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Biography of Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 1887-1969

Paternal Family Tree: De Cotton

Maternal Family Tree: Sarah West Baroness Archer

On 22nd June 1880 [his father] Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere (age 35) and [his mother] Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere were married.

On 29th June 1887 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere was born to Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere (age 42) and Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere.

In 1898 [his father] Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere (age 53) died. His son Francis (age 10) succeeded 4th Viscount Combermere, 4th Baron Combermere, 9th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. [his future wife] Louisa Agnew (age 6) by marriage Viscountess Combermere.

On 30th October 1917 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 30) and Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere (age 26) were married.

In 1926 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 38) and Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere (age 34) were divorced.

On 1st January 1927 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 39) and Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (age 33) were married. She a first cousin of his first wife Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere (age 35).

On 8th August 1929 [his son] Michael Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 5th Viscount Combermere was born to Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 42) and [his wife] Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (age 36).

On 17th September 1930 [his mother] Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere died.

On 6th March 1932 [his son] Captain David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton was born to Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 44) and [his wife] Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (age 38).

On 15th April 1943 [his former wife] Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere (age 51) died.

In 1955 [his son] Captain David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Susan Nomakepu Albu were married.

On 29th June 1968 [his wife] Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (age 75) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 8th February 1969 Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 81) died. His son [his son] Michael (age 39) succeeded 5th Viscount Combermere, 5th Baron Combermere, 10th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.

Royal Ancestors of Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 1887-1969

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 1887-1969

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lynch Salusbury Cotton 4th Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Cotton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Abigail Cotton Lady Cotton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sleigh

Great x 1 Grandfather: Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Greville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Somerset 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fulke Greville 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Southwell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Meliora Coningsby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Meliora Southwell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 3rd Viscount Combermere 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Hurt

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Sitwell 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sitwell 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Sitwell 2nd Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Susan Alice Sitwell 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Chetwynd 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Chetwynd 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chetwynd 1st Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Chetwynd 2nd Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: George Chetwynd 3rd Baronet 19 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ambrose Sparrow

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sparrow of Bishton Hall in Staffordshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hannah Maria Sparrow

Mother: Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough

Great x 3 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Martin Sandys 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Letitia Tipping

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trumbull

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Trumbull

GrandMother: Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Other Windsor 3rd Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Archer Countess Plymouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James West

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer