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Around 1565 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey was born.
Before 6th October 1573 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 28) and [his future wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 64).
On 2nd May 1594 Thomas Heneage (age 62) and [his future wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 41) were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 27th June 1596 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 31) was knighted at Cádiz by Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 30) at the Sack of Cádiz.
Between 5th November 1598 and 31st January 1599 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 33) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 46) were married. Her third husband.
In 1602 [his step-son] Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton (age 28) was appointed 396th Knight of the Garter by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 35).
Before 5th February 1607 [his wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 54) died.
On 5th February 1608 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 43) and Cordell Annesley were married.
In 1619 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Hervey of St Martin in the Fields.
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In 1620 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 55) was created 1st Baron Hervey of Rosse in County Wexford.
In 1628 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 63) was created 1st Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke in Kent.
In 1636 [his wife] Cordell Annesley died.
In 1642 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 77) died. Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke in Kent, Baron Hervey of Rosse in County Wexford and Baronet Hervey of St Martin in the Fields extinct.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Hervey was born to William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey and Cordell Annesley. She married 1658 John Hervey.