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Benedict Cumberbatch

Movie, Television and Stage Actor

William Chaloner

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 132 
  • Father:
  • Edward Chaloner 
  • Mother:
  • Anne Bowes   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Jul 1714 
  • Birth Location:
  • Streatlam Castle, Durham, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Feb 1754 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Guisborough, Yorkshire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Finney
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Oct 1741 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sedgefield, Durham, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Anne Chaloner

  William Chaloner (Ahnentafel No:66 )

• Sources for William Chaloner

  • ¹ Ancestry.com, "The Surprising Link Between Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", (accessed 06/27/2017).
  • ² Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 79.
  • ³ Furness, Hannah, "Benedict Cumberbatch and Alan Turing are related, genealogists claim", The Telegraph, (accessed 06/30/2017).
  • ⁴ Howard, Joseph Jackson, ed., Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. 3, Second Series, London: Mitchell and Hughes (1890), 336.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 101.

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