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In 1834 [his father] Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his mother] Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet (age 24) were married. She by marriage Lady Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
On 10th October 1837 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet was born to [his father] Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet (age 37) and [his mother] Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet (age 27). After three years at Eton College, Edward Malet entered the foreign service at the age of 17. He served as attaché to his father in Frankfurt, then in Brussels.
In 1871 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 33) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Peking which role he undertook until 1873.
The London Gazette 23767. Foreign Office, August 7, 1871. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 33), Esq., C.B., now a Second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation in China.
In 1873 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 35) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Athens which role he undertook until 1875.
The London Gazette 24028. Foreign Office, October 11, 1873.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 36), Esq , C.B., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Pekin, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Athens.
In 1875 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 37) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Rome which role he undertook until 1878.
The London Gazette 24236. Foreign Office, August 9, 1875. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 37), Esq., C.B., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Athens, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Rome.
In 1878 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 40) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Constantinople which role he undertook until 1879.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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The London Gazette 24578. Foreign Office, April 29, 1878. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 40), Esq., C.B., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Rome, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople.
The London Gazette 24772. Foreign Office, October 10, 1879. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Horace Rumbold (age 10), Bart., now Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the Swiss Confederation, to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Hussey Crespigny Vivian (age 45), C.B., now Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, to be Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the Swiss Confederation.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 42), Esq., C.B. Minister Plenipotentiary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt.
The London Gazette 25268. Foreign Office, August 29, 1883. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Edward Baldwin Malet (age 45), K.C.B., now Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, and a Minister Plenipotentiary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the King of the Belgians.
The London Gazette 25403. Foreign Office, September 20, 1884. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Edward Baldwin Malet (age 46), K.C.B., now Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Belgians, to be Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the German Emperor, King of Prussia.
On 19th March 1885 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 47) and Ermytrude Sackville Russell Lady Malet (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 65) and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 66).
On 24th October 1886 [his brother-in-law] George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford (age 34) and Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. He the son of [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 67) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 68).
On 28th November 1886 [his father] Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet (age 86) died. His son [his brother] Henry (age 50) succeeded 3rd Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
1887. William Blake Richmond (age 44). Portrait of Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 49).
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.
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On 31st January 1888 [his brother-in-law] Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 29) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 22) were married at Barrackpore. He the son of [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 68) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 69).
On 2nd January 1891 [his mother] Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet (age 81) died.
On 14th January 1891 [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 71) shot himself as a result of insanity at 81 Eaton Square, Belgravia. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 38) succeeded 10th Duke Bedford, 10th Marquess Tavistock, 14th Earl Bedford, 14th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 10th Baron Howland of Streatham. Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 38) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Monument in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies erected by [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 72) in 1892.
In 1892 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 54) commissioned the buidling of a Beaux-Arts villa "Le Chateau Malet" at Cap D'Ail, France, set within 14 acres of gardens. The architect was Hans-Georg Tersling.
On 23rd March 1893 [his brother-in-law] George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford (age 40) died. George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother [his brother-in-law] Herbrand (age 35) succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 27) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 14th March 1901 [his brother-in-law] Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 43) was appointed 816th Knight of the Garter by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 59).
On 12th January 1904 [his brother] Henry Malet 3rd Baronet (age 67) died. His brother Edward (age 66) succeeded 4th Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire. [his wife] Ermytrude Sackville Russell Lady Malet (age 47) by marriage Lady Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
On 29th June 1908 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 70) died. His first cousin once removed Edward (age 35) succeeded 5th Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 22nd March 1927 [his former wife] Ermytrude Sackville Russell Lady Malet (age 70) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Malet
GrandFather: Charles Warre Malet 1st Baronet
Father: Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet
GrandMother: Susanna Wales Lady Malet
Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet
GrandFather: John Spalding
Mother: Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Eden
GrandMother: Mary Eden Baroness Brougham and Vaux