Biography of Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven 1580-1647

Around 1579 [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 20) and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 29) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 47) and [her grandmother] Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 39).

In May 1580 Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven was born to [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 21) and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 30) at Harefield. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 25th September 1593 [her grandfather] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 62) died at Lathom, Lancashire. His son [her father] Ferdinando (age 34) succeeded 5th Earl Derby, 13th Baron Strange Knockin, 9th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 6th Baron Stanley. [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 44) by marriage Countess Derby.

On 16th April 1594 [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 35) died from poisoning. His brother [her uncle] William (age 33) succeeded 6th Earl Derby. Baron Mohun of Dunster and Baron Stanley abeyant.

On 20th October 1600 [her step-father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 60) and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51) were married.

On 15th January 1601 [her brother-in-law] Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 14) and [her sister] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 13) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1602 William Brydges 4th Baron Chandos (age 50) died. His son [her future husband] Grey (age 22) succeeded 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 21) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.

On 27th June 1602 [her brother-in-law] John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 23) and [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 53).

On 30th December 1604 George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 64) died. His grandson [her brother-in-law] Henry (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Huntingdon, 10th Baron Botreaux, 9th Baron Hungerford, 7th Baron Moleyns and 7th Baron Hastings. [her sister] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 16) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.

On 28th February 1607 Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 27) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 57). They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before November 1609 Thomas Smith (age 53) and [her sister-in-law] Frances Brydges (age 29) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.

In 1610 Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 67) and [her sister-in-law] Frances Brydges Countess Exeter (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

In 1611 [her son] Robert Brydges was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 31) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 30).

Before 1612 [her future husband] Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 18) and Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven (age 19) were married. He the son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven (age 60) and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet.

In 1612 [her daughter] Anne Brydges was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 32) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 31).

On 7th November 1616 [her step-father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 76) was created 1st Viscount Brackley. [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 67) by marriage Viscountess Brackley.

In 1617 George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven (age 66) died. His son [her future husband] Mervyn (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Castlehaven, 12th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 9th Baron Tuchet, 2nd Baron Audley of Orier in England. Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven (age 25) by marriage Countess Castlehaven.

On 15th March 1617 [her step-father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 77) died. His son [her brother-in-law] John (age 38) succeeded 2nd Viscount Brackley, 2nd Baron Ellesmere. [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34) by marriage Viscountess Brackley.

On 27th May 1617 [her brother-in-law] John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 38) was created 1st Earl Bridgewater. [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34) by marriage Countess Bridgewater.

In 1619 [her daughter] Elizabeth Brydges Countess Castlehaven was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 39) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 38). She married in or before 1678 James Tuchet 3rd Earl Castlehaven, son of Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven and Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven.

On 9th August 1620 [her son] George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 40) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 40). He married (1) 14th December 1637 his half fifth cousin once removed Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos, daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (2) before February 1655 his third cousin once removed Jane Savage Baroness Chandos, daughter of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker.

In 1621 [her son] William Brydges 7th Baron Chandos was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 41) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 40). He married before October 1672 Susan Kerr Baron Chandos.

On 10th August 1621 [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 41) died. His son [her son] George (age 1) succeeded 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley.

On 22nd July 1624 Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 31) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 44) were married at Harefield. She by marriage Countess Castlehaven. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 75). He the son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1633 [her sister] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 44) died.

On 11th March 1636 [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 53) died. She has an inscription of the Great Monument at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden which reads: "ln hope of a happy resurrection, here lieth the Right Honourable and Most Noble Lady Frances Countess of Bridgewater. She was second daughter and one of the coheires of the Right Honourable Ferdinando Earl of Derby, &c. wife to the Right Honourable Sir John Egerton, Knt. of the honourable Order of the Bath, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron of Elesmere, and Lord President of Wales, and the Marches thereof, by whom she was a happy mother of fifteene children, foure sons and, eleven daughters, five of which she buryed young, viz. the Lord James Viscount Brackley, her eldest, the Lord Charles, who succeeded him in birth and honour, seco,nd sonne; the Lady Cecila Egerton, her fourth, Mrs. Alice Egerton her eighth, and the Lady Anne Egerton her tenth daughter, who lyes here jnterred, dying in the eighth yeare of her age. Seven of her daughters she married richly and honourably, viz. the Lady Frances her eldest, the Lady Arabella her second, the Lady Elizabeth her third, the Lady Mary her fifth, the Lady Penelope her sixth, the Lady Katherine her seventh, and the Lady Magdelene her ninth; one of her daughters, viz. the Lady Alice her eleventh, she left unmarried; as she likewise did two of her sonnes, the Lord John Viscount Brackley, her third, and Mr. Thomas Egerton her fourth sonne. She was unparalleled in the gifts of nature and grace, being strong of constitution, admirable for beauty, generous in carriage, of a sweet and noble disposition, wise in her affaires, cheerefull in her discourse, liberall to the poore, pious towards God, and good to all. She lived vertuously 52 yeares; she died religiously the 11th day ,of March, in the yeare of our Lord 1635; and she reigns triumphantly for ever. Psal. cxvi. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints."

On 23rd January 1637 [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 87) died.

On 14th December 1637 [her son] George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos were married. She by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 74) and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 32). He the son of [her former husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 57). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 8th October 1647 Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 67) died.