Eighteenth Generation  

18. Diana ARCHER [45979] (Andrew¹⁷, Thomas, of Umberslade (Col.)¹⁶, Simon, of Umberslade (Sir)¹⁵, Andrew, of Umberslade¹⁴, Humphrey, of Umberslade¹³, Richard, of Umberslade¹², John, of Umberslade¹¹, John, of Umberslade¹⁰, John, of Umberslade⁹, Richard, of Umberslade⁸, Thomas, of Umberslade⁷, Thomas, of Umberslade⁶, John, of Umberslade⁵, John, of Umberslade⁴, William, of Umberslade³, Robert, of Umberslade², Fulbert¹) was born in 1700 in Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire England and died in 1756 at age 56.

Diana married Thomas CHAPLIN [45948] [MRIN: 16481], son of John CHAPLIN [45909] and Elizabeth HAMBY [45943], 08 Jul 1720. Thomas was born in 1684 in Blankney Lincolnshire England and died 17 Jan 1747 in Blankney Lincolnshire England at age 63.

General Notes:In 1719, Thomas Chaplin bought Blankney Hall from the Commissioners of Confiscated Property. The estate passed to his son, John and remained in the family until 1897 when mounting debts forced Henry Chaplin to sell it to Lord Londesborough.

The Blankney estates had been the property of the Deincourts since the Norman Conquest. In the fifteenth century, it passed through the marriage of an heiress to the Lovels of Titchmarsh. All the estates of the Lovels were confiscated for the crown by Henry VII after the battle of Stoke-on-Trent. Blankney was bought by the Thorolds, who did much to embellish the house with the fine carved panelling of the period.

But in the reign of Charles I, through a marriage with the Thorold heiress, it passed into the hands of Sir William Widdrington who was created Baron Widdrington of Blankney in 1643. Lord Widdrington's great grandson had the indiscretion to take part in the rebellion of 1715. He was captured at Preston, convicted of high treason and his lands were confiscated in the following year.

Children from this marriage were:

   19 M    i. Thomas CHAPLIN [45980] was born in 1723.

   20 F    ii. Diana CHAPLIN [45981] was born in 1729 in Blankney Lincolnshire England and died 13 May 1767 at age 38.

Diana married Lord George MANNERS-SUTTON [45984] [MRIN: 16482] 05 Dec 1749.

+ 21 M    iii. Charles CHAPLIN [45982] was born in 1730 in Tathwell Lincolnshire England.

+ 22 M    iv. John Thomas CHAPLIN [45983] was born in 1732 and died in 1764 at age 32.