Everything about Charles Kirkhoven 1st Earl Of Bellomont totally explained
Charles Henry Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont (
9 May 1643,
The Hague –
1683) was a
Dutch-born
Irish peer, known as
Lord Wotton from 1649-1680.
Kirkhoven (the
anglicised form of van der Kerckhove) was the only son of Jehan, Lord of Heenvliet and his wife,
Katherine (later created Countess of Chesterfield), both courtiers in the
Princess of Orange's household.
In 1649,
Charles II created him
Baron Wotton, a title which became extinct upon the death of his maternal grandfather in 1630. From 1659-74, he was Chief Magistrate of
Breda and was granted a troop of horse by the
States-General. On the death of his father in 1660, he took over the former's offices in the Princess's household and was also granted a post in the household of her son,
Prince William (later William III of England).
In 1663, Lord Wotton took his seat in the
House of Lords and on his mother's death four years later, he inherited her estate at
Belsize Park. His mother's attempt in her will for him to marry the former's third husband's niece came to nothing and on
25 August 1679, he married Hon. Frances Harpur, widow of Sir John Harpur and daughter of the
6th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
In 1680, he was created
Earl of Bellomont but died a few years later of an
apoplexy and was buried in
Canterbury Cathedral. As he'd no surviving children, his titles became extinct and he left his estate to Hon. Charles Stanhope (the youngest son of his half-brother, the
2nd Earl of Chesterfield), who later changed his surname to Wotton.
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