Biography of Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 1754-1784

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On 12 Oct 1754 Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers was born to Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness (age 36).

On 29 Nov 1773 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 22) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness (age 55). He the son of Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 60) and Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 21 Jul 1775 [her son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds was born to [her husband] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 24) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 20).

On 07 Sep 1776 [her daughter] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester was born to [her husband] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 25) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 21) at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.

On 18 Oct 1777 [her son] Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin was born to [her husband] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 26) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 23).

On 16 May 1778 [her father] Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness (age 59) died. Earl Holderness, Baron Darcy of Meinhill extinct. His daughter Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 23) succeeded 12th Baroness Darcy of Knayth, 9th Baroness Conyers.

In 1779 John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 22) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1779 [her husband] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 27) divorced Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 24) since she had run off with [her husband] John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 22) the year before.

On 26 Jan 1783 [her daughter] Augusta Maria Byron was born to [her husband] John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 26) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 28).

On 27 Jan 1784 Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 29) died. Her son [her son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 8) succeeded 13th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 10th Baron Conyers.

After 27 Jan 1784 [her former husband] John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 27) and Catherine Gordon 13th of Gight Gordon (age 19) were married.

In 1788 [her former husband] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 36) and Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 23) were married. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 74) and Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds.

On 02 Aug 1791 [her former husband] John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 35) died.

On 31 Jan 1799 [her former husband] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 48) died. His son [her son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 23) succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [her daughter-in-law] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

The Times. 24 Dec 1895. [her great grandson] The Duke of Leeds (deceased) died at Hornby Castle [Map], yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He recently contracted a severe chill, which led to an attack of bronchitis. He took to his bed about a week ago and gradually sank. George Godolphin Osborne, ninth Duke of Leeds in the peerage of England, Marquis of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osbome of Kiveton, all in the peerage of England; Viscount Osbome and Viscount Dunblane in the peerage of Scotland; and Baron Godolphin of Paraham Royal, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a baronet, and a Prince or the Holy Roman Empire, was born in Paris in 1828, the eldest son of the [her grandson] eighth duke. He married, in 1861, the Hon. Fanny Georgiana Pitt (age 58), daughter of the fourth Baron Rivers, who was born in 1836 and was Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1873. He was appointed captain in the North Yorks Militia in 1852, and resigued in 1859, but was reappoined in 1861. He succeeded to the family honours in 1872, and has issue living three sons and five daughters. The family descends from Sir Edward Osborne, knight, who was Vice-President of the Council of the North in 1629 and Lieutenant-General of the forces raised there against the Parliamentary Army in 1841. His son was Treasurer of the Navy and Lord High Chancellor, and as Earl of Danby was impeeched by the Commons in 1679. The [her former husband] fifth duke married Amelia, in her own right Baroness Conyers, but this title left the main line in 1859 on the death of the [her grandson] seventh duke. The late duke was nephew of the late Rev. Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, who wrote much over the familiar signature "S.G.O.," and brother of [her great grandson] Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne (age 65), who was rector of Great Elm, but joined the Church of Rome in 1875. The Duke of Leeds is succeeded by his eldest surviving son (age 33), the Marquis of Carmarthen, who was born in 1862, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was formerly a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars. Lord Carmarthen unsuccessfully contested the Newmarket Division of Cambridgeshire as a Conservative in 1886, and has sat since July, 1887, for the Brixton Division of Lambeth, in which constituency his sucoession to the peerage now creates a vacancy. Lord Carmarthen was an assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Knutsford) from 1886 to 1888. He was appointed Treasurer of the Household on the formation of the present Ministry. He married, in 1884, Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (age 33), daughter of the second Earl of Durham, and has issue four daughters.

Royal Ancestors of Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 1754-1784

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 1754-1784

Great x 4 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 7th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 1st Baron Darcy Meinhill, 4th Baron Conyers 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Belasyse Baroness Darcy and Conyers 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rokeby

Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Rokeby Countess Holderness

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Darcy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sutton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe in Lincolnshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Cony

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony St Leger 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony St Leger 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness 3 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hans Meinhard Schomberg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Dudley 5th Baron Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dudley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Theodosia Harrington Baroness Dudley

Great x 1 Grandfather: Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Karoline von der Pfalz Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld

Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland