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Paternal Family Tree: Jenkinson
On 9th February 1769 [his father] Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 39) and [his mother] Amelia Watts (age 18) were married at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 7th June 1770 Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool was born to Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 41) and Amelia Watts (age 19). His mother died one month later.
On 29th June 1770 Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool was baptised at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
On 7th July 1770 [his mother] Amelia Watts (age 19) died from childbirth one month after the birth of her son Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool .
On 22nd June 1782 [his father] Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 53) and [his step-mother] Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool (age 37) were married at her house in Hertford Street.
On 25th March 1795 Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 24) and Louisa Theodosia Hervey Countess Liverpool (age 28) were married at Wimbledon, Surrey. She the daughter of Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol (age 64) and Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol (age 62). He the son of Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 65) and Amelia Watts.
Before 29th December 1798 [his brother-in-law] Frederick William Hervey 1st Marquess of Bristol (age 29) and Elizabeth Albana Upton (age 23) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol (age 68) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol (age 65).
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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 8th July 1803 [his father-in-law] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol (age 72) died in Lazio. His son [his brother-in-law] Frederick (age 33) succeeded 5th Earl Bristol, 6th Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. H3NG0wbdHis great grandson Charles (age 4) succeeded 6th Baron Howard de Walden.
In 1805 [his brother-in-law] Frederick William Hervey 1st Marquess of Bristol (age 35) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 30th March 1806 Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 48) died at Devonshire House [Map]. She was buried at Derby Cathedral [Map]. Her husband William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 58), her mother Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 68), her sister Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 44) and her eight months pregnant daughter Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 22) were present, as was [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Christiana Hervey Duchess Devonshire (age 48), her husband's mistress and future wife.
On 17th December 1808 [his father] Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 79) died. His son Robert (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Liverpool, 2nd Baron Hawkesbury of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire, 8th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire. [his wife] Louisa Theodosia Hervey Countess Liverpool (age 41) by marriage Countess Liverpool.
In 1809 William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 61) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Christiana Hervey Duchess Devonshire (age 51) were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol. He the son of William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire and Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington. They were sixth cousins.
On 11th May 1812 Spencer Perceval (age 49) was assassinated at House of Commons. Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 41) was appointed Prime Minister.
At 5:15 pm, on the evening of 11 May 1812, Perceval was on his way to attend the inquiry into the Orders in Council. As he entered the lobby of the House of Commons, a man stepped forward, drew a pistol and shot him in the chest. The assassin, John Bellingham, was a merchant who believed he had been unjustly imprisoned in Russia and was entitled to compensation from the government, but all his petitions had been rejected.
Perceval left a widow and twelve children aged between three and twenty. Parliament voted to settle £50,000 on Perceval's children, with additional annuities for his widow and eldest son.
On 18th May 1812 John Bellingham was hanged at Newgate Prison, London [Map]. René Martin Pillet says ...
This unfortunate man had presented several memorials, and had repeatedly demanded audience, but they had given him no answer. Driven to despair, he presented himself at the door of the house of commons, waited for the prime minister, Mr. Percival, and shot him. He was seized, confessed the crime, was tried, condemned to be hung, and executed a few days after. At the time of execution an immense crowd filled the public square, and these expressions were heard on every side: Farewell poor man, you owe satisfaction to the offended laws of your country, but God bless you! you have rendered an important service to your country, you have tdugllt ministers that they should do justice, and grant audience when it is asked of them.
A subscription was opened for the widow and children, and a handsome sum was raised. Their fortune was ten times greater than they could ever have expected in any other situation.
In 1814 Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 43) was appointed 645th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 51) during the Regency.
In 1821 [his wife] Louisa Theodosia Hervey Countess Liverpool (age 54) died.
On 22nd September 1822 Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 52) and Mary Chester Countess of Liverpool (age 45) were married. She by marriage Countess Liverpool. He the son of Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool and Amelia Watts.
Around 1825. Thomas Lawrence (age 55). Portrait of Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 54).
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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.
On 4th December 1828 Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 58) died. His half brother [his half-brother] Charles (age 44) succeeded 3rd Earl Liverpool, 3rd Baron Hawkesbury of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire, 9th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
On 18th October 1846 [his former wife] Mary Chester Countess of Liverpool (age 69) died.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson of Walcot Oxfordshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet
GrandFather: Colonel Charles Jenkinson
Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool
GrandFather: William Watts
Mother: Amelia Watts
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Croke
GrandMother: Frances "Begum Johnson" Croke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Beizor