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'Bligh1'
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Families covered: Bligh of Darnley, Bligh of Rathmore
| William Bligh of Plymouth | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Bligh of London and Rathmore (bpt 23.02.1616-7, 3rd son, d 03.11.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Fuller (d before 08.12.1669, sister of William Fuller, Bishop of Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Bligh of Rathmore (b c1654, d 28.08.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.12.1682) Elizabeth Naper (d 21.03.1736-7, dau of James Naper of Loughcrew) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Bligh of Rathmore, 1st Earl of Darnley (d 12.09.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.08.1713) Theodosia Hyde, Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold (b 09.11.1695, d 30.07.1722, dau of Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Bligh (b 31.10.1714, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (b 09.11.1715, d unm 22.07.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (b 28.09.1719, d 31.07.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.09.1766) Mary Stoyte (d 27.03.1803, dau of John Stoyte of Street) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (b 30.06.1767, d 17.03.1831) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1791) Elizabeth Brownlow (d 22.12.1831, dau of William Brownlow of Lurgan) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley (b 25.02.1795, d 12.02.1835, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.07.1825) Emma Jane Parnell (d 15.03.1884, dau of Sir Henry Parnell, later Lord Congleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir John Duncan Bligh (b 11.10.1798, d 08.05.1872) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.12.1835) Elizabeth Mary Gisborne (d 22.07.1837, dau of Thomas Gisborne) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.11.1865) Anne Julia Brownlow (dsp 19.07.1882, dau of Rev. Francis Brownlow) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Bligh (b 01.06.1796, d 18.06.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1822) Charles Brownlow,1st Lord Lurgan (b 17.04.1795, d 30.04.1857) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Bligh (d 13.11.1872) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.07.1833) Rev. John Brownlow | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - John (b 22.05.1793, d 03.06.1793), William (b 25.05.1797, d 18.10.1807), Catherine (b 18.06.1792, d 10.01.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward Bligh (b 19.09.1769, dsp 02.11.1840, General) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | William Bligh (b 25.09.1775, d 06.08.1845, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.07.1806) Sophia Stewart (d 1809, dau of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Bligh (dsps 04.03.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1789) Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Bart (d 20.06.1813) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Theodosia Bligh (d 21.01.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.11.1790) Thomas Cherburgh Bligh (d 17.09.1830) below | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Sarah Bligh (b 10.02.1772, bur 12.04.1797) |
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| (7) | Catherine Bligh (b 06.05.1774, d 11.02.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.08.1804) Charles William Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (b 18.05.1778, d 06.03.1854) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Bligh (d 27.04.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1736) William Tighe of Rosanna (d 1766) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Bligh (d 07.02.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.09.1742) Robert Hawkins-Magill of Gill Hill (d 1745) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.1748) Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor (b 08.1719, d 20.05.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Theodosia Bligh (b c1723, d 20.05.1777) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1745) William Crosbie, 1st Earl of Glandore (b 05.1716, d 11.04.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | ?? Bligh | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Cherburgh Bligh (d 17.09.1830) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theodosia Bligh (d 21.01.1840, dau of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley) above | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sarah Bligh | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.04.1733) William Gore of Woodford (dsp before 20.11.1769) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Bligh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George St. George of Woodsgift | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Dorothy Bligh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Monck of the Middle Temple (bpt 27.10.1692) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Sarah Bligh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1697, sp?) Thomas Ashe of St. John's (d 28.01.1722) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BP1934 (Darnley)
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