Paternal Family Tree: Williamson aka Winn
Before 19th February 1820 [his father] Charles Williamson aka Winn [aged 24] and [his mother] Priscilla Strickland [aged 23] were married.
On 19th February 1820 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald was born to Charles Williamson aka Winn [aged 24] and Priscilla Strickland [aged 23].
On 21st March 1854 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald [aged 34] and Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald were married.
On 1st August 1857 [his son] Rowland Winn 2nd Baron St Oswald was born to Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald [aged 37] and [his wife] Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald. He married 1892 Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn and had issue.
In 1858 [his son] Charles Cavendish Winn was born to Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald [aged 37] and [his wife] Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald.
In 1868 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald [aged 47] was elected MP North Lincolnshire which seat he held until 1885.
From 1874 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald [aged 53] lived at Nostell Priory, Wakefield [Map] which he had inherited from his father Charles Williamson aka Winn [aged 78].
On 17th December 1874 [his father] Charles Williamson aka Winn [aged 79] died.
On 19th November 1884 [his mother] Priscilla Strickland [aged 88] died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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The London Gazette 25486. Whitehall, July 2, 1885. The Queen [aged 66] has been please'd to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of 'Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten, namely:
Mervyn Edward [aged 48], Viscount Powerscourt, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, K.P., by the name, style, and title of Baron Powerscourt, of Powerscourt, in the county of Wicklow.
Sir Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild [aged 44], Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Rothschild, of Tring, in the county of Hertford. [Emma Louise von Rothschild Baroness Rothschild [aged 41] by marriage Baroness Rothschild of Tring in Hertfordshire]
Edward Charles Baring [aged 57], Esq., by the name, style, and titie of Baron Revelstoke, of Membland, in the county of Devon. [Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Revelstoke of Membland in Devon]
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Porrett Collier [aged 68], Knt., a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, by the name, style, and title of Baron Monkswell, of Monkswell, in the county of Devon. [Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell [aged 70] by marriage Baroness Monkswell of Monkswell in Devon]
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Hobhouse, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hobhouse, of Hadspen, in the county of Somerset.
Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, KC.B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Lingen, of Lingen, in the county of Hereford.
The Right Honourable Edward Gibson, Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, by the name, style, and title of Baron Ashbourne, of Ashbourne, in the county of Meath.
Rowland Winn [aged 65], Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Saint Oswald, of Nostell, in the West Riding of the county of York [[his wife] Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald by marriage Baroness St Oswald of Nostell in the West Riding of Yorkshire.]
In 1892 [his son] Rowland Winn 2nd Baron St Oswald [aged 34] and [his daughter-in-law] Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn were married.
On 17th January 1893 or 19th January 1893 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald [aged 72] died. His son Rowland [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Baron St Oswald of Nostell in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn by marriage Baroness St Oswald of Nostell in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 6th June 1926 [his former wife] Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald died.
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Grandfather: John Williamson
father: Charles Williamson aka Winn
Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Strickland 2nd Baronet
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Strickland 3rd Baronet
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Strickland 4th Baronet
11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Strickland 5th Baronet
12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jeremy Sambrooke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Sambrooke Lady Strickland
Grandfather: William Strickland 6th Baronet
13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
mother: Priscilla Strickland
13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Cholmley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nathaniel Cholmley 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Compton Lady Rushout
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Cholmley 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nathaniel Cholmley 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Wentworth
12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lowther 1st Viscount Lonsdale
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lowther Lady Wentworth
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Thynne Viscountess Lonsdale
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Henrietta Cholmley Lady Strickland 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Croft of Stillington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta-Katharina Croft