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Biography of Frederick Arthur Wellesley 1844-1931

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On 24th May 1844 Frederick Arthur Wellesley was born to [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 39).

On 27th April 1847 [his grandfather] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 74) died. His son [his father] Henry (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baron Cowley.

On 2nd February 1852 [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 47) was appointed Privy Council.

On 11th April 1857 [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 52) was created 1st Earl Cowley, 1st Viscount Dangan of Meath.

In 1863 [his brother-in-law] Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke (age 26) and [his sister] Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke (age 22) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 58). He the son of Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke (age 63) and Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke (age 52).

On 8th August 1863 [his brother] William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley (age 28) and [his sister-in-law] Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 24) were married. He the son of [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 59).

In 1873 Frederick Arthur Wellesley (age 28) and Emma Loftus were married. He the son of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 68).

On 17th September 1873 Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke (age 74) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 37) succeeded 5th Earl Hardwicke, 5th Viscount Royston. [his sister] Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke (age 33) by marriage Countess Hardwicke.St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].

Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke: On 2nd April 1799 he was born to Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke and Elizabeth Weake Rattray at Sydney Lodge, Hamble le Rice. In August 1833 Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke and Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke were married. On 18th November 1834 Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke died. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. His nephew Charles succeeded 4th Earl Hardwicke, 4th Viscount Royston. Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke by marriage Countess Hardwicke.

Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke: On 23rd April 1836 he was born to Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke and Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke. In 1863 Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke and Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke were married. She the daughter of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley. He the son of Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke and Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke. On 18th May 1897 Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke died. His son Albert succeeded 6th Earl Hardwicke, 6th Viscount Royston.

Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke: On 3rd March 1840 she was born to Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley. On 3rd June 1923 Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke died.

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In 1874 [his brother-in-law] Francis Bertie 1st Viscount Bertie Thame (age 29) and [his sister] Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley Viscountess Bertie Thame (age 36) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 69). He the son of Montagu Bertie 6th Earl of Abingdon (age 65) and Elizabeth Lavinia Harcourt Countess Abingdon.

In 1882 Frederick Arthur Wellesley (age 37) and Emma Loftus were divorced.

On 7th March 1882 Henry Wellesley 3rd Duke Wellington (age 35) and [his future wife] Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams Duchess Wellington (age 27) were married.

In 1884 Frederick Arthur Wellesley (age 39) and Kate Vaughan (age 32) were married. He the son of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 79).

On 15th July 1884 [his father] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 80) died at 20 Albermarle Street. He was buried at Draycott, Wiltshire. His son [his brother] William (age 49) succeeded 2nd Earl Cowley, 2nd Viscount Dangan of Meath, 3rd Baron Cowley. [his sister-in-law] Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 45) by marriage Countess Cowley.

On 13th August 1884 Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington (age 77) died. His nephew Henry (age 38) succeeded 3rd Duke Wellington, 7th Earl Mornington, 7th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle, 3rd Viscount Wellington of Talavera. [his future wife] Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams Duchess Wellington (age 29) by marriage Duchess Wellington.

On 28th February 1895 [his brother] William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley (age 60) died at Shute Manor Draycott, Wiltshire. His son [his nephew] Henry (age 29) succeeded 3rd Earl Cowley, 3rd Viscount Dangan of Meath, 4th Baron Cowley. Violet Neville Countess Cowley (age 28) by marriage Countess Cowley.

On 21st February 1903 [his wife] Kate Vaughan (age 51) died.

In 1904 Frederick Arthur Wellesley (age 59) and Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams Duchess Wellington (age 49) were married. He the son of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 30th March 1920 [his sister] Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley Viscountess Bertie Thame (age 82) died.

On 3rd June 1923 [his sister] Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke (age 83) died.

On 9th February 1931 Frederick Arthur Wellesley (age 86) died.

On 11th March 1939 [his former wife] Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams Duchess Wellington (age 84) died at West Green House, Hartley.