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Biography of John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker 1842-1902

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In 1836 [his father] John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker (age 34) and [his mother] Anna Kerrison were married.

On 7th November 1842 John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker was born to John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker (age 41) and Anna Kerrison.

On 14th January 1864 John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker (age 21) and Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John Cuffe 3rd Earl Desart (age 45) and Elizabeth Lucy Campbell Countess Desart (age 42).

On 1st April 1865 [his father-in-law] John Cuffe 3rd Earl Desart (age 46) died. His son [his brother-in-law] William (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Desart.

On 16th April 1870 [his father] John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker (age 69) died. His son John (age 27) succeeded 5th Baron Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow, 6th Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk. [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker (age 25) by marriage Baroness Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow.

On 25th January 1872 [his son] Charles Henry Chandos Henniker-Major 6th Baron Henniker was born to John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker (age 29) and [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker (age 27).

On 19th July 1876 [his brother-in-law] Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 5th Earl of Desart (age 27) and Margaret Joan Lascelles Countess of Desart (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Desart. She the daughter of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 52) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Cuffe 3rd Earl Desart and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Lucy Campbell Countess Desart (age 54). They were second cousins.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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 24843. St. James's Palace, May 10, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-

Frederick Henry Paul (age 62), Lord Methuen in the room of William, Lord Bagot (age 69), resigned.

Lawrance (age 35), Earl of Zetland, in the room of Charles Adolphus (age 39), Earl of Dunmore, resigned.

William (age 46), Earl of Listowel, in the room of Dudley Charles FitzGerald (age 53), Lord de Ros, resigned.

Thomas (age 25), Lord Ribblesdale, in the room of William Buller Fullerton (age 51), Lord Elphinstone, resigned.

Charles Douglas Richard (age 39), Lord Sudeley, in the room of John Major (age 37), Lord Henniker, resigned.

Arthur (age 55), Lord Wrottesley, in the room of Cornwallis (age 63), Viscount Hawarden, resigned.

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On 18th January 1883 [his son] John Ernest de Grey Henniker-Major 7th Baron Henniker was born to John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker (age 40) and [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker (age 38).

The London Gazette 25615. St. James's Palace, August 5, 1886. To be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:—

William Hillier (age 33), Earl of Onslow, in the room of William, Lord Kensington, resigned.

William Hale John Charles (age 46), Earl of Limerick, in the room of Henry James, Lord Hothfield, resigned.

John-Major (age 43), Lord Henniker, in the room of Thomas, Lord Ribblesdale, resigned.

John Adrian Louis, Earl of Hopetoun, in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen, resigned.

William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone, in the room of Thomas John, Lord Thurlow, resigned.

On 19th November 1893 [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker (age 49) died.

On 27th June 1902 John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker (age 59) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 30) succeeded 6th Baron Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow, 7th Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk.

Ancestors of John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker 1842-1902

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker

Great x 1 Grandfather: Major Henniker

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Major

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Major 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tennant

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Major Baroness Henniker

Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Dale

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dale

GrandFather: John Minet Henniker-Major 3rd Baron Henniker

Father: John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker

John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker

Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthias Kerrison

GrandFather: Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Barnes

Mother: Anna Kerrison

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Ellice

GrandMother: Mary Martha Ellice