Charlie Weasley's age

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 76233

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" 
<navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
> wrote:
> > I agree.  I go with Charlie being 11 years older than HRH.  That 
> > would make it 4 years since Gryffindore had won the Quidditch 
> cup.  
> > I think it would be 3 years at the very least by the phrasing.  
> > Besides, I don't think they've won since Oliver was on the team 
> and 
> > I'll lay odds he was on the team his second year.
> > 
> > bibphile
> 

Ravenclaw Bookworm:
> That makes sense. Using your estimate of 10 years difference 
between 
> HRH and Charlie, I put the various ages in book 1 at: Bill=22?, 
> Charlie=21, Percy=15, Fred & George=13, Ron=11, Ginny=10. (Ages 26, 
> 25, 29, 18, 16, 15 in book 5.)  The Lexicon says 12 years between 
> Ron and Charlie, but that is calculated using book 3 not book 1.

Geoff:
I have just tried to follow this thread and turned up another 
interesting sideline.

POA p.184 "The Patronus". MaGonagall talking to Harry as she gives 
back the Firebolt...

"And Potter - /do/ try and win, won't you? Or we'll be out of the 
running for the eighth year in a row, as Professor Snape was kind 
enough to remind me only last night...."

How does that square with our other information?

Geoff