On this Day in History ... 27th March

On 27th March 972 Robert "Pious" II King France was born to Hugh I King France (age 31) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 27) at Orléans.

Flowers of History. 27th March 1076. On the twenty-seventh day of March the earth trembled, and a general earthquake took place all over England, and a heavy frost and great abundance of ice continued from the beginning of November to the middle of April. This year, duke Waltheof was beheaded.

Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 27th March 1194. On the twenty-seventh day of March, Hugh (age 69), Bishop of Durham, along with those who had been with him in the siege of Tickhill Castle, came to the king at Nottingham, bringing with them the prisoners who had been captured in Tickhill Castle. The king went out to meet them, and when the Bishop of Durham saw the king, he dismounted, and the king likewise dismounted to greet him. They then embraced and kissed each other as a sign of respect. Afterward, they mounted their horses again and proceeded together to the siege at Nottingham.

Vicesima septima die mensis Martii Hugo Dunelmensis episcopus, et illi qui cum eo erant in obsidione castelli de Tikehil, venerunt ad regem apud Notingham, adducentes secum captivos qui capti fuerant in castello de Tikehil; et rex processit obviam illis. Et viso rege, episcopus Dunelmensis descendit, et rex similiter obviam ei, et osculatus est eum. Deinde ascendentes equos suos venerunt ad obsidionem.

On 27th March 1221 Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 23) died.

On 27th March 1237 John de Brienne I King Jerusalem (age 67) died.

Chronica Majora. 27th March 1237. In this year was taken from amongst us the renowned John de Brienne (age 67), of immortal memory, formerly king of Jerusalem, and who had almost attained the imperial sovereignty of the Greeks; who would have closed a happy and peaceful life in sunshine, if he had not brought on himself the enmity of the great Frederick, the emperor of the Germans. Between winter and spring of this year, too, brother Jordan, prior of the order of Preachers, a man of distinguished sanctity and a renowned preacher, was drowned in a storm, whilst sailing along the coast of the southern barbarians, for the purpose of gaining them to God by his preaching. His body was brought to land by some of those shipwrecked, whom chance had snatched from death, although with much labour and danger, and consigned to the tomb in an honourable and becoming manner. As they were burying his holy body, they smelled a remarkable fragrance proceeding from his clothes, as well as from his person, the sweetness of which continued to perfume their hands for a long time.

About this same time was canonized and enrolled in the list of saints, St. Dominic, a brother of the order of Preachers.

On 27th March 1306 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre was born to Louis I Count Évreux (age 29) and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux (age 21). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.89%.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 27th March 1562. The xxvij day of Marche dyd pryche at after-non a-for the quen (age 28), that was Good-fryday, the byshope of London (age 43).

On 27th March 1615 Margaret Valois Queen Consort France (age 61) died.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 27th March 1617. The 27th my Lord (age 28) told me he had acknowledged no statutes and that the matter was not so fully finished but there was a place left for me to come in. My Lord found me reading with Mr Ran and told me it would hinder his study so as I must leave off reading the Old Testament till I can get somebody to read it with me. This day I made an end of reading Deuteronomy.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 27th March 1619. The 27th in the morning I sent for Mr Rand [sic] and told him I found myself not fit to receive the Communion. The next day when my Lord (age 30) heard I had told Mr Rand so much he sent for him and told him the Communion should be put off both for him and his household, except any of them should receive at the Church.

On 27th March 1652 Theresia Maria Josefa Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.47%.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1665. Thence, and did the same to Sir H. Bennet (age 47), who did the like to me very fully, and did give me all his letters lately come from hence for me to read, which I returned in the afternoon to him.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1665. So to my Lord Peterborough's (age 43); where Povy (age 51), Creed, Williamson, Auditor Beale, and myself, and mighty merry to see how plainly my Lord and Povy did abuse one another about their accounts, each thinking the other a foole, and I thinking they were not either of them, in that point, much in the wrong, though in everything, and even in this manner of reproaching one another, very witty and pleasant. Among other things, we had here the genteelest dinner and the neatest house that I have seen many a day, and the latter beyond anything I ever saw in a nobleman's house.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1665. Thence to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56), the first time that we officers of the Navy have waited upon him since the Duke of Yorke's (age 31) going, who hath deputed him to be Admirall in his absence. And I find him a quiet heavy man, that will help business when he can, and hinder nothing, and am very well pleased with our attendance on him. I did afterwards alone give him thanks for his favour to me about my Tangier business, which he received kindly, and did speak much of his esteem of me.

On 27th March 1666 Defiance was launched at Deptford, Kent [Map] in the presence of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 35).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1666. At noon dined at home, Mr. Cooke, our old acquaintance at my Lord Sandwich's (age 40), come to see and dine with me, but I quite out of humour, having many other and better things to thinke of.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1667. Having put him in a way of preparing himself for the voyage, I did go to the Swan [Map], and there sent for Jervas, my old periwig maker, and he did bring me a periwig, but it was full of nits, so as I was troubled to see it (it being his old fault), and did send him to make it clean, and in the mean time, having staid for him a good while, did go away by water to the Castle Taverne, by Exeter House [Map], and there met Sir W. Batten (age 66), Sir W. Pen (age 45), and several others, among the rest Sir Ellis Layton, who do apply himself to discourse with me, and I think by his discourse, out of his opinion of my interest in Sir W. Coventry (age 39), the man I find a wonderful witty, ready man for sudden answers and little tales, and sayings very extraordinary witty, but in the bottom I doubt he is not so. Yet he pretends to have studied men, and the truth is in several that I do know he did give me a very inward account of them. But above all things he did give me a full account, upon my demand, of this judge of the Admiralty, Judge Jenkins; who, he says, is a man never practised in this Court, but taken merely for his merit and ability's sake from Trinity Hall, where he had always lived; only by accident the business of the want of a Judge being proposed to the present Archbishop of Canterbury (age 68) that now is, he did think of this man and sent for him up: and here he is, against the 'gre' and content of the old Doctors, made judge, but is a very excellent man both for judgment and temper, yet majesty enough, and by all men's report, not to be corrupted.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1668. Up, and walked to the waterside, and thence to White Hall to the Duke of York's (age 34) chamber, where he being ready he went to a Committee of Tangier, where I first understand that my Lord Sandwich (age 42) is, in his coming back from Spayne, to step over thither, to see in what condition the place is, which I am glad of, hoping that he will be able to do some good there, for the good of the place, which is so much out of order.

On 27th March 1714 Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 63) died of scarlet fever.

On 27th March 1737 John Thomas (age 25) was ordained

On 27th March 1785 Louis XVII King France was born to Louis XVI King France (age 30) and Queen Marie Antoinette of France (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.

On 27th March 1795 Henry Fitzclarence was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 29) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 33).

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Their [Percy Bysshe Shelley (age 24) and Mary Godwin aka Shelley (age 19)] tranquillity was shortly disturbed by a Chancery suit set in motion by Mr Westbrook, who asked for the custody of his two grandchildren, on the ground that Shelley had deserted his wife and intended to bring up his offspring in his own atheistic and anti-social opinions. Lord Chancellor Eldon (age 65) delivered judgment on the 27th of March 1817. He held that Shelley, having avowed condemnable principles of conduct, and having fashioned his own conduct to correspond, and being likely to inculcate the same principles upon his children, was unfit to have the charge of them. He appointed as their curator Dr Hume, an orthodox army physician, who was Shelley's own nominee. The poet had to pay for the maintenance of the children a sum which stood eventually at £120 per annum; if it was at first (as generally stated) £200, that was no more than what he had previously allowed to Harriet.

On 27th March 1819 Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hanover was born to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 53) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 26).

On 27th March 1822 Alexander Boswell 1st Baronet (age 46) died from wounds received duelling. The previous day he had fought a duel with James Stuart of Dunearn. Boswell fired wide, Stuart, who had never before handled a gun, hit Boswell's collar bone, fatally injuring him. Stuart was subsequently tried for murder and found not guilty. More than 11,000 people attended Boswell's funeral and the funeral procession was over a mile long. His son James (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire.

After 27th March 1829. Memorial to Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon (deceased) at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].

On 27th March 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 72) died. His son Henry (age 39) succeeded 3rd Marquess of Bath, 5th Viscount Weymouth, 5th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 6th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath (age 32) by marriage Marchioness of Bath. Monument in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map] sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (age 55).

Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath: On 4th May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19th April 1830 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath were married. He the son of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 24th June 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.

Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath: On 3rd May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 2nd January 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.

On 27th March 1921, Easter Day, Conisbrough War Memorial was unveiled by General Sir Alington-Copley (age 65) … the unveiling was witnessed by over three thousand people…work by Messrs Tyas and Guest…includes the figure in Portland stone standing on a plinth of Bradford stone. On four sides are inscribed the names of 168 Conisboro' men…the cost of the memorial is £540 and this amount has almost been raised. Source. Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express.

On 27th March 1982 Ada Drydon Trotter (age 86) died. She has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].

Ada Drydon Trotter: On 22nd March 1896 she was born to William Kemp Trotter.

27th March 1997. Plaque commemorating the Maundy Thursday Alms Giving by Quen Elizabeth II (age 70)at Bradford Cathedral [Map].

On 27th March 972 Robert "Pious" II King France was born to Hugh I King France (age 31) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 27) at Orléans.

On 27th March 1306 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre was born to Louis I Count Évreux (age 29) and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux (age 21). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.89%.

On 27th March 1401 Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria was born to Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 28) and Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria (age 27).

On 27th March 1496 Dorothy Neville was born to Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 28) and Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer (age 25).

On 27th March 1602 Christopher Yelverton 1st Baronet was born to Henry Yelverton (age 35) and Mary Beale (age 20).

On 27th March 1604 Nicholas L'Estrange 1st Baronet was born to Hamon Strange (age 21) and Anne Stubbe.

On 27th March 1608 Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet was born.

On 27th March 1652 Theresia Maria Josefa Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.47%.

On 27th March 1696 Colonel Charles Ingram was born to Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine (age 30).

On 27th March 1707 John Tynte 4th Baronet was born to John Tynte 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte (age 22). He was baptised on 21st April 1707 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On 27th March 1708 Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere was born to George Rochfort (age 26) and Elizabeth Moore (age 21).

On 27th March 1721 Thomas Henry Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 45) and Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry.

On 27th March 1722 Mary Browne was born to Anthony Browne 6th Viscount Montagu (age 36) and Barbara Webb Viscountess Montague (age 25).

On 27th March 1723 Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 21) and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond (age 17). She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 27th March 1761 Charlotte Barbara Villiers was born to Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon (age 51) and Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon.

On 27th March 1767 John Roper 13th Baronet Teynham was born to Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 33).

On 27th March 1772 Thomas Colyear 4th Earl Portmore was born to William Charles Colyear 3rd Earl Portmore (age 27) and Mary Leslie Countess Portmore (age 18).

On 27th March 1780 Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden was born to Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden (age 50) and Anne Isabella Monck Viscountess Hawarden (age 21).

On 27th March 1782 Edward Tichborne aka Doughty 9th Baronet was born to Henry Tichborne 7th Baronet (age 25).

On 27th March 1785 Louis XVII King France was born to Louis XVI King France (age 30) and Queen Marie Antoinette of France (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.

On 27th March 1785 Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet was born to Oswald Mosley (age 24) and Elizabeth Tonman (age 22).

On 27th March 1795 Henry Fitzclarence was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 29) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 33).

On 27th March 1797 George Glyn Banker 1st Baron Wolverton was born to Richard Carr Glyn 1st Baronet (age 42).

On 27th March 1799 Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer was born to William Stephen Poyntz (age 29) and Elizabeth Mary Browne (age 31).

On 27th March 1802 Theodosia Julia Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 41) and Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham (age 26).

On 27th March 1811 George Floyd Duckett 3rd Baronet was born to George Duckett 2nd Baronet (age 33).

On 27th March 1811 William Bagot 3rd Baron Bagot was born to William Bagot 2nd Baron Bagot (age 37) and Louisa Legge Baroness Bagot (age 24) at Blithfield House, Rugeley.

On 27th March 1817 William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley was born to William Humble Ward 10th Baron Ward (age 36) at Boxstone, Edwardstone.

On 27th March 1818 Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale was born to Henry Cecil Lowther (age 27) and Lucy Eleanor Sherard (age 26).

On 27th March 1819 Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hanover was born to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 53) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 26).

On 27th March 1832 William Quiller Orchardson was born.

On 27th March 1833 Charles Watkin Shakerley 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Peter Shakerley 1st Baronet (age 40).

On 27th March 1834 Walter Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot aka Carpenter was born to Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 30) and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford (age 26) at Ingestre, Staffordshire.

On 27th March 1845 Cecil Thomas Parker was born to Thomas Parker 6th Earl Macclesfield (age 34) and Mary Frances Grosvenor Countess Macclesfield (age 23).

On 27th March 1856 Mildred Mary Josephine de Trafford Baroness Bellow was born to Humphrey de Trafford 2nd Baronet (age 47) and Annette Mary Talbot.

On 27th March 1859 William Morton Eden 5th Baron Auckland was born to William Eden 4th Baron Auckland (age 30) and Lucy Walbanke-Childers Baroness Auckland (age 23).

On 27th March 1891 Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne was born to Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath (age 28) and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath (age 22).

On 27th March 1892 Kenelm Arthur Lister-Kaye 5th Baronet was born to Cecil Lister-Kaye 4th Baronet (age 38) and Beatrice Adeline Pelham-Clinton (age 30).

On 27th March 1903 Castel Richard Bourchier Wrey 14th Baronet was born to Edward Castell Wrey (age 28) and Katherine Joan Dene.

On 27th March 1920 Major Benjamin Hervey-Bathurst was born to Frederick Hervey-Bathurst 5th Baronet (age 50).

On 27th March 1935 Montague John Cholmeley 6th Baronet was born to Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 5th Baronet (age 29).

On 27th March 1935 Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire was born to Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 29) and Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 37).

On 27th March 1935 John Hedworth Jolliffe was born to William Jolliffe 4th Baron Hylton (age 36) and Perdita (age 25).

On 27th March 1939 Timothy George Frank Boteler Irby 10th Baron Boston was born to Gerald Howard-Boteler Irby 9th Baron Boston (age 41).

On 27th March 1944 Richard Gervase Beckett 3rd Baronet was born to Martyn Gervase Beckett 2nd Baronet (age 25).

On 27th March 1947 William Ward 5th Earl of Dudley was born to William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley (age 27).

On 27th March 1947 Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley 12th Earl of Aylesford was born to Charles Finch-Knightley 11th Earl of Aylesford (age 28).

On 27th March 1304 Ralph Basset 2nd Baron Basset Drayton (age 26) and Joan Grey Baroness Basset Drayton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Basset Drayton. They were first cousin once removed.

On 27th March 1450 John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 6) and Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun (age 5) were married. She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 45) and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 35). They were sixth cousins.

On 27th March 1608 Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet and Jane Ferrers were married.

On 27th March 1617 Francis Vincent 1st Baronet (age 49) and Eleanor Mallet Lady Vincent (age 44) were married.

On 27th March 1622 Edward Wray and Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 37).

On 27th March 1676 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 16) and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 17) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were half second cousins.

On 27th March 1679 Henry Cavendish (age 20) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset (age 12) were married. She being the sole heiress of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland she brought an enormous fortune to the marriage. She the daughter of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland (age 33). He the son of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 48) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 48).

On 27th March 1718 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire (age 19) and Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire (age 19) were married. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 46) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 44).

On 27th March 1752 Robert Gunning 1st Baronet (age 20) and Elizabeth Harrison were married. There were no children from the marriage.

On 27th March 1817 John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 19) and Harriet Rebecca Mytton (age 19) were married.

On 27th March 1918 Major Lionel Hallam Tennyson 3rd Baron Tennyson (age 28) and Clarissa Madeline Tennant Baroness Tennyson (age 21) were married.

On 27th March 1952 Michael Edward Joicey 4th Baron Joicey (age 27) and Elisabeth Marion Leslie-Melville Baroness Joicey (age 23) were married.

On 27th March 973 Hermmann Billung Margrave Billung March (age 61) died.

On 27th March 1221 Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 23) died.

On 27th March 1237 John de Brienne I King Jerusalem (age 67) died.

On 27th March 1248 Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 54) died.

On 27th March 1482 Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy (age 25) died.

On 27th March 1489 Gilbert Kennedy 1st Lord Kennedy (age 84) died. His son John (age 34) succeeded 2nd Lord Kennedy. Elizabeth Gordon Countess Erroll by marriage Lord Kennedy.

On 27th March 1615 Margaret Valois Queen Consort France (age 61) died.

On 27th March 1629 George Carew 1st Earl Totnes (age 73) died at Savoy Palace [Map]. He was buried at Clopton Chantry Chapel Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon [Map]. Earl Totnes extinct.

On 27th March 1629 John Philipps 1st Baronet (age 75) died. His son Richard (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.

On 27th March 1648 Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett (age 35) died.

On 27th March 1659 John Stewart 1st Earl Traquair (age 59) died. His son John (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Traquair, 8th Lord Traquair.

On 27th March 1699 Bishop Edward Stillingfleet (age 63) died.

On 27th March 1714 Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 63) died of scarlet fever.

On 27th March 1716 Edward Harington 5th Baronet (age 76) died without issue. He was buried at St Swithin's Church, Merton where there is an inscription: "Here lies interred the body of Sir EDWARD HARINGTON, who died November the 7th, 1717, aged 76 years. A noble birth, a fancy bright and fine A temper charming, sweet, and grace divine; These all did once conspire to beautify The dust that now beneath this stone doth lye.". His great nephew James succeeded 6th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.

On 27th March 1729 Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 49) died.

On 27th March 1734 Justin Plunkett 5th Earl of Fingall died.

On 27th March 1752 John Cotton 6th Baronet (age 12) died without issue. Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire extinct.

On 27th March 1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (age 74) died.

On 27th March 1795 Richard Henry Bedingfield 4th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Richard (age 27) succeeded 5th Baronet Bedingfield of Oxburgh in Norfolk.

On 27th March 1802 Edward Astley 4th Baronet (age 72) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Melton Constable [Map]. His son Jacob (age 45) succeeded 5th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton. Hester Browne Lady Astley (age 34) by marriage Lady Astley of Hill Morton.

On 27th March 1808 James Pennyman 6th Baronet (age 71) died. His son William (age 44) succeeded 7th Baronet Pennyman of Ormesby in Yorkshire.

On 27th March 1814 Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster (age 82) died.

On 27th March 1822 Alexander Boswell 1st Baronet (age 46) died from wounds received duelling. The previous day he had fought a duel with James Stuart of Dunearn. Boswell fired wide, Stuart, who had never before handled a gun, hit Boswell's collar bone, fatally injuring him. Stuart was subsequently tried for murder and found not guilty. More than 11,000 people attended Boswell's funeral and the funeral procession was over a mile long. His son James (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire.

On 27th March 1825 Alexander Lindsay 6th Earl Balcarres 23rd Earl Crawford (age 73) died. His son James (age 41) succeeded 7th Earl Balcarres.

On 27th March 1829 Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon (age 81) died at Sudbury, Derbyshire [Map]. His son George (age 49) succeeded 4th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon (age 44) by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

On 27th March 1834 George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway (age 66) died. His son Randolph (age 34) succeeded 9th Earl Galloway, 8th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 7th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway (age 22) by marriage Countess Galloway.

On 27th March 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 72) died. His son Henry (age 39) succeeded 3rd Marquess of Bath, 5th Viscount Weymouth, 5th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 6th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath (age 32) by marriage Marchioness of Bath. Monument in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map] sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (age 55).

Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath: On 4th May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19th April 1830 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath were married. He the son of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 24th June 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.

Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath: On 3rd May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 2nd January 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.

On 27th March 1843 Henry Neville 2nd Earl Abergavenny (age 88) died. His son John (age 53) succeeded 3rd Earl Abergavenny, 3rd Viscount Neville, 19th Baron Abergavenny, 17th Baron Abergavenny.

On 27th March 1849 Archibald Acheson 2nd Earl Gosford (age 72) died. His son Archibald (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl Gosford. Theodosia Brabazon Countess Gosford (age 38) by marriage Countess Gosford.

On 27th March 1854 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland (age 85) died. His son William (age 53) succeeded 5th Duke Portland, 6th Earl of Portland although it took him three years before he took his seat in the House of Lords.

On 27th March 1856 Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 71) died.

On 27th March 1858 Lucy Sherard Lady Cave (age 88) died.

On 27th March 1877 Charlotte Fanny Portman Countess Paulett died.

On 27th March 1878 George Gilbert Scott (age 66) died.

On 27th March 1886 Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill Countess Camden (age 37) died.

On 27th March 1899 Myles Birket Foster (age 74) died.

On 27th March 1920 Arthur Walsh 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (age 92) died. His son Arthur (age 60) succeeded 3rd Baron Ormathwaite of Ormathwaite in Cumberland. Clementine Pratt Baroness Ormathwaite (age 50) by marriage Baroness Ormathwaite of Ormathwaite in Cumberland.

On 27th March 1922 Charles Rushworth Watson 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. His son Thomas (age 10) succeeded 4th Baronet Watson of Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex.

On 27th March 1929 Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 55) died.

On 27th March 1930 Robert Devereux 16th Viscount Hereford (age 87) died. His son Robert (age 64) succeeded 17th Viscount Hereford, 14th Baronet Devereux of Castle Bromwich.

On 27th March 1935 Herbert Cecil Boothby 12th Baronet (age 71) died. His brother Seymour (age 69) succeeded 13th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.

On 27th March 1938 Francis Denzil Edward Baring 5th Baron Ashburton (age 71) died. His son Alexander (age 39) succeeded 6th Baron Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon.

On 27th March 1955 Geoffrey Duke Coleridge 3rd Baron Coleridge (age 77) died at the family home The Chanter's House, Ottery St Mary. His son Richard (age 49) succeeded 4th Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon.

On 27th March 1975 Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable 10th Baronet (age 74) died. His brother Robert (age 71) succeeded 11th Baronet Strickland-Constable of Boynton in Yorkshire.

On 27th March 1987 Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden 8th Baronet (age 71) died. His son John (age 36) succeeded 9th Baronet Ramsden of Byram in Yorkshire.

On 27th March 2004 Lionel Sackville-West 6th Baron Sackville (age 90) died. His nephew Robert (age 45) succeeded 7th Baron Sackville of Knole in Kent.

On 27th March 2020 Randolph Stewart 13th Earl of Galloway (age 91) died. His second cousin once removed Andrew (age 71) succeeded 14th Earl Galloway, 13th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 12th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney.