Biography of George Chetwynd 4th Baronet 1849-1917

On 2nd August 1843 [his father] George Chetwynd 3rd Baronet (age 33) and [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 54) and [his grandmother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire (age 53).

On 31st May 1849 George Chetwynd 4th Baronet was born to [his father] George Chetwynd 3rd Baronet (age 39) and [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd.

On 24th May 1850 [his grandfather] George Chetwynd 2nd Baronet (age 66) died at Grendon Hall, Northamptonshire. His son [his father] George (age 40) succeeded 3rd Baronet Chetwynd of Brocton Hall in Staffordshire. [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd by marriage Lady Chetwynd of Brocton Hall in Staffordshire.

On 17th January 1851 Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings (age 18) died. His brother Henry (age 8) succeeded 4th Marquess Hastings, 9th Earl Loudon, 5th Earl Moira, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 20th Baron Botreaux, 19th Baron Hungerford, 17th Baron Moleyns and 17th Baron Hastings. [his future wife] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 8) by marriage Marchioness Hastings.

On 24th November 1861 [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd died.

On 16th July 1864 Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings (age 21) and [his future wife] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 21) were married. The marriage created a scandal as the bride had been engaged to Henry Chaplin (age 23) and had eloped with her husband the day before her planned wedding to Chaplin. Chaplin later got his revenge by outbidding Hastings for the horse Hermit which went on to win the 1867 Derby and against which Hastings had bet heavily. The loss led Hastings into heavy debt and drinking. He died some four years later in poverty. She the daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 67) and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey. He the son of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings.

On 24th March 1869 [his father] George Chetwynd 3rd Baronet (age 59) died. His son George (age 19) succeeded 4th Baronet Chetwynd of Brocton Hall in Staffordshire.

In 1870 George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 20) and Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey. They were fifth cousins.

In 1874 [his son] Guy Chetwynd 5th Baronet was born to George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 24) and [his wife] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 31).

On 2nd February 1874 [his brother-in-law] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 38) and Blanche Mary Boyd were married. He the son of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey.

On 10th March 1876 [his daughter] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey was born to George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 33). She married (1) 20th January 1898 her first cousin Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey, son of Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey and Blanche Mary Boyd (2) 11th December 1909 John Francis Grey Gilliat and had issue.

On 5th March 1878 [his sister-in-law] Constance Henrietta Paget Countess Nottingham Winchilsea (age 55) died.

On 30th January 1880 [his brother-in-law] Henry Paget 3rd Marquess Anglesey (age 58) died without issue at Albert Mansions Victoria Street. His half brother Henry (age 44) succeeded 4th Marquess Anglesey, 5th Earl Uxbridge, 13th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 7th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.

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

On 26th June 1880 [his brother-in-law] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 44) and Mary Livingston "Minna" King Marchioness Anglesey (age 25) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Anglesey. He the son of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey.

In 1885 George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 35) and Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale (age 27) came to blows at Hyde Park [Map] over the affections of Emilie Charlotte Le Breton "Lily Langtry" (age 31) who they had both arranged to meet. George Chetwynd 4th Baronet, apparently, got the better of Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale. Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale was summoned by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 65) to explain himself.

On 1st December 1891 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere (age 73) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Robert (age 46) succeeded 3rd Viscount Combermere, 3rd Baron Combermere, 8th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. [his sister] Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere by marriage Viscountess Combermere.

On 20th January 1898 [his son-in-law] Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 22) and Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 21) were married in a Catholic ceremony at The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity with Saint Jude, Sloane Street. She the daughter of George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 48) and Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 55). He the son of Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 62) and Blanche Mary Boyd. They were first cousins.

On 13th October 1898 [his brother-in-law] Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 62) died. He was buried at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen [Map]. His son [his son-in-law] Henry (age 23) succeeded 5th Marquess Anglesey, 6th Earl Uxbridge, 14th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 8th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey. [his daughter] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 22) by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.

On 7th November 1900 [his daughter] Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 24) obtained a decree nisi. The marriage of [his son-in-law] Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey (age 25) and Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey was later annulled on the grounds of non-consummation.

On 3rd February 1907 [his wife] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 64) died.

On 11th December 1909 [his son-in-law] John Francis Grey Gilliat (age 27) and Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey (age 33) were married. She the daughter of George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 60) and Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings.

On 10th March 1917 George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 67) died. His son Guy (age 43) succeeded 5th Baronet Chetwynd of Brocton Hall in Staffordshire.

Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. Among sporting friends who came constantly were the late Sir George Chetwynd, then training his horses at Newmarket, and Lord Willoughby de Broke, the famous Master of the Warwickshire Hounds, grandfather of the present peer. He brought his hounds to the Essex country for a day's sport, and always declared that the flat treeless Rodings were far better to hunt hounds in than leafy Warwickshire.