Biography of George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury 1804-1878

Paternal Family Tree: Brudenell

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Smithson 1652

On 10 Apr 1793 [his father] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 20) and [his mother] Henrietta Maria Hill were married in Florence, Italy. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 63) and [his grandmother] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury.

On 20 Nov 1804 George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury was born to Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 31) and Henrietta Maria Hill.

On 19 Apr 1814 [his grandfather] Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 84) died at Seymour Place. His son [his father] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Ailesbury, 3rd Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.

On 02 Jan 1831 [his mother] Henrietta Maria Hill died.

On 20 Aug 1833 [his father] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 60) and [his step-mother] Maria Elizabeth Tollemache Marchioness Ailesbury (age 23) were married at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey. She by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury and [his grandmother] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury.

On 11 May 1837 George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 32) and Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 24) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 52). He the son of Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 64) and Henrietta Maria Hill.

In 1841 [his sister-in-law] Diana Herbert Countess Normanton (age 51) died.

On 04 Jan 1856 [his father] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 82) died. His son George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 51) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ailesbury, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 2nd Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 2nd Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 4th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire. [his wife] Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury.

The Times. 24 Dec 1861. Yesterday, with little of the pomp and pageantry of a State ceremonial, but with every outward mark of respect, and with all the solemnity which befitted his high station and his public virties, the mortal remains of the husband (deceased) of our Queen (age 42) were interred in the last resting-place of England's Sovereigns-the Chapel Royal of St. George's, Windsor [Map]. By the express desire of his Royal Highness the funeral was of the plainest and most private character; but in the Chapel, to do honour to his obsequies, were assembled all the chiefest men of the State, and throughout England, by every sign of sorrow and imourning, the nation manifested its sense of the loss wlhich it has sustaiined. Windsor itself wore an aspect of the most profound gloom. Every shop was closed and every blind drawn down. The streets were silent and almost deserted, and all wvho appeared abroad were dressed in the deepest mourning. The great bell of Windsor Castle [Map] clanged out: its doleful sound at intervals from an early hour, and minute bells were tolled also at St. John's Church. At the parish church of Cleover and at St. John's there were services in the morning and: aternoon, and the day was observed throughout the Royal borough in the strictest manner. The weather was in character with the occasion, a chill, damp air, with a dull leaden sky above, increased the gloom which hung over all. There were but few visitors in the town, for the procession did not pass beyond the immediate precincts of the Chapel and Castle, and none were admitted except those connected with the Castle andi their friends. At 11 o'clock a strong force of the A division took possession of the avenues leading to the Chapel Royal, and from that time only the guests specially invited and those who were to take part in the ceremonial were allowed to pass. Shortly afterwards a of honour of the Grenadier Guards, of which regiment his Royal Highness was Colonel, with the colonrs of the regiment shrouded in crape, marched in and took up its position before the principal entrance to the Chapel Royal. Another guard of honour from the same regiment was also on duty in the Quadrangle at the entrance to the State apartments. They were speedily followed by a squadron of the 2nd Life Guards dismounted, and by two companies of the Fusileer Guards, who were drawn uip in single file along each side of the road by which the procession was to pass, from the Norman gateway to the Chapel door. The officers wore the deepest military mourning-scarves, sword-knots, and rosettes of crape. In the Rome Park was stationed a troop of Horse Artillery, which commenced firing minute guns at the end of the Long Walk, advancing slowly until it reached the Castle gates just at the close of the ceremony. The Ministers, the officers of the Queen's Household, and other distinguished personages who had been honoured with an invitation to attend the ceremonial, reached Windsor a special train from Paddington. They were met by carriages provided for them at the station, and began to arrive at the Chapel Royal soon after 11 o'clock. The Earl of Derby (age 62), the Archbishop of Canterbury (age 81), Earl Russell (age 69), and the Duke of Buccleuch were among the first to make their appearance, and as they alighted at the door of the Chapel they were received by the proper officials and conducted to the seats appointed for them in the Choir. In the Great Quadrangle were drawn up the hearse and the mourning coaches, and, all the preparations having been completed within the Castle, the procession began to be formed shortly before 12 o'clock. It had been originally intended that it should leave the Castle by the St. George's gate, and, proceeding down Castle-hill, approach the Chapel through Henry VII.'s gateway, but at a late hour this arrangement was changed, and the shorter route by the Norman gatewvay was chosen.

The crowd which had gradually collected at the foot of Castle-hill, owing to this change, saw nothing of the procession but the empty carriages as they returned to the Castle after setting down at the Chapel. The few spectators who were fortunate enough to gain admission to the Lower Ward stood in a narrow fringe along the edge of the flags in front of the houses of the Poor Knights, and their presence was the only exception to the strict privacy of the ceremonial. The Prince of Wales (age 20) and the other Royal mourners assembled in the Oak Room, but did not form part of the procession. They were conveyed to the Chapel in private carriages before the coffin was placed in the hearse, passing through St. George's gatewayinto the Lower Ward. In the first carriage were the Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur (age 11), and the Duke of Saxe Coburg (age 8). The Crown Prince of Prussia (age 30), the Duke of Brabant (age 26), and the Count of Flanders (age 24) followed in the next; and in the others were the Duke de Nemours (age 47), Prince Louis of Hesse (age 24), Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (age 38), and the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, with the gentlemen of their respective suites. Scarcely had they alighted at the door of Wolsey's Chapel, from which they were conducted through the Chapter Room to the door of the Chapel Royal to be in readiness to meet the coffin, when the first minute gun fired in tlhe distance, and the rattle of the troops reversing arms announced that the procession had started, and exactly at 12 o'clock the first mourning coach moved from under the Norman gateway. First came nine mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, conveying the Physicians, Equerries, and other members of the household of the late Prince. In the last were the Lord Steward (age 63) (Earl St. Germans), the Lord Chamberlain (age 56) (Viscount Sidney), and the Master of the Horse (age 57) (the Marquis of Ailesbury). The carriages and trappings were of the plainest description; the horses had black velvet housings and feathers, but on the carriages there, were no feathers or ornaments of any kind. The mourning coaches were followed by one of the Queen's carriages, drawn by six horses, and attended by servants in State liveries, in which was the Groom of the Stole (age 26), Earl Spencer, carrying the crown, and a Lord of the Bedchamber, Lord George Lennox, carrying the baton, sword, and hat of his late Royal Highness. Next escorted by a troop of the 2nd Life Guards, came the hearse, drawn by six black horses, which, like the carriages, was quite plain and unornamented. On the housings of the horses and on the sides of the hearse were emblazoned the scutcheons of Her Majesty and of the Prince, each surmounted by a, crown, the Prince's arms being in black and Her Majesty's in white. The procession was closed by four State carriages.

On 25 May 1864 George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 59) was appointed 739th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45).

Death of Lord Cardigan

On 28 Mar 1868 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 70) died from a fall from a horse. His second cousin George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 63) succeeded 8th Earl Cardigan, 8th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire extinct.

On 25 May 1915 Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan (age 90) died.

Both were buried in St Peter's Church, Deene [Map]; he on 09 Apr 1868. Monument to James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan 1797 1868 sculpted by Joseph Edgar Boehm (age 33). Recumbent effigies on Sarcophagus, bronze sea horses (Brudenell Crest) at the bottom corners.

In Jan 1892 [his former wife] Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 79) died at 78 Pall Mall [Map].

Royal Ancestors of George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury 1804-1878

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

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

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

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

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

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

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury 1804-1878

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savile 1st Baron Savile 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey

GrandFather: Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Chichester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Seymour 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hoare

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Hoare

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Hoare "The Magnificient"

GrandMother: Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury

Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Colt

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Colt

George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hill aka Harwood

GrandFather: Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Noel 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Noel 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lovelace 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Noel 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clobery of Winchester in Hampshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clobery

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Maria Noel 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Trollope

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Trollope 3rd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trollope

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clobery of Winchester in Hampshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susannah Clobery

Mother: Henrietta Maria Hill 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Vernon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

GrandMother: Anna Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Wentworth of Ahsby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wentworth of Northgatehead 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Captain Allen Apsley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Apsley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Petre

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Wentworth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Johnson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Johnson Baron Wentworth

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Johnson Countess Strafford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Smithson