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Paternal Family Tree: Bligh
On 25th June 1912 [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 25) and [her mother] Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 21) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley (age 53) and [her grandmother] Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 52).
On 24th April 1913 Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye was born to [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 26) and [her mother] Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 22).
In 1920 [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 33) and [her mother] Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 29) were divorced; they had separated in 1913.
On 11th October 1923 [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 37) and Nancy Ellinor Kidston Countess Darnely (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Darnley. He the son of [her grandfather] Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley (age 64) and [her grandmother] Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 63).
In 1927 [her grandfather] Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley (age 68) died. His son [her father] Esme (age 40) succeeded 9th Earl Darnley.
On 3rd August 1934 Claud Dobree Strickland (age 25) and Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 47) and Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 44).
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 21)..
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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During the 1930s Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 21) modelled for advertisements for Pond's cream, Will's Gold Flake, Kirbigrips, and Horlicks. Although she was a non-smoker and rarely drank alcohol, Lady Marguerite was often featured in cigarette and alcohol advertisements of the 1930s.
In 1936 [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 49) and Nancy Ellinor Kidston Countess Darnely (age 35) were divorced.
8th January 1936. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 22).
1937. Paul Tanqueray (age 31). Photograph of Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 23).
In 1937 Elizabeth Bligh 17th Baroness Clifton (age 37) died. Her first cousin [her father] Esme (age 50) succeeded 18th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire
1937. Paul Tanqueray (age 31). Photograph of Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 23).
On 2nd February 1938. Cover of "Sketch" magazine with Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 24) "face-to-face with her bas-relief".
1939. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 48). "By the Hills". Model Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 25). The painting achieved top price at the Royal Academy summer exhibition that year.
On 27th October 1939 [her future husband] Nigel Trevithick Tangye (age 30) and Ann Todd (age 32) were married.
On 30th November 1940 [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 54) and [her step-mother] Rosemary Potter Countess Darnley (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Darnley. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the son of [her grandfather] Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley and [her grandmother] Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 80).
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In February 1941 Claud Dobree Strickland (age 31) and Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 54) and Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 50).
On 27th October 1941 [her husband] Claud Dobree Strickland (age 32) was killed by flak during a raid on targets along the Belgian/Dutch coast in Hurricane IIb Z3826. He was buried at Bredene Churchyard, Belgium.
On 30th April 1942 Gordon Stanley Keith Haywood and Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 55) and Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 51).
On 18th January 1948 [her mother] Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 57) died.
On 12th March 1949 [her future husband] Nigel Trevithick Tangye (age 39) and Ann Todd (age 42) were divorced.
On 21st May 1949 David Lean (age 41) and Ann Todd (age 42) were married. Both third weddings. She had divorced her second husband [her future husband] Nigel Trevithick Tangye (age 40), his second cousin1, ten weeks before.
Note 1. Her first husband Nigel Trevithick Tangye was a great grandson of Joseph Tangye who was a grandfather of David Lean's mother Helena Tangye (age 77).
In 1951 Gordon Stanley Keith Haywood and Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 37) were divorced.
On 3rd May 1951 Nigel Trevithick Tangye (age 42) and Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 38) were married. She the daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 64) and Daphne Rachel Mulholland.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 29th May 1955 [her father] Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 68) died. His son [her brother] Peter (age 39) succeeded 10th Earl Darnley, 19th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1964 Nigel Trevithick Tangye (age 54) and Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 50) were divorced.
On 15th June 1980 [her brother] Major Peter Stuart Bligh 10th Earl of Darnley (age 64) died. His half brother [her half-brother] Adam (age 38) succeeded 11th Earl Darnley, 20th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1988 [her former husband] Nigel Trevithick Tangye (age 78) died.
On 10th October 2002 Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye (age 89) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bligh 3rd Earl Darnley 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bligh 4th Earl Darnley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Bligh 5th Earl Darnley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Parnell 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Parnell 1st Baron Congleton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Laetitia Charlotte Brooke 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Emma Jane Parnell Countess Darnley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dawson 1st Earl Portarlington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Dawson Baroness Congleton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley 8 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Frankland Countess Chichester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester 6 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bishopp 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley 9 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stephen Morphy
GrandMother: Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley
Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
GrandFather: Alfred John Mulholland
Mother: Daphne Rachel Mulholland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saunderson 
GrandMother: Mabel Charlotte Saunderson