William WEST 1st Baron de la Warr [6494] ¹⁵⁴⁰

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  General Notes:

William West, 1st Baron De La Warr, of the second creation (c. 1520 \endash 30 December 1595) was nephew and adopted heir of Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr. William West was the eldest son of Sir George West, the third of four brothers, and of Elizabeth Morton, daughter of Sir George Morton of Lechlade.



Marriages and issue

West married firstly, before 1555, Elizabeth Strange, the daughter of Thomas Strange of Chesterton, Gloucestershire, by whom he had three sons and three daughters:[8]

Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr.
William West, who emigrated to Virginia in 1610, was killed later that year by Indians near the falls of the James River, and died unmarried and without issue.
Mary West, who married Richard Blount, esquire, of Dedisham in Slinfold, Sussex, by whom she had five daughters.
Jane West, who married firstly, 9 June 1572, Thomas Wenman, esquire, son and heir of Sir Richard Wenman, by whom she had three sons, Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman, Ferdinand Wenman and Sir Thomas Wenman, and a daughter, Elizabeth Wenman, who married Sir Thomas Tredway; secondly James Cressy of Wilton, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had a daughter Lettice Cressy, who married Sir John Tasburgh; thirdly, as his second wife, Thomas Tasburgh, esquire, of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had no issue; and fourthly, as his second wife, Ralph Sheldon, esquire, of Beoley, Worcestershire (d. March 1613).
Elizabeth West, who died unmarried.
William Hugh West (1595-1638)

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Title Of Nobility: 1st Baron de la Warr (2nd Creation), in 1537,. ¹⁵⁴²

2. Title Of Nobility: Lord De La Warr, on 5 February 1568, in Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England. ¹⁵⁴²

William married Elizabeth LESTRANGE [6495] [MRIN: 5399], daughter of Sir Thomas LESTRANGE [6518] and Anne VAUX [6519], about 1555 in Offington, Sussex, England.¹⁵⁴² (Elizabeth LESTRANGE [6495] was born about 1534 in , , Norfolk, England,¹⁵⁴⁰ died about 5 May 1579 in Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England ¹⁵⁴⁰ and was buried in Andover, , Hampshire, England ¹⁵⁴⁰.)