Peerage Record – 12952

     Ann Gardiner was the daughter of Sir William Gardiner and Frances Gardiner.¹ She married Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont, son of Reverend George Bard and Susan Dudley, in 1645.¹ She died before 1668.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 13 July 1668.¹
     From 1645, her married name became Bard.¹ After her marriage, Ann Gardiner was styled as Viscountess Bellomont on 18 July 1645.

     Sir William Gardiner was the son of unknown Gardiner.¹ He married Frances Gardiner, daughter of Christopher Gardiner.¹
     He lived at Peckham, Surrey, England^G.¹

     Frances Gardiner was the daughter of Christopher Gardiner.¹ She married Sir William Gardiner, son of unknown Gardiner.¹

     Christopher Gardiner was the son of unknown Gardiner.¹
     He lived at Bermondsey, London, England^G.¹

     unknown Gardiner was the son of unknown Gardiner.¹

     Charles Rupert Bard, 2nd Viscount Bellomont was born on 1 January 1647/48.¹ He was the son of Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont and Ann Gardiner.¹ He died on 19 June 1667 at age 19 at St. Kitts^G, killed in action, unmarried.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Bellomont, co. Dublin [I., 1645] on 20 June 1656.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Bard, of Staines, co. Middlesex [E., 1644] on 20 June 1656.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Bard of Dromboy, co. Westmeath [I., 1645] on 20 June 1656.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Barbados Regiment.¹ He fought in the attempt to recapture St. Kitts from the French in 1667.¹
     On his death, all of his titles became extinct.¹

     Charles Henry Kirkhoven, 1st and last Earl of Bellomont was born in 1635.² He was the son of Jan Polyander van der Kerchhove, Heer van Henvliet and Catherine Wotton, Countess of Chesterfield.¹ He married Frances Willoughby, daughter of William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Anne Cary, on 25 August 1679 at Swarkeston, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He died on 5 January 1682/83, without issue.¹ He was buried on 11 January 1682/83 at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England^G.¹
     He was created 1st Baron Wotton, of Wotton, Kent [England] on 31 August 1650.¹ He was created 1st Earl of Bellomont, in our Kingdon of Ireland [Ireland] on 9 December 1680.¹
     On his death, both of his peerages became extinct.¹

     Gerald FitzGerald married Margaret de la Hyde.
     He lived at the Black Wood, County Kildare, Ireland^G.¹

     Margaret de la Hyde married Gerald FitzGerald.
     Her married name became FitzGerald.¹