BELMONTE II

On 5-3-1619 Don Orazio Ravaschieri Fieschi (+ 1645) was created Principe de Belmonte in the Peerage of Naples. Orazio descended from Ugone Fieschi, who represented the Emperor of the West in Liguria from the earliest years of the 11th century. The Fieschi were appointed Counts of Lavagna and Imperial Vicars General of Tuscany and of the coast of Genoa by Holy Roman Emperor Henry the Holy in 1010, later providing two popes to the Church, Innocent IV and Hadrian V. Known as 'Gerardo Ravascherius', the 8th count of Lavagna adopted the name Ravaschieri Fieschi. His descendants became the royal bankers of the Kingdom of Naples.
Orazio´s son Daniele died childless in 1685, making his sister Anna Maria Ravaschieri Fieschi the 3.Principessa di Belmonte. She was married to Don Cosimo Squarciafico Pinelli, 3.Duca di Acerenza. Their granddaughter Donna Anna Francesco Pinelli, 6.Principessa di Belmonte, married Don Antonio Pignatelli (1685-1771), who was created a Reichsfürst on 9-9-1726. His line died out with Donna Paolina Francesca Pignatelli y Aimerich-Pinelli-Ravaschieri, 10.Principessa di Belmonte, Duchessa di Acerenza (1824-1911), who married in 1838 Angelo Granito, 5.Marchese di Castellabate, bringing the title in this family.

Palazzo Belmonte in Castellabate
Source: www.palazzobelmonte.com

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1a. Robert Frederick Angelo Bruce * Edinburgh 7-1-2007
1b. Orlando Antonio Andrew Bruce * Edinburgh 12-9-2008

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2. Hon. Adam Robert Bruce * 18-1-1968
x 17-5-2003
3. Donna Maria Sofia Granito Pignatelli * Londen 11-3-1974

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4. Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11.Earl of Elgin and 15.Earl of Kincardine * 17-2-1924
x 27-4-1959
5. Victoria Mary Usher * … + 15-11-2024
6. Don Angelo Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, 13.Principe di Belmonte, Duca di Acerenza, Marchese di Castellabate, Marchese di Galatone, Conte di Copertino * Rome 9-2-1939; of palazzo Belmonte in Castellabate
x Londen 28-5-1969
7. Sarah Elizabeth Mayhew * 17-4-1945

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8. Edward James Bruce, 10.Earl of Elgin and 14.Earl of Kincardine * 8-6-1881 + 27-11-1968
x 5-1-1921
9. Hon. Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane * … + 1989
10. Dudley George Usher * 1906 + 7-6-1994
x ...
11. Antonia Mary Wilkinson * ... + 16-3-1997
12. Don Gioacchino Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, 12.Principe di Belmonte, Duca di Acerenza, Marchese di Castellabate, Marchese di Galatone, Conte di Copertino * Milaan 19-3-1913 + 22-5-1982
xI Rome 23-4-1938 (divorced 1948)
13. Marcella Cecilia Scheggi * Florence 5-5-1916 + Londen ..-3-1989; xII 30-9-1953 Sir John Younger, 3.Bt. * 18-11-1920
14. Robert Evelyn Gurney Mayhew * Hawarden 13-5-1912; Barrister at Law, Middle Temple, Director Taylor Brothers
x Londen-Westminster 12-6-1934
15. Marjorie Rose Taylor * Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire 15-6-1910 + Fletching, East-Sussex 2008

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16. Victor Alexander Bruce, 9.Earl of Elgin and 13.Earl of Kincardine * 16-5-1849 + 18-1-1917
xI 9-11-1876
17. Lady Constance Mary Carnegie * 1851 + 24-9-1909
18. Hon. Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, since 16-5-1919 1.Baron Cochrane of Cults * 2-4-1857 + 17-1-1951
x 2-12-1880
19. Lady Gertrude Julia Georgina Boyle * 15-11-1861 + 12-12-1950
20. George Usher * Edinburgh 20-6-1875 + 10-1-1961
x Edinburgh 21-6-1899
21. Mary Baxter Aitken * 1875/76 + Edinburgh 1961
22. Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson * 1865 + 4-11-1953
x 31-8-1910
23. Cicely Mary Hunter Blair * 11-2-1891 + 3-2-1972
24. Don Angelo Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Marchese di Galatone * Napels 12-12-1875 + 9-2-1924
xII 1911
25. Maria Guido * Lecce 23-2-1889 + 1980
26. Roberto Scheggi * Rome 12-9-1890 + …; Avvocato, professore di Diritto Commerciale a Camerino e Urbino
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27. Maria Iesi * …
28. Sir John Dixon Mayhew * Wigan, Lancashire 2-10-1884 + 27-1-1954; MP 1931-1945, of Newton Hall, Dunmow, Essex
x Nantwich 10/12-1905, Llanfyllin 7/9-1907
29. Louise Catherine Guendolen Gurney * Scotland 1873 + Nantwich 26-5-1946
30. Tom Launcelot Taylor * Headingley, Leeds 25-5-1878 + Chapel Allerton 16-3-1960; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1901. President Yorkshire County Cricket Club
x East Molesey 14-1-1908
31. Ethelwynne Rose Parkes * Molesey 27-1-1879 + Leeds 21-7-1959

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32. James Bruce, 8.Earl of Elgin and 12.Earl of Kincardine * 20-7-1811 + Dhurmsala 20-11-1863; Governor-general of Jamaica 1842-1846 and Canada 1846-1854, minister plenipotentiary in China 1857-1859 and 1860-1861, Viceroy of India since 1862
xII 7-11-1846
33. Lady Mary Louisa Lambton * … + 9-3-1898
34. James Carnegie, 9.Earl of Southesk * Edinburgh 16-11-1827 + Kinnaird Castle 21-2-1905
x Exton Park, Rutland 19-6-1849
35. Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel * 29-9-1829 + Londen 9-3-1855
36. Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11.Earl of Dundonald * 18-4-1814 + 15-1-1885
x 1-12-1847
37. Louisa Harriet Mackinnon * … + 24-2-1902; Her sister Emma x Duc de Gramont
38. George Frederick Boyle, 6.Earl of Glasgow * 9-10-1825 + 23-4-1890
x 29-4-1856
39. Hon. Montague Abercromby * 11-8-1835 + 22-4-1931
40. Andrew William Usher * 2-7-1852 + Newington, Edinburgh 9-6-1902; Brewer
x Edinburgh 16-7-1874
41. Isabella Purdie * Edinburgh 6-4-1852 + 11-1-1939
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44. Percival Spearman Wilkinson ~ Ainderby, Steeple, York 10-12-1819 b Durham 18-8-1898; of Mount Oswald
x Caldecote 4-7-1860
45. Adela Julia Kirkby Fenton ~ Swillington, York 25-9-1838 + 1870
46. Walter Charles Hunter Blair * 1-9-1860 + 24-11-1938
x 8-7-1888
47. Ethel Mary Logan * … + 27-10-1935
48. Don Gioacchino Granito Pignatelli, 11.Principe di Belmonte, Duca di Acerenza * Napels 2-11-1839 + 6-4-1934
x Napels 11-11-1868
49. Maria Caterina dei Marchesi d’Ayala Valva * Taranto 21-8-1850 + 12-9-1930
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52. Casimiro Scheggi * …; Socio de Alfredo Giungi nelle esattorie di Andria e Trani
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53. Rosina Ambrogia Marzocchi * …
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56. Horace Mayhew * Waltham Abbey, Essex 20-6-1845 + 15-8-1926; Mining engineer and owner, founder of Broughton, Nova Scotia, High Sheriff of Flintshire 1904
xI Keighley, Yorkshire 1870
57. Mary Helena Dixon ~ Cambridge 19-1-1849 + Westhoughton, Lancashire 12-4-1887
58. Francis Prescod Gurney * Cheltenham 1846 + …; Captain
x Londen-Westminster 8-2-1870
59. Louise Blair * Demarara, Guyana 1852 + …
60. Thomas Albert Oakes Taylor * Hunslet, Yorkshire 1850 + 22-8-1894; Ironworker in 1881, ironmaster
x Harrogate 1-6-1872
61. Georgiana Howe * Ouseburn, Yorkshire 1848 + after 1912
62. Howard Childs Parkes * Birmingham 31-7-1846 + Kingston 8-4-1922; Company promoter and accountant of the firm of Parkes Brothers and Co., of Hever Lodge, East Molesey, Surrey
x Aston 7/9-1876
63. Clara Rose Whittingham * 1857/58 + Hever Lodge 4-10-1946

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64. Thomas Bruce, 7.Earl of Elgin and 11.Earl of Kincardine * 20-7-1766 + 14-11-1841; Ambassador in Constantinople 1799-1803, collector of antiquities (The Elgin Marbles); Zn van Charles B., 6.Earl of E. and 10.Earl of K., en Martha Whyte
xII 21-9-1810
65. Elizabeth Oswald * ... + Parijs 1-4-1860; Dr van J.T. O.
66. John George Lambton, since 23-3-1823 Earl of Durham * 12-4-1792 + 28-7-1840; Ambassador in St Petersburg 1835-1837, governor-general of Canada in 1838; Zn van William Henry L. en Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (Earls of Jersey)
xII 9-12-1816
67. Lady Louisa Elizabeth Grey * 7-4-1797 + 26-11-1841; Dr van Charles G., 2.Earl Grey, en Hon. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby (Barons Ponsonby of Imokilly)
68. Sir James Carnegie, 5.Bt. * 28-9-1799 + 30-1-1849; Zn van Sir David C. of Pittarow, 4.Bt., en Agnes Murray Elliot
x 14-11-1825
69. Charlotte Lysons * … + 10-4-1848; Dr van Rev. Daniel L.
70. Charles Noel Noel, since 16-8-1841 1.Earl of Gainsborough * Catmose, Rutland 2-10-1781 + Londen 10-6-1866; Zn van Sir Gerard Noel N., 2.Bt., en Diana Middleton
xII Londen 29-6-1820
71. Arabella Hamlyn-Williams * … + Barham Court 4-10-1829; Dr van Sir James H.-W., 2.Bt., en Diana Anne Whitaker
72. Thomas Cochrane, 10.Earl of Dundonald, 1.Marques de Maranham * 14-12-1775 + 31-10-1860; Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean, Peruvian, Imperial Brazilian and Greek Navy; Zn van Archibald C., 9.Earl of D., en Anne Gilchrist
x 8-8-1812 (secret, public 22-6-1818)
73. Katherine Frances Corbet Barnes * … + 26-1-1865; Dr van Thomas B. en Frances Corbet
74. William Alexander MacKinnon * 1789 + 1870; Zn van William M. en Harriott Frye
x Westminster, Londen 3-8-1812
75. Emma Mary Palmer * … + 1835; Dr van Joseph Budworth P.
76. George Boyle, 4.Earl of Glasgow * 26-3-1765 + 3-7-1843; Zn van John B., 3.Earl of G., en Elizabeth Ross
xII 13-11-1824
77. Julia Sinclair * … + 19-2-1868; Dr van Rt. Hon. Sir John S. of Ulbster, 1.Bt.
78. George Ralph Abercromby, 3.Baron Abercromby of Aboukir and Tulibody * 30-5-1800 + Airthrey Castle 25-6-1852; Zn van George A., 2.Baron A. of A. and T., en Hon. Montague Dundas (Viscounts Melville of Melville)
x Edinburgh 3-4-1832
79. Louisa Penuel Forbes * ... + 20-4-1882; Dr van John Hay F., Lord Medwyn, en Louisa Cumming-Gordon
80. Thomas Usher * Edinburgh 27-10-1821 + Edinburgh 30-6-1896; Brewer; Zn van Andrew U. en Margaret Balmer
x Londen 27-8-1851
81. Eliza Caroline Henderson * Bombay 13-5-1830 + Edinburgh 5-11-1880; Dr van Major William H. en Eliza Millard
82. John Purdie * ... + 1891; Zn van
x Edinburgh 27-4-1851
83. Joanna Erskine Smith * ... + 1878; Dr van George S.
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88. Rev. Percival Spearman Wilkinson * ...; Zn van Thomas W.
x Marylebone 30-9-1817
89. Sophia Mary Anstruther * ... + 1842; Dr van Captain Philip J. A. en Sophia Elizabeth Popkin
90. Kirkby Fenton * …; of Caldecote Hall, Warwickshire; Zn van
x Wickersley ..-8-1832
91. Charlotte Foster ~ Wickersley 17-6-1813 + 1894; Dr van Rev. John F. en Charlotte Rooke
92. Sir Edward Hunter Blair of Blairquhan and Dunsky, 4.Bt.* 24-3-1818 + 7-10-1896; Zn van Sir David H. B. of B., 3.Bt., en Dorothea Hay-Mackenzie
x 4-6-1860
93. Elizabeth Wauchope * ... + 5-9-1899; Dr van George W.
94. David Logan * …; Zn van
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96. Angelo Granito, 5.Marchese di Castellabate * 21-10-1812 + 29-6-1861; Zn van Gioacchino G., 4.Marchese di C., en Donna Marianna Monforte dei Duchi di Laurito
xII 9-12-1838
97. Donna Paolina Francesca Pignatelli y Aimerich-Pinelli-Ravaschieri, 10.Principessa di Belmonte, Duchessa di Acerenza * Napels 3-4-1824 + 30-8-1911; Dr van Don Gennaro P. y A-P.-R., 9.Principe di Belmonte, Duca di Acerenza, en Carmela De Chiaro
98. Giuseppe Maria d’Ayala Valva, Marchese di Valva * Napels 19-11-1802 + Taranto 1-1-1857; Zn van Francesco Saverio d’A. V., Marchese di V., en Donna Caterina dei Duchi Capece Piscicelli
x 27-1-1842
99. Donna Maria Giovanna Moncada * 19-10-1816 + 9-3-1904; Dr van Don Pietro M., 10.Principe di Paternò, en Giuseppa dei Marchesi Bajada
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112. John Mayhew * Colchester, Essex 13-1-1813 + Platt Bridge, Wigan 16-9-1871; Distributor of stamps; Zn van Robert M. en Elizabeth Oldham
x 8-4-1834
113. Elizabeth Rapley * Waltham Abbey, Essex 1813 + 17-8-1888; Dr van John R.
114. Rev. Thomas Dixon * ... + ...; Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), Fellow of Jesus College in the University of Cambridge; Zn van
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115. Mary Ann N.; Dr van
116. William Prescod Gurney * ... + Mauritius 27-1-1880; Zn van
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117. N.N.; Dr van
118. Daniel Blair * ...; Surgeon-General of British Guyana * … + …; Zn van
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120. George Taylor ~ Wibsey 3-9-1820 + before 8-1876; Ironmonger; Zn van forgeman George T. en Elizabeth Oakes
x Leeds 23-10-1843
121. Martha Exley * ... + ...; Dr van innkeeper William E.
122. Richard Howe * ... + ...; Zn van
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124. Alexander Parkes * Birmingham 29-12-1813 + West Dulwich, Surrey 29-6-1890; Metallurgist, creator of Parkesine, the first man-made plastic; Zn van brass lock manufacturer James Mears P. en Kerenhappuch Childs
xI Edgbaston 8-6-1837
125. Jane Henshall Moore * Birmingham 25-10-1817 + 23-5-1850; Dr van Frederick M. en Sarah Henshall
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Sources:
Burke’s Landed Gentry 1965
Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1970
Libro d´Oro della Nobilta Italiana
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/5610.htm
http://www.comune.ordona.fg.it/upload/cms/turismo_cultura/cacciaguerra1.pdf
with thanks to Simon Parkes