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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
26th June 1861. Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury created.
20th July 1873. Son Richard Augustus Bethell 2nd Baron Westbury succeeded.
1875. Son Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury succeeded.
20th February 1930. Grandson Richard Morland Tollemache Bethell 4th Baron Westbury succeeded.
27th June 1961. Brother David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury succeeded.
2001. Son Richard Bethell 6th Baron Westbury succeeded.
On 26th June 1861 Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury (age 60) was created 1st Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 20th July 1873 Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury (age 73) died. His son Richard (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
In 1875 Richard Augustus Bethell 2nd Baron Westbury (age 45) committed suicide. His son Richard (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 24th July 1882 Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury (age 30) and Agatha Manners Tollemache Baroness Westbury (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 20th February 1930 Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury (age 77) committed suicide. He jumped out of the bedroom window of his seventh floor St James's apartment after a long period of illness. He left a note that read: "I really cannot stand any more horrors and hardly see what good I am going to do here, so I am making my exit." His death was ruled "suicide while of unsound mind." His grandson Richard (age 15) succeeded 4th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 27th June 1961 Richard Morland Tollemache Bethell 4th Baron Westbury (age 46) died. His brother David (age 39) succeeded 5th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
In 2001 David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury (age 79) died. His son Richard (age 50) succeeded 6th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.