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Biography of Richard Corbet 4th Baronet 1696-1774

Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Giffard 1490-1571

On 14th August 1693 [his father] Uvedale Corbet 3rd Baronet (age 25) and [his mother] Mildred Cecil Baroness Hotham were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and [his grandmother] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1696 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet was born to Uvedale Corbet 3rd Baronet (age 28) and Mildred Cecil Baroness Hotham.

After 1701 [his step-father] Charles Hotham 4th Baronet (age 38) and [his mother] Mildred Cecil Baroness Hotham were married. She by marriage Lady Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and [his grandmother] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.

On 15th October 1701 [his father] Uvedale Corbet 3rd Baronet (age 33) died. His son Richard (age 5) succeeded 4th Baronet Corbet of Leighton in Montgomeryshire.

On 30th June 1713 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet (age 17) matriculated New College, Oxford University.

On 9th April 1723 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1727 [his mother] Mildred Cecil Baroness Hotham died.

In 1741 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Shrewsbury unopposed.

In 1774 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet (age 78) died unmarried. Baronet Corbet of Leighton in Montgomeryshire extinct.

Royal Ancestors of Richard Corbet 4th Baronet 1696-1774

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

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

Ancestors of Richard Corbet 4th Baronet 1696-1774

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Corbet 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Corbet of Longnor

Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Ludlow

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Waties of Ludlow

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badgehot

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Waties

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Fox of Bromfield

Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Fox

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Newport

GrandFather: Richard Corbet 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ann Newport

Father: Uvedale Corbet 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Uvedale

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Uvedale of Wickham

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gresham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ellen Gresham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Ipswell

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Uvedale

GrandMother: Victoria Uvedale 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Victoria Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Tanfield of Burford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Tanfield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Richard Corbet 4th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

GrandFather: James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Maxwell 1st Earl Dirletoun

Great x 1 Grandmother: Diana Maxwell

Mother: Mildred Cecil Baroness Hotham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites

Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard