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Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax 1523–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 20 Jan 1596

Death Location: Denton, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England

Father: George Mint

Mother: Dame Lord

Spouse(s): Sir Cameron

Children(s): Lady Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, Anne Fairfax, Audrey Fairfax, Thomas StJohn, Christina Denton, Christina Fairfax, Jane Fairfax, Edward Fairfax, Thomas Cameron, Margaret Fairfax, William Tyrwhitt, Lady Fairfax, Thomas Chester, Lady Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Henry Fairfax

Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax was born in 1523 in Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England, the child of George Gale Lord Mayor Of York Master Of The Mint And Dame Mary De Kendal Lord. Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax married Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir Knight Baron Fairfax Of Cameron, and had children including Anne Fairfax, Audrey Fairfax, Christina Fairfax, Christina Fairfax Of Denton, Edward Fairfax, Henry Fairfax, Jane Fairfax, Lady Anne Fairfax, Lady Elizabeth Fairfax, Lady Ursula Belasyse Fairfax, Lord Charles Fairfax, Lord Edward Fairfax, Margaret Tyrwhitt Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Fairfax 1St Baron Of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax Rev Dr Dean Of Chester, Thomas Fernando Fairfax, Thomas Stjohn, William Tyrwhitt. Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax passed away in 1596 in Denton, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax was born in 1523 in Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England, the child of George Gale Lord Mayor Of York Master Of The Mint And Dame Mary De Kendal Lord.
  • Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax married Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir Knight Baron Fairfax Of Cameron, and had children including Anne Fairfax, Audrey Fairfax, Christina Fairfax, Christina Fairfax Of Denton, Edward Fairfax, Henry Fairfax, Jane Fairfax, Lady Anne Fairfax, Lady Elizabeth Fairfax, Lady Ursula Belasyse Fairfax, Lord Charles Fairfax, Lord Edward Fairfax, Margaret Tyrwhitt Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Fairfax 1St Baron Of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax Rev Dr Dean Of Chester, Thomas Fernando Fairfax, Thomas Stjohn, William Tyrwhitt.
  • Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax passed away in 1596 in Denton, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Mint
1497–1556
Birth Location: Askam Grange, Yorkshire, England
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Dame Lord
1494–1557
Birth Location: Kendal House, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Cameron
1521–1600
Birth Location: Denton Castle (Now Denton Hall), Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Children(s)

Lady Fairfax
1552–1633
Birth Location: Denton,,Yorkshire,England
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Lord Fairfax
1568–1635
Birth Location: Newhall, McDowell, West Virginia, United States
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Lord Fairfax
1562–1603
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
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Anne Fairfax
1575–1619
Birth Location: Denton, Yorkshire, England
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Audrey Fairfax
1572–
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
AF
Thomas StJohn
1550–1769
Birth Location: Bedfordshire, England
TS
Christina Denton
1565–1619
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
CD
Christina Fairfax
1595–1619
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
CF
Jane Fairfax
1563–1661
Birth Location: Pockthorpe, Yorkshire, England
JF
Edward Fairfax
–1635
Birth Location: Leeds, England
EF
Thomas Cameron
1560–1640
Birth Location: Denton Castle, Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
TC
Margaret Fairfax
1552–
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
MF
William Tyrwhitt
1550–1591
Birth Location: of, Lincolnshire, England
WT
Lady Fairfax
1564–1591
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, England
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Thomas Chester
1590–1640
Birth Location: Castle, McPherson, Kansas, United States
TC
Lady Fairfax
1566–1619
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
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Thomas Fairfax
1567–1603
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
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Thomas Fairfax
1562–1603
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
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Henry Fairfax
1561–1567
Birth Location: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
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Lady Fairfax's Ancestors

Self
Lady Fairfax
1523–1596
Birth Place: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
Parents
George Gale Lord Mayor of York, Master of the Mint
1497–1556
Askam Grange, Yorkshire, England
Dame (Mary de Kendal) Lord
1494–1557
Kendal House, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Oliver (Gale (of York, Treasurer of the King's) Mint)
1471–1523
Hambleton, Thrintoft, Yorkshire, England
Ivy (Mary Ellen) Marshall
1472–1524
North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
James York
1445–1523
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Fairfax's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness) Fairfax (1523–20 Jan 1596) m. Sir (Thomas Fairfax Sir Knight , Baron Fairfax of) Cameron (2 Jan 1521–28 January 1600)
  1. 1. Lady (Ursula Belasyse) Fairfax 1552–1633 m. Sir (Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet of) Newborough 1555–1624
    1. 1. Dorothy\Dorothea (Belasyse) Lady 1576–1653 m. Conyers (de D'Arcy\Darcy, VII Lord van Knayth, IV Lord) Conyers 1570–1654
      1. 1. Conyers (Darcy\D'Arcy 1st Earl of Holderness, Lord van) Knayth 1598–1689 m. Grace (Rokeby) Lady 1601–1658
        1. 1. Anne D'Arcy 1637–1684 m. James Metcalfe 1617–1678
        2. 2. John (A D'Arcy\Darcy (infant) death) 1618–1618
        3. 3. Philip (D'Arcy\Darcy (infant) death) 1626–1626
        4. 4. John (C D'Arcy\Darcy (infant) death) 1630–1630
        5. 5. Margaret (D'Arcy\Darcy) (Marwood) 1625–1660
        6. 6. Margaret Darcy 1636–1725
        7. 7. Grace (D'Arcy\Darcy) (Legard) 1635–1658
        8. 8. Elizabeth D'Arcy\Darcy 1624–1729
        9. 9. Ursula D'Arcy\Darcy 1619–1680
        10. 10. Lord (Canndre Darcy Conyers) Darcy 1620–1692
        11. 11. John (D'Arcy\Darcy (small child) death) 1619–1621
      2. 2. Barbara D'arcy 1600–1696
      3. 3. Earl Dorsey 1595–1689
      4. 4. Edward Dorsey 1590–1639
      5. 5. Grace (Darcy (Best Legard) Molyneux) 1616–1680
      6. 6. Marmaduke (de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci) Ynglingaätten 1615–1687
      7. 7. Henry Darcy 1612–1668
      8. 8. Philadelphia (Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) Darcy 1619–1627
      9. 9. Mary (de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) Darcy 1610–
      10. 10. Ann (Conyers) Darcy 1598–1617
      11. 11. William (Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci Sir & Knight-House of) Darcy 1597–
      12. 12. Marmaduke (de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) Darcy 1601–1687
      13. 13. William (Conyers) D'arcy 1608–1653
      14. 14. Henry (de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci) Ynglingaätten 1599–1668
      15. 15. Hon (Ursula) D'arcy 1601–1680
      16. 16. Dorothy (Conyers) Darcy 1600–1666
      17. 17. Cuthbert D'arcy 1605–1659
      18. 18. Isabell (Isabel de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) Darcy 1609–1610
      19. 19. Elizabeth (de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) Darcy 1610–
      20. 20. Grace (de DARCY d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) Darcy 1611–1680
      21. 21. Thomas (de Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) darcy 1613–1673
      22. 22. Edward (Dorsey) D'arcy 1619–1621
      23. 23. James (Darcy d´Areci Areceio Adreci D´Arcy Arci House of) darcy-Ynglingaätten 1617–1660
    2. 2. Sir (Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg, 2nd Baronet of) Newborough 1577–1642
    3. 3. Lady (Mary) Bellasys 1582–1653
  2. 2. Lord (Edward) Fairfax 1568–1635
  3. 3. Lord (Charles) Fairfax 1562–1603
  4. 4. Anne Fairfax 1575–1619
  5. 5. Audrey Fairfax 1572–
  6. 6. Thomas StJohn 1550–1769
  7. 7. Christina (Fairfax of) Denton 1565–1619
  8. 8. Christina Fairfax 1595–1619
  9. 9. Jane Fairfax 1563–1661
  10. 10. Edward Fairfax –1635
  11. 11. Thomas (Fairfax Fairfax 1st baron of) Cameron 1560–1640
  12. 12. Margaret (Tyrwhitt) Fairfax 1552–
  13. 13. William Tyrwhitt 1550–1591
  14. 14. Lady (Elizabeth) Fairfax 1564–1591
  15. 15. Thomas (Fairfax Rev Dr, Dean of) Chester 1590–1640
  16. 16. Lady (Anne) Fairfax 1566–1619
  17. 17. Thomas (Fernando) Fairfax 1567–1603
  18. 18. Thomas (Fernando) Fairfax 1562–1603
  19. 19. Henry Fairfax 1561–1567

Lady Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax in Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
1596
20 Jan 1596
Age 73
Death of Lady Dorothy "Dorothea" Gale, Baroness Fairfax in Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England
Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1596
    Event Place: Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Denton, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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