Biography of Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet 1661-1724

On 02 Dec 1661 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet was born to Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet (age 29) and Mary Coke (age 44).

Before 16 Oct 1662 [his father] Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Mary Coke (age 45) were married.

On 16 Oct 1662 [his father] Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet (age 30) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Isham Lady Strange (age 9) were married. She by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

On 13 Dec 1669 [his father] Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet (age 37) died. His son Nicholas (age 8) succeeded 4th Baronet Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.

In 1685 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Castle Rising.

On 02 Dec 1686 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 25) and Ann Wodehouse Lady Strange were married. She by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.

In 1689 [his son] Thomas L'Estrange 5th Baronet was born to Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Ann Wodehouse Lady Strange.

In 1694 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 23) and [his sister-in-law] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 19) were married. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 49) and Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 50).

Around 1699 [his daughter] Lucy L'Estrange was born to Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 37) and [his wife] Ann Wodehouse Lady Strange.

On 19 Aug 1702 Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 57) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Kent. [his sister-in-law] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 27) by marriage Countess Kent.

On 03 Jun 1705 or 18 Sep 1721 Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond (age 33) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Crew Countess Arran (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory.

In 1710 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 39) was created 1st Duke Kent, 1st Marquess Kent, 1st Viscount Gooderich. [his sister-in-law] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 35) by marriage Marchioness Kent.

On 27 Jul 1721 [his son] Thomas L'Estrange 5th Baronet (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Calthorpe Lady Strange were married. They were second cousin once removed.

Around 21 Feb 1723 [his son-in-law] Jacob Astley 3rd Baronet (age 31) and [his daughter] Lucy L'Estrange (age 24) were married. They were second cousins.

On 18 Dec 1724 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 63) died. His son [his son] Thomas (age 35) succeeded 5th Baronet Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk. [his daughter-in-law] Anne Calthorpe Lady Strange by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.

Blomefield's Norfolk Volume 9 Gressenhale. After 18 Dec 1724. St Mary's Church, Gressenall.

Sir Nicholas Lestrange (deceased), baronet, son of Sir Nicholas Lestrange and Dame Mary his wife, born on the 2d of December, 1661, married to Anna, daughter of Sir Thomas Woodhouse and Dame Ann his wife on the 2d day of December, 1686, died at Gressenhall on the 2dth day of December, 1724.

On a marble monument of white marble in the chancel, Lestrange impaling Woodhouse.

[his former wife] Dame Ann, relict of Sir Nicholas L'estrange, baronet, only daughter of Sir Thomas Woodhouse of Kimberley, knight, and of Dame Ann, 2d daughter and coheiress of Sir William Airmine, of Osgodby in Lincolnshire, born the 2d of February 1688, dy'd at Gressenhall the 10th of Apr. 1727, and lyes interr'd by her late husband; she was a lady of the most extensive charity, whose memory will long outlast this monument.

In 1727 [his former wife] Ann Wodehouse Lady Strange died.