Biography of Samuel Whitbread 1720-1796
On 30 Aug 1720 Samuel Whitbread was born.
In Jul 1753 Bowen Southwell (age 40) and [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Cornwallis were married. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 53) and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
On 08 Apr 1756 Bishop Spencer Madan (age 27) and [his future sister-in-law] Charlotte Cornwallis were married. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 56) and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
Before 18 Jan 1764 Samuel Whitbread (age 43) and Harriet Hayton were married.
On 18 Jan 1764 [his son] Samuel Charles Whitbread was born to Samuel Whitbread (age 43) and [his wife] Harriet Hayton at Cardington.
In 1768 Samuel Whitbread (age 47) was elected MP Bedford.
On 13 Aug 1769 Samuel Whitbread (age 48) and Mary Cornwallis (age 33) were married. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
In 1770 [his daughter] Mary Whitbread Lady Grey was born to Samuel Whitbread (age 49) and [his wife] Mary Cornwallis (age 33).
On 28 Dec 1770 [his wife] Mary Cornwallis (age 34) died.
On 02 Dec 1780 [his son-in-law] Henry St John 13th Baron St John (age 22) and [his daughter] Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
On 26 Dec 1787 [his son] Samuel Charles Whitbread (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Grey were married. See Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the daughter of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey (age 58) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 43).
In 1792 Samuel Whitbread (age 71) was elected MP Steyning.
On 11 Mar 1794 [his former sister-in-law] Charlotte Cornwallis died.
On 18 Jun 1795 [his son-in-law] George Grey 1st Baronet (age 27) and [his daughter] Mary Whitbread Lady Grey (age 25) were married. Her brother Samuel (age 31) had married her husband George's sister [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth six years earlier. See Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. He the son of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey (age 65) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 51).
On 20 Mar 1796 [his former sister-in-law] Elizabeth Cornwallis died.
On 11 Jun 1796 Samuel Whitbread (age 75) died.
[his daughter] Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread Baroness St John Bletso was born to Samuel Whitbread and Harriet Hayton.