William Irby, 1st Baron Boston: The genealogy of the Selwyn and related families.

1707 - 1775 (68 years)

Generation: 1

William Irby, 1st Baron Boston was born on 08 Mar 1706/07; died on 30 Mar 1775.

William married Albinia Selwyn on 26 Aug 1746 in Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England. Albinia (daughter of Capt. Henry Selwyn and Ruth Compton) was born in 1719; died on 2 Apr 1769; was buried in Whiston, Northants. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby was born on 15 Jul 1747.
3. Frederick Irby was born on 9 Jun 1749; died on 23 Mar 1825.
4. William Henry Irby was born on 29 Aug 1750; died in 1830.

Generation: 2

2. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby (1.William¹) was born on 15 Jul 1747.

Frederick Irby

(1.William¹) was born on 9 Jun 1749; died on 23 Mar 1825.

Notes:

Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 8, 1767. Elder s. of William [1st] Baron Boston, of Middlesex [and Albinia, dau. of Henry Selwyn, of Matson, Gloucs.]. [B. June 9, 1749.] School, Eton. Matric. Easter, 1769; M.A. 1769. D.C.L., Oxford, July 8, 1773. F.S.A. Succeeded his father as 2nd Lord Boston, 1775. Lord of the Bedchamber, 1780-1825. Married, May 15, 1775, Christiana, dau. of Paul Methuen, of Corsham House, Wilts. Died Mar. 23, 1825, in Lower Grosvenor Street, London. Father of the next and of William A. (1801). A portrait of him by Romney is in the Provost's Lodge at Eton. (Al. Oxon.; Burke, P. and B., 1940; Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., III. 720, and IV. 326; G.E.C.; Thompson, Hist. of Boston, 397, which gives 'died Mar. 28.')

4. William Henry Irby (1.William¹) was born on 29 Aug 1750; died in 1830.