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On this Day in History ... 27th February

27 Feb is in February.

1200 Council of Reims

1490 Arthur Tudor created Prince of Wales

1535 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

1536 Henry VIII becomes Supreme Head of the Church

1545 Battle of Ancrum Moor

1752 Marriage of James Duke Hamilton and Elizabeth Gunning

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 27th February

Before 1200. Choir Aisle at Hereford Cathedral [Map] left to right ...

In 1198 Bishop William de Vere died.

On 09 May 1186 Bishop Gilbert Foliot died.

On 16 Apr 1148 Bishop Robert de Bethune died in Reims just after the closure of the Council of Reims. His remains were brought to Hereford Cathedral [Map] where he was buried. See Chronicle of Wigmore.

On 27 Feb 1167 Bishop Robert Melun (age 67) died.

Patent Rolls Henry VI 1452-1461. 27 Feb 1459. Ratification to the king’s uterine brother, Jasper, earl of Pembroke (age 27), in tail male, of letters patent dated 27 June, 31 Henry VI, granting to him and his heirs a fee farm of £113 6s. 8d. which the heirs of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, render for the castle and cantred of Buelt [Map], and £42. from the fee farm of Hereford, which letters are invalid because by other letters dated 12 June, 29 Henry VI, the king granted to Humphrey, duke of Buckingham, in tail male, among other things, £35. 3s. 4d. from the fee farm of Hereford by the hands of the mayor, bailiffs, burgesses, men, sheriff or other receivers from 4 July, 28 Henry VI, for fourteen years, and by other letters dated 12 February, 16 Henry VI, the king granted to John Popham, "chivaler," then treasurer of the houschold, 100 marks yearly for life from the fee farm of the castle and cantred of Bueld from Michaelmas then last by the hands of the heirs of Roger Mortymer, late earl of March; grant also to the earl in tail male of the 70 marks residue of the said £113. 6s. 8d. beyond the 100 marks granted to the said John from the said 27 June, and of the 100 marks immediately after the decease of John, and of the residue of the fee farm of Hereford beyond the said £35 3s. 4d. granted to the duke from the said 27 June, and of the whole farm immediately after the end of the said term of fourteen ycars. By K. etc. and of the said date by authority of Parliament.

Chronicle of Robert Fabyan 1471. 27 Feb 1471. And the 27th day of the said month, rode the Earl of Warwick (age 42) thorugh the city towards Dover, for to have received Queen Margaret; but he was disappointed, for the wind was to her so contrary, that she lay at the sea side tarrying for a convenient wind from November till April. And so the said Earl, after he had long tarried for her at the sea syde, was fain to returne without speed of his purpose.

And the xxvii. daye of y sayd moneth, rode the erle of Warwyke thorugh the cytre towarde Douer, for to haue receyued quene Margarete; but he was despoynted, for y wynde was to her so contrary, that she laye at the see syde taryinge for a conuenyent wynde frome Nouembre tyll Apryll. And soo the sayde erle, after he hadde longe taryed for her at the see syde, was fayne to vetourne without spede of his purpose.

Letters and Papers 1535. 27 Feb 1535. R. O. 275. Sir Edward Wotton (age 45) to Cromwell (age 50).

Remonstrates against Cromwell's urging him by his letters to resign his patent of the stewardship of the abbey of Malling, the King having written to the abbess in favor of master Thomas Wyatt. Cromwell may be as much assured of his heart as Mr. Wyatt, and since the death of his brother-in-law, Sir Henry Guildford, he has always depended on Cromwell's friendship. The grant he obtained under the convent seal was in fulfilment of a promise of the abbess many years past. Would have waited on the King before, but has been lately with his sister Guldeford (age 36) and others, who have been with his cousin, Edward Brown, son of Sir Matthew Brown (age 59), who has died of the common plague. Asks Cromwell to relate the matter to the King. Supposes that when the abbess made the grant to Cromwell she had forgotten her promise to him, for, though he knew from the first of the death of Mr. Fisher, he waited for five or six days before writing to the abbess, thinking that few then would apply for so small an office. On first reading his letter she had forgotten the promise which he claimed as having been made within two years and less after her being made abbess. She was not dissembling in her answers either to the King or Cromwell. No effect can grow in law or conscience of her promise to Cromwell, so long after her promise to him. Begs Cromwell to be good master to her and her poor house. Bocton Malherbe [Map], Saturday, 27 Feb.

Hol., pp. 3. Add.: Secretary. Endd.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1536. 27 Feb 1536. The Soundaie of Quinquegesima, being the 27th daie of Februarie and Leepe yeare, a.d. 1536, preached at Paules Crosse [Map] the Bushoppe of Durhame, named Dr. Dunstall (age 62),c sometime Bishopp of London, and afore that, being Master of the Rolls; and their were present at his sermon the Archbishopp of Canterberie (age 46) with eight other bishopps, sitting at the crosse before the preacher; and the Lorde Chauncellor of Englande (age 48), the Duke of Norfolke (age 63), the Duke of Suffolke, with six Erles and divers other lordes, stoode behinde the preacher within the pulpitt, and also fower monkes of the Charterhouse of London were brought to the said sermon, which denied the King (age 44) to be supreame heade of the Church of Englande. And their the said preacher declared the profession of the Bishopp of Rome when he is elected Pope, according to the confirmation of eight universall general counsells, which were congregate for the faith of all Christendome; and everie Pope taketh an othe on the articles, promising to observe, keepe, and hould all that the said counsells confirmed, and to dampne all that they dampned; and how he, contrarie to his oth, hath usurped his power and aucthoritie over all Christendome; and also how uncharitably he had handled our Prince, King Henrie the Eight, in marying [him to] his brother's wife, contrarie to Godes lawes and also against his owne promise and decrees, which he opened by scriptures and by the cannons of the Appostles; and also how everie Kinge hath the highe power under God, and ought to be the supreame head over all spirituall prelates, which was a goodlie and gracious hearing to all the audience being their present at the same sermon. And in his prayers he said, after this manner, ye shall pray for the universall church of all Christendome, and especiall for the prosperous estate of our Soveraigne and Emperour King Henrie the Eight, being the onelie supreame head of this realme of Englande; and he declared also in his said sermon how that the Cardinalls of Rome bee but curattes and decons of the cittie and province of Bome, and how that everie curate of any parrish have as much power as they have, according to scripture, save onelie that the Pope of Rome hath made them so high aucthorities onelie for to ezhalt his name and power in Christen realmes for covetousnes, as by his owne decrees he evidentlie their approved.

Note c. Cuthbert Tunstall, translated from London 25th March, 1530.

On 27 Feb 1545 a Scottish army defeated an English army at the Battle of Ancrum Moor at Jedburgh. The Scots Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 56), John Lindsay 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (age 63) and James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 29) fought.

Brian Leyton and Ralph Eure were killed.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 27 Feb 1559. The xvij day of Feybruary was a herse of wax [erected] gorgyously, with armes, a ix dosen penselles and armes, [for the] old lade contes of Oxford (age 62), the syster to the old Thomas [duke of] Norffoke, at Lambeth [Map].

Note. P. 188. Funeral of the countess of Oxford. Anne, daughter of Thomas Howard, second duke of Norfolk, K.G. and widow of John 14th earl of Oxford, who had died in 1526.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 27 Feb 1617. Upon the 27th I spent my time in working and hearing Mr Rose read the Bible and walking abroad.

My Lord (age 27) writ me word that the King had referred the drawing and perfecting the business to the solicitor.

My soul was much troubled and afflicted to see how things go, but my trust is still in Gop, and compare things past with things present and read over the Chronicles.

On 27 Feb 1643 Tobias Crispe (age 43) died of smallpox. He was buried at St Mildred's Church, Bread Street.

Memoirs of Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Cardinal de Retz Book 1. On the 27th the First President reported to the Parliament what had occurred at Saint Germain. M. de Beaufort (age 33) and I had to hinder the people from entering the Great Chamber, for they threatened to throw the deputies into the river, and said they had betrayed them and had held conferences with Mazarin. It was as much as we could do to allay the fury of the people, though at the same time the Parliament believed the tumult was of our own raising. This shows one inconvenience of popularity, namely, that what is committed by the rabble, in spite of all your endeavours to the contrary, will still be laid to your charge.

On 27 Feb 1649 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 58) was tried and was condemned as a traitor and sentenced to death.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1663. Thence with great satisfaction to me back to the Company, where I heard good discourse, and so to the afternoon Lecture upon the heart and lungs, &c., and that being done we broke up, took leave, and back to the office, we two, Sir W. Batten (age 62), who dined here also, being gone before. Here late, and to Sir W. Batten's to speak upon some business, where I found Sir J. Minnes (age 63) pretty well fuddled I thought: he took me aside to tell me how being at my Chancellor's (age 54) to-day, my Lord told him that there was a Great Seal passing for Sir W. Pen (age 41), through the impossibility of the Comptroller's duty to be performed by one man; to be as it were joynt-comptroller with him, at which he is stark mad; and swears he will give up his place, and do rail at Sir W. Pen the cruellest; he I made shift to encourage as much as I could, but it pleased me heartily to hear him rail against him, so that I do see thoroughly that they are not like to be great friends, for he cries out against him for his house and yard and God knows what. For my part, I do hope, when all is done, that my following my business will keep me secure against all their envys. But to see how the old man do strut, and swear that he understands all his duty as easily as crack a nut, and easier, he told my Chancellor, for his teeth are gone; and that he understands it as well as any man in England; and that he will never leave to record that he should be said to be unable to do his duty alone; though, God knows, he cannot do it more than a child. All this I am glad to see fall out between them and myself safe, and yet I hope the King's service well done for all this, for I would not that should be hindered by any of our private differences. So to my office, and then home to supper and to bed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1663. Up and to my office, whither several persons came to me about office business. About 11 o'clock, Commissioner Pett (age 52) and I walked to Chyrurgeon's Hall (we being all invited thither, and promised to dine there); where we were led into the Theatre [Map]; and by and by comes the reader, Dr. Tearne, with the Master and Company, in a very handsome manner: and all being settled, he begun his lecture, this being the second upon the kidneys, ureters, &c., which was very fine; and his discourse being ended, we walked into the Hall, and there being great store of company, we had a fine dinner and good learned company, many Doctors of Phisique, and we used with extraordinary great respect. Among other observables we drank the King's health out of a gilt cup given by King Henry VIII to this Company, with bells hanging at it, which every man is to ring by shaking after he hath drunk up the whole cup. There is also a very excellent piece of the King, done by Holbein, stands up in the Hall, with the officers of the Company kneeling to him to receive their Charter.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1664. At noon with Mr. Coventry (age 36) to the African House, and to my Lord Peterborough's (age 42) business again, and then to dinner, where, before dinner, we had the best oysters I have seen this year, and I think as good in all respects as ever I eat in my life. I eat a great many. Great, good company at dinner, among others Sir Martin Noell (age 64), who told us the dispute between him, as farmer of the Additional Duty, and the East India Company, whether callicos be linnen or no; which he says it is, having been ever esteemed so: they say it is made of cotton woole, and grows upon trees, not like flax or hempe. But it was carried against the Company, though they stand out against the verdict.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1665. At noon to the 'Change [Map] to inquire what wages the Dutch give in their men-of-warr at this day, and I hear for certain they give but twelve guilders at most, which is not full 24s., a thing I wonder at. At home to dinner, and then in Sir J. Minnes's (age 65) coach, my wife and I with him, and also Mercer, abroad, he and I to White Hall, and he would have his coach to wait upon my wife on her visits, it being the first time my wife hath been out of doors (but the other day to bathe her) several weeks. We to a Committee of the Council to discourse concerning pressing of men; but, Lord! how they meet; never sit down: one comes, now another goes, then comes another; one complaining that nothing is done, another swearing that he hath been there these two hours and nobody come. At last it come to this, my Lord Annesly (age 43), says he, "I think we must be forced to get the King (age 34) to come to every committee; for I do not see that we do any thing at any time but when he is here". And I believe he said the truth and very constant he is at the council table on council-days; which his predecessors, it seems, very rarely did; but thus I perceive the greatest affair in the world at this day is likely to be managed by us. But to hear how my Lord Barkeley (age 63) and others of them do cry up the discipline of the late times here, and in the former Dutch warr is strange, wishing with all their hearts that the business of religion were not so severely carried on as to discourage the sober people to come among us, and wishing that the same law and severity were used against drunkennesse as there was then, saying that our evil living will call the hand of God upon us again.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1665. Thence I by coach to Ratcliffe highway, to the plate-maker's, and he has begun my Lord Sandwich's (age 39) plate very neatly, and so back again. Coming back I met Colonell Atkins, who in other discourse did offer to give me a piece to receive of me 20 when he proves the late news of the Dutch, their drowning our men, at Guinny, and the truth is I find the generality of the world to fear that there is something of truth in it, and I do fear it too.

On 27 Feb 1666 Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 52) died.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1666. Up, and after a harsh word or two my wife and I good friends, and so up and to the office, where all the morning. At noon late to dinner, my wife gone out to Hales's (age 66) about her picture, and, after dinner, I after her, and do mightily like her picture, and think it will be as good as my Lady Peters's.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Feb 1667. After dinner with my wife by coach abroad, and set Mr. Hunt down at the Temple [Map] and her at her brother's (age 27), and I to White Hall to meet Sir W. Coventry (age 39), but found him not, but met Mr. Cooling, who tells me of my Lord Duke of Buckingham's (age 39) being sent for last night, by a Serjeant at Armes, to the Tower [Map], for treasonable practices, and that the King (age 36) is infinitely angry with him, and declared him no longer one of his Council. I know not the reason of it, or occasion.

John Evelyn's Diary. 27 Feb 1695. The Marquis of Normanby (age 46) told me King Charles had a design to buy all King Street, and build it nobly, it being the street leading to Westminster. This might have been done for the expense of the Queen's funeral, which was £50,000, against her desire.

John Evelyn's Diary. 27 Feb 1701. By an order of the House of Commons, I laid before the Speaker (age 39) the state of what had been received and paid toward the building of Greenwich Hospital [Map].

Letters of Horace Walpole. 27 Feb 1752. I write this as a sort of letter of form on the occasion, for there is nothing worth telling you. The event that has made most noise since my last, is the extempore wedding of the youngest (age 18) of the two Gunnings, who have made so vehement a noise. Lord Coventry (age 29)295, a grave young lord, of the remains of the patriot breed, has long dangled after the eldest (age 19), virtuously with regard to her virtue, not very honourably with regard to his own credit. About six weeks ago Duke Hamilton (age 27)296, the very reverse of the Earl, hot, debauched, extravagant, and equally damaged in his fortune and person, fell in love with the youngest at the masquerade, and determined to marry her in the spring. About a fortnight since, at an immense assembly at my Lord Chesterfield's, made to show the house, which is really magnificent, Duke Hamilton made violent love at one end of the room, while he was playing at pharaoh at the other end; that is, he saw neither the bank nor his own cards, which were of three hundred pounds each: he soon lost a thousand. I own I was so little a professor in love, that I thought all this parade looked ill for the poor girl; and could not conceive, if he was so much engaged with his mistress as to disregard such sums, why he played at all. However, two nights afterwards, being left alone with her while her mother and sister were at Bedford House, he found himself so impatient, that he sent for a parson. The doctor refused to perform the ceremony without license or ring: the Duke swore he would send for the Archbishop-at last they were married with a ring of the bed-curtain, at half an hour after twelve at night, at Mayfair chapel297, The Scotch are enraged; the women mad that so much beauty has had its effect; and what is most silly, my Lord Coventry declares that he now will marry the other.

Poor Lord Lempster has just killed an officer298 in a duel, about a play-debt, and I fear was in the wrong. There is no end of his misfortunes and wrong-headedness!-Where is Mr. Conway!-Adieu!

Note 295. George-William, sixth Earl of Coventry. He died in 1809, at the age of eighty-seven.-E.

Note 296. James, fourth Duke of Hamilton. He died in 1758.-D.

Note 297. On the 14th of February.-E.

Note 298. Captain Gray of the Guards (deceased). The duel was fought, with swords, in Marylebone Fields. Lord Lempster took his trial at the Old Bailey in April, and was found guilty of manslaughter.-E.

The London Gazette 21926. At the Court at Buckingham-Palace, 27th day of February 1852

PRESENT, the The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

HER Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable William, Earl of Lonsdale (age 64), Lord President of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and His Lord ship took his place at the Board accordingly.

day the Most Noble Algernon (age 59), Duke of Northumberland, the Right Honourable John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich; the Right Honourable Archibald William (age 39), Earl of Eglinton; the Right Honourable Charles Philip (age 52), Earl of Hardwicke; the Right Honourable James Howard, Earl of Malmesbury; the Right Honourable John James Robert Manners (commonly called Lord John Manners); the Right Honourable Claude Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton); the Right Honourable William Lennox Lascelles (age 54), Lord De Ros; the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Colchester; the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester; the Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart.; the Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole; the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli; the Right Honourable Joseph Warner Henley; the Right Honourable Robert Adam Christopher; the Right Honourable Wil liam Beresford; and the Right Honourable George Bankes; were, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly.

The London Gazette 21239. St. James's-Palace, February 27, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of Thomas Henry (age 43), Lord Foley, resigned.

On 27 Feb 1861 George Lawrence (age 86) died. Salisbury Cathedral [Map].

George Lawrence: Around 1775 he was born.

On 27 Feb 1881 Captain Cornwallis Maude (age 28) was killed in action at Majuba Hill.

On 27 Feb 1881 Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 22) and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Adelheid Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He the son of Frederick III King Prussia (age 49) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 40). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 08 Oct 1892 Ralph Heneage Dutton (age 71) died. He was buried at Timsbury, Hampshire [Map]. On 27 Feb 1895 Isabella Mansfield (age 67) died. Memorials in Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Sherborne [Map] to Ralph Heneage Dutton and Isabella Mansfield.

Ralph Heneage Dutton: On 05 Aug 1821 he was born to John Dutton 2nd Baron Sherborne at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. On 03 Aug 1838 Ralph Heneage Dutton and Isabella Mansfield were married. In 1857 Ralph Heneage Dutton was elected MP South Hampshire. In 1865 Ralph Heneage Dutton was elected MP Cirencester.

Isabella Mansfield: On 30 Dec 1824 she was born to John Mansfield.

St James' Church, Antony [Map]. 27 Feb 1921. Grave of F. J. Stowell. Chief Petty Officer, died aged thirty-seven, Royal Navy, 342436, HMS Vivid. Husband of Ada Emily Stowell, of "Lansdown", Carbeil Road, Torpoint. Frederick initially joined the Royal Navy for 12 years on the 19th June 1901 but re-enlisted when these years were up. He served on a multitude of ships working his way through the ranks. In January 1919 aboard HMS Vivid, he contracted Pulmonary Tuberculosis and was returned to England.

On 27 Feb 1921 George II King Hellenes (age 30) and Elisabeth Hohenzollern Sigmaringen Queen Consort Greece Queen Consort Hellenes (age 26) were married at Bucharest. He the son of Constantine I King Greece (age 52) and Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece (age 50). They were second cousins. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Births on the 27th February

On 27 Feb 1598 Bishop George Morley was born.

On 27 Feb 1619 Eleonore Sabine Oldenburg was born to Alexander Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 46) and Dorothea Schwarzburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 40).

Before 27 Feb 1663 Elizabeth Wray was born to John Wray 3rd Baronet (age 43) and Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton (age 21). On 27 Feb 1663 Elizabeth Wray was baptised.

On 27 Feb 1703 Sidney Beauclerk was born to Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 32) and Diana Vere Duchess St Albans (age 24). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 27 Feb 1705 Christian Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 28) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha. He died of smallpox on 05 Mar 1705 at Gotha.

On 27 Feb 1754 Robert Dillon 1st Baron Clonbrook was born to Luke Dillon (age 34).

On 27 Feb 1762 Henry Hoare 3rd Baronet was born to Richard Hoare 1st Baronet (age 26) and Frances Anne Acland (age 27).

On 27 Feb 1770 Ernest Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 25) and Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 18) at Gotha.

On 27 Feb 1801 Emma Trevelyan was born to John Trevelyan 5th Baronet (age 40) and Maria Wilson (age 29).

On 27 Feb 1802 George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck was born to William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland (age 33) and Henrietta Scott Duchess Portland (age 28).

On 27 Feb 1810 Francis L'Esrange Astley was born to Jacob Astley 5th Baronet (age 53) and Hester Browne Lady Astley (age 42).

On 27 Feb 1811 William Henry Cope 12th Baronet was born to Edmund Reilly Cope (age 45).

On 27 Feb 1844 Marie Karoline Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 29) and Adelheid Schasumburg Lippe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 27 Feb 1852 Valerie Langdon Lady Meux was born at Crockernwell, Devon.

On 27 Feb 1856 Francis Douglas Blake 1st Baronet was born.

On 27 Feb 1890 Alexandra Vivian was born to Hussey Vivian 3rd Baron Vivian (age 55)

On 27 Feb 1910 Weetman John Pearson 3rd Viscount Cowdray was born to Harold Pearson 2nd Viscount Cowdray (age 27) and Agnes Beryl Spencer-Churchill Viscountess Cowdray (age 28).

On 27 Feb 1911 John Vincent Corbet 7th Baronet was born to Captain Archer Henry Corbet (age 43).

On 27 Feb 1932 Giles Floyd 7th Baronet was born to John Duckett Floyd 6th Baronet (age 28).

On 27 Feb 1933 John Crichton-Stuart 6th Marquess of Bute was born to John Crichton-Stuart (age 25) and Eileen Forbes (age 21). He was the elder of twins with his brother being born fifteen minutes later.

On 27 Feb 1946 Alexandra Phillips Duchess of Abercorn was born to Harold Philips (age 36) and Georgina Wernher (age 26).

On 27 Feb 1957 Richard Herbert Paget was born to John Starr Paget 3rd Baronet (age 42).

On 27 Feb 1961 Martin Fiennes 16th or 22nd Baron Saye and Sele was born to Nathaniel Fiennes 15th or 21st Baron Saye and Sele (age 40).

Marriages on the 27th February

On 27 Feb 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40) and Mary Ruthven were married.

On 27 Feb 1654 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 27) and Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford (age 23) were married. She the daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 54). He the son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford and Arabella Holles. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 27 Feb 1654 or 27 Feb 1655 George Fletcher 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Alice Hare were married. They had a son and three daughters.

Before 27 Feb 1697 John Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 34) and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Berkeley of Stratton in Cornwall.

Before 27 Feb 1804 Drummond Smith 1st Baronet (age 64) and Mary Cunliffe were married.

On 27 Feb 1827 Reverend Henry Gunning 4th Baronet (age 29) and Mary Catherine Cartwright were married.

On 27 Feb 1881 Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 22) and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Adelheid Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He the son of Frederick III King Prussia (age 49) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 40). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 27 Feb 1919 George Bowyer 1st Baron Denham (age 33) and Daphne Mitford Baroness Denham (age 24) were married.

On 27 Feb 1921 George II King Hellenes (age 30) and Elisabeth Hohenzollern Sigmaringen Queen Consort Greece Queen Consort Hellenes (age 26) were married at Bucharest. He the son of Constantine I King Greece (age 52) and Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece (age 50). They were second cousins. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

On 27 Feb 1953 David Bernard Montgomery 2nd Viscount Montgomery (age 24) and Mary Connell were married.

Deaths on the 27th February

On 27 Feb 1063 Judith Poher Countess Cornouaille and Nantes died.

Before 1200. Choir Aisle at Hereford Cathedral [Map] left to right ...

In 1198 Bishop William de Vere died.

On 09 May 1186 Bishop Gilbert Foliot died.

On 16 Apr 1148 Bishop Robert de Bethune died in Reims just after the closure of the Council of Reims. His remains were brought to Hereford Cathedral [Map] where he was buried. See Chronicle of Wigmore.

On 27 Feb 1167 Bishop Robert Melun (age 67) died.

On 27 Feb 1382 Walter Leslie Earl of Ross died at Perth [Map].

On 27 Feb 1483 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat (age 62) died. His brother Boniface III Marquis of Montferrat (age 56) succeeded Marquis Montferrat.

Between 27 Feb 1537 and 16 May 1557 Alexander Graham 2nd Earl Menteith (age 65) died. His son William Graham 3rd Earl Menteith (age 37) succeeded 3rd Earl Menteith.

On 27 Feb 1545 a Scottish army defeated an English army at the Battle of Ancrum Moor at Jedburgh. The Scots Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 56), John Lindsay 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (age 63) and James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 29) fought.

Brian Leyton and Ralph Eure were killed.

On 27 Feb 1627 John Roper 3rd Baron Teynham (age 35) died. His son Christopher Roper 4th Baron Teynham (age 5) succeeded 4th Baron Teynham of Teynham in Kent.

On 27 Feb 1666 Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 52) died.

On 27 Feb 1696 Jane Granville Baroness Gower died.

On 27 Feb 1699 Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton (age 69) died. His son Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton (age 38) succeeded 2nd Duke Bolton, 7th Marquess Winchester, 7th Earl Wiltshire, 7th Baron St John.

On 27 Feb 1706 John Evelyn (age 85) died. His grandson John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 23) succeeded to his Wotton, Surrey [Map] estates.

On 27 Feb 1741 John Ker 1st Duke Roxburghe (age 60) died. His son Robert Ker 2nd Duke Roxburghe (age 32) succeeded 2nd Duke Roxburghe. Essex Mostyn Duchess Roxburghe by marriage Duchess Roxburghe.

Before 27 Feb 1755 Mary Jenkinson Lady Cope (age 64) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. On 27 Feb 1755 she was buried at Hanwell, Oxfordshire.

On 27 Feb 1814 Margaret Smith Countess Lucan (age 74) died at St James's Palace [Map].

On 27 Feb 1821 William Elector of Hesse (age 77) died.

On 27 Feb 1844 Elizabeth Anne Marriot Lady Smith (age 77) died.

On 27 Feb 1894 Eliza Drummond Baroness Howard (age 83) died.

On 27 Feb 1941 Catherine Anne Dent Baroness Decies died.

On 27 Feb 1996 John Aymer Dalrymple 13th Earl of Stair (age 89) died.

On 27 Feb 1996 Iain Murray 10th Duke of Atholl (age 64) died. His first cousin once removed John Murray 11th Duke of Atholl (age 67) succeeded 11th Duke Atholl, 12th Marquess Atholl, 13th Earl Atholl, 14th Earl Tullibardine, 7th Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire. The day before the death of the 10th Duke, it was announced that he had given Blair Castle and most of his estates to a charitable trust, thus effectively disinheriting his heir. The new duke stated ""I never harboured any aspirations to inherit the estate; I am happy that the land has gone into a charitable trust", "I have a simple lifestyle and will not make myself ridiculous with a title that does not fit my scene. It means nothing in South Africa, and it certainly means nothing to me here. I have Scottish blood in my veins, but no Scottish culture." and ""My life is here, ... I respect and honour Scotland as the land of my origins, but I would never want to live there. I am a South African, not a Scotsman. My heart and my mind are in this country." Telegraph, 17 May 2012.