St Stephens Dublin in late 19th-century

On 21 July 1824, two months after the death of her husband, Harriet Western was granted administration of his goods. His estate was estimated at £1,000, not a large amount for a widow with a young family. Her in-laws were of no assistance to her. Rev. Western died in 1835, leaving a widow with a chequered ancestry: Mary Pennyston (née Goostrey) Western, born in Jamaica, the illegitimate daughter of a British officer. Even if the reverend's widow had a more generous attitude towards her only grandchildren, she may not have had the financial ability to help her daughter-in-law to remain in England. It's also possible that Harriet may have preferred to return to Ireland, her birth country, and the good graces of her family there. In 1842 in Dublin, Harriet Western married her first cousin, a prominent general surgeon in his mid-50s: Dr. Richard Thomas Ireland (c.1787-1875), who received his medical doctorate from the University of St Andrews in 1814. Seven years later in 1822, when he successfully requested to be appointed principle medical officer to the police establishment, he claimed to have laboured as assistant medical officer in the district of Dublin for almost twelve years, stretching the amount of time he had spent in Dublin by at least five years. This ability to stretch the years would prove handy to the police surgeon when it came to his marriage, for his daughter Harriet Henrietta Ireland, who married Henry McCluskey in 1855 in Dublin, clearly had to have been born about five years before her parents' marriage. Harriet (Clarke) (Western) Ireland lived to see her two eldest daughters, those with her first husband, marry, and died in 1846 in Dublin, with the administration of her first husband's estate back in London uncertain of her fate as late as 1849, when her mother-in-law Mrs. Western died.

Edinburgh in 1847

Meanwhile, Harriet had sent her son, the second Charles Maximilian Thomas Western to Edinburgh to live with her childless younger sister Lady Jane née Clarke (c.1800-1853) and her husband Sir Edward Smith Lees (1783-1846). Lees had served decades as secretary to the General Post Office, first in Dublin, then, from 1831, in Edinburgh. In the 1841 census of Scotland, 17-year-old Charles Western was a clerk in the General Post Office of Edinburgh, living with his aunt and uncle. In 1844, 20-year-old Charles became the senior representative of the Western family when his kinsman, the politician Lord Western, died a bachelor in his late 70s. But Lord Western left his seat, Rivenhall Place in Essex, to another cousin, 50-year-old Thomas Burch Western, a decorated veteran of the Peninsular War, who had done his lordship cousin a good turn years before. Thomas would use his inheritance of Rivenhall Place as a springboard to a highly successful political career. He became a leading figure in the county, was returned to Parliament, and eventually received a baronetcy. Charles remained in Edinburgh, but instead of following in his father's footsteps with a career in the military, he continued his career with the postal service. When he married in 1850 at the age of 26, he was a surveyor for the General Post Office, a position which had a law enforcement element to it, and so was reflective of his stepfather's position as surgeon to the Dublin police force: in the mid-19th-century, a postal surveyor's duties included not just investigating prospective postal routes, but also investigating a range of crimes against the mail, such as post office robberies and employee assaults, and evasion of payment for postage. His new wife was the youngest daughter of a deceased naval officer from the Orkney Islands, and their first child, a daughter, was born in Edinburgh in 1852. In 1854, Charles moved his wife and daughter to Bath, where he had been appointed Postmaster, replacing the just-deceased Thomas Moore Musgrave, who, during his two decades as Postmaster of Bath, had been a secret agent for the British government. Charles Western was still Postmaster of Bath in the 1861 Census of England, but how long he held the position is uncertain. He seems to have removed to Brighton, then eventually to Italy, where he died in 1894.

Four generations of Charles Maximilian Thomas Western
on p. 307 of Ruvigny's 1908 Essex volume

CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN, Postmaster of Bath, Somersetshire 1854-aft.1861, b. 14 Feb. 1824 South Mimms, Hertfordshire; d. 15 Oct. 1894 Sanremo, Liguria, Italy, only surv. son of Capt. Charles Maximilian Thomas Western (1790-1824, descended from Edward III - see Generation A16 below) and Harriet Stanley Clarke (c.1792-1846); m. 13 Oct. 1850 St John Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, HARRIET BALFOUR, b. Cliffdale House, Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, bap. there 1 Aug. 1835; d. 15 July 1915 Bath, bur. Perrymead Catholic Cemetery, Bath, yst. dau. of Capt. William Balfour, 4th Laird of Trenabie House (1781-1846, descended from James V) and his 2nd wife Mary Margaret Baikie (1795-1869), and had issue, three sons and one daughter.

Issue of Charles M. T. and Harriet (Balfour) Western:

St Mary Church, East Hendred, Oxfordshire

1) MARY HARRIET JANE MARIA WESTERN, b. 25 July 1852 Edinburgh; living 1908 Belgrade, Serbia, d. unknown[*2]; m. 12 June British Embassy/14 June Greek Orthodox Church, Vienna, Austria, Col. KONSTANTIN D. MITRITCHEVITCH, Russian Army, b. c.1848; d. 26 May 1902, and had issue, four sons and two daughters.

2) Maj. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of The Coppice, Finchampstead, Berkshire, Royal Horse Artillery, b. 2 Sept. 1855 Bath; d. 1 Sept. 1913 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, bur. 11 Sept. 1913 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred, Oxfordshire; m. 1st 24 Dec. 1881 Bangalore, Karnataka, India, MAUD MURRAY-AYNSLEY, b. 18 Mar. 1860 Bangalore, bap. there 13 June 1860; d. 3 Mar. 1898 Jalandhar, Punjab, India, bur. there 5 Mar. 1898, dau. of Maj-Gen. Herbert Murray-Aynsley of North Kensington (1826-1887, descended from Henry VII) and Emily Elizabeth Hand (1829-1894), and had issue, two sons and one daughter; m. 2nd 23 Sept. 1902 Westminster, London, AGNES MARY EYSTON, b. 13 Aug. 1870 Hendred House, East Hendred, bap. 14 Aug. 1870 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d.s.p. there 5 Jan. 1961, bur. St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred, dau. of Charles John Eyston of Hendred House (1817-1883, descended from Edward III) and Agnes Mary Blount (1834-1918, descended from Charles II).

3) EDWARD LEES WESTERN of Ceylon, b. 15 July 1857 Bath, bap. 9 Oct. 1857 St Swithin Church, Walcot, Bath; d.s.p. 10 May 1887 "Pansalaterne Estate", Ceylon; m. 15 Oct. 1886 St Peter Church, Colombo, Ceylon, (SARAH) NORAH BROWNE, bap. 15 Aug. 1858 St Andrew Church, Clifton, Gloucestershire; d.s.p. 13 Feb. 1939 Kensington, London, dau. of Nicholas Edward Browne of Plymouth, Devon, collector of customs (c.1803-1886), and his 2nd wife Catherine Frances Gibson (c.1819-1906).

4) Maj-Gen. Sir WILLIAM GEORGE BALFOUR WESTERN, KCMG (1919), CB, of St Benedicts, Exmouth, served in Egypt, India and South Africa before 1914; at Gallipoli, served at Mudros until appointed Major-General in charge of Administration, Southern Command 1916, b. 2 May 1861 Bath, bap. 14 June 1861 St Mary Church, Bathwick, Somersetshire; d. unm. 9 Jan. 1936 Exmouth, bur. 13 Jan. 1936 St John in the Wilderness Churchyard, Exmouth.

[*1] My primary source for the life of Capt. Charles M.T. Western is a very through online account compiled in 2004 by Peter Western and James Quinn, two of the Captain's descendants.

Ruvigny's 1908 account of the Mitritschevitsch family on p. 307 of his Essex volume

[*2] Ruvigny in 1908 seems to be the final British genealogist to have traced Mary (née Western) Mitritchevitch (the surname as spelled by the press in her marriage announcement). The marquis provides the date of death for Col. Mitritschevitsch (as spelled by Ruvigny), as well as lists the couple's six children, with full dates and places of birth - clearly, he had his information directly from the family. A search in British Newspapers Online resulted in only two instances of the surname (under either spelling) - the 1882 marriage announcement and an account of the 1933 murder in Belgrade of "a wealthy old woman named Mrs. Draga Mitritchevitch...one of the largest private shareholders of the Yugoslav National Bank, and had large property holdings in Central Belgrade and in the provincial towns of Serbia. Since she divorced her husband 40 years ago, she had become a man-hater" ['Goose as Watchdog: Fate of an Eccentric Man-Hater', Nottingham Evening Post, February 7th, 1933]. Mary would have converted to the Eastern Orthodox faith on her marriage to the colonel, and possibly have taken a new given name. One online genealogy database has Mary Mitritchevitch as dying "about 1930": could the wealthy Draga Mitritchevitch murdered in Belgrade in 1933 be the Mary Mitritschevitsch reported by Ruvigny as living a widow in Belgrade in 1908? Without any further hits on the surname, I've run into an online brick wall.

Major Western has five separate lines of descent from Edward III thru his paternal grandfather, the first Charles Maximilian Thomas Western.

Edward III had 4 sons A1, C1, D1 & E1 (see below)
A1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun (1366-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
A2) Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham (1383-1438) m. 3) William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (c.1374-1420), and had 2 sons A3 & B3 (see below)
A3) John Bourchier, 1st Lord Berners (c.1411-1474) m. Margery Berners (1409-1475), and had
A4) Sir Humphrey Bourchier, Heir of Berners (1443-1471) m. Elizabeth Tilney (1446-1497), and had

2nd Lord Berners 
- see Generation A5

A5) John Bourchier, 2nd Lord Berners (1467-1533) m. Lady Katherine Howard (c.1468-1536, descended from Edward I), and had
A6) Jane Bourchier (c.1497-1562) m. Edmund Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe (d. 1539), and had
A7) John Knyvett of Plumstead (c.1517-bef.1562) m. Agnes Harcourt (d. 1579, descended from Edward I), and had
A8) Sir Thomas Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe (c.1539-1618) m. Muriel Parry (d. 1616), and had
A9) Sir Thomas Knyvett, Heir of Ashwellthorpe (1567-1605) m. Elizabeth Bacon (1575-1632), and had
A10) Muriel Knyvett (b. 1594) m. Sir Charles Le Gros of Crostwight Hall (c.1596-1650, descended from Edward I), and had
A11) Katherine Le Gros m. Richard Harman of Wood Dalling (d. 1659), and had
A12) Charles Harman [later Le Gros] of Crostwight Hall (1652-1736) m. Elizabeth Turner (1673-1758), and had
A13) CATHERINE LE GROS, b. 1 Nov. 1700 Crostwight Hall, Norfolk, bap. 15 Dec. 1700 All Saints Church, Crostwight; d. 12 May 1776, bur. 21 May 1776 St Mary Church, Great Abington, Cambridgeshire; m. 19 Dec. 1726, THOMAS WESTERN of Abington Hall, b. 7 June 1694 London, bap. 8 June 1694 St Dunstan in the East, London; d. 18 Apr. 1754 Bath, bur. 23 Apr. 1754 St Mary Church, Great Abington, son of Maximilian Western of Abington Hall (1656-1720) and Anne Matthews (c.1656-1718), and had
A14) THOMAS WESTERN of Abington Hall, b. 22 July 1735 London, bap. 28 Aug. 1735 St Andrew Holborn, London; d. 30 June 1781 Bath, bur. 6 July 1781 St Swithin Church, Walcot, Bath; m. 7 May 1759 St George Hanover Square, London, JANE CALVERT (see B14 below), and had

Western coat of arms

A15) Rev. CHARLES WESTERN, Rector of Kingham, Oxfordshire 1785-1835, b. 22 Mar. 1760 Abington Hall, bap. 14 Apr. 1760 St Mary Church, Great Abington; d. 1 Oct. 1835 Rectory House, Kingham, bur. 9 Oct. 1835 St Andrew Church, Kingham; m. 7 July 1784 St James Church, Westminster, MARY PENNYSTON GOOSTREY, b. 22 Jan. 1762 Port Royal, Jamaica; d. 15 Jan. 1849 Coltham House, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, bur. 20 Jan. 1849 St Mary Church, Charlton Kings, illegit. dau. of Capt. William Goostrey (d. 1762) and Hannah Pennyston, and had
A16) Capt. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of South Mimms, Hertfordshire, Captain 18th Hussars 1820-24, fought in battle of Salamanca with Portuguese 8th Cocadores, b. 4 Jan. 1790 Tiverton, Devon; d. 14 May 1824 South Mimms, bur. 21 May 1824 St Giles Church, South Mimms; m. 4 Nov. 1813 Lisbon, Portugal, as her 1st husband[*1], HARRIET STANLEY CLARKE, b. c.1792; d. June 1846 Dublin, Ireland, bur. Harolds Cross Cemetery, Dublin, dau. of Capt. Christopher Clarke of Twickenham House, King's Co., Ireland (d. 1813) and Catherine Stanley, and had
A17) CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of Bath (1824-1894 - see details above)

1st Earl of Essex - see
Generation B3

[*1] Harriet (née Clarke) Western m. 2nd 17 July 1842 St Thomas Church, Dublin, her first cousin, Dr. Richard Stanley Ireland of Stephen's Green, Dublin, general surgeon, b. 1767; d. 14 Mar. 1875, son of De Courcy Ireland of Low Park, co. Roscommon (c.1747-1812) and Susanna Stanley.

B3) Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404-1483) m. Lady Isabel Plantagenet of York (see D3 below), and had
B4) William, Lord Bourchier (c.1428-1477) m. 2) Lady Anne Woodville (c.1448-1489), and had
B5) Cecily Bourchier (c.1473-1493) m. John Devereux, 9th Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1464-1501, descended from Edward I), and had
B6) Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1491-1558) m. 1) Lady Mary Grey (see C6 below), and had
B7) Sir William Devereux of Merevale Abbey (by 1525-1579) m. Jane Scudamore (c.1527-1607), and had
B8) Margaret Devereux (c.1555-1625) m. Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton Hall (1549-1610), and had
B9) Anne Littleton (b. 1581) m. Humphrey Salwey of Stanford Court (c.1575-1652), and had
B10) Edward Salwey of Stanford Court (b. 1603) m. Dorothy Dryden (descended from Edward I), and had

Calvert of Albury coat of arms

B11) Elizabeth Salwey m. Sir Francis Winnington of Stanford Court (1634-1700), and had
B12) Mary Winnington (1673-1729) m. Felix Calvert of Albury Hall (1658-1736), and had
B13) Felix Calvert of Albury Hall (1699-1755) m. Mary Calvert (1703-1757), and had
B14) JANE CALVERT, b. 29 Feb. 1736; bur. 15 Mar. 1819 St Swithin Church, Walcot, Bath m. 7 May 1759 St George Hanover Square, London, THOMAS WESTERN of Abington Hall (see A14 above)

C1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had
C2) Lady Joan Beaufort (c.1377-1440) m. 2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), and had
C3) Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (c.1398-1460) m. Lady Alice Montagu (1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had
C4) Lady Katherine Neville (c.1442-1504) m. 1) William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington (1442-1460, descended from Edward I), and had

Mary (née Grey), Lady Ferrers
of Chartley - see Generation C6

C5) Cecily Bonville (1460-1529) m. 1) Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (c.1456-1501, descended from Edward I), and had
C6) Lady Mary Grey (c.1492-1538) m. Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (see B6 above)

D1) Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1403) m. 1) Isabel of Castile (1355-1392), and had
D2) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415) m. 1) Lady Anne Mortimer (see E4 below), and had
D3) Lady Isabel Plantagenet of York (1409-1484) m. 2) Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (see B3 above)

E1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
E2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
E3) Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) m. Lady Alianore Holland (1370-1405, descended from Edward I), and had
E4) Lady Anne Mortimer (1388-1411) m. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (see D2 above)

My next post will look at the Edward III descents for Major Western's second wife, Agnes Mary Eyston.

Cheers,                                       -------Brad

{27} James V Descents for Col. Charles M.T. Western (1855-1913)

Western coat of arms
[Sable, a chevron between two crescents in chief
and a trefoil slipped in base, or]

Having looked at the ancestry of Maud Murray-Aynsley in my two previous blogposts, the next two will focus on the ancestry of her husband Col. Charles Maximilian Thomas Western, Royal Field Artillery (1855-1913). He descends from James V of Scotland, through Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, one of that monarch's several illegitimate sons. Col. Western's father, also named Charles Maximilian Thomas Western, served as Surveyor General of the Post Office, first stationed in Edinburgh, where, at age 26, he met the 15-year-old Harriet Balfour, from a gentry family seated in the Orkney Islands, the youngest child of her widowed mother. They married, and had four children. Col. Wilson was their second child and eldest son, born in 1855 in Bath, the year following his father's appointment there as Postmaster. Col. Western's military career is best summed up by his obituary:
"Col. Western passed out of the Royal Military Academy and obtained his commission as Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery Jan. 28, 1875, becoming Captain Jan. 1, 1884. He served during the Burmese Expedition, 1888-89, as Adjutant, Royal Artillery (medal with clasp). On April 1, 1889, he was appointed a District Staff Officer, 2nd Class, Madras, and on March 16, 1892, he was promoted to Major. On Jan. 25, 1893, he became a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General holding this post until March 31, 1894. On Oct. 23, 1899, he was appointed Assistant Military Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Wolseley, commanding at Madras, and on Nov. 14, 1900, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, but he continued to hold the post until Oct. 11, 1903. He was given the brevet of Colonel May 3, 1905, and on Nov. 14 he was placed on half-pay, while on Dec. 30 following he retired. Col. Western had been Secretary of the Berkshire Territorial Force Association since its inception in 1908” [The Army and Navy Gazette, September 13, 1913].

Col. Western, his first wife, and their children on p. 458 of Ruvigny's 1903 Tudor volume

Col. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of The Coppice, Finchampstead, Berkshire, Colonel Royal Field Artillery 1805-13, b. 2 Sept. 1855 Bath, Somersetshire; d. (on a fishing trip) 1 Sept. 1913 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, bur. 11 Sept. 1913 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, est son of Charles Maximilian Thomas Western of Bath (1824-1894, descended from Edward III) and Harriet Balfour (1835-1915, descended from James V - see Generation A10 below); m. 1st 24 Dec. 1881 Bangalore, Karnataka, India, MAUD MURRAY-AYNSLEY, b. 18 Mar. 1860 Bangalore, bap. there 13 June 1860; d. 3 Mar. 1898 Jalandhar, Punjab, India, bur. there 5 Mar. 1898, 3rd dau. of Maj-Gen. Herbert Murray-Aynsley of North Kensington (1826-1887, descended from Henry VII) and Emily Elizabeth Hand (1829-1894), and had issue, two sons and one daughter; m. 2nd 23 Sept. 1902 Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & St Gregory, Warwick Street, Soho, London, AGNES MARY EYSTON, b. 13 Aug. 1870 Hendred House, East Hendred, bap. 14 Aug. 1870 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred; d.s.p. there 5 Jan. 1961, bur. St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, dau. of Charles John Eyston of Hendred House (1817-1883, descended from Edward III) and Agnes Mary Blount (1834-1918, descended from Charles II).

Issue of Col. Charles Maximilian Thomas and Maud (Murray-Aynsley) Western:

1) Maj. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of North Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, Major Indian Army, b. 15 Dec. 1882 Sialkot, Punjab, India; d. 25 Feb. 1947 Windsor District Hospital, New South Wales; m. 22 Sept. 1911 Bombay, India, his first cousin, MAUD ALICE NORTON, b. 28 Aug. 1883 Trowbridge, Wiltshire; d. 4 Mar. 1946 NSW Masonic Hospital, Ashfield, New South Wales, er. dau. of Lt-Col. Gilbert Frederick Allan Norton of Barrackpore (1855-1902) and Alice Elizabeth Murray-Aynsley (1863-1896, descended from Henry VII), and had issue, one son and three daughters.

Headstone of Lt-Col. Charles E.M. Western &
2nd wife Marjorie (née Hoyne Fox)
[Image from findaagrave.com]

2) Lt-Col. CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY WESTERN of Exmouth, Devon, 37th Lancers, b. 22 Mar. 1885 Bombay, bap. there 13 May 1885; d. 7 Sept. 1965 Exmouth, bur. St John in the Wilderness Churchyard, Exmouth; m. 1st 5 May 1917 Jullundur, Bengal (divorce by 1928), as her 1st husband[*1], ELLEN MARY DONALD, b. 1898; d. 18 Jan. 1945 Bristol, Gloucestershire, dau. of Duncan Donald, and had issue, two sons; m. 2nd 1 Oct. 1936 Exeter, Devon, MARJORIE (HOYNE FOX) GREGORY, b. 22 Mar. 1888 Boscombe, Hampshire; d. 25 Nov. 1978 Caroline Nursing Home, Exmouth, bur. St John in the Wilderness Churchyard, Exmouth, widow of Maj. Alfred John Reginald Gregory (1883-1918), and dau. of Henry Hoyne Fox, civil engineer (c.1856-1926) and Alice Louise Elizabeth Hannah.

3) (MAUD HARRIET) ATHOLE WESTERN, b. 29 Dec. 1886 Notting Hill, London, bap. 13 Feb. 1887 St Mark Church, Notting Hill; d. unm. 30 Jan. 1976 New South Wales, Australia, bur. Woronora Cemetery and Crematorium, Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia.

[*1] Ellen (née Donald) Western m. 2nd, Lt-Col. Harold Lithgow Watkis of Clifton, Gloucestershire (1891-1966), and had further issue, two daughters.

1st Earl of Orkney - see
Generation 1

Through his mother, Colonel Western has two 11-generation double-illegitimate lines of descent from James V.

James V had 2 sons A1 & B1 (see below)
A1) Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, illegit. (1533-1593) = Janet Robertson (possibly descended from Edward III)[*2], and had
A2) James Stewart, 1st Laird of Graemsay, illegit. (c.1560-1629) m. Helen Monteith, and had
A3) Margaret Stewart (d. by 1626) m. her first cousin Francis Mudie, 3rd Laird of Melsetter (see B3 below), and had
A4) BARBARA MUDIE, b. c.1605; d. unknown; m. (settlement 12 Nov.) 1623 PATRICK BALFOUR of Pharay, Orkney Islands, b. c.1595; d. 1664, son and heir of Michael Balfour of Garth and Pharay (c.1555-1619) and Margaret Sinclair, and had

Balfour of Trenabie coat of arms

A5) GEORGE BALFOUR of Pharay, b. c.1632; d. 1706; m. 2nd 4 Apr. 1678 MARY MACKENZIE, dau. of Rt Rev. Murdoch Mackenzie, Bishop of Orkney (c.1600-1688) and Margaret Macaulay, and had
A6) JOHN BALFOUR, 1st of Trenabie House, Westray, Orkney Islands, b. c.1680; d. 3 Jan. 1742; m. (settlement 19 July) 1722, ELIZABETH TRAILL, dau. of Thomas Traill, 1st of Tirlet and Elspeth Traill, and had
A7) WILLIAM BALFOUR, 2nd of Trenabie House, b. 1719; d. 25 Oct. 1786 Edinburgh; m. 9 Feb. 1744 ELIZABETH COVINGTRIE, b. c.1725; d. 29 June 1796, dau. of Rev. Thomas Covingtrie of Newark and Elizabeth Loutit, and had

M.I. of Capt. William Balfour & his 2nd wife
- see Generation A9

A8) Col. THOMAS BALFOUR of Cliffdale House, Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, b. 3 Feb. 1752 Trenabie House, bap. 4 Feb. 1752 Westray Parish Church; d. 9 Aug. 1799 Bath, Somersetshire, bur. 11 Aug. 1799 St James Church, Bath; m. 18 Sept. 1775 St James Church, Westminster, FRANCES LIGONIER, b. 1742; d. 23 Feb. 1813 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, illegit. dau. of Col. Francis Augustus Ligonier (1683-1746) and Anne Freeman, and had

A9) Capt. WILLIAM BALFOUR, 4th of Trenabie House, Captain Royal Navy 1840-46, b. 8 Dec. 1781 Orkney Islands, Scotland; d. 10 Feb. 1846 Edinburgh, bur. St John Episcopal Churchyard, Edinburgh; m. 2nd 27 Jan. 1823 Edinburgh, MARY MARGARET BAIKIE, b. 15 Feb. 1795; d. 3 Feb. 1869 Edinburgh, bur. St John Episcopal Churchyard, Edinburgh, dau. of Andrew Baikie of Kirkwall and Isabella Traill, and had
A10) HARRIET BALFOUR, b. Cliffdale House, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland, bap. there 1 Aug. 1835; d. 15 July 1915 Bath, bur. Perrymead Catholic Cemetery, Bath; m. 13 Oct. 1850 St John Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN, Postmaster of Bath 1854-?, b. 14 Feb. 1824 South Mimms; d. 15 Oct. 1894 Sanremo, Liguria, Italy (1824-1894, descended from Edward III), and had
A11) Col. CHARLES MAXIMILIAN THOMAS WESTERN of Finchampstead (1855-1913 - see details above)

[*2] The mother of the Earl of Orkney's illegitimate (and favourite) son James Stewart of Graemsay is said to have been Janet, daughter of "Alexander Robertson of Strowan". It is chronologically impossible for her to have been the daughter of Alexander Robertson, 9th Laird of Struan, who died in 1506. She was probably the daughter of his son (by his second wife Lady Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of the 1st Earl of Atholl, a descendant of Edward III) Alexander Robertson, 1st of Faskally, who died by 1557, and had a thrice-married daughter Janet Robertson. [And thank you to John Higgins for pointing out in his comment below that the Clan MacFarlane database, following Stirnet, has chronologically erred in the placement of this thrice-married Janet Robertson.] Certainly further evidence is needed to make this identity of Orkney's mistress anything stronger than mere conjecture.

Mudie of Melsetter coat of arms
[Azure, a chevron ermine between three
pheons argent; in chief, a hunting horn, or]

B1) John Stewart, 1st Lord Darnley, illegit. (c.1532-1563), had a dau[*3]
B2) Christian Stewart (d. aft.1611) m. Adam Mudie, 2nd Laird of Melsetter (c.1550-by 1603), and had
B3) Francis Mudie, 3rd Laird of Melsetter (d. by 1644) m. 1) his first cousin Margaret Stewart (see A3 above)

[*3] Ruvigny (yes, that Ruvigny) surmises in his 1906 The Moodie Book on p. 15 that Christian Stewart, mother of Francis Mudie, was an illegitimate daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Orkney. Genealogist and longtime SocGenMed participant John Brandon, in a well-detailed post in June 2016, deconstructs Ruvigny's placement of Christian, and argues convincingly for her as the known Christian Stewart, daughter of Orkney's half-brother John Stewart, Lord Darnley, who was a rocker in the nursery of the infant King James VI in 1567. I agree with John Brandon's observation that the chronology of this position strongly suggests that Christian's birth preceded the 1562 marriage of Lord John Stewart to Jean Hepburn, and so Christian was Lord John's illegitimate daughter. I've adjusted Christian Stewart's parentage accordingly in my database.

The next post will cover the lines of descent from Edward III for Colonel Western's father.

Cheers,                                ------Brad