Name: Ludovic, the eighth Earl of Ellesmere Born: About 1690 (he was 50 years older than Geneva who was born in 1740 - she was 17 when she married him 9 months before she died) Died: January 9 or 10, 1758 Spouse: Geneva Dunsany Ellesmere flew into a rage after Geneva died and tried to drop baby William out of a window onto the courtyard 30 feet below, so Jamie came to his rescue and saved the baby. There was an inquest into his death, and everyone there agreed it was of natural causes, an apoplexy (stroke).