Brief Family Tree (also see Notes below)

1. Eighth Baron West and Second Earl de la Warr

2. son Frederick West
who married (1798)
Maria Myddleton, owner of Ruthin Castle

3. son Frederick Richard West
who married (1837)
Theresa John Cornwallis Whitby

4. son Colonel William Cornwallis-West
born c 1835 Florence
who married
Mary (Patsy) Adelaide Thomasina Eupatoria FitzPatrick

Notes

Re 1. above

the Earl de la Warr, Governor of Virginia who gave the neighbouring territory Delaware its name.

Re 2. above

Theresa Whitby's parents were Captain John Whitby and Mary Ann Teresa Symonds

Theresa Whitby was "adopted" by Admiral Sir William Cornwallis

Re 3. above

It appears that our Victorian lady met Mrs West in 1883 and perhaps Mrs West and one of her daughters in 1886.

The Wests had 4 other children:

the eldest son
- on whose death William Cornwallis-West had to look after Newlands

Georgina West
- the eldest daughter born circa 1831/2(?) Hordle
- who was the second wife of Warren Peacocke who was the owner of Efford Park
- in 1881 she was a widow living at West Street in Southwic

Theresa S E West born circa 1830/1 (?) Arnewood House
- living at Newlands in 1881 (per Census)

Florence West born circa 1833/4 Florence
- living at The Villins, Milford in 1881

Re 4. above

Mary FitzPatrick was the granddaughter of the second Marquis of Headford and called the "Irish Savage" by Mrs West who was against the marriage.

The couple had 3 children and were living at The Hermitage Old Windsor (with daughter Constance) in 1881:

Mary (Daisy) T O Cornwallis-West born 28.6.1873 Ruthin
who married
Hans Heinrich of Pless, later the Third Prince of Pless
(the quality of her lineage helped her when the Prince considered marriage)
- World War I put the marriage under strain and though Daisy stayed abroad and provided care in the War, the couple divorced in 1923 (?)

George F M Cornwallis-West born circa 1874/5 Ruthin
who married
1. The widow Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie)
2. Mrs Patrick Campbell
3. Mrs Georgette Hirsch

It appears that his grandson Winston Churchill had little to do with George Cornwallis-West. There are a number of references to his mother and stepfather in a book about Winston Churchill.

Age of Churchill 1874-1911

Constance (Shelagh) Edwina Cornwallis-West born circa 1876/7 Ruthin
who married
Hugh, Duke of Westminster but later divorced

Mary and George were living with their Aunt, Georgeiana(?) Peacocke in Southwick in 1881.

Colin Bower
30 June 2025

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