On 23 Mar 1430 Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England was born to René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 21) and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine (age 30).

Letters and Papers 1535. 23 Mar 1535. Vienna Archives. 431. Chapuys to [Granvelle].

[Granvelle] will understand by Chapuys' last letter to the Emperor, and by the present, what the desire and hope of these men is. They think day and night of getting rid of these good ladies. Since there has been a talk of friendship they have been more determined to devise something against them, and speak of it without shame. It is more than ever necessary to consult for their protection. The Queen, as he writes to the Emperor, has no doubt that their amiability to her and the Princess is dangerous. Having heard that Cromwell had been to Chapuys, she wrote to her licentiate Medain the enclosed, and, if she had dared to write more, would have shown her reasons. In the letter "la seulle" means Cromwell, "Del Sobrino" is Chapuys, and "celluy que n'a dens" is the French king. Sends another letter from the Queen, which ought to have done wonders, considering how Cromwell had praised her; "sed induratum est cor Pharaonis."

Does not know how Granvelle interprets the coming of the King to where the Princess was without speaking to or sending to her, but it is spoken of here in various ways. The Princess is well, better than some would have her. She may be called the paragon of beauty, goodness and virtue.

The concubine (age 34) has suborned a person to say that he has had a revelation from God that she cannot conceive while the said two ladies are alive. Doubts not she has spoken of it to the King, and she has lately sent the man to Cromwell. She constantly speaks of them as rebels and traitresses deserving death, and Cromwell would willingly say what Caiaphas did. London, 23 March.

Fr., from a modern copy, pp. 2.

Letters and Papers 1538. 23 Mar 1538. Spanish Calendar, V. ii. No. 220. 583. Chapuys (age 48) to the Queen of Hungary (age 32).

She has done well in writing to Cromwell (age 53), who was much gratified by her letter. The French ambassadors have had difficulty in getting an interview with the King (age 46), and were ill received; on which the Bishop of Tarbes said to the Venetian secretary he would do his best to promote a peace between the Emperor and France. Next day the Bishop received a present of 500 cr. and 150 cr. for a gentleman of his suite; but he has not yet got his passports, which the King will probably not give till he has heard from Spain. On the same day, the 18th, the painter (age 41) returned with the Duchess' (age 16) likeness, which has pleased the King much, and put him in much better humour. He has been masking and visiting the Duchess of Suffolk (age 19), &c. Does not think, however, that he is pleased at the meeting arranged between the Pope, the Emperor, and Francis. London, 23 March 1538.From a MS. at Vienna.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 23 Mar 1557. The xxiij day of Marche was a commondement cam that the Kyng (age 29) and the Quen (age 41) wold ryd from the Towre-warff [Map] thrugh London with the nobuls of the rayme, boyth lordes and lades; and at the Towre-warff my lord mayre (age 57) mett ther gracys boyth, and thrugh London my masters the althermen and the shreyffes and alle the crafftes of London in ther leveres, and ther standynges set up of evere craft of tymbur, and the strett and the trumpettes blohyng with odur enstrementtes with grett joye and plesur, and grett shutyng of gones at the Towre, and the waytes plahyng on sant Peter's [Map] ledes [leads ie roofs] in Chepe; and my lord mayre bare the septer a-for the Kyng and the Quen.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 23 Mar 1561. The xxiij day of Marche dyd pryche at [Newington] be-yonde sant Gorgus the byshope of Canturbere, docthur Parker (age 56), and mad a goodly sermon.

John Evelyn's Diary. 23 Mar 1646. It was Easter-Monday that I was invited to breakfast at the Earl of Arundel's. I took my leave of him in his bed, where I left that great and excellent man in tears on some private discourse of crosses that had befallen his illustrious family, particularly the undutifulness of his grandson Philip turning Dominican Friar (since Cardinal of Norfolk), and the misery of his country now embroiled in civil war. He caused his gentleman to give me directions, all written with his own hand, what curiosities I should inquire after in my journey; and, so enjoining me to write sometimes to him, I departed. There stayed for me below, Mr. Henry Howard (age 17) (afterward Duke of Norfolk), Mr. J. Digby (age 19), son of Sir Kenelm Digby (age 43), and other gentlemen, who conducted me to the coach.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23 Mar 1662. So having sent for my wife, she and I to my Lady Sandwich (age 37), and after a short visit away home. She home, and I to Sir G. Carteret's (age 52) about business, and so home too, and Sarah having her fit we went to bed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23 Mar 1663. Thence to see my Lord Sandwich (age 37), and who should I meet at the door but Major Holmes (age 41). He would have gone away, but I told him I would not spoil his visitt, and would have gone, but however we fell to discourse and he did as good as desire excuse for the high words that did pass in his heat the other day, which I was willing enough to close with, and after telling him my mind we parted, and I left him to speak with my Lord, and I by coach home, where I found Will Howe come home to-day with my wife, and staid with us all night, staying late up singing songs, and then he and I to bed together in Ashwell's bed and she with my wife. This the first time that I ever lay in the room. This day Greatorex (age 38) brought me a very pretty weather-glass for heat and cold¹. 24th. Lay pretty long, that is, till past six o'clock, and them up and W. Howe and I very merry together, till having eat our breakfast, he went away, and I to my office.

Note 1. The thermometer was invented in the sixteenth century, but it is disputed who the inventor was. The claims of Santorio are supported by Borelli and Malpighi, while the title of Cornelius Drebbel is considered undoubted by Boerhaave. Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597, was the foundation of accurate thermometry. Galileo also invented the alcohol thermometer about 1611 or 1612. Spirit thermometers were made for the Accademia del Cimento, and described in the Memoirs of that academy. When the academy was dissolved by order of the Pope, some of these thermometers were packed away in a box, and were not discovered until early in the nineteenth century. Robert Hooke describes the manufacture and graduation of thermometers in his "Micrographia" (1665).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23 Mar 1663. By and by the Duke (age 29) comes, and we with him about our usual business, and then the Committee for Tangier, where, after reading my Lord Rutherford's commission and consented to, Sir R. Ford (age 49), Sir W. Rider, and I were chosen to bring in some laws for the Civill government of it, which I am little able to do, but am glad to be joyned with them, for I shall learn something of them.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23 Mar 1665. Up and to my Lord Sandwich (age 39), who follows the Duke (age 31) this day by water down to the Hope, where "The Prince" lies. He received me, busy as he was, with mighty kindness and joy at my promotions; telling me most largely how the Duke hath expressed on all occasions his good opinion of my service and love for me. I paid my thanks and acknowledgement to him; and so back home, where at the office all the morning.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23 Mar 1666. Anon comes my wife and Mercer and little Tooker, and having done with me we all to a picture drawer's hard by, Hales (age 66) carrying me to see some landskipps of a man's doing. But I do not [like] any of them, save only a piece of fruit, which indeed was very fine.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23 Mar 1666. I out by six o'clock by appointment to Hales's (age 66), where we fell to my picture presently very hard, and it comes on a very fine picture, and very merry, pleasant discourse we had all the morning while he was painting.

John Evelyn's Diary. 23 Mar 1676. To Twickenham Park, Lord Berkeley's (age 48) country seat, to examine how the bailiffs and servants ordered matters.

On 23 Mar 1684 Essex Rich 2nd Countess Nottingham (age 32) died in childbirth.

On 23 Mar 1430 Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England was born to René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 21) and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine (age 30).

On 23 Mar 1581 Edward de Vere was born illegitimately to Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 30) and Anne Vavasour (age 21). Both parents were imprisoned in Tower of London [Map] the Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 47) as a consequence. Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford was released several months later but banished from court until 1583.

On 23 Mar 1642 Hester Davenport Countess of Oxford was born.

On 23 Mar 1655 Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 30) and Maria Cholmondeley (age 27).

On 23 Mar 1669 John Wodehouse 4th Baronet was born to Thomas Wodehouse.

On 23 Mar 1678 Richard Granville was born to Richard Granville (age 32).

On 23 Mar 1707 Henry Somerset 3rd Duke Beaufort was born to Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort (age 22) and Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort (age 20).

On 23 Mar 1713 Bowen Southwell was born to Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell (age 48) and Meliora Coningsby (age 37).

On 23 Mar 1724 Thomas Alston 5th Baronet was born to Rowland Alston 4th Baronet (age 44).

On 23 Mar 1731 Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira was born to Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon (age 34) and Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon (age 24).

On 23 Mar 1733 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke (age 42) and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.

On 23 Mar 1737 Louisa North Baroness Latimer Baroness Willoughby of Broke was born to Francis North 1st Earl Guildford (age 32) and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford (age 30).

On 23 Mar 1768 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen was born to William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen (age 32) and Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen (age 26).

After 23 Mar 1769 Gertrude Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32).

After 23 Mar 1769 Anne Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32).

On 23 Mar 1782 Frances Shirley was born to Washington Shirley 8th Earl Ferrers (age 21) and Frances Ward.

On 23 Mar 1786 George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore was born to Charles Warwick Bamlfylde 5th Baronet (age 33).

On 23 Mar 1793 John Henry Lowther 2nd Baronet was born to John Lowther 1st Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Fane (age 23).

On 23 Mar 1797 Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 32) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 29).

On 23 Mar 1803 Charles Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 42) and Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham (age 27).

On 23 Mar 1809 Henry William Parnell 3rd Baron Congleton was born to Henry Parnell 1st Baron Congleton (age 32) and Caroline Dawson Baroness Congleton.

On 23 Mar 1813 Francis Burdett 7th Baronet was born to William Jones Burdett (age 41).

On 23 Mar 1814 Charles Wentworth George Howard was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 40) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 30).

On or before 23 Mar 1817 Matthew Noble was born to Robert Noble at Hackness. He was baptised on 23 Mar 1817 at Hackness.

On 23 Mar 1820 Reverend William Greenwell was born to William Thomas Greenwell (age 43) and Dorothy Smales at Greenwell Ford, Lanchester.

On 23 Mar 1841 Frank Cavendish Lascelles was born to William Lascelles (age 42) and Caroline Georgiana Howard (age 37).

On 23 Mar 1854 Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner was born.

On 23 Mar 1865 James Somerville 2nd Baron Meredyth and Athlumney was born to William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 63) and Maria Georgiana Elizabeth Jones (age 33).

On 23 Mar 1866 Margaret Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 35) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 20).

On 23 Mar 1892 Jeane Pleydell-Bouverie was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 6th Earl Radnor (age 23) and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour.

On 23 Mar 1905 Francis Pelham 7th Earl Chichester was born to Jocelyn Pelham 6th Earl Chichester (age 33) and Ruth Buxton Countess Chichester.

On 23 Mar 1912 Grey d'Estoteville Townsend Skipwith was born to Grey Humberstone d'Estoteville 11th Baronet (age 27).

On 23 Mar 1914 Arthur Patrick Spencer Chichester was born to Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester 4th Baron Templemore (age 33) and Clare Meriel Wingfield Baroness Templemore (age 27).

On 23 Mar 1925 Kenneth Ray Reade 13th Baronet was born to Leverne Elton Reade (age 33).

On 23 Mar 1935 Alan Montagu Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 4th Earl of Wharncliffe was born to Archibald Montagu Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe (age 42) and Maud Lillian Elfreda Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (age 36).

On 23 Mar 1958 Henry Beresford 9th Marquess of Waterford was born to John Beresford 8th Marquess of Waterford (age 24) and Caroline Wyndham-Quin Marchioness of Waterford (age 21).

On 23 Mar 1658 Henry Wright 1st Baronet (age 21) and Ann Crew Lady Wright were married at the St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map].

On 23 Mar 1736 Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 27) and Anne Craggs were married.

On 23 Mar 1756 Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery (age 21) and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. She the daughter of Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough (age 49) and Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough (age 43). He the son of Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke and Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 48).

On 23 Mar 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 34), if they existed, were undermined by the the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23).

After 23 Mar 1769 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory.

On 23 Mar 1602 Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr (age 46) died. His son Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron De La Warr. Cecily Shirley Baroness De La Warr by marriage Baroness De La Warr.

On 23 Mar 1618 James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn (age 42) died. On 23 Mar 1618 His son James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 14) succeeded 2nd Earl Abercorn.

On 23 Mar 1629 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 49) died. His son Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland (age 27) succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, 5th Baron Despencer, 2nd Baron Burghesh in Suffolk. Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland (age 25) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.

Francis Fane (age 18) inherited Fulbeck Hall. The Hall was confiscated from him during the Commonwealth; he bought it back.

On 23 Mar 1631 John Cooper 1st Baronet (age 33) died at Cassiobury, Watford. He was buried in Wimborne St Giles Church. His son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.

On 23 Mar 1634 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 77) died. Her son Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 55) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchilsea, 2nd Viscount Maidstone. Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 40) by marriage Countess Winchilsea.

On 23 Mar 1675 William Walter 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His son William Walter 2nd Baronet (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Walter of Saresden in Oxfordshire.

On 23 Mar 1683 Robert Maxwell 4th Earl Nithsdale (age 55) died. His son William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale succeeded 5th Earl Nithsdale, 14th Lord Maxwell, 8th Lord Herries of Terregles.

On 23 Mar 1684 Essex Rich 2nd Countess Nottingham (age 32) died in childbirth.

On 23 Mar 1691 Mary Langham Countess Warrington (age 39) died. She was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon [Map].

The inscription of his monument:

"Beneath lieth the body of the right hon'ble Henry Booth, earl of Warrington, and baron Delamer of Dunham Massey, a person of unblemished honour, impartial justice, strict integrity, an illustrious example of steady and unalterable adherence to the liberties and properties of his country in the worst of times, rejecting all offers to allure, and despising all dangers to deter him therefrom, for which he was thrice committed close prisoner to the Tower of London, and at length tried for his life upon a false accusation of high treason, from which he was unanimously acquitted by his peers, on 14 January, MDCLXXX V/VI which day he afterwards annually commemorated by acts of devotion and charity: in the year MDCLXXXVIII he greatly signalised himself at the Revolution, on behalf of the protestant religion and the rights of the nation, without mixture of self-interest, preferring the good of his country to the favour of the prince who then ascended the throne; and having served his generation according to the will of God was gathered to his fathers in peace, on the 2d of January, 169¾, in the XLIId year of his age, whose mortal part was here entombed on the same memorable day on which eight years before his trial had been."

"Also rest by him the earthly remains of the r. hon'ble Mary countess of Warrington, his wife, sole daughter and heir of sir James Langham (age 71), of Cottesbrooke, in the county of Northamptom, [sic] knt. and bart. a lady of ingenious parts, singular discretion, consummate judgement, great humility, meek and compassionate temper, extensive charity, exemplary and unaffected piety, perfect resignation to God's will, lowly in prosperity and patient in adversity, prudent in her affairs, and endowed with all other virtuous qualities, a conscientious discharger of her duty in all relations, being a faithful, affectionate, and observant, wife, alleviating the cares and afflictions of her husband by willingly sharing with him therein; a tender, indulgent, and careful mother, a dutiful and respectful daughter, gentle and kind to her servants, courteous and beneficent to her neighbours, a sincere friend, a lover and valuer of all good people, justly beloved and admired by all who knew her, who having perfected holiness in the fear of God, was by him received to an early and eternal rest from her labours, on 23 March 1690/1, in the XXXVIIth year of her age, calmly and composedly meeting and desiring death with joyful hope and steadfastness of faith, a lively draught of real worth and goodness, and a pattern deserving imitation, of whom the world was not worthy. Heb. XI. 38."

On 23 Mar 1730 Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 75) died.

On 23 Mar 1732 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 55) died at Altenburg. His son Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 32) succeeded III Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 21) by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg.

On 23 Mar 1740 Thomas Bruce 7th Earl Kincardine (age 77) died. His son William Bruce 8th Earl Kincardine succeeded 8th Earl Kincardine.

On 23 Mar 1748 Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett died.

On 23 Mar 1757 Archbishop Thomas Herring (age 64) died. He was buried in Croydon Minster [Map].

On 23 Mar 1770 Martin van Meytens (age 74) died.

On 23 Mar 1789 Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 75) died at St James' Square. He was buried at the Osborne Family Chapel at All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. His son Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 38) succeeded 5th Duke Leeds, 5th Earl of Danby, 5th Viscount Osborne, 5th Viscount Latimer, 5th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 6th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 25) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 23 Mar 1802 Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg (age 59) died without male issue. Earl Fauconberg extinct. His second cousin Rowland Belasyse 6th Viscount Fauconberg (age 52) succeeded 6th Viscount Faunconberg, 7th Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.

On 23 Mar 1825 Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 75) died at Lower Grosvenor Street, Belgravia. His son George Irby 3rd Baron Boston (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Boston, 4th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston. Rachel Ives Drake Baroness Boston (age 42) by marriage Baroness Boston.

On 23 Mar 1845 Justinian Isham 8th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Justinian Isham 9th Baronet (age 28) succeeded 9th Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.

On 23 Mar 1864 Bingham Baring 2nd Baron Ashburton (age 64) died. His brother Francis Baring 3rd Baron Ashburton (age 63) succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon. Claire Hortense Maret Baroness Ashburton (age 52) by marriage Baroness Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon.

On 23 Mar 1865 Henry Pollard Willoughby 3rd Baronet (age 68) died unmarried. His brother John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet (age 65) succeeded 4th Baronet Willoughby of Baldon House in Oxfordshire.

On 23 Mar 1879 Julia Valenza Somerville Lady Head (age 86) died.

On 23 Mar 1879 Walter Calverley Trevelyan 6th Baronet (age 81) died. His nephew Alfred Wilson Trevelyan 7th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 7th Baronet Trevelyan of Nettlecombe.

On 23 Mar 1883 Lawrence Palk 1st Baron Haldon (age 65) died. His son Lawrence Hesketh Palk 2nd Baron Haldon (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baron Haldon of Haldon in Devon, 5th Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon. Constance Mary Barrington Baroness Haldon (age 36) by marriage Baroness Haldon of Haldon in Devon.

On 23 Mar 1893 George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford (age 40) died. George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother Herbrand Arthur Sackville 11th Duke Bedford (age 35) succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford by marriage Duchess Bedford.

On 23 Mar 1907 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool (age 60) died. His son Arthur Foljambe 2nd Earl of Liverpool (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Liverpool. Annette Louise Monck Countess Liverpool (age 31) by marriage Countess Liverpool.

On 23 Mar 1912 Hugh de Grey Seymour-Conway 6th Marquess Hertford (age 68) died. On 23 Mar 1912 His son George Francis Alexander Seymour 7th Marquess Hertford (age 41) succeeded 7th Marquess Hertford, 7th Earl Hertford, 7th Earl of Yarmouth, 7th Viscount Beauchamp, 8th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 8th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim.

On 23 Mar 1913 Katrine Cecilia Compton Countess Cowper (age 68) died.

On 23 Mar 1916 Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale (age 84) died. His son George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 57) succeeded 5th Baron Scarsdale.

On 23 Mar 1924 Florence Mary Cole Countess Erne (age 74) died.

On 23 Mar 1927 Paul César Helleu (age 67) died.

On 23 Mar 1943 Mervyn Horatio Herbert 17th Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 38) died whilst on active service. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Welshpool.

He was participating in a training night exercise when his Mosquito intercepted a Stirling bomber returning from a leaflet dropping raid in Europe, following which the Mosquito crashed into the ground near Manningtree, Essex [Map], killing both Herbert and his navigator Albert Eastwood; possibly a friendly fire incident?

Davina Darcy 18th Baroness Darcy of Knayth (age 4) succeeded 18th Baroness Darcy of Knayth.

On 23 Mar 1960 Richard FitzGerald Glyn 8th and 4th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Colonel Richard Hamilton Glyn 9th and 5th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 9th Baronet Glyn of Ewell in Surrey, 5th Baronet Glyn of Gaunts in Dorset.

On 23 Mar 1970 Noel Percy Hugh Dryden 10th and 7th Baronet (age 59) died. His son John Stephen Gyles Dryden 11th and 8th Baronet (age 26) succeeded 11th Baronet Dryden of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire, 8th Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.

On 23 Mar 1995 Rollo Feilding 11th Earl of Denbigh (age 51) died. His son Alexander Feilding 12th Earl of Denbigh (age 24) succeeded 11th Earl Desmond, 12th Earl Denbigh, 12th Viscount Feilding, 12th Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire, 11th Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 11th Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary, 11th Baron St Liz.

On 23 Mar 2004 Richard Lumley 12th Earl of Scarbrough (age 71) died. His son Richard Lumley 13th Earl of Scarbrough (age 30) succeeded 13th Earl Scarborough, 14th Viscount Lumley.

On 23 Mar 2011 George Howland Francis Beaumont 12th Baronet (age 86) died. Baronet Beaumont of Stoughton Grange in Leicestershire extinct.