Robert Darcy
Earl of Holdernesse ( 3rd
DisputedReached only through a single unevidenced link. The archive searched for it and found nothing; a legitimate male descent is excluded by the peerage record. What was tested →
None of the 6 relationships shown here is written in a record this archive has read. Every one comes from the family tree. That is not a claim that they are wrong — it is a statement about what has been checked, and on this site the difference is the point. How claims are labelled →
6 of these links sit above a graft. The archive has tested the join they hang from and rejected it — the D'Arcys of Hornby Castle are unevidenced, the Sneyds of Keele Hall disproved. The people are drawn because the tree carries them, and struck through because nothing attaches them to this family. Both grafts, in full →
The record
| Born | 24 NOV 1681 | St. James Palace, London, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 20 JAN 1721 | Bath, Somersetshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Buried | — | Hornby, York, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Trade | Earl of Holdernesse ( 3rd |
direct line · generation 10 counting back from the present day
Family
Parents
John Darcy, Lord D'arcy, Lord Conyers · Bridget Sutton
Married
Friederike Susanna Frederica von Schönburg · 26 MAY 1715 at Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
Children
Thomas (Francis) D'Arcy (1681–1776) · George Schomberg d'Arcy (1716–1722) · Caroline Louisa D'ARCY (1717–1778)
Where this comes from
above a graft This person reaches the family only through the Hornby join, which this archive has tested and rejected. They are published because the tree carries them and deleting a claim is not the same as testing it. The graft →
Everywhere Robert appears in this archive
Every page of this site that writes aboutRobert Darcy in prose, gathered automatically — 8 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →
…how ↓ hide ↑ John’s · 1 Jane Darcy Bridget’s · 2 Anne Sutton Robert Sutton 10 1681 → 1721 Robert Darcy b. 24 NOV 1681 d. 20 JAN 1721 Earl of Holdernesse ( 3rd × Friederike Susanna Frederica von Schönburg St. James Palace, London, Mi…
…e fifth on the 20th — and all five hold. The claim Set Spouse's surname on the transcript Robert Darcy m. Jean Ward · Portsea St Mary, 21 June 1779 Hampshire Marriages WARD — confirmed Hannah Saniger m. James Wakefield · Bristol, 17…
…re — the tree's geocoder has appended a county in New York State 6 Jan 1688 — Disputed 10 Robert Darcy Friederike Susanna Frederica von Schönburg — m. 26 May 1715 24 Nov 1681 St. James Palace, London, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of…
…entries from 1748 to 1880 and no Joseph. Controlled by the set's own hold on this family: Robert Darcy and Jean Ward, Portsea St Mary, 21 June 1779, their own marriage, is in it — an entry this archive confirmed at transcript level…
…9 The christening of Constantine Darcy at St Michael, Barbados, 18 February 1786 , naming Robert Darcy and Jane . Linked to FamilySearch's *Caribbean, Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928*, whose span matches this row exactly; FindMyPast…
…Christened 18 February 1786 Parish St Michael, Barbados — the parish of Bridgetown Father Robert Darcy Mother Jane — i.e. Jean Ward, whom he married at Portsea in 1779 Source Caribbean Birth & Baptism Index 1590–1928 · film 1157925,…
…m under the Major-Generals, entry 607, with every rank and every date. 607. Major-General Robert Darcy, C.B. This officer was appointed Practitioner Engineer and 2nd Lieutenant in the corps of Royal Engineers, the 17th of January, 1…
…onyers of Hornby Castle, the 1st and 2nd Earls of Holderness, John Darcy Lord Conyers and Robert Darcy — every one of them carrying `graft: "Hornby"` in provenance.json, which is what makes their own pages say disputed. The other tw…
What is written about Robert
Carried across from the family tree, with its markup stripped. Family testimony, not an independent record — valuable, and labelled.
Sources attached in the tree
- Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1501444_OYYV675MR6T7BWIC2OAYSNTUKVHCALI_OYYV675MR6T7BWIC2OAYSNTUKVHCALI/robert-darcy-3rd-earl-of-holderness
These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →
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