Eileen Lavery 1891-1935

1889. [her father] John Lavery [aged 32]. "Eileen, Her First Communion". Portrait of Eileen Lavery.

In 1889 [her father] John Lavery [aged 32] and [her mother] Kathleen MacDermott were married.

In or before 1891 Eileen Lavery was born to John Lavery [aged 34] and Kathleen MacDermott.

In 1891 [her mother] Kathleen MacDermott died of tuberculosis.

1901. [her father] John Lavery [aged 44]. "Eileen [aged 10], her first communion".

1909. [her father] John Lavery [aged 52]. "The Mother", showing the artist's daughter Eileen [aged 18] with her child.

In 1909 [her father] John Lavery [aged 52] and [her step-mother] Hazel Martyn [aged 28] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

In 1912 James Dickinson and Eileen Lavery [aged 21] were married. They were divorced before 1920. She the daughter of John Lavery [aged 55] and Kathleen MacDermott.

In 1919 William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 25] and Eileen Lavery [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of John Lavery [aged 62] and Kathleen MacDermott.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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In 1920 [her daughter] Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill was born to [her husband] William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 26] and Eileen Lavery [aged 29].

Around 1923 [her son] June Mary Forbes-Semphill was born to [her husband] William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 29] and Eileen Lavery [aged 32].

Around 1924. [her father] John Lavery [aged 67]. "Mrs Forbes-Semphill". Portrait of the artist's daughter Eileen Lavery [aged 33] and his grand-daughter Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill [aged 4].

Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill: In 1920 she was born to William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill and Eileen Lavery. On 30th December 1965 William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill died. Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill inherited the Semphill peerage. The Baronetcy passed to his younger sibling Ewans Forbes who had been registered at birth and raised as female, but lived as a man, and had his birth re-registered as male. This inheritance was challenged on grounds of sex by a cousin, John Forbes-Sempill, but upheld in the courts.

In 1935 Eileen Lavery [aged 44] died.

On 30th December 1965 [her former husband] William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 72] died. [her daughter] Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill [aged 45] inherited the Semphill peerage. The Baronetcy passed to his younger sibling Ewans Forbes who had been registered at birth and raised as female, but lived as a man, and had his birth re-registered as male. This inheritance was challenged on grounds of sex by a cousin, John Forbes-Sempill, but upheld in the courts.