Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath

Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (Baptised 1 March 1590 – 31 March 1636), was born 27 Aug 1575 in Somerset to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath and Elizabeth Russell. Edward was married twice first on 14 July 1623 to Dorothy St John, daughter of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso and Dorothy Read.^[1] They had five children. A year after Dorothy died he married a second time to Ann Lovet in 1633. Ann was the daughter of Sir Robert Lovet and Anne Saunders.

He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge.^[1]^[2] Amongst his possessions at his death was the Illyrian Armorial with the Arms of the Families and Surnames of Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Montenengro, Rascia, Serbia and Slavonia from the Armorial of Stanislas Rubchich, King of Arms to Tsar Stephen Dushan (Nemanja).^[3]

Children

by Dorothy St John:

Lady Anne Bourchier married James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex
William Bourchier born 1624 married Sarah Coole. Their granddaughter, Sarah Bourchier moved to America and continued a long line of American Bourchier descendants.
Lady Elizabeth Bourchier (1626 – 22 September 1670)
John Bourchier, Baron FitzWarin (21 January 1630 – September, 1631)
Lady Dorothy Bourchier (1631–1659)

References

^ ^a ^b "Sir Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath". Peerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p1531.htm. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
^ Bourchier, Edward in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ "The Illyrian Armorial". Academic Microfilms. http://www.academicmicroforms.com/illyrian-armorial.html. Retrieved 2 April 2009.

Preceded by William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath	Earl of Bath 1623–1636	Succeeded by Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath

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Name	Bourchier, Edward, 4th Earl Of Bath
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Short description	Nobleman
Date of birth	1575
Place of birth
Date of death	31 March 1636
Place of death