Biography of Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon 1752-1826

On 12th March 1751 [her father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont [aged 40] and [her mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Egremont.

Before 29th November 1752, the date she was baptised, Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon was born to [her father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont [aged 42] and [her mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 26].

On 21st August 1763 [her father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont [aged 53] died. His son [her brother] George [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Earl Egremont, 5th Baronet Wyndham of Orchard in Somerset.

On 5th July 1771 Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 45].

On 3rd June 1772 [her son] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon was born to [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 30] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 19]. He married 26th April 1796 Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon and had issue.

On 5th July 1774 [her son] Charles Herbert was born to [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 32] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 21]. He married 9th July 1806 Bridget Augusta Byng, daughter of John Byng 5th Viscount Torrington and Bridget Forrest Viscountess Byng, and had issue.

On 30th August 1776 [her brother-in-law] Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 31] and [her sister] Frances Wyndham [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [her mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 50].

On 12th January 1778 [her son] William Herbert was born to [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 36] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 25].

The London Gazette 12124. The Article in last Saturday's Gazette, notifying the Creation of Lord Portchester, having been incorrectly sent, we are desired to substitute the following in the Room thereof. St. James's, September 29 [1780].

The King has been pleased to grant to [her husband] Henry Herbert [aged 39], Esq; and to his Heirs Male, the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Portchester, of Highclere, in the County of Southampton. [Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 27] by marriage Baroness Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire]

Around 1782 [her daughter] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth was born to [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 40] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 29]. She married 6th December 1797 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie, son of Francis Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Baron Ducie, and had issue.

In 1789 [her son] George Herbert was born to [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 47] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 36]. He married 1st September 1806 Frances Head.

In 1792 [her son] Algernon Herbert was born to [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 50] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 39].

The London Gazette 13541. Whitehall, June 29 [1793]. The King has been. pleased, to grant the Dignity of an Earl and Marquess of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honorable Francis Seymour Conway [aged 74], Earl of Hertford, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully, begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles of Earl of Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, and Marquess of Hertford.

The King has also been, pleased to grant the Dignity of an Earl of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honorable [her husband] Henry Lord Porchester [aged 51], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully, begotten by the Name, Stile and Title of Earl of the Town And County of Carnarvon, in the Principality of Wales. [Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 40] by marriage Countess Carnarvon]

The King has been pleased to appoint George Poyntz Ricketts, Esq; to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the Island of Tobago.

The King has been pleased to approve of the Appointment of Lawrence Hansen, Esq; to be His Danish Majesty's Consul in the Town and Port of Liverpool, and in all other Ports in die County Palatine of Lancaster.

On 16th November 1793 Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney [aged 81] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Charles [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Baron Romney, 7th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [her sister] Frances Wyndham [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Romney.

On 1st June 1794 [her mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 68] died.

On 15th January 1795 [her sister] Frances Wyndham [aged 39] died.

On 26th April 1796 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 23] and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 23] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 54] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 43].

On 6th December 1797 [her son-in-law] Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 21] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 56] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 45].

In 1801 [her brother] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont [aged 49] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Countess Egremont. He the son of [her father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [her mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.

On 9th July 1806 Charles Herbert [aged 32] and Bridget Augusta Byng [aged 27] were married. He the son of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 64] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 53].

On 1st September 1806 George Herbert [aged 17] and Frances Head [aged 26] were married. He the son of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 65] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 53].

On 12th September 1808 [her son] Charles Herbert [aged 34] drowned in Gijon Harbour whilst a volunteer in the Peninsular War. His widow survived him, without remarrying, sixty-eight years.

On 3rd June 1811 [her husband] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 69] died. His son Henry [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 2nd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 38] by marriage Countess Carnarvon.

In 1825 [her son] George Herbert [aged 36] died.

Before 10th February 1826 . Thomas Phillips [aged 55]. Portrait of Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 73].

On 10th February 1826 Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 73] died.