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Islands, England, British Isles

Castle Rushen Roc à l'Epine Burial Mound Castle Cornet, Guernsey La Mare es Mauves Burial La Roche qui Sonne Burial Le Creux ès Fées Burial Le Trepied le Catiopic Burial Les Fouaillages Burial Chamber St Helier, Jersey St Mary's Church, Castletown Les Vardes Burial Mound Le Dehus Burial Chamber La Longue Pierre Standing Stone Le Crocq Standing Stone La Hogue Bie La Moye aka Quesnel Menhir Le Mont Ubé La Pouquelaye de Faldouet Le Couperon St Oeun's Church, Jersey

Islands is in England.

Channel Islands [Map]

Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

Bishop's Court Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

On 21st April 1847 Bishop Walter Augustus Shirley (age 49) died at Bishop's Court Isle of Man.

Castle Rushen, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles [Map]

Castle Rushen is also in Castles in Isle of Man.

In 28th November 1832 Cornelius Smelt (age 84) died in office at Castle Rushen [Map]. He was buried under the altar at St Mary's Church, Castletown [Map].

Castletown, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

George Inn, Castletown, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

On 10th August 1826 Cornelius Smelt (age 78) attended a meeting at the George Inn, Castletown, there being present some of the highest officials then residing in Castletown, Chairman of the meeting being Colonel Mark Wilks. At the meeting a resolution was passed to commission a portrait of Governor Smelt by Thomas Barber (age 55). The portrait was purchased by Captain Caesar Bacon, husband of Smelt's daughter, and was placed in his home at Seafield, Santon. The portrait stayed in the family until 1925 when it was presented to the Manx Museum.

Hango Hill, Castletown, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

Between September 1651 and November 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 44) who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 51) resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet (age 44) and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby (age 23) and executed by firing squad at Hango Hill on 2nd January 1663.

St Mary's Church, Castletown, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles [Map]

In 28th November 1832 Cornelius Smelt (age 84) died in office at Castle Rushen [Map]. He was buried under the altar at St Mary's Church, Castletown [Map].

Around 1985 St Mary's Church, Castletown [Map] was deconsecrated. The remains of Cornelius Smelt were exhumed and reinterred in the Bacon family vault alongside his daughter at St Peter's Church in Onchan.

Douglas, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

In 1822 Ambrose St John (age 62) died at Douglas.

Ramsay, Isle of Man, Islands, England, British Isles

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 25th July 1044. This year died Elfward, Bishop of London, on the eighth day before the calends of August. He was formerly Abbot of Evesham, and well furthered that monastery the while that he was there. He went then to Ramsey, and there resigned his life: and Mannie was chosen abbot, being consecrated on the fourth day before the ides of August.