Biography of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn 1800-1886

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Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant were married. They had two sons and three daughters.

On 4th October 1784 [his father] John Douglas (age 28) and [his mother] Frances Lascelles (age 22) were married at Northallerton. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood (age 44) and [his grandmother] Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood (age 42). He the son of [his grandfather] James Douglas 14th Earl Morton and [his grandmother] Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton.

On 20th June 1800 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn was born to [his father] John Douglas (age 43) and [his mother] Frances Lascelles (age 38).

On 25th November 1809 [his brother-in-law] James Hamilton (age 23) and [his sister] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 17) were married. He the son of John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn (age 53) and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.

On 8th July 1815 [his brother-in-law] George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 31) and [his sister] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen.

On 31st March 1817 [his mother] Frances Lascelles (age 54) died.

On 1st May 1818 [his father] John Douglas (age 61) died.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 17th July 1827 George Douglas 16th Earl Morton (age 66) died. His first cousin [his brother] George (age 37) succeeded 17th Earl Morton.

On 26th August 1833 [his sister] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 41) died.

On 30th September 1836 [his son] George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 36) and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant (age 28). He married 1860 Pamela Blanche Rushout, daughter of Charles Cockerell aka Rushout 2nd Baronet and Cecilia Olivia Foley Lady Cockerell, and had issue.

In 1837 [his son] Archibald Douglas-Pennant was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 36) and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant (age 29).

In 1846 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 45) and Maria Louise Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn (age 28) were married. They had eight daughters. She the daughter of Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton (age 55) and Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton (age 50).

On 9th June 1847 [his brother-in-law] Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy 7th Duke Grafton (age 25) and Anne Balfour (age 22) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton (age 57) and [his mother-in-law] Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton (age 51).

On 10th February 1858 [his brother-in-law] William Henry Fitzroy 6th Duke Grafton (age 38) and Marie Anne Louise Baring Duchess Grafton (age 25) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton (age 68) and [his mother-in-law] Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton (age 62).

On 31st March 1858 [his brother] George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton (age 68) died. His son [his nephew] Sholto (age 40) succeeded 18th Earl Morton. Alice Anne Lambton Countess Morton (age 26) by marriage Countess Morton.

In 1860 [his son] George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Pamela Blanche Rushout (age 20) were married.

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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1860. Camille Silvy. Photograph of George Henry Cavendish (age 49), Samuel Gregson and Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 59).

Before 16th January 1861 [his son-in-law] James McGarel-Hogg 1st Baron Magheramorne (age 37) and [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Emma Douglas-Pennant were married.

On 26th March 1863 [his father-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton (age 73) died at Wakefield Lodge, Pottersbury. His son [his brother-in-law] William (age 43) succeeded 6th Duke Grafton, 6th Earl Euston, 6th Viscount Ipswich, 6th Baron Sudbury, 7th Earl Arlington, 7th Viscount Thetford, 7th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 7th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Marie Anne Louise Baring Duchess Grafton (age 30) by marriage Duchess Grafton.

On 3rd August 1866 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 66) was created 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire. [his wife] Maria Louise Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn (age 48) by marriage Baroness Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.

                    The London Gazette 23152. Crown Office, August 17, 1866.
                
                    MEMBER returned to serve in the present PARLIAMENT.
                
                    County of Carnarvon.
                
                    The Honourable George Douglas Pennant, in the room of the Honourable Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant (age 66) (now Baron Pennrhyn), summoned to the House of Peers

1869. Henry Tanworth Wells (age 40). Portrait of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 68).

On 21st May 1882 [his brother-in-law] William Henry Fitzroy 6th Duke Grafton (age 62) died. His brother [his brother-in-law] Augustus (age 60) succeeded 7th Duke Grafton, 7th Earl Euston, 7th Viscount Ipswich, 7th Baron Sudbury, 8th Earl Arlington, 8th Viscount Thetford, 8th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 8th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

In 1883 [his brother-in-law] Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy 7th Duke Grafton (age 61) was appointed 778th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 63).

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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In 1884 [his son] Archibald Douglas-Pennant (age 47) died.

On 31st March 1886 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn (age 85) died. His son George (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.

In 1912 [his former wife] Maria Louise Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn (age 94) died.

[his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Emma Douglas-Pennant was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant. She married before 16th January 1861 James McGarel-Hogg 1st Baron Magheramorne, son of James Hogg 1st Baronet and Mary Swinton, and had issue.