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Biography of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton 1736-1809

Paternal Family Tree: Agar

On 29th May 1733 [his father] Henry Agar (age 31) and [his mother] Anne Ellis (age 25) were married.

On 22nd December 1736 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton was born to Henry Agar (age 34) and Anne Ellis (age 29).

On 18th November 1746 [his father] Henry Agar (age 44) died.

On 14th April 1761 [his mother] Anne Ellis (age 53) died.

Before 1778 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 41) and Jane Benson Countess Northampton were married.

In 1778 Welbore Ellis Agar 2nd Earl Normanton was born to Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 41) and [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton. He married before 17th September 1818 Diana Herbert Countess Normanton, daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Elisabeth Beauclerk, and had issue.

Around 1787 George Romney (age 52). Portrait of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 50).

On 1st January 1789 [his brother] James Agar aka Agar-Ellis 1st Viscount Clifden (age 54) died. His son [his nephew] Henry (age 27) succeeded 2nd Viscount Clifden of Gowran in County Kilkenny.

In 1794 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 57) was created 1st Baron Somerton. [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton by marriage Baroness Somerton.

In 1794 [his uncle] Welbore Ellis 1st Baron Mendip (age 80) was created 1st Baron Mendip of Mendip in Somerset with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister [his mother] Anne by her husband [his father] Henry Agar, of Gowran and Gowran Castle.

On 14th December 1798 [his son-in-law] Thomas Ralph Maude 2nd Viscount Hawarden (age 31) and [his daughter] Frances Anne Agar Viscountess Hawarden were married. She the daughter of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 61) and [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton.

In 1801 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 64) was created 1st Viscount Somerton. [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton by marriage Viscountess Somerton.

In 1806 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 69) was created 1st Earl Normanton. [his wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton by marriage Countess Normanton.

On 14th July 1809 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 72) died. He was buried at North Transept Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son Welbore (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl Normanton.

In 1826 [his former wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton died. She was buried next to her husband Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton at the North Transept Westminster Abbey [Map].

Frances Anne Agar Viscountess Hawarden was born to Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton and [his former wife] Jane Benson Countess Northampton. She married 14th December 1798 Thomas Ralph Maude 2nd Viscount Hawarden, son of Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden and Mary Allen.

Ancestors of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton 1736-1809

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Agar

GrandFather: James Agar

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Blanchville of Kilkenny

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ellis Blanchville

Father: Henry Agar

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wemyss of Danesfort

GrandMother: Mary Wemyss

Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend John Ellis

GrandFather: Bishop Welbore Ellis

Mother: Anne Ellis

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Briscoe of Boughton in Northamptonshire

GrandMother: Diana Briscoe