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Lovelace, Baron (E, 1627 - 1736)

Creation: let.pat. 30 May 1627

Extinct: 28 Jul 1736

Family name: Lovelace

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules on a Chief indented Argent three martlets Sable (Lovelace);  2nd Azure on a Saltire engrailed Argent five Martlets Sable (Hengham);  3rd, Gules on a Saltire Argent a Rose of Lancaster Gules (Nevill)

Crest:

On the Trunk of a Tree Vert an Eagle displayed Argent

Supporters:

On either side a Pegasus Purpure

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Richard [Lovelace], 1st Baron Lovelace

son and heir of Richard Lovelace, of Hurley, co. Berkshire, by his wife Anne Warde, 4th dau. of Richard Warde, of Hurst, co. Berkshire

born

c. 1568

mar. (1)

Katherine Hide (widow of William Hide, of Denchworth, co. Berkshire), dau. of George Gyll, of Wydial, co. Hertford, by his wife Gertrude Peryent, dau. of Sir John Peryent, of co. Hertford

mar. (2)

about 1615 Margaret Dodworth (b. c. 1588; d. 1652), dau. and hrss. of William Dodworth, citizen and merchant taylor, of London, by his wife Margaret Cartwright

children by second wife

1. Hon John Lovelace, later 2nd Baron Lovelace

2. Hon Francis Lovelace (b. c. 1618), mar., and had issue:

1a. William Lovelace, of Hurst, co. Berkshire (d. 1676), mar. Mary Nevill, sister and cohrss. of Sir Edward Nevill, 1st Bt., of Grove, co. Nottingham, and dau. of Edward Nevill, of Grove, co. Nottingham, by his wife Mary Scott, dau. of ..... Scott, of Camberwell, co. Surrey,and had issue:

1b. John Lovelace, later 4th Baron Lovelace

1. Hon Elizabeth Lovelace, mar. Henry Martin, son and heir of Sir Henry Martin

2. Hon Martha Lovelace (b. c. 1615; d. c. 1693), mar. after 22 Apr 1633 Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Bt., of Radley, co. Berkshire, and had issue

died

22 Apr 1634 (bur. at Hurley, co. Berkshire)

created

30 May 1627 Baron Lovelace, of Hurley in the County of Berkshire

suc. by

son by second wife

note

in command of troops in Ireland under the Lord Lieutenant 1599; knighted by the Earl of Essex the same year, but in prison the next year on suspicion of being involved in the Earl's rebellion; Member of Parliament for Berkshire 1601 and 1620-22, for Abingdon 1604-11 and for Windsor 1614; High Sheriff of Berkshire 1610-11 and of Oxfordshire 1626-27

John [Lovelace], 2nd Baron Lovelace

born

c. Feb 1616

mar.

11 Jul 1638 Lady Anne Wentworth, suo jure Baroness Wentworth (bapt. 29 Jul 1623; d. 7 May 1697), 3rd dau. of Thomas [Wentworth], 1st Earl of Cleveland, by his first wife Anne Crofts, dau. of Sir John Crofts, of Little Saxham, co. Suffolk

children

1. Hon John Lovelace, later 3rd Baron Lovelace

1. Hon Anne Lovelace (d. unm.)

2. Hon Margaret Lovelace (b. c. 1644; d. 14 Apr 1671; bur. in Westminster Abbey), mar. 1660 as his first wife Sir William Noel, 2nd Bt., of Kirkby Mallory, co. Leicester, and had issue

3. Hon Dorothy Lovelace, mar. Henry Drax, son of Sir Henry Drax

died

24 Sep 1670 (bur. at Hurley, co. Berkshire)

suc. by

son

note

one of the 40 lords and counsellors who signed a declaration that the King had no intention of making war on Parliament 1642; one of the Lords assembled at Oxford who signed the letter to the Earl of Essexin the interests of peace 1643; one of the 52 Lords who signed the letter to the Privy Council and conservators of the peace in Scotland 1643; he joined the King at Oxford in 1643, declafred delinquent by Parliament 1645, and sent to the Tower of London in 1655; Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire 1660-68; Steward and Lieutenant of Woodstock Manor and Park

John [Lovelace], 3rd Baron Lovelace

born

c. 1640

mar.

28 Aug 1662 Martha Pye (b. c. 1642; d. in or about 1704), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Edmund Pye, 1st Bt., of Lekhampstead and Bradenham, co. Buckingham, by his wife Catherine Lucas, sister of John [Lucas], 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield, and dau. of Thomas Lucas, of Colchester, co. Essex

children

1. John Lovelace (dvp. an infant)

1. Hon Martha Lovelace, later Baroness Wentworth

died

s.p.m.s. 27 Sep 1693 (bur. at Hurley, co. Berkshire)

suc. by

first cousin once removed

note

Member of Parliament 1661-70; arrested immediately after the discovery of the Rye House Plot 1683, but released on bail; a committed supporter of the "Glorious Revolution"; taken prisoner at Cirencester 1688 when leading a body of 70 horse to join William, Prince of Orange; sent to Gloucester jail from where he was rescued by Capt Bertie ; occupied Oxford for the Prince of Orange with a force of 300 horse 1688; Capt of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent, 1688/9-93; owing to his extravagence and the debts of £20,000 (£1,661,000 in 2005 value) he inherited from his father, the family estates in Berkshire, including Hurley, were sold; Steward and Lieutenant of Woodstock Manor and Park

John [Lovelace], 4th Baron Lovelace

born

c. 1679

mar.

about 20 Oct 1702 Charlotte Clayton (d. 12 Apr 1749), dau. of Sir John Clayton, by his wife Alice Bowyer, dau. of Sir William Bowyer, Bt.

children

1. Hon John Lovelace, later 5th Baron Lovelace

2. Hon Nevill Lovelace, later 6th Baron Lovelace

3. Hon Christopher Lovelace (dvp. 1707)

1. Hon Martha Lovelace, a Maid of Honour 1732 (d. 5 Mar 1788), mar. 25 Jun 1739 as his second wife Col Lord Henry Beauclerk, of Foliejon Park, Wingfield, co. Berkshire, Member of Parliament for Plymouth 1740-41 and for Thetford 1742-61 (b. 11 Aug 1701;  d. 5 Jan 1761), 4th son of Charles [Beauclerk], 1st Duke of St Albans, by his wife Lady Diana de Vere, 2nd dau. and event. sole hrss. of Aubrey [de Vere], 20th Earl of Oxford, by his second wife Diana Kirke, dau. by his second wife of George Kirke, Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles II, and had issue

died

6 May 1709 (bur. in Trinity Church, New York)

suc. by

son

note

Guidon, 1st Troop Horse Guards 1699-1705/6; Col of a Regiment of Foot 1706-07/8; Governor of New York 1708-09

John [Lovelace], 5th Baron Lovelace

born

c. 1705

died

20 May 1709 (bur. in Trinity Church, New York)

suc. by

brother

note

Ensign in Brigadier Munden's Regiment

Nevill [Lovelace], 6th Baron Lovelace

born

c. 1708

died

28 Jul 1736

note

a Gentleman of the Bedchamber (Whig) 17358

On the death of the 6th Baron Lovelace the Barony of Lovelace became extinct.

First written 20 Jan 2013

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