Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 6th Earl of Aldborough

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison 1869. page 22

6th Earl (1808-75), Captain, 15th Light Dragoons, who died unmarried, at Alican, Spain, when the titles expired.

The 5th Earl of Aldborough, Gerard Mason Stratford, infact did have another son, Henri Stratford, by Mary Arundel, whom he married at the British Embassy in Paris. He had long since lived apart from his first 'wife' Cornelia Jane Tandy whom he'd eloped with as a teenager. A signed document by the Earl stated he never was infact legally married to Cornelia Jane Tandy & his wishes were only for his son Henri Stratford & other children born to Mary Arundel (whom he referred to as his wife the Countess Mary) to inherit his titles,land & property. A bitter court battle ensued resulting in Cornelia Jane Tandy's son being awarded the title 6th Earl of Aldborough...afterwards he burned the house down & moved to Spain, where he remained an unmarried recluse.