Biography of Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet 1745-1828

Paternal Family Tree: Dashwood

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood 1716-1798

On 17th February 1739 [his father] James Dashwood 2nd Baronet (age 26) and [his mother] Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood (age 23) were married. She by marriage Lady Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire. They had three sons and three daughters.

On 30th August 1745 Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet was born to James Dashwood 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood (age 29).

In 1763 Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 17) was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford University.

On 10th November 1779 [his father] James Dashwood 2nd Baronet (age 66) died. His son Henry (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire.

On 17th July 1780 Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 34) and Helen Graham (age 17) were married.

On 17th September 1786 [his son] George Dashwood 4th Baronet was born to Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 41).

Around 1790 [his daughter] Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely was born to Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 44) and [his wife] Helen Graham (age 27).

On 25th February 1795 [his son] Augustus Dashwood was born to Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 49) and [his wife] Helen Graham (age 32).

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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1796 [his daughter] Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley was born to Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 50) and [his wife] Helen Graham (age 33).

In 1796 [his wife] Helen Graham (age 33) died.

On 19th April 1798 [his mother] Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood (age 82) died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. She was buried at Woodbridge, Suffolk [Map].

Around 1800 John Hoppner (age 41). Portrait of Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 54).

On 22nd May 1810 [his son-in-law] John Loftus 2nd Marquess Ely (age 40) and [his daughter] Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely and Jane Myhill Marchioness Ely.

In or before 1816 [his son] George Dashwood 4th Baronet (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Marianne Sarah Rowley (age 25) were married.

In 1819 [his son-in-law] Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 21) and [his daughter] Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Lady Astley of Hill Morton.

On 16th June 1825 [his son] Augustus Dashwood (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Hester Astley (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

On 10th June 1828 Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 82) died. His son [his son] George (age 41) succeeded 4th Baronet Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire.