Biography of Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath 1661-1701

Paternal Family Tree: Grenville

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Wyche

In Oct 1652 [his father] John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 24) and [his mother] Jane Wyche were married.

On 31 Aug 1661 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath was born to John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 33) and Jane Wyche.

On 01 Jul 1674 James Herbert (age 14) and [his future sister-in-law] Catherine Osborne (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 42) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 45). They were third cousin once removed.

Before 13 Apr 1678 Robert Coke (age 24) and [his future sister-in-law] Anne Osborne (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 46) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 49).

On 22 May 1678 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 16) and Martha Osborne (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 46) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 49). He the son of John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 49) and Jane Wyche.

Evelyn's Diary. 18 Dec 1684. I went with Lord Cornwallis (age 28) to see the young gallants do their exercise, Mr. Faubert having newly rail'd in a manage, and fitted it for the academy. There were the Dukes of Norfolk (age 29) and Northumberland (age 18), Lord Newburgh, and a nephew of (Duras) Earle of Feversham (age 43). The exercises were, 1. running at the ring; 2. flinging a javelin at a Moor's head; 3. discharging a pistol at a mark; lastly, taking up a gauntlet with the point of a sword; all these perform'd in full speede. The D. of Northumberland (age 18) hardly miss'd of succeeding in every one, a dozen times, as I think. The D. of Norfolk (age 29) did exceeding bravely. Lords Newburgh and Duras seem'd nothing so dextrous. Here I saw the difference of what ye French call "belle homme a cheval", and "bon homme a cheval;" the Duke of Norfolk being the first, that is, rather a fine person on a horse, the Duke of Northumberland being both in perfection, namely, a graceful person and excellent rider. But the Duke of Norfolk told me he had not ben at this exercise these 12 yeares before. There were in the field ye Prince of Denmark (age 31), and the Lord Landsdown (age 23), sonn of ye [his father] Earle of Bath (age 56), who had ben made a Count of ye Empire last Summer for his service before Vienna.

Before 16 Feb 1689 [his brother-in-law] Edward Osborne (age 34) and Elizabeth Bennett were married. He the son of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 56) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 60).

Around 16 Feb 1689 [his brother-in-law] Edward Osborne (age 34) died.

On 11 Sep 1689 [his wife] Martha Osborne (age 25) died.

On 10 Mar 1691 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 29) and Isabella van Nassau (age 23) were married. He the son of John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 62) and Jane Wyche.

On 30 Jan 1692 [his son] William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath was born to Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 30) and [his wife] Isabella van Nassau (age 24).

On 30 Jan 1692 [his wife] Isabella van Nassau (age 24) died in childbirth.

Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1696. The famous trial between my [his father] Lord Bath (age 67) and Lord Montague (age 57) for an estate of £11,000 a year, left by the Duke of Albemarle, wherein on several trials had been spent £20,000 between them. The Earl of Bath (age 34) was cast on evident forgery.

Before 1698 William Fermor 1st Baron Leominster (age 49) and [his former sister-in-law] Sophia Osborne Baroness Leominster (age 36) were married. She by marriage Baroness Leominster. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 65) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 68). They were second cousins.

On 22 Aug 1701 [his father] John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 72) died. His son Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Bath; he shot himself two weeks later.

Evelyn's Diary. 02 Sep 1701. Died the [his father] Earl of Bath (deceased), whose contest with Lord Montague (age 40) about the Duke of Albemarle's estate, claiming under a will supposed to have been forged, is said to have been worth £10,000 to the lawyers. His eldest son (age 40) shot himself a few days after his father's death; for what cause is not clear. He was a most hopeful young man, and had behaved so bravely against the Turks at the siege of Vienna, that the Emperor made him a Count of the Empire. It was falsely reported that Sir Edward Seymour (age 68) was dead, a great man; he had often been Speaker, Treasurer of the Navy, and in many other lucrative offices. He was of a hasty spirit, not at all sincere, but head of the party at any time prevailing in Parliament.

On 04 Sep 1701 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 40) shot himself. His son [his son] William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Bath.