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Biography of Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow 1730-1803

On 21st October 1730 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow was born to Peter Ludlow.

In 1750 [his father] Peter Ludlow died.

In 1755 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 24) was created 1st Baron Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath. Frances Lumley-Saunderson Countess Ludlow by marriage Baroness Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath.

On 12th December 1758 [his son] George Ludlow 3rd Earl Ludlow was born to Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 28) and Frances Lumley-Saunderson Countess Ludlow.

In 1760 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 29) was created 1st Earl Ludlow, 1st Viscount Preston of Ardsalaa in Meath. Frances Lumley-Saunderson Countess Ludlow by marriage Countess Ludlow.

In 1768 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 37) was elected 1st MP Huntingdonshire.

In 1782 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 51) was appointed Privy Council.

On 26th October 1803 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 73) died. His son [his son] Augustus succeeded 2nd Earl Ludlow, 2nd Viscount Preston of Ardsalaa in Meath, 2nd Baron Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath.

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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.

[his son] Augustus Ludlow 2nd Earl Ludlow was born to Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow and Frances Lumley-Saunderson Countess Ludlow.