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WHARNCLIFFE


THE 5TH EARL OF WHARNCLIFFE , WR of Co York, Viscount Carlton, of Carlton, WR of Co York, and Baron Wharncliffe of Wortley, Co York (Richard Alan Montagu Stuart Wortley) [The Rt Hon The Earl of Wharncliffe, 74 Sweetser Rd, N Yarmouth, Maine 04097, USA]; born 26 May 1953; succeeded kinsman 1987; educated Wesleyan U, Conn; builder; married 1979 •Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Rev William Wellington Reed, of Keene, NH, and has:

1a +REED, Viscount Carlton; born 5 Feb 1980

2a +Christopher James; born 28 Aug 1983

3a +Otis Alexander; born 14 Feb 1991

Lineage: The 1st EARL OF SANDWICH (see BP&B 2003) had a 2nd son:

SIDNEY MONTAGU later WORTLEY-MONTAGU; married Anne Newcomen alias Wortley, illegitimate daughter and heir of Sir Francis Wortley, 2nd and last Bt (died without legitimate issue 14 March 1665/6), of Wortley Hall, Yorks, and died 11 Nov 1727, having had, with other issue, including an elder son (Francis, MP Huntingdon, died in the lifetime of the father)

EDWARD WORTLEY-MONTAGU; Lord Commr Treasury, Amb Constantinople; married by licence 12 Aug 1715 Lady Mary Pierrepont (died 1762), celebrated for introducing small-pox inoculation into England 1719, having previously had her own children treated thus in Constantinople, eldest daughter of 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, KG (see BP&B 2003 KINGSTON, E, preliminary remarks), and died 1761, having had, with a son (Edward, MP Bossiney, Cornwall, died without issue & vp):

MARY Wortley-Montagu, BARONESS MOUNT STUART OF WORTLEY, Co York (GB), so created 3 April 1761, with remainder to the heirs male of her body by her then husb; born Feb 1718; married 13/24 Aug 1736 John STUART, 3rd Earl of Bute (see BP&B 2003 BUTE, COUNTY OF, M), and died 6 Nov 1794, when the Barony passed to her eldest son, leaving a 2nd son:

JAMES ARCHIBALD STUART later STUART-WORTLEY (roy licence 17 Jan 1795, on inheriting mother's estates in Cornwall and Yorks) later still STUART-WORTLEY-MACKENZIE (1803 on inheriting the Scottish estates of his uncle Rt Hon James Stuart Mackenzie; added also the arms of MACKENZIE OF ROSEHAUGH); born 19 Sept 1747; Lt-Col, MP Bute 1774, 1784 and 1806; married 8 June 1767 Margaret, daughter of Sir David Cunynghame of Milncraig, 3rd Bt (see BP&B 2003), and died 1 March 1818, having had, with an eldest son (John, MP Bossiney, died unmarried 14 Jan 1797), a youngest son (George, born 1783, died 1813) and two daughters (Mary, married 1 June 1813 Rt Hon William Dundas, MP Edinburgh (died 1845), and died 9 March 1855; Louisa Harcourt, married 23 June 1801 5th Duke of Northumberland (see BP&B 2003) and died 30 June 1848, having had issue):

JAMES ARCHIBALD STUART later STUART-WORTLEY (roy licence 17 Jan 1795) later still STUART-WORTLEY-MACKENZIE (1826), 1st BaronWharncliffe of Wortley, Co York (UK), so created 12 July 1826, PC (1834); born 6 Oct 1776; educated Charterhouse; Capt and Lt-Col 1st Foot Gds 1797, MP (Tory) Bossiney 1802–18 and Yorks 1818–26, Lord Privy Seal 1834–35, Lord Pres Cncl 1841–45, Ld-Lt WR Yorks 1841–45; married 30 March 1799 Lady Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton (died 23 April 1856), daughter of 1st Earl of Erne (see BP&B 2003), and had:

1a JOHN, 2nd Baron

2a Charles James; born 3 June 1802; married 17 Feb 1831 Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth (died 30 Oct 1855), 2nd daughter of 5th Duke of Rutland (see BP&B 2003), and died 22 May 1844, leaving:

1b Archibald Henry Plantagenet; born 26 July 1832; Col, Chev Legn Hon, Medjidie and St Maurice and St Lazarus; married 15 June 1879 Lavinia Rebecca (died 21 Nov 1937), daughter of Samuel Gibbins, and died 30 April 1890

1b Victoria Alexandrina; Maid of Honour to HM QUEEN VICTORIA; married 4 July 1863 Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory, 4th Bt, and died 29 March 1912, leaving issue (see BP&B 2003 WELBY, Bt)

3a James Archibald STUART-WORTLEY, PC; born 3 July 1805; QC, MP, Recorder City London, Slr-Gen 1856–57; married 6 May 1846 Hon Jane Lawley (died 4 Feb 1900), only daughter of 1st Baron Wenlock (see BP&B 1932), and died 22 Aug 1881, leaving, with two other sons (died young):

1b Archibald John; born 27 May 1849; married 1883 Eleanor Edith Bromley (died 27 Oct 1939) and died without issue 11 Oct 1905

2b CHARLES BEILBY STUART-WORTLEY, 1st and last BARON STUART OF WORTLEY, of the City of Sheffield (UK), so created 1 Jan 1917, PC (1896), QC (1892); born 15 Sept 1851; educated Rugby and Balliol College Oxford (BA 1875, MA 1878); barrister Inner Temple 1876, MP (C) Sheffield 1880–85 and Sheffield Hallam 1885–1916, Parly U-Sec Home Dept 1885–86 and 1886–92, T/Chm Ctees H of C 1895–1916; married 1st 16 Aug 1880 Beatrice (died 26 July 1881), only child of Thomas Adolphus Trollope (see BP&B 2003 TROLLOPE, Bt), and had:

1c Beatrice Susan Theodosia; born 15 July 1881; married 1 Dec 1906 Arthur William James Cecil and died 30 Dec 1973, leaving issue (see BP&B 2003 SALISBURY, M)

2b (cont.) The 1st and last BARON STUART OF WORTLEY married 2nd 6 Jan 1886 Alice Sophia Caroline (died 1 Jan 1936), daughter of Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (see BP&B 2003), and dspm 24 April 1926, when the title expired, leaving by her:

2c Clare Euphemia; born 16 Oct 1889; died unmarried 15 Jan 1945

1b Mary Caroline; married 30 Dec 1880, as his 1st wife, 2nd Earl of Lovelace (see BP&B 2003) and died without issue 18 April 1941

2b Margaret Jane; married 8 May 1877 Maj-Gen Hon Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB (died without issue 15 Jan 1929; see BP&B 2003 SHREWSBURY and WATERFORD, E), and died without issue 6 Oct 1937

3b Blanche Georgina; married 26 Feb 1895 Col Frederick Firebrace, RE (died 21 Sept 1917), and died 7 July 1931

4b Caroline Susan Theodora, CBE (1920); Chm Women's Farm and Garden Assoc, author: The Bands of Orion and The First Lady Wharncliffe and her Family 1799–1856; married 25 June 1881 Norman de l'Aigle Grosvenor, 3rd son of 1st Baron Ebury (see BP&B 2003 WILTON, E), and died 7 Aug 1940, leaving issue

5b Katharine Sarah; married 1 Oct 1883 Gen Rt Hon Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB, GCVO, and died 27 March 1943, leaving issue (see BP&B 2003 COBHAM, V)

1a Caroline Jane; married 30 Aug 1830 Hon John Chetwynd Talbot and died 12 June 1876, leaving issue (see BP&B 2003 SHREWSBURY and WATERFORD, E)

The 1st BARON died 19 Dec 1845; his eldest son,

JOHN STUART-WORTLEY-MACKENZIE, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe; born 23 April 1801; educated Harrow and Ch Ch Oxford (BA 1822); Lt-Col SW Yorks Yeo; MP Bossiney 1823–30 and 1831–32, Perth Burghs 1830 and W R Yorks 1841–45; married 12 Dec 1825 Georgiana Elizabeth (died 22 Aug 1884 aged 80), 3rd daughter of 1st Earl of Harrowby (see BP&B 2003), and died 22 Oct 1855, leaving:

1a EDWARD MONTAGU STUART GRANVILLE STUART-WORTLEY later STUART-WORTLEY-MACKENZIE (1855) later still MONTAGU-STUART-WORTLEY-MACKENZIE (roy licence 18 Oct 1880), 1st Earl of Wharncliffe, WR of Co York, so created 15 Jan 1876, as also VISCOUNT CARLTON, of Carlton, WR of Co York (both UK, with remainder in both cases to his brother Francis and the latter's heirs male of the body), JP, DL; born 15 Dec 1827; educated Eton; Lt Gren Gds, Hon Col 1st Vol York and Lancaster Regt; married 4 July 1855 Lady Susan Charlotte Lascelles (died 18 May 1927), daughter of 3rd Earl of Harewood (see BLGRY 2005), and died without surviving issue 13 May 1899, having had:

1b John Henry Montagu; born 8 April 1856; died 19 Jan 1857

2a Francis Dudley MONTAGU-STUART-WORTLEY, DL (Yorks); born 23 July 1829; married 28 Aug 1855 Maria Elizabeth (died 26 Sept 1891), eldest daughter of William Bennet Martin, of Worsborough Hall, Yorks, and died 21 Oct 1893, having had, with another son and daughter (died in infancy):

1b FRANCIS JOHN MONTAGU-STUART-WORTLEY-MACKENZIE, 2nd Earl of Wharncliffe, JP, DL (W R Yorks); born 9 June 1856; educated Eton; Cdr RN; married 17 Aug 1886 Ellen (died 12 March 1922), daughter of Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Lionel John Gallwey, KCMG, Govr Bermuda, and died 8 May 1926, having had:

1c George Francis Dudley; born 25 May 1889 (HRH THE DUKE OF YORK (HM THE future GEORGE V) stood sponsor); died 6 Oct 1894

2c ARCHIBALD RALPH MONTAGU STUART WORTLEY MACKENZIE, 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe, JP, DL (W R Yorks); born 17 April 1892; educated Eton and RMC Sandhurst; Capt Res Offrs Life Gds and Gds MG Regt WW I, ADC to Govr-Gen S Africa 1915–16; married 24 March 1918 Lady (Maud Lillian) Elfreda Mary Wentworth Fitzwilliam (died 1979), ran her own munitions works WW II, Master Ecclesfield Beagles 1930–79, eldest daughter of 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, KCVO, DSO (see BP&B 1970), and died 16 May 1953, leaving:

1d ALAN JAMES MONTAGU STUART WORTLEY MACKENZIE, 4th Earl of Wharncliffe; born 23 March 1935; educated Eton; RN 1953–55, later RNVR; Master Ecclesfield Beagles, able seaman, drummer in rock band, motor mechanic, publican, salesman; married 25 July 1957 Aline Margaret (died 17 Oct 2001), only daughter of Robert Fernie Dunlop Bruce, of Dyson Holmes House, Wharncliffe Side, nr Sheffield (see BLGRY 2005 WILSON of Jerusalem Hill), and died June 1987, having had:

1e Joanna Margaret; born 15 July 1959; killed car crash 1981

2e •Rowena (added her maiden name to her married one); born 14 June 1961; married 1986 •John Hunt, s of Dr G H Hunt, of Greenwich, and has:

1f •Somerset Carlton Gerald; born 1987

1d •Ann Lavinia Maud [The Lady Ann Bowlby, Sutton Stables, Felixkirk Rd, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, N Yorks YO7 2PU]; born 25 Jan 1919; MTC WW II; married 26 Sept 1939 Cdr Vivian Russell Salvin Bowlby, RN (died 23 July 1972), s of Col Robert Russell Bowlby, of Tunbridge Wells, and has:

1e •Michael Robin Salvin; born 1947; educated Malvern

2d (Mary) Diana; born 2 June 1920; MTC WW II, MFH Wylye Valley 1955 on, jockey; married 30 Nov 1946 (divorce 1959), as his 2nd wife, 9th Duke of Newcastle, OBE (see BP&B 2003 LINCOLN, E), and died 19 Sept 1997, leaving issue

3d •Barbara Maureen [The Lady Barbara Ricardo, Rose Cottage, Wortley, Sheffield S35 7DB]; born 26 Aug 1921; WLA and Remount Depot Melton Mowbray WW II; married 23 June 1943 •David Cecil Ricardo, late Lt 8th King's Roy Irish Hus, only son of Maj Louis Ferdinand Ricardo (see BLG 1972), 8th Hus, of New Rawdon, Iringa, Tanganyika, and has:

1e •Dorrien Harry Ralph; born 22 Sept 1952; educated Scarborough Coll

2e •Richard Michael David; born 28 Sept 1955; educated Ackworth Sch; married 1986 •(Charlotte) Miranda, daughter of Michael Evelyn Brown, of E Bergholt, Suffolk, and has:

1f •Frederick Michael David; born 1989

1f •Corisande Barbara Emily; born 1991

4d •Mary Rosemary Marie-Gabrielle, OBE (1983), JP (1974) [The Lady Mary Mansel Lewis OBE, Stradey Castle, Llanelli, Dyfed SA15 4PL]; born 11 June 1930; married 15 April 1953 •Sir David Courtenay Mansel Lewis, KCVO, JP (see BP&B 2003) only son of Charles Ronald Mansel Lewis, of Stradey Castle (see BLG 1937), by Lillian Georgina, younger daughter of Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st Bt (see BP&B 2003), and has issue

3c Edward Thomas; born 25 April 1900; married 1921 Lucy Perrin (married 2nd 1925 Frank Leslie Russell) and died 21 March 1923

1c Mary Violet; born 2 Feb 1891; died unmarried 16 March 1937

2c (Ellen) Rachel; born 26 Feb 1894; married 9 July 1914 Sir Mark Beresford Russell STURGIS later GRANT-STURGIS (deed poll 1935), KCB (died 29 April 1949), elder son of Julian Sturgis, and died 12 May 1968, leaving issue

3c Joan Margaret; born 22 Nov 1895; married 27 Feb 1917 Thomas Gordon Audley Miles (died 7 Feb 1960), elder son of Audley Charles Miles, of Bayswater, and died 27 June 1960, leaving issue

2b Edward James, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO, DL (Hants), of Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Hants; born 31 July 1857; granted 25 April 1900 with surviving sister rank of earl's dau/yr s; educated Eton; Maj-Gen KRRC cmdg 10th Inf Bde 1908–12 and 46th and 65th Divs 1914–18, Mil Attaché Paris 1901–04, Orders Medjidie, Legn Hon and 2nd Cl Red Eagle Germany with star, served Afghan War 1879–81 (despatches), Egypt 1882 (medal with clasp, bronze star), Sudan 1884–85 (despatches twice, two clasps, brevet), Nile 1897–98 (despatches, medal), Boer War 1899–1900 (despatches, medal with six clasps, brevet), WW I (despatches); married 5 Feb 1891 Violet Hunter, CBE (1918), JP (died 11 Feb 1953), daughter of James Alexander Guthrie of Craigie (see BLG 1972), Dundee, and died 19 March 1934, having had:

1c Nicholas Rothesay, MC; born 9 Jan 1892; Capt Hants Yeo and Maj RAF; married 12 Nov 1919 Marie Louise Lucienne Juliette (died 13 Nov 1948), daughter of François Xavier Martin, of Vancouver, and widow of Capt Hon Cecil Edwardes (see BP&B 2003 KENSINGTON, B), and died 28 Dec 1926

1c Louise Violet Beatrice; born 18 July 1893; DGStJ; married 23 Oct 1924 Sir Percy Lytham Loraine, 12th and last Bt, GCMG, PC (died 23 May 1961; see BP&B 1959), and died without issue 8 June 1970

2c Elizabeth Valetta (Bettine); born 1 Aug 1896; Chev Legn Hon; married 1st 14 Aug 1917 (divorce 1922) Capt Allastair Edward George Grant, 9th Lancers (died 27 Sept 1947), s of Sir Charles Grant, KCSI; married 2nd 11 Aug 1928 13th Earl of Lindsey and (8th Earl of) Abingdon (died without issue ; see BP&B 2003), and died without issue 24 Oct 1978

3b Ralph Granville; born 4 July 1864; married 22 Jan 1891 Virginia Maria (died 10 Dec 1941), daughter of Adml Winfield Scott Schley, USN, and died 1 March 1927, leaving:

1c Ralph; born 12 March 1897; married 24 May 1924 Isabella, daughter of George Edward Wood, of Bedford Village, NY, and died 8 Feb 1961, leaving:

1d Alan Ralph; born 22 July 1927; married 23 Feb 1952 Virginia Anne (died 1993), daughter of (William) Martin Claybaugh, of Brownsville, Pa., and died 1986, leaving:

1e RICHARD ALAN MONTAGU STUART WORTLEY, 5th and present Earl of Wharncliffe

2e +William Ralph [William Montagu Stuart Wortley Mackenzie Esq, 18 Nola Ave, Rochester, NH, USA]; born 18 April 1959; married 1985 •Dorothea Jane, daughter of Ronald Riley, of Rochester, NY, and has:

1f +Brian Alan; born 9 Nov 1988

2f +Michael Riley; born 6 May 1993

1f •Dorothea Jayme; born 23 May 1987

1e •Anne Steele; born 30 Jan 1955; married 1987 •Robert Losty, s of Bruce Losty, of Cheshire, Conn., and has:

1f •Michelle Anne; born 1988

1d Elizabeth Anne; born 8 May 1925; BS, MS; married 27 Nov 1948 (divorce 1963) Chester Lyman Kingsbury Jr, s of Chester Lyman Kingsbury, of Middletown, Ohio, and died 19 June 1993, leaving:

1e •Chester Lyman [Chester L Kingsbury III, 9430 N Bald Eagle Ave, Tucson, AZ 86742, USA]; born 14 Feb 1950; married 19– •Kimberley –

1e •Meredith Ellen; born 1 May 1952; married 19– •James Lambert, and has:

1f •Jessica, born 19–

2e •Michelle Elizabeth [Dr Michelle Kingsbury, 2404 Amigo Ct, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA]; born 8 Oct 1957; MD; married 19– •John Walker, and has:

1f •Zeb; born 11 Dec 1996

2d •Joan Isabella [Mrs Harry Bishop,18 Webber Ave, Bath, ME 04530, USA]; born 20 July 1928; married 1 Dec 1951 •Harry Atwood Bishop Jr, s of Harry Atwood Bishop, of Gorham, NH, and has:

1e •Harry Atwood III [Harry A Bishop III, 9 Colony Dve, Turner, ME 04282, USA]; born 1 Feb 1957; educated U of NH, Plymouth; married 1982 •Julie Sayre, daughter of Leonard Mulligan, and has:

1f •Alex MacKenzie; born 28 July 1986

1f •Erin Sayre; born 5 April 1984

2e •Alan Stuart Wortley [Alan Bishop Esq, 25 Kerry Hill, Fairport, NY 14450, USA]; born 3 June 1959; educated Syracuse U (BA); radio station man in Rochester, NY; married 19– •Lisa, daughter of Anthony Marconi, of Waterloo, NY, and has:

1f •Andrew Anthony; born 27 Dec 1992

1f •Colleen Joan; born 4 Oct 1994

1e •Wendy Ann Isabella; born 16 June 1952; educated U of NH, Durham (BA); medical technologist; married 1975 •Dennis Charles Gillespie, and has:

1f •Kelly Anne Isabella; born 2 Nov 1977

2f •Meghan Therese; born 27 April 1980

2e •Linda Walters; born 16 Oct 1953; educated Springfield College Mass. (BS, MSA, MBA); exec dir Mental Health Agy Malden, Mass.; married 1981 •Nicolo Bimbo, and has:

1f •Katherine Anne; born 11 Feb 1985

1c Anne; born 23 Dec 1907; married 1st 26 April 1930 (divorce 1941) Davenport Plumer Jr, only son of Davenport Plumer, of N Hill Manor, N Hill, Pa., and had issue; married 2nd 30 May 1941 Edmund R Sawtelle (died 1964), s of Capt Edmund M Sawtelle, and had further issue

4b (Alan) Richard (Sir), KCB, KCMG, DSO, of Home Close, Highclere, Newbury; born 20 Jan 1868; educated Wellington; Lt-Gen KRRC, Hon Col Engrs and Rlwy Staff Corps 1924–48, GSO(3) 1904–07, GSO(2) 1907–08, Assist Dir Movements 1914–15, Dir Movements War Off 1915–17 (T/Brig-Gen), cmded 19th and 32nd Divs 1917, DQMG Mesopotamia 1917–19, Maj-Gen i/c Admin 1919–23, QMG India 1924–27, Col Cmdt 1st Bn KRRC 1925–38, Lt-Gen 1924, served Chitral 1895 (medal and clasp), Boer War 1899–1900 (severely wounded, despatches, medal with three clasps), WW I (despatches three times), Cdr Crown Italy and Belgium and Legn Hon; married 31 May 1900 Hon Maud Julia Mary Winn (died 17 June 1938), youngest daughter of 1st Baron Saint Oswald of Nostell (qv), and died 23 Sept 1949, leaving:

1c Henry James; born 10 May 1906; educated Winchester; with Cunard Steam Ship Co 1924–35, Imperial Airways and BOAC 1936–49 and E African Airways 1949–54; died unmarried 16 June 1982

1c Marjorie Susan; born 4 March 1901; married 6 Feb 1929 Maj Roger Orlando Bridgeman, and had issue (see BP&B 2003 BRADFORD, E)

1b Mary Susan; married 17 Sept 1884 Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley, 9th Bt (qv), and died 11 Dec 1941, leaving issue

3a James Frederick; born 16 Jan 1833; died unmarried 27 Nov 1870

1a Mary Caroline; married 25 Aug 1847 3rd Marquess of Drogheda (see BP&B 2003 DROGHEDA, E), and died without issue 2 April 1896

2a Cecily Susan; married 1 Aug 1865 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (see BP&B 2003) and died 2 May 1915, leaving issue

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