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On this Day in History ... 12th December
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Events on the 12th December
On 12 Dec 884 Carloman II King West Francia (age 18) died. His half first cousin once removed Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine (age 45) succeeded III King West Francia, King Aquitaine.
On 12 Dec 1098 the garrison of Ma'arrat Nu'man [Map] negotiated with Prince Bohemond I of Antioch (age 44), who promised them safe conduct if they surrendered. The Muslims surrendered, but the crusaders immediately began to massacre the population.
On 12 Dec 1290 Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (deceased) body rested at St Albans, Hertfordshire [Map].
Close Rolls Edward II 1307-1313. 12 Dec 1307 King Edward II of England (age 23). Westminster Palace [Map]. To John de Brittania, Earl of Richmond, [keeper] of Scotland. Order to restore to Aymer de Valencia (age 32), Earl of Pembrok, his lands, etc., in the counties of Sellekyrk [Selkirkshire] and Twedale and in the forest of Sellekyrk, which he has seized into the king's hands because the men and tenants of the same had late traitoroursly adhered to Robert de Brus (age 33), the king's enemy and rebel.
On 12 Dec 1349 Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 56) died.
On 12 Dec 1446 Charles Valois was born to Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 43) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 42). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
Archaeologia Volume 20 Section VIII. An Account of the First Battle of St. Albans from a contemporary Manuscript. Communicated by Joun Baytey, Esq. F.S. A. of His Majesty's Record Office in the Tower; in a Letter to Henry Extis, Esq. F. R. S. Secretary.
Read 19th December 1822.
His Majesty's Record Office, December 12, 1822.
DEAR SIR,
I inclose a curious Account of the first Battle of St. Albans, which may prove interesting to the Society of Antiquaries: it is copied from a manuscript, in a co-eval hand, found in the Tower, among a large quantity of private letters and accompts of Sir William Stonor, Knt [William Stonor (age 5)?] who, from his correspondence, appears at that time to have been much about the Court, and was also a Steward of the Abbot of St. Albans. The original is written in a book consisting of a few leaves of a small quarto size, and, on comparing the writing with some of the other papers, it seems to be in the hand of Sir William himself.
I remain, dear Sir, your's very faithfully,
JOHN BAYLEY.
To Henry Ex is, Esq &c. &c. &c.
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 12 Dec 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to Richard Wydevill (age 56), lord of Ryvers, of the office of chief rider of the king's forest of Saucy. co Northampton, with all trees and profits, viz dry trees, dead trees, blown down, old hedges or copice-hedges, boughs fallen without date, cahettels, waifs, strays, pannage of swine, 'derefall wode', 'draenes' brushwood and brambles, prerquisites of courts, swainmote and other issues within the forest, from the time when he had he same by letters patent of Henry VI.
On 12 Dec 1510 Charles Albret was born to Jean III King Navarre (age 41) and Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre (age 42).
On 12 Dec 1546 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 73) and his son Henry Howard (age 30) were imprisoned at Tower of London [Map]. Henry was accused of having assuming the royal arms of Edward the Confessor as part of his personal heraldry; an act of treason.
On 12 Dec 1549 Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre (age 57) died.
On 12 Dec 1574 Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland was born to Frederick II King Denmark (age 40) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 17).
On 12 Dec 1612 Nicholas Mosley (age 85) died. His son Edward Mosley (age 43) inherited parcels of his father’s property and £1,450 in cash.
Monument at St James' Church, Didsbury [Map] with Nicholas top centre in the robes of the Lord Mayor of London, Rowland Mosley (age 54) bottom left, Nicholas's sons Edward and Edward Mosley, bottom centre, and Nicholas' wife Margery Whitbroke.
Nicholas Mosley: Around 1527 he was born to Edward Mosley. In 1599 he was appointed Lord Mayor of London.
Rowland Mosley: In 1558 he was born to Nicholas Mosley. 24 Dec 1594. Grant of property in Stockport, Offerton and Bredbury in Cheshire by Alexander Lowe of Stockport, esq to Rowland Mosley and Richard Elcocke of London, clothworkers. In 1616 Rowland Mosley died.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12 Dec 1661. From thence to Westminster to my Lord's house to meet my Lord Privy Seal (age 55), who appointed to seal there this afternoon, but by and by word is brought that he is come to Whitehall, and so we are fain to go thither to him, and there we staid to seal till it was so late that though I got leave to go away before he had done, yet the office was done before I could get thither, and so to Sir W. Pen's (age 40), and there sat and talked and drank with him, and so home.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12 Dec 1666. He tells me how the King (age 36) hath lately paid about £30,0001 to clear debts of my Baroness Castlemayne's (age 26); and that she and her husband (age 32) are parted for ever, upon good terms, never to trouble one another more.
Note 1. Two thousand pounds of this sum went to Alderman Edward Bakewell (age 48) for two diamond rings, severally charged £1000 and £900, bought March 14th, 1665-66 (Second addenda to Steinman's "Memoir of the Duchess of Cleveland", privately printed, 1878, p. 4.).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12 Dec 1666. They talked for certain, that now the King (age 36) do follow Mrs. Stewart (age 19) wholly, and my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26) not above once a week; that the Duke of York (age 33) do not haunt my Lady Denham (age 26) so much; that she troubles him with matters of State, being of my Lord Bristoll's (age 54) faction, and that he avoids; that she is ill still.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12 Dec 1666. Up, and to the office, where some accounts of Mr. Gawden's were examined, but I home most of the morning to even some accounts with Sir H. Cholmly (age 34), Mr. Moone, and others one after another. Sir H. Cholmly did with grief tell me how the Parliament hath been told plainly that the King (age 36) hath been heard to say, that he would dissolve them rather than pass this Bill with the Proviso; but tells me, that the Proviso is removed, and now carried that it shall be done by a Bill by itself.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12 Dec 1667. Thence walked to my bookseller's, and there he did give me a list of the twenty who were nominated for the Commission in Parliament for the Accounts: and it is strange that of the twenty the Parliament could not think fit to choose their nine, but were fain to add three that were not in the list of the twenty, they being many of them factious people and ringleaders in the late troubles; so that Sir John Talbott did fly out and was very hot in the business of Wildman's being named, and took notice how he was entertained in the bosom of the Duke of Buckingham (age 39), a Privy-counsellor; and that it was fit to be observed by the House, and punished. The men that I know of the nine I like very well; that is, Mr. Pierrepont (age 59), Lord Brereton (age 36), and Sir William Turner (age 52); and I do think the rest are so, too; but such as will not be able to do this business as it ought to be, to do any good with. Here I did also see their votes against my Lord Chiefe Justice Keeling (age 60), that his proceedings were illegal, and that he was a contemner of Magna Charta (the great preserver of our lives, freedoms, and properties) and an introduction to arbitrary government; which is very high language, and of the same sound with that in the year 1640. I home, and there wrote my letters, and so to supper and to bed. This day my Chancellor's (age 58) letter was burned at the 'Change [Map].'
On 12 Dec 1677 Charles Stewart died of smallpox.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12 Dec 1680. This evening, looking out of my chamber window toward the west, I saw a meteor of an obscure bright color, very much in shape like the blade of a sword, the rest of the sky very serene and clear. What this may portend, God only knows; but such another phenomenon I remember to have seen in 1640, about the trial of the great Earl of Strafford, preceding our bloody Rebellion. I pray God avert his judgments! We have had of late several comets, which though I believe appear from natural causes, and of themselves operate not, yet I cannot despise them. They may be warnings from God, as they commonly are forerunners of his animadversions. After many days and nights of snow, cloudy and dark weather, the comet was very much wasted.
On 12 Dec 1696 John Hampden of Great Hampden (age 43) committed suicide.
On 12 Dec 1799 John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 55) was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 12 Dec 1825 Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 90) died. Memorial in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map].
Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath: On 27 Jun 1735 she was born to William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. In 1759 Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath and she were married. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland. They were third cousins.
Greville Memoirs. 12 Dec 1830. After some delay Lord Lansdowne made up his mind to fill up the vacancy in my office, and to give it to William Bathurst (age 39); but he first spoke to the King, who said it was very true he had told Lord Bathurst (age 68) that his son should have it, but that he now left the matter entirely to his decision, showing no anxiety to have William Bathurst appointed. However, he has it, but reduced to £1,200 a year. I was agreeably surprised yesterday by a communication from Lord Lansdowne that he thought no alteration could be made in my emoluments, and that he was quite prepared to defend them if anybody attacked them. Still, though it is a very good thing to be so supported, I don't consider myself safe from Parliamentary assaults. In these times it will not do to be idle, and I told Lord Lansdowne that I was anxious to keep my emoluments, but ready to work for them, and proposed that we Clerks of the Council should be called upon to act really at the Board of Trade, as we are, in fact, bound to do; by which means Lack's place when vacant need not be filled up, and a saving would be made. My predecessors Cottrell and Fawkener always acted, their successors Bailer and Chetwynd were incompetent, and Lack, the Chancellor's Clerk, was made Assistant-Secretary, and did the work. Huskisson and Hume, his director, made the business a science; new Presidents and Vice-Presidents succeeded one another in different Ministerial revolutions; they and Lack were incompetent, and Hume was made Assistant-Secretary, and it is he who advises, directs, legislates. I believe he is one of the ablest practical men who have ever served, more like an American statesman than an English official. I am anxious to begin my Trade education under him.
On 12 Dec 1843 George Templer (age 62) died in a hunting accident.
On 12 Dec 1942 Doris Delevigne Viscountess Castlerosse (age 42) died of an overdose of sleeping pills at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane.
Births on the 12th December
On 12 Dec 1298 Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria was born to Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria (age 43) and Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria.
On 12 Dec 1417 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury was born to John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 34) and Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall (age 24) at Sheffield Castle [Map].
On 12 Dec 1446 Charles Valois was born to Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 43) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 42). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
On 12 Dec 1448 John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 31) and Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 24).
On 12 Dec 1510 Charles Albret was born to Jean III King Navarre (age 41) and Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre (age 42).
On 12 Dec 1574 Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland was born to Frederick II King Denmark (age 40) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 17).
Before 12 Dec 1596 Edward Osborne 1st Baronet was born to Hewett Osborne (age 29) and Joyce Fleetwood. On 12 Dec 1596 Edward Osborne 1st Baronet was baptised.
On or before 12 Dec 1639 Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford was born to Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington (age 27) and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 26). On 12 Dec 1639 Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford was baptised.
On 12 Dec 1689 William Wolstenholme 5th Baronet was born to John Wolstenholme 3rd Baronet (age 40) and Mary Raynton
On 12 Dec 1704 Edward Knatchbull 7th Baronet was born to Edward Knatchbull 4th Baronet (age 30) and Alice Wyndham Lady Knatchbull (age 28).
On 12 Dec 1712 Charles Alexander Emmanuel Lorraine was born to Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 33) and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine (age 36). He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 12 Dec 1722 Charles Wallop was born to John Wallop 1st Earl Portsmouth (age 32) and Bridget Bennet Viscountess Lymington (age 26).
On 12 Dec 1734 William Dalrymple Crichton was born to William Dalrymple Crichton 5th Earl Dumfries 4th Earl of Stair (age 35) and Anne Gordon Countess Dumfries (age 25).
On 12 Dec 1752 Thomas Warren-Bulkeley 7th Viscount Bulkeley was born to James Bulkeley 6th Viscount Bulkeley and Emma Bridget Rowlands Viscountess Bulkeley.
On 12 Dec 1752 Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby was born to James Stanley "Lord Strange" (age 36) and Lucy Smith.
On 12 Dec 1753 William Beechey was born.
On 12 Dec 1758 George Ludlow 3rd Earl Ludlow was born to Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 28) and Frances Lumley-Saunderson Countess Ludlow.
On 12 Dec 1767 Charles Henry Somerset was born to Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort (age 23) and Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort (age 20) at Badminton, Gloucestershire.
On 12 Dec 1773 Lieutenant-General William Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 36) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 35). She was baptisd at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 30 Jul 1767. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12 Dec 1773 William Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 36) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 35). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12 Dec 1787 Francis Needham 2nd Earl Kilmorley was born to Francis Needham 1st Earl Kilmorley (age 39).
On 12 Dec 1792 Franz Maximilian Ludwig Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 42) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 35).
On 12 Dec 1837 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom was born to Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 36) and Jessy Brooke in Blythe Hall, Lathom.
On 12 Dec 1848 Jane Grimston Lady Jodrell was born to James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam (age 39) and Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam (age 23).
On 12 Dec 1853 Alice Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 34) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 26) at Carton House, Carton, Kildare, County Kildare.
On 12 Dec 1853 Patrick George Bellew was born to Edward Joseph Bellew 2nd Baron Bellew (age 23) and Augusta Mary Bryan (age 19).
On 12 Dec 1859 Richard Nelson Rycroft 5th Baronet was born to Nelson Rycroft 4th Baronet (age 28) and Juliana Ogilvy Lady Rycroft.
On 12 Dec 1860 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter was born to Major John Bridges Plumptre (age 28) and Elizabeth Wright (age 25).
On 12 Dec 1869 Sydney Maitland was born to Frederick Maitland 13th Earl of Lauderdale (age 28).
On 12 Dec 1876 Helen Katharine Lowther Lady Blackett was born to George William Lowther (age 39).
On 12 Dec 1890 Lieutenant-Colonel Piers Walter Legh was born to Thomas Wodehouse Leigh 2nd Baron Newton (age 33) and Evelyn Caroline Davenport Baroness Newton.
On 12 Dec 1905 Pascoe Grenfell 2nd Baron Grenfell was born to Francis Grenfell 1st Baron Grenfell (age 64).
On 12 Dec 1906 Betty Ann Torrens Lady Wilbraham was born to William Matt Torrens of Hayes in Kent.
On 12 Dec 1917 Mary Cecilia Leveson-Gower was born to William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 37) and Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 27).
On 12 Dec 1936 David Robert Clayton 12th Baronet was born to Arthur Harold Clayton 11th Baronet (age 33)
On 12 Dec 1956 William Ralph Worsley was born to William Marcus Worsley 5th Baronet (age 31) and Bridget Assheton Lady Worsley (age 30).
On 12 Dec 1991 James Stourton 25th Baron Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave, 26th Baron Mowbray was born to Edward Stourton 24th Baron Stourton, 26th Baron Segrave, 25th Baron Mowbray (age 38).
Marriages on the 12th December
Before 12 Dec 1204 Waleran Beaumont 4th Earl Warwick (age 51) and Alice Harcourt Countess Warwick (age 53) were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of Roger Beaumont 2nd Earl Warwick and Gundred Warenne Countess Warwick.
Before 12 Dec 1247 Richard de Dover Plantagenet (age 27) and Matilda Angus 6th Countess Angus (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Maol Choluim Angus 5th Earl Angus. They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of King John of England.
On 12 Dec 1414 William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville (age 22) and Margaret Grey (age 17) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 12 Dec 1574 Thomas Fane (age 64) and Mary Neville 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 20) were married at Birling, Kent [Map]. The difference in their ages was 44 years. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 12 Dec 1594 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford (age 21) and Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford (age 14) were married at St Dunstan's Church Stepney. She by marriage Countess Bedford. She brought an enormous dowry of £10000 and the estate of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 12 Dec 1752 Edmund Pytts of Kyre in Worcestershire (age 56) and Anne Master Countess Coventry (age 61) were married.
On 12 Dec 1780 Admiral John Borlase Warren 1st Baronet (age 27) and Caroline Clavering Lady Warren were married. She by marriage Lady Warren of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire.
On 12 Dec 1805 Henry Devereux 14th Viscount Hereford (age 28) and Frances Elizabeth Cornewall Viscountess Hereford (age 22) were married. They had five sons and one daughter. She by marriage Viscountess Hereford.
On 12 Dec 1807 William Craven 1st Earl Craven (age 37) and Louisa Brunton Countess Craven (age 22) were married at his house in Berkeley Square, Mayfair. He the son of William Craven 6th Baron Craven and Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 56). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Before 12 Dec 1812 Charles Henry Rich 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Francs-Maria Lethbridge Lady Rich were married.
On 12 Dec 1814 Richard Paul Jodrell 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Amelia Caroline Morison King (age 24) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of George King 3rd Earl Kingston (age 43).
On 12 Dec 1839 Henry Roper-Curzon 15th Baron Teynham (age 50) and Sarah Rudd Baroness Teynham were married.
On 12 Dec 1848 Richard Brooke 7th Baronet (age 33) and Louisa Tollemache Duff (age 24) were married at St Peter's Church, Pimlico.
On 12 Dec 1868 William Smith-Marriott 5th Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Dorothy Cavendish were married.
On 12 Dec 1895 Oswald Mosley 5th Baronet (age 21) and Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote (age 21) were married.
On 12 Dec 1900 George Yarburgh-Bateson 4th Baron Deramore (age 30) and Muriel Katharine Duncombe (age 20) were married.
On 12 Dec 1914 Geoffrey Hope-Morley 2nd Baron Hollenden (age 29) and Mary Sidney Katharine Almina Gardner (age 18) were married. They were divorced in 1928.
On 12 Dec 1916 Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston (age 22) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 12th Countess Loudon (age 33) were married.
Deaths on the 12th December
On 12 Dec 884 Carloman II King West Francia (age 18) died. His half first cousin once removed Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine (age 45) succeeded III King West Francia, King Aquitaine.
On 12 Dec 1204 Waleran Beaumont 4th Earl Warwick (age 51) died. His son Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick (age 12) succeeded 5th Earl Warwick. Philipa Basset Countess Warwick by marriage Countess Warwick.
Before 12 Dec 1306 Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 61) died. Earl Norfolk extinct. In 1302 Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk had surrendered his Earldom to King Edward I (age 67) and was recreated Earl Norfolk with the remainder "to the heirs of his body" effectively disinheriting his brother John Bigod. Its not clear why he did so.
Before 12 Dec 1325 Stephen Segrave 3rd Baron Segrave (age 40) died. His son John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave (age 10) succeeded 4th Baron Segrave.
On 12 Dec 1349 Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 56) died.
On 12 Dec 1534, some sources say the 13th, Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare (age 47) died whilst imprisoned at the Tower of London [Map]. He was buried at the St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. His son Thomas "Silken" Fitzgerald 10th Earl of Kildare (age 21) succeeded 10th Earl Kildare. His son, and five of his brothers were executed just over two years later - see Execution of the Fitzgeralds.
On 12 Dec 1549 Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre (age 57) died.
On 12 Dec 1561 Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 52) died at Stoke Newington [Map]. She was buried on 11 Jan 1562 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave; see Henry Machyn's Diary.
On 12 Dec 1562 William Grey 13th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 53) died. His son Arthur Grey 14th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 26) succeeded 14th Baron Grey of Wilton.
On 12 Dec 1631 John Bamburgh 3rd Baronet (age 18) died unmarried. Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire extinct.
On 12 Dec 1671 William Seymour 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 17) died. His uncle John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset (age 26) succeeded 4th Duke Somerset, 3rd Marquess Hertford, 4th Earl Hertford, 4th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. Sarah Alston Duchess Somerset (age 29) by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 12 Dec 1679 John Crew 1st Baron Crew (age 81) died. His son Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baron Crew of Stene in Northamptonshire.
Before 12 Dec 1688 Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 53) died. She was buried 12 Dec 1688 in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
After 12 Dec 1711 Thomas Knatchbull 3rd Baronet (deceased) died. His son Edward Knatchbull 4th Baronet (age 37) succeeded 4th Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch in Kent. Alice Wyndham Lady Knatchbull (age 35) by marriage Lady Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch in Kent.
On 12 Dec 1718 Marmaduke Langdale 3rd Baron Langdale (age 62) died. His son Marmaduke Langdale 4th Baron Langdale (age 33) succeeded 4th Baron Langdale of Holme in Yorkshire.
On 12 Dec 1726 Mary Lumley Countess Halifax (age 35) died.
On 12 Dec 1738 Richard Molyneux 5th Viscount Molyneux (age 59) died without surviving male issue. His brother Caryll Molyneux 6th Viscount Molyneux (age 55) succeeded 6th Viscount Molyneux, 7th Baronet Molyneux of Sefton.
On 12 Dec 1751 Henry St John 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (age 73) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bucklebury. His nephew Frederick St John 3rd Viscount St John 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (age 18) succeeded 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke.
On 05 Dec 1754 Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham (age 81) died without surviving male issue. Earl Grantham extinct. On 12 Dec 1754 Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham was buried at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
On 12 Dec 1792 William Hoare (age 85) died.
On 12 Dec 1817 John Henderson (age 65) died.
On 12 Dec 1825 Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 90) died. Memorial in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map].
Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath: On 27 Jun 1735 she was born to William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. In 1759 Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath and she were married. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland. They were third cousins.
On 12 Dec 1829 Philip Egerton 9th Baronet (age 62) died. His son Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton 10th Baronet (age 23) succeeded 10th Baronet Egerton and Oulton.
On 12 Dec 1866 Charles Henry John Rich 3rd Baronet (age 53) died. His son Charles Henry Stuart Rich 4th Baronet (age 7) succeeded 4th Baronet Rich of Shirley House in Hampshire.
On 12 Dec 1870 Beaumont Hotham 3rd Baron Hotham (age 76) died unmarried without issue. His nephew Charles Hotham 4th Baron Hotham (age 34) succeeded 4th Baron Hotham of South Dalton in Yorkshire, 14th Baronet Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire.
On 12 Dec 1890 Joseph Boehm (age 56) died suddenly at his home 76 Fulham Road. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll (age 42), his pupil, was either present, leading to speculation in the press about their relationship, or found his body shortly after his death. His son Edgar Collins Boehm-Boteler 2nd Baronet (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baronet Boehm of Wetherby Gardens in Kensington.
On 12 Dec 1915 William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny (age 89) died. His son Reginald Neville 2nd Marquess Abergavenny (age 62) succeeded 2nd Marquess Abergavenny, 6th Earl Abergavenny, 6th Viscount Neville, 2nd Earl Lewes, 22nd Baron Bergavenny, 20th Baron Bergavenny.
On 12 Dec 1923 Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale (age 63) died. His son Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale (age 33) succeeded 2nd Viscount Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland, 3rd Baron Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland. Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale (age 26) by marriage Viscountess Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland.
On 12 Dec 1940 Philip Kerr 11th Marquess Lothian (age 58) died at Washington DC.
On 12 Dec 1953 Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster (age 71) died.
On 12 Dec 1957 Margaret Lygon Baroness Ampthill (age 83) died.
On 12 Dec 1957 Charles George Grey 4th Baronet (age 77) died. His brother Harry Martin Grey 5th Baronet (age 75) succeeded 5th Baronet Grey of Fallodon.
On 12 Dec 1960 Harry Martin Grey 5th Baronet (age 78) died. His first cousin Robin Edward Dysart Grey 6th Baronet (age 74) succeeded 6th Baronet Grey of Fallodon.
On 12 Dec 1974 Elizabeth Frances Abney-Hastings Viscountess St Davids (age 90) died. Her son Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps 2nd Viscount St Davids (age 57) succeeded 15th Baron Strange Knockin, 23rd Baron Hungerford and 21st Baron Moleyns, 11th Baron Mohun of Dunster.
On 12 Dec 2004 Walter Edward Alpin Blount 12th Baronet (age 87) died. Baronet Blount of Sodington extinct.
On 12 Dec 2006 Charles Stourton 23rd Baron Stourton 25th Baron Segrave 24th Baron Mowbray (age 83) died. His son Edward Stourton 24th Baron Stourton, 26th Baron Segrave, 25th Baron Mowbray (age 53) succeeded 24th Baron Stourton, 26th Baron Segrave and 25th Baron Mowbray.
On 12 Dec 2008 David Charteris 12th Earl of Wemyss (age 96) died. His son James Charteris 13th Earl of Wemyss (age 60) succeeded 13th Earl Wemyss, 6th Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife.