Charles NEEDHAM

1636 - 1661  (25 years)

• Name	Charles NEEDHAM
  	4th Viscount of Kilmorey. Biography: CHARLES NEEDHAM (-1661), 4th Viscount, who in 1659 met at Warrington in Lancashire with the Earl of Derby and Sir George Booth in a small party to prepare for the restoration of King Charles. All three of them were taken prisoners to London, where Charles died in 1660. Prior to this Charles had married Bridget, daughter and heir of Sir William Drury, of Besthorp, in Norfolk at St Paul's Covent Garden on 27 Feb 1655. Charles and Bridget had three sons, Robert, Thomas and Byron. After his death, Charles' will was granted admon., on 3 July 1661 in trust for his children. Cranage Hall and a small adjacent estate were sold on the 20th Aug 1660 by the trustees of Viscount Kilmorey to William Swettenham. He was succeeded by his son, Robert.
  Born	1636
  Gender	Male
  Died	1661
  Person ID	I6682	Squire Family History
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert NEEDHAM,   b. 1587, Shavington, Shropshire, England ,   d. Jan 1657  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Eleanor DUTTON
  Married	31 Oct 1636
  Family ID	F1888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bridget DRURY
  Married	1654	Covent Garden, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Children	1. Robert NEEDHAM,   b. 1655,   d. 29 May 1668  (Age 13 years)   2. Alice NEEDHAM,   b. 1656,   d. 1739  (Age 83 years) + 3. Thomas NEEDHAM,   b. 1659,   d. 25 Nov 1687  (Age 28 years)   4. Byron NEEDHAM,   b. 1659   5. Charles NEEDHAM
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F1882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1654 - Covent Garden, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Marriage England Parish Records, 27 Sep 2024. In 1654, at St Pauls, Covent Garden, Middlesex, England. Groom Charles NEEDHAM. Bride Bridgett DRURY. Transcribed from a parish marriage index (Findmypast on-line record).