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Events on the 14th December
On 14th December 704 Aldfrith King Northumbria died. His son Osred (age 7) succeeded King Northumbria.
On 14th December 1266 the garrison at Kenilworth Castle [Map] surrendered some six weeks after the signing of the Dictum of Kenilworth.
On 14th December 1287 a great storm caused a significant number of deaths on both sides of the English Channel. In the Low Countries around 50,000 people are believed to have died. In England hundreds were killed. The port of New Romney was so changed as to be replaced by Rye [Map] through which the course of the River Rother now ran. The port of Dunwich, Suffolk never recovered from the storm and thereafter declined.
On 14th December 1290 Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (deceased) body rested at the site of the Cheapside Cross [Map] where, thereafter, a Cross was constructed. The Cross, built at an original cost of £300, was one of the most elaborate of the twelve Eleanor Crosses.
On 14th December 1417 John Oldcastle was hanged in St Giles' Field Holborn for being a Lollard.
Chronicle of Gregory. 14th December 1417. Alle so the same year Syr Johnne Oldecastelle was take in the Marche of Walys and brought unto Westemyster in a chare, and there he was juggyde to the dethe; and this was his juggement, that he shulde be ladde thorowe London in the same chare unto Towre Hylle, and there to be layde on a hyrdylle and drawe to Syn Gylys galowys, and there to be hanggyd and brent. And so he was hanggyd by a strong chayne. For there was the Duke of Bedforde (age 28), the Duke of Exceter (age 40), and alle the lordys of this londe that were [th]at tyme a-bowte London, tylle that they hadde sene his juggement.
On 14th December 1444 Louis King Cyprus (age 8) and Anabella Stewart (age 8) were betrothed at Stirling Castle [Map]. The marriage never took place and the betrothal was annulled in 1456.
On 14th December 1542 King James V of Scotland (age 30) died at Falkland Palace [Map]. His daughter Mary succeeded I Queen Scotland. She was six days old.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th December 1558. The xiiij day of Desember [was] the quen('s) (deceased) masse; and [all the lords] and lades, knyghtes and gentyll women, dyd offer. [And there was] a man of armes and horse offered; and her cotarmur, and sword, and targett, and baner of armes, and iij [standards]; and all the haroldes abowt her; and ther my lord bysshope of Wynchester (age 48) mad the sermon; and ther was offered cloth of gold and welvet, holle pesses, and odur thynges. [After the] masse all done, her grace was cared up [to the chapel [Map]] the kyng Henry the vij byldyd, with bysshopes [mitred;] and all the offesers whent to the grayffe [grave], and after [they] brake ther stayffes, and cast them in-to the grayffe; in the mayn tyme the pepull pluckt [down] the cloth, evere man a pesse that cold caycth [catch] [it,] rond a-bowt the cherche, and the armes. And after[wards,] my lord bysshope of Yorke (age 57), after her grace was [buried,] he declaryd an colasyon [collation], and as sone as he had made an end, all the trumpetes bluw a blast, and so the cheyff morners and the lords and knyghtes, and the bysshopes, with [the] abbott (age 43), whent in-to the abbay to dener, and all the offesers of the quen('s) cott [court].
On 14th December 1618 Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress (age 33) died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th December 1639. According to injunctions from the Heads of Colleges, I went (among the rest) to the Confirmation at St. Mary's, where, after sermon, the Bishop of Oxford (age 65) laid his hands upon us, with the usual form of benediction prescribed: but this received (I fear) for the more part out of curiosity, rather than with that due preparation and advice which had been requisite, could not be so effectual as otherwise that admirable and useful institution might have been, and as I have since deplored it.
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th December 1660. I visited my Lady Chancellor, the Marchioness of Ormond (age 45), and Countess of Guildford, all of whom we had known abroad in exile.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1663. Then, my Lord Sandwich (age 38) being there, we all went into the Duke's closet and did our business. But among other things, Lord! what an account did Sir J. Minnes (age 64) and Sir W. Batten (age 62) make of the pulling down and burning of the head of the Charles, where Cromwell was placed with people under his horse, and Peter, as the Duke called him, is praying to him; and Sir J. Minnes would needs infer the temper of the people from their joy at the doing of this and their building a gibbet for the hanging of his head up, when God knows, it is even the flinging away of £100 out of the King's purse, to the building of another, which it seems must be a Neptune.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1663. Thence I through White Hall only to see what was doing, but meeting none that I knew I went through the garden to my Lord Sandwich's (age 38) lodging, where I found my Lord got before me (which I did not intend or expect) and was there trying some musique, which he intends for an anthem of three parts, I know not whether for the King's chapel or no, but he seems mighty intent upon it. But it did trouble me to hear him swear before God and other oathes, as he did now and then without any occasion, which methinks did so ill become him, and I hope will be a caution for me, it being so ill a thing in him. The musique being done, without showing me any good or ill countenance, he did give me his hat and so adieu, and went down to his coach without saying anything to me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1663. He being gone I mightily pleased with his discourse, by which I always learn something, I to read a little in Rushworth, and so home to supper to my wife, it having been washing day, and so to bed, my mind I confess a little troubled for my Lord Sandwich's (age 38) displeasure. But God will give me patience to bear since it rises from so good an occasion.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1666. Thence in the evening round by coach home, where I find Foundes his present, of a fair pair of candlesticks, and half a dozen of plates come, which cost him full £50, and is a very good present; and here I met with, sealed up, from Sir H. Cholmly (age 34), the lampoone, or the Mocke-Advice to a Paynter1, abusing the Duke of York (age 33) and my Lord Sandwich (age 41), Pen (age 45), and every body, and the King (age 36) himself, in all the matters of the navy and warr. I am sorry for my Lord Sandwich's having so great a part in it. Then to supper and musique, and to bed.
Note 1. In a broadside (1680), quoted by Mr. G. T. Drury in his edition of Waller's Poems, 1893, satirical reference is made to the fashionable form of advice to the painter. "Each puny brother of the rhyming trade At every turn implores the Painter's aid, And fondly enamoured of own foul brat Cries in an ecstacy, Paint this, draw that". The series was continued, for we find "Advice to a Painter upon the Defeat of the Rebels in the West and the Execution of the late Duke of Monmouth (age 17)" ("Poems on Affairs of State", vol. ii., p. 148); "Advice to a Painter, being a Satire on the French King", &c., 1692, and "Advice to a Painter", 1697 ("Poems on Affairs of State", vol. ii., p. 428).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1666. The House have been mighty hot to-day against the Paper Bill, showing all manner of averseness to give the King (age 36) money; which these courtiers do take mighty notice of, and look upon the others as bad rebells as ever the last were. But the courtiers did carry it against those men upon a division of the House, a great many, that it should be committed; and so it was: which they reckon good news.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1666. So I to Westminster Hall [Map], and there met my good friend Mr. Evelyn (age 46), and walked with him a good while, lamenting our condition for want of good council, and the King's minding of his business and servants. I out to the Bell Tavern, and thither comes Doll to me .... [Note. Other versions include 'and yo did tocar la cosa [ I did touch the thing ] of her as I pleased;'], and after an hour's stay, away and staid in Westminster Hall [Map] till the rising of the house, having told Mr. Evelyn, and he several others, of my Gazette which I had about me that mentioned in April last a plot for which several were condemned of treason at the Old Bayly for many things, and among others for a design of burning the city on the 3rd of September.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th December 1667. Up and to the office, where busy, and after dinner also to the office again till night, when Mr. Moore come to me to discourse about the £200 I must supply my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 19), and I promised him to do it, though much against my will.
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th December 1671. Went to see the Duke of Buckingham's (age 43) ridiculous farce and rhapsody, called the "The Recital" [Note. This is an error by Evelyn - he means the play The Rehearsal.] buffooning all plays, yet profane enough.
On 14th December 1676 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 21) were married. He the son of Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress. They were third cousin once removed.
On 14th December 1717 Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet (age 59) died. Monument in Church of All Hallows, Great Mitton [Map]. Baronet Shireburn extinct. His daughter Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk (age 25) inherited Stonyhurst.
Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet: On 29th July 1658 he was born to Richard Shireburn and Isabel Ingleby. On 4th February 1685 Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shireburn.
Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk: On 22nd November 1692 she was born to Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet. On 26th May 1709 Thomas Howard 8th Duke of Norfolk and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She bringing a large dowry of £30,000. She eventually left him after he changed his allegiance to George I rejecting the Jacobites. On 26th September 1754 Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk died. Her aunt Elizabeth Shireburn inherited Stonyhurst by which it became into the ownership of the Weld family.
On 14th December 1788 Charles III King Spain (age 72) died. His son Charles (age 40) succeeded IV King Spain.
On 14th December 1799 President George Washington (age 67) died.
On 14th December 1841 Anne Fitzpatrick (age 72) died at Farmingwood or Farming Woods, Northamptonshire. Monument in St James the Apostle Church, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire [Map] sculpted by Richard "The Younger" Westmacott (age 42).
Anne Fitzpatrick: After 23rd March 1769 she was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton.
On 14th December 1861 Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 42) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His wife, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) never recovered from his death spending, more or less, the remainder of her life in mourning.
New York Times 15 Dec 1893. MARRIED TO AN EARL.
Miss Adele Grant or New-York Becomes the Countess of Essex.
LONDON, Dec. 14 [1893].—The marriage of Miss Adele Grant (age 27), daughter of the late Beach Grant of New-York, to the Earl of Essex (age 36) took place at 2:30 0'clock this afternoon at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. Archdeacon Farrar, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Lee, the Rev. Mr. James, and the Chaplain of the Duke of Essex, the Rev. George Chapel, officiated.
The bride wore a white satin dress, the train of which was embroidered with silver sunrays. The bodice was trimmed with point d'Alençon lace. The bridal veil was of Alençon lace, which the bride's mother wore at her wedding. The only ornament worn by the bride was a diamond tiara, the gift of the Earl of Essex. Instead of a bouquet, she carried an ivory Prayer Book.
There were seven bridesmaids. Those were Edythe Grant, Alberta Paget, Mary Colebrooke, Diana Sturt, the Hon. Eustace Daunay, the Hon. Leila Daunay, and Gwenfra Williams. They wore white satin dresses, draped in soft folds and bordered with mink, and velvet toques trimmed with fur. Each of them carried a long Louis XV. stick, with a gold tip, decorated with roses, the gift of the Earl of Essex. Baron Tuyll was the best man. Suydam Grant, a brother [a mistake for uncle] of the bride, gave her away. The service was full choral. Sir Arthur Sullivan presided at the organ. The floral decorations were extensive and rich.
After the ceremony, a reception was given at the residence of Mrs. Grant, 35 Great Cumberland Place. It was largely attended. In the early afternoon, the newly-married couple departed for their honeymoon, which will be spent at Cassiobury, Watford.
Over 300 presents were received, many of which came from the United States and the Continent.
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On 14th December 1895 King George VI of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom (age 30) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 28) at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. The second son at birth he became King when his elder brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 1) Abdicated. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.84%.
On 14th December 1901 Paul I King Greece was born to Constantine I King Greece (age 33) and Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece (age 31). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14th December 1911 the South Pole was reached for the first time by an expedition led by Roald Amundsen (age 39). The expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott reached the pole some thirty-four days later.
Roald Amundsen: On 16th July 1872 he was born. Around 18th June 1928 he died. He disappeared while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. His team included Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot René Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen. They were seeking missing members of Nobile's crew, whose new airship Italia had crashed while returning from the North Pole. Amundsen's French Latham 47 flying boat never returned.
Births on the 14th December
On 14th December 1562 Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet was born to Lionel Tollemache (age 17) and Susan Jermyn.
On 14th December 1590 John West was born to Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr (age 34) and Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr (age 35) at Testwood, Hampshire.
On 14th December 1599 Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge was born to Maurice Berkeley (age 23) and Elizabeth Killigrew (age 20).
On 14th December 1616 William Hamilton 2nd Duke Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 2nd Marquess Hamilton (age 27) and Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton (age 31) at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton.
On 14th December 1630 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend was born to Roger Townshend 1st Baronet (age 34).
On 14th December 1655 Philipp Hesse-Kassel was born to Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel (age 26) and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 32).
On 14th December 1655 Philip Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal was born.
On 14th December 1673 Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford was born to Francis North 1st Baron Guildford (age 36).
On 14th December 1690 Mary Lumley Countess Halifax was born to Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough (age 40) and Frances Jones Countess Scarborough (age 23).
On 14th December 1727 François-Hubert Drouais was born.
On 14th December 1759 Unamed Son Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 45) and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 14th December 1775 Thomas Cochrane 10th Earl Dundonald was born to Archibald Cochrane 9th Earl of Dundonald (age 27).
On 14th December 1777 Du Pre Alexander 2nd Earl Caledon was born to James Alexander 1st Earl Caledon (age 47).
On 14th December 1781 Robert William Manners was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 27) and Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 25).
On 14th December 1791 Henry Hall Gage 4th Viscount Gage was born to Henry Gage 3rd Viscount Gage (age 30).
On 14th December 1795 Henry Edward John Howard was born to Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle (age 47) and Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle at Castle Howard.
On 14th December 1798 Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie (age 22) and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth (age 16).
On 21st December 1810 Thomas Neville Abdy 1st Baronet was born to Captain Anthony Abdy (age 30) and Grace Rich (age 18). He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester. He was baptised at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington on 14th December 1811.
On 14th December 1812 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning was born to George Canning Prime Mininster (age 42) and Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 36) at Gloucester Lodge.
On 14th December 1818 George Augustus Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 51) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 14th December 1829 William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot 4th Earl St Germans was born to Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans (age 31) and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans (age 25) at Port Eliot, Cornwall.
On 14th December 1837 Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor was born to Alfred Curzon (age 36) and Sophia Holden.
On 14th December 1852 Denison Faber 1st Baron Wittenham was born.
On 14th December 1856 William St John Brodrick 1st Earl of Midleton was born to William Brodrick 8th Viscount Midleton (age 26) and Augusta Mary Fremantle.
On 14th December 1876 Clement Freeman-Mitford was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 39) and Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 22). The second of nine children.
On 14th December 1877 William Cooper 4th Baronet was born to William Charles Cooper 3rd Baronet Cooper (age 26).
On 14th December 1882 Neil James Archibald Primrose was born to Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian (age 35) and Hannah Rothschild Countess of Rosebery (age 31).
On 14th December 1895 King George VI of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom (age 30) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 28) at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. The second son at birth he became King when his elder brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 1) Abdicated. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.84%.
On 14th December 1901 Paul I King Greece was born to Constantine I King Greece (age 33) and Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece (age 31). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14th December 1905 Nina Mary Hope-Wallace Lady Hoare was born to Charles Nugent Hope-Wallace (age 28).
On 14th December 1923 Chandos Wren Hoskyns 14th Baronet was born to Edwyn Clement Hoskyns 13th Baronet (age 39).
On 14th December 1929 Edward Canning Beaumont was born to Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale (age 39) and Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale (age 32).
On 14th December 1960 John Stephen Langham 16th Baronet was born to James Michael Langham 15th Baronet (age 28).
Marriages on the 14th December
On 14th December 1561 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Orkney (age 28) and Jean Kennedy Countess Orkney were married. She by marriage Countess Orkney. She the daughter of Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl Cassilis and Margaret Kennedy Countess Cassilis (age 47). He the illegitmate son of King James V of Scotland and Euphame Elphinstone (age 52). They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14th December 1619 William Armine 1st Baronet (age 26) and Elizabeth Hicks Lady Armine (age 21) were married. She by marriage Lady Armine of Osgodby South Kesteven Lincolnshire.
On 14th December 1637 George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos (age 17) and Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos were married. She by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 74) and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 32). He the son of Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 57). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14th December 1676 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 21) were married. He the son of Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress. They were third cousin once removed.
On 14th December 1723 James Ogilvy 5th Earl Findlater 2nd Earl Seafield (age 34) and Sophia Hope Countess Findlater (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Hope 1st Earl Hopetoun (age 42) and Henrietta Johnstone (age 41). He the son of James Ogilvy 1st Earl Seafield 4th Earl Findlater (age 60).
On 14th December 1745 Lieutenant-General Richard Lyttelton (age 25) and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 38) were married. She the daughter of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford.
On 14th December 1773 Edward Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier (age 33) and Mary Henley Countess Ligonier (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington and Jane Huband.
On 14th December 1774 Hungerford Hoskyns 6th Baronet and Catherine Stanhope Lady Hoskyns were married. She by marriage Lady Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire. They were third cousins.
On 14th December 1798 Thomas Ralph Maude 2nd Viscount Hawarden (age 31) and Frances Anne Agar Viscountess Hawarden were married. She the daughter of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton (age 61) and Jane Benson Countess Northampton.
On 14th December 1814 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 27) and Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 19) were married.
On 14th December 1859 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon (age 56) and Frances Maria Emma Boothby were married. They were first cousins.
On 14th December 1865 Trevor Wheler 9th Baronet (age 72) and Frances Carus-Wilson were married. She by marriage Lady Wheler of the City of Westminster.
On 14th December 1893 George Capell 7th Earl of Essex (age 36) and Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex (age 27) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Countess Essex. Her uncle R Suydam Grant gave her away since her father David Beach Grant had died five years before.
On 14th December 1898 Colonel Simon Macdonald Lockhart (age 49) and Hilda Maoreton Macdonald (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years. They were first cousin twice removed.
On 14th December 1905 Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley (age 39) and Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley (age 33) were married at Colombo, Sri Lanka. She by marriage Countess Cowley. He the son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 66). They were third cousins.
On 14th December 1936 Charles Duncombe 3rd Earl Feversham (age 30) and Anne Dorothy Wood Countess Feversham (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Feversham. She the daughter of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl Halifax (age 55) and Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess Halifax (age 51). He the son of Charles William Reginald Duncombe 2nd Earl Feversham and Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville Countess Feversham (age 52).
Deaths on the 14th December
On 14th December 704 Aldfrith King Northumbria died. His son Osred (age 7) succeeded King Northumbria.
On 14th December 1334 Otto Wittelsbach IV Duke Lower Bavaria (age 27) died at Munich. His nephew John (age 5) succeeded 1st Duke Lower Bavaria.
On 14th December 1392 John Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor (age 87) died at Aylesford, Kent [Map]. His grandson Richard (age 21) succeeded 4th Baron Grey of Codnor. Elizabeth Bassett Baroness Grey Codnor (age 20) by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor. Or he was created 1st Baron Grey of Codnor depending on whether the first three Barons were ever summoned to Parliament.
On 14th December 1476 John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (age 54) died. His brother Thomas (age 50) succeeded 7th Earl Ormonde. Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde (age 45) by marriage Countess Ormonde.
On 14th December 1511 Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle (age 26) died.
On 14th December 1542 King James V of Scotland (age 30) died at Falkland Palace [Map]. His daughter Mary succeeded I Queen Scotland. She was six days old.
On 14th December 1576 Gilbert Kennedy 4th Earl Cassilis (age 35) died. His son John (age 1) succeeded 5th Earl Cassilis.
On 14th December 1593 Henry Radclyffe 4th Earl of Sussex (age 61) died. He was buried at Boreham, Essex [Map]. His son Robert (age 20) succeeded 5th Earl of Sussex, 5th Viscount Fitzwalter, 14th Baron Fitzwalter.
On 14th December 1595 Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon (age 60) died at York [Map]. On 26th April 1596 Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon was buried at Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. His brother George (age 55) succeeded 4th Earl Huntingdon, 9th Baron Botreaux, 8th Baron Hungerford, 6th Baron Moleyns and 6th Baron Hastings. Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
On 14th December 1618 Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress (age 33) died.
On 14th December 1624 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 88) died. His son Charles (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham by marriage Countess Nottingham.
On 14th December 1634 John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar (age 72) died. His son John (age 49) succeeded 20th Earl Mar.
On 14th December 1654 Thomas Holte 1st Baronet (age 83) died. His grandson Robert (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire.
On 14th December 1668 Thomas Bland 3rd Baronet (age 5) died. His brother John (age 5) succeeded 4th Baronet Bland of Kippax Park in Yorkshire.
On 14th December 1702 Willoughby Aston 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. His son Thomas (age 37) succeeded 3rd Baronet Aston of Aston.
On 14th December 1715 Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 79) died. He was buried at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map].
On 14th December 1716 Thomas Morgan 3rd Baronet (age 31) died. His son John (age 6) succeeded 4th Baronet Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.
On 14th December 1717 Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet (age 59) died. Monument in Church of All Hallows, Great Mitton [Map]. Baronet Shireburn extinct. His daughter Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk (age 25) inherited Stonyhurst.
Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet: On 29th July 1658 he was born to Richard Shireburn and Isabel Ingleby. On 4th February 1685 Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shireburn.
Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk: On 22nd November 1692 she was born to Nicholas Shireburn 1st Baronet. On 26th May 1709 Thomas Howard 8th Duke of Norfolk and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She bringing a large dowry of £30,000. She eventually left him after he changed his allegiance to George I rejecting the Jacobites. On 26th September 1754 Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk died. Her aunt Elizabeth Shireburn inherited Stonyhurst by which it became into the ownership of the Weld family.
On 14th December 1734 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington (age 56) died. His son William (age 17) succeeded 2nd Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 2nd Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
On 14th December 1735 Bishop Thomas Tanner (age 61) died.
On 14th December 1750 Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham (age 57) died. His son Charles (age 20) succeeded 2nd Marquess Rockingham, 7th Baron Rockingham of Northampton, 7th Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire.
On 14th December 1788 Charles III King Spain (age 72) died. His son Charles (age 40) succeeded IV King Spain.
On 14th December 1799 President George Washington (age 67) died.
On 14th December 1812 George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington (age 72) died. His brother John (age 69) succeeded 5th Viscount Torrington. He enjoyed the Viscountcy for only twenty-four days dying on 08 Jan 1813. Further, the seat of the Viscountcy Southill Park, Bedfordshire had been sold to pay off debts. Bridget Forrest Viscountess Byng (age 64) by marriage Viscountess Torrington.
On 14th December 1819 Hugh Montgomerie 12th Earl Eglinton (age 80) died. His grandson Archibald (age 7) succeeded 13th Earl Eglinton.
On 14th December 1826 Samuel Young 1st Baronet (age 50) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baronet Young of Formosa Place in Berkshire.
On 14th December 1837 Arthur Hill-Trevor 2nd Viscount Dungannon (age 74) died. His son Arthur (age 39) succeeded 3rd Viscount Dungannon.
On 14th December 1841 Anne Fitzpatrick (age 72) died at Farmingwood or Farming Woods, Northamptonshire. Monument in St James the Apostle Church, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire [Map] sculpted by Richard "The Younger" Westmacott (age 42).
Anne Fitzpatrick: After 23rd March 1769 she was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton.
On 14th December 1860 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 76) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded 5th Earl Aberdeen. Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 46) by marriage Countess Aberdeen.
On 14th December 1861 Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 42) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His wife, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) never recovered from his death spending, more or less, the remainder of her life in mourning.
On 14th December 1863 George Shiffner 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded 4th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
On 14th December 1864 Ann Alleyne Lady Fitzherbert (age 50) died.
On 14th December 1884 Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset (age 75) died.
On 14th December 1896 John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 69) died. His son Edward (age 45) succeeded 7th Earl Darnley, 16th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
On 14th December 1945 Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 52) died.
On 14th December 1947 Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin (age 80) died. His son Oliver (age 48) succeeded 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in Shropshire.
On 14th December 1959 Stanley Spencer (age 68) died at the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital on the Cliveden estate. His ashes were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Cookham [Map] in the same grave as his first wife Hilda Anne Carline: "To the memory of Stanley Spencer Kt. CBE RA, 1891–1959, and his wife Hilda, buried in Cookham cemetery 1950. Everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God: He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love."
On 14th December 1983 Antony Guy Acland 5th Baronet (age 67) died. His son Christopher (age 37) succeeded 6th Baronet Acland of St Mary Magdalen in Oxford.
On 14th December 1993 Brodrick William Hartwell 5th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Francis (age 53) succeeded 6th Baronet Hartwell of Dale Hall in Essex.
On 14th December 1997 Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth (age 73) died. His son William (age 48) succeeded 10th Earl Dartmouth, 11th Baron Dartmouth.