Biography of Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 1725-1763

On 13th March 1712 [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 17) and [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 57) and [her grandmother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. They were fourth cousins.

On 26th January 1725 Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory was born to [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 30) and [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower (age 34).

In 1727 [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower (age 36) died.

On 9th June 1727 Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran died. His son [her future husband] John (age 8) succeeded 2nd Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. Monument in St James the Apostle Church, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire [Map]. Sculpted by Richard "The Elder" Westmacott.

Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran: On 27th April 1715 Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran was created 1st Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. In 1718 he and Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny.

After 25th June 1727. St James the Apostle Church, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire [Map]. Monument to those contained in the vault: Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran and [her future mother-in-law] Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran, their son [her future husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 8) and his wife Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 2), their son [her son] John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory and [her future daughter-in-law] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott.

Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran: she was born to John Robinson. On 24th November 1744 she died.

On 31st October 1733 [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 39) and [her step-mother] Penelope Stonhouse Baroness Gower (age 28) were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower.

On 16th May 1736 [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 41) and [her step-mother] Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. They were fourth cousins.

In April 1737 [her brother-in-law] John Russell 4th Duke Bedford (age 26) and [her sister] Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She the daughter of [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 42) and [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford.

In 1744 [her brother] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Fazakerley were married. He the son of [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 49) and [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 29th June 1744 John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 25) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 49) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 2nd May 1745 [her son] John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory was born to [her husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 26) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 20). He married after 23rd March 1769 Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton, daughter of Henry Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth, and had issue.

On 8th July 1746 [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 51) was created 1st Earl Gower. [her step-mother] Mary Tufton Countess Gower by marriage Countess Gower.

In 1748 [her brother] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 26) and [her sister-in-law] Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 41). He the son of [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 53) and [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. They were fifth cousins.

On 24th January 1748 [her son] Richard Fitzpatrick was born to [her husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 29) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 22).

In or before 1750 [her daughter] Mary Fitzpatrick was born to [her husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 30) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 24). She married before 21st November 1773 her sixth cousin Stephen Fox 2nd Baron Holland, son of Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland and Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland, and had issue.

On 7th May 1751 [her brother-in-law] John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 33) and [her sister] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 27) were married. She the daughter of [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 56) and [her mother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave and Mary Webb. They were sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 5th October 1751 [her husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 32) was created 1st Earl Upper Ossory. Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 26) by marriage Countess Upper Ossory.

On 25th December 1754 [her father] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 60) died. His son [her brother] Granville (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Gower, 3rd Baron Gower, 7th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [her sister-in-law] Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 31) by marriage Countess Gower.

In 1755 [her daughter] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne was born to [her husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 36) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 29). She married after 5th January 1771 William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne, son of John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne and Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne, and had issue.

On 25th September 1758 [her husband] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 39) died. His son [her son] John (age 13) succeeded 2nd Earl Upper Ossory, 3rd Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny.

Before August 1760 Richard Vernon (age 34) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 35) were married. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

In August 1760 [her daughter] Henrietta Vernon Countess Warwick and Brooke was born to [her husband] Richard Vernon (age 34) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 35). She married 14th July 1776 her fourth cousin once removed George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke, son of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick, and had issue.

On 13th April 1763 James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave (age 48) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] John (age 44) succeeded 3rd Earl Waldegrave, 4th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 7th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. [her sister] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 39) by marriage Countess Waldegrave.

On 14th April 1763 Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 38) died.

On 16th September 1800 [her former husband] Richard Vernon (age 74) died.

[her daughter] Caroline Vernon was born to Richard Vernon and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory. There is some confusion as to whether her mother was Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory or another wife of Richard Vernon. She married 1797 Robert Percy Smith and had issue.