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On this Day in History ... 18th June

18 Jun is in June.

1429 Battle of Patay

1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion

1525 Knighting of Henry Fitzroy

1528 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

1660 June Creation of Baronets

1661 Creation of Baronets and Peerages by Charles II Post Coronation

1683 Popish Plot

1815 Battle of Waterloo

1855 Battle of the Great Redan

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 18th June

On 18 Jun 1250 Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon (age 74) died.

On 18 Jun 1291 Alfonso III King Aragon (age 25) died. His brother James "The Just" II King Aragon (age 24) succeeded II King Aragon.

On 18 Jun 1318 Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet was born to King Edward II of England (age 34) and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 23) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She was named for her paternal grandmother Eleanor of Castile. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.16%.

On 18 Jun 1318 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 12) and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre (age 6) were married. She the daughter of Louis X King France I Navarre and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. He the son of Louis I Count Évreux (age 42) and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 18 Jun 1429 the Battle of Patay was the final engagement of the Loire Campaign of the Hundred Years War. The French forces commanded by Joan of Arc (age 17), Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" and Jean Poton Xaintrailles (age 39) defeated an English force of 5000. The English lost around 2000 men with Thomas Scales 7th Baron Scales (age 32), Thomas Rempston (age 40), and John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 46) being captured. John Fastolf (age 49) fought.

Chronicle of Gregory 1450. 07 Jun 1450. And yn the fowarde, as they wolde have folowyde the captayne, was slayn Syr Umfray Stafforde (age 50) and Wylliam Stafford (age 30), squyer, one the mannylste man of alle this realme of Engelonde, whythe many moo othyr of mene personys at Sevenocke [Map], in Kentt, in her oute ragyng fro her oste of our sovereign lordys the kyng, Harry the vj te. And the kyng (age 28) loggyd that nyght at Grenewyche [Map], and son aftyr every lord whythe his retynewe rood home in to her contraye. [Note. The date sometimes given as the 08 Jun 1450 and 18 Jun 1850]

On 18 Jun 1522 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys (age 24) and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys (age 24) were married. She the former mistress of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 30) had given given birth to Henry's illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset (age 3) in Jun 1519. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Around 18 Jun 1525 Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 8) and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 6) were married at Bridewell Palace [Map]. King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33) was present. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 29). He the son of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 25). They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 18 Jun 1525 Henry Fitzroy (age 6) was taken by barge to Bridewell Palace [Map] where he was enobled by his father King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33).

In the morning Henry Fitzroy was created 1st Earl Nottingham.

In the afternoon Henry Fitzroy was created 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset.

Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland (age 47) carried the Sword of State. Thomas More (age 47) read the patents of nobility. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41), Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 47),

Henry Courtenay (age 29) was created 1st Marquess Exeter. Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter (age 22) by marriage Marchioness Exeter.

Henry Clifford (age 32) was created 1st Earl of Cumberland, Warden of the West Marches and Governor of Carlisle Castle.

Thomas Manners (age 33) was created 1st Earl of Rutland. Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 30) by marriage Countess of Rutland. He was given the Earldom of Rutland to reflect his descent from Anne York Duchess Exeter sister of the previous Earl of Rutland. At the same time his arms Manners Arms were augmented with the Manners Augmented Arms

Henry Brandon (age 2) was created 1st Earl Lincoln.

Robert Radclyffe (age 42) was created 1st Viscount Fitzwalter.

Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 48) was created 1st Viscount Rochford. Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 45) by marriage Viscountess Rochford.

Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 52), William Fitzalan 18th Earl of Arundel (age 49) and John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford (age 25) attended.

Letters and Papers 1528. 18 Jun 1528. 4391. On Tuesday one of the ladies of the chamber, Mademoiselle de Boulan (age 27), was infected with the sweat. The King, in great haste, dislodged, and went 12 miles hence, and I hear the lady was sent to her brother (age 51) [Note. A mistake for father] the Viscount in Kent ("Cainet"). As yet the love has not abated. I know not if absence, and the difficulties of Rome, may effect anything. This sweat, which has made its appearance within these four days, is a most perilous disease. One has a little pain in the head and heart; suddenly a sweat begins; and a physician is useless, for whether you wrap yourself up much or little, in four hours, sometimes in two or three, you are despatched without languishing, as in those troublesome fevers. However, only about 2,000 have caught it in London. Yesterday, going to swear the truce, we saw them as thick as flies, rushing from the streets and shops into their houses to take the sweat whenever they felt ill. I found the ambassador of Milan leaving his lodging in great haste because two or three had been suddenly attacked. If all the ambassadors are to have their share of it, you will not have gained your cause; for you will not be able to brag you made me die of hunger, and the King will only have gained nine months of my service for nothing. In London, I assure you the priests have a better time of it than the doctors, except that the latter do not help to bury. If the thing goes on, corn will soon be cheap. It is 12 years since there was such a visitation, when there died 10,000 persons in 10 or 12 days, but it was not so bad as this has begun.The Legate had come for the term, but immediately bridled his horses again, and there will be no term appointed. Every one is terribly amazed.

On 18 Jun 1538 King James V of Scotland (age 26) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 41) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 45). He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 48). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1559. The xviij day of June dyd pryche at Powlles crosse [Map] docthur Juell (age 37), and ther was my lord mare (age 50) and the althermen and master comtroller of the quens howse ser Edward Rogers (age 61), and mony mo, boyth men and women.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1560. The xviij day of June was sent to the Towre [Map] secr[etary] Boxhalle unto quen Mare, and doctur Borne latt byshope of Bayth, and docthur Trobullfeld latt byshope of Excetur.

Note. P. 238. Secretary Boxall. John Boxall, secretary of state to queen Mary: see notices of him in the Zurich Letters, 1st Series, p. 255.

On 18 Jun 1603 William Skipwith (age 39) met Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 28) at Worksop Manor, and she and her son Prince Henry (age 9) went on to stay in his house at Leicester on 23 Jun 1603, despite fears of plague. Princess Elizabeth (age 6) stayed at the house of Mr Pilkington.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 18 Jun 1619. The 18th my Lord (age 30) came down from London after supper from the Term.

On 18 Jun 1633 Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory was buried at St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny.

In Jun 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded those who supported his Restoration ...

6th William Wray 1st Baronet (age 35) and John Talbot of Lacock (age 29) were knighted.

7th Geoffrey Palmer 1st Baronet (age 62) was created 1st Baronet Palmer of Carlton in Northampton

7th Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire.

7th John Langham 1st Baronet (age 76) was created 1st Baronet Langham of Cottesbrooke in Northamptonshire.

11th Henry Wright 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Wright of Dagenham. Ann Crew Lady Wright by marriage Lady Wright of Dagenham.

13th Nicholas Gould 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Gould of the City of London.

14th Thomas Allen 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Allen of Totteridge in Middlesex.

18th Thomas Cullum 1st Baronet (age 73) was created 1st Baronet Cullum of Hastede in Suffolk.

19th Thomas Darcy 1st Baronet (age 28) was created 1st Baronet Darcy of St Osith's.

22nd Robert Cordell 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Cordell of Long Melford.

22nd John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 45) was created 1st Baronet Robinson of London. Anne Whitmore Lady Robinson (age 48) by marriage Lady Robinson of London.

25th William Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 47) was created 1st Baronet Bowyer of Denham Court. Margaret Weld Lady Bowyer (age 43) by marriage Lady Bowyer of Denham Court.

25th Thomas Stanley 1st Baronet (age 63) was created 1st Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

26th Jacob Astley 1st Baronet (age 21) was created 1st Baronet Astley of Hill Morton.

27th William Wray 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Wray of Ashby in Lincolnshire. Olympia Tufton Lady Ashby (age 36) by marriage Lady Wray of Ashby in Lincolnshire.

28th Oliver St John 1st Baronet (age 36) was created 1st Baronet St John of Woodford in Northamptonshire.

29th Ralph Delaval 1st Baronet (age 37) was created 1st Baronet Delaval of Seaton in Northumberland. Anne Leslie Lady Delaval by marriage Lady Delaval of Seaton in Northumberland.

30th Andrew Henley 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Henley of Henley in Somerset.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1660. I proposed the embassy to Constantinople aka Istanbul, Turkey for Mr. Henshaw (age 42); but my Lord Winchelsea (age 32) struck in.

In Jun 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) created new Baronetcies and Peerages ...

05 Jun 1661 James Clavering 1st Baronet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Clavering of Axwell in County Durham.

13 Jun 1661 Thomas Adams 1st Baronet (age 75) was created 1st Baronet Adams of London.

14 Jun 1661 Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 39) was created 1st Earl Drogheda.

On 17 Jun 1661 ...

Godfrey Copley 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Copley Sprotborough.

Abraham Cullen 1st Baronet (age 37) was created 1st Baronet Cullen of East Sheen in Surrey.

James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 17) was created 1st Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire aged only seveneteen.

William Stanley 1st Baronet (age 33) was created 1st Baronet Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire. Charlotte Molyneux Lady Stanley by marriage Lady Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire.

Griffith Williams 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire.

18 Jun 1661 Thomas Vyner 1st Baronet (age 72) was created 1st Baronet Vyner of London.

18 Jun 1661 Henry Winchcombe 1st Baronet (age 18) was created 1st Baronet Winchcombe of Bucklebury in Berkshire.

26 Jun 1661 Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford (age 58) was created 1st Earl Carlingford.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Jun 1662. That done he and I walked to Lilly's (age 43), the painter's, where we saw among other rare things, the Duchess of York (age 25), her whole body, sitting instate in a chair, in white sattin, and another of the King (age 32), that is not finished; most rare things. I did give the fellow something that showed them us, and promised to come some other time, and he would show me Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21), which I could not then see, it being locked up!

Minutes of the Royal Society. 18 Jun 1662. 83. Royal Society Meeting Minutes.

Mr Palmer showed the company three pieces of painted silk material

Mr Croone (age 28) read Mr Evelyn's (age 41) account of the Rowling press.

The Amanuensis to provide a box of blacking.

Dr Goddard (age 45) set several pieces fo gold to anneal and showed their allays.

Mr Palmer to speak to Mr Grigory to come to the Society for the discourse fo the tinged stuffs.

Dr Goddard rea his account of the refining of gold by Antimony and Aqua Regis: It was ordered to be registered. [Note in margin; fol. 167]

Sir Robert Moray (age 54) read his account of the sounding of the depths of water without a line. Ordered ti be registered. [Note in margin; for. 178]

The Operator to enquire of the length of time fishermen keep their fishes without feeding them.

Sir William Petty (age 39) proposed a Standard for knowing the velocity of seimming bodies.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Jun 1662. Thence to Wright's (age 45), the painter's: but, Lord! the difference that is between their two works.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Jun 1664. So home to supper and to bed. Strange to see how pert Sir W. Pen (age 43) is to-day newly come from Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] with his head full of great reports of his service and the state of the ships there. When that is over he will be just as another man again or worse. But I wonder whence Mr. Coventry (age 36) should take all this care for him, to send for him up only to look after his Irish business with my Lord Ormond (age 53) and to get the Duke's leave for him to come with so much officiousness, when I am sure he knows him as well as I do as to his little service he do.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Jun 1666. Thence to Hales's (age 66) to see how my father's picture goes on, which pleases me mighty well, though I find again, as I did in Mrs. Pierce's, that a picture may have more of a likeness in the first or second working than it shall have when finished, though this is very well and to my full content, but so it is, and certainly mine was not so like at the first, second, or third sitting as it was afterward.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Jun 1668. After dinner carried her by coach to St. James's, where she sat in the coach till I to my Lady Peterborough's (age 46), who tells me, among other things, her Lord's (age 46) good words to the Duke of York (age 34) lately, about my Lord Sandwich (age 42), and that the Duke of York is kind to my Lord Sandwich, which I am glad to hear: my business here was about her Lord's pension from Tangier. Here met with Povy (age 54), who tells me how hard Creed is upon him, though he did give him, about six months since, I think he said, fifty pieces in gold; and one thing there is in his accounts that I fear may touch me, but I shall help it, I hope. So my wife not speaking a word, going nor coming, nor willing to go to a play, though a new one, I to the Office, and did much business. At night home, where supped Mr. Turner and his wife, and Betty and Mercer and Pelling, as merry as the ill, melancholy humour that my wife was in, would let us, which vexed me; but I took no notice of it, thinking that will be the best way, and let it wear away itself. After supper, parted, and to bed; and my wife troubled all night, and about one o'clock goes out of the bed to the girl's bed, which did trouble me, she crying and sobbing, without telling the cause.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18 Jun 1668. Up betimes and to the office, there to set my papers in order and books, my office having been new whited and windows made clean, and so to sit, where all the morning, and did receive a hint or two from my Lord Anglesey (age 53), as if he thought much of my taking the ayre as I have done; but I care not a turd; but whatever the matter is, I think he hath some ill-will to me, or at least an opinion that I am more the servant of the Board than I am.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1670. Dined at Goring House [Map], whither my Lord Arlington (age 52) carried me from Whitehall with the Marquis of Worcester (age 41); there, we found Lord Sandwich (age 44), Viscount Stafford (age 55), the Lieutenant of the Tower, and others. After dinner, my Lord communicated to me his Majesty's (age 40) desire that I would engage to write the history of our late war with the Hollanders, which I had hitherto declined; this I found was ill taken, and that I should disoblige his Majesty, who had made choice of me to do him this service, and, if I would undertake it, I should have all the assistance the Secretary's office and others could give me, with other encouragements, which I could not decently refuse.

On 18 Jun 1679 Maria Christina Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 39) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 24). She died the same day.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1683. The Popish Plot also, which had hitherto made such a noise, began now sensibly to dwindle, through the folly, knavery, impudence, and giddiness of Oates (age 33), so as the Papists began to hold up their heads higher than ever, and those who had fled, flocked to London from abroad. Such sudden changes and eager doings there had been without anything steady or prudent, for these last seven years.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1690. I afterward went with him to Mr. Boyle (age 77) and Lady Ranelagh (age 75) his sister, to whom he explained the necessity of it so fully, and so learnedly made out, with what events were immediately to follow, viz, the French King's ruin, the calling of the Jews to be near at hand, but that the Kingdom of Antichrist would not yet be utterly destroyed till thirty years, when Christ should begin the Millenium, not as personally and visibly reigning on earth, but that the true religion and universal peace should obtain through all the world. He showed how Mr. Brightman, Mr. Mede, and other interpreters of these events failed, by mistaking and reckoning the year as the Latins and others did, to consist of the present calculation, so many days to the year, whereas the Apocalypse reckons after the Persian account, as Daniel did, whose visions St. John all along explains as meaning only the Christian Church.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Jun 1696. The famous trial between my Lord Bath (age 67) and Lord Montague (age 57) for an estate of £11,000 a year, left by the Duke of Albemarle, wherein on several trials had been spent £20,000 between them. The Earl of Bath (age 34) was cast on evident forgery.

On 04 Jun 1699 Popham Seymour-Conway (age 24) drunkenly duelled with Captain George Kirk of the Royal Horse Guards; he was wounded in the neck.

On 18 Jun 1699 he died from wounds received duelling. His estates were inherited by his younger brother Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Baron Conway (age 20).

On 18 Jun 1815 the Battle of Waterloo was fought.

Beaumont Hotham 3rd Baron Hotham (age 20) was present.

Charles Augustus Fitzroy (age 19) was wounded.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Irby (age 31) fought.

Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 47) led the charge of the British heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column which checked and in part routed the French Army. He was hit by one of the last cannon shots of the day necessitating the amputation of this leg during the Battle of Quatre Bras.

Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley (age 16) fought and was wounded.

Charles Francis Rowley Lascelles fought.

Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet (age 38) commanded his Regiment.

George Orlando Gunning (age 18) was killed whilst serving as a Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars.

On 19 Jun 1815 Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gordon (age 29) died having had his leg amputated the previous day.

Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet (age 20) fought.

On 18 Jun 1815 Major-General William Ponsonby (age 42) was killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

On 18 Jun 1815 Henry Lascelles 3rd Earl Harewood (age 18) fought at the Battle of Waterloo.

On 18 Jun 1815 Edward Hawkins Cheney (age 36) fought at the Battle of Waterloo.

On 18 Jun 1815 Frederick Howard (age 29) was killed during the Battle of Waterloo. He was buried at Castle Howard Mausoleum Castle Howard.

On 18 Jun 1815 Algernon Frederick Greville (age 16) fought at Battle of Waterloo.

The Battle of the Great Redan was a major battle during the Crimean War, fought between British forces against Russia on 18 June [1855] and 8th of September 1855.

On the 7th September the bombardment opened, and continued until noon of the 8th. The signal for the British to begin their assault (the flag of St. George raised over the Mamelon) was then made and the British then assaulted the Great Redan.

The London Gazette 21997. 7th Regiment. Lieutenant William Hope. Date of Act of Bravery, 18th June, 1855.

After the troops had retreated on the morning of the 18th June, 1855, Lieutenant W. Hope being informed by the late Serjeant-Major William Bacon, who was himself wounded, that Lieutenant and Adjutant Hobson was lying outside the trenches badly wounded, went out to look for him, and found him lying in the old agricultural ditch running towards the left flank of the Redan. He then returned, and got four men to bring him in. Finding, however, that Lieutenant Hobson could not be removed without a stretcher, he then ran back across the open to Egerton's Pit, where he procured one, and carried it to where Lieutenant Hobson was lying.

All this was done under a very heavy fire from the Russian batteries.

7th Regiment. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Egerton Hale, M.D. Date of Act of Bravery, 8th September, 1855

First. For remaining with an officer who was dangerously wounded, (Captain H. M. Jones, 7th Regiment), in the fifth parallel, on 8th September, 1855, when all the men in the immediate neighbourhood retreated, excepting Lieutenant W. Hope and Dr. Hale; and for endeavouring to rally the men, in conjunction with Lieutenant W. Hope, 7th Royal Fusiliers.

Secondly. For having, on 8th September, 1855, after the regiments had retired into the trenches, cleared the most advanced sap of the wounded, and carried, into the sap, under a heavy fire, several wounded men from the open ground, being assisted by Serjeant Charles Fisher, 7th Royal Fusiliers, Coldstream Guards (late of the 49th Regiment). Brevet-Major John Augustus Conolly Date of Act of Bravery, 26th October, 1854.

In the attack by the Russians against the position held by the Second Division, 26th October, 1854, Major Conolly, then a Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment, while in command of a company of that regiment, on outlying picket, made himself most conspicuous by the gallantry of his behaviour. He came particularly under the observation of the late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan (age 66), while in personal encounter with several Russians, in defence of his post. He ultimately fell, dangerously wounded. Lieutenant Conolly was highly praised in General Orders, and promoted into the Coldstream Guards, as a reward for his exemplary behaviour on this occasion.

The London Gazette 22279. Master of the Horse's Office, June 18, 1859. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John George Brabazon (age 49), Earl of Bessborough, to be Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds,.in the room of the Right Honourable John William (age 47), Earl of Sandwich, resigned.

The London Gazette 23128. Crown Office, June 18, 1866.

Member returned to serve in the present Parliament. County of Nottingham, Southern Division. Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, Esq., in the room of George Arthur Philip Stanhope (age 34) (commonly called Lord Stanhope), now Earl of Chesterfield, summoned to the House of Peers.

18 Jun 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore

Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore: she was born to Colonel Horace William Kemble. On 05 Jan 1904 Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore and she were married. He the son of Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore and Gertrude Coke. On 27 Aug 1907 Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore died. His son Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore succeeded 8th Earl Dunmore, 4th Baron Dunmore of Dunmore in the Forest of Athole in Perthshire. She by marriage Countess Dunmore.

Births on the 18th June

On 18 Jun 1318 Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet was born to King Edward II of England (age 34) and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 23) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She was named for her paternal grandmother Eleanor of Castile. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.16%.

On 18 Jun 1548 Frances Cavendish was born to William Cavendish (age 43) and Bess of Hardwick (age 21).

On 18 Jun 1657 William Stewart 3rd Earl Traquair was born to John Stewart 2nd Earl Traquair (age 33) and Anne Seton (age 22).

On 18 Jun 1679 Maria Christina Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 39) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 24). She died the same day.

On 18 Jun 1715 Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford was born to Henry Grey 3rd Earl Stamford (age 30) and Dorothy Wright Countess Stamford (age 30) at Enville Hall, Staffordshire.

On 18 Jun 1731 Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor was born to Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet (age 36) and Jane Warre Lady Grosvenor at Eaton Hall, Cheshire [Map].

On 18 Jun 1739 Elizabeth Harcourt Lady Lee was born to Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt (age 25) and Rebecca Samborne Le Bass.

On 18 Jun 1766 Denzil Cope 10th Baronet was born to William Cope (age 47).

On 18 Jun 1766 Frederick Morton Eden 2nd Baronet was born to Robert Eden 1st Baronet (age 24) and Caroline Calvert (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Jun 1769 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry was born to Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 29) and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway (age 21) at Henry Street, Dublin. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Jun 1783 Henry Bickersteth 1st Baron Langdale was born to Henry Bickersteth (age 32).

On 18 Jun 1795 Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton was born to George Cranfield Berkeley (age 41) and Emily Charlotte Lennox (age 31). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.

On 18 Jun 1826 Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan was born.

On 18 Jun 1828 Henry Hugh Armstead was born in Bloomsbury. He trained first under his father, then at the Government School of Design at Somerset House and afterwards at private art schools. He also studied with Edward Hodges Baily (age 40).

On 18 Jun 1844 William Neville Abdy 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Neville Abdy 1st Baronet (age 33) and Harriet Alston.

On 18 Jun 1850 Constance Emily Reynolds-Moreton was born to Henry Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Earl of Ducie (age 22) and Julia Langston Countess Ducie (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

On 18 Jun 1860 George Frampton was born to James Frampton in Fitzroy Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

On 18 Jun 1903 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll was born to Douglas Walter Campbell (age 26).

On 18 Jun 1907 John Francis Arundell 16th Baron Arundel was born to Gerald Arthur Arundell 15th Baron Arundel (age 45) and Ivy Florence Mary Segrave Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 32).

On 18 Jun 1910 Ferdinando Lea Smith 13th Baron Dudley was born to Ferdinando Dudley William Lea Smith 12th Baron Dudley (age 38) and Sybil Augusta Coventry.

On 18 Jun 1911 John Garmondsway Wrightson 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Garmondsay Wrightson 2nd Baronet (age 39).

Marriages on the 18th June

On 18 Jun 1318 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 12) and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre (age 6) were married. She the daughter of Louis X King France I Navarre and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. He the son of Louis I Count Évreux (age 42) and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

After 18 Jun 1448 Edward Neville 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 35) and Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny (age 34) were married. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 18 Jun 1522 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys (age 24) and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys (age 24) were married. She the former mistress of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 30) had given given birth to Henry's illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset (age 3) in Jun 1519. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Around 18 Jun 1525 Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 8) and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 6) were married at Bridewell Palace [Map]. King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33) was present. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 29). He the son of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 25). They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before 18 Jun 1531 William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 21) and Katherine Broughton were married. She the daughter of John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford (age 52). He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 54).

On 18 Jun 1538 King James V of Scotland (age 26) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 41) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 45). He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 48). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 18 Jun 1615 James Erskine Earl Buchan (age 21) and Mary Douglas 6th Countess Buchan (age 14) were married. He by marriage Earl Buchan. She the daughter of James Douglas 5th Earl Buchan. He the son of John Erskine 19th Earl Mar (age 53) and Mary Stewart Countess Mar (age 33). They were second cousin once removed.

On 18 Jun 1622 William Strickland 1st Baronet (age 26) and Margaret Cholmley were married.

On 18 Jun 1683 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 24) and Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield (age 15) were married. He the son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 65) and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.

On 18 Jun 1702 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 28) and Mary Strode were married. They had seven children of whom only two survived their parents.

On 18 Jun 1724 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter (age 51) and Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 37) were married. She the daughter of Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg and Karoline von der Pfalz. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 18 Jun 1795 George Grey 1st Baronet (age 27) and Mary Whitbread Lady Grey (age 25) were married. Her brother Samuel (age 31) had married her husband George's sister Elizabeth six years earlier. See Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. He the son of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey (age 65) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 51).

On 18 Jun 1872 Theophilus William Biddulph 7th Baronet (age 42) and Mary Agnes Somerville Lady Biddulph (age 34) were married at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone.

On 18 Jun 1878 Paul Methuen 3rd Baron Methuen (age 32) and Evelyn Hervey-Bathurst (age 30) were married. She died less than a year later on 02 Jun 1879.

On 18 Jun 1931 Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse 4th Baronet (age 68) and Aimee Gladys Griffith Lady Hobhouse were married. She by marriage Lady Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire.

On 18 Jun 1938 George Parker 8th Earl Macclesfield (age 24) and Valerie Mansfield Countess Macclesfield (age 19) were married. He the son of George Parker 7th Earl Macclesfield (age 50) and Lilian Joanna Vere Boyle Countess Macclesfield.

Before 18 Jun 1942 William Bingham Compton 6th Marquess Northampton (age 56) and Emma Margery Thynne Marchioness Northampton (age 48) were divorced.

On 18 Jun 1942 William Bingham Compton 6th Marquess Northampton (age 56) and Virginia Lucie Heaton Marchioness Northampton (age 23) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of William George Spencer Scott Compton 5th Marquess Northampton and Mary Florence Baring Marchioness Northampton.

On 18 Jun 1945 James Lowther 7th Earl Londsdale (age 22) and Tuppina Cecily Bennet were married.

Deaths on the 18th June

On 18 Jun 1250 Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon (age 74) died.

On 18 Jun 1260 Cicely D'Aubigny (age 52) died. Roger de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt (age 22) inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

On 18 Jun 1291 Alfonso III King Aragon (age 25) died. His brother James "The Just" II King Aragon (age 24) succeeded II King Aragon.

On 18 Jun 1388 Catherine Countess Eu and Guînes (age 64) died.

On 18 Jun 1448 Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny (age 32) died. Her son George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny (age 8) succeeded 4th Baron Bergavenny.

Chronicle of Gregory 1450. 07 Jun 1450. And yn the fowarde, as they wolde have folowyde the captayne, was slayn Syr Umfray Stafforde (age 50) and Wylliam Stafford (age 30), squyer, one the mannylste man of alle this realme of Engelonde, whythe many moo othyr of mene personys at Sevenocke [Map], in Kentt, in her oute ragyng fro her oste of our sovereign lordys the kyng, Harry the vj te. And the kyng (age 28) loggyd that nyght at Grenewyche [Map], and son aftyr every lord whythe his retynewe rood home in to her contraye. [Note. The date sometimes given as the 08 Jun 1450 and 18 Jun 1850]

On 18 Jun 1679 Charles Moore 2nd Earl Drogheda died. His brother Henry Hamilton Moore 3rd Earl of Drogheda (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Drogheda, 5th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 5th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth. Mary Cole Countess of Drogheda (age 19) by marriage Countess Drogheda.

On 04 Jun 1699 Popham Seymour-Conway (age 24) drunkenly duelled with Captain George Kirk of the Royal Horse Guards; he was wounded in the neck.

On 18 Jun 1699 he died from wounds received duelling. His estates were inherited by his younger brother Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Baron Conway (age 20).

Before 18 Jun 1722 Charles Holte 3rd Baronet (age 73) died. His son Clobery Holte 4th Baronet (age 40) succeeded 4th Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].

On 18 Jun 1740 Piers Butler 1st Earl Newcastle (age 88) died without surviving issue. Earl Newcastle in Limerick extinct.

On 18 Jun 1763 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham (age 68) died without male issue. Baron Feversham Downton in Wiltshire extinct.

On 18 Jun 1779 John Shaw 4th Baronet (age 50) died. He was buried at the Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham on 26 Jun 1779. His son John Gregory Shaw 5th Baronet (age 22) succeeded 5th Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent.

On 18 Jun 1788 Lucy Manners Duchess Montrose (age 71) died.

On 18 Jun 1813 George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon (age 78) died. His half brother Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon (age 66) succeeded 3rd Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Alice Lucy Whitefoord Baroness Vernon (age 45) by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

On 18 Jun 1815 the Battle of Waterloo was fought.

Beaumont Hotham 3rd Baron Hotham (age 20) was present.

Charles Augustus Fitzroy (age 19) was wounded.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Irby (age 31) fought.

Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 47) led the charge of the British heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column which checked and in part routed the French Army. He was hit by one of the last cannon shots of the day necessitating the amputation of this leg during the Battle of Quatre Bras.

Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley (age 16) fought and was wounded.

Charles Francis Rowley Lascelles fought.

Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet (age 38) commanded his Regiment.

George Orlando Gunning (age 18) was killed whilst serving as a Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars.

On 19 Jun 1815 Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gordon (age 29) died having had his leg amputated the previous day.

Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet (age 20) fought.

On 18 Jun 1831 George Byng 6th Viscount Torrington (age 63) died. His son George Byng 7th Viscount Torrington (age 18) succeeded 7th Viscount Torrington.

On 18 Jun 1866 Walter Townsend-Farquhar 2nd Baronet (age 56) died. His son Eric Townsend-Farquhar 3rd Baronet (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Farquhar of Mauritius.

On 18 Jun 1921 Thomas Wrightson 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son Thomas Garmondsay Wrightson 2nd Baronet (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baronet Wrightson of Neasham Hall in County Durham and Eryholme in Yorkshire.

On 18 Jun 1946 Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (age 57) died.

On 18 Jun 1992 Benjamin Guinness 3rd Earl of Iveagh (age 55) died. His son Edward Guinness 4th Earl of Iveagh (age 22) succeeded 4th Earl Iveagh.