Jane (Wyche) Grenville (abt. 1632 - 1692)

Born about 1632 in Constantinople [uncertain]

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Died 3 Feb 1692 at about age 60 in London, England

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Biography

Jane Wyche was born in 1636.

Jane was the daughter of the Right Honourable Sir Peter Wyche^[1] and his wife, Jane, the daughter of Sir William Meredith,^[2] of Stansley, Denbigh.^[3] Sir Peter, Jane's father was the sixth son of Richard Wyche of London, gent, and his wife, Elizabeth Saltonstall, the daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Knt, Alderman of London and Lord Mayor in 1598. Her father was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople in 1327, a post he held until 1641, after which he was a Privy Counsellor and Comptroller of the King's Household.^[2]

Jane was the sister of:^[2]

1. Sir Peter Wyche, born in 1628 at London, Envoy Extraordinary to Russia in 1669, married on 19 February 1666, Isabella, the daughter of Sir Robert Bolles;
2. Sir Cyril Wych (Wyche), born in 1630 at Constantinople, chosen President of the Royal Society on 30 November 1683, died at Hockwold, Norfolk, on 29 December 1707;^[3]
3. William;
4. Shellett;
5. Sophia;

Jane married circa October 1652 Sir John Grenville, first Earl of Bath,^[2][4] the son of Sir Bevil Grenville (Bevill Grenvile) and his wife, Grace Smythe, the daughter of Sir George Smythe alias Smith of Madford, Heavitree, Exeter.^[5]

Jane and Sir John had children:

1. Jane, oldest daughter, baptised at Kilkhampton on 23 August 1653,^[6] married to Wiliam Leveson Gower Esq;^[7]
2. Grace, second child, baptised at St Giles in the Fields on 3 September, 1654;^[6] married to George Lord Carteret, said to be the youngest daughter in her father's will?^[7]
3. Charles Granville, Lord Lansdown, second Earl of Bath, baptised 31 August 1661, shot himself on 4 September 1701, married 1) by licence dated 22 May 1678, Lady Martha, the daughter of Sir Thomas Osborne, first Duke of Leeds, and 2) on 10 March 1691, Isabella, the daughter of Henry de Nassau, first Lord of Auberquerque, Count of Nassau,^[1]
4. John Granville, born on 12 April 1665, died 3 December 1707, created Baron Granville of Potheridge on 13 March 1703, married on 15 April 1703 Rebecca, the daughter of Sir Josiah Child, first baronet, of Wanstead, Essex, and widow of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester;^[8]
5. Bevill/Bevile;^[7]
6. Henrietta Maria Grenvile;^[7]
7. Katherine Grenvile/Granville;^[7]
8. Youngest daughter;^[7]

Jane was a Lady of the Bed-chamber to Henrietta, Queen of Charles I.^[2]

Jane, Lady Bath, died on 3 February 1691/2 and was buried at St Clement Danes.^[7]

Jane was born about 1670. She is the daughter of Peter Wyche.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Paula Watson, ‘GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Charles, Lord Lansdown (1661-1701)’, The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, 1983 (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/granville-%28grenville%29-charles-1661-1701 : accessed 29 May 2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Lygon G Tyler, ed, "Wyche Family", William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, XIII, (Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1905), 257-9, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/williamandmaryc02marygoog#page/n296/mode/2up : accessed 29 May 2016).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Richard Harrison, ‘WYCH (WYCHE), Sir Cyril (c.1632-1707), St. James’s Square, Westminster, Mdx. and Hockwold, Norf.’, The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, 1983 (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/wych-%28wyche%29-sir-cyril-1632-1707 : accessed 29 May 2016).
4. ↑ England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 (ancestry.com), Will of The Right Honourable John Earl of Bath Viscount of Lansdowne and Baron of Granville Bideford and Kilkhampton, dated 11 October 1684, codicil dated 15 August 1701, proved 10 September 1701, mentions: "my dear wife Dame Jane Countesse of Bathe" and "Sr Cyrill Wyche knight brother of my said wife"
5. ↑ Victor Stater, ‘Grenville, John, first earl of Bath (1628–1701)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 (Subscription required : accessed 29 May 2016).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Roger Granville, The History of the Granville Family : Traced Back to Rollo, First Duke of Normandy with Pedigrees, etc, (Exeter: W Pollard & Co, 1895), 329, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/historyofgranvil00gran#page/n369/mode/2up : accessed 29 May 2016).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} The History of the Granville Family, 390-7, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/historyofgranvil00gran#page/n441/mode/2up : accessed 29 May 2016).
8. ↑ J S Crossette, ‘GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Hon. John (1665-1707), of Stowe, Cornw’, The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, 1983 (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/granville-%28grenville%29-hon-john-1665-1707 : accessed 29 May 2016).

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