Brief Life History of Caroline
When Lady Caroline Stuart was born in May 1750, in Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland, her father, Lord John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute, was 37 and her mother, Mary Wortley-Montagu, was 32. She married John Dawson on 1 January 1778, in City of London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 18 January 1813, in Winterborne Came, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62, and was buried in Milton Abbas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mrs Easter Dawson - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth: about 1750; Brampton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
- Caroline Stuart Dawson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Easter in entry for John Dawson, "England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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World Events (4)
1798
Battle of Antrim.
1798
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Banffshire): variant of Stewart . This French form of the name, there being no W in the French language, was adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots, on her return to Scotland in 1561 and has since come to be more popular among royalists than the earlier spellings.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland (see note at Stewart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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