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Biography of Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon 1833-1874

Paternal Family Tree: Rawdon

Maternal Family Tree: Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings 1810-1858

On 1st August 1831 [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings (age 23) and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 21) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings and [her grandmother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings (age 51).

On 10th December 1833 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings (age 25) and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 23).

On 13th January 1844 [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings (age 35) died. His son [her brother] Paulyn (age 11) succeeded 3rd Marquess Hastings, 8th Earl Loudon, 4th Earl Moira, 19th Baron Botreaux, 18th Baron Hungerford, 16th Baron Moleyns and 16th Baron Hastings.

On 30th April 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 30) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 42).

On 13th February 1854 [her daughter] Flora Paulyna Hetty Barbara Clifton Duchess Norfolk was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 31) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 20).

On 5th January 1855 [her son] Charles Rawdon-Hastings 11th Earl Loudon was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 32) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 21).

On 21st October 1856 [her son] Major Paulyn Abney-Hastings was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 34) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 22).

On 30th July 1858 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire extinct. His estates of Blackfordby and Packington were inherited by [her brother] Henry 4th Marquess Hastings (age 16). Willesley Hall and its estate were left to Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 24) and her husband [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 36) who changed his surname to Abney-Hastings.

On 18th November 1858 [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 48) died.

On 29th May 1859 [her son] Gilbert Clifton-Hasting-Campbell 3rd Baron Donington was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 36) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 25).

On 6th November 1871 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 37) abeyance terminated 21st Baroness Botreaux, 20th Baroness Hungerford, 18th Baroness Hastings, 18th Baroness Moleyns.

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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 23rd January 1874 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 40) died. Her son [her son] Charles (age 19) succeeded 11th Earl Loudon, 22nd Baron Botreaux, 21st Baron Hungerford, 19th Baron Moleyns and 19th Baron Hastings. [her future daughter-in-law] Alice Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard Countess Loudon by marriage Countess Loudon.

On 24th July 1895 [her former husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 73) died. His son [her son] Charles (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Donington of Dongington Park in Leicestershire.

On 25th October 1963 John Lancelot Butler-Bowdon 25th Baron Grey of Ruthin (age 80) died. Baron Grey of Ruthyn abeyant between the issue of his three great aunts: Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon, [her sister] Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings and [her sister] Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney.

Royal Ancestors of Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon 1833-1874

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon 1833-1874

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira

GrandFather: Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leveson Fowler

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Levinge

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers

Father: George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Campbell 1st Earl Loudon

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Campbell 2nd Earl Loudon

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Campbell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Leslie Countess of Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Mure-Campbell 5th Earl Loudon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Edward Thoroton Gould

GrandFather: Henry Gould Yelverton 19th Baron Grey Ruthyn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Yelverton 1st Viscount Longueville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Talbot Viscountess Longueville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Yelverton 3rd Earl of Sussex 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pelham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Pelham Countess Sussex 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Yelverton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England