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Penelope Rycroft was born on March 4, 1764, the eldest daughter among eleven children born to Penelope Stonehewer (1737-1821) and the Rev. Sir Richard Nelson (1736-1786), Bart., D.D., of Calton, Yorkshire. Portrait by an unknown artist. Sir Richard Rycroft, 1st Baronet (1736–1786) [3] Sir Nelson Rycroft, 2nd Baronet (1761–1827) [3]
Portrait of William Earle Welby, of Denton, Lincolnshire, and his first wife, Penelope, playing chess, before a draped curtain. Sir William Earle Welby, 1st Baronet (c. 1734 – 6 November 1815), was a British land-owner, baronet and Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1802 to 1806. He also served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1796 to ...
His wife Penelope Bate was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Francis Stratford of ... Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's ...
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, and his wife Penelope Cadogan, sister of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan. He was a first cousin of Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, and was assiduous in using the powerful Lennox connection to further his career. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1709.
Williams was born in around 1663, the son of Sir Griffith Williams (d.c. 1663), 4th Baronet, of Faenol (Vaynol), and his wife Penelope, daughter of Thomas, 1st Viscount Bulkeley. Sir Griffith was one of the Williams baronets, [2] and was succeeded by his son Sir Thomas Williams (d.c. 1673) as 5th Baronet. Sir William succeeded his brother in ...
On 18 February 1944, Penelope was sunk during the Battle of Anzio; 417 of the personnel on board, including Belben, were killed. The ship left Naples to return to the Anzio area when she was torpedoed at 40°33′N 13°15′E / 40.55°N 13.25°E / 40.55; 13.25 by the German submarine U-410 under the command of Horst-Arno Fenski
His maternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, who was killed in action at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709, and Penelope Cadogan, sister of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan. In 1760 Gort succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet , and assumed the surname of Prendergast in lieu of Smyth.
She was appointed guardian to her infant grandson Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane (son of her daughter Penelope and the 16th Baron). She lobbied the Crown vigorously for restoration to her grandson of all lands forfeited by the Fleming family during the troubles of the 1640s and 50s.