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Apr 11, 2024 · Elizabeth Savile, daughter of Sir Henry Savile and Margaret Dacres.1 She married Sir John Sedley, 2nd Bt. in 1613.1. Children of Elizabeth Savile and Sir John Sedley, 2nd Bt. Sir William Sedley, 4th Bt. d. 1656; Sir Henry Sedley, 3rd Bt. d. 1641; Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Bt.+1 b. c 1640, d. 20 Aug 1701; Citations
Early Notables of the Sedgley family. Distinguished members of the family include William Sedley (c.1588-1618), 1st Baronet of Aylesford in Kent; John Sedley (c. 1597-1638), 2nd Baronet; Henry Sedley (c. 1623-1641), 3rd Baronet; William Sedley, 4th Baronet (died 1656); Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639-1701), an English wit, dramatist and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons; and ...
Sir Charles and Ann Ayscough had two sons, Catherine’s half-brothers: William Sedley who died in childhood, and Charles Sedley who was knighted by King William III in 1689 and created 1st Baronet of Southwell in 1702. Because his sons were born out of wedlock Sir Charles Baronet’s title became extinct upon his death in 1701.
The plays. His first comedy, The Mulberry-Garden (1668), hardly sustains Sedley's contemporary reputation for wit in conversation. The best, but most licentious, of his comedies is Bellamira: or, The Mistress (1687), an imitation of the Eunuchus of Terence, in which the heroine is supposed to represent the duchess of Cleveland, the mistress of Charles II.
Charles' father was the first baronet Sedley of Southfleet in Kent. He had been created a baronet on 10 July 1702 (this would have been a purchased title, Charles' father was the grandson of the 5th Baronet Sedley of Aylesford but this was through an illegitimate son and that baronetcy had become extinct).
May 1, 2022 · Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, met Ann Ayscough, probably around 1670, by whom he had two illegitimate sons, William and Charles Sedley. William died in infancy, the brother Charles was knighted by William III after the coronation in 1689 and created a baronet in 1702.[1] N.B. Wikipedia appears incorrect if this Charles died in 1701; it would ...
