Biography of Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor 1821-1879

Paternal Family Tree: Luckyn aka Grimston

Maternal Family Tree: Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam 1863

In 1807 [her father] James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 31) and [her mother] Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam were married. She by marriage Baroness Verulam of Gormanbury in Hertfordshire. She the daughter of Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 77).

On 30 Dec 1808 [her grandfather] James Grimston 3rd Viscount Grimston (age 61) died. His son [her father] James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 33) succeeded 4th Viscount Grimston, 8th Baronet Grimston of Little Waltham in Essex.

On 29 Jul 1821 Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor was born to James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 45) and Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam.

On 20 Nov 1837 [her step-father] Francis Vernon-Harcourt (age 36) and [her mother] Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam were married. She the daughter of Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool. He the son of Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (age 80) and Anne Leveson-Gower.

On 30 Oct 1840 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 25) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 19) were married. She the daughter of James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 65) and Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam. He the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 61) and Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor (age 50).

On 19 Jun 1841 [her son] William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 25) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 19).

On 10 Oct 1842 [her son] Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 27) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 21).

On 01 Nov 1842 [her brother-in-law] Edward Pleydell-Bouverie (age 24) and Elizabeth Anne Balfour (age 22) were married. He the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 63) and Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor (age 52).

On 23 Apr 1845 [her son] Bertrand Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 29) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 23).

On 17 Nov 1845 [her father] James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 70) died. His son [her brother] James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Verulam, 2nd Viscount Grimston, 5th Viscount Grimston, 2nd 9th Baronet Grimston of Little Waltham in Essex. Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam (age 20) by marriage Countess Verulam.

On 18 Jul 1846 [her son] John Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 30) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 24).

Around 1847 [her daughter] Anne Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 31) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 25).

On 27 Sep 1851 [her son] Mark Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 36) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 30).

On 29 Mar 1852 [her son] Kenelm Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 36) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 30).

Around 1853 [her daughter] Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 37) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 31).

Around 1855 [her daughter] Edith Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 39) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 33).

On 30 Dec 1856 [her son] Christopher Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 41) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 35).

On 19 Apr 1858 [her son] Frank Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 42) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 36).

On 19 Apr 1858 [her daughter] Gertrude Pleydell-Bouverie was born to [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 42) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 36).

In 1863 [her mother] Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam died.

The Times. 25 Jan 1865. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of the Earl of Coventry (age 26) and Lady Blanche Craven (age 22), third daughter of Earl Craven (age 55), was solemnized yesterday morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The bridegroom and the friends of both families assembled at the church at 11 o'clock, and shortly afterwards were joined by the bride (age 22), accompanied by her [her sister] mother, the Countess Craven (age 48). The bride (age 22) was received by her father (age 26) at the church door, and, attended by eight bridesmaids, proceeded at once to the communion table, in front ot which a numerous company had assembled, including the Earl (age 65) and [her sister] Countess of Clarendon (age 54) and Lady Emily Villiers (age 22), the Countess of Verulam (age 40) and Lady Harriet Grimston (age 20), [her husband] Viscount (age 49) and Viscountess Folkestone (age 43) and Hon. Miss Bouverie, the Countess of Sefton (age 27) and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount Chelsea (age 24), and Lady Caroline Townley (age 27) and Miss Townley, Viscount Uffington (age 23), Sir Henry (age 58) and Lady Sophia Des Voeux, Hon. Mr. and Mrs Coventry, Hon. Gerald (age 35) and Lady Maria Ponsonby (age 28), Mr. Oswald andl Miss Oswald, Dr. Quin, Mr. Cecil Boothby (age 51), Mr. James Oswald, Miss Talbot, Viscount (age 32) and Viscountess Grey de Wilton (age 28), Lady Evelyn Bruce (age 25), Hon. Mrs. Grimston and Miss Grimston, &c.

[her brother] The Hon. and Rev. Edward Grimston (age 52), uncle of the bride, performed the religious rite. After the registration of the marriage the wedding party left the church, and procceded to the Earl (age 55) and Countess Craven's (age 48) mansion in Charles-street, Mayfair. At 2 o'clock the newly-wedded couple took their departure for Croome Court, tbe Earl of Coventry's (age 26) seat, near Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map], there to pass the honeymoon. At Croome Pirton and Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, the marriage was celebrated yesterday by the tenantry and neighbours of the Earl of Coventry (age 26). The tenantry of the Crome Pirton and Severn Stoke estates, to ths number of about 100, dined together in two parties yesterday at Severn Stoke and High-green. At Pirton and Severn Stoke garlands of evergreens and flags were hung out over the roads, and at night a bonfire was lighted at High-green. The rejoicings have extended over all his Lordship's (age 26) large estates in the southern portion of Worcestershire. The inhabitants of Worcester [Map] celebrated the marriage by hoisting flags from tile windows and streamers across the streets. The bells from the various churches rang merry peals all day.

On 24 Jan 1865 George Coventry 9th Earl Coventry (age 26) and Blanche Craven Countess Coventry (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 55) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 48). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 19 Jun 1866 [her son] William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor (age 20) were married. He the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 50) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 44).

On 09 Apr 1869 [her father-in-law] William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 89) died. His son [her husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 53) succeeded 4th Earl Radnor, 5th Viscount Folkestone, 5th Baron Longford, 7th Baronet Bouverie of St Catherine Cree Church in London. Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 47) by marriage Countess Radnor.

On 21 Feb 1875 [her sister-in-law] Catherine Pleydell-Bouverie (age 73) died.

In 1879 Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor (age 57) died.

On 11 Mar 1889 [her former husband] Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor (age 73) died. His son [her son] William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor (age 47) succeeded 5th Earl Radnor, 6th Viscount Folkestone, 6th Baron Longford, 8th Baronet Bouverie of St Catherine Cree Church in London. Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor by marriage Countess Radnor.

Ancestors of Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor 1821-1879

Great x 4 Grandfather: Capell Luckyn 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Luckyn 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Grimston

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Grimston 1st Viscount Grimston

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Grimston 2nd Viscount Grimston

GrandFather: James Grimston 3rd Viscount Grimston

Father: James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam

Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor