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On this Day in History ... 18th April
18 Apr is in April.
Events on the 18th April
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1061. This year went Bishop Aldred to Rome after his pall; which he received at the hands of Pope Nicholas. Earl Tosty (age 35) and his wife (age 28) also went to Rome; and the bishop and the earl met with great difficulty as they returned home. In the same year died Bishop Godwin at St. Martin's85, on the seventh before the ides of March; and in the self-same year died Wulfric, Abbot of St. Augustine's, in the Easterweek, on the fourteenth before the calends of May. Pope Nicholas also died; and Alexander was chosen pope, who was Bishop of Lucca. When word came to the king that the Abbot Wulfric was dead, then chose he Ethelsy, a monk of the old minster, to succeed; who followed Archbishop Stigand, and was consecrated abbot at Windsor on St. Augustine's mass-day.
Note 85. Lye interprets it erroneously the "festival" of St. Martin.-"ad S. Martini festum:" whereas the expression relates to the place, not to the time of his death, which is mentioned immediately afterwards.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 18th [Apr 1358], also in London, the Countess of Pembroke (age 41), the Earl of Ponthieu (age 39) (another of the captives of Poitiers), and the Maréchal D'Audenham came to dinner— "et plures comites et barones post prandium.1".
Note 1. "and several counts and barons after dinner"
On 18 Apr 1475 Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 19) was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 18 Apr 1475 Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 5) was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 18 Apr 1503 King Henry II of Navarre was born to Jean III King Navarre (age 34) and Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre (age 35).
Testamenta Vetusta. Margaret Lady Capell. Dame Margaret Capells, widow of Sir William Capell.
To my son Sir Giles Capell (age 42) King Edward the Fifth chain, with remainder to Henry: and Edward Capell respectively, remainder to my daughter Elizabeth Paulet and her heirs. Proved 18th April 1522.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 18 Apr 1563. The sam day at after-none was cristenyd my lord mayre's (age 54) son; the godfathers wher, on [one] the yerle of Penbroke (age 62), and (unfinished)
On 18 Apr 1589 Christopher Wray (age 65) acted as judge during the Trial of Philip Earl of Arundel.
On 18 Apr 1599 Philip III King Spain (age 21) and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain and Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain. They were first cousin once removed.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1616. 18 Apr 1616. Upon the 18th Baskett came hither and brought me a letter from my Lord (age 27) to let me know this was the last time of asking me whether I would set my hand to this award of the Judges.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 18 Apr 1619. Sunday the 18th I went to Warwick House to see my young Lady of Warwick (age 29) where I met my Lord of Warwick (age 31), Mr Charles Rich, Mr Nathaniel Rich, Lady Harriet Rich. After all the company were gone to Sermon my Lord (age 30) came in thither. This day I put on my black mourning attire and went to my Sister Beauchamp where I spake with Mrs Bathurst and told her I did both forget and forgive anything she had done against me and that I had spoken to Lady Warwick in her behalf.
On 18 Apr 1621 Bridget Chaworth (age 79) died. Monument in St Andrew's Church, Ufford [Map]. Marble with Corinthian Columns and reclining effigy. Corinthian Columns. Stuart Hooded Monument.
The inscription reads "Dame Bridget, Lady Carr, widow, daughter of Sir John Chaworth of Wiverton, Nottingham, late wife to Sir William Carr of Old Sleaford in the county of Lincoln, who served the late Queen Elizabeth of most famous memory, being one of the gentlewomen of her Majesty's Privy Chamber for the space of five and twenty years, and afterwards served the most renowned Queen Anne, wife to our most gracious sovereign, King James, for the space of 14 years, being the residue of her life, and died the 18th day of April being of the age of 79 years, the which said Lady Carr, out of her love to her dear sister Katherine, the wife of George Quarles of this town of Ufford, esquire, hath caused her body to be here interred 1621".
Bridget Chaworth: In 1542 she was born to John Chaworth and Mary Paston. Around 1590 William Carr and she were married.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Apr 1660. This morning very early came Mr. Edward Montagu (age 25) on board, but what was the business of his coming again or before without any servant and making no stay at all I cannot guess. This day Sir R. Stayner (age 35), Mr. Sheply, and as many of my Lord's people as could be spared went to Dover to get things ready against to-morrow for the election there. I all the afternoon dictating in my cabin (my own head being troubled with multiplicity of business) to Burr, who wrote for me above a dozen letters, by which I have made my mind more light and clear than I have had it yet since I came on board. At night sent a packet to London, and Mr. Cook returned hence bringing me this news, that the Sectaries do talk high what they will do, but I believe all to no purpose, but the Cavaliers are something unwise to talk so high on the other side as they do. That the Lords do meet every day at my Lord of Manchester's (age 58), and resolve to sit the first day of the Parliament. That it is evident now that the General and the Council do resolve to make way for the King's coming. And it is now clear that either the Fanatiques must now be undone, or the gentry and citizens throughout England, and clergy must fall, in spite of their militia and army, which is not at all possible I think. At night I supped with W. Howe and Mr. Luellin (being the first time that I had been so long with him) in the great cabin below. After that to bed, and W. Howe sat by my bedside, and he and I sang a psalm or two and so I to sleep.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Apr 1665. At noon with my wife and Mr. Moore by water to Chelsey about my Privy Seale (age 59) for Tangier, but my Lord Privy Seale was gone abroad, and so we, without going out of the boat, forced to return, and found him not at White Hall. So I to Sir Philip Warwicke (age 55) and with him to my Lord Treasurer (age 58), who signed my commission for Tangier-Treasurer and the docquet of my Privy Seale, for the monies to be paid to me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Apr 1666. [Up] and by coach with Sir W. Batten (age 65) and Sir Thos. Allen (age 54) to White Hall, and there after attending the Duke (age 32) as usual and there concluding of many things preparatory to the Prince (age 46) and Generall's going to sea on Monday next, Sir W. Batten and Sir T. Allen and I to Mr. Lilly's (age 47), the painter's; and there saw the heads, some finished, and all begun, of the Flaggmen in the late great fight with the Duke of Yorke against the Dutch. The Duke of Yorke hath them done to hang in his chamber, and very finely they are done indeed. Here is the Prince's, Sir G. Askue's (age 50), Sir Thomas Teddiman's, Sir Christopher Mings (age 40), Sir Joseph Jordan, Sir William Barkeley (age 27), Sir Thomas Allen (age 33), and Captain Harman's (age 41), as also the Duke of Albemarle's (age 57); and will be my Lord Sandwich's (age 40), Sir W. Pen's (age 44), and Sir Jeremy Smith's. Being very well satisfied with this sight, and other good pictures hanging in the house, we parted, and I left them, and [to] pass away a little time went to the printed picture seller's in the way thence to the Exchange [Map], and there did see great plenty of fine prints; but did not buy any, only a print of an old pillar in Rome made for a Navall Triumph1, which for the antiquity of the shape of ships, I buy and keepe.
Note 1. The columna rostrata erected in the Forum to C. Duilius, who obtained a triumph for the first naval victory over the Carthaginians, B.C. 261. Part of the column was discovered in the ruins of the Forum near the Arch of Septimius, and transferred to the Capitol. B.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Apr 1666. There left her 'sans essayer alcune cose con elle1', and so away by boat to the 'Change [Map], and took coach and to Mr. Hales (age 66), where he would have persuaded me to have had the landskipp stand in my picture, but I like it not and will have it otherwise, which I perceive he do not like so well, however is so civil as to say it shall be altered.
Note 1. 'sans essayer alcune cose con elle'. Without trying to do anything with her.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Apr 1667. I went to make court to the Duke (age 74) and Duchess (age 44) of Newcastle, at their house in Clerkenwell, being newly come out of the north. They received me with great kindness, and I was much pleased with the extraordinary fanciful habit, garb, and discourse of the Duchess.
On 18 Apr 1668 a great fire in Bridgetown, Barbados destroyed eight hundred building in the town.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Apr 1669. Lord's Day. Up, and all the morning till 2 o'clock at my Office, with Gibson and Tom, about drawing up fair my discourse of the Administration of the Navy, and then, Mr. Spong being come to dine with me, I in to dinner, and then out to my Office again, to examine the fair draught; and so borrowing Sir J. Minnes's (age 70) coach, he going with Colonel Middleton, I to White Hall, where we all met and did sign it and then to my Lord Arlington's (age 51), where the King (age 38), and the Duke of York (age 35), and Prince Rupert (age 49), as also Ormond and the two Secretaries, with my Lord Ashly (age 47) and Sir T. Clifton (age 38) was. And there, by and by, being called in, Mr. Williamson (age 35) did read over our paper, which was in a letter to the Duke of York, bound up in a book with the Duke of York's Book of Instructions. He read it well; and, after read, we were bid to withdraw, nothing being at all said to it. And by and by we were called in again, and nothing said to that business; but another begun, about the state of this year's action, and our wants of money, as I had stated the same lately to our Treasurers; which I was bid, and did largely, and with great content, open. And having so done, we all withdrew, and left them to debate our supply of money; to which, being called in, and referred to attend on the Lords of the Treasury, we all departed. And I only staid in the House till the Council rose; and then to the Duke of York, who in the Duchess's chamber come to me, and told me that the book was there left with my Lord Arlington, for any of the Lords to view that had a mind, and to prepare and present to the King what they had to say in writing, to any part of it, which is all we can desire, and so that rested. The Duke of York then went to other talk; and by and by comes the Prince of Tuscany (age 26) to visit him, and the Duchess (age 32); and I find that he do still remain incognito, and so intends to do all the time he stays here, for avoiding trouble to the King and himself, and expence also to both.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Apr 1680. On the earnest invitation of the Earl of Essex (age 48), I went with him to his house at Cashiobury, in Hertfordshire. It was on Sunday, but going early from his house in the square of St. James, we arrived by ten o'clock; this he thought too late to go to church, and we had prayers in his chapel. The house is new, a plain fabric, built by my friend, Mr. Hugh May (age 58). There are divers fair and good rooms, and excellent carving by Gibbons, especially the chimney-piece of the library. There is in the porch, or entrance, a painting by Verrio, of Apollo and the Liberal Arts. One room pargeted with yew, which I liked well. Some of the chimney mantels are of Irish marble, brought by my Lord from Ireland, when he was Lord-Lieutenant, and not much inferior to Italian. The tympanum, or gable, at the front is a bass-relievo of Diana hunting, cut in Portland stone, handsomely enough. I do not approve of the middle doors being round: but, when the hall is finished as designed, it being an oval with a cupola, together with the other wing, it will be a very noble palace. The library is large, and very nobly furnished, and all the books are richly bound and gilded; but there are no MSS., except the Parliament Rolls and Journals, the transcribing and binding of which cost him, as he assured me, £500.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Apr 1680. We spent our time in the mornings in walking, or riding, and contriving [alterations], and the afternoons in the library, so as I passed my time for three or four days with much satisfaction. He was pleased in conversation to impart to me divers particulars of state, relating to the present times. He being no great friend to the D-- [Note. Probably Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 39)] was now laid aside, his integrity and abilities being not so suitable in this conjuncture. 21st. I returned to London.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Apr 1680. As for my Lord, he is a sober, wise, judicious, and pondering person, not illiterate beyond the rate of most noblemen in this age, very well versed in English history and affairs, industrious, frugal, methodical, and every way accomplished. His Lady (age 44) (being sister of the late Earl of Northumberland) is a wise, yet somewhat melancholy woman, setting her heart too much on the little lady, her daughter (age 6), of whom she is over fond. They have a hopeful son (age 9) at the Academy.
Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693 April. 18 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Helen, Viscountess Kenmare. Shows that upon settlements made by her father and mother, she had, before the wars in Ireland, several lands and tenements in counties Kerry, Cork, and Limerick, to the value of 1,400l. per ann.; that likewise upon her marriage with Nicholas Browne (age 33), esq., now Viscount Kenmare, a jointure was settled and secured to her of 500l. per annum out of the said Lord Kenmare's estate; and that both her husband's and her own estate are seized upon the attainder of her said husband, who was made prisoner of war at Aughrim and afterwards discharged upon the Articles of Limerick. The petitioner prays for a reasonable maintenance out of her own and her husband's estate for the support of herself and her children. Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 473.]
On 18 Apr 1733 Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 54) was appointed Governor of the Scilly Isles.
On 18 Apr 1745 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch (age 50) was awarded Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford University.
Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. On 18 Apr 1756 James Everard Arundell died. Monument to James Everard Arundell died aged one month.
James Everard Arundell: In Mar 1756 he was born to James Everard Arundell and Ann Wyndham.
On 18 Apr 1850 William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 18 Apr 1965 Winifred Contance Hester Paget (age 83) died. Memoral at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map].
On 18 Apr 1975 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 59) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Hampshire.
Time Team Series 1 Episode 1: The Guerrilla Base of the King was filmed between 16 Apr 1993 and 18 Apr 1993. It was originally shown on 16 Jan 1994.
Location: Athelney Abbey [Map].
Category: Time Team Early Medieval.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson (age 47), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 47), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Gerry Barber, Bristol University Environmental Archaeologist
Phil Harding (age 43), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 30), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Robin Bush (age 50), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 58), Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Gerry McDonnell, Archeaological Scientist.
Base: George Hotel [Map] in Wedmore.
Techniques: Field Walking, Excavations, Magnetometry, Resistivity, Soil Coring
Sources: Life of Alfred by Asser, Assers Life of Alfred 878.
Historical Figures: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex, Guthrum Viking.
Events: Battle of Edington.
Outcomes: Plan of Athelney Abbey [Map], possible site of original Saxon church, Anglo-Saxon iron slag indicating iron working; the furthest west found at the time.
Births on the 18th April
Before 18 Apr 1367 Philippa Guines Duchess Ireland was born to Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 27) and Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 34) at Eltham Palace, Kent [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 18 Apr 1503 King Henry II of Navarre was born to Jean III King Navarre (age 34) and Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre (age 35).
On 18 Apr 1613 Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton was born to Thomas Wharton (age 25) and Philadelphia Carey.
On 18 Apr 1650 Edward Dering 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Dering 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Mary Harvey Lady Dering (age 20).
On 18 Apr 1674 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend was born to Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 43) and Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend (age 22).
On 18 Apr 1676 Thomas Twysden 4th Baronet was born to William Twysden 3rd Baronet (age 40).
On 18 Apr 1708 Penelope Barry was born to James Barry 4th Earl Barrymore (age 41) and Elizabeth "Bessy" Savage Countess Barrymore.
On 18 Apr 1708 James Cholmondeley was born to George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley (age 42) and Elisabeth van Ruytenburgh Baroness Newborough and Newburgh (age 28).
On 18 Apr 1728 William Tyler was born.
On 18 Apr 1731 Alexander Duff 3rd Earl Fife was born to William Duff 1st Earl Fife (age 34).
On 18 Apr 1740 Francis Baring 1st Baronet was born to John Baring (age 43) at Larkbeare House Exeter, Devon.
On 18 Apr 1742 Philip Wenman 7th Viscount Wenman was born to Philip Wenman 6th Viscount Wenman (age 22) and Sophia Herbert (age 25).
On 18 Apr 1747 Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (age 38) and Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton (age 31).
On 18 Apr 1752 Thomas Dyke Acland 9th Baronet was born to John Dyke Acland 7th Baronet (age 29) and Elizabeth Dyke Lady Acland.
On 18 Apr 1753 George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend was born to George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 29) and Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton.
On 18 Apr 1754 Lewis Watson 2nd Baron Sondes was born to Lewis Watson 1st Baron Sondes (age 25) and Grace Pelham Baroness Sondes (age 19).
On 18 Apr 1778 Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin was born to William Hamilton Nisbet (age 31) and Mary Manners (age 22).
On 18 Apr 1778 Matthew White Ridley 3rd Baronet was born to Matthew White Ridley 2nd Baronet (age 32).
On 18 Apr 1779 Rear-Admiral Frederick Paul Irby was born to Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 29) and Christian Methuen.
On 18 Apr 1783 Reverend Henry Pepys was born to William Weller Pepys 1st Baronet (age 43).
On 18 Apr 1786 Peter Parker 2nd Baronet was born to Vice-Admiral Christopher Parker (age 24) and Augusta Barbara Charlotte Byron (age 24).
On 18 Apr 1802 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 28) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 18).
On 18 Apr 1810 Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon was born to James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 34) and Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam.
On 18 Apr 1810 Thomas Henry Nightingale was born to Charles Ethelston Nightingale 11th Baronet (age 25) and Maria Dickonson Lady Nightingale (age 21) Coefficient of inbreeding 4.88%.
On 18 Apr 1813 Horatio Walpole 4th Earl Orford was born to Horatio Walpole 3rd Earl Orford (age 29) and Mary Fawkener Countess Orford (age 25).
On 18 Apr 1813 Orlando Weld-Forester 4th Baron Forester was born to Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester (age 46) and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester.
On 18 Apr 1818 Archibald William Douglas 8th Marquess Queensberry was born to John Douglas 7th Marquess Queensberry (age 39).
On 18 Apr 1831 Marcia Susan Cholmondeley was born to William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 31) and Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 27).
On 18 Apr 1850 William Grey 9th Earl Stamford 5th Earl Warrington was born to William Grey (age 31) at Newfoundland [Map].
On 18 Apr 1860 Robert Grimston was born to James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam (age 51) and Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam (age 35).
On 18 Apr 1861 Alistair George Hay was born to George Hay-Drummond 12th Earl Kinnoull (age 33) and Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset Countess Kinnoul (age 33).
On 18 Apr 1861 Blanche Felicia Curzon was born to Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale (age 29) and Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale (age 23).
On 18 Apr 1871 Godfrey Baring 1st Baronet was born to Charles Baring (age 41).
On 18 Apr 1874 Hugh Christopher Whichcote 10th Baronet was born to George Whichcote 8th Baronet (age 56) and Louisa Clagett.
On 18 Apr 1882 Philip Kerr 11th Marquess Lothian was born to Ralph Drury Kerr (age 44) and Anne Fitzalan (age 25).
On 18 Apr 1882 Harold Pearson 2nd Viscount Cowdray was born to Weetman Dickinson Pearson 1st Viscount Cowdray (age 25) and Annie Cass Viscountess Cowdray (age 21).
On 18 Apr 1889 Fergus Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 34) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 26).
On 18 Apr 1910 Edward Stephen Lycett Green 4th Baronet was born to Edward Arthur Lycett Green 3rd Baronet (age 24).
On 18 Apr 1916 Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Primrose Countess Halifax was born to Neil James Archibald Primrose (age 33) and Victoria Stanley.
On 18 Apr 1916 Dermot Chichester 7th Marquess Donegal was born to Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester 4th Baron Templemore (age 35) and Clare Meriel Wingfield Baroness Templemore (age 29).
On 18 Apr 1917 Frederica Hanover Queen Consort Greece was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Duke Brunswick (age 29) and Viktoria Luise Hohenzollern Duchess Brunswick (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 18 Apr 1944 Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale Duchess of Devonshire was born to Commander Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale and June Grace Shakespeare.
On 18 Apr 1971 Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield was born to Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield 8th Baronet (age 25) and Annabel Jones Viscountess Astor (age 22).
Marriages on the 18th April
On 18 Apr 1599 Philip III King Spain (age 21) and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain and Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain. They were first cousin once removed.
Before 18 Apr 1623 Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey (age 30) and Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey (age 15) were married. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 53).
On 18 Apr 1627 Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 19) and Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness (age 22) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 62). He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey (age 44) and Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey.
On 18 Apr 1732 Charles Cockayne 5th Viscount Cullen (age 21) and Ann Warren Viscountess Cullen were married. She by marriage Viscountess Cullen.
On 18 Apr 1736 James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 63) and Lydia Catherine Van Hatten Duchess Chandos were married. She by marriage Duchess Chandos.
On 18 Apr 1785 George Hay 7th Marquess Tweedale (age 32) and Hannah Maitland Marchioness Teviotdale (age 35) were married. She the daughter of John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 67) and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale. They were fourth cousins.
On 18 Apr 1816 George Thicknesse-Touchet 20th Baron Audley 17th Baron Tuchet (age 33) and Anne-Jane Donnelly Baroness Audley were married.
On 18 Apr 1828 Henry Peyton 3rd Baronet (age 23) and Georgina Elizabeth Bethell-Codrington Lady Peyton (age 29) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 18 Apr 1867 Nathan Meyer 1st Baron Rothschild (age 26) and Emma Louise von Rothschild Baroness Rothschild (age 23) were married. They were half first cousins.
On 18 Apr 1882 Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher 5th Baronet (age 36) and Emily Harriet Wade Lady Fletcher were married at St Anne's Church, Soho [Map].
On 18 Apr 1893 William Craven 4th Earl Craven (age 24) and Cornelia Martin Countess Craven (age 21) were married at Grace Church Manhattan. She an heiress bringing an allowance of $75000 per year and property in Mayfair. He the son of George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven.
On 18 Apr 1895 William Grey 9th Earl Stamford 5th Earl Warrington (age 45) and Penelope Theobald Countess Stamford and Warrington were married in London She by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 18 Apr 1903 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 26) and Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley (age 25) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 18 Apr 1904 William Cooper 4th Baronet (age 26) and Lettice Margaret Long (age 18) were married.
On 18 Apr 1940 Captain Heneage Michael Charles Finch 9th Earl of Aylesford (age 31) and Pamela Elizabeth Finch Countess of Aylesford (age 38) were married. He was killed in action six weeks later.
Deaths on the 18th April
On 18 Apr 1331 Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 68) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Neville Raby.
On 18 Apr 1607 Rosamund Freschville Baroness Darcy (age 30) died.
On 18 Apr 1621 Bridget Chaworth (age 79) died. Monument in St Andrew's Church, Ufford [Map]. Marble with Corinthian Columns and reclining effigy. Corinthian Columns. Stuart Hooded Monument.
The inscription reads "Dame Bridget, Lady Carr, widow, daughter of Sir John Chaworth of Wiverton, Nottingham, late wife to Sir William Carr of Old Sleaford in the county of Lincoln, who served the late Queen Elizabeth of most famous memory, being one of the gentlewomen of her Majesty's Privy Chamber for the space of five and twenty years, and afterwards served the most renowned Queen Anne, wife to our most gracious sovereign, King James, for the space of 14 years, being the residue of her life, and died the 18th day of April being of the age of 79 years, the which said Lady Carr, out of her love to her dear sister Katherine, the wife of George Quarles of this town of Ufford, esquire, hath caused her body to be here interred 1621".
Bridget Chaworth: In 1542 she was born to John Chaworth and Mary Paston. Around 1590 William Carr and she were married.
On 18 Apr 1629 Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle (age 59) died at Bothal, Northumberland [Map]. Her son William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 36) succeeded 9th Baron Ogle.
On 18 Apr 1650 Simonds D'Ewes 1st Baronet (age 47) died. His son Willoughby D'Ewes 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet D'Ewes of Stowlangtoft Hall.
On 18 Apr 1653 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 76) died. His grandson Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg (age 26) succeeded 2nd Viscount Faunconberg, 3rd Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
On 18 Apr 1689 George "Hanging Judge" Jeffreys 1st Baron Jeffreys (age 43) died. His son John Jeffreys 2nd Baron Jeffreys (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Jeffreys.
On 18 Apr 1690 Charles V Duke of Lorraine (age 47) died. His son Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 10) succeeded Duke Lorraine.
On 18 Apr 1694 William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton (age 59) died. His son James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon (age 36) succeeded 4th Duke Hamilton. His son Charles Hamilton 2nd Earl Selkirk (age 32) succeeded 2nd Earl Selkirk.
On 18 Apr 1702 Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough (age 80) died.
On 18 Apr 1712 William Tracy 4th Viscount Tracy (age 55) died. He was buried at Toddington, Gloucestershire. His son Charles Tracy 5th Viscount Tracy (age 21) succeeded 5th Viscount Tracy of Rathcoole in Dublin.
On 18 Apr 1752 John Murray 2nd Earl Dunmore (age 66) died. His brother William Murray 3rd Earl Dunmore (age 56) succeeded 3rd Earl Dunmore.
On 18 Apr 1762 Thomas Newport 4th Earl Bradford (age 66) died at Weston Park, Staffordshire. Earl Bradford, Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire extinct.
On 18 Apr 1773 John Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (age 75) died without issue at Bruton Abbey [Map]. Baron Berkeley of Stratton in Cornwall extinct.
On 18 Apr 1774 Charles Style 5th Baronet died. His son Charles Style 6th Baronet succeeded 6th Baronet Style of Wateringbury in Kent.
On 18 Apr 1778 Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer (age 41) died at Portland Square Marylebone. Baron Archer of Umberslade extinct.
On 18 Apr 1787 Robert Shirley 6th Earl Ferrers (age 63) died. His son Robert Shirley 7th Earl Ferrers (age 30) succeeded 7th Earl Ferrers, 13th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Elizabeth Prentiss Countess Ferrers by marriage Countess Ferrers.
On 18 Apr 1803 John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker (age 78) died. His son John Henniker-Major 2nd Baron Henniker (age 50) succeeded 2nd Baron Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow, 3rd Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk. Emily Jones Baroness Henniker by marriage Baroness Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow.
On 18 Apr 1827 John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley (age 65) died at Tabley House, Cheshire. His son George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Tabley, 6th Baronet Leicester of Timogue in Queen's County.
On 18 Apr 1828 John Trevelyan 4th Baronet (age 93) died. His son John Trevelyan 5th Baronet (age 67) succeeded 5th Baronet Trevelyan of Nettlecombe.
On 18 Apr 1833 Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 52) died.
On 18 Apr 1834 Harriet Hale Baroness Dundas (age 64) died at 19 Arlington Street, Piccadilly.
On 18 Apr 1841 Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore (age 66) died at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [Map]. His son Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl Belmore (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh, Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh and Baron Belmore of Castle Coole in the County of Fermanagh. Emily Louise Shepherd Countess Belmore (age 26) by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 18 Apr 1851 Henry Bickersteth 1st Baron Langdale (age 67) died. Baron Langdale of Langdale in Westmoreland extinct.
On 18 Apr 1872 George Edward Thicknesse-Touchet 21st Baron Audley 18th Baron Tuchet (age 55) died. Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire and Baron Tuchet abeyant between his two daughters Mary Thicknesse-Touchet 22nd Baroness Audley (age 13) and Emily Thicknesse-Touchet.
On 18 Apr 1891 Alfred Wilson Trevelyan 7th Baronet (age 59) died. His second cousin once removed Walter John Trevelyan 8th Baronet (age 25) succeeded 8th Baronet Trevelyan of Nettlecombe.
On 18 Apr 1893 Alfred Stourton 20th Baron Stourton 22nd Baron Segrave 21st Baron Mowbray (age 64) died. His son Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton 21st Baron Stourton 23rd Baron Segrave 22nd Baron Mowbray (age 25) succeeded 21st Baron Stourton, 23rd Baron Segrave and 22nd Baron Mowbray.
On 18 Apr 1904 Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 83) died. His son Henry Thompson 2nd Baronet (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Thompson of Wimpole Street in London.
On 18 Apr 1907 William Brodrick 8th Viscount Midleton (age 77) died. His son William St John Brodrick 1st Earl of Midleton (age 50) succeeded 8th Viscount Midleton of Midleton in Cork, 8th Baron Brodrick of Midleton in Cork, 6th Baron Brodrick of Peper Harrow in Surrey.
On 18 Apr 1912 Henry Charles Gage 5th Viscount Gage (age 58) died. His son Henry Rainaud Gage 6th Viscount Gage (age 16) succeeded 6th Viscount Gage of Castle Island in County Kerry, 6th Baron Gage of Castlebar in County Mayo, 5th Baron Gage of Highmeadow, 13th Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.
On 18 Apr 1945 Algernon Sidney 4th Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 90) died. His brother William Sidney 5th Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 85) succeeded 5th Baron De Lisle and Dudley, 6th Baronet Shelley-Sidney of Penshurst Place in Kent.
On 18 Apr 2011 Jane McNeill Duchess of Buccleuch (age 81) died.
On 18 Apr 2016 John Leslie 4th Baronet (age 99) died unmarried. Baronet Leslie of Glaslough in County Monaghan Dormant. Shaun Leslie (age 68) is the de jure 5th Baronet although has yet to make a formal application to be included on the Official Roll.