 1655 - 1702 (47 years)
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| Name |
William Selwyn |
| Prefix |
Major General |
| Born |
1655 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Apr 1702 |
Jamaica  |
| Age |
47 years |
| Buried |
Matson, Gloucester, England |
| Person ID |
I60 |
Curtis Hayward |
| Last Modified |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Father |
William SELWYN, b. 1624, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire , d. 8 May 1679, Matson, Gloucester, England (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Nourse, b. 1625, d. 1716, Matson, Gloucester, England (Age 91 years) |
| Family ID |
F320 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Albinia Bettinson, b. 1657, Scadbury Park, Kent, England , d. 29 Dec 1737 (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
26 May 1681 |
Westminster Abbey |
| Children |
| | 1. Albinia Selwyn, b. 6 Apr 1682, d. 1702 (Age 19 years) |
| | 2. William SELWYN, b. 1683 |
| | 3. Margaret Selwyn, b. 1684, Matson, Gloucester, England , d. 27 Apr 1742 (Age 58 years) |
| | 4. John Selwyn, Colonel, b. 20 Aug 1688, Scadbury Park, Kent, England , d. 5 Nov 1751, Matson (Age 63 years) |
| | 5. Henry (Charles) Selwyn, b. 19 Aug 1690, Matson, Gloucester, England , d. 3 Sep 1734, Matson, Gloucester, England (Age 44 years) |
| | 6. Charles Selwyn, d. 1749 |
| | 7. Francis Selwyn |
| | 8. SELWYN |
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| Last Modified |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Family ID |
F27 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Was on guard Lincoln's Inn fields at execution of William Lord Russell 1683 after Rye House plot. Escort to Princess Anne when she fled.
Commanded the troops which carried off Princess (later Queen) Anne from S't James's Palace to Lord Dorset's house in Epping Forest to a place of safety at the time of the flight of James ll.25/11/1688 [1]
Unexpectedely came into family estate when elder brother killed in duel in 1678.
Main House Matson near Gloucester (behind Robin Hoods Hill). Had been bought in1517 by Jasper Selwyn.
Represented Gloucester in 2nd Parliament of William 111, and was again elected in 1701, But was made Governor of Jamaica in 1701 by Queen Anne. He died there after 3 months. Last letter..."My whole family are sick myself excepted.....here is so little pleasure or profit that i begin to"...he was found dead the next day. His wife survived.
Did not sign will and an Act of Parliament was passed to remedy the defect.
In the inventory of his stable goods the pillion was valued at more than any of the carriages or horses [5]Portrait described in Inventory Colonel 2nd Regiment 1691, 22nd infantry 1701.Fought at Battle of Boyne. Fought under Malborough and commanded a brigade in Netherlands under William 3rd. Governor of Tilbury and Gravesend Forts.
Wrote letters to his wife before siege of Naumur 1695
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| Sources |
- [S3] From jotting about the Hayward family by the Rev W. winstone Curtis Hayward 1888. (Reliability: 0).
- [S24] Kent Archaeological Society vol 4iii Mitchell Hughes Lon 1880 (Reliability: 0).
- [S20] Inventory of effects of Quedgely House compiled by Harrods 1928. Portraits in Dining Room. (Reliability: 0).
- [S50] Howard-Vyse Web Site, Richard Howard-Vyse, William SELWYN (Reliability: 3), 19 Dec 2011.
Added by confirming a Smart Match
- [S70] History of Governor's of Jamaica (Reliability: 0).
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