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On this Day in History ... 7th August

07 Aug is in August.

1327 Battle of Stanhope Park

1485 Marriage of Ralph Scrope and Cecily York

1485 Henry Tudor lands at Mill Bay

1503 Margaret Tudor's Journey to Scotland

1632 Siege of Maastricht

1643 Battle of Portlester

1661 Creation of Baronets and Peerages by Charles II Post Coronation

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 7th August

On 07 Aug 1028 Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon (age 34) died. His son Bermudo III King Leon (age 13) succeeded III King Leon. Jimena Sánchez Jiménez Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Leon.

On 07 Aug 1327 the Scots quietly broke camp and returned to Scotland. The English did not pursue. The Weardale Campaign had been a success for the Scots. The campaign had been ruinously expensive for the English, costing about £70,000, with the cost of the Hainault mercenaries being £41,000. The campaign led to the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton that brought to an end the First Scottish War of Independence.

Letters. 07 Aug 1372. 1372 the earliest date based on her marriage in 1371. Letter XXV. Constance (age 18), Wife of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, to the Chancellor of England.

From the Queen of Castile and Leon, Duchess of Lancaster.

Honoured sir.

We pray you lovingly that you will grant your letters for Friar Alvare, the bearer of these, to the prior of the friars-preachers of Oxford, that the said friar may be received there to be a student in the university of the said city, for love of me. And may our Lord ever have you, honoured sir, in his holy keeping.

Written at Hertford [Map], the 7th day of August.

Before 07 Aug 1485 Ralph Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Masham and Cecily York, daughter of Edward IV (age 16) were married. The marriage had been arranged by King Richard III of England (age 32). There had been rumours that the King was going to marry one of his nieces, Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 19) or Cecily York Viscountess Welles so this marriage quelled those rumours. The marriage was annulled after the Battle of Bosworth as "as not being in the interests of the dynasty" [Note. No sources for this information.] The date of the marriage is unknown. However, see Mary Anne Everett Green Live of the Princesses of England Volume 1 Cecilia Third Daughter of Edward IV. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 48). They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Croyland Chronicle 1485. [07 Aug 1485]. A great amount of provisions and money was wasted there in consequence of this uncalled-for policy the king being put to such great expense from the circumstance of his being deceived by a quibble on the name of that harbour, which had been mentioned by many as the place of their intended descent. For some say that there is a harbour in the neighbourhood of Southampton, called Milford, just as there is in Wales; and there being some persons endowed, as it were, with a spirit of prophecy, these predicted that those men would land at the harbour of Milford, and were in the habit of looking for the fulfilment of their prophecies to that effect, not at the most famous place, but most commonly at the other one which bore the same name. And then besides, the king, at this period, seemed especially to devote his attention to strengthening the southern parts of his kingdom. But it was all in vain: for, on the first day of August1 the enemy landed with a fair wind, and without opposition, at that most celebrated harbour, Milford Haven, near Pembroke.

Note 1. Most sources agree the 7th of August.

On 07 Aug 1485 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28) landed at Mill Bay Milford Haven [Map] with John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43), Richard Guildford (age 35), John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 35), Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath and Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26) all of whom were knighted.

On 07 Aug 1485 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 31) was killed in a duel with Louis XII King France (age 23), possibly at a tournament. His son John Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 1) succeeded 2nd Duke Albany.

On 07 Aug 1503 Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 13) arrived at Edinburgh [Map].

Letters of Horace Walpole. 07 Aug 1572. This morning we have been to Penshurst [Map] - but, oh! how fallen!341 The park seems to have never answered its character: at present it is forlorn; and instead of Sacharissa's342 cipher carved on the beeches, I should sooner have expected to have found the milkwoman's score. Over the gate is an inscription, purporting the manor to have been a boon from Edward VI to Sir William Sydney. The apartments are the grandest I have seen in any of these old palaces, but furnished in tawdry modern taste. There are loads of portraits; but most of them seem christened by chance, like children at a foundling hospital. There is a portrait of Languet343, the friend of Sir Philip Sydney (age 17); and divers of himself and all his great kindred; particularly his sister-in-law, with a vast lute, and Sacharissa, charmingly handsome, But there are really four very great curiosities, I believe as old portraits as any extant in England: they are, Fitzallen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Humphry Stafford, the first Duke of Buckingham; T. Wentworth, and John Foxle; all four with the dates of their commissions as constables of Queenborough Castle, from whence I suppose they were brought. The last is actually receiving his investiture from Edward the Third, and Wentworth is in the dress of Richard the Third's time. They are really not very ill done.344 There are six more, only heads; and we have found since we came home that Penshurst belonged for a time to that Duke of Buckingham. There are some good tombs in the church, and a very Vandal one. called Sir Stephen of Penchester. When we had seen Penshurst, we borrowed saddles, and, bestriding the horses of our postchaise, set out for Hever [Map]345, to visit a tomb of Sir Thomas Bullen, Earl of Wiltshire, partly with a view to talk of it in Anna Bullen's walk at Strawberry Hill. But the measure of our woes was not full, we could not find our way and were forced to return; and again lost ourselves in coming from Penshurst, having been directed to what they call a better road than the execrable one we had gone.

Note 341. Evelyn, who visited Penshurst exactly a century before Walpole, gives the Following brief notice of the place:-"July 9, 1652. We went to see Penshurst, the Earl of Leicester's, famous once for its gardens and excellent fruit, and for the noble conversation which Was wont to meet there, celebrated by that illustrious person Sir Philip Sidney, who there composed divers of his pieces. It stands in a park, is finely watered, and was now full of company, on the marriage of my old fellow-collegiate, Mr. Robert Smith, who marries Lady Dorothy Sidney, widow of the Earl of Sunderland."-E.

Note 342. Lady Dorothy Sidney, daughter of Philip, Earl of Leicester [Note. Mistake? She was sister of Philip Earl of Leicester]; of whom Waller was the unsuccessful suitor, and to whom he addressed those elegant effusions of poetical gallantry, in which she is celebrated under the name of Sacharissa. Walpole here alludes to the lines written at Penshurst-

"Go, boy, and carve this passion on the bark

Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred mark

Of noble Sydney's birth; when such benign,

Such more than mortal-making stars did shine,

That there they cannot but for ever prove

The monument and pledge of humble love;

His humble love, whose hope shall ne'er rise higher,

Than for a pardon that he dares admire."-E.

Note 343. Hubert Tanguet, who quitted the service of the Elector of Saxony on account of his religion, and attached himself to the Prince of Orange. He died in 1581.-E.

Note 344. In Harris's History of Kent, he gives from Philpot a list of the constables of Queenborough Castle, p. 376; the last but one of whom, Sir Edward Hobby, is said to have collected all their portraits, of which number most probably were these ten.

Note 345. Hever Castle was built in the reign of Edward III, by William de Hevre, and subsequently became the property of the Boleyn family. In this castle Henry VIII passed the time of his courtship to the unfortunate Anne Boleyn; whose father, Sir Thomas Boleyn, was Created Earl of wiltshire and Ormond, 1529 and 1538.-E.

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Letters of Horace Walpole. 07 Aug 1572. Since dinner we have been to Lord Westmorland's which is so perfect in a Palladian taste, that I must own it has recovered me a little from Gothic. It is better situated than I had expected from the bad reputation it bears, and some prospect, though it is in a moat, and mightily besprinkled with small ponds. The design, you know, is taken from the Villa del Capra by Vicenza, but on a larger scale: yet, though it has cost an hundred thousand pounds, it is still only a fine villa: the finishing of in and outside has been exceedingly Expensive. A wood that runs up a hill behind the house is broke like an Albano landscape, with an octagon temple and a triumphal arch; But then there are some dismal clipt hedges, and a pyramid, which by a most unnatural copulation is at once a grotto and a greenhouse. Does it not put you in mind of the proposal for your drawing a garden-seat, Chinese on one side and Gothic on the other? The chimneys, which are collected to a centre, spoil the dome of the house, and the hall is a dark well. The gallery is eighty-two feet long, hung with green velvet and pictures, among which is a fine Rembrandt and a pretty La Hire. The ceilings are painted, and there is a fine bed of silk and gold tapestry. The attic is good, and the wings extremely pretty, with porticoes formed on the style of the house. The Earl has built a new church, with a steeple which seems designed for the latitude, of Cheapside, and is so tall that the poor church curtsies under it, like Mary Rich346 in a vast high-crown hat: it has a round portico, like St. Clement's, with vast Doric pillars supporting a thin shelf. The inside is the most abominable piece of tawdriness that ever was seen, stuffed with pillars painted in imitation of verd antique, as all the sides are like Sienna marble: but the greatest absurdity is a Doric frieze, between the triglyphs of which is the Jehovah, the I.H.S. and the Dove. There is a little chapel with Nevil tombs, particularly of the first Fane, Earl of Westmorland, and of the founder of the old church, and the heart of a knight who was killed in the wars. On the Fane tomb is a pedigree of brass in relief, and a genealogy of virtues to answer it. There is an entire window of painted-glass arms, chiefly modern, in the chapel, and another over the high altar. The hospitality of the house was truly Gothic; for they made our postilion drunk, and he overturned us close to a water and the bank did but just save us from being in the middle of it. Pray, whenever you travel in Kentish roads, take care of keeping your driver sober.

Note 346. Daughter of Sir Robert Rich, and elder sister of Elizabeth Rich, Lady Lyttelton.

On 07 Aug 1616 William Savage (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map].

On 31 Jan 1631 Giles Savage (age 46) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map].

On 11 Jun 1674 Katherine Dalston (age 84) died (she the wife of Giles Savage) at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map].

Alabaster table tomb with father, son and daughter-in-law. She holding a Chrisom Child probably representing stillborn, or died soon after birth. At their feet two lions and what is described as a stag with an arrow through its neck.

William Savage: Around 1554 he was born to Francis Savage.

Giles Savage: Around 1585 he was born to William Savage. In or before 1623 Giles Savage and Katherine Dalston were married.

Katherine Dalston: In 1590 she was born to Richard Dalston.

On 07 Aug 1632 Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford (age 56) was killed at the Siege of Maastricht. His son Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford (age 5) succeeded 20th Earl of Oxford.

On 07 Aug 1643 Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda (age 40) was killed at Ballivor, County Meath. His son Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 21) succeeded 3rd Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 3rd Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.

In Aug 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) created new Baronetcies and Peerages ...

02 Aug 1661 Thomas Carew 1st Baronet (age 29) was created 1st Baronet Carew of Haccombe in Devon.

04 Aug 1661 John Chichester 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Chichester of Raleigh in Devon.

07 Aug 1661 Mark Milbanke 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire. Elizabeth Acklom Lady Milbanke by marriage Lady Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire.

17 Aug 1661 William Boyd 1st Earl Kilmarnock (age 15) was created 1st Earl Kilmarnock.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 07 Aug 1661. To horse again, and by degrees with much ado got to London, where I found all well at home and at my father's and my Lady's, but no news yet from my Lord where he is. At my Lady's (whither I went with Dean Fuller (age 53), who came to my house to see me just as I was come home) I met with Mr. Moore, who told me at what a loss he was for me, for to-morrow is a Seal day at the Privy Seal, and it being my month, I am to wait upon my Lord Roberts (age 55), Lord Privy Seal, at the Seal. Home and to bed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 07 Aug 1667. This afternoon Mr. Pierce, the surgeon, comes to me about business, and tells me that though the King (age 37) and my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26) are friends again, she is not at White Hall, but at Sir D. Harvy's (age 35), whither the King goes to her; and he says she made him ask her forgiveness upon his knees, and promised to offend her no more so: that, indeed, she did threaten to bring all his bastards to his closet-door, and hath nearly hectored him out of his wits.

Cansisk's Monumental Inscriptions Volume 1 Whitefield's Chapel. Whitfield Chapel, Tottenham Court Road [Map]. Near this Place lies John Bacon (deceased), R.A.1, Sculptor; Who Died Aug. 7th 1799; aged 59 years; and left The Following Inscription For this Tablet: "What I was as an Artist seemed to me of some Importance While I lived; But What I really was, as a Believer in Christ Jesus, is the Only Thing of Importance to me now!"

Note 1. Bacon was born in Southwark, November 24, 1740, he was apprenticed to Mr. Crispe, a manufacturer of china, at Lambeth [Map], where he was employed in painting on porcelain. While here he had an opportunity of seeing the models sent by different sculptors to be burnt, and by them was inspired with a strong desire for his future profession. He was unremitting in his diligence, and his progress was so rapid that he obtained nine of the first premiums of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. The first of these was for a figure of Peace, in 1758, when he was only eighteen years of age. He was the first person to bring to perfection statues in artificial stone and cement, which has since been brought to great perfection. In 1769 he began to work in marble; and having invented an instrument for transfering the form of the model to marble, he saved a great deal of his time, and brought his instrument to be adopted by other sculptors. In 1769, he obtained from the Royal Academy the first gold medal given by that society, and the year following he was chosen an associate. While modelling the bust of George III. for the hall of Christ Church, Oxford, the King asked him if he had ever been out of the kingdom; and on being answered in the negative, "I'm glad of it," said his Majesty, "you will be the greater honour to it." His execution of this bust gained him the royal patronage, and he was employed in forming another for the university of Gottingen. Among his many works were the statue of Mars, Lord Chatham's monument in Guildhall, a beautiful monument in Bristol Cathedral, to Mrs. Draper, Lord Chatham, in Westminster Abbey, Howard, and Dr. Johnson's in St. Paul's Cathedral, besides a large number of others..

The Times. 13 Feb 1867. DEATH OF LORD FEVERSHAM. We regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of Lord Feversham (deceased), which occurred on Monday night at his residence in Great Cumberland Street. The late William Duncombe Baron Feversham, of Dancombe Park, County York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of Charles first Lord by his marriage with Lady Charlotte Legge, only daughter of William, second Earl of Dartmouth. He was born on the 14th of January, 1798, so that he was in his 69th year. The deceased nobleman was educted at Eton [Map], and afterwards proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford. He married l8th of December, 1823, Lady Louisa Stewart (age 63), third daughter of George, eighth Earl of Galloway, by whom,who survives his Lordship, he leaves issue the Hon. Wiliam E. Duncombe (age 38), M.P., and Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, of the 1st Life Guards, and three daughters, the Hon Jane, married l1th of April, 1849, to the Hon. Laurence Parsons; the Hon. Gertrude (age 39), married 27th of November 1&19, to Mr. Francis Horatio Fitzroy (age 43); and the Hon. Helen, married 18th of July, 1855, to Mr. William Becket Denison. Previously to his accession to the peerage on the death of his father in July, 1841, he represented Yorkshire in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830. At the general election in 1831 he was unsuceessful candidate for the coenty, but was returned for the North Riding in the following year, which he continued to represent till 18S1. He voted against the Reforzn Bill of 1832, and was uniformly in favour of agricultural protection. He took great interest in agricultural pursuit, And was a distinguished member of the Royal Agricultural Society, of which he was one of the trustees The deceased noblemna is succeded by his eldest son, the Hon. Wiliam Ernest Duncombe, above mentioned, who was born January 28 1829, and married, August 7, 1851, Mabel Violet (age 33), second daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir James Graham, of Netherby. He was M.P. for East Retford from February, 1852, to 1857 and elected for the North Riding of Yorkshire inI 1859, anA was also returned at the last general election After a sharp contest, being second on the poll. He is Captain of the Yorkshire Yeomianry (Hussars) Cavalry, and Lientenent Colonel of the 2d North Riding like his deceased father, he is a supporter of Lord Derby, but in favour of such a measure of Parliamentary Reforms would give no undue preponderance to any one class, but would ensure to a fair distribution of political privileges.

On 07 Aug 1947 Hermine Reuss (age 59) died.

Births on the 7th August

On 07 Aug 1420 Margaret Savoy was born to Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy (age 36) and Mary Valois Countess Savoy (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.44%.

On 07 Aug 1574 Robert Dudley was born illegitimately to Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 42) and Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield (age 32) at Richmond Palace [Map].

On 02 Aug 1618 Mary Bolles was born to Thomas Bolles (age 40) and Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (age 39) at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. She was baptised 07 Aug 1618.

Before 07 Aug 1744 Charles Stewart 7th Earl Traquair was born to John Stewart 6th Earl Traquair (age 45) and Christian Anstruther Countess Traquair (age 42).

On 07 Aug 1744 Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris was born to Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey (age 51) and Juliana Donovan Countess Anglesey.

On 07 Aug 1761 George Fitzroy 2nd Baron Southampton was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 24) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 07 Aug 1761 Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 47) and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On or before 07 Aug 1769 John Delves Broughton 7th Baronet was born to Thomas Broughton 6th Baronet (age 24) and Mary Wicker Lady Boughton. He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall [Map] on 07 Aug 1769.

On 07 Aug 1788 Marianne Charlotte Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 31).

In On 07 Aug 1812 Hugh Kerr aka McDonnell 4th Earl of Antrim was born to Vice-Admiral Mark Robert Kerr (age 35) and Charlotte MacDonnell 3rd Countess of Antrim (age 32).

On 07 Aug 1823 Horatio Nelson 3rd Earl Nelson was born to Thomas Bolton aka Nelson 2nd Earl Nelson (age 37).

On 07 Aug 1829 Dudley North was born to Francis North 6th Earl Guildford (age 56).

On 07 Aug 1845 Walter Stafford Northcote 2nd Earl Iddesleigh was born to Stafford Henry Northcote 1st Earl Iddesleigh (age 26) and Cecilia Frances Farrer Countess Iddesleigh.

On 07 Aug 1862 Queen Sophie of Sweden was born to Frederick Grand Duke of Baden (age 35) and Princess Louise of Prussia (age 23).

On 07 Aug 1866 Arthur Crofton 4th Baron Crofton was born to Charles Crofton (age 30).

On 07 Aug 1886 Edward Louis Spears 1st Baronet was born.

On 07 Aug 1898 John Renton Aird 3rd Baronet was born to John Aird 2nd Baronet (age 37) and Alicia Ellen Renton Lady Aird (age 33).

On 07 Aug 1903 Pamela Winefred Paget Baroness Glenconner was born to Richard Arthur Surtees Paget 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Muriel Finch-Hatton Lady Paget (age 26).

On 07 Aug 1908 Edward Curzon 6th Earl Howe was born to Francis Curzon 5th Earl Howe (age 24) and Mary Curzon Countess Howe (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.

On 07 Aug 1925 Francis John Vernon Hereward Dashwood 11th Baronet was born to John Lindsay Dashwood 10th Baronet (age 29) and Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood (age 25).

On 07 Aug 1966 Miles Russell 28th Baron de Clifford was born to William Southwell Russell (age 36).

Marriages on the 7th August

Before 07 Aug 1485 Ralph Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Masham and Cecily York, daughter of Edward IV (age 16) were married. The marriage had been arranged by King Richard III of England (age 32). There had been rumours that the King was going to marry one of his nieces, Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 19) or Cecily York Viscountess Welles so this marriage quelled those rumours. The marriage was annulled after the Battle of Bosworth as "as not being in the interests of the dynasty" [Note. No sources for this information.] The date of the marriage is unknown. However, see Mary Anne Everett Green Live of the Princesses of England Volume 1 Cecilia Third Daughter of Edward IV. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 48). They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 07 Aug 1623 Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon (age 15) and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 10) were married. He the son of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 37) and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 35). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 07 Aug 1648 Charles Wheler 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Dorothy Bindlosse Lady Wheler (age 22) were married.

Before 07 Aug 1681 John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Whitley were married. They were fourth cousins.

On 07 Aug 1701 John Thorold 4th Baronet (age 37) and Margaret Warterer were married at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 07 Aug 1736 Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere (age 28) and Mary Molesworth were married.

On 07 Aug 1783 Morton Eden 1st Baron Henley (age 31) and Elizabeth Henley Baroness Henley were married. She the daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington and Jane Huband.

On 07 Aug 1809 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 22) and Charlotte Bouverie were married. He would later marry her sister Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.

On 07 Aug 1823 Vice Admiral Granville Waldegrave 2nd Baron Radstock (age 36) and Esther Caroline were married. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 07 Aug 1851 William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 22) and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 18) were married. They were second cousins.

On 07 Aug 1915 Ronald Lechmere 5th Baronet (age 29) and Constance Marguerite Long (age 25) were married.

On 07 Aug 1935 John Rous 4th Earl of Stradbroke (age 32) and Pamela Kay-Shuttleworth Lady Frankland (age 19) were married. He the son of George Rous 3rd Earl of Stradbroke (age 72).

Deaths on the 7th August

On 07 Aug 1028 Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon (age 34) died. His son Bermudo III King Leon (age 13) succeeded III King Leon. Jimena Sánchez Jiménez Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Leon.

On 07 Aug 1328 Catherine Fitzalan Baroness Grey Rotherfield (age 28) died.

On 07 Aug 1375 William Saye 3rd Baron Say (age 35) died. His son John Saye 4th Baron Say (age 2) succeeded 4th Baron Say.

On 07 Aug 1385 Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 56) died at Wallingford Castle [Map]. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map] beside her first husband Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Her son Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 35) succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.

On 07 Aug 1437 Marie I Countess Auvergne (age 60) died. Her son Bertrand Auvergne V Count Auvergne (age 47) succeeded Count Auvergne and Count Boulogne.

On 07 Aug 1485 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 31) was killed in a duel with Louis XII King France (age 23), possibly at a tournament. His son John Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 1) succeeded 2nd Duke Albany.

On 07 Aug 1573 Léonor Valois I Duke Longueville (age 33) died. His son Henri Valois I Duke Longueville (age 5) succeeded I Duke Longueville.

On 07 Aug 1625 Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee (age 77) died. His son William Brabazon 1st Earl Meath (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baron Ardee.

On 07 Aug 1632 Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford (age 56) was killed at the Siege of Maastricht. His son Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford (age 5) succeeded 20th Earl of Oxford.

On 07 Aug 1643 Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda (age 40) was killed at Ballivor, County Meath. His son Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 21) succeeded 3rd Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 3rd Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.

On 07 Aug 1648 William Douglas 7th Earl Morton (age 66) died. His son Robert Douglas 8th Earl Morton (age 32) succeeded 8th Earl Morton. Elizabeth Villiers Countess Morton (age 39) by marriage Countess Morton.

On 07 Aug 1681 Robert Henley 2nd Baronet (age 26) died unmarried. His brother Andrew Henley 3rd Baronet (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baronet Henley of Henley in Somerset.

On 07 Aug 1685 William Stourton 12th Baron Stourton (age 41) died. His son Edward Stourton 13th Baron Stourton (age 20) succeeded 13th Baron Stourton.

On 07 Aug 1714 Lyon Pilkington 3rd Baronet (age 54) died. His son Lyon Pilkington 4th Baronet (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Pilkington of Stanley in Yorkshire. He was buried on 26 Jun 1716.

On 07 Aug 1771 Francis Blake Delaval (age 44) died. He left four illegitimate children but no legitimate ones and was succeeded by his younger brother John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 43).

On 07 Aug 1778 Thomas Cave 5th Baronet (age 66) died. His son Thomas Cave 6th Baronet (age 41) succeeded 6th Baronet Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire.

On 07 Aug 1783 John John Russell 8th Baronet (age 41) died. His son John Russell 9th Baronet (age 6) succeeded 9th Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.

On 07 Aug 1783 Rowland Hill 1st Baronet (age 77) died. His son Richard Hill 2nd Baronet (age 51) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire.

On 07 Aug 1783 Charlotte Gough Lady Palmer died.

On 07 Aug 1789 Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne (age 34) died.

On 07 Aug 1799 Frederick Wentworth 3rd Earl Strafford (age 67) died. Earl Strafford extinct.

On 07 Aug 1799 John "The Elder" Bacon (age 58) died from inflammation of the bowels at his house in 17 Newman Street, Marylebone. His son John "The Younger" Bacon (age 22) inherited his workshop and business, and completed his father's unfinished commissions: the statue of William Jones in St Paul’s Cathedral, William Mason in Westminster Abbey, and a relief for East India House.

On 07 Aug 1799 Anne Tollett Lady Heathcote died.

On 07 Aug 1879 James Duff 5th Earl Fife (age 65) died. His son Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife (age 29) succeeded 6th Earl Fife.

On 07 Aug 1885 Henry Josias Stracey 5th Baronet (age 83) died. His son Edward Henry Gervase Stracey 6th Baronet (age 46) succeeded 6th Baronet Stracey of Rackheath in Norfolk. Mary Gertrude des Voeux Lady Stracey by marriage Lady Stracey of Rackheath in Norfolk.

On 07 Aug 1893 Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 58) died. Her step-son William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.

On 07 Aug 1924 Berkeley Reynolds-Moreton 4th Earl of Ducie (age 90) died. He was buried at St Leonard's Church, Tortworth [Map]. His son Capel Moreton 5th Earl of Ducie (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl Ducie, 8th Baron Ducie.

On 07 Aug 1945 George Herbert Shakerley 4th Baronet (age 81) died. His son Cyril Holland Shakerley 5th Baronet (age 48) succeeded 5th Baronet Shakerley of Somerford-Park in Cheshire. Elizabeth Averil Eardley-Wilmot Lady Shakerley by marriage Lady Shakerley of Somerford-Park in Cheshire.

On 07 Aug 1947 Hermine Reuss (age 59) died.

On 07 Aug 1950 John William Beaumont Pease 1st Baron Wardington (age 91) died. His son Christopher Henry Pease 2nd Baron Wardington (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baron Wardington of Alnmouth in Northumberland.