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On this Day in History ... 24th August
24 Aug is in August.
Events on the 24th August
John of Worcester. 24 Aug 1065. In the month of August, Harold (age 43), the brave earl of Wessex, ordered a large mansion to be built at a place called Portascith78, on the territory of the Welsh, and gave directions that it should be well stored with meat and drink, that his lord, king Edward (age 62), might sometimes reside there for the sake of hunting. But Caradoc, son of Griffyth, king of South Wales, who a few years before had slain Griffyth, king of North Wales, and usurped his kingdom, came there with the whole force he could gather, on the feast-day of St. Bartholomew, the apostle [24th August], and slew all the workmen and their overseers, and carried off all the materials which had been collected there.
Note 78. Portskewet, on the coast of Monmouthshire, where there are some relics of a church supposed to have been built by Harold.
Florence of Worcester. 24 Aug 1093. Malcolm (age 62), king of the Scots, met king William (age 37) the younger at Gloucester, on the day of the feast of St. Bartholomew the apostle, as they had previously concerted through their ambassadors, in order that peace being restored, there might be a firm alliance between them, agreeably to the wishes of some of the principal English nobles. But they separated without coming to any agreement; for William's pride and insolence was such, that he refused to have any interview and conference with Malcolm. Moreover, he sought to compel him to do him homage in his own court, and abide the judgment of his own barons only ; but Malcolm was by no means disposed to do this, except on the borders of his own kingdom, where the kings of Scotland were wont to do homage to the kings of England, and according to the judgment of the barons of both kingdoms.
On 24 Aug 1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy was born to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 24) and Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou.
On 24 Aug 1198 King Alexander II of Scotland was born to King William I of Scotland (age 55) and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 28) at Haddington, Haddingtonshire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 24 Aug 1200 King John of England (age 33) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 12) were married. She had been engaged to Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 37) who subsequently appealed to King Philip II of France (age 35), their feudal overlord, who used the position to justify a war against John. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême (age 40) and Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 78).
On 24 Aug 1217 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 47) commanded the King's forces at Sandwich, Kent [Map] during the Battle of Sandwich aka Dover. French re-enforcements had left Calais to join with the future Prince Louis's (age 29) forces who were in short supply following the Second Battle of Lincoln. Hubert Burgh's men routed the French ships. The battle marked the end of Prince Louis's invasion with the Treaty of Kingston aka Lambeth being signed shortly afterwards.
On 24 Aug 1313 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.
On 24 Aug 1340 Peter I King Portugal (age 20) and Constanza Manuel Queen Consort Castile (age 24) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal (age 49) and Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 47). They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Life of the Black Prince by Chandos Herald. 24 Aug 1346.
| Tant chevauchoient soir et matyn | They rode so much, evening and morning, |
| Qu'il vinrent a 'eawe de Some; | That they came to the water of the Somme; |
| De l'autre part avoit maint home, | On the other side there were many men, |
| Car la feurent, n’en doutez mye, | For there were, without a doubt, |
| Les comunes de Pikardye, | The common folk of Picardy, |
| Et s'i estoit, sachies de fi, | And there was, know this well, |
| Sire Godomars de Fai. | Sir Godemar du Fay. |
| Mout par fu large le riviere | The river was very wide, |
| Du flum de le mer, rade et fiere, | The flow of the sea, swift and fierce, |
| Dont Englois moult se merveilloient | Which made the English marvel greatly |
| Coment par dela passeroient. | At how they would cross over. |
| Mais li Princes o le corps gent | But the Prince, with his brave men, |
| ffist eslire chevaliers cent, | Chose one hundred knights, |
| Des meillours de son avant garde, | The best of his vanguard, |
| Et les fist aler prendre garde | And sent them to find a way |
| Coment il pourroient passer. | To see how they could cross. |
| Et cil qui firent a loer, | And those who did so commendably |
| Chevauchoient tout environ | Rode all around |
| Tant qu’ont trove un compaignon | Until they found a companion |
| Qui lour a enseignie le pas | Who showed them the ford |
| De Some, je ne vous menk pas, | Of the Somme, I tell you no lie, |
| Et tout li cent, a une fig, | And all the hundred, in one go, |
| En I'eawe, le lance baissié, | Lowered their lances in the water, |
| Se sont feru sur lour coursiers— | They spurred on their horses— |
| Moult furent vaillanz chevaliers— | They were very valiant knights— |
| Et li Princes venoit apres | And the Prince came after, |
| Qui ades les sievoit de pres. | Always closely following them. |
| Grant escarmuche ot sur le pas | There was a great skirmish at the ford |
| De Some, je ne vous menk pas, | Of the Somme, I tell you no lie, |
| Et fort combatoient chevalier; | And the knights fought fiercely; |
| Et la de traire et de lancier | And there, with arrows and lances, |
| Se penoient d'ambedeux pars, | They strove on both sides, |
| Mais assez tost feurent espars | But they were soon scattered |
| Et mys a fuite li Picart | And put to flight the Picards |
| Avoec monseignour Godemart; | With Lord Godemar |
| Mais avoec I'aide de Dieu | But with the help of God, |
| Tout passa en tamps et en lieu. | Everyone crossed in time and place. |
On 24 Aug 1346 the Battle of Blanchetaque was fought between the English and French. The English had become trapped in an area denuded of supplies and needed to cross the River Somme to access food. The French army had destroyed all the bridges across the River Somme. At the 1800m wide ford at Blanchetaque, ten miles inland from the sea, Edward III's (age 33) army crossed the river despite resistance from the French. Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 38) led a force of English longbowmen across the ford to engage the French crossbowmen. Following the archery battle a force of English mounted men-at-arms, probably led by William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 36), engaged with the French. Following the battle the whole English army crossed the river then marched to Crécy to prepare for the next battle.
Froissart Book 1 Chapter 127. 24 Aug 1346. When the English host was come thither, sir Godemar du Fay arranged all his company to defend the passage. The king of England let not for all that; but when the flood was gone, he commanded his marshals to enter into the water in the name of God and Saint George. Then they that were hardy and courageous entered on both parties, and many a man reversed. There were some of the Frenchmen of Artois and Picardy that were as glad to joust in the water as on the dry land.
The Frenchmen defended so well the passage at the issuing out of the water, that they had much to do. The Genoways did them great trouble with their cross-bows: on the other side the archers of England shot so wholly together, that the Frenchmen were fain to give place to the Englishmen. There was a sore battle, and many a noble feat of arms done on both sides. Finally the Englishmen passed over and assembled together in the field. The king and the prince passed, and all the lords; then the Frenchmen kept none array, but departed, he that might best. When sir Godemar saw that discomfiture, he fled and saved himself: some fled to Abbeville and some to Saint-Riquiers. They that were there afoot could not flee, so that there were slain a great number of them of Abbeville, Montreuil, Rue and of Saint-Riquiers: the chase endured more than a great league. And as yet all the Englishmen were not passed the river, and certain currours of the king of Bohemia and of sir John of Plainault came on them that were behind and took certain horses and carriages and slew divers, or they could take the passage.
Chronicle of the Monastery of Melsa 1346. 24 Aug 1346. Therefore, King Edward, having been informed by an Englishman born in Royston near Nafferton, who had lived in those parts for 16 years, directed his course through a certain ford of the aforementioned river into the towns of Saint-Valery and Crotoy, where the sea ebbs and flows. There, he crossed with his men at a place where the inhabitants of that land had never before dared to cross, except six or four at a time. But King Edward, with his army, crossed a league closer to the sea than others had ever crossed before, at a place where no one had previously crossed. Upon his arrival there, a large number of fighters and the communities of the entire surrounding region gathered to oppose Edward's passage. But King Edward, with his men, though continually facing resistance from enemies, crossed over thousands of front lines almost within a single hour of the day. After defeating the French—indeed, more than 8,000 of them were killed—King Edward and all his men remained unharmed. Immediately, the English took the town of Crotoy and the castle of Noyel.
Unde continuo rex Edwardus per quemdam Anglicum natum in Roestona prope Naffretonam, qui in illis partibus per 16 annos morabatur, informatus, per quoddam vadum preedicti fluminis in villas Sancti Valerii et Crotoye, ubi mare fluit et refluit, iter suum dirigebat. Ibique cum suis pertransivit ubi per prius terre illius incolse [nunquam], nisi 6 vel 4 simul, ausi sunt pertransire. Edwardus vero rex cum exercitu suo propinquius mari quam alii per unam leugam transvadavit ; ubi nunquam per prius aliquis pertransivit. Ad cujus illuc adventum, copiosus numerus pugnatorum et totius circaregionis communitatum Edwardo inobviam convenerunt, ad ipsius passagium perturbandum. Sed rex Edwardus cum suis continuo viribus tamen, licet resistentibus inimicis, per millenos frontorios quasi in una diei hora transvadavit, et victis Francigenis, videlicet 8,000 et amplius eorum interfectis, rex Edwardus et sui singuli incolumes remanserunt. Et continuo Anglici villam de Crotoy et castrum de Noyel acceperunt.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. 24 Aug 1346. And with the bridges broken, there was no way forward for our lord the king except between Crotoy and the Abbéville during the ebb of the tide, where the entire army crossed unharmed, even though the people of that land did not know of a safe ford there, except for a place where six or ten could cross at a time. However, our men crossed almost everywhere as if in a safe ford, which was astonishing to all who knew that place. The adversary of our lord the king had stationed around 1,000 knights and 5,000 or more foot soldiers to guard that passage, to strongly resist the lord king; but they were repulsed by the lord Earl of Northampton and the lord Reginald de Cobham, who, with 100 armed men and some archers, led the army forward. They fought bravely and, after killing 2,000 or more that day, the rest fled as far as the Abbéville, where the said adversary was with his army.
Et, fractis pontibus, via non potuit domino nostro regi, nisi inter Croteye et Abbatis villam in refluxu maris, ubi totus exercitus transivit illæsus, licet in loco a populo illius terræ nesciretur esse vadum tutum, nisi situm ubi sex vel decem transire poterant simul. Nostri tamen indifferenter quasi omni loco, tanquam in vado tuto, transierunt; quod mirum est in oculis omnium qui noverant locum illam. Et adversarius domini nostri regis ordinavit circiter M. equites et v. millia peditum vel ultra pro custodia illius passagii, ad resistendum fortiter domino regi; sed per dominum comitem Northamptonie et dominum Reginaldum de Cobham, cum c. armatis et quibusdam sagittariis exercitum præcedentes, viriliter sunt repulsi, et, interfectis eo die duobus millibus vel ultras, ceteri fugerunt nsque ad Abbatis villam, ubi dictus adversarius cum exercitu suo fuit.
Chronicle of Jean de Venette. 24 Aug 1346. Coming to the river Somme near the town of Abbeville, they headed for a ford where the water was very low, in the place which is called Albataque, Blanchetaque in French, and there they crossed with their horses and baggage, unhindered and without danger, though Sir Godemar with many armed men was waiting on the other side to oppose them. For when Godemar, a Burgundian knight, saw them cross bravely in huge numbers, he did not wait on the bank but turned and fled with his men53. The English54 thus crossed the river Somme freely and came to the town called Le Crotoy, which they burned.
Note 53. Jean de Venette correctly labels Godemar du Fay a Burgundian. He was seigneur de Boutheon. See Viard, "Lettres d'état," Annuaire-Bulletin de la Soc. de hist. de France, XXXIV-XXXV (1897-98), No. 247, n. 1. Jean le Bel, followed by Froissart, credits him with putting up a good fight. The other chroniclers agree with Jean de Venette. The Chandos Herald also describes a vigorous defense of Blanchetaque (Life of the Black Prince, PP-7, 137, 183). A reads divertens for revertens.
Note 54. A adds Anglici before Sommam.
Chronicle of Henry Knighton. 24 Aug 1346. And when Philip had learned of the English crossing and the defeat of his men, he set out towards Amiens. He ordered all the bridges in the surrounding area between himself and King Edward to be destroyed, so that no path was open to the English, except between Crotoy and Abbeville, where previously the inhabitants of that land or their compatriots had never found a way, and thus they crossed over a stretch of the sea about a league in length, on the eve of Saint Bartholomew.
Cumque Philippus intellexisset passagium Anglorum et ruinam suorum, carpsit iter uersus Amyas. Fecitque elidi omnes pontes in circuitu inter ipsum et regem Edwardum, ita quod non patuit iter Angligenis, nisi inter Crotoye et Abuylle ubi antea incolis dicte terre uel conpatriotis nunquam claruerunt uiam, et sic transierunt per unum whassum maris ad longitudinem unius leuce, in uigilia Sancti Bartholomei.
On 24 Aug 1358 John I King Castile was born to Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 24) and Juana Manuel Queen of Castile (age 19).
On 22 Aug 1371 Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny (age 31) was killed at Baesweiler, Aachen aka Aix-le-Chapelle.
Waleran Luxemburg (age 16) was captured.
On 24 Aug 1371 Edward Duke Guelders (age 35) died from wounds..
On 24 Aug 1393 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany was born to John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 54) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On or before 24 Aug 1453 Thomas Neville (age 23) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married. Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby was the niece and heiress of Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 50) meaning traditional Percy lands would become Neville lands. The Percy's, being the older family, especially Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30), took umbrage with the ensuing two year feud known as the Neville Percy Feud. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 53) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 46). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 24 Aug 1453 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 22) was ambushed at Heworth Moor York by Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont leading a force of 700 or more men when returning with his brother's wedding party from Tattershall Castle [Map] to Sheriff Hutton [Map].
On 24 Aug 1467 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 62) was appointed Constable of England.
On 24 Aug 1482 Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 20) was knighted by King Richard III of England (age 29) at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map] during the Capture of Berwick.
Letters and Papers 1535. 24 Aug 1535. R. O. 172. Thomas Broke to Cromwell.
I was at the Rolls, as you desired, on Bartholomew Even, at the payment of Geo. Robynson concerning the matter of Mr. Dudley. After paying the money to him, and delivering his acquittance to Henry Polsted, I reminded him how small in value of his goods he assessed himself to the King; "which to him was nothing pleasant." As to your building at Austin Friars, the frame which was set up last year will be fully finished within these 14 days. The main frame on the street side is fully set up. They are now laying the gutters, and in three weeks they trust it shall be covered with tile. I have viewed your house at Hackney. The kitchen is finished, except the paving. The wet and dry larders, and the filling of the pool in the garden, are well forward. I have seen Master Richard's house at Stepney. He and his folks are well and anxious for your return, "and, according to Mr. Richard's commandment, I sweetly kissed Mastres Beatrice his maid four or five times for failing." Your household at the Rolls are in good health, and will be glad of your return if the plague and sickness cease. By report there was much more death in London before my coming home than since. I thank the King for his goodness when I was last with him. I desire remembrances to my friends of the Privy Chamber, especially to Norris, Henneage, Russell, Long, my fellow Mewtas, Mr. Controller, Mr. Vice-Chamberlain, Baynton, Coffyn, and Uvedale. London, St. Bartholomew's Day. "By your true and faithful friend and fellow, Thomas Broke."
Hol., p. 1. Add.: Secretary. Endd.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 24 Aug 1555. The xxiiij day of August cam from Rome at afternone the bysshope of Ely (age 49), the bysshope of Banger (age 51), the lord Montycutt vycontt (age 26), ser Hare Husse, and dyvers odur.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 24 Aug 1558. The xxiiij day at after-non was [buried] ser Gorge Pallett (age 66) knyght, and brodur [to the lord] tressorer the marques of Wynchester (age 75), and with standard of armes, cott, elmett, targett, sword, and a vj dosen [of pensils] and iiij dosen of skochyons.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24 Aug 1663. Up very early, and my joyners came to work. I to Mr. Moore; from him came back home again, and drew up an account to my Lord, and that being done met him at my Lord Sandwich's (age 38), where I was a good while alone with my Lord; and I perceive he confides in me and loves me as he uses to do, and tells me his condition, which is now very well all I fear is that he will not live within compass, for I am told this morning of strange dotages of his upon the slut at Chelsea, even in the presence of his daughter, my Lady Jem, and Mrs. Ferrets, who took notice of it. There come to him this morning his prints of the river Tagus and the City of Lisbon [Map], which he measured with his own hand, and printed by command of the King (age 33). My Lord pleases himself with it, but methinks it ought to have been better done than by jobing. Besides I put him upon having some took off upon white sattin, which he ordered presently. I offered my Lord my accounts, and did give him up his old bond for £500 and took a new one of him for £700, which I am by lending him more money to make up: and I am glad of it. My Lord would have had me dine with him, but I had a mind to go home to my workmen, and so took a kind good bye of him, and so with Creed to St. James's, and, missing Mr. Coventry (age 35), walked to the New Exchange, and there drank some whey, and so I by water home, and found my closett at my office made very clean and neat to my mind mightily, and home to dinner, and then to my office to brush my books, and put them and my papers in order again, and all the afternoon till late at night doing business there, and so home to supper, and then to work in my chamber, making matters of this day's accounts clear in my books, they being a little extraordinary, and so being very late I put myself to bed, the rest being long ago gone.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24 Aug 1664. So after 'Change [Map] home and a good dinner, and then to White Hall to a Committee of the Fishery, where my Lord Craven (age 56) and Mr. Gray mightily against Mr. Creed's being joined in the warrant for Secretary with Mr. Duke. However I did get it put off till the Duke of Yorke (age 30) was there, and so broke up doing nothing.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24 Aug 1678. I went to see my Lord of St. Alban's (age 73) house, at Byfleet, Surrey, an old, large building. Thence, to the papermills, where I found them making a coarse white paper. They cull the rags which are linen for white paper, woolen for brown; then they stamp them in troughs to a pap, with pestles, or hammers, like the powder mills, then put it into a vessel of water, in which they dip a frame closely wired with wire as small as a hair and as close as a weaver's reed; on this they take up the pap, the superfluous water draining through the wire; this they dexterously turning, shake out like a pancake on a smooth board between two pieces of flannel, then press it between a great press, the flannel sucking out the moisture; then, taking it out, they ply and dry it on strings, as they dry linen in the laundry; then dip it in alum water, lastly, polish and make it up in quires. They put some gum in the water in which they macerate the rags. The mark we find on the sheets is formed in the wire.
On 24 Aug 1704 the largest naval of the War of the Spanish Sucession was fought at Vélez Málaga a week after the capture of Gibraltar by the British.
On 24 Aug 1751 James Aston 5th Baronet (age 28) died of smallpox without male issue. His fourth cousin once removed Philip Aston 6th Baronet (age 40) succeeded 6th Baronet Aston of Tixall.
On 28 Jun 1853 Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March (age 81) died. His son Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss (age 56) succeeded 9th Earl Wemyss, 2nd Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife. Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss (age 55) by marriage Countess Wemyss.
His obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine by Sylvanus Urban Volume XL reads as follows:
THE EARL OF WEMYSS AND MARCH June 28 At Gosford House East Lothian in his 81st year the Right Hon Francis Wemyss Charteris Wemyss sixth Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho and Methel 1633 Baron Wemyss of Elcho 1628 Earl of March Viscount of Peebles and Lord Niedpath, Lyne and Munard 1697 all dignities in the peerage of Scotland Baron Wemyss of Wemyss co Fife 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire.
He was born on the 15th April 1772 the only son of Francis Lord Elcho son and heir apparent of the fifth Earl by Miss Susan Tracy Keck one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Charlotte the second daughter of Anthony Tracy Keck esq of Great Tew co Oxford by Lady Susan Hamilton fourth daughter of James fourth Duke of Hamilton and first Duke of Brandon KG and KT.
In early life his lordship had a commission in the army and from 1793 to 1797 was aide de camp to his grand uncle Lord Adam Gordon Commander in chief of the forces in Scotland He quitted the army in 1797.
His father Lord Elcho died on the 20th June 1808 and his grandfather on the 24th August following whereupon he succeeded to the Earldom of Wemyss and its attendant titles. On the death of William fourth Duke of Queensberry (age 83) in Dec 1810 he inherited the barony of Niedpath and the extensive property which had belonged to his Grace in the county of Peebles in pursuance of the terms of the marriage contract of the first Earl of March his Grace's grandfather. He also succeeded to the dignities of Earl of March, Viscount of Peebles and Lord Douglas of Niedpath, Lyne and Munard the patent of creation being to Lord William Douglas et heredes masculos de ejus corpore quibus deficientibus alios ejus hæredes masin culos et talliæ contentos in ejus infeofa mentis terrarum et dominii de Niedpath.
His Lordship was created a peer of the united kingdom by the title of Baron Wemyss at the Coronation of King George IV by patent dated 17 Jul 1821. He supported the Conservative party in parliament but took but little interest in politics.
He married May 31 1794 Margaret (age 16) fourth daughter of Walter Campbell esq of Shawfield (age 54) by his first wife Eleanor daughter of Robert Kerr of Newfield eldest son of Lord Charles Kerr second son of Robert first Marquess of Lothian. By that lady who died in 1850 he had issue two sons and nine daughters 1 Francis his successor 2 Lady Eleanor (age 1) married in 1820 to Walter Frederick Campbell of Woodhall co Lanark esq eldest son of Colonel John Campbell (age 26) by Lady Charlotte (age 21) daughter of John fifth Duke of Argyle (age 73) and died in 1832 3 the Hon Walter died 1818 4 Susan who died in infancy 5 Lady Margaret married in 1824 to Lieut Colonel John Wildman and died in 1825 6 Lady Katharine married in 1824 to her cousin George Harry Lord Grey of Groby who died in 1835 and she died in 1844 leaving issue the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington and Lady Margaret Milbanke 7 Lady Charlotte (age 1) married in 1825 to Andrew Fletcher esq of Salton Castle East Lothian 8 Lady Louisa Antoinetta (age 1) married in 1832 to William Forbes esq of Callendar co Stirling late MP for Stirlingshire 9 Lady Harriet (age 1) married in 1829 to Sir George Grant Suttie Bart 10 Lady Jane and 11 Lady Caroline. The present Earls in 1796 married in 1817 Lady Louisa Bingham fourth daughter of Richard 2d Earl Lucan (age 31) by whom he has issue Francis Lord Elcho four other sons and daughters.
On 24 Aug 1872 George Capron of Southwick (age 90) died. Memorial in Church of St Rumbold, Stoke Doyle [Map] by Thomas Gaffin.
George Capron of Southwick: Around 1782 he was born to Thomas Capron and Elizabeth Lucas.
On 24 Aug 1889 Evan Morris was knighted by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 70) on her visit to Wrexham.
On 24 Aug 1909 Edward Henry John Cornwallis Eliot (age 23) died. Memorial at St Germans Priory [Map].
Edward Henry John Cornwallis Eliot: On 30 Aug 1885 he was born to Henry Cornwallis Eliot 5th Earl St Germans and Emily Harriet Labouchere Countess St Germans.
Births on the 24th August
On 24 Aug 1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy was born to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 24) and Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou.
On 24 Aug 1198 King Alexander II of Scotland was born to King William I of Scotland (age 55) and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 28) at Haddington, Haddingtonshire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 24 Aug 1337 Isabel Scrope was born to Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 24) and Joan Unknown (age 17).
On 24 Aug 1358 John I King Castile was born to Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 24) and Juana Manuel Queen of Castile (age 19).
On 24 Aug 1377 Piers Mauley 5th Baron de Mauley was born to Piers Mauley (age 20) and Margery Sutton Baroness Ferrers Harewood Baroness Haversham.
On 24 Aug 1393 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany was born to John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 54) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 24 Aug 1561 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk was born to Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 25) and Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk (age 21).
Before 24 Aug 1588 Mary Spencer was born to Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer (age 18) and Margaret Willoughby (age 21) at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 24 Aug 1646 Roger Boyle 2nd Earl Orrery was born to Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery (age 25) and Margaret Howard Countess Orrery (age 24) at Dublin [Map].
On 24 Aug 1652 Richard Evelyn was born to John Evelyn (age 31) and Mary Browne (age 17).
On 24 Aug 1653 Elizabeth Egerton Countess Leicester was born to John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater (age 30) and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater (age 26).
On 24 Aug 1672 Charles Scott Earl Doncaster was born to James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch (age 23) and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 21). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24 Aug 1673 Charlotte de Vere was born to Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford (age 46) and Diana Kirke Countess of Oxford. She was baptised 13 Sep 1673 at St Martin in the Fields [Map].
On 24 Aug 1676 Susannah Hanmer Lady Bunbury was born to William Hamner (age 28) and Peregrina North.
On 24 Aug 1695 Louise Emilie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 37) and Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 24 Aug 1706 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet was born to John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 24) and Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 31) at Wotton House.
On 24 Aug 1715 George Fitzroy Earl Euston was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 31) and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 24). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24 Aug 1730 Thomas Harley was born to Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 31) and Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 31).
On 24 Aug 1758 Edward James Eliot was born to Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot (age 31).
On 24 Aug 1771 Maria "Mie Mie" Seymour-Conway Marchioness of Hertford was born illegitimately to William Douglas 4th Duke Queensberry (age 46).
On 24 Aug 1777 Frances Fox-Strangways was born to Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester and Elizabeth Strangways-Horner Countess Ilchester (age 55).
On 24 Aug 1783 Robert William Shirley was born to Washington Shirley 8th Earl Ferrers (age 22) and Frances Ward.
On 24 Aug 1808 John Mordaunt 9th Baronet was born to Charles Mordaunt 8th Baronet (age 37).
On 24 Aug 1808 John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde was born to James Wandesford Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde (age 31) and Grace Louisa Staples Marchioness Ormonde.
On 24 Aug 1814 Frederica Sophia Anson was born to Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 47) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 35).
On 24 Aug 1838 James Hamilton 2nd Duke of Abercorn was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 27) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 26).
On 24 Aug 1838 William Augustus Frederick Craven was born to William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 29) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 22).
On 24 Aug 1844 Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby 9th Baron Middleton was born to Henry Willoughby 8th Baron Middleton (age 26) and Julia Louisa Bosville Baroness Middleton (age 20).
On 24 Aug 1851 Mary Louisa Cholmondeley Lady Massingham Parva was born to Henry Pitt Cholmondeley (age 31) and Mary Leigh (age 23).
On 24 Aug 1852 Theobald Butler was born to John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde (age 44) and Frances Paget Marchioness Ormonde (age 35).
On 24 Aug 1865 Richard Morden Harbord 10th Baron Suffield was born to Reverend John Harbord (age 33).
On 24 Aug 1870 Capel Charles Wolsleley 9th Baronet was born to Major William Charles Wolseley (age 35) and Annie Wolseley. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 24 Aug 1880 Mary Caroline Magdalan Fitzalan Howard was born to Edmund Bernard Fitzalan Howard 1st Viscount Fitzalan Derwent Derby (age 25) and Mary Caroline Bertie Viscountess Fitzalan Derwent Derby (age 21).
On 24 Aug 1882 George Oliver Colthurst 7th Baronet was born to George St John Colthurst 6th Baronet (age 32) and Edith Jane Morris Lady Colthurst (age 22).
On 24 Aug 1888 Major Oscar Montague Guest was born to Ivor Bertie Guest (age 52) and Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill Baroness Wimborne (age 40).
On 24 Aug 1889 Grenville Northey Irby 7th Baron Boston was born to Cecil Suamarez Irby (age 27).
On 24 Aug 1897 Reginald Walter Bagot 8th Baron Bagot was born to Charles Frederick Heneage Bagot (age 39) and Florence Eleanor Bagot. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 24 Aug 1903 Bernard Hugh Denman Croft 13th Baronet was born to Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft 12th Baronet (age 29).
On 24 Aug 1905 Richard Sykes 7th Baronet was born to Mark Sykes 6th Baronet (age 26) and Edith Violet Gorst (age 33).
On 24 Aug 1907 Rupert Teck was born to Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone (age 33) and Princess Alice Countess Athlone (age 24). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 24 Aug 1922 William Stanhope 11th Earl of Harrington was born to Charles Stanhope 10th Earl of Harrington (age 34) and Margaret Trelawney Seaton.
On 24 Aug 1952 Raymond Asquith 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith was born to Julian Asquith 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (age 36).
On 24 Aug 1957 Thomas Craven 7th Earl Craven was born to William Craven 6th Earl Craven (age 39).
Marriages on the 24th August
Before 06 Apr 1199 King John of England (age 32) and Isabella Fitzrobert 3rd Countess Gloucester and Essex (age 26) marriage annulled due to consanuinity but more likely because John's new status as heir to the English throne mean't he had better prospects. He may have already decided to marry Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 11) who he married on 24 Aug 1200.
On 24 Aug 1200 King John of England (age 33) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 12) were married. She had been engaged to Hugh Lusignan IX Count Lusignan (age 37) who subsequently appealed to King Philip II of France (age 35), their feudal overlord, who used the position to justify a war against John. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême (age 40) and Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 78).
On 24 Aug 1340 Peter I King Portugal (age 20) and Constanza Manuel Queen Consort Castile (age 24) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal (age 49) and Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 47). They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Before 24 Aug 1358 Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 24) and Juana Manuel Queen of Castile (age 19) were married. He the illegitmate son of Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile and Eleanor Guzman. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24 Aug 1369 Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl Ulster (age 17) and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster (age 14) were married at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess March. He by marriage Earl Ulster. She the daughter of Lionel Plantagenet 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence. He the son of Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March and Philippa Montagu Countess March (age 37). They were fourth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On or before 24 Aug 1453 Thomas Neville (age 23) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married. Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby was the niece and heiress of Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 50) meaning traditional Percy lands would become Neville lands. The Percy's, being the older family, especially Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30), took umbrage with the ensuing two year feud known as the Neville Percy Feud. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 53) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 46). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 24 Aug 1453 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 22) was ambushed at Heworth Moor York by Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont leading a force of 700 or more men when returning with his brother's wedding party from Tattershall Castle [Map] to Sheriff Hutton [Map].
Before 24 Aug 1494 Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West (age 19) and Elizabeth Bonville Baroness De La Warr and West (age 20) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
After 24 Aug 1658 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 42) and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 50) were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.
On 24 Aug 1714 Clobery Noel 5th Baronet (age 19) and Elizabeth Rowney were married.
On 24 Aug 1738 Robert Deane 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Charleton Tilson Lady Deane (age 20) were married.
On 24 Aug 1777 Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 25) and Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways Baroness Adare were married. She the daughter of Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester and Elizabeth Strangways-Horner Countess Ilchester (age 55).
On 24 Aug 1807 William Lewis Trelawny aka Salusbury-Trelawny 8th Baronet (age 26) and Patience Christian Carpenter Lady Trelawny (age 19) were married at Tavistock, Devon.
On 24 Aug 1813 Charles Knightley 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Selina Mary Hervey Lady Knightley were married. She by marriage Lady Knightley of Fawsley.
On 24 Aug 1889 Edwin Abercromby Dashwood 8th Baronet (age 34) and Florence Norton Lady Dashwood were married in Auckland. She by marriage Lady Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
On 24 Aug 1905 William Hanbury-Tracy 5th Baron Sudeley (age 35) and Edith Celandine Cecil (age 19) were married.
On 24 Aug 1907 John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 33) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 21) were married.
Deaths on the 24th August
On 24 Aug 1093 Geoffrey "Boterel" Penthièvre I Count Penthièvre died.
On 24 Aug 1261 Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury (age 74) died. She was buried in Lacock Abbey [Map]. Her inscription reads ... Below lie buried the bones of the venerable Ela, who gave this sacred house as a home for the nuns. She also had lived here as holy abbess and Countess of Salisbury, full of good works. Her great granddaughter Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln succeeded 4th Countess Salisbury.
On 24 Aug 1313 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.
On 24 Aug 1365 Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy (age 62) died at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map].
On 22 Aug 1371 Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny (age 31) was killed at Baesweiler, Aachen aka Aix-le-Chapelle.
Waleran Luxemburg (age 16) was captured.
On 24 Aug 1371 Edward Duke Guelders (age 35) died from wounds..
On 24 Aug 1505 Bishop Richard Redman died.
On 24 Aug 1507 Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 38) died.
On 24 Aug 1621 Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 75) died.
On 24 Aug 1647 Nicholas Stone (age 60) died in Long Acre. He was buried in St Martin in the Fields [Map].
On 24 Aug 1647 John Acland 1st Baronet (age 56) died. His son Francis Acland 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Acland of Columb John in Devon.
On 24 Aug 1658 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave (age 46) died. His son John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 10) succeeded 3rd Earl Mulgrave, 5th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
On 24 Aug 1673 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick (age 58) died. His first cousin Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland (age 54) succeeded 5th Earl Warwick, 7th Baron Rich of Leez. Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 24 Aug 1678 Thomas Howard 2nd Baron Howard (age 52) died. His brother William Howard 3rd Baron Howard Escrick succeeded 3rd Baron Howard of Escrick.
On 24 Aug 1680 Ferdinand Bol (age 64) died.
On 24 Aug 1682 John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 66) died. Duke Lauderdale, Earl Guildford, Baron Petersham extinct. His brother Charles Maitland 3rd Earl Lauderdale succeeded 3rd Earl Lauderdale, 3rd Viscount Maitland, 3rd Viscount Lauderdale.
On 24 Aug 1689 Margaret Howard Countess Orrery (age 67) died.
On 24 Aug 1703 Lionel Boyle 3rd Earl Orrery (age 32) died at Earls Court, Kensington.
On 24 Aug 1720 Thomas Powell 1st Baronet (age 55) died. His son Herbert Powell 2nd Baronet (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baronet Powell of Broadway in Carmarthenshire.
On 24 Aug 1724 Florence Rolle Lady Wrey (age 72) died.
On 24 Aug 1733 Pierre Etienne Monnot (age 76) died.
On 24 Aug 1737 Thomas Twisden 4th Baronet (age 34) died. His brother Roger Twisden 5th Baronet (age 32) succeeded 5th Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.
On 24 Aug 1747 Elizabeth Sedley Lady Burdett died.
On 24 Aug 1751 James Aston 5th Baronet (age 28) died of smallpox without male issue. His fourth cousin once removed Philip Aston 6th Baronet (age 40) succeeded 6th Baronet Aston of Tixall.
On 24 Aug 1756 James Stewart 3rd Baronet (age 61) died. Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway (age 62) succeeded 4th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney.
On 24 Aug 1776 John Prideaux 6th Baronet (age 81) died. His grandson John Wilmot Prideaux 7th Baronet (age 28) succeeded 7th Baronet Prideaux of Netherton in Devon.
On 24 Aug 1804 Elizabeth Terrick Baroness Harrowby died.
On 24 Aug 1808 Francis Charteris de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss (age 84) died.
On 24 Aug 1809 Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (age 70) died. His son Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 35) succeeded 6th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
On 24 Aug 1814 Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 40) died.
On 24 Aug 1818 George Thicknesse 19th Baron Audley 16th Baron Tuchet (age 61) died. His son George Thicknesse-Touchet 20th Baron Audley 17th Baron Tuchet (age 35) succeeded 20th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 17th Baron Tuchet. Anne-Jane Donnelly Baroness Audley by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
On 24 Aug 1824 Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 72) died. His son Windham Quin 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 2nd Viscount Mount Earl, 2nd Baron Adare. Caroline Wyndham Countess Dunraven and Mount Earl by marriage Countess Dunraven and Mount-Earl.
On 24 Aug 1838 William Cave-Browne-Cave 9th Baronet (age 73) died. His son John Robert Cave-Browne-Cave 10th Baronet (age 40) succeeded 10th Baronet Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire.
On 24 Aug 1846 Justinian Isham 9th Baronet (age 29) died. His brother Charles Edmund Isham 10th Baronet (age 26) succeeded 10th Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire. Emily Vaughan Lady Isham by marriage Lady Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
On 28 Jun 1853 Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March (age 81) died. His son Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss (age 56) succeeded 9th Earl Wemyss, 2nd Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife. Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss (age 55) by marriage Countess Wemyss.
His obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine by Sylvanus Urban Volume XL reads as follows:
THE EARL OF WEMYSS AND MARCH June 28 At Gosford House East Lothian in his 81st year the Right Hon Francis Wemyss Charteris Wemyss sixth Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho and Methel 1633 Baron Wemyss of Elcho 1628 Earl of March Viscount of Peebles and Lord Niedpath, Lyne and Munard 1697 all dignities in the peerage of Scotland Baron Wemyss of Wemyss co Fife 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire.
He was born on the 15th April 1772 the only son of Francis Lord Elcho son and heir apparent of the fifth Earl by Miss Susan Tracy Keck one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Charlotte the second daughter of Anthony Tracy Keck esq of Great Tew co Oxford by Lady Susan Hamilton fourth daughter of James fourth Duke of Hamilton and first Duke of Brandon KG and KT.
In early life his lordship had a commission in the army and from 1793 to 1797 was aide de camp to his grand uncle Lord Adam Gordon Commander in chief of the forces in Scotland He quitted the army in 1797.
His father Lord Elcho died on the 20th June 1808 and his grandfather on the 24th August following whereupon he succeeded to the Earldom of Wemyss and its attendant titles. On the death of William fourth Duke of Queensberry (age 83) in Dec 1810 he inherited the barony of Niedpath and the extensive property which had belonged to his Grace in the county of Peebles in pursuance of the terms of the marriage contract of the first Earl of March his Grace's grandfather. He also succeeded to the dignities of Earl of March, Viscount of Peebles and Lord Douglas of Niedpath, Lyne and Munard the patent of creation being to Lord William Douglas et heredes masculos de ejus corpore quibus deficientibus alios ejus hæredes masin culos et talliæ contentos in ejus infeofa mentis terrarum et dominii de Niedpath.
His Lordship was created a peer of the united kingdom by the title of Baron Wemyss at the Coronation of King George IV by patent dated 17 Jul 1821. He supported the Conservative party in parliament but took but little interest in politics.
He married May 31 1794 Margaret (age 16) fourth daughter of Walter Campbell esq of Shawfield (age 54) by his first wife Eleanor daughter of Robert Kerr of Newfield eldest son of Lord Charles Kerr second son of Robert first Marquess of Lothian. By that lady who died in 1850 he had issue two sons and nine daughters 1 Francis his successor 2 Lady Eleanor (age 1) married in 1820 to Walter Frederick Campbell of Woodhall co Lanark esq eldest son of Colonel John Campbell (age 26) by Lady Charlotte (age 21) daughter of John fifth Duke of Argyle (age 73) and died in 1832 3 the Hon Walter died 1818 4 Susan who died in infancy 5 Lady Margaret married in 1824 to Lieut Colonel John Wildman and died in 1825 6 Lady Katharine married in 1824 to her cousin George Harry Lord Grey of Groby who died in 1835 and she died in 1844 leaving issue the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington and Lady Margaret Milbanke 7 Lady Charlotte (age 1) married in 1825 to Andrew Fletcher esq of Salton Castle East Lothian 8 Lady Louisa Antoinetta (age 1) married in 1832 to William Forbes esq of Callendar co Stirling late MP for Stirlingshire 9 Lady Harriet (age 1) married in 1829 to Sir George Grant Suttie Bart 10 Lady Jane and 11 Lady Caroline. The present Earls in 1796 married in 1817 Lady Louisa Bingham fourth daughter of Richard 2d Earl Lucan (age 31) by whom he has issue Francis Lord Elcho four other sons and daughters.
On 24 Aug 1860 Jane Maria Baker Lady Simeon died.
On 24 Aug 1872 George Capron of Southwick (age 90) died. Memorial in Church of St Rumbold, Stoke Doyle [Map] by Thomas Gaffin.
George Capron of Southwick: Around 1782 he was born to Thomas Capron and Elizabeth Lucas.
On 24 Aug 1888 Sackville George Lane-Fox 15th Baron Darcy of Knayth 12th Baron Conyers (age 60) died. Baron Conyers and Baron Darcy of Knayth abeyant between his two daughters Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox Countess Yarborough (age 24) and Violet Ida Evelyn Lane-Fox Countess Powis (age 23).
On 24 Aug 1896 Charles Frederick Ashley-Cooper Ponsonby 2nd Baron de Mauley (age 80) died. His son William Ashley Webb Ponsonby 3rd Baron de Mauley (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron de Mauley.
On 24 Aug 1900 Henry Hope Edwardes 10th Baronet (age 72) died. Baronet Edwardes of Shrewsbury in Shropshire extinct.
On 24 Aug 1921 William Henry Trollope 10th Baronet (age 62) died. His brother Thomas Ernest Trollope 11th Baronet (age 62) succeeded 11th Baronet Trollope of Casewick in Lincolnshire.
On 24 Aug 1930 Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton (age 88) died. His son Edward Charles Rowley Littleton 4th Baron Hatherton (age 62) succeeded 4th Baron Hatherton.
On 24 Aug 1937 William Gervase Beckett 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His son Martyn Gervase Beckett 2nd Baronet (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baronet Becket of Kirkdale Manor in North Yorkshire.
On 24 Aug 1944 John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton 4th Earl Ellesmere (age 71) died. His son John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Ellesmere. Diana Evelyn Percy (age 26) by marriage Countess Ellesmere.
On 24 Aug 1950 Francis Edward Colquhoun Blake 2nd Baronet (age 57) died. His son Francis Michael Blake 3rd Baronet (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blake of Tillmouth Park in Cornhill in Northumberland.
On 24 Aug 1970 Rita Emily Carr-Ellison Duchess Grafton (age 58) died.
On 24 Aug 1972 Bernard Fitzalan Howard 3rd Baron Howard (age 87) died. His son Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk (age 57) succeeded 4th Baron Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire. Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk (age 44) by marriage Baroness Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire.
On 24 Aug 1990 Francis Hastings 16th Earl Huntingdon (age 89) died. He was buried at Hasting's Chapel St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map]. His first cousin once removed William Hastings-Bass 17th Earl of Huntingdon (age 42) succeeded 17th Earl Huntingdon.
On 24 Aug 1994 John Methuen 6th Baron Methuen (age 68) died. His brother Robert Methuen 7th Baron Methuen (age 63) succeeded 7th Baron Methuen of Corsham in Wiltshire.