Biography of Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell 1725-1780
Paternal Family Tree: Stawell
Before 29 May 1708 Henry Bilson Legge and Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell were married. He the son of William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth (age 35) and Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth.
On 27 Jul 1724 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 21) and [her sister-in-law] Barbara Legge Baroness Bagot (age 15) were married. She by marriage Lady Bagot of Blithfield Hall. They had eight sons and eight daughters. She the daughter of William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth (age 51) and Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth.
On 27 Jan 1725 Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell was born to Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell.
Before 20 Jun 1731 [her brother-in-law] George Legge (age 27) and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford (age 24) were married. He the son of William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth (age 58) and Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth.
On 29 Aug 1732 [her brother-in-law] George Legge (age 28) died.
In Jul 1740 [her sister-in-law] Anne Legge died.
On 23 Jan 1742 [her uncle] William Stawell 3rd Baron Stawell (age 60) died. His brother [her father] Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell succeeded 4th Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
In 1747 [her future husband] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 28) and Margaretta Fitzgerald were married. She the daughter of Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare and Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare.
On 19 Sep 1747 [her brother-in-law] Edward Legge (age 37) died.
On 13 Apr 1755 [her father] Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell died. Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset extinct. His daughter Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell (age 30) inherited his estates. She was created Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset in 1760.
In 1757 [her son] Henry Bilson Legge 2nd Baron Stawell was born to [her husband] Henry Bilson Legge (age 48) and Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell (age 31).
On 29 Aug 1759 [her brother-in-law] Heneage Legge died.
In 1760 Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell (age 34) was created 1st Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. She the daughter of Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell.
On 23 Aug 1764 [her husband] Henry Bilson Legge (age 56) died.
On 29 Oct 1765 [her former sister-in-law] Barbara Legge Baroness Bagot (age 56) died.
In 1766 Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 47) and Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell (age 40) were married.
On 02 Dec 1773 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury (age 25) and [her step-daughter] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 55) and Margaretta Fitzgerald.
In 1779 [her son] Henry Bilson Legge 2nd Baron Stawell (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell were married.
On 29 Jul 1780 Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell (age 55) died. Her son [her son] Henry Bilson Legge 2nd Baron Stawell (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. [her daughter-in-law] Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
On 07 Oct 1793 [her former husband] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 75) died. His son [her former step-son] Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire (age 40) succeeded 2nd Marquess Downshire. Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire (age 29) by marriage Marchioness Downshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stawell of Cothelstone Manor
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stawell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tuchet 10th Baron Audley, 7th Baron Tuchet
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sneyd Baroness Audley Heighley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Mervyn
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet
GrandFather: Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hext
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hext
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parker
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Parker
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hext
Father: Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pitt
GrandMother: Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell
Mary Stawell 1st Baroness Stawell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England