Biography of Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth 1658-1735

On 7th May 1657 [his father] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt [aged 30] and [his mother] Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt [aged 25] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough [aged 54]. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1658 Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth was born to [his father] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt [aged 31] and [his mother] Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt [aged 26].

On 10th July 1659 [his father] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt [aged 33] was created 1st Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 1st Baron Mordaunt of Reigate. [his mother] Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Mordaunt of Avalon.

On 11th April 1674 Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 16] began his education at Christ Church College, Oxford University.

On 5th June 1675 [his father] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt [aged 48] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Fulham. His son Charles [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 2nd Baron Mordaunt of Reigate.

In 1678 Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 20] and Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth [aged 18] were married.

On 5th April 1679 [his mother] Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt [aged 47] died.

Around 1681 [his son] John Mordaunt was born to Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 23] and [his wife] Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth [aged 21]. He married 1708 his fourth cousin Frances Powlett, daughter of Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton and Frances Ramsden, and had issue.

Around 1685 Godfrey Kneller [aged 38]. Portrait of Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 27].

John Evelyn's Diary. 5th May 1695. I came to Deptford, Kent [Map] from Wotton, Surrey [Map], in order to the first meeting of the Commissioners for endowing an hospital [Map] for seamen at Greenwich; it was at the Guildhall [Map], London. Present, the Archbishop of Canterbury [aged 58], Lord Keeper, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Godolphin [aged 49], Duke of Shrewsbury [aged 34], Duke of Leeds [aged 63], Earls of Dorset [aged 52] and Monmouth [aged 37], Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy, Sir Robert Clayton, Sir Christopher Wren [aged 71], and several more. The Commission was read by Mr. Lowndes, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, Surveyor-General.

On 19th June 1697 [his uncle] Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough [aged 75] died. His nephew Charles [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Earl Peterborough. His daughter Mary [aged 38] succeeded 7th Baroness Mordaunt. [his wife] Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth [aged 37] by marriage Countess Peterborough.

In 1705, Elizeus Burges was made adjutant-general – the chief administrative officer – to Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 47].

On 17th November 1705 Mary Mordaunt Duchess Norfolk [aged 46] died. Her first cousin Charles [aged 47] succeeded 8th Baron Mordaunt. Her husband John Germain 1st Baronet [aged 55] inherited her Drayton estates and the rest of her inheritance, valued at £70,000.

Before 13th February 1707 [his son-in-law] Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon [aged 29] and Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon were married. She the daughter of Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 49] and Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth [aged 47]. He the son of George Gordon 1st Duke Gordon [aged 64] and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Gordon.

In 1708 John Mordaunt [aged 27] and Frances Powlett were married. She the daughter of Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton [aged 47] and Frances Ramsden. He the son of Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 50] and Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth [aged 48]. They were fourth cousins.

On 13th May 1709 [his wife] Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth [aged 49] died.

On 27th February 1710 [his son] Henry Mordaunt died.

On 5th April 1710 [his son] John Mordaunt [aged 29] died.

In 1713 Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 55] was appointed 524th Knight of the Garter by Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 47].

On 25th October 1735 Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 77] died. His grandson Charles [aged 27] succeeded 4th Earl Peterborough, 2nd Earl Monmouth, 9th Baron Mordaunt, 3rd Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 3rd Baron Mordaunt of Reigate.

[his daughter] Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon was born to Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth and Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth. She married before 13th February 1707 Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon, son of George Gordon 1st Duke Gordon and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Gordon, and had issue.

[his son] Henry Mordaunt was born to Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth and Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth.