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Biography of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave 1718-1784

Paternal Family Tree: Waldegrave

Maternal Family Tree: Ursula St Barbe 1532-1602

1745 Battle of Fontenoy

1760 Battle of Warburg

On 20th May 1714 [his father] James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave (age 30) and [his mother] Mary Webb (age 19) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave and [his grandmother] Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 47). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28th April 1718 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave was born to James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave (age 34) and Mary Webb (age 23). He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 22nd January 1719 [his mother] Mary Webb (age 24) died.

On 11th April 1741 [his father] James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave (age 57) died. His son [his brother] James (age 26) succeeded 2nd Earl Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 6th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.

Battle of Fontenoy

On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 24) was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenay.

George Cholmondeley (age 20), George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 21), Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 20) and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 27) fought.

Henry Ponsonby (age 60), James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.

George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 29) led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.

Louis 6th Duke of Gramont (age 55) was killed. His son Antoine (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.

In 1747 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 28) was elected MP Orford.

On 7th May 1751 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 33) and Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 27) were married. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 56) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave and Mary Webb. They were sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 5th October 1751 John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 32) was created 1st Earl Upper Ossory. [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 26) by marriage Countess Upper Ossory.

On 23rd November 1751 [his son] George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave was born to John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 33) and [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 27). He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 9th July 1753 [his son] William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock was born to John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 29). He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1754 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 35) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.

On 25th December 1754 [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 60) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Granville (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Gower, 3rd Baron Gower, 7th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 31) by marriage Countess Gower.

On 26th May 1758 [his daughter] Elizabeth Waldegrave Countess Cardigan was born to John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 40) and [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 34). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 1st August 1759 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 41) fought at Minden Ravensberg during the Battle of Minden: Anglo-Hanoverian Alliance.

Battle of Warburg

On 31st July 1760 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 42) fought at the Battle of Warburg.

After 31st July 1760 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 42) was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber.

Before August 1760 Richard Vernon (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 35) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 13th April 1763 [his brother] James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave (age 48) died. His brother John (age 44) succeeded 3rd Earl Waldegrave, 4th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 7th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 39) by marriage Countess Waldegrave.

On 14th April 1763 [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 38) died.

In 1765 [his son] Caroline Waldegrave was born to John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 46) and [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 40). He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1768 [his brother-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 46) and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford were married. She by marriage Countess Gower. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway (age 74) and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway (age 59). He the son of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

In 1771 [his brother-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 49) was appointed 590th Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 32).

On 5th May 1782 [his son] George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave Countess Waldegrave (age 22) were married. She the daughter of [his brother] James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 45). He the son of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 64) and [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 58). They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28th April 1784 [his wife] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 60) died.

On 22nd October 1784 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 66) died. His son [his son] George (age 32) succeeded 4th Earl Waldegrave, 5th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 8th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave Countess Waldegrave (age 24) by marriage Countess Waldegrave.

John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave 1718-1784 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave 1718-1784

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave 1718-1784

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Waldegrave 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jermina Jerningham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Waldegrave 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Paston 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Paston 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Leigh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Paston 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Englefield

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Englefield 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fitton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Englefield 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Browne Lady Englefield 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dormer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Englefield Lady Waldegrave 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Hyde

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hyde

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sibell

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Langford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Langford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hyde Duchess of York

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Aylesbury

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Aylesbury 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Denman

John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Webb 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Webb 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Caryll

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Caryll of Harting

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Caryll Lady Webb 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dormer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: John Webb 3rd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Blomer of Hatherop Castle

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Blomer Lady Webb 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Maria Browne 2nd Viscount Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dormer

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Browne 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Sackville Viscountess Montague 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset

Mother: Mary Webb 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Fairfax

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Babthorpe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Constable 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Barbara Belasyse Lady Webb 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe