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Margaret Cavendish Harley 1715–1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 February 1715

Birth Location: Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 17 July 1785

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Edward Harley

Mother: Henrietta Harley

Spouse(s): William Bentinck

Children(s): William Cavendish-Bentinck, Elizabeth Thynne

Margaret Cavendish Harley was born in 1715 in Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Edward Harley And Henrietta Cavendish Harley. Margaret Cavendish Harley married William Bentinck, and had children including Elizabeth Cavendish Thynne, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck. Margaret Cavendish Harley passed away in 1785 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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  • Margaret Cavendish Harley was born in 1715 in Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Edward Harley And Henrietta Cavendish Harley.
  • Margaret Cavendish Harley married William Bentinck, and had children including Elizabeth Cavendish Thynne, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck.
  • Margaret Cavendish Harley passed away in 1785 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Margaret Harley's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Harley
1715–1785
Birth Place: Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edward Harley
1689–1741
Westminster, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Henrietta (Cavendish) Harley
1694–1755
Welbeck, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
John Holles
1662–1711
Edwinstowe, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England
Margaret Holles
1661–1716
Welbeck Abbey, Portland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Henry Cavendish
1630–1691
Frances Pierrepont
1630–1695
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cavendish
1592–1676
Margaret Cavendish
1617–1673

Margaret Harley's Descendants

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Margaret (Cavendish) Harley (11 February 1715–17 July 1785) m. William Bentinck (1 March 1709–1 May 1762)
  1. 1. William (Henry) Cavendish-Bentinck 1738–1809 m. Dorothy Cavendish 1750–1794
    1. 1. Mary Cavendish-Bentinck 1785–
    2. 2. William (Henry) Cavendish-Bentinck 1774–1839
    3. 3. Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck 1775–1862
    4. 4. Mary Cavendish-Bentinck 1778–
    5. 5. William (Francis Charles James Augustus) Cavendish-Bentinck 1780–1826 m. Georginana (Augusta) Seymour 1782–1813
      1. 1. Charles (William Frederick) Cavendish-Bentinck 1817–1865 m. Caroline (Louisa) Burnaby 1832–1918 m. Sinetta Lambourne 1820–1850
        1. 1. Charles (William Frederick) Bentinck 1840–1865
        2. 2. Anne (Violet) Cavendish-Bentinck 1864–1932
        3. 3. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 1841–1842
        4. 4. Cecilia (Nina) Cavendish-Bentinck 1862–1938 m. Claude (George Bowes Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Lord of Glamis) II 1855–1944
        5. 5. Charles (William) Cavendish-Bentinck 1840–1840
        6. 6. Hyacinth (Mary) Cavendish-Bentinck 1864–1916
    6. 6. William (Henry) Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 1768–1854
    7. 7. Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck 1781–1828
    8. 8. Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck 1783–
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Cavendish) Thynne 1735–1825

Margaret Harley's Timeline

2 Records

1715
11 February 1715
Birth of Margaret Cavendish Harley in Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1785
17 July 1785
Age 70
Death of Margaret Cavendish Harley in Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 February 1715
    Event Place: Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 July 1785
    Event Place: Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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