Feeny/Yorke engagement
Michael Rhodes
son of Mr and Mrs John Feeny, of Bishop Monkton, North Yorkshire, and
Sara Yorke, younger daughter of Mr John Yorke and the late Jeanie
Yorke, of Forthampton Court, Gloucestershire, scion of that BLG family
(sadly missing from my editions of the BLG circa 1965).
Source: The Times
Shinjinee
2nd but 1st surv son of Vincent Henry Yorke (husband of Hon Maud
Wyndham, 2nd dau of the 1st Lord Leconfield, and grandson maternally of
a Dutch baron of part British ancestry).
He should be in The Complete Peerage under Hardwicke E (as a
patrilineal descendant of the 1st Earl and in remainder to that title)
and possibly in Burke's Peerage recent or earlier editions.
His uncle was the author Henry Green (otherwise Henry Yorke; 1905-1973)
whose son Sebastian (b 1934) was formerly married to the Hon Emma
Tennant, half-sister of the present Lord Glenconner and an author of
some notoriety in her own (mostly, as far as I am concerned, for
sequels to Jane Austen).
Sara's mother died 1989.
For the Yorke descent from the 1st Lord Leconfield, see here:
http://www.william1.co.uk/w30.html
[Plantagenet descent via the Seymour dukes of Somerset]
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd & last Earl of Egremont, * 1751, + 1837,
Md. 1801, Elizabeth Iliffe, + 1822. The Earl's children were born
before the date of his marriage and therefore did not inherit his
titles. One daughter was born legitimate, but died young.
[their 1st son, born outside of wedlock] George Wyndham, 1st Baron
Leconfield of Leconfield (1859) (1787-1869) md. 1815, Mary Fanny Blunt,
+ 1863, d. of Rev. William Blunt of Crabbett, Sussex. [Interesting
family, cousin of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, poet, md to Lady Anne King,
granddaughter of Lord Byron, the poet, and suo jure Baroness Wentworth.
Their only daughter md (and div) the 3rd Earl of Lyttton, and their
grandson is the present Earl and heir presumably to the unpublished
family papers in the line from Blunt and his wife, her mother Ada
Countess of Lovelace and her grandfather Lord Byron)]. Issue 6 sons
and 3 daus. Ancestors of all subsequent Lords Leconfield (now Lords
Leconfield & Egremont) and several other peers.
[their 8th child and 2nd daughter]
Hon Maud Evelyn Wyndham (1874-1963), Md. 1899 [Captain] Vincent
Wodehouse Yorke (1869-1957) archaeologist, explorer and classicist
turned bank director; inherited Forthampton Court from his father;
issue 3 sons, of whom 2 survived including Henry Green (1905-1973).
Vincent Wodehouse Yorke was son of John Reginald Yorke (1836-1912) by
his wife Baroness Sophia Matilda Tuyll van Seeroskerken [a relative by
marriage of the Duchess of Beaufort, whose 1st husband had been of the
Tuyll van Seeroskerken family]. Vincent was named for his maternal
grandfather.
[the 2nd but 1st surv son] - grandson of 1st Lord Leconfield
[Major] Gerald Joseph Yorke (10 Dec 1901 Forthampton Court -29 April
1983 Forthampton Court) md. 1937, Angela Vivien Duncan, + 1988, d. of
Maj.Gen. Sir John Duncan, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O. Issue 3 sons,
of whom the yst has a son, the elder two sons have only daughters
[eldest son] great-grandson of 1st Lord Leconfield
John Sarne Yorke (b. 1938), md.1) 1967, Jean Victoria Reynolds, + 1989,
d. of Anthony Reynolds of Portugal. by whom issue 2 daus. md.2) 1992,
Julia Allen, d. of Herbert M. Allen, by whom no issue is known.
[yr daughter]
Sara Yorke, * 1974.
[end of extract, suitably adapted and annotated]
Is the elder dau Anabel (b 1971) married?
I believe that Mr Yorke is active with local charities. There is a John
Yorke foundation
For information about Henry Green
http://www.warwickboar.co.uk/core/arts/neglected_genius/
For Yorke of Forthampton Court, check under Hardwicke E and search
Google for
"Yorke Forthampton Court"
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/treglown-romancing.html
"A century after Isabelle's time, another van Tuyll married John
Reginald Yorke, a prosperous Gloucestershire landowner and member of
Parliament. In 1899, their brilliant, rather austere elder son,
Vincent, married the vivacious Maud Wyndham, whose father was the
second Baron Leconfield -; among the richest members of the British
aristocracy and owner of one of the most magnificent houses in England:
Petworth, in Sussex. "
Henry Green's son Sebastian (b 1934) was apparently a godson of the
Queen Mother, since she and his wife (and cousin) Adelaide "Dig"
Biddulph were friends
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5057
"Dig's family were as well-connected as Henry's; her friend, the
Duchess of York, who later became godmother to their son, was made
Queen in 1936 with the abdication of Edward VII."
[Dig's sister May is mother of Josephine Lowry-Corry, of the earls of
Belmore, aka Princess Rupert von Loewenstein]
Yorke of Forthampton court descent
---------------------------------------------------
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke = 2ndly Margaret Cocks, widow of
John Lygon (of the earlier Lygons of Madresfield Court), and daughter
of Charles Cocks and his wife Mary Somers, by whom he had issue
including :
Rt Rev Hon James Yorke, Bishop of Ely (9 March 1730- 26 Aug 1808 d aged
78) = 29 Jun 1762: Mary Maddocks (30 Dec 1741-1824), dau of Rt Rev
Isaac Maddocks, Bishop of Worcester; by whom issue including Joseph
Yorke (below) and another son Rev Philip Yorke, Prebendary of Ely
(1770-1817) who md his cousin Hon Anna Maria Cocks, dau (by his 2nd
wife) of the 1st Baron Somers and half-sister of the 1st Earl Somers.
Joseph Yorke (5 May 1765 - 9 Dec 1830 d aged 65) = 17 Nov 1800
Catherine Cocks (d 3 Mar 1830), daughter of James Cocks and Martha
Watson and sister of Jane Cocks, 2nd wife of her cousin John Somers
Cocks, 1st Earl Somers. James Cocks and his nephew (and son-in-law)
the 1st Earl Somers were descended from John Cocks (son of Charles
Cocks and his wife Mary Somers) and his wife Mary Cocks. [See under
Somers B]. The network between the Cocks, the Somers and the Cocks gets
really crazy.
Joseph Yorke of Forthampton Court (11 Jan 1807 - 4 Feb 1889 d aged 82)
= 31 Dec 1834 Frances Antonia Pole-Carew (d 27 Feb 1889, surviving her
husband less than one month), dau of Rt Hon Reginald Pole-Carew and
Hon. Caroline Lyttleton, dau of the 1st Baron Lyttleton. Frances
Pole-Carew was sister of William Henry Pole-Carew, grandfather of Sir
John Carew-Pole, 12th Bt, of Antony, co Cornwall [father of the presen
t Bt]
John Reginald Yorke (25 Jan 1836- 27 Mar 1912 aged 76) md 1stly 4 Mar
1862 Augusta Emmeline Douglas (d 19 Feb 1863 presumably of childbed
complications), dau of Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas, by whom issue 1 son
(dunm vp), dau of md 2ndly 11 Jan 1868 Baroness Sophia Matilda van
Tuyll van Seeroskerken (d 4 Aug 1905), issue including
Vincent Wodehouse Yorke (21 May 1869- 26 Nov 1957 aged 88) md 24 Aug
1899 Hon Maud Evelyn Wyndham (1873-1963), 2nd dau of the 1st Lord
Leconfield, and had issue 3 sons (eldest Philip died of leukaemia while
at Eton)
Gerald Joseph Yorke (10 Dec 1901-29 Apr 1983 d at home Forthampton
Court aged 81) md 1937 Angela Vivien Duncan (d 1988) [dau of Maj.Gen.
Sir John Duncan, K.C.B., C.M.G.] and has issue 3 sons (yst has a son)
John Sarne Yorke (b. 1938) md 1stly 1967 Jean Victoria Reynolds (d
1989) by whom 2 daus. Present owner and occupant of Forthampton Court
I have more stuff, but this is probably more than enough.