On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:39:57 AM UTC-8,
wjhons...@gmail.com wrote:
The descent from Henry 7 goes through a known and documented line down to Charles Drummond b 24 Jun 1759
I’ve completed entering Chris Martin of Coldplay into my database of Edward I descendants. As Leslie, Will and others have posted, Martin descends from Henry VII. There are two lines from that monarch, one from James V of Scotland. I lay out both lines
below, with as much detail as I was able to research, on the more recent generations.
It doesn’t appear that Chris Martin has been included in the second edition of Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants. But as the rock musician currently lives in Malibu, California (and is apparently a close friend of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, fellow
resident of Southern California), it seems he would qualify as an addition to a future edition of that series.
Chris Martin has a fascinating ancestry, which would make an excellent episode for the 'Who Do You Think You Are' television series. Gwyneth Paltrow was featured in the series a few seasons back.
Henry VII had a grandson A1 and a daughter B1 (see below):
A1) James V, King of Scotland = Euphemia Elphinstone, and had
A2) Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, illegit. (1533-1593) m. Lady Janet Kennedy, and had
A3) Lady Jean Stewart (c.1565-aft.1642) m. Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores (c.1557-1608, descended from James II of Scotland), and had
A4) Hon. Margaret Leslie (b. c.1600) m. John Drummond, 2nd Lord Maderty (c.1580-by 1651, descended from James IV), and had
A5) Hon. Jean Drummond (b. c.1625) m. Patrick Graeme, 5th Laird of Inchbrakie Castle (c.1610-1687, descended from James II of Scotland), and had
A6) Margaret Graeme (c.1644-1704) m. Robert, 1st Lord Nairne (c.1620-1683), and had
A7) Hon. MARGARET NAIRNE, b. 16 Dec. 1669; d. 14 Nov. 1747, bur. Auchtergaven Parish Kirk, Perthshire, Scotland; m. (contract 18 Jan.) 1690, WILLIAM [MURRAY] NAIRNE, 2nd Lord Nairne (see B7 below), and had
A8) Hon. MARGARET NAIRNE, b. 19 Aug. 1692; d. 28 May 1773 Machany House, Blackford, Perthshire; m. (contract 1 Nov.) 1712, WILLIAM DRUMMOND, 4th Viscount Strathallan (b. c.1686 Machany House; k. 16 Apr. 1646 Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, Scotland), son
of Sir John Drummond, 3rd of Machany House (c.1650-1707, descended from James IV) & Margaret Stewart (descended from Edward III), and had
A9) Hon. ROBERT DRUMMOND of Cadland House, Hampshire, banker, b. 13 Nov. 1728 Machany House, bap. 14 Nov. 1728 Blackford Parish Kirk, Perthshire; d. 19 Jan. 1804 Cleveland Row, London, bur. 26 Jan. 1804 St James Church, Westminster; m. 22 Apr. 1753 St
Martin in the Fields, London, WINIFRED MARY THOMPSON (b. c.1733; d. 2 Apr. 1791 London, bur. 9 Apr. 1791 St Pancras Old Church, London), dau of William Thompson of Leicester Square, London (d. 1760) & Mary Lucy Lucy (d. 1782, descended from Edward III),
and had
A10) CHARLES DRUMMOND of Charing Cross, London, banker, b. 24 June 1759, bap. 12 July 1759 St Martin in the Fields, London; d. 2 Mar. 1823 Charing Cross, bur. 8 Mar. 1823 St Martin in the Fields; m. 26 July 1789 St James Church, Westminster, FRANCES
DOROTHY LOCKWOOD (b. 20 Dec. 1763 Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, bap. 27 Dec. 1763 St John the Baptist Church, Kingsthorpe; d. 24 Feb. 1831 Stratford Place, London, bur. 1 Mar. 1831 St Martin in the Fields), dau of Rev. Edward Lockwood of Dews Hall,
Lambourne, Essex, rector of St Peter Northampton (1719-1802, descended from Henry IV) & Lucy Dowdeswell (1729-1764), and had
A11) CHARLES DRUMMOND of Charing Cross, banker, b. 4 Sept. 1790 Westminster, London, bap. 6 Oct. 1790 St Margaret Church, Westminster; d. 23 Aug. 1858 Brighton, Sussex, bur. 28 Aug. 1858 St George Churchyard, Beckenham, Kent; m. 15 July 1819 St George
Hanover Square, London, Hon. MARY DULCIBELLA EDEN (b. 1 Sept. 1793 Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London; d. 20 Mar. 1862 Linden Grove, Notting Hill, London, bur. 25 Mar. 1862 St George Churchyard, Beckenham), dau of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744-
1814, descended from Edward III) & Eleanor Elliot (c.1758-1818, descended from James IV), and had
A12) MAURICE DRUMMOND of Hampstead, Middlesex, Receiver Metropolitan Police 1860-83, b. 9 July 1825 Grosvenor Place, London, bap. 8 Aug. 1825 St George Hanover Square; d. 18 May 1891 21 Broadhurst Gardens, South Hampstead, bur. 21 May 1891 Highgate
Cemetery, London; m. 12 Jan. 1847 St Paul Knightsbridge, London, Hon. ADELAIDE LISTER (b. 14 May 1827 Gisburne House, Yorkshire, bap. 27 May 1827 St Mary Church, Gisburn; d. 27 Apr. 1911 Hampstead Square, bur. 2 May 1911 St John Church, Hampstead), dau
of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (1790-1832, descended from Edward III) & Adelaide Lister (1806-1838, descended from Edward III), and had
Four years after the death of Hon. Adelaide (Lister) Drummond, her memoirs were published, dedicated to her children and grandchildren. Among her recollections was her attendance at the wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert at St James Palace in
1840 when she was twelve years old.
https://archive.org/details/honourableadelai00cham/page/n9/mode/2up
A13) MIRIAM FRANCES LILIAN DRUMMOND, b. 1 July 1860 Frognal, Hampstead, bap. 11 Aug. 1860 Christ Church, Hampstead; d. 22 Mar. 1931 88 Queens Gate, South Kensington, London; m. 27 Apr. 1886 St Mark Hamilton Terrace, St Johns Wood, London, GEORGE JOHN
BARRY HAYTER of Earls Court, London, bank clerk (b. 31 Jan. 1852 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, bap. 27 Apr. 1852 St Marylebone Parish Church, London; d. 29 Sept. 1942 Newlands Nursing Home, Rake, Hampshire), son of John Hayter of Cavendish Square, London,
portrait artist (1800-1895) & Augusta Bramley (c.1809-1874), and had
The Hayters were not a landed gentry family, rather they were very prominent artists. The father John Hayter and grandfather Charles Hayter of this George Hayter, were both portrait painters and have entries in Wikipedia. His paternal uncle Sir George
Hayter (1792-1871) was appointed Principal painter in Ordinary by Queen Victoria, and has an entry in the ODNB.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hayter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hayter https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-12785?rskey=GcEpcQ&result=1
A14) IVY CHRISTABEL ADELAIDE TUKE HAYTER, b. 16 Feb. 1895 Wigmore Street, London, bap. 16 Mar. 1895 St Mary Magdalene Munster Square, London; d. 28 Mar. 1986 Bedhampton, Hampshire; m. 11 June 1917 St Peter Cranley Gardens, Kensington, London, BASIL
RUPERT WILLETT, CBE, DSC, of Bedhampton, Captain Royal Navy (b. 23 July 1896 Chislehurst, Kent, bap. 16 Mar. 1907 St John Church, Meads, Eastbourne, Sussex; d. 29 June 1966 Havant War Memorial Hospital, Hampshire), son of William Willett of Chislehurst,
building contractor (1856-1915) & Maria Mills (1858-1905), and had
Ivy (Hayter) Willett can be found on p. 535 of Ruvigny’s Tudor volume (1903). Her father-in-law, William Willett, introduced the idea of Daylight Saving Time in Britain in 1907, and has an entry in the ODNB:
https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36912?rskey=U8yfg9&result=3
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/when-clocks-change-2022-march-go-forward-uk-summer-time
A15) GILLIAN MARY ELFRIDA WILLETT, b. 24 Oct. 1922 Honiton, Devon, bap. 17 Apr. 1923 St Mary & St Peter Church, Salcombe Regis, Devon; deceased [presumably]; m. 12 Apr. 1947 St Thomas Church, Bedhampton, Hampshire, Maj. RICHARD WALLACE FLEMING, MBE, of
Braemar Farm, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, farmer (b. 24 Oct. 1914 Hartley Wintley, Hampshire; d. 1999[?]), son of George Norval Fleming of Gilston Farm, Zimbabwe, farmer (1872-1961) & Ethel Sackville Reed (1873-1962, descended from Edward I),
and had
I was unable to find online exact dates of death for Gillian (Willett) Fleming and her husband, Maj. Richard Wallace Fleming. Some family trees on Ancestry give his year of death as 1999. It is just possible that Gillian is still with us, though as she
would be age 100, this is unlikely. Presumably both she and her husband died in Zimbabwe. She had two brothers, William Basil Willett (1919-1976) and George Willett (1930-2022), who both married and have children living.
A16) ALISON FLEMING, b. 15 Dec. 1952 Salisbury [now Harare], Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]; m. by 1976 (divorce 2011), ANTHONY JOHN MARTIN of Whitestone House, Exeter Devon, chartered accountant (b. Apr. 1941 Exeter, Devon), son of John Besley Martin,
CBE, of Exeter, coach rental company founder (1906-1982) & Muriel Pattison (1916-2002), and had
John Besley Martin was the Mayor of Exeter 1968-69, and a prominent figure in that Devon town. His paternal ancestors were farmers in Devon. I could not locate an entry for the marriage of Alison Fleming and Anthony Martin in the England & Wales BMD
Index. It’s possible they were married in Zimbabwe. There is an online article on the parents, children and siblings of Chris Martin, from 2018:
https://bodyheightweight.com/chris-martin-family/
The elder brother of Alison (Fleming) Martin, Angus George Fleming (1951-2007), can be found on The Peerage website:
https://www.thepeerage.com/p43993.htm#i439923
A17) CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY JOHN MARTIN of Malibu, Los Angeles County, Calif., rock musician, co-founder and lead singer of the band Coldplay, b. 2 Mar. 1977 Exeter, Devon; married (and divorced) American actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and has issue, one son and
one daughter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Martin
B1) Princess Mary Tudor (1496-1533) m. 2) Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and had
B2) Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519-1547) m. Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland (c.1517-1570, descended from Edward III), and had
B3) Lady Margaret Clifford (1540-1596) m. Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531-1593, descended from Edward III), and had
B4) William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561-1642) m. Lady Elizabeth de Vere (1575-1627, descended from Edward I), and had
B5) James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1606-1651) m. 2) Charlotte de La Trémoille (1599-1664, descended from Frederick IV of Naples), and had
B6) Lady Amelia Anne Sophia Stanley (1633-1703) m. John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (1631-1703, descended from James IV), and had
B7) WILLIAM [MURRAY] NAIRNE, 2nd Lord Nairne, 1st Earl Nairne [Jacobite], b. 10 Dec. 1664; d. 3 Feb. 1726 Nairne House, Auchtergaven, Perthshire, bur. Auchtergaven Parish Kirk; m. (contract 18 Jan.) 1690, Hon. MARGARET NAIRNE (see A7 above)
https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-19729?rskey=V0f7Wn&result=13
I'll detail the descent from Edward I, for Maj. Richard Wallace Fleming (1914-1999), maternal grandfather of Chris Martin, in another post.
Cheers, -----Brad
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