On 18 Dec 1075 Edith of Wessex Queen Consort England (age 49) died.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. [18 Dec 1075]. This year died the Lady Edgitha (age 49), who was the relict of King Edward, seven nights before Christmas, at Winchester; and the king (age 47) caused her to be brought to Westminster with great pomp; and he laid her with King Edward, her lord.

Chronicle of Adam of Usk. 18 Dec 1381. In this same year there came into England one Pileus¹, cardinal priest of Saint Praxedes, to treat, on behalf of the emperor of Germany and king of Bohemia, with the council of England of and about a marriage between our king and the lady Ann (age 15), sister of the same emperor²; who afterwards became thereby our most gracious queen, howbeit she died without issue. At his coming, this cardinal, falsely feigning himself legate a latere and as having the power of the pope, then did exercise the papal offices. And among other things he made me notary, though to no purpose, in the house of the friars preachers of London, where he was then dwelling. Thus did he gather to himself countless money, and, the treaty of marriage being settled, he departed from England with his gains, to his own condemnation; idly trusting that the pope would approve these his acts. And, after his departure, the said lady Ann was bought for a great price by our lord the king (age 14), for she was much sought in marriage by the king of France³; and she was then sent over into England to be crowned queen.

Note 1. Pileo di Prata, bishop of Padua, and, in 1370, archbishop of Ravenna. He was one of the papal legates employed, at Bruges, in negotiating a peace between England and France, in 1375. At the papal schism, in 1378, he threw in his lot with Urban VI., by whom he was made cardinal, and was sent nuncio to Germany. In 1386, he seceded to Clement VII., who employed him in an unsuccessful attempt to break the power of Urban in Florence. But three years after, on the death of Urban, he deserted Clement for Boniface IX., who made him cardinal bishop of Tusculum. By these agile changes he got the nickname of ‘"Cardinalis trium Pileorum," the Cardinal of Three Hats. He was further appointed legate at Viterbo; but he exasperated the people to such a degree that they drove him out. He died in 1401.—Ciaconius, Vite Pont. Rom. ij. 637.

Note 2. Wenceslaus, or Wenzel, emperor of Germany, 1378.

Note 3. This is not stated by the other chroniclers. The idea was no doubt suggested by the intention of the king of France, Charles V., to waylay and capture her on the sea, out of hostility to England. He desisted on the remonstrance of Ann's uncle, the duke of Brabant (age 44). Ann landed in England on the 18th December, 1381, and was married on the 14th January, 1382. Knighton (ij. 150) says:— "dedit imperatori, ut dicebatur, pro maritagio decem mille libras, preter alias expensas in querendo eam et adducendo eam sumptibus suis propriis."

On 18 Dec 1424 Archbishop John Stafford was appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells.

On 18 Dec 1495 Alfonso II King Naples (age 47) died. His son Ferdinand II King Naples (age 26) succeeded II King Naples. Joanna Trastámara Queen Consort Naples (age 16) by marriage Queen Consort Naples.

Letters and Papers 1535. 18 Dec 1535. R. O. 991. Thomas Broke to Lady Lisle (age 41).

I have delivered your token to Mrs. Margery Horsman, who says she knows not the man she sent to your Ladyship, but was desired by a near friend to write in his favor. She says also the Queen (age 34) sets much store by a pretty dog; "and her Grace delighted so much in little Purkoy, that after he was dead of a fall there durst nobody tell her Grace of it." But she values a dog more than a bitch. Mr. Smythe says it would have been no use speaking of £160 or £180, for they would not agree to more than £120, but preferred that it should go to law. Jas. Roberts is come to London this day, but I cannot meet with him. As soon as I receive the cap I will have it sent to the prioress of Winchester. My bedfellow has been three times at Mr. Judd's, but has failed to find him. London, 18 Dec.

Hol., p. 1. Add.: At Calais.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1541. 18 Dec 1541. This yeare the 18th of December, beinge Sonday, Alexander Seton, a Skott borne, and chaplaine to the Duke of Suffolke (age 57), and the parson of St. Antlins, for sedicious preachinge that they had sowed amonge the people in their sermons against firee will and good workes, by injunction of the Bishop of London, did after the beedes [prayers] of the preacher, which was Mr. Rudde, chauntry priest of Barkinge, read the submission of their erronious opinions, submittinge them whollye to the Catholicke lawes of the Church from the bottom of theyre hartes, and never more to preach or teache any erronious opinions duringe theyr lives.

Holinshed's Chronicle 1543. 18 Dec 1543. The eighteenth of December the archbishop of Canturburies palace at Canturburie was burnt, and therin was burnt his brother-in-law¹, and other men.

Note 1. It isn't clear who is meant by this. The Archbishop of Canterbury was Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 54).

Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 18 Dec 1553. The xviijth day, the lady Jane (age 17) had the libertie of the Tower, so that she might walk in the quenes garden and on the hille; and the lorde Robert and lorde Gilford the liberty of the leds in the Bell Tower, whether they ....

Henry Machyn's Diary. 18 Dec 1554. The xviij day of Desember was a grett tryhumph at the court gatte, by the Kyng (age 27) and dyvers lordes boyth English-men and Spaneards, the wyche the Kyng and his compene [were] in goodly harnes, and a-pon ther armes goodly jerkyns of bluw velvett, and hosse in-brodered with sylver and bluw sarsenett; and so thay rane on fott with spayrers [spears] and swerds at the tornay, and with dromes and flutes in whyt velvet [drawn] owt with blu sarsenett, and ther wher x aganst [the King] and ys compene, the wher xviij in odur colers.

On 18 Dec 1557 Archdeacon John Philpot (age 41) was burned at the stake for being a heretic i.e. being a Protestant.

On 18 Dec 1574 Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress was born to William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 26) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.86%.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1616. 18 Dec 1616Upon the 18th I alighted at Islington where my Lord (age 27) who came in my Lady Witby Pole’s coach which he borrowed, my Lady Effingham the widow, my Sister Beauchamp, and a great many more came to meet me so that we were in all 10 or 11 coaches and so I came to Dorset House where the Child met me in the Gallery. The house was well dressed up against I came.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 18 Dec 1619. The 18th my Lord (age 30) came and supped with me in my chamber, which he had not done before since his coming from London, for I determined to keep my chamber, and did not so much as go over the threshold of the door.

On 18 Dec 1626 Christina Queen of Sweden was born to King Gustavus Adolphus II of Sweden (age 32).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Dec 1661. At the office upon business extraordinary all the morning, then to my Lady Sandwich's (age 36) to dinner, whither my wife, who had been at the painter's (age 55), came to me, and there dined, and there I left her, and to the Temple [Map] my brother and I to see Mrs. Turner (age 38), who begins to be better, and so back to my Lady's, where much made of, and so home to my study till bed-time, and so to bed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Dec 1663. Up, and after being ready and done several businesses with people, I took water (taking a dram of the bottle at the waterside) with a gaily, the first that ever I had yet, and down to Woolwich, Kent [Map], calling at Ham Creeke, where I met Deane (age 30), and had a great deal of talke with him about business, and so to the Ropeyard [Map]e and Docke, discoursing several things, and so back again and did the like at Deptford, and I find that it is absolutely necessary for me to do thus once a weeke at least all the yeare round, which will do me great good, and so home with great ease and content, especially out of the content which I met with in a book I bought yesterday, being a discourse of the state of Rome under the present Pope, Alexander the 7th, it being a very excellent piece. After eating something at home, then to my office, where till night about business to dispatch. Among other people came Mr. Primate, the leather seller, in Fleete Streete, to see me, he says, coming this way; and he tells me that he is upon a proposal to the King (age 33), whereby, by a law already in being, he will supply the King, without wrong to any man, or charge to the people in general, so much as it is now, above £200,000 per annum, and God knows what, and that the King do like the proposal, and hath directed that the Duke of Monmouth (age 14), with their consent, be made privy, and go along with him and his fellow proposer in the business, God knows what it is; for I neither can guess nor believe there is any such thing in his head.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Dec 1665. So to the 'Change [Map], hoping to see them in the streete, and missing them, went back again thither and back to the 'Change [Map], but no sight of them, so went after my business again, and, though late, was sent to by Sir W. Warren (who heard where I was) to intreat me to come dine with him, hearing that I lacked a dinner, at the Pope's Head; and there with Mr. Hinton, the goldsmith, and others, very merry; but, Lord! to see how Dr. Hinton (age 61) come in with a gallant or two from Court, and do so call "Cozen" Mr. Hinton, the goldsmith, but I that know him to be a beggar and a knave, did make great sport in my mind at it¹.

Note 1. John Hinton, M.D., a strong royalist, who attended Henrietta Maria in her confinement at Exeter when she gave birth to the Princess Henrietta (age 21). He was knighted by Charles II, and appointed physician in ordinary to the King (age 35) and Queen (age 27). His knighthood was a reward for having procured a private advance of money from his kinsman, the goldsmith, to enable the Duke of Albemarle (age 57) to pay the army (see "Memorial to King Charles II. from Sir John Hinton, A.D. 1679", printed in Ellis's "Original Letters", 3rd series, vol. iv., p 296).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Dec 1667. Up, and to my goldsmith's in the morning, to look after the providing of £60 for Mr. Moore, towards the answering of my Lord Sandwich's (age 42) bill of exchange, he being come to be contented with my lending him £60 in part of it, which pleases me, I expecting to have been forced to answer the whole bill; and this, which I do do, I hope to secure out of the plate, which was delivered into my custody of my Lord's the other day by Mr. Cooke, and which I did get Mr. Stokes, the goldsmith, last night to weigh at my house, and there is enough to secure £100.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Dec 1684. I went with Lord Cornwallis (age 28) to see the young gallants do their exercise, Mr. Faubert having newly rail'd in a manage, and fitted it for the academy. There were the Dukes of Norfolk (age 29) and Northumberland (age 18), Lord Newburgh, and a nephew of (Duras) Earle of Feversham (age 43). The exercises were, 1. running at the ring; 2. flinging a javelin at a Moor's head; 3. discharging a pistol at a mark; lastly, taking up a gauntlet with the point of a sword; all these perform'd in full speede. The D. of Northumberland hardly miss'd of succeeding in every one, a dozen times, as I think. The D. of Norfolk did exceeding bravely. Lords Newburgh and Duras seem'd nothing so dextrous. Here I saw the difference of what ye French call "belle homme a cheval", and "bon homme a cheval;" the Duke of Norfolk being the first, that is, rather a fine person on a horse, the Duke of Northumberland being both in perfection, namely, a graceful person and excellent rider. But the Duke of Norfolk told me he had not ben at this exercise these 12 yeares before. There were in the field ye Prince of Denmark (age 31), and the Lord Landsdown (age 23), sonn of ye Earle of Bath (age 56), who had ben made a Count of ye Empire last Summer for his service before Vienna.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Dec 1685. I din'd at the greate entertainment his Ma* (age 52) gave ye Venetian Ambassadors, Sign. Zenno and Justiniani, accompanied with 10 more noble Venetians of their most illustrious families, Cornaro, Maccenigo, &c. who came to congratulate their Maties coming to ye Crowne. The dinner was most magnificent and plentifull, at four tables, with music, kettle drums, and trumpets, wcb sounded upon a whistle at every health. The banquet [desert] was 12 vast chargers pil'd up so high that those who sat one against another could hardly see each other. Of these sweetemeates, weh doubtless were some days piling up in that exquisite manner, the Ambassadors touch'd not, but leaving them to ye spectators who came out of curiosity to see the dinner, were exceedingly pleas'd to see in what a moment of time all that curious work was demolished, the comfitures voided, and the tables clear'd. Thus his Ma* entertain'd them three days, which (for the table only) cost him £600, as the Cleark of the Greene cloth (Sr Wm Bbreman (age 73)) assur'd me. Dinner ended, I saw their procession or cavalcade to Whitehall, innumerable coaches attending. The two Ambass. had 4 coaches of their owne and 50 footemen (as I remember), besides other equipage as splendid as ye occasion would permitt, the Court being still in mourning. Thence I went to the audience wch they had in the Queene's presence chamber, the Banquetting house [Map] being full of goods and furniture till the galleries on the garden side, Council chamber, and new Chapell now in building, were finish'd. They went to their audience in those plain black gownes and caps which they constantly weare in the Citty of Venice. I was invited to have accompanied the 2 Ambassadors in their coach to supper that night, returning now to their own lodgings, as no longer at the King's expence; but being weary I excus'd myself.

On 18 Dec 1724 Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 41) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 41).

On 18 Dec 1755 John Hamilton (age 41) drowned in Portsmouth Harbour. He had returned from his first command following his marriage to Harriet Craggs (age 42). Despite the weather being stormy he set out in a small boat for shore. The boat was overturned throwing all nine men into the rough water. Some of the men caught hold of the bottom of the upturned boat and waited for help to come from shore. Hamilton, confident in his swimming skills, swam around in the water – reportedly for twenty minutes – "exhorting the men to resignation in case they could not save themselves and, at the same time, encouraging them to exert their strength to preserve life". Along with two of his men, the Captain drowned before help arrived. One newspaper reported that, "The Loss of this Hon. Gentleman is great, he being much esteem'd for his Naval Abilities and exemplary Piety, (having Divine Service perform'd twice a Day at Sea to the Ship's Company) to whom he was a Father; his whole Behaviour was uniform and shew'd both the Christian and Gentleman." Hamilton's portmanteau was retrieved from the water by his footman (one of the six rescued men) and carried to shore. A "Gentleman" at Portsmouth set out immediately for London, with said portmanteau, to inform Harriot "in the discreetest manner possible" of her husband's death.

On 18 Dec 1835 Frances Charlotte Lambton (age 23) died of consumption.

On 18 Dec 1857 Robert Barlow Palmer Byng (age 41) was killed at Alumbagh, India, while on active service.

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

On 18 Dec 1879 Henry Hugh Armstead (age 51) was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.

On 18 Dec 1882 Dean Francis Close (age 85) died. Monument in Carlisle Cathedral [Map] sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 54).

Dean Francis Close: On 11 Jul 1797 he was born in Frome, Somerset. On 24 Nov 1856 he was appointed Dean of Carlisle.

On 18 Dec 1276 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Harringworth was born to Eudo Zouche (age 38) and Millicent Cantilupe at Harringworth, Northamptonshire [Map].

On 18 Dec 1574 Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress was born to William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 26) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.86%.

On 18 Dec 1602 Simonds D'Ewes 1st Baronet was born to Paul d'Ewes (age 35) and Cecilia Simonds (age 23) at Milden, Suffolk.

On 18 Dec 1611 Georg Friedrich Oldenburg was born to Alexander Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 38) and Dorothea Schwarzburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 32).

On 18 Dec 1622 George Booth 1st Baron Delamer was born to William Booth (age 27) and Vere Egerton (age 26).

On 18 Dec 1626 Christina Queen of Sweden was born to King Gustavus Adolphus II of Sweden (age 32).

On 18 Dec 1662 James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry was born to William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry (age 25) and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry (age 20).

On 18 Dec 1665 Unamed Oldenburg was born to Ernest Günther Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 56) and Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.

On 18 Dec 1676 Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol was born to Thomas Felton 4th Baronet (age 27) and Elizabeth Howard Lady Felton.

On 18 Dec 1690 Edmund Isham 6th Baronet was born to Justinian Isham 4th Baronet (age 32) and Elizabeth Turnor Lady Isham (age 24).

On 18 Dec 1698 Sophie Henriette Glücksburg was born to Frederick Louis Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 45) and Louise Charlotte Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 40). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.82%.

On 18 Dec 1707 Walter Calverley aka Blackett 2nd Baronet was born to Walter Calverly 1st Baronet (age 37) and Julia Blacket Lady Calverley (age 21).

On 18 Dec 1714 Philippine Élisabeth Bourbon was born to Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans (age 40) and Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans (age 37). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.39%.

On 18 Dec 1719 twins William Stanhope 2nd Earl of Harrington and Thomas Stanhope were born to William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington (age 36) and Anne Griffith (age 21). Their mother died in childbirth.

On 18 Dec 1724 Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 41) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 41).

On 18 Dec 1734 John Thorold 9th Baronet was born to John Thorold 8th Baronet (age 31) and Elizabeth Ayton Lady Thorold.

On 18 Dec 1751 George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont was born to Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont (age 41) and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont (age 25).

On 18 Dec 1766 William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans was born to Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans (age 26) and Catherine Ponsonby Duchess St Albans (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Dec 1767 John Wallop 3rd Earl Portsmouth was born to John Wallop 2nd Earl Portsmouth (age 25) and Urania Fellowes (age 25). He was identified as an unsound mind from an early age.

On 18 Dec 1788 Captain John Edmund George Parker 4th Baronet was born to Vice-Admiral Christopher Parker (age 27) and Augusta Barbara Charlotte Byron (age 26).

On 18 Dec 1796 George Orlando Gunning was born to George William Gunning 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Diana Bridgeman.

On 18 Dec 1836 Adolphus John Spencer-Churchill Chichester was born to Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal (age 37) and Amelia Ogrady Marchioness County Donegal.

On 18 Dec 1844 Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baron Shuttleworth was born.

On 18 Dec 1846 Archibald Campbell was born to George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll (age 23) and Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll.

On 18 Dec 1847 Admiral William Alison Dyke Acland 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Wentworth Acland 1st Baronet (age 32) and Sarah Cotton (age 32).

On 18 Dec 1848 Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley was born to Charles Robert Rowley 4th Baronet (age 48) and Maria Louisa Vanneck (age 37).

On 18 Dec 1852 Rupert Carrington 4th Baron Carrington was born to Robert Carrington 2nd Baron Carrington (age 56) and Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond Willoughby Baroness Carrington (age 37).

On 18 Dec 1860 Alice Isabella Harriet Bligh was born to John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 33) and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley (age 31).

On 18 Dec 1872 James Edward Harris 5th Earl Malmesbury was born to Edward Harris 4th Earl Malmesbury (age 30) and Sylvia Georgina Stewart Countess of Malmesbury.

On 18 Dec 1886 Gerald Grove 3rd Baronet was born to Walter John Grove 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Agnes Geraldine Lane Fox-Pitt Lady Grove (age 23).

On 18 Dec 1895 William Pleydell-Bouverie 7th Earl of Radnor was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 6th Earl Radnor (age 27) and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour.

On 18 Dec 1911 Derek Keppel was born to Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle (age 29) and Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington (age 22).

On 18 Dec 1936 John William Fleetwood Fuller 3rd Baronet was born to Gerard Henry Fleetwood Fuller 2nd Baronet (age 30) and Fiona Pratt Countess Normanton.

On 18 Dec 1938 John Horsbrugh-Porter 4th Baronet was born to Colonel Andrew Horsbrugh-Porter 3rd Baronet (age 31).

On 18 Dec 1952 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury 7th Earl Talbot was born to John Chetwynd-Talbot 21st Earl of Shrewsbury 6th Earl Talbot (age 38) and Nina Mortlock Countess Shrewsbury, Waterford and Talbot.

On 18 Dec 1244 Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 47) and Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 64).

On 18 Dec 1622 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 24) and Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester were married. She the daughter of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage (age 36) and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 41). He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester (age 63) and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester. They were fourth cousins.

On 18 Dec 1638 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath (age 51) and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex (age 25) were married at Church of St Bartholomew the Great. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland (age 56). They were second cousin twice removed.

Before 18 Dec 1676 Thomas Felton 4th Baronet (age 27) and Elizabeth Howard Lady Felton were married. She by marriage Lady Felton of Playford in Suffolk. She the daughter of James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 57) and Barbara Villiers Countess Suffolk (age 54).

Before 18 Dec 1719 William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington (age 36) and Anne Griffith (age 21) were married.

On 18 Dec 1823 William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham (age 25) and Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway (age 55) and Jane Paget Countess Galloway (age 49).

On 18 Dec 1856 James Molyneux Caulfeild 3rd Earl Charlemont (age 36) and Elizabeth Jane Somerville Countess Charlemont (age 22) were married.

On 18 Dec 1879 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 28) and Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 56) and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 56) and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 57). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Dec 1945 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 6th Marquess of Salisbury (age 29) and Marjorie Olein Wyndham-Quin (age 23) were married. He the son of Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury (age 52) and Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury (age 50).

On 18 Dec 1951 Percy Hamilton Seymour 18th Duke of Somerset (age 41) and Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas Duchess Somerset were married. He the son of Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset (age 69) and Edith Mary Parker Duchess Somerset (age 70).

Before 18 Dec 1952 John Chetwynd-Talbot 21st Earl of Shrewsbury 6th Earl Talbot (age 38) and Nina Mortlock Countess Shrewsbury, Waterford and Talbot were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess Waterford, Countess Talbot.

On 18 Dec 1075 Edith of Wessex Queen Consort England (age 49) died.

On 18 Dec 1316 Bishop Gilbert Segrave (age 50) died.

On 18 Dec 1398 Maud Lacy Countess Northumberland (age 55) died.

On 18 Dec 1446 Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon (age 55) died.

On 18 Dec 1475 Margery Berners Baroness Berners (age 67) died.

On 18 Dec 1495 Alfonso II King Naples (age 47) died. His son Ferdinand II King Naples (age 26) succeeded II King Naples. Joanna Trastámara Queen Consort Naples (age 16) by marriage Queen Consort Naples.

On 18 Dec 1515 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Ross (age 1) died at Stirling Castle [Map].

On 18 Dec 1614 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 64) died. His son Theophilius Finch 2nd Baronet (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.

On 18 Dec 1646 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 69) died at Covent Garden [Map]. His son Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 44) succeeded 2nd Marquess Worcester, 6th Earl Worcester, 8th Baron Herbert of Raglan.

On 18 Dec 1651 William Brabazon 1st Earl Meath (age 71) died. His son Edward Brabazon 2nd Earl Meath (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Meath, 3rd Baron Ardee. Mary Chambré Countess Meath (age 40) by marriage Countess Meath.

On 18 Dec 1682 Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham (age 60) died at Great Queen Street Covent Garden. He was buried at Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire. His son Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 2nd Baron Finch Daventry. Essex Rich 2nd Countess Nottingham (age 30) by marriage Countess Nottingham.

On or before 18 Dec 1689 Peter Eure (age 34) died. He was buried on 18 Dec 1689. His sister Mary Eure (age 38) de jure 16th Baroness Scrope of Bolton.

On 18 Dec 1712 Robert Cotton 1st Baronet (age 77) died. His son Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton (age 37) by marriage Lady Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.

On 18 Dec 1721 Paul Whichcote 2nd Baronet (age 78) died. His son Francis Whichcote 3rd Baronet (age 29) succeeded 3rd Baronet Whichcote of the Inner Temple in the City of London. Mary Banks Lady Whichcote by marriage Lady Whichcote of the Inner Temple in the City of London.

On 18 Dec 1724 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 63) died. His son Thomas L'Estrange 5th Baronet (age 35) succeeded 5th Baronet Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk. Anne Calthorpe Lady Strange by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.

On 18 Dec 1734 Robert Kemp 3rd Baronet (age 67) died at Ufford, Suffolk. His son Robert Kemp 4th Baronet (age 35) succeeded 4th Baronet Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk.

On 18 Dec 1745 Joanna Taylor Lady Wray died.

On 18 Dec 1760 Juliana Noel Baroness Carbery (age 26) died.

On 18 Dec 1784 John Chichester 5th Baronet (age 63) died. His son John Chichester 6th Baronet (age 32) succeeded 6th Baronet Chichester of Raleigh in Devon.

On 18 Dec 1792 David Kennedy 10th Earl Cassilis (age 58) died unmarried. His second cousin once removed Archibald Kennedy 11th Earl Cassilis (age 72) succeeded 11th EarL Cassilis at which time he was lviign in New York. Baronet Kennedy of Culzean in Ayrshire extinct.

On 18 Dec 1805 Henry St John 13th Baron St John (age 47) died. His brother Andrew St John 14th Baron St John (age 46) succeeded 14th Baron St John of Bletso, 11th Baronet St John of Woodford in Northamptonshire.

On 18 Dec 1823 Henry Barry 8th Earl Barrymore (age 53) died. Earl Barrymore extinct.

On 18 Dec 1843 Thomas Graham 1st Baron Lynedoch (age 97) died. Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan in Perthshire extinct.

On 18 Dec 1846 George Hilaro Barlow 1st Baronet (age 83) died. His son Robert Barlow 2nd Baronet (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baronet Barlow of Fort William in Bengal.

On 18 Dec 1859 Henry Fox 4th Baron Holland (age 57) died. Baron Holland in Lincolnshire and Baron Holland of Foxley in Wiltshire extinct.

On 18 Dec 1868 Thomas Gresley 10th Baronet (age 36) died. His son Robert Gresley 11th Baronet (age 2) succeeded 11th Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.

On 18 Dec 1869 Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife (age 40) died.

On 18 Dec 1882 Dean Francis Close (age 85) died. Monument in Carlisle Cathedral [Map] sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 54).

Dean Francis Close: On 11 Jul 1797 he was born in Frome, Somerset. On 24 Nov 1856 he was appointed Dean of Carlisle.

On 18 Dec 1894 Edmund Shirley 3rd Baronet (age 68) died. His son Edmund Arthur Lechmere 4th Baronet (age 29) succeeded 4th Baronet Lechmere of Rhyd in Worcestershire.

On 18 Dec 1899 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 89) died. His son George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville (age 47) succeeded 7th Earl Tankerville, 8th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville by marriage Countess Tankerville.

On 18 Dec 1915 Robert Jocelyn 7th Earl Roden (age 70) died. His son Robert Jocelyn 8th Earl Roden (age 32) succeeded 8th Earl Roden

On 18 Dec 1922 Carl Ferdinand Meyer 1st Baronet (age 70) died. His son Frank Meyer 2nd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Meyer of Shortgrove.

On 18 Dec 1925 William Hamo Thornycroft (age 75) died. He was buried at Wolvercote Cemetery Oxford [Map].

On 18 Dec 1932 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 88) died. His nephew Arthur Henry Dillon 18th Viscount Dillon (age 57) succeeded 18th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo. Hilda Brunner Viscountess Dillon (age 58) by marriage Viscountess Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.

On 18 Dec 1949 Albert Toft (age 87) died.

On 18 Dec 1955 Drummond Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith 5th Baronet (age 79) died. His son Thomas Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith 6th Baronet (age 38) succeeded 6th Baronet Hamilton-Spencer-Smith of Tring Park in Hertfordshire.

On 18 Dec 1973 George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 82) died. His son John Francis Rodney 9th Baron Rodney (age 53) succeeded 9th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.

On 18 Dec 1981 Anthony Chaplin 3rd Viscount Chaplin died. Viscount Chaplin of Saint Oswald's in Blankney in Lincolnshire extinct.

On 18 Dec 1991 Mark Chandos Auberon Henniker 8th Baronet (age 85) died. His son Adrian Chandos Henniker 9th Baronet (age 45) succeeded 9th Baronet Henniker of Newton Hall in Essex.

On 18 Dec 1995 George Edward Mordaunt Milner 9th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Timothy William Lycett Milner 10th Baronet (age 59) succeeded 10th Baronet Milner of Nun Appleton Hall in Yorkshire.

On 18 Dec 2012 William Marcus Worsley 5th Baronet (age 87) died at Hovingham Hall. His son William Ralph Worsley (age 56) succeeded 6th Baronet Worsley of Hovingham Hall.

On 18 Dec 2017 Jack Vernon 7th Baron Lyveden (age 79) died. His son Colin Vernon 8th Baron Lyveden (age 50) succeeded 8th Baron Lyveden.