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On this Day in History ... 21st March

21 Mar is in March.

867 Battle of York

1152 Louis and Eleanor's Divorce

1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine Abduction Attempts

1373 Battle of Chiset

1556 Execution of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

1563 Wreck of The Greyhound

1672 Attack on the Smyrna Fleet

1681 Oxford Parliament 5C2

1683 Rye House Plot

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 21st March

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 21 Mar 867. Late in the year, however, they returned to their allegiance, and they were now fighting against the common enemy; having collected a vast force, with which they fought the army [Battle of York] at York [Map]; and breaking open the town, some of them entered in. Then was there an immense slaughter of the Northumbrians, some within and some without; and both the kings [Osberht King of Northumbria and Ælla King of Northumbria] were slain on the spot. The survivors made peace with the army.

On 21 Mar 867 Osberht King of Northumbria and Ælla King of Northumbria were killed during the Battle of York.

On 21 Mar 1152 the marriage of Louis VII King Franks (age 32) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) was dissolved by Hugh Toucy Archbishop of Sens at the Château de Beaugency on the grounds of consanguinity. Both Louis and Eleanor were present as were the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux. Samson Mauvoison Archbishop of Reims acted on behalf of Eleanor. In dissolving the marriage Louis lost control of the Duchy of Aquitaine which was to have far reaching consequences for the next three centuries.

After 21 Mar 1152 Theobald "Good" Blois V Count Blois (age 22) attempted to abduct Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) from Blois. She fled in the middle of the night taking a barge to Tours.

On 21 Mar 1227 King Charles Capet of Sicily was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 39). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 21st [Mar 1358], William, Archbishop of Sens, now in England to negotiate a treaty of peace for his Sovereign with the English Monarch, the Maréchal D'Audenham, and the Countess of Pembroke (age 41), spend the entire day with Isabella (age 63); and her grandson, the Earl of Richmond (age 18), arrives to supper.

On 21 Mar 1373 John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux (age 36) was captured during the Battle of Chiset at Chizé at which the English were defeated by the French forces commanded by Bertrand Geusclin (age 53). The battle brought an end to English control in Poitou.

Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 21 Mar 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. Protection for two years for Edmund Grey of Ruthyn (age 44), knight, going beyond the seas, and his men, and possessions.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1556. The xxj day of Marche was bornyd at Oxford doctur Cranmer (age 66), late archebysshope of Canturbere.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1556. The xxj day of Marche was bered at [Chenies, in] Bukynghamshyre my old contes of Bedford (age 77) .... of armes and a grett baner of armes and a v [banner-] rolles of her progene and vii dosen of skochyons .... vj of sarsenett, and iiij dosen of grett stayffe torchys.

Note. P. 191. Funeral of the old countess of Bedford. Anne, sole daughter and heiress of sir Guy Sapcote, of Thornhaugh, co. Bedford, married first to sir John Broughton, of Toddington, co. Bedford; secondly, about 1518, to sir Richard Jerningham, who was one of the governors of Tournay, and afterwards employed in an embassy to Spain, who died in 1524; and, thirdly, in the spring of 1526, to sir John Russell, afterwards earl of Bedford (see note, p. 343). By her will, dated 19 Aug. 1557, she committed her burial to the discretion of the marquess of Winchester lord treasurer, the abbat of Westminster, and the lord St. John. See further in Wiffen's Memoirs of the House of Russell, i. 391.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1557. The xxj day of Marche the Kyng (age 29) and the Quen (age 41) [went] thrugh the galere unto ther closett, and ther thay [heard mass]; and ther was ij swordes borne a-for them, on by lord Cobham (age 60), and the thodur (by) my lord admerall (age 47); [and from] ther closett bake to dener, boyth the Kyng and the Quen together, and ther my lord chanseler (age 56) was ther and dyvers [other lords.]

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1558. The sam day at after-none the yerle of Sussex (age 33) toke gorney [journey] in post toward Yrland.

Note. P. 169. Earl of Sussex took his journey toward Ireland. Where he had been for some time lord deputy.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1559. The xxj of Marche the quen('s) master cokes and odur her offesers, and at Mylle-end [Map] ther they dynyd, [with] all maner of mett and drynke; and ther was all maner of artelere, as drumes, flutes, trumpetes, gones, mores pykes, halbardes, to the nomber of v C.; the gonners in shurtes of maylle and .... pykes in bryght harnes, and mony swardes and v grett pesses of gones and shot in ... the wyche dyd myche hurt unto glass wy[ndows;] and cam a grett gyant danssyng, and after [that a] mores dansse dansyng, and gones and mor[es pikes]; and after cam a cart with a grett wyth and ij [bears?] with-in the cartt, and be-syd whent a gret .... of grett mastes; and then cam the master cokes rydyng in cottes in brodere, and chynes of gold, and mony of the quen('s) (age 25) servandes in ther levery, to the cowrt, and ther they shott ther pesses, and with-in the parke was ij C. chamburs gret and smalle shot, and the Quen('s) grace standyn in the galere; and so evere man whent in-to the parke, showhyng them in batell ray, shutyng and playhyng at bowt the parke; and a-for the quen was on of bayres [one of the bears.] was bated, and after the mores dansers whent in-to the cowrt, dansyng in mony offeses.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1563. The xxj day of Marche tydynges cam to the cowrt that on off the quen's shypes callyd the Grahond was lost gohyng to Nuwhavyn; the captayn was ser Thomas Fynche (deceased) knyghtt of Kent, and ys brodur and on of my lord Cobbam('s) brodur and ij of my lord Whentforth ('s) bredurne [John Wentworth (deceased) and James Wentworth (deceased)] and mony gentyll men and mynstorels; [one] of my lord of Warwyke('s) newys [nephews], and a good mastur; and mony [good] marenars and sawgears [soldiers] to the nombur of (blank)

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1563. The xxj day of Marche dyd pryche at Powlles crosse [Map] the byshope of Wynchastur (age 53), and mad a godly sermon.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21 Mar 1662. Thence to Westminster Hall [Map]; and there walked up and down and heard the great difference that hath been between my Lord Chancellor (age 53) and my Lord of Bristol (age 49), about a proviso that my Lord Chancellor would have brought into the Bill for Conformity, that it shall be in the power of the King (age 31), when he sees fit, to dispense with the Act of Conformity; and though it be carried in the House of Lords, yet it is believed it will hardly pass in the Commons.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21 Mar 1663. Up betimes and to my office, where busy all the morning, and at noon, after a very little dinner, to it again, and by and by, by appointment, our full board met, and Sir Philip Warwick (age 53) and Sir Robert Long (age 63) came from my Lord Treasurer (age 56) to speak with us about the state of the debts of the Navy; and how to settle it, so as to begin upon the new foundation of £200,000 per annum, which the King (age 32) is now resolved not to exceed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21 Mar 1664. This day the Houses of Parliament met; and the King (age 33) met them, with the Queene (age 54) with him. And he made a speech to them1 among other things, discoursing largely of the plots abroad against him and the peace of the Kingdom; and, among other things, that the dissatisfied party had great hopes upon the effect of the Act for a Triennial Parliament granted by his father, which he desired them to peruse, and, I think, repeal. So the Houses did retire to their own House, and did order the Act to be read to-morrow before them; and I suppose it will be repealed, though I believe much against the will of a good many that sit there.

Note 1. March 16th, 1663-64. This day both Houses met, and on the gist the King opened the session with a speech from the throne, in which occurs this Passage: "I pray, Mr. Speaker, and you, gentlemen of the House of Commons, give that Triennial Bill once a reading in your house, and then, in God's name, do what you think fit for me and yourselves and the whole kingdom. I need not tell you how much I love parliaments. Never king was so much beholden to parliaments as I have been, nor do I think the crown can ever be happy without frequent parliaments" (Cobbett's "Parliamentary History", vol. iv., cc. 290, 291).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21 Mar 1666. Thence home, and there met Sir W. Warren, and after I had eat a bit of victuals (he staying in the office) he and I to White Hall. He to look after the business of the prize ships which we are endeavouring to buy, and hope to get money by them. So I to London by coach and to Gresham College, where I staid half an houre, and so away home to my office, and there walking late alone in the darke in the garden with Sir W. Warren, who tells me that at the Committee of the Lords for the prizes to-day, there passed very high words between my Lord Ashly (age 44) and Sir W. Coventry (age 38), about our business of the prize ships. And that my Lord Ashly did snuff and talk as high to him, as he used to do to any ordinary seaman. And that Sir W. Coventry did take it very quietly, but yet for all did speak his mind soberly and with reason, and went away, saying, he had done his duty therein, and so left it to them, whether they would let so many ships go for masts or not: Here he and I talked of 1,000 businesses, all profitable discourse, and late parted, and I home to supper and to bed, troubled a little at a letter from my father, telling me how (he) is like to be sued for a debt of Tom's, by Smith, the mercer.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21 Mar 1669. Thence up and down the House. Met with Mr. May (age 47), who tells me the story of his being put by Sir John Denham's place, of Surveyor of the King's Works, who it seems, is lately dead, by the unkindness of the Duke Buckingham (age 41), who hath brought in Dr. Wren (age 45): though, he tells me, he hath been his servant for twenty years together in all his wants and dangers, saving him from want of bread by his care and management, and with a promise of having his help in his advancement, and an engagement under his hand for £1000 not yet paid, and yet the Duke of Buckingham so ungrateful as to put him by: which is an ill thing, though Dr. Wren is a worthy man. But he tells me that the King (age 38) is kind to him, and hath promised him a pension of £300 a-year out of the Works; which will be of more content to him than the place, which, under their present wants of money, is a place that disobliges most people, being not able to do what they desire to their lodgings. Here meeting with Sir H. Cholmly (age 36) and Povy (age 55), that tell me that my Lord Middleton (age 61) is resolved in the Cabal that he shall not go to Tangier; and that Sir Edward Harlow [Harley], whom I know not, is propounded to go, who was Governor of Dunkirke, and, they say, a most worthy brave man, which I shall be very glad of.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21 Mar 1669. Lord's Day. Up, and by water over to Southwarke [Map]; and then, not getting a boat, I forced to walk to Stangate; and so over to White Hall, in a scull; where up to the Duke of York's (age 35) dressing-room, and there met Harry Saville (age 27), and understand that Sir W. Coventry (age 41) is come to his house last night. I understand by Mr. Wren (age 40) that his friends having, by Secretary Trevor (age 45) and my Lord Keeper (age 63), applied to the King (age 38) upon his first coming home, and a promise made that he should be discharged this day, my Lord Arlington (age 51) did anticipate them, by sending a warrant presently for his discharge which looks a little like kindness, or a desire of it; which God send! though I fear the contrary: however, my heart is glad that he is out.

John Evelyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1672. I visited the coasts in my district of Kent, and divers wounded and languishing poor men, that had been in the Smyrna conflict. I went over to see the new-begun Fort of Tilbury; a royal work, indeed, and such as will one day bridle a great city to the purpose, before they are aware.

The London Gazette 662. 21 Mar 1672. The Hague. 1672 Attack on the Smyrna Fleet. Most of our Smirna Fleet are arrived in Zealand and in the Maes, together with the Mep of war, under whose Convoy they were, though extremely torn and very much disabled 5 five of ©ur Merchant men were taken bythe English-two of which were the richest in the Fleet, laden with Silks and other rich Commodities, and were called the Landtman oi Amsterdam, and the Vrede of Rotterdam, besides one of our men of War, called the Little Holland, mounted with 44 Guns and 150 men J Captain de Hies Admiral of this Fleet was killed in this engagement, with many of our men, and many more wounded, who have been since brought a shore at Rotterdam and other places. The men of War which served for Convoys to the said Fleet were.

Ships, Captains, Guns, Men.

The Ulisstiing, Adrian de Haes, 50, 250.

The Dort, Thomas de Bois, 46, 170.

The Entrecht, Cornelius Everfon, 48, 220.

the Hollandia, Thomas Nes, 44, 150.

The Delf, Pourt, 38, 145.

The Lion, Lenny, 34, 140.

The Centaur, Thomas Anderson, 41, 120.

The Friezland, Jacon Anderson, 30, 110.

The Munnick, a considerable Merchant man mounted with 30 guns was so torn and disabled that with much difficulty they have brought her into port, Captain du Bois Vice-=Admiral of this Fleet hath lost his right arm, and many of his men.

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On 21 Mar 1681 Edward Hungerford (age 48) was elected MP Chippenham at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map] during the Oxford Parliament 5C2.

Before 21 Mar 1683 the Rye House Plot was an attempt to assassinate King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52) and his brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49) as they passed Rye House, Hoddesdon when were returning from the races at Newmarket, Suffolk on 01 Apr 1683. In the event a fire at Newmarket, Suffolk on the 22 Mar 1683 the races were cancelled.

After 21 Mar 1683 Edward Hungerford (age 50) was implicated and his home was searched during the Rye House Plot.

John Evelyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1691. Dined at Sir William Fermor's (age 42), who showed me many good pictures. After dinner, a French servant played rarely on the lute. Sir William had now bought all the remaining statues collected with so much expense by the famous Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and sent them to his seat at Easton, near Towcester.

On 21 Mar 1726 Samuel Pegge (age 21) was elected to a lay fellowship on the Beresford foundation of his college but was removed in favour of Michael Burton (afterwards vice-master of St. John's), who claimed founder's kin.

On 21 Mar 1901 George David Boyle (age 72) died. Salisbury Cathedral [Map].

George David Boyle: On 17 May 1828 he was born. In 1880 he was appointed Dean Salisbury Cathedral which position he held until he died.

On 21 Mar 1918 Lieutenant-Colonel John Stuart Wortley (age 38) was killed in action.

His service record, substantially weeded, includes two letters sent to his widow in late 1918, in response to an advertisement she had placed in The Times of 2 November, asking for any news of him. Both men were close by at the time he was shot.

Eric Whitehouse wrote, "I was with the Colonel all the morning of March 21st from the time the enemy artillery became active till after the German attack had been made and they were well past our H.Q. As our trench was not one in which we could meet this attack, it was necessary to evacuate the position and while doing this I was close to the Colonel. I saw he was hit and I saw him fall, as far as I could tell he was shot through the head by machine gun fire. There was a very heavy barrage from enemy M[achine] G[uns] at this time…My firm conviction is that he was killed."

Percy Pick (241148 Stretcher Bearer, C Coy HQ, 2/6th South Staffs) also wrote to Jack's wife on his return from Germany, where he had been a Prisoner of War. He wrote:

"As near the time as I can judge it was 9.45 a.m. when Col. Stuart Wortley met his death. [Being] a battalion stretcher bearer, I was out seeking and tending wounded, and whilst carrying out these duties, I came across the Colonel. I regret to say that I was unable to do anything as life was extinct, anyway I searched the Colonel's pockets etc. for valuables or papers, but in this, I was also too late as all pockets had been emptied. The place of Col. Stuart Wortley's death was directly in front and about 200 yards away from battalion head quarters, Railway Reserve trench, Bullecourt sector."

Births on the 21st March

On 21 Mar 1227 King Charles Capet of Sicily was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 39). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 21 Mar 1316 Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby was born to Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun (age 37) and Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun (age 20) at Amesbury, Wiltshire [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 21 Mar 1425 Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick was born to Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 43) and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester (age 24) at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 21 Mar 1501 Anne Braye Baroness Cobham was born to Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 17) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray at Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire.

On 21 Mar 1501 Elizabeth Braye was born to Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 17) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray.

On 21 Mar 1551 Maria Anna Wittelsbach was born to Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 23) and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.

On 21 Mar 1632 John Hotham 2nd Baronet was born to John Hotham (age 22) and Frances Wray (age 20).

On 21 Mar 1644 Walter Bagot 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Bagot 2nd Baronet (age 27).

On 21 Mar 1652 Piers Butler 1st Earl Newcastle was born to Edward Butler 2nd Viscount Galmoye (age 25).

On 21 Mar 1661 Philip Musgrave was born to Christopher Musgrave 4th Baronet (age 29) and Mary Cogan.

On 21 Mar 1679 Benedict Calvert 4th Baron Baltimore was born to Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore (age 41) and Jane Lowe Baroness Baltimore (age 35).

On 21 Mar 1728 Alexander Maitland 1st Baronet was born.

On 21 Mar 1780 Charlotte Layard Countess Lindsey was born to Charles Peter Layard (age 31).

On 21 Mar 1785 Robert Haldane-Duncan 1st Earl of Camperdown was born to Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 53) and Henrietta Dundas.

On 21 Mar 1788 Edward Methuen Irby was born to Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 38) and Christian Methuen.

On 21 Mar 1793 Andrew Agnew 7th Baronet was born to Andrew Agnew.

On 21 Mar 1801 Reverend Miles Stapleton was born to Thomas Stapleton 12th Baron Despencer (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot Baroness Despencer (age 43).

On 21 Mar 1898 Maynard Greville was born to Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 45) and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 36). Some sources suggest his father was Joseph Frederick Laycock (age 30).

On 21 Mar 1926 Anthony FitzClarence 7th Earl of Munster was born to Edward FitzClarence 6th Earl of Munster (age 26) and Monica Sheila Grayson. He a great x 3 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Marriages on the 21st March

On 21 Mar 1152 the marriage of Louis VII King Franks (age 32) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) was dissolved by Hugh Toucy Archbishop of Sens at the Château de Beaugency on the grounds of consanguinity. Both Louis and Eleanor were present as were the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux. Samson Mauvoison Archbishop of Reims acted on behalf of Eleanor. In dissolving the marriage Louis lost control of the Duchy of Aquitaine which was to have far reaching consequences for the next three centuries.

On 21 Mar 1504 Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon (age 31) and Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier (age 22) were married. He the son of John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme and Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme.

Around 21 Mar 1580 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 27) and Anne Keighley (age 17) were married. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 53).

Before 21 Mar 1628 Luke Plunkett 1st Earl of Fingall and Eleanor Bagenal Countess Fingall were married.

On or after 21 Mar 1704, the date of the licence, Nicholas Morice 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Catherine Herbert Lady Morice were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She by marriage Lady Morice of Werrington in Devon. They has one sons and two daughters. She the daughter of Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery (age 48) and Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery.

After 21 Mar 1751 Thomas Noel (age 46) and Elizabeth Chapman Countess Gainsborough (age 43) were married.

On 21 Mar 1760 John Roper (age 25) and Anna Gabriella Head were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Maria Wilhelmina Head had previously married his brother Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 26). Further, their two younger brothers Francis Roper (age 22) and Philip Roper Roper (age 20) also married siblings Mary Lyttelton (age 26) and Barbara Lyttelton respectively.

On 21 Mar 1761 Bennet Sherard 3rd Earl Harborough (age 51) and Margaret Hill Countess Harbrough (age 21) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. She by marriage Countess Harborough. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of Philip Sherard 2nd Earl Harborough and Anne Pedley Countess Harborough.

On 21 Mar 1766 Philip Roper Roper (age 26) and Barbara Lyttelton were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Mary Lyttelton (age 32) was previously married to his brother Francis Roper (age 28). Further, their two older brothers John Roper (age 31) and Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 32) also married siblings Anna Gabriella Head and Maria Wilhelmina Head respectively.

On 21 Mar 1769 Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 24) and Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 17) were married at Meiningen. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 69) and Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. They were first cousin once removed.

On 21 Mar 1772 William Douglas 4th Baronet (age 42) and Grace d William Johnstone Lady Kelhead were married. She by marriage Lady Kelhead.

On 21 Mar 1809 Bishop Edward Grey (age 26) and Charlotte Elizabeth Croft were married. He the son of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 65).

Before 21 Mar 1835 George Grey 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Anne Sophia Ryder Lady Grey (age 29) were married. She by marriage Lady Grey of Fallodon.

On 21 Mar 1854 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald (age 34) and Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald were married.

On 21 Mar 1882 Henry Conyngham 4th Marquess Conyngham (age 24) and Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de-Moleyns Marchioness Conyngham were married. He the son of George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham (age 57) and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 48). He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 21 Mar 1938 Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 22) and Nathalie Chatham Walker were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Deaths on the 21st March

On 21 Mar 1076 Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 65) died. His grandson Hugh I Duke Burgundy (age 19) succeeded I Duke Burgundy.

On 21 Mar 1306 Robert II Duke Burgundy (age 58) died. His son Hugh V Duke Burgundy (age 24) succeeded V Duke Burgundy.

On 21 Mar 1656 James Ussher (age 75) died at the house of Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 53) in Reigate, Surrey [Map].

On 14 Mar 1689 Joseph 2nd Baronet (age 49) died. He was buried 21 Mar 1689. His son Joseph 3rd Baronet (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baronet Alston of Chelsea.

On 21 Mar 1721 Herbert Powell 2nd Baronet (age 21) died unmarried. Baronet Powell of Broadway in Carmarthenshire extinct.

On 21 Mar 1750 Elizabeth Wentworth died.

On 21 Mar 1756 James Wemyss 5th Earl of Wemyss (age 56) died. His son David Wemyss de jure 6th Earl of Wemyss (age 34) de jure 6th Earl Wemyss since he head been attainted around 1748.

On 21 Mar 1772 Henrietta Dashwood Lady Sebright (age 87) died.

On 21 Mar 1797 Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 59) died at his home on Stanhope Street. His son George Fitzroy 2nd Baron Southampton (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Southampton.

On 21 Mar 1799 Mary Leslie Countess Portmore (age 45) died.

On 21 Mar 1809 Katherine Lowther Duchess of Bolton (age 73) died.

On 21 Mar 1810 Juliana Musgrave Lady Langham died.

On 21 Mar 1843 Robert Southey (age 68) died.

On 21 Mar 1860 Charles Montolieu Lamb 2nd Baronet (age 74) died. His grandson Archibald Lamb 3rd Baronet (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lamb of Burghfield.

On 21 Mar 1869 John Hadley D'Oyly 8th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Charles Walters D'Oyly 9th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 9th Baronet D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk.

On 21 Mar 1877 George Bertie 10th Earl Lindsey (age 62) died without issue. His brother Montague Peregrine Bertie 11th Earl Lindsey (age 61) succeeded 11th Earl Lindsey. Felicia Elizabetha Welby Countess Lindsey (age 42) by marriage Countess Lindsey.

On 21 Mar 1944 Reverend Hugh Smith-Marriott 9th Baronet (age 75) died unmarried. His nephew Ralph Smith-Marriott 10th Baronet (age 43) succeeded 10th Baronet Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.

On 21 Mar 1957 Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 83) died. His son Gerald Bridgeman 6th Earl of Bradford (age 45) succeeded 6th Earl Bradford, 6th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 7th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 11th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Mary Willoughby Montgomery Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.

On 21 Mar 1991 John Edward Pelham 7th Earl of Yarborough (age 70) died. His son Charles Pelham 8th Earl of Yarborough (age 27) succeeded 8th Earl Yarborough, 9th Baron Yarborough.