Mervyn Tuchet, 4th Earl of Castlehaven (died 2 November 1686) was the third son of
Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (1593 – 14 May 1631; also spelled ''Mervin, Touchet''), was an English nobleman who was convicted of rape and sodomy and subsequently executed. He is the only member of parliament to be executed for a ...
, and his first wife, Elizabeth Barnham (1592 - ).
He succeeded his brother James Tuchet as
Earl of Castlehaven
Earl of Castlehaven was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created on 6 September 1616. It was held in conjunction with the Barony of Audley (created 1312 in the Peerage of England), the Barony of Audley of Orier (created with the earldom in t ...
on 11 October 1684. He also held the subsidiary titles 14th
Baron Audley
Baron Audley is a title in the Peerage of England first created in 1313, by writ to the Parliament of England, for Sir Nicholas Audley of Heighley Castle, a member of the Anglo-Norman Audley family of Staffordshire.
The third Baron, the las ...
and 2nd
Baron Audley of Hely.
Marriage and issue
He married Mary Talbot (buried 15 March 1710/1 in
Clewer
Clewer (also known as Clewer Village) is an ecclesiastical parish and an area of Windsor in the county of Berkshire, England. Clewer makes up three wards of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, namely Clewer North, Clewer South and Cl ...
,
Berkshire), 3rd
daughter of
John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl of Waterford (1601 – 8 February 1654), was an English nobleman.
Life
He was the only child and son of John Talbot of Longford, Newport, Shropshire (died London, 1607 or c. 1607), and his wife El ...
(before 1601 - 1654) and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Fortescue.
She was the widow of Charles Arundel, Esq,
son to William Arundell second son to
Thomas Arundell of Wardour.
They had the following children:
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James Tuchet, 5th Earl of Castlehaven
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
(died 9 August 1700),
eldest son and heir;
*John Tuchet, who married Elizabeth Savile, daughter of Thomas Savile Earl of Sussex
1st husband of Anne Villiers, daughter of Christopher Villiers 1st Earl of Anglesey by his wife Elizabeth Sheldon;
*Talbot Tuchet, died young
*George Tuchet, died young
*Mary Tuchet (1657-1675), who married Sir Henry Wingfield, 4th Baronet (c. 1655 – 1677) of Easton, Suffolk, younger son of Sir Richard Wingfield, 2nd Baronet (died c. 1656) by his second wife, the daughter of Sir John Winter of Lidney in Gloucestershire. Dame Mary died aged 18 in 1675 (as is recorded on her ledger stone in Easton Church, Suffolk), and her husband died two years later, aged 22, while in Dulward, Lorraine, serving the French army, when his leg was shot off.
He had at the age of 16 succeeded his elder brother Sir Robert Wingfield, 3rd Baronet (c. 1652 – c. 1671). He left two sons:
# Henry Wingfield ( died 1712) Married without issue male
# Mervin Wingfield (died 1765) Married twice and had issue
*Elizabeth, died young
*Eleanor/Helena
*Anne,
who died unmarried
References
External links
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