Ancestry of Tacita Dean

This article written and copyright 2013 by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Professional Genealogist

Tacita Dean visual artist is a descendent of Richard Cecil through Mary Bagot who married John Cotes, also through Susan de Vere who married Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, also through Richard Cecil who married Elizabeth Cope, also through William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury who married Catherine Howard. Four distinct lines, which makes her very well connected to Elizabethan genealogy.

1 Tacita Charlotte /Dean/ , artist ; GW

2 Joseph Jolyon /Dean/ , Judge 1975-86

3 Jenefer Crystel /Mills/

4 Basil /Dean/ , actor; W

5 Esther Maria /Van Gruisen/

6 Patrick Charles Mills, 5th Lord Hillingdon of /Hillingdon/

7 Nancy Elizabeth /Nixon/ , twin

8 Harding Evan Hower /Dean/ , mercantile clerk 1881

9 Elizabeth Mary /Winton/

10 Albert Henry /Van Gruisen/ of Oxton, Cheshire

- born in Liverpool; "age 32" 1891

11 Florence A /Isaacs/

- born St Luke, London "age 7" 1871

12 Geoffrey Edward /Mills/ , Capt

13 Grace Victoria /Boddam/

14 Brinsley Hampden /Nixon/ of Seafield, co Devon

15 Elizabeth /Hughes/

16 Joseph /Dean/ , commercial clerk in Islington 1851; sugar cooper in Clerkenwell 1861

17 Philadelphia //

18 Frederick Charles /Winton/, esq, of Congellow House, Yalding, co Essex; died 1860

19 Mary /Dunk/, living 1861

20 Nicholas Laurentius /Van Gruisen/ , piano manufacturer

21 Anne Clegg /Jenkinson/

22 Joseph Michael /Isaacs/ , fruit importer of Covent Gardens; "age 38" 1871

23 Sarah /Davis/ "age 35" 1871

- Their son was Rufus Isaacs born 1860, 1st Marquess of Reading 1926-, Viceroy of /India/ 1921-5 ; W

- Their daughter Esther Stella /Isaacs/ , painter "age 1" 1871; married Alfred /Sutro/ , author ; W

24 Charles Henry Mills, 1st Baron /Hillingdon/

25 Louisa Isabella /Lascelles/

26 Hungerford Tudor /Boddam/ , Judge of the High Court, Madras

27 Alice Mary /Griffits/

28 Brinsley de Courcey /Nixon/ , banker

29 Frances Evelyn /Hampton/

30 Arthur /Hughes/ , Welsh millionaire

31 Augusta /James/

36 William /Winton/

38 William /Dunk/ , hop factor 1848

40 Albert Francois /Van Gruisen/

42 Henry /Jenkinson/

44 Michael /Isaacs/ , importer of foreign fruit

45 Sarah /Mendoza/

46 Daniel /Davis/ , drapery shop owner at Newington Causeway

47 Frances /Marks/

48 Charles /Mills/ , of Hillingdon Court, Knt and 1st Bnt

49 Emily /Cox/

50 Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of /Harewood/

51 Louisa /Thynne/

52 Hungerford Meyer "H M" /Boddam/ of the Bengal Staff Corps

53 Grace Savage /Martin/

54 James Oliff "J O" /Griffits/ , esq, Queen's Council, Recorder of Reading

55 Mary Anne Unknown

56 Horatio Stopford /Nixon/ , Lt. R.N.

57 Charlotte /Fergus/

60 John /Hughes/

96 William /Mills/

97 Elizabeth /Digby/

98 Richard Henry /Cox/ , of Hillingdon Court

99 Charlotte /Fitzhugh/

100 Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of /Harewood/

101 Henrietta /Sebright/

102 Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of /Bath/

103 Isabella Elizabeth /Byng/

104 Rawson Hart /Boddam/ , East India Company Civil Service in Bengal; F

105 Ellen Kezia /Hungerford/ of Brighton, England 1851; P

106 John Halliday /Martin/ , esq, Cornet of the 16th Dragoons 1805, 1813; of Glencree, co Wigton 1826

107 Elizabeth /Kelso/

192 John /Mills/ , Rev

193 Sarah /Wheler/

194 Wriothesley /Digby/

195 Mary /Cotes/

196 Richard Bethel /Cox/

197 Jane Diana /Drummond/

198 Thomas /Fitzhugh/ of Plas Power

199 Mary /Lloyd/

200 Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of /Harewood/ 1812-

201 Anne /Chaloner/ , G

202 John /Sebright/ of Beechwood; 6th Bnt

203 Sarah /Knight/

204 Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath 1789-, 3rd Viscount /Weymouth/ 1751-

205 Elizabeth /Bentinck/

206 George Byng, 4th Viscount /Torrington/

207 Lucy /Boyle/

208 Rawson Hart Boddam, Governor of /Bombay/ 1784-8 ; of Enfield 1791; esq 1791; FW

209 Eliza Maria /Tudor/ of St George Hanover Square 1791

210 John Townsend /Hungerford/ , solicitor to the Hon E.I. Co in Bombay ; P

211 Mary Anne /Payne/

212 Samuel /Martin/ of Antigua

213 Grace /Savage/

214 William /Kelso/ of Dankeith; esq; Major of the 23rd Light Dragoons; Col Ayrshire Militia

215 Susanna /Ferguson/