Col William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Viscount Dursley, Baron Segrove, Earl FitzHardinge

Col William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Viscount Dursley, Baron Segrove, Earl FitzHardinge - Illegitimate Children X3

Started by Jane Bryhn on Thursday, October 9, 2014

Jane Bryhn

10/9/2014 at 3:30 PM

I have a strong suspicion that a distant ancestor of mine was along with his 2 siblings the children of William Berkeley b. 1786 - 1857.

I would be welcome hearing from anyone who would be interested in researching these details further.
The children's mother never married but was left money by William - as were the children.

The first child born was described as illegitimate - however the next 2 were not given that description & their mother although single was described as Gentlewoman

Private User

11/17/2016 at 6:17 AM

Also in distant reaches of my tree. More complex than that - secret marriage was recognised by parties but not the courts.
This is useful:
http://www.berkeley-castle.com/Resources/Newsletter%20Sept11.pdf
also http://lawcollections.library.cornell.edu/trial/catalog/sat:0702 does not reflect well but defence after p26 is interesting)

Private User

10/13/2023 at 6:55 AM

Both above links no longer work but the report on trial can be found at:
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat0702

Col William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Viscount Dursley, Baron Segrove, Earl FitzHardinge - Illegitimate Children X3

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