Peerage Record – 1077

     Hugh le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Winchester was born on 1 March 1260/61.² He was the son of Sir Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser and Aliva Basset.² He married Isabella de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud fitz John, before 1286.² He died on 27 October 1326 at age 65, hanged as a traitor.²
     Hugh le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Winchester also went by the nick-name of Hugh ‘the Elder’.² He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Despenser [E., 1264] on 4 August 1265.³ He was created 1st Lord le Despenser [England by writ] on 24 June 1295.² In 1312 he represented King Edward II in negotiating a treaty with his nobles a tthe time of Gaveston’s murder by them.² He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.² In February 1314/15 he was banished from court by the machinations of his enemies.² In August 1321 he was disinherited and exiled in perpetuity for his alleged misgovernment and malign influence of King Edward II.² In January 1321/22 his exile was reversed.² He was created 1st Earl of Winchester [England] on 10 May 1322.² After King Edward II fled to Wales, he was convicted as a traitor and all of his honours forfeited.²

     Kim Joanne Ireland was born in 1967.¹ She is the daughter of Glen Douglas Ireland and Robyn Hope Johnstone.¹

     Mayow Wynell-Mayow lived at Sydenham, Kent, England^G.¹

     Georgiana Beresford was the daughter of Admiral Sir John de la Poer Beresford, 1st Bt. and Harriet Elizabeth Peirse.¹ She married Rt. Rev. Reginald Courtenay, son of Rt. Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay and Anne Wynell-Mayow, on 23 July 1842.¹ She died on 7 September 1870.¹
     From 23 July 1842, her married name became Courtenay.¹

     John Peregrine Charles Courtenay was born in 1843.¹ He was the son of Rt. Rev. Reginald Courtenay and Georgiana Beresford.¹ He died, unmarried.¹

     Reginald Edward Courtenay was born on 7 November 1844.¹ He was the son of Rt. Rev. Reginald Courtenay and Georgiana Beresford.¹ He died on 5 June 1873 at age 28.¹

     Georgiana Harriet Anne Courtenay was born on 31 January 1846.¹ She was the daughter of Rt. Rev. Reginald Courtenay and Georgiana Beresford.¹ She married Reverend George Thomas Ryves on 11 August 1869.¹ She died on 14 February 1932 at age 86.¹
     Her married name became Ryves.

     Evangeline Claudette Courtenay was born on 22 April 1855.¹ She was the daughter of Rt. Rev. Reginald Courtenay and Georgiana Beresford.¹ She married Colonel Charles John Blake, son of Charles Blake, on 28 March 1880.¹
     Her married name became Blake.

     Mabel Courtenay was born on 24 December 1857.¹ She was the daughter of Rt. Rev. Reginald Courtenay and Georgiana Beresford.¹ She died on 4 November 1936 at age 78.¹

     Colonel Edward Reginald Courtenay was born on 27 June 1853.¹ He was the son of Major George Henry Courtenay and Laura Samuda.¹ He married, firstly, Kathleen Ruth Crofton, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hugh Augustus Crofton and Amelia Harriet Farquharson, on 2 July 1878.¹ He and Kathleen Ruth Crofton were divorced in 1881.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Emily Hammersley, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Hammersley, on 5 August 1891.¹ He died on 29 March 1919 at age 65.¹
     He fought in the Zulu War in 1870, where he was mentioned in despatches twice.¹ He fought in the Nile Expedition between 1884 and 1885.¹ He fought in the Sudan Expedition between 1885 and 1886, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He fought in the North-West Frontier between 1897 and 1898.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 11th Hussars.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Brigadier-General in 1914 in the 2nd Army, Central Force.¹ He lived at Sydenham, Kent, England^G.