Biography of Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet 1677-1746

On 1st August 1672 Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 8) and [his future wife] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 4) were married. She the daughter of Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 54) and [his future mother-in-law] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 38). He the illegitmate son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 42) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 31). They were half sixth cousins.

He was created 1st Earl Euston, 1st Viscount Ipswich, 1st Baron Sudbury. Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton by marriage Countess Euston.

After 10th May 1675 [his father] William Hamner (age 27) and [his mother] Peregrina North were married.

On 24th September 1677 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet was born to William Hamner (age 29) and Peregrina North at Bettisfield Hall, Flintshire sometime between 10 and 11PM.

Around 1678 [his father] William Hamner (age 30) died.

On 5th July 1695 [his uncle] Henry North 2nd Baronet (age 60) died unmarried. Baronet North of Mildenhall in Suffolk extinct. His nephew Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 17), son of his sister [his mother] Peregrina North, inherited his estates.

In 1698 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 20) and Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 30) were married. She by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire. She the daughter of Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington and Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 64).

In August 1701 [his uncle] John Hamner 3rd Baronet (age 69) was killed in a duel (probably). His nephew Thomas (age 23) succeeded 4th Baronet Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire. [his wife] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 33) by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire.

On 30th April 1713 [his step-son] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 29) and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. He the son of Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton and [his wife] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 45). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1714 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 36) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.

In 1715 [his step-son] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 31) was appointed Privy Council.

In 1720 [his step-son] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 36) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

In 1721 [his step-son] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 37) was appointed 537th Knight of the Garter by King George I (age 60).

On 7th February 1723 [his wife] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 55) died. Her son [his step-son] Charles (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Arlington, 3rd Viscount Thetford, 3rd Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 3rd Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

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In 1725 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth Folkes Lady Hamner (age 25) were married. She by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

In 1737 [his wife] Elizabeth Folkes Lady Hamner (age 37), wife of Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 59), eloped with Thomas Hervey (age 37). In 1739 she made a will bequeathing to Hervey the reversion of her estates in Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Anglesey and Caernarvonshire, which had been settled 'after death of me and my husband and failure of issue of my body to the use of such person or persons as I should appoint'.