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17 Jul is in July.
924 Death of King Edward the Elder
1328 Marriage of King David II of Scotland and Princess Joan
1429 Coronation of Charles VII of France
1483 Robert Brackenbury appointed Constable of the Tower of London
Events on the 17th July
On 17th July 924 King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 50) died. He was buried in St Oswald's Priory [Map]. His son Æthelstan (age 30) succeeded King Anglo Saxons. His son Æthelstan succeeded I King Anglo Saxons.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 17th July 924. This year died King Edward (age 50) at Farndon [Map] in Mercia; and Elward (age 22) his son died very soon after this, in Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. Their bodies lie at Winchester.
Chronicle of William of Malmesbury Book 2 Chapter 6. 17th July 924. King Edward (age 50), after many noble exploits, both in war and peace, a few days before his death subdued the contumacy of the city of Chester, which was rebelling in confederacy with the Britons; and placing a garrison there, he fell sick and died at Faringdon, and was buried, as I before related, at Winchester. Athelstan, as his father had commanded in his will, was then hailed king, recommended by his years,—for he was now thirty,—and the maturity of his wisdom.
John of Worcester. 17th July 1054. The same year, on the feast of St. Kenelm, the martyr, [17th July], Aldred, bishop of Worcester, instituted Godric as abbot of Winchcombe. The bishop was then sent by the king as ambassador to the emperor, with rich presents; and being received with great honour by him, and also by Heriman, archbishop of Cologne, he remained at his court for a whole year, and in the king's name proposed to the emperor to send envoys to Hungary to bring back Edward (age 38), the king's cousin, son of king Edmund Ironside, and have him conducted to England.
On or before 17th July 1119 at the Battle of Bures-en-Bray King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 51) fought against the army of King Louis VI of France (age 37).
Baldwin VII Count Flanders (age 26) who was killed. His first cousin Charles (age 35) succeeded I Count Flanders. Marguerite Clermont Countess Flanders (age 14) by marriage Countess Flanders.
After 19th October 1216 King John of England (deceased) was buried in the Lady Chapel of Worcester Cathedral [Map]. Originally his effigy would have covered his coffin at floor level. Sometime around 1500 his tomb was moved to the Choir in front of the High Altar - the Chest Tomb similar to that of Prince Arthur's nearby. The Purbeck Marble effigy is the earliest of a King in England. Unusually carved to be life-like. His head supported by St Oswald and St Wulfstan, the two patron saints of Worcester. The base constructed in the 16th Century. The tomb was opened again on Monday 17th July 1797 at the instigation of Valentine Green (1739-1813). Inside the tomb chest, a stone coffin was discovered, containing the royal remains - see Monumental Effigies and An Account of King Johns Tomb.
On 17th July 1328 King David II of Scotland (age 4) and Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland (age 7) were married at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 54) and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland.
Lanercost Chronicle. 17th July 1328. The young king, as mentioned, also gave his younger sister, Lady Joan of the Tower, in marriage to David (age 4), the son of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, who was then five years old, just as his mother, the Queen of England, had arranged—she who at that time ruled the entire kingdom. The wedding was solemnly celebrated at Berwick on the Sunday next before the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene.
Dedit etiam juvenis rex predictus sororem suam juniorem, dominam Johanam de Turre, in uxorem David filio Roberti de Brus, regis Scotia, qui puer tunc erat quinque annorum, sicut ordinaverat mater sua regina Angliæ, que tunc temporis totum regnum regebat. Celebrate vero funt nuptiæ folemniter apud Berwicum, Dominica die proxima ante festum sanctæ Mariæ Magdalenæ.
Calendar of Papal Letters 1344. 17th July 1344. 189. 16 Kal. Aug. Avignon. (f. 279d.)
To the archbishop of Canterbury and his official. Inhibition touching the case of John, earl of Warrenne (age 58), and Joan de Barre (age 48), his wife, in regard to which Joan has been molested in the archbishop's court, contrary to the pope's declaration in the matter.
On 17th July 1385 Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 16) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 15) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 48) and Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. He the son of King Charles V of France and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 17th July 1429 Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 26) was crowned at Reims Cathedral by Cardinal Regnault de Chartres (age 49) with Joan of Arc (age 17) present.
Guy 14th de Laval Count (age 23), who was present, was created Count Laval.
On 17th July 1453 the Battle of Castillon, the last battle of the Hundred Years War, was fought at Castillon.
John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 70) was killed. His grandson Thomas (age 4) succeeded 2nd Viscount Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle. Margaret Herbert Viscountess Lisle by marriage Viscountess Lisle. On His son John (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl Waterford, 7th Baron Furnivall, 11th Baron Strange Blackmere, 8th Baron Talbot. Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 29) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle (age 27) was killed. He the son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 22) and John Foix 1st Earl Kendal (age 43) were captured.
On 17th July 1483 Robert Brackenbury was appointed Constable of the Tower of London for life. As Constable he was in direct care of The Princes in the Tower: King Edward V of England (age 12) and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York (age 9).
On 17th July 1497 James Ormond was murdered by Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 30).
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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 17th July 1502 Janet Stewart Lady Fleming was born illegitimately to King James IV of Scotland (age 29) and Isobel Stewart. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.
Collectanea by John Leland. The XVIIth Day of the said Monneth [17th July 1503], the said Qwene departed from the said Cite of Yorke in varey fayre Company and Ordre rycheiy apoynted, the said Archbyschop and Byschopps beforesaid, the said Lord theMaire, Scheryffs, Aldermen attending on hyr. The Streyetts and the Wyndowes wer so full of People that it was a fayr Thynge for to se.
Without the said Cite the said Lord Mayre and hys Company toke Licence, and fourther more dyd the Lords, the Byschop of Norwych, of Kent (age 49), of Straunge, Hastyugs, and Willeby. And many others mor Knyghts and Gentylmen went with them ageyn.
This doon, she tooke hyr Way to Newbrough [Map]; at the Priore of the wich Place she was receyved by the said Prior and Religyous, honnestly revested, with theCrosse at the Gatt of the Church.
Giustiniani wrote on 17th July 1516 that Thomas Lovell had withdrawn himself from public affairs; probably as a consequence of Wolsey's (age 43) rise to power.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1517. 17 July [1517]. Egerton, 985. f. 63b. B. M. 3489. Charles Duke of Suffolk (age 33).
"The christening of the Lady Frances, first begotten daughter of Charles Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen (age 21)."
Born at Bishop's Hatfield, Thursday, 17 July 1517, 9 Henry VIII., between 2 and 3 in the morning. Christened on Saturday following. The road to the church was strewed with rushes; the church porch hung with rich cloth of gold and needlework; the church with arras of the history of Holofernes and Hercules; the chancel, with arras of silk and gold; and the altar with rich cloth of tissue, and covered with images, relics, and jewels. In the said chancel were, as deputies for the Queen and Princess, Lady Boleyn (age 37) and Lady Elizabeth Grey. The Abbot of St. Alban's was godfather. The font was hung with a canopy of crimson satin, powdered with roses, half red and half white, with the sun shining, and fleur de lis gold, and the French Queen's arms in four places, all of needlework. On the way to church were eighty torches borne by yeomen, and eight by gentlemen. The basin, covered, was borne by Mr. Sturton, the taper by Mr. Richard Long, the salt by Mr. Humphrey Barnes, the chrism by Lady Chelton. Mrs. Dorothy Verney bore the young lady, was assisted by the Lord Powes and Sir Roger Pelston, and accompanied by sixty ladies and gentlemen, and the prelates Sir Oliver Poole and Sir Christopher, and other of my Lord's chaplains. She was named Frances, being born on St. Francis's day.
On 17th July 1517 Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk was born to Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 33) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 21). She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 17th July 1528 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 33) was created 1st Lord Methven possibly to reflect his new status as husband of Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 38).
On 17th July 1537 Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 39) was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the king's (age 25) life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 16), was supposedly a witness to the burning.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 17th July 1559. The xvij day of July the Quen('s) (age 25) grace removyd from Grenwyche [Map] of her prograsse unto Darford [Map] in Kent; so the next day removyd unto Cobham [Map], my lord Cobham('s) (age 31) plasse, and ther her grace had grett chere.
The Bardon Papers 9. (d) Mary (age 43) to Babington (age 24). 17 July, 1586
This is a copy of the famous letter from Mary to Babington upon which the whole question of her complicity in the plot to murder Elizabeth practically turns. Labanoff found eight contemporary copies of it, of which four are preserved in the Record Office, three in the British Museum and one in France. The French copy of the letter in the Record Office (S. P Mary Q. of S. xviii. no. 51) includes a copy of the attestations of Babington, of Nau and of Curie. Labanoff believes that this letter is partly genuine, but that certain passages have been interpolated. These passages are inclosed in square brackets. A discussion of Labanoff's views, which have been adopted by many of Mary's defenders, will be found in Appendix III.
The significance of the figures printed along the margin, which are reproduced from the manuscript, is not clear.
On 17th July 1632 Roger Manners (age 57) died from wounds after, so it is said, a skirmish between two groups of armed retainers on Whitwell Common. He was unmarried. He was buried at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. The estate passed through the Manner's cousins to the Dukes of Rutland.
Sir Roger asked to be buried in Whitwell church with as "small funeral pomp as may be, having respect to my birth and calling". The Manners tomb on the west wall of the North Transept, composed of Chellaston marble, is notable for Sir Roger's recumbent effigy in armour. The visor on the helmet is known to be very unusual, even rare for the 1630s when the figure was carved. The carvings on the plinths at the base of the columns refer to military matters and those on the sides would appear to be places connected with his life, such as parliament, a temple (eastern) for the Inner Temple, a church with a spire (Lichfield or Bakewell?) and a fortified dwelling (Haddon or Belvoir?).
The cryptic verse on his monument suggests a Renaissance man; a eulogy to a military knight with a love of learning and study:
A living academic was this knight
Divinity, the arts, the tongs, what might
In learned schooles exactly be profest
Tooke up theire lodgings in his noble brest
Till death, like church despoilers, did pull down
Manners true fabrique and the arts renowne
Roger Manners: Around 1575 he was born to John Manners and Dorothy Vernon In 1594 Roger Manners studied law at Middle Temple. In 1601 Roger Manners was elected MP East Retford. In 1619 he was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 17th July 1662. To my office, and by and by to our sitting; where much business. Mr. Coventry (age 34) took his leave, being to go with the Duke over for the Queen-Mother (age 52). I dined at home, and so to my Lord's, where I presented him with a true state of all his accounts to last Monday, being the 14th of July, which did please him, and to my great joy I continue in his great esteem and opinion. I this day took a general acquittance from my Lord to the same day. So that now I have but very few persons to deal withall for money in the world.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 17th July 1665. To London to my office, and there took letters from the office, where all well, and so to the Bridge [Map], and there he and I took boat and to Deptford, Kent [Map], where mighty welcome, and brought the good newes of all being pleased to them. Mighty mirth at my giving them an account of all; but the young man could not be got to say one word before me or my Lady Sandwich (age 40) of his adventures, but, by what he afterwards related to his father and mother and sisters, he gives an account that pleases them mightily. Here Sir G. Carteret (age 55) would have me lie all night, which I did most nobly, better than ever I did in my life, Sir G. Carteret being mighty kind to me, leading me to my chamber; and all their care now is, to have the business ended, and they have reason, because the sicknesse puts all out of order, and they cannot safely stay where they are.
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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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 17th July 1667. Home, and to dinner, and by and by comes Mr. Pierce, who is interested in the Panther, for some advice, and then comes Creed, and he and I spent the whole afternoon till eight at night walking and talking of sundry things public and private in the garden, but most of all of the unhappy state of this nation at this time by the negligence of the King (age 37) and his Council. The Duke of Buckingham (age 39) is, it seems, set at liberty, without any further charge against him or other clearing of him, but let to go out; which is one of the strangest instances of the fool's play with which all publick things are done in this age, that is to be apprehended. And it is said that when he was charged with making himself popular-as indeed he is, for many of the discontented Parliament, Sir Robert Howard (age 41) and Sir Thomas Meres, and others, did attend at the Council-chamber when he was examined-he should answer, that whoever was committed to prison by my Chancellor (age 58) or my Lord Arlington (age 49), could not want being popular. But it is worth considering the ill state a Minister of State is in, under such a Prince as ours is; for, undoubtedly, neither of those two great men would have been so fierce against the Duke of Buckingham at the Council-table the other day, had they [not] been assured of the King's good liking, and supporting them therein: whereas, perhaps at the desire of my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26), who, I suppose, hath at last overcome the King, the Duke of Buckingham is well received again, and now these men delivered up to the interest he can make for his revenge. He told me over the story of Mrs. Stewart (age 20), much after the manner which I was told it long since, and have entered it in this book, told me by Mr. Evelyn (age 46); only he says it is verily believed that the King did never intend to marry her to any but himself, and that the Duke of York (age 33) and Chancellor were jealous of it; and that Mrs. Stewart might be got with child by the King, or somebody else, and the King own a marriage before his contract, for it is but a contract, as he tells me, to this day, with the Queene (age 57), and so wipe their noses of the Crown; and that, therefore, the Duke of York and Chancellor did do all they could to forward the match with my Lord Duke of Richmond (age 28), that she might be married out of the way; but, above all, it is a worthy part that this good lady hath acted.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 17th July 1668. So to White Hall, where waited on the Duke of York (age 34), and then the Council about that business; and I did discourse to their liking, only was too high to assert that nothing could be invented to secure the King (age 38) more in the business of tickets than there is; which the Duke of Buckingham (age 40) did except against, and I could have answered, but forbore; but all liked very well.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th July 1682. Came to dine with me, the Duke of Grafton (age 18) and the young Earl of Ossory (age 17), son to my most dear deceased friend.
On 17th July 1683 Daughter Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 37) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 33).
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th July 1688. This night the fireworks were played off, that had been prepared for the Queen's (age 29) upsitting. We saw them to great advantage; they were very fine, and cost some thousands of pounds, in the pyramids, statues, etc., but were spent too soon for so long a preparation.
On 17th July 1712, the St Ann's Church, Manchester [Map] was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester (age 40) and was dedicated to Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary's mother, which was a compliment both to the founder Ann Mosley (age 47), and to the reigning monarch, Queen Anne.
After 17th July 1779. Monument at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map] to James Stribling and his father James Stribling who died in 1779 and 1784 respectively.
Effigy of King John. Valentine Green, F.S.A. the historian of Worcester, published a pamphlet, giving a very interesting account of the opening of the tomb of King John on the 17th of July 1797. Two walls of were found to form the supporters of the effigy of the monarch. The coffin containing his remains, of which it had originally formed the top, was covered with two strong elm planks, the intervening spaces between the sides of the tomb and the effigy, being filled up with mortar and brick rubbish. These circumstances, and the state of the King's mortal relics, shewed that they had been at some previous time disturbed, and seem to favour the conjecture of their having been translated from the Lady Chapel in the Cathedral into the Choir, most probably about the time of Henry the Seventh, as the altar tomb, on which the coffin lid lies, resembles the monument of Prince Arthur in the same Church, and brick was much employed in architecture about that period. The skull was found turned completely round, and presented what anatomists term the foramen magnum, or aperture through which the spinal marrow passes. The upper jaw lay near the right elbow. The agreement of the dress on the body with that of the effigy on the tomb was very remarkable, and shews, as in the instance of Henry the Second's figure, that these effigies very faithfully represented the defunct as he lay in state. John had, however, no crown on his head or gloves on his hands; in the place of the former was found the celebrated monk's cowl, confirming the minute accuracy of the Chronicles. This sacred envelope fitted the head very closely, and had been buckled under the chin by straps, parts of which still remained. The body had been covered with a crimson robe of damask of strong texture, reaching from the neck to the feet: see the effigy. Part of the embroidery was still perfect near the left knee. His left arm was bent towards his breast, and the hand had grasped a sword in the same manner as on the tomb. The cuff of this arm still remained lying on the breast. The sword was much decomposed and its parts found at intervals down the left side, the scabbard was much more perfect. The covering of the legs (the precise nature of which was not ascertained) was tied round the ancles. These were probably the red hose seen in the effigy. Thus lay royal John, as the immortal dramatizer of his reign has said, — but now a king—now thus — A clod and module of confounded royalty!
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After 17th July 1818. Grave slab and monument by Fisher of York to Richard Henry Liulph Lumley at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill [Map].
Kingston Bridge [Map] is a bridge over the River Thames opened on 17th July 1828 by the future Queen (age 35) then Duchess of Clarence.
Ten Years' Digging. On the 17th of July we broke ground in a fresh district, by opening a barrow near Longstone called Blake Low [Map], which had been a good deal mutilated by the removal of stone. Nevertheless we found the interment in the centre to be quite undisturbed, though the remains of about six individuals in a rude cist close by were in a state of the utmost disorder. These were accompanied by four neat instruments of flint, and the remains of a curiously-decorated urn. The preservation of the central deposit was owing to the body having been laid in a grave cut in the rock to the depth of two feet. The skeleton was that of a very young woman, or rather of a girl, and lay on the left side, with the knees drawn up. At the head was a drinking cup, rather more globular in form than usual, 7½ inches high, the upper part ornamented by parallel grooves; and along with the skeleton were the bones of an infant, with the tine of a stag's antler. The grave was filled up to the level of the natural soil with limestone, amongst which was as large an accumulation pf the bones of the water-vole as we have seen in any barrow.
On 28th June 1853 Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March (age 81) died. His son Francis (age 56) succeeded 9th Earl Wemyss, 2nd Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife. Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss (age 55) by marriage Countess Wemyss.
His obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine by Sylvanus Urban Volume XL reads as follows:
THE EARL OF WEMYSS AND MARCH June 28 At Gosford House East Lothian in his 81st year the Right Hon Francis Wemyss Charteris Wemyss sixth Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho and Methel 1633 Baron Wemyss of Elcho 1628 Earl of March Viscount of Peebles and Lord Niedpath, Lyne and Munard 1697 all dignities in the peerage of Scotland Baron Wemyss of Wemyss co Fife 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire.
He was born on the 15th April 1772 the only son of Francis Lord Elcho son and heir apparent of the fifth Earl by Miss Susan Tracy Keck one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Charlotte the second daughter of Anthony Tracy Keck esq of Great Tew co Oxford by Lady Susan Hamilton fourth daughter of James fourth Duke of Hamilton and first Duke of Brandon KG and KT.
In early life his lordship had a commission in the army and from 1793 to 1797 was aide de camp to his grand uncle Lord Adam Gordon Commander in chief of the forces in Scotland He quitted the army in 1797.
His father Lord Elcho died on the 20th June 1808 and his grandfather on the 24th August following whereupon he succeeded to the Earldom of Wemyss and its attendant titles. On the death of William fourth Duke of Queensberry (age 83) in Dec 1810 he inherited the barony of Niedpath and the extensive property which had belonged to his Grace in the county of Peebles in pursuance of the terms of the marriage contract of the first Earl of March his Grace's grandfather. He also succeeded to the dignities of Earl of March, Viscount of Peebles and Lord Douglas of Niedpath, Lyne and Munard the patent of creation being to Lord William Douglas et heredes masculos de ejus corpore quibus deficientibus alios ejus hæredes masin culos et talliæ contentos in ejus infeofa mentis terrarum et dominii de Niedpath.
His Lordship was created a peer of the united kingdom by the title of Baron Wemyss at the Coronation of King George IV by patent dated 17th July 1821. He supported the Conservative party in parliament but took but little interest in politics.
He married May 31 1794 Margaret (age 16) fourth daughter of Walter Campbell esq of Shawfield (age 54) by his first wife Eleanor daughter of Robert Kerr of Newfield eldest son of Lord Charles Kerr second son of Robert first Marquess of Lothian. By that lady who died in 1850 he had issue two sons and nine daughters 1 Francis his successor 2 Lady Eleanor (age 1) married in 1820 to Walter Frederick Campbell of Woodhall co Lanark esq eldest son of Colonel John Campbell (age 26) by Lady Charlotte (age 21) daughter of John fifth Duke of Argyle (age 73) and died in 1832 3 the Hon Walter died 1818 4 Susan who died in infancy 5 Lady Margaret married in 1824 to Lieut Colonel John Wildman and died in 1825 6 Lady Katharine married in 1824 to her cousin George Harry Lord Grey of Groby who died in 1835 and she died in 1844 leaving issue the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington and Lady Margaret Milbanke 7 Lady Charlotte (age 1) married in 1825 to Andrew Fletcher esq of Salton Castle East Lothian 8 Lady Louisa Antoinetta (age 1) married in 1832 to William Forbes esq of Callendar co Stirling late MP for Stirlingshire 9 Lady Harriet (age 1) married in 1829 to Sir George Grant Suttie Bart 10 Lady Jane and 11 Lady Caroline. The present Earls in 1796 married in 1817 Lady Louisa Bingham fourth daughter of Richard 2d Earl Lucan (age 31) by whom he has issue Francis Lord Elcho four other sons and daughters.
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On 17th July 1918 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (age 50), his wife Alix aka Alexandra Hesse Darmstadt (age 46) and their children Olga Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 22), Tatiana Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 21), Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 19), Anastasia Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Alexei Holstein Gottorp Romanov were executed.
On 17th July 1942 Peter Fortescue (age 21) was killed in action at the First Battle of El Alamein. He was unmarried. There is a memorial at the Church of St Paul, Filliegh: "In proud and ever-loving memory of Hugh Peter, Viscount Ebrington, only son of the Fifth Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lieutenant Royal Scots Greys, who was born on 9 December 1920 and killed near El Alamein on 17 July 1942. He leaves a white unbroken glory, a gathered radiance, a shining peace"
On 17th July 1947 Queen Consort Camilla Shand was born to Bruce Shand (age 30) and Rosalind Maud Cubitt (age 25).
Births on the 17th July
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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 17th July 1255 Agnes Wittelsbach was born to Henry Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria I Duke Bavaria (age 19) and Elizabeth Duchess Bavaria (age 19). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 17th July 1502 Janet Stewart Lady Fleming was born illegitimately to King James IV of Scotland (age 29) and Isobel Stewart. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.
On 17th July 1517 Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk was born to Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 33) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 21). She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 17th July 1618 George Stewart 9th Seigneur D'Aubigny was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 39) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26).
On 17th July 1625 George Howard 4th Earl Suffolk was born to Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 42) and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 26).
On 17th July 1636 John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland was born to John Campbell 4th Baronet (age 29).
On 17th July 1642 Charles Kerr was born to William Kerr 1st Earl Lothian (age 37).
On 17th July 1662 Digby Gerard 5th Baron Gerard was born to Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard (age 28) and Jane Digby Baroness Gerard (age 25).
On 17th July 1679 Unamed Bourbon Condé was born to Henri Jules Bourbon Condé Prince Condé (age 35) and Anne Henriette Palatinate Simmern (age 30). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 17th July 1683 Daughter Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 37) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 33).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 17th July 1715 Fredericka Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 38) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 17th July 1731 George Yonge 5th Baronet was born to William Yonge 4th Baronet (age 38) and Anne Howard Lady Yonge.
On 17th July 1737 John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 33) and Jean Nicholson.
On 17th July 1741 Bishop Brownlow North was born to Francis North 1st Earl Guildford (age 37) and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford (age 34).
On 17th July 1747 Elizabeth Helena MacDonnell was born to Alexander MacDonnell 5th Earl of Antrim (age 34).
On 17th July 1777 George Duckett 2nd Baronet was born to George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 51) and Grace Goldstone Lady Duckett (age 27).
On 17th July 1785 George Nugent 1st Marquess Westmeath was born.
On 17th July 1798 Charlotte Louisa Bloomfield was born to Benjamin Bloomfield 1st Baron Bloomfield (age 30).
On 17th July 1804 Robert King 6th Earl Kingston was born to Robert King 1st Viscount Lorton (age 30) and Frances Parsons (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 17th July 1804 Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon was born to Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (age 37) and Elizabeth Long.
On 17th July 1813 Broderick Hartwell 2nd Baronet was born to Reverend Houlton Hartwell (age 30) and Ruth Ball (age 19).
On 17th July 1829 Gerald Henry Brabazon Ponsonby was born to John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 47) and Maria Fane (age 42).
On 17th July 1833 Fitzherbert Edward Stafford-Jerningham 11th Baron Stafford was born to Edward Stafford-Jerningham (age 28) and Marianne Smythe.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 17th July 1835 Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour was born to Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 30) and Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset (age 25) at Dover Street.
On 17th July 1838 Harriet Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney (age 29) and Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney (age 27).
On 17th July 1840 Balthazar Walter Foster 1st Baron Ilkeston was born to Balthazar Foster.
On 17th July 1850 Miles Stapleton 10th Baron Beaumont was born to Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont (age 45) and Isabella Anne Browne Baroness Beaumont (age 25).
On 17th July 1892 George Denison 3rd Earl of Londesborough was born to William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 28) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 31).
On 17th July 1912 John Grimston 6th Earl of Verulam was born to James Grimston 4th Earl of Verulam (age 32) and Violet Constance Maitland Brabazon Countess Verulam (age 26).
On 17th July 1916 William Nicholas Somers Laurence Hyde Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 39). He was usually known as Nicholas.
On 17th July 1923 Ian Vere Gyles Isham 13th Baronet was born to Lieutenant-Colonel Vere Arthur Richard Isham (age 33).
On 17th July 1923 Romaine Pierce Marchioness Milford Haven was born to Vinton Ulric Dahlgren Pierce at Buncombe, North Carolina.
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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 17th July 1947 Queen Consort Camilla Shand was born to Bruce Shand (age 30) and Rosalind Maud Cubitt (age 25).
On 17th July 1950 Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge 7th Baronet was born to Hector Wroth Lethbridge 6th Baronet (age 51) and Evelyn Diana Noel Lady Lethbridge (age 36).
On 17th July 1968 Hugh william Amherst Cecil 5th Baron Amherst was born to Hugh Amherst Cecil 4th Baron Amherst (age 27).
Marriages on the 17th July
On 17th July 1328 King David II of Scotland (age 4) and Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland (age 7) were married at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 54) and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland.
On 17th July 1385 Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 16) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 15) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 48) and Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. He the son of King Charles V of France and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 17th July 1583 Thomas Perrot (age 30) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 19) were married. The marriage took place without the consent of the Queen to whom Dorothy was lady in Waiting for which Thomas was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison [Map]. She the daughter of Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester (age 39). They were fifth cousins.
On 17th July 1701 Sewster Peyton 2nd Baronet and Anne Dashwood Lady Peyton were married. She by marriage Lady Peyton of Doddington. They were great uncle and niece.
On 17th July 1704 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 25) and Ellen aka Mary Fisher Lady Dering (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.
On 17th July 1716 Harry Trelawny 5th Baronet (age 29) and Letitia Trelawny were married. She the elder sister of John Trelawny 4th Baronet (age 24). They had been courting for many years before her father Bishop Jonathan Trelawny 3rd Baronet (age 66) consented to their marriage. They had a son, who predeceased him, and three daughters, one of whom, Laetitia, also married a cousin. She the daughter of Bishop Jonathan Trelawny 3rd Baronet and Rebecca Hele Lady Trelawny. They were first cousins.
On 17th July 1753 Robert Burdett 4th Baronet (age 37) and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett were married. She by marriage Lady Burdett of Bramcote in Warwickshire. She the daughter of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland. They were half sixth cousins.
On 17th July 1753 Caroline Burdett and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett were married. She the daughter of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland.
On 17th July 1780 Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 34) and Helen Graham (age 17) were married.
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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 17th July 1786 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury (age 24) and Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 55). They were sixth cousins.
On 17th July 1828 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 48) and Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow (age 36) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 63) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 17th July 1845 Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 21) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 42) and Harriet Canning Marchioness Clanricarde (age 41). He the son of Henry Lascelles 3rd Earl Harewood (age 48) and Louisa Thynne Countess Harewood (age 44).
On 17th July 1876 David Stuart Erskine 13th Earl of Buchan (age 60) and Maria James (age 58) were married.
On 17th July 1917 David Ogilvy 12th Earl of Airlie (age 23) and Bridget Coke Countess Airlie (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Airlie. She the daughter of Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 68) and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester (age 61). He the son of David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 51).
On 17th July 1922 Henry Herbert 6th Earl Carnarvon (age 23) and Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell Countess Carnarvon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon (age 56) and Almina Wombwell Countess Carnarvon (age 46).
Deaths on the 17th July
On 17th July 924 King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 50) died. He was buried in St Oswald's Priory [Map]. His son Æthelstan (age 30) succeeded King Anglo Saxons. His son Æthelstan succeeded I King Anglo Saxons.
On 17th July 1070 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 40) died. 17th July 1070 His son Arnulf (age 15) succeeded III Count Flanders.
On 17th July 1077 Hugues Normandy Bishop Lisieux died.
On 17th July 1404 Maddalena Visconti Duchess Bavaria (age 38) died.
On 17th July 1431 Philippa Mohun Duchess York (age 64) died at Carisbrooke Castle [Map]. She was buried at Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her nephew Richard (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baron Mohun of Dunster as a result of her death bring the title out of abeyance.
On 17th July 1444 Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 39) died. His son Henry (age 9) succeeded 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor.
On 17th July 1453 the Battle of Castillon, the last battle of the Hundred Years War, was fought at Castillon.
John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 70) was killed. His grandson Thomas (age 4) succeeded 2nd Viscount Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle. Margaret Herbert Viscountess Lisle by marriage Viscountess Lisle. On His son John (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl Waterford, 7th Baron Furnivall, 11th Baron Strange Blackmere, 8th Baron Talbot. Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 29) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle (age 27) was killed. He the son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 22) and John Foix 1st Earl Kendal (age 43) were captured.
On 17th July 1492 Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle (age 60) died at Astley, Warwickshire. He was buried at Church St Mary the Virgin, Astley. His son John (age 11) succeeded 2nd Viscount Lisle.
On 17th July 1497 James Ormond was murdered by Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 30).
On 17th July 1537 Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 39) was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the king's (age 25) life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 16), was supposedly a witness to the burning.
On 17th July 1645 Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 58) died without male issue. Earl Somerset, Viscount Rochester extinct.
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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 17th July 1652 Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset (age 61) died. His son Richard (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Dorset, 5th Baron Buckhurst. Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset (age 30) by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 17th July 1683 Bishop James Fleetwood (age 80) died at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.
On 17th July 1685 John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 79) died at Chelsea. His grandson Charles (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Radnor, 2nd Viscount Bodmin, 3rd Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 3rd Baronet Robartes.
On 17th July 1700 Flower Backhouse Countess Clarendon died.
On 17th July 1726 William Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan (age 54) died without male issue. Earl Cadogan extinct. His brother Charles (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Cadogan. Elizabeth Sloane Baroness Cadogan (age 31) by marriage Baroness Cadogan.
On 17th July 1756 Carnaby Haggerston 3rd Baronet (age 59) died. His son Thomas (age 33) succeeded 4th Baronet Haggerston of Haggerston Castle in Northumberland.
On 17th July 1776 Henrietta Godolphin Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 75) died.
On 17th July 1777 Catherine Hyde Duchess Queensbury (age 76) died.
On 17th July 1785 Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland (age 70) died.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 17th July 1797 Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich (age 80) died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
On 17th July 1813 Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham (age 86) died. His daughter Diana (age 50) succeeded 2nd Baroness Barham.
On 17th July 1825 William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 58) died. His son William (age 24) succeeded 9th Duke St Albans, 9th Earl Burford, 9th Baron Heddington, 6th Baron Vere of Hanworth in Middlesex.
On 17th July 1827 George Douglas 16th Earl Morton (age 66) died. His first cousin George (age 37) succeeded 17th Earl Morton.
On 17th July 1845 Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey (age 81) died. His son Henry (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl Grey, 3rd Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 3rd Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 4th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland. Maria Copley 3rd Countess Grey (age 46) by marriage Countess Grey.
On 17th July 1845 John Edward Honywood 6th Baronet (age 33) died. His son Courtenay (age 10) succeeded 7th Baronet Honywood of Evington in Kent.
On 28th June 1853 Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March (age 81) died. His son Francis (age 56) succeeded 9th Earl Wemyss, 2nd Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife. Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss (age 55) by marriage Countess Wemyss.
His obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine by Sylvanus Urban Volume XL reads as follows:
THE EARL OF WEMYSS AND MARCH June 28 At Gosford House East Lothian in his 81st year the Right Hon Francis Wemyss Charteris Wemyss sixth Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho and Methel 1633 Baron Wemyss of Elcho 1628 Earl of March Viscount of Peebles and Lord Niedpath, Lyne and Munard 1697 all dignities in the peerage of Scotland Baron Wemyss of Wemyss co Fife 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire.
He was born on the 15th April 1772 the only son of Francis Lord Elcho son and heir apparent of the fifth Earl by Miss Susan Tracy Keck one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Charlotte the second daughter of Anthony Tracy Keck esq of Great Tew co Oxford by Lady Susan Hamilton fourth daughter of James fourth Duke of Hamilton and first Duke of Brandon KG and KT.
In early life his lordship had a commission in the army and from 1793 to 1797 was aide de camp to his grand uncle Lord Adam Gordon Commander in chief of the forces in Scotland He quitted the army in 1797.
His father Lord Elcho died on the 20th June 1808 and his grandfather on the 24th August following whereupon he succeeded to the Earldom of Wemyss and its attendant titles. On the death of William fourth Duke of Queensberry (age 83) in Dec 1810 he inherited the barony of Niedpath and the extensive property which had belonged to his Grace in the county of Peebles in pursuance of the terms of the marriage contract of the first Earl of March his Grace's grandfather. He also succeeded to the dignities of Earl of March, Viscount of Peebles and Lord Douglas of Niedpath, Lyne and Munard the patent of creation being to Lord William Douglas et heredes masculos de ejus corpore quibus deficientibus alios ejus hæredes masin culos et talliæ contentos in ejus infeofa mentis terrarum et dominii de Niedpath.
His Lordship was created a peer of the united kingdom by the title of Baron Wemyss at the Coronation of King George IV by patent dated 17th July 1821. He supported the Conservative party in parliament but took but little interest in politics.
He married May 31 1794 Margaret (age 16) fourth daughter of Walter Campbell esq of Shawfield (age 54) by his first wife Eleanor daughter of Robert Kerr of Newfield eldest son of Lord Charles Kerr second son of Robert first Marquess of Lothian. By that lady who died in 1850 he had issue two sons and nine daughters 1 Francis his successor 2 Lady Eleanor (age 1) married in 1820 to Walter Frederick Campbell of Woodhall co Lanark esq eldest son of Colonel John Campbell (age 26) by Lady Charlotte (age 21) daughter of John fifth Duke of Argyle (age 73) and died in 1832 3 the Hon Walter died 1818 4 Susan who died in infancy 5 Lady Margaret married in 1824 to Lieut Colonel John Wildman and died in 1825 6 Lady Katharine married in 1824 to her cousin George Harry Lord Grey of Groby who died in 1835 and she died in 1844 leaving issue the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington and Lady Margaret Milbanke 7 Lady Charlotte (age 1) married in 1825 to Andrew Fletcher esq of Salton Castle East Lothian 8 Lady Louisa Antoinetta (age 1) married in 1832 to William Forbes esq of Callendar co Stirling late MP for Stirlingshire 9 Lady Harriet (age 1) married in 1829 to Sir George Grant Suttie Bart 10 Lady Jane and 11 Lady Caroline. The present Earls in 1796 married in 1817 Lady Louisa Bingham fourth daughter of Richard 2d Earl Lucan (age 31) by whom he has issue Francis Lord Elcho four other sons and daughters.
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On 17th July 1870 Anne Yorke Countess Mexborough (age 87) died.
On 17th July 1876 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 79) died. His son George (age 51) succeeded 3rd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 5th Baron Conyngham, 3rd Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent. Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.
On 17th July 1897 Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke (age 69) died. His son John (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baron Revelstoke of Membland in Devon.
On 17th July 1901 Selina Shirley Lady Heathcote died.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 17th July 1903 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (age 69) died.
On 17th July 1911 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dickonson Nightingale 13th Baronet (age 80) died. His grandson Edward (age 22) succeeded 14th Baronet Nightingale of Newport Pond in Essex.
On 17th July 1922 Ernest Ambrose Vivian 2nd Baron Swansea (age 74) died unmarried. His half brother Odo (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Swansea of Singleton in Glamorganshire, 3rd Baronet Vivian of Singleton in Swansea in Glamorganshire.
On 17th July 1926 Charles William Sydney Pierrepont 4th Earl Manvers (age 71) died. His son Evelyn (age 37) succeeded 5th Earl Manvers, 5th Viscount Newark, 5th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
On 17th July 1940 George Cecil Morris 6th Baronet (age 88) died. His nephew Herbert (age 56) succeeded 7th Baronet Morris of Clasemont in Glamorganshire.
On 17th July 1969 Walter Marsden (age 86) died.
On 17th July 1978 Beatrix Elinor Paul Baroness Aldenham and Hunsdon (age 87) died.