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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Bentinck
On 18th February 1857 [his father] Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 37) and [his mother] Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed were married.
On 28th December 1857 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 38) and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later.
On 4th January 1858 [his mother] Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed died from childbirth.
On 10th June 1862 [his father] Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 43) and [his step-mother] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 27) were married.
On 11th December 1877 [his father] Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 58) died.
On 6th December 1879 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland (age 79) died unmarried at his London residence Harcourt House Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery [Map]. His first cousin once removed William (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.
On 11th June 1889 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 31) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 27th February 1890 [his daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 32) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 26).
On 16th March 1893 [his son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29).
On 7th August 1893 [his step-mother] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 58) died. Her step-son William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.
In 1900 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) was appointed 812th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 80).
On 27th July 1900 [his son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36).
On 12th August 1915 [his son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 28) were married. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 57) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 51). They were third cousin once removed.
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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 25th November 1918 [his son-in-law] Michael John Erskine-Wemyss (age 30) and [his daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (age 28) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 60) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 55).
Henry Chaplin A Memoir: Preface. PREFACE
It had always been my father's wish that some account should be made public of the part he had taken in the spheres of politics and sport. For this purpose certain letters and memoranda are extant— the latter in many cases dictated by himself, and from time to time amplified. A selection of this material has accordingly been prepared.
In presenting this record of the events of a long life, I must, in the first place, acknowledge with dutiful thanks the gracious permission of H.M. the King to publish certain letters written to my father by His late Majesty King Edward VII. and Her late Majesty Queen Alexandra.
Next, I must express my warm sense of obligation to many helpers. I am deeply indebted to my friend, Miss Rose Bradley, for the time and trouble she has so generously bestowed, not only in the co-ordination of the documents bequeathed by my father, but in the preparation of part of the narrative. An old friend of my father and myself, whose desire for anonymity I am bound to respect, is responsible for the section on Racing. My friend, Mr. John Buchan, has given me invaluable assistance in various sections, and has supervised with me the arrangement of the book.
For other services most kindly rendered by Helen Countess of Radnor (age 79), the Duke of Portland (age 68), Lord Lonsdale, Lord Charles Bentinck, Mr. Ernest Chaplin, Lieut.-Col. Charles Brook, Major E. C. Ellice, Sir Theodore Cook, Colonel A. Macauley, Mr. W. Danby, and Mr. Golding, I beg to express my sincere thanks.
I hope that this tribute of a daughter to the memory of her father may meet with some measure of approval from his many friends, and from the still wider circle to which for so many years he was a familiar figure.
E. LONDONDERRY (age 47).
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On 26th April 1943 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. His son [his son] William (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. [his daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 30th July 1954 [his former wife] Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 90) died. She was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
GrandFather: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Noel Countess Burlington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Colley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Ussher
Great x 2 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Hill
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Trevor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
GrandMother: Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Pierre Roland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley
William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: St Vincent Hawkins Whitshed
Mother: Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed