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06 May is in May.
4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury
1502 Trial and Execution of James Tyrrell
1613 Thomas Overbury Murder and Trial of his Murderers
1682 Sinking of the Gloucester
1760 Trial and Execution of Earl Ferrers
Events on the 6th May
On 6th May 1268 Henry Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England (age 28) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 27) at Windsor Castle [Map].
Polydore Vergil. [6th May 1471] Two days later all these, save for Margaret and her son (deceased), paid with their heads in that same village. A little later Prince Edward, a very excellent young man, was taken to meet Edward, and was asked why he had dared invade his kingdom and trouble it with arms. He had the presence of mind to reply he had come to claim his ancestral realm. Edward (age 29) made no response this, he only waved the lad away, and immediately those who stood around him (these were Dukes George of Clarence (age 21), Richard of Gloucester, and William Hastings (age 40)) cruelly butchered him. His body, together with those of the others who had been executed, was buried in a nearby Benedictine abbey.
On 6th May 1471 those captured at the 4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury: Edmund Beaufort (age 32), Hugh Courtenay (age 44), Gervase Clifton (age 66) and Humphrey Tuchet (age 37) were executed. Duke Somerset extinct.
Thomas Tresham (age 51) was executed. His estates including manor of Westhall, in Rushton St Peter, were forfeit.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland Volume 1. 6th May 1471. The Duke of Clarence (age 21) to Henry Vernon (age 26).
[1471,] May 6. Tewkesbury. — Right trusti and welbeloved we grete you wele, gating you wite that my lord hath had goode spede nowe in his late journey to the subduyng of his enemyes, traitours and rebelles, of the which Edward late called Prince (deceased), the late Erl of Devon (deceased) with other estates, knightes, squiers, and gentilmen, were slayn in playn bataill, Edmund late Due of Somerset (age 32) taken and put to execucion and other diverses estates, knightes, squiers, and gentilmen taken. And for soo muche as my said lord and we bee fully pourposed with the grace of our Lord to comme in all goodly haste into the north partyes for thestablishement of pease, tranquilhte and restfull rule and governance of the same, we desire and for your wele advyse you, and also in my said lordes name charge you, to dispose you to comme and attende upon us with so many men defensibly arrayed as ye can make, and that at ferthest ye bee with us at Coventre the xij day of this present moneth.
Yeven under our signet at Tewkesbury the vj day of May. (Signed : ) G. Clarence.
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Volume 26 1903. [6th May 1471] With regard to most of the particulars I have given, there is little disagreement amongst the chroniclers; but the same cannot be said of what they tell us with regard to the fate of the young Prince Edward (deceased).
In this respect they are divided into two hostile camps. Those who had Lancastrian sympathies and wrote during the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII declare that the unhappy Prince was murdered in cold blood as a prisoner; and Polydore Vergil, whose History was printed in 1534, does not hesitate to accuse Edward IV and his two brothers of the murder. The chroniclers who were contemporary with Edward IV and Richard III declare that Prince Edward was slain on the field of battle. The commonly received account is that he was taken prisoner by Sir Richard Crofts; and on the King issuing a proclamation that the person who produced him should receive a pension of £100, and that the Prince's life should be spared, hie was brought into the royal presence. Then followed the scene which Shakespeare has immortalized: The King having. haughtily inquired how he dared invade his dominions and stir up his subjects to rebellion was as haughtily answered by the lad that he came to rescue a father from prison, and regain a crown which had been usurped, whereupon the King struck him with his gauntlet, and Gloucester, Clarence, Dorset, and Hastings hurried him away from the King's presence and despatched him with their poignards.
On 6th May 1502 James Tyrrell (age 47) was beheaded. He was buried at Austin Friars.
On 6th May 1527 Charles Bourbon III Duke Bourbon (age 37) was killed during the Sack of Rome.
Letters and Papers. 6th May 1536. 808. Anne Boleyn (age 35) to Henry VIII.1
Your Grace's displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me as what to write or what to excuse I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you sent unto me, willing me to confess a truth and so to obtain your favour, by such an one whom you know to be my ancient professed enemy, I no sooner received this message by him than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command. But do not imagine that your poor wife will ever confess a fault which she never even imagined. Never had prince a more dutiful wife than you have in Anne Boleyn, with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself if God and your Grace's pleasure had so been pleased. Nor did I ever so far forget myself in my exaltation but that I always looked for such an alteration as now; my preferment being only grounded on your Grace's fancy. You chose me from a low estate, and I beg you not to let an unworthy stain of disloyalty blot me and the infant Princess your daughter. Let me have a lawful trial, and let not my enemies be my judges. Let it be an open trial, I fear no open shames, and you will see my innocency cleared or my guilt openly proved; in which case you are at liberty both to punish me as an unfaithful wife, and to follow your affection, already settled on that party for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could somewhile since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined that my death and an infamous slander will bring you the enjoyment of your desired happiness, then I pray God he will pardon your great sin, and my enemies, the instruments thereof. My innocence will be known at the Day of Judgment. My last request is that I alone may bear the burden of your displeasure, and not those poor gentlemen, who, I understand, are likewise imprisoned for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn has been pleasing in your ears, let me obtain this request, and so I will leave to trouble your Grace any further. From my doleful prison in the Tower, 6 May,
In an Elizabethan hand. Pp. 2, mutilated.
Note 1. That this letter was not really either written or composed by Anne Boleyn, the handwriting and the style alike indicate beyond any reasonable doubt. It does, therefore, beg the question how did become added the the Calendar Rolls?
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On 6th May 1613 Gervase Helwys (age 51) was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 46) having been recommended by Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton (age 73). Gervase Helwys paid £2000 for the appointment of which £1400 went to Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton and £300 to Thomas Monson 1st Baronet (age 48), Master of the Armory in the Tower, and a friend of Gervase Helwys.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 6th May 1619. The 6th my Lord (age 30) sat up playing at cards and did not come home till 12 o'clock at night.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th May 1651. I attended the ambassador to a masque at Court, where the French King (age 12) in person danced five entries, but being engaged in discourse, and better entertained with one of the Queen-Regent's (age 49) secretaries, I soon left the entertainment.
Note. The "Ballet du Roy aux festes de Bacchus" i.e. "The King's Ballet at the Festivals of Bacchus" was performed by Louis "Sun King" XIV King France on the 2nd May 1651 with his close companions, and professional dancers at the Palais-Cardinal, the Richelieu residence on rue Saint-Honoré.
On 6th May 1651 Mary Walters was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 20) and Lucy Walter (age 21) at The Hague. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland didn't acknowledge her. Her father is some somewhat speculative; he may have been Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford (age 48) or Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 33).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1661. Up by four o'clock and took coach. Mr. Creed rode, and left us that we know not whither he went. We went on, thinking to be at home before the officers rose, but finding we could not we staid by the way and eat some cakes, and so home, where I was much troubled to see no more work done in my absence than there was, but it could not be helped. I sent my wife to my father's, and I went and sat till late with my Lady Batten, both the Sir Williams being gone this day to pay off some ships at Deptford. So home and to bed without seeing of them. I hear to-night that the Duke of York's (age 27) son (deceased) is this day dead, which I believe will please every body; and I hear that the Duke and his Lady (age 24) themselves are not much troubled at it.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th May 1664. Went to see Mr. Wright (age 47) the painter's collection of rare shells, etc.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1667. So home to dinner, where Creed come, whom I vexed devilishly with telling him a wise man, and good friend of his and mine, did say that he lately went into the country to Hinchingbroke [Map]; and, at his coming to town again, hath shifted his lodgings, only to avoid paying to the Poll Bill, which is so true that he blushed, and could not in words deny it, but the fellow did think to have not had it discovered. He is so devilish a subtle false rogue, that I am really weary and afeard of his company, and therefore after dinner left him in the house, and to my office, where busy all the afternoon despatching much business, and in the evening to Sir R. Viner's (age 36) to adjust accounts there, and so home, where some of our old Navy creditors come to me by my direction to consider of what I have invented for their help as I have said in the morning, and like it mighty well, and so I to the office, where busy late, then home to supper and sing with my wife, who do begin to give me real pleasure with her singing, and so to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1667. Up and angry with my mayds for letting in watermen, and I know not who, anybody that they are acquainted with, into my kitchen to talk and prate with them, which I will not endure. Then out and by coach to my Lord Treasurer's (age 60), who continues still very ill, then to Sir Ph. Warwicke's (age 57) house, and there did a little business about my Tangier tallies, and so to Westminster Hall [Map], and there to the Exchequer to consult about some way of getting our poor Creditors of the Navy (who served in their goods before the late Session of Parliament) paid out of the 11 months tax, which seems to relate only for goods to be then served in, and I think I have found out a way to bring them into the Act, which, if it do, I shall think a good service done.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1668. Thence by water to the New Exchange, where bought a pair of shoe-strings, and so to Mr. Pierce's, where invited, and there was Knepp and Mrs. Foster and here dined, but a poor, sluttish dinner, as usual, and so I could not be heartily merry at it: here saw her girl's picture, but it is mighty far short of her boy's, and not like her neither; but it makes Hales's (age 68) picture of her boy appear a good picture.
On 6th May 1680 Charles XI King Sweden (age 24) and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 52).
On 6th May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York (age 48) [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 24) drowned. His son Robert (age 5) succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
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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.
On 6th May 1685 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia was born to Frederick I Duke of Mecklenburg Grabow (age 47).
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th May 1696. I went to Lambeth [Map], to meet at dinner the Countess of Sunderland (age 54) and divers ladies. We dined in the Archbishop's wife's apartment with his Grace (age 59), and stayed late; yet I returned to Deptford, Kent [Map] at night.
On 6th May 1699 Victor Amadeus Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus King Sardinia (age 32) and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia (age 29) at Turin. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.95%.
After 6th May 1711. Grave of Caesar Giffard at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard.
Diary of Caroline Girlie. 6th May 1760. Earl Ferrers (deceased) was carried from the Tower [Map] to Tyburn [Map] executed by a party of Horse and Foot Guards, a Clergyman and the two Sherifs were in the Coach with him he poor unhappy man was drest in his wedding suit, dating as he himself said his whole unhappy conduct from a forced marriage. He observed that the apparatus, and being made a spectacle of to so vast a multitude was greatly worse than death itself the procession was two hours & 3/4 from setting out, the Landau & six in which he was ye Sheriffs each in their Chariots one mourning Coach and a Hearse attended, and return'd thro' Lincoln's Inn Fields about one, I think I never shall forget a procession so moving, to know a man an hour before in perfect health then a Lifeless course, yet a just victim to his Country, for the abuse of of that power his rank in Life had given him a Title too, his rank indeed caused his punishment, as the good Old King, in answer to numerous petitions of his greatly to be pitied Family made this memorable speech, "That for the last years of his Life, he had been beyond his most Sanguine hopes successful, for which he should ever return thanks to God, and on his part he had and always would endeavor to Administer justice as he ought, as Events had shown by the punishment of his most exalted Subjects". This was a noble answer. yet none could help pitying this unhappy Lord, his intellects most probably was rather more in fault than his heart in the murder for which he Suffer'd, and had he been low born his majesty would have shewn more Mercy without such strict Justice.
On 6th May 1763 Robert Davers 5th Baronet (age 28) was killed during Pontiac's War. His brother Charles (age 25) succeeded 6th Baronet Davers of Rougham in Suffolk.
Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. On the 6th of May, 1844, was opened a large flat barrow called Moot Lowe [Map], situated about one mile south-west from Grange Mill, in a field of considerable elevation and rocky surface. The tumulus is about fifteen yards in diameter, and about four feet high, with a level summit. The section was made by cutting through the centre of the barrow from east to west; when within about four yards from the middle, a secondary interment was discovered very near the surface, which consisted of a deposit of burnt bones placed in a large urn, measuring about sixteen inches in height, and thirteen in diameter at the mouth, which was broken, owing to its being so superficially covered; since being restored, it exhibits a very curious appearance, being ornamented in a different manner to any yet discovered in Derbyshire; when found, it lay on its side, and on carefully collecting the pieces, and the bones it contained, a small brass spear-head, or dagger, was found amongst the latter; it is three inches and a quarter in length, and has a hole through which it has been riveted to the handle or shaft; two very similar in size and form are engraved in Sir Richard Hoare's 'Ancient Wiltshire,' vol. i, plates 11, 28. This is the first recorded discovery of a weapon of this description in this county, though subsequent researches have proved them to be by no means rare.
Nearer the centre a much earlier interment was found, namely, a human skeleton with the knees drawn up, lying on some large limestones, and not accompanied by any utensils. The ground in the centre of the barrow was found to be four feet lower than the level of the native surface in other places, probably owing to the rocky and unequal surface of the field before mentioned; it was fiUed up with stones free from soil, to the level of the other ground, beneath which nothing was found, although such was expected to be the case. Dispersed through the mound the following articles were observed: teeth of swine and other animals, a small piece of another urn, chippings of flint, and a few rats' bones. About four hundred yards from the preceding there is a small portion of another barrow, also named Moot Lowe [Note. Presumed to be Moot Low 2 Barrow [Map]], which was long since almost razed to the ground; on the afternoon of the 6th of May the site was dug over, and a few human and animal bones brought to light; the former indicated the interment of two individuals, and the latter included the well-known rats' bones.
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On 6th May 1879 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (age 44) was declared insolvent following the Ruskin libel trial.
The London Gazette 24843. India Office, May 6, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Honourable the Marquess of Ripon (age 52), K.G., to be Governor-General of India.
On 6th May 1882 Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 23) and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 23). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 6th May 1882 Frederick Charles Cavendish (age 45) was assassinated at Phoenix Park, Dublin during the Phoenix Park Killings. He was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
After 6th May 1882. Cartmel Priory, Lancashire [Map]. Monument to Frederick Charles Cavendish (deceased). Sculpted by Thomas Woolner (age 56). Marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest. See Phoenix Park Killings.
On 6th May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 6th May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 67) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.
On 6th May 1944 William Cavendish (age 26) and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
The Duke of Devonshire and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr (age 28), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register. The Duke of Rutland (age 24) served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire, the grooms William, Marquess of Hartington, the bride Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire.
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20th February 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13th May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris Eric succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25th July 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12th August 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
On 6th May 2023 Prince Charles (age 74) was crowned King Charles III of the United Kingdom. Queen Consort Camilla Shand (age 75) was crowned Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
Births on the 6th May
On 6th May 1262 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings was born to Henry Hastings (age 27) and Joan Cantilupe.
On 6th May 1268 Henry Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England (age 28) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 27) at Windsor Castle [Map].
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th May 1336 Robert Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle was born to John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 18) and Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 18).
On 6th May 1410 Catherine Pole was born to Michael de la Pole 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 16) and Elizabeth Mowbray Countess Suffolk (age 16).
On 6th May 1580 Charles Gonzaga I Duke Mantua was born to Louis Gonzaga Duke Nevers (age 40) at Paris [Map].
On 6th May 1651 Mary Walters was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 20) and Lucy Walter (age 21) at The Hague. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland didn't acknowledge her. Her father is some somewhat speculative; he may have been Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford (age 48) or Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 33).
On 6th May 1680 Charles Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 17) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 15). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 6th May 1682 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 23) and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 6th May 1684 John Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 24) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 22).
On 6th May 1685 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia was born to Frederick I Duke of Mecklenburg Grabow (age 47).
On 6th May 1699 Victor Amadeus Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus King Sardinia (age 32) and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia (age 29) at Turin. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.95%.
On 6th May 1699 Thomas Leveson-Gower was born to John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (age 24) and Catherine Manners Baroness Gower (age 24).
On 6th May 1716 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua was born to Manuel Maria Silva (age 38).
On 6th May 1729 John Murray 3rd Duke Atholl was born to George Murray (age 34).
On 6th May 1754 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke (age 37) and Elizabeth Chamberlayne (age 21).
On 6th May 1758 George Evelyn Boscawen 3rd Viscount Falmouth was born to Edward Boscawen (age 46) and Frances Evelyn Evelyn (age 38).
On 6th May 1760 Robert Hobart was born to George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 28) and Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire (age 21) at Hampden House, Great Hampden.
On 6th May 1760 John Cocks 1st Earl Somers was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot.
On 6th May 1761 Reverend Bourchier William Wrey was born to Bourchier Wrey 6th Baronet (age 47) and Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey (age 30).
On 6th May 1777 Mary Rebecca Fitzgerald was born to William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster (age 28) and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 6th May 1778 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper was born to George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper (age 39) and Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper.
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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.
On 6th May 1780 Henrietta Dorothea Wallop was born to John Wallop 2nd Earl Portsmouth (age 37) and Urania Fellowes (age 38).
On 6th May 1784 Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon was born to Admiral John Borlase Warren 1st Baronet (age 30) and Caroline Clavering Lady Warren.
On 6th May 1786 Edward Marmaduke Stourton aka Vavasour 1st Baronet was born to Charles Philip Stourton 17th Baron Stourton (age 33).
On 9th April 1801 William Lorraine 6th Baronet was born to Charles Loraine 5th Baronet (age 21) and Elizabeth Campart Lady Loraine (age 22). He was baptised on 6th May 1801 at Church of St Nicholas, Chiswick; his mother was visiting her family.
On 6th May 1811 Henry Anthony Farrington 4th Baronet was born to Henry Maturin Farrington 3rd Baronet (age 33) and Jane Curry (age 19).
On 6th May 1816 Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset was born to Fitzroy James Henry Somerset 1st Baron Raglan (age 27) and Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole Baroness Raglan (age 24).
On 6th May 1827 George FitzMaurice 6th Earl of Orkney was born to Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney (age 23) and Isabella Irby Countess Orkney (age 20).
On 6th May 1827 Henry Vansittart Stonhouse 15th and 12th Baronet was born to Timothy Vansittart Stonhouse 14th and 11th Baronet (age 28).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th May 1848 Frederick Canning Lascelles was born to Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 23) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh (age 22).
On 6th May 1849 John Melhuish Strudwick was born to William Strudwick (age 41) and Sarah Melhuish (age 49).
On 6th May 1851 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 27) and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.69%.
On 6th May 1859 Tyrell Other William Champion de Crespigny was born to Claude Champion de Crespigny 3rd Baronet (age 40) and Mary Tyrell Lady Champion de Crespigny (age 36).
On 6th May 1860 Cora Smith Countess Strafford was born.
On 6th May 1869 John William Salusbury-Trelawny 11th Baronet was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet (age 24) and Jessy Rose Murray (age 22).
On 6th May 1876 Lionel Francis Crane was born to Walter Crane (age 30) and Mary Frances Andrews (age 30).
On 6th May 1879 Hilary Lushington Hunt was born to William Holman Hunt (age 52) and Marion Edith Waugh (age 32) at 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.
On 6th May 1880 Gervase Disney Alexander 15th Baron Cobham was born to Reginald Gervase Alexander (age 33).
On 6th May 1882 Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 23) and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 23). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
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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.
On 6th May 1883 Dudley Gordon 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born to John Hamilton-Gordon 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (age 35) and Isabel Marjoribanks Marchioness of Aberdeen and Ternair (age 26).
On 6th May 1883 Algernon Strutt 3rd Baron Belper was born to Henry Strutt 2nd Baron Belper (age 42) and Margaret Coke Baroness Belper (age 31).
On 6th May 1890 Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 35) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27).
On 6th May 1892 Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster was born to Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster (age 40) and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 28). His biological father was suspected to be Hugo Charteris 11th Earl of Wemyss (age 34) with whom his mother was believed to have been having an affair at the time.
On 6th May 1895 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 24).
On 6th May 1896 Christopher John Roper-Curzon 19th Baron Teynham was born to Henry Roper-Curzon 18th Baron Teynham (age 28).
On 6th May 1903 Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme was born to Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath (age 40) and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath (age 34).
On 6th May 1906 George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 28).
On 6th May 1914 George Parker 8th Earl Macclesfield was born to George Parker 7th Earl Macclesfield (age 25) and Lilian Joanna Vere Boyle Countess Macclesfield.
On 6th May 1924 Patricia Helen Kennedy was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 35) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 33).
On 6th May 1929 Bishop John Bernard Taylor was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map]. As a young boy he moved with his family to Watford. He attended Watford Boys' Grammar School after which he went up to Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map] where he took a First in Classics and, having secured the Lady Kay Scholarship to Jesus College, proceded to take a First in Theology.
On 6th May 1932 Alexander George Thynn 7th Marquess of Bath was born to Henry Frederick Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath (age 27) and Daphne Vivian Marchioness Bath (age 27).
On 6th May 1936 Edward Douglas Coke 7th Earl of Leicester was born to Anthony Louis Lovel Coke 6th Earl of Leicester (age 26).
Marriages on the 6th May
On 6th May 1589 John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope (age 40) and Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope were married.
On 6th May 1602 Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 24) and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill (age 36) were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland.
On 6th May 1635 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 28) and Catherine Lucas Lady Pye were married.
On 6th May 1680 Charles XI King Sweden (age 24) and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 52).
On 6th May 1724 Edward Neville 3rd Baron Abergavenny (age 19) and Katherine Tatton Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.
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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.
On 6th May 1778 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 24) and Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont (age 22) were married. Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont
On 6th May 1791 Stafford Henry Northcote 7th Baronet (age 28) and Jacquetta Baring Lady Northcote (age 22) were married at St Leonard's Church, Exeter [Map]. She by marriage Lady Northcote of Hayne in Devon.
On 6th May 1884 George William Thomas Brudenell 4th Marquess Ailesbury (age 20) and Dorothy Julia "Dolly Tester" Haseley Marchioness Ailesbury (age 23) were married.
On 6th May 1929 Geoffrey Hope-Morley 2nd Baron Hollenden (age 44) and Muriel Ivy Gladstone Baroness Hollenden were married. She by marriage Baroness Hollenden of Leigh in Kent.
On 6th May 1944 William Cavendish (age 26) and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
The Duke of Devonshire and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr (age 28), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register. The Duke of Rutland (age 24) served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire, the grooms William, Marquess of Hartington, the bride Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire.
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20th February 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13th May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris Eric succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25th July 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12th August 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
On 6th May 1960 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 30) and Princess Margaret (age 29) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 59).
Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 33) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 27), whose wedding the couple had attended four years before, offered them a piece of land on their privately owned island, Mustique, and agreed to build a house for the couple on the land. It was designed in 1971 by uncle to Lord Snowdon, Oliver Messel, and named "Les Jolies Eaux" aka "The Pretty Waters"
Deaths on the 6th May
On 6th May 698 Bishop Eadberht of Lindisfarne died.
On 6th May 988 Dirk Gerulfing II Count Holland (age 63) died. His son Arnulf (age 38) succeeded Count Holland. Luitgarde Luxemburg Countess Holland by marriage Countess Holland.
On 6th May 1002 Archbishop Ealdwulf died.
On 6th May 1144 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche (age 64) died. His son Routrou (age 9) succeeded IV Count Perche.
On 6th May 1328 Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter (age 28) died. His son John (age 13) succeeded 3rd Baron Fitzwalter.
On 6th May 1417 Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray (age 69) died.
On 6th May 1527 Charles Bourbon III Duke Bourbon (age 37) was killed during the Sack of Rome.
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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.
On 6th May 1548 Anthony Browne (age 48) died at Byfleet, Surrey. He was buried at Senlac Hill Hastings. Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 19) inherited Cowdray House [Map].
On 30th April 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 61) died at Caus Castle [Map]. His son Henry succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford. On 6th May 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford was buried at Church of All Saints Worthen, Shropshire.
On 6th May 1583 Margaret Skipwith Baroness Tailboys died.
On 6th May 1631 Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet (age 60) died. His son Thomas (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.
On 6th May 1634 John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery (age 59) died at Golden Grove, Llanfihangel. His son Richard (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Carbery.
On 6th May 1659 Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 57) died.
On 6th May 1675 August Philipp Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 62) died at Beck. His son Frederick (age 22) succeeded Louis I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
On 6th May 1681 Philip Wodehouse 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His grandson John (age 12) succeeded 4th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall.
On 6th May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York (age 48) [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 24) drowned. His son Robert (age 5) succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
On 6th May 1703 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl (age 72) died. His son John (age 43) succeeded 2nd Marquess Atholl, 3rd Earl Atholl, 4th Earl Tullibardine. Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 41) by marriage Marchioness Atholl.
On 6th May 1709 John Lovelace 4th Baron Lovelace (age 37) died. His son John (age 4) succeeded 5th Baron Lovelace of Hurley in Berkshire. His funeral was held in Trinity Church, New York.
On 6th May 1726 Mary Cole Countess of Drogheda (age 66) died.
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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.
On 6th May 1757 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 73) died. His grandson Augustus (age 21) succeeded 3rd Duke Grafton, 3rd Earl Euston, 3rd Viscount Ipswich, 3rd Baron Sudbury, 4th Earl Arlington, 4th Viscount Thetford, 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 20) by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On 6th May 1763 Robert Davers 5th Baronet (age 28) was killed during Pontiac's War. His brother Charles (age 25) succeeded 6th Baronet Davers of Rougham in Suffolk.
On 6th May 1764 Edward Wingfield 2nd Viscount Powerscourt (age 34) died. His brother Richard (age 33) succeeded 3rd Viscount Powerscourt. Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt by marriage Viscountess Powerscourt.
On 6th May 1769 James Tuchet 7th Earl Castlehaven (age 46) died unmarried. His brother John (age 44) succeeded 8th Earl Castlehaven, 18th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 15th Baron Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley of Orier in England, 6th Baron Audley of Hely in Ireland.
On 6th May 1774 John Ward 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (age 70) died. His son John (age 49) succeeded 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley in Worcestershire, 7th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
On 6th May 1815 George Thomas 3rd Baronet (age 75) died. His son William (age 32) succeeded 4th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
On 6th May 1855 Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker died.
On 6th May 1857 Edward Haggerston 7th Baronet (age 60) died. His brother John (age 58) succeeded 8th Baronet Haggerston of Haggerston Castle in Northumberland.
On 6th May 1870 James Young Simpson 1st Baronet (age 58) died at 52 Queen Street Edinburgh. His son Walter (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet Simpson of Strathavon and the City of Edinburgh.
On 6th May 1873 Thomas Laurence Dundas 2nd Earl Zetland (age 78) died at his home Aske Hall North Yorkshire. His nephew Lawrence (age 28) succeeded 3rd Earl Zetland aka Shetland, 4th Baron Dundas, 5th Baronet Dundas of Kerse.
On 6th May 1907 Roger John Twisden 10th Baronet (age 54) died. His uncle John (age 81) succeeded 11th Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.
On 6th May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 6th May 1921 Herbert Colstoun Gardner 1st Baron Burghclere (age 74) died. Baron Burghclere of Walden in Essex extinct.
On 6th May 1927 Henry Alexander Gordon Howard 4th Earl of Effingham (age 60) died. His first cousin Gordon (age 54) succeeded 5th Earl of Effingham, 15th Baron Howard of Effingham.
On 6th May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 67) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.
On 6th May 1945 Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison Lady Codrington (age 80) died.
On 6th May 1952 Oswald Birley (age 72) died.
On 6th May 1970 Nancy Lycett Green Baroness Vivian died.
On 6th May 1978 Hubert Acland 4th Baronet (age 87) died. His son Antony (age 61) succeeded 5th Baronet Acland of St Mary Magdalen in Oxford.
On 6th May 1978 Charles Hedworth Mills 4th Baron Hillingdon (age 56) died. His first cousin once removed Patrick (age 71) succeeded 5th Baron Hillingdon, 6th Baronet Mills of Hillingdon.
On 6th May 1979 Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale (age 82) died.
On 6th May 2011 Kenelm Ernest Lee Guinness 4th Baronet (age 82) died. His son Kenelm (age 49) succeeded 5th Baronet Guinness of Ashford in Country Galway.
On 6th May 2013 Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle died.