Biography of Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury 1730-1804

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On 31 Jan 1724 [her father] Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 29) and [her mother] Mary Clarke were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].

On 02 Oct 1730 Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury was born to Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 35) and Mary Clarke.

On 21 Nov 1736 [her uncle] Edward des Bouverie 2nd Baronet (age 46) died at Aix in France. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Britford [Map]. His brother [her father] Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 42) succeeded 3rd Baronet Bouverie of St Catherine Cree Church in London.

On 16 Nov 1739 [her mother] Mary Clarke died. She was buried at Britford, Wiltshire [Map].

On 21 Apr 1741 [her father] Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 46) and [her step-mother] Elizabeth Marsham Viscountess Fokestone (age 29) were married at Swanscombe, Kent.

On 29 Jun 1747 [her father] Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 52) was created 1st Viscount Folkestone, 1st Baron Longford. [her step-mother] Elizabeth Marsham Viscountess Fokestone (age 35) by marriage Viscountess Folkestone.

On 17 Feb 1761 [her father] Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 66) died. His son [her brother] William Pleydell-Bouverie 1st Earl Radnor (age 35) succeeded 2nd Viscount Folkestone, 2nd Baron Longford, 4th Baronet Bouverie of St Catherine Cree Church in London. Rebecca Alleyne (age 35) by marriage Viscountess Folkestone.

Before 17 Sep 1761 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury (age 50) and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and .

On 17 Sep 1761 [her son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury was born to [her husband] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury (age 50) and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 30).

On 21 Dec 1768 [her son] Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury 1768-1851 was born to [her husband] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury (age 57) and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 38).

On 27 May 1771 [her husband] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury (age 60) died. His son [her son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury (age 9) succeeded 5th Earl Shaftesbury, 6th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.

On 17 Jul 1786 [her son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury (age 24) and [her former daughter-in-law] Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury 1762-1782 were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury 1730-1804 (age 55).

Before 09 Aug 1795 [her son-in-law] Charles Sturt of Crichel and Brownsea Castle (age 32) and [her daughter] Mary Anne Ashley Cooper were married. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury 1730-1804 (age 64).

On 12 Nov 1804 Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 74) died.

[her daughter] Mary Anne Ashley Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury.

Family Trees of Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury 1730-1804

Paternal Family Tree: Bouverie

Maternal Family Tree: Mary Clarke 1739

Ancestors of Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury 1730-1804

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward des Bouverie

GrandFather: William des Bouverie 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Jacob de la Forterie

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne de la Foterie

Father: Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Urry of Mill Place, Isle of Wight

Great x 1 Grandfather: David Urry

GrandMother: Anne Urry Lady Bouverie

Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury 1730-1804

GrandFather: Bartholemew Clarke

Mother: Mary Clarke