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Biography of Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd 1678-1736

Paternal Family Tree: Chetwynd

Before 1678 [his father] John Chetwynd of Boughton (age 34) and [his mother] Lucy Roane were married.

On 3rd June 1678 Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd was born to John Chetwynd of Boughton (age 35) and Lucy Roane.

On 9th December 1702 [his father] John Chetwynd of Boughton (age 59) died. Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (age 24) inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.

On 27th May 1703 Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (age 24) and Mary Berkeley Viscountess Chetwynd (age 32) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].

In 1717 Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (age 38) was created 1st Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry. [his wife] Mary Berkeley Viscountess Chetwynd (age 46) by marriage Viscountess Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry.

Calendar of Treasury Warrants 1718 Sep. 4th September 1718. Letter of direction for 13,727l. 1s. 6d. to Walter Chetwynd (age 40) on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the King's private annuities and bounties: and is to be applied by him to clear the sums due and in arrear on the said annual bounties at or at any time before Lady day 1718. Disposition Book XXIV, p. 146.

Christopher Tilson (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Customs Commissioners. My Lords direct that Benjamin Bucknall be permitted to attend as a tidesurveyor and that his suspension be immediately taken off. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 347.

On 21st February 1736 Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (age 57) died. His brother [his brother] John (age 54) succeeded 2nd Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry, and inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.Esther Kent Viscountess Chetwynd (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry.

After 21st February 1736. St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. Monument, left side, to Walter Chetwynd.

Monument, left middle, to Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (deceased) and his wife [his former wife] Mary Berkeley Viscountess Chetwynd (age 65).

On 3rd June 1741 [his former wife] Mary Berkeley Viscountess Chetwynd (age 70) died.

Royal Ancestors of Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd 1678-1736

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 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 x 14 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

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

Ancestors of Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd 1678-1736

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Chetwynd

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cheywynd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Egerton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Chetwynd 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ferrers 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Harpur

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Chetwynd 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: John Chetwynd of Rudge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Father: John Chetwynd of Boughton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Broughton of Whittington

GrandMother: Susannah Broughton

Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Robert Roane of Tullesworth in Chaldon in Surrey

Mother: Lucy Roane