Biography of Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby 1797-1863

In 1795 [his father] Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 39] and [his mother] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave were married at St Michael's Church, Houghton le Spring [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and Baroness Mulgrave.

On 15th May 1797 Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby was born to [his father] Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 42] and [his mother] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1812 [his father] Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 56] was created 1st Earl Mulgrave, 1st Viscount Normanby. [his mother] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave by marriage Countess Mulgrave.

In 1818 Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby [aged 20] and Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 19] were married. He the son of Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 62] and Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave.

On 23rd July 1819 [his son] George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby was born to Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby [aged 22] and [his wife] Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 21]. He a great x 4 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 1844 Laura Russell Marchioness Normanby and had issue.

Before 8th October 1821 [his brother-in-law] Henry Thomas Liddell 1st Earl Ravensworth [aged 24] and Isabella Horatia Seymour were married. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 7th April 1831 [his father] Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 76] died. His son Constantine [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Mulgrave, 2nd Viscount Normanby, 4th Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and 2nd Baron Mulgrave. [his wife] Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 32] by marriage Countess Mulgrave.

In August 1833 Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke [aged 23] were married.

On 18th November 1834 Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke [aged 77] died. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. His nephew Charles [aged 35] succeeded 4th Earl Hardwicke, 4th Viscount Royston. [his sister-in-law] Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke [aged 24] by marriage Countess Hardwicke.

The London Gazette 19629. Whitehall, June 23, 1838. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Constantine Henry Earl of Mulgrave [aged 41], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Marquess of Normanby, in the county of York. [[his wife] Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 40] by marriage Marchioness Normanby.]

The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the said United Kingdom, unto William Baron King [aged 33], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Ockham, of Ockham, in the county of Surrey, and Earl of Lovelace. [Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace [aged 22] by marriage Countess Lovelace. She was a descendant of the previous Baron Lovelace of Hurley in Berkshire.]

The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the said United Kingdom, unto Laurence Baron Dundas [aged 72], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl of Zetland.

In 1844 George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby [aged 24] and Laura Russell Marchioness Normanby [aged 27] were married. He the son of Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby [aged 46] and Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 45].

On 17th October 1849 [his mother] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave died.

On 7th March 1855 [his father-in-law] Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth [aged 80] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 57] succeeded 2nd Baron Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham, 7th Baronet Liddell of Ravensworth Castle.

On 28th July 1863 Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby [aged 66] died. His son George [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Marquess Normanby, 3rd Earl Mulgrave, 3rd Viscount Normanby, 5th Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and 3rd Baron Mulgrave. Laura Russell Marchioness Normanby [aged 47] by marriage Marchioness Normanby.

On 20th October 1882 [his former wife] Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 84] died.