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On this Day in History ... 27th March
27 Mar is in March.
1168 Eleanor Ambushed by Guy de Lusignan
1306 Coronation of Robert the Bruce
Events on the 27th March
On 27 Mar 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. 27 Mar 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.
On 27 Mar 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 46) and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem (age 18) and Geoffrey Lusignan (age 18).
Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury (age 46) was killed. His son William of Salisbury 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 22) held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.
On 27 Mar 1221 Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 23) died.
Chronica Majora. 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1237 John de Brienne I King Jerusalem (age 67) died.
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1306, Palm Sunday, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 31) was crowned King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map] by Bishop of St Andrews and Bishop Robert Wishart. Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) was crowned Queen Consort Scotland. Christopher Seton (deceased) and Bishop David de Moravia were present. He was wearing royal robes and vestments previously hidden from the English by Bishop Robert Wishart.
The following day, 28 Mar 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland was crowned by Isabella Countess Buchan whose family held the hereditary right to place the crown on the King's head; she had arrived too late for the coronation the day before. The right was held by her brother Duncan Fife 4th Earl Fife (age 18) who was under-age and held by the English so she assumed the right in his place.
On 27 Mar 1454 Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 42) was appointed Lord Protector. Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 54) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
On 27 Mar 1461 Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 32) fought at Ferrybridge with John Radclyffe Baron Fitzwalter (age 35) capturing the bridge.
On 28 Mar 1461 a further skirmish occurred near Ferrybridge. Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury fought. John Radclyffe Baron Fitzwalter was killed. For Lancaster John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25) and John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 51).
On 28 Mar 1461 John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford was killed at Dintingdale during a skirmish. William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 56) fought for York. His son Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford (age 7) succeeded 10th Baron de Clifford, 10th Lord Skipton.
Warkworth's Chronicle 1470. [27 Mar 1470]. The Lorde Markes Montagu (age 39) hade gaderyd vi. Ml men, by Kynge Edwardes commysyone and commaundement, to the entente to have recistede the seide Duke of Clarence, and the Earl of Warwick (age 41). never the lattere, the seide Markes Montagu hatyde the Kynge, and purposede to have taken hym; and whenne he was withein a myle of Kynge Edwarde, he declarede to the peple that was there gaderede with hym, how Kynge Edwarde hade fyrst yevyne to hym the Earldome of Northumberlonde, and how he toke it from hym and gaff it Herry Percy, whos fadere was slayne at Yorke felde; and how of late tyme hade he made hym Markes of Montagu, and yaff a pye's neste to mayntene his astate withe: wherefor he yaff knoleage to his peple that he wulde holde withe the Earl of Warwick, his brothere, and take Kynge Edwarde if he might, and alle tho that wolde holde with hym.
On 27 Mar 1470 George Neville 1st Duke Bedford (age 9) was created 1st Duke Bedford by King Edward IV of England (age 27) in preparation for his marriage to Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 4) which didn't, in the end, take place. He, George, was nephew to Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 41) whose defection to the Lancastrian side may have caused the King to change his mind about his daughter's marriage.
On 27 Mar 1470 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 39) revoked his title of Earl of Northumberland so that the Earldom could be given to Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 21) of the Percy family who were its traditional holders. A deeply unpopular move with the Neville family who had been longstanding enemies of the Percies in the North. He was created 1st Marquess Montagu instead. Possibly a consequence of the defection of Warwick the Kingmaker (age 41) to the Lancastrian cause as evidenced by the Welles Rebellion earlier in the year.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1615 Margaret Valois Queen Consort France (age 61) died.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 27 Mar 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 1619. 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1625 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 58) died at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire. His son King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24) succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown.
On 27 Mar 1643 Simon Harcourt (age 40) was killed at Kilgobbin Castle, SANFORD, Dublin by adherents of the Irish Uprising that had broken out the year before.
On 27 Mar 1652 Theresia Maria Josefa Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.47%.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Mar 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. 27 Mar 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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27 Mar 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.
On 27 Mar 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. 27 Mar 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. 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1714 Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 63) died of scarlet fever.
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 fire 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 Boswell 2nd Baronet (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire.
On 27 Mar 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 72) died. His son Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath (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 04 May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19 Apr 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 24 Jun 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27 Jan 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 03 May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 02 Jan 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.
On 27 Mar 1905 Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell 3rd Earl Cawdor (age 58) was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty.
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1982 Ada Drydon Trotter (age 86) died. She has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Ada Drydon Trotter: On 22 Mar 1896 she was born to William Kemp Trotter.
27 Mar 1997. Plaque commemorating the Maundy Thursday Alms Giving by Quen Elizabeth II (age 70)at Bradford Cathedral [Map].
Births on the 27th March
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1401 Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria was born to Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 28) and Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria (age 27).
On 27 Mar 1496 Dorothy Neville was born to Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 28) and Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer (age 25).
On 27 Mar 1602 Christopher Yelverton 1st Baronet was born to Henry Yelverton (age 35) and Mary Beale (age 20).
On 27 Mar 1604 Nicholas L'Estrange 1st Baronet was born to Hamon Strange (age 21) and Anne Stubbe.
On 27 Mar 1608 Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet was born.
On 27 Mar 1652 Theresia Maria Josefa Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.47%.
On or before 27 Mar 1662, the date he ws baptised at St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Bardfield. Martin Lumley 3rd Baronet was born to Martin Lumley 2nd Baronet (age 34).
On 27 Mar 1696 Colonel Charles Ingram was born to Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine (age 30).
On 27 Mar 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 21 Apr 1707 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On 27 Mar 1708 Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere was born to George Rochfort (age 26) and Elizabeth Moore (age 21).
On 27 Mar 1721 Thomas Henry Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 45) and Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry.
On 27 Mar 1722 Mary Browne was born to Anthony Browne 6th Viscount Montagu (age 36) and Barbara Webb Viscountess Montague (age 25).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1761 Charlotte Barbara Villiers was born to Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon (age 51) and Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon.
On 27 Mar 1767 John Roper 13th Baronet Teynham was born to Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 33).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1782 Edward Tichborne aka Doughty 9th Baronet was born to Henry Tichborne 7th Baronet (age 25).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1785 Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet was born to Oswald Mosley (age 24).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1797 George Glyn Banker 1st Baron Wolverton was born to Richard Carr Glyn 1st Baronet (age 42).
On 27 Mar 1799 Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer was born to William Stephen Poyntz (age 29) and Elizabeth Mary Browne (age 31).
On 27 Mar 1802 Theodosia Julia Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 41) and Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham (age 26).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1811 George Floyd Duckett 3rd Baronet was born to George Duckett 2nd Baronet (age 33).
On 27 Mar 1817 William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley was born to William Humble Ward 10th Baron Ward (age 36) at Boxstone, Edwardstone.
On 27 Mar 1818 Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale was born to Henry Cecil Lowther (age 27) and Lucy Eleanor Sherard (age 26).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1832 William Quiller Orchardson was born.
On 27 Mar 1833 Charles Watkin Shakerley 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Peter Shakerley 1st Baronet (age 40).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1845 Cecil Thomas Parker was born to Thomas Parker 6th Earl Macclesfield (age 34) and Mary Frances Grosvenor Countess Macclesfield (age 23).
On 27 Mar 1856 Mildred Mary Josephine de Trafford Baroness Bellow was born to Humphrey de Trafford 2nd Baronet (age 47) and Annette Mary Talbot.
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1903 Castel Richard Bourchier Wrey 14th Baronet was born to Edward Castell Wrey (age 28) and Katherine Joan Dene.
On 27 Mar 1920 Major Benjamin Hervey-Bathurst was born to Frederick Hervey-Bathurst 5th Baronet (age 50).
On 27 Mar 1935 John Hedworth Jolliffe was born to William Jolliffe 4th Baron Hylton (age 36) and Perdita (age 25).
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1935 Montague John Cholmeley 6th Baronet was born to Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 5th Baronet (age 29).
On 27 Mar 1939 Timothy George Frank Boteler Irby 10th Baron Boston was born to Gerald Howard-Boteler Irby 9th Baron Boston (age 41).
On 27 Mar 1944 Richard Gervase Beckett 3rd Baronet was born to Martyn Gervase Beckett 2nd Baronet (age 25).
On 27 Mar 1947 William Ward 5th Earl of Dudley was born to William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley (age 27).
On 27 Mar 1947 Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley 12th Earl of Aylesford was born to Charles Finch-Knightley 11th Earl of Aylesford (age 28).
Marriages on the 27th March
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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).
On 27 Mar 1608 Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet and Jane Ferrers were married.
On 27 Mar 1617 Francis Vincent 1st Baronet (age 49) and Eleanor Mallet Lady Vincent (age 44) were married.
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1752 Robert Gunning 1st Baronet (age 20) and Elizabeth Harrison were married. There were no children from the marriage.
On 27 Mar 1817 John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 19) and Harriet Rebecca Mytton (age 19) were married.
On 27 Mar 1918 Major Lionel Hallam Tennyson 3rd Baron Tennyson (age 28) and Clarissa Madeline Tennant Baroness Tennyson (age 21) were married.
On 27 Mar 1952 Michael Edward Joicey 4th Baron Joicey (age 27) and Elisabeth Marion Leslie-Melville Baroness Joicey (age 23) were married.
Deaths on the 27th March
On 27 Mar 973 Hermmann Billung Margrave Billung March (age 61) died.
On 27 Mar 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 46) and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem (age 18) and Geoffrey Lusignan (age 18).
Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury (age 46) was killed. His son William of Salisbury 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 22) held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.
On 27 Mar 1221 Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 23) died.
On 27 Mar 1237 John de Brienne I King Jerusalem (age 67) died.
On 27 Mar 1248 Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 54) died.
On 27 Mar 1461 Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 32) fought at Ferrybridge with John Radclyffe Baron Fitzwalter (age 35) capturing the bridge.
On 28 Mar 1461 a further skirmish occurred near Ferrybridge. Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury fought. John Radclyffe Baron Fitzwalter was killed. For Lancaster John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25) and John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 51).
On 28 Mar 1461 John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford was killed at Dintingdale during a skirmish. William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 56) fought for York. His son Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford (age 7) succeeded 10th Baron de Clifford, 10th Lord Skipton.
On 27 Mar 1482 Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy (age 25) died.
On 27 Mar 1489 Gilbert Kennedy 1st Lord Kennedy (age 84) died. His son John Kennedy 2nd Lord Kennedy (age 34) succeeded 2nd Lord Kennedy. Elizabeth Gordon Countess Erroll by marriage Lord Kennedy.
On 27 Mar 1615 Margaret Valois Queen Consort France (age 61) died.
On 27 Mar 1625 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 58) died at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire. His son King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24) succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown.
On 27 Mar 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 27 Mar 1629 John Philipps 1st Baronet (age 75) died. His son Richard Philipps 2nd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.
On 27 Mar 1648 Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett (age 35) died.
On 27 Mar 1659 John Stewart 1st Earl Traquair (age 59) died. His son John Stewart 2nd Earl Traquair (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Traquair, 8th Lord Traquair. Henrietta Gordon Countess Traquair by marriage Countess Traquair.
On 27 Mar 1714 Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 63) died of scarlet fever.
On 27 Mar 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 Harington 6th Baronet succeeded 6th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
On 27 Mar 1729 Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 49) died.
On 27 Mar 1734 Justin Plunkett 5th Earl of Fingall died.
On 27 Mar 1752 John Cotton 6th Baronet (age 12) died without issue. Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire extinct.
On 27 Mar 1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (age 74) died.
On or before 27 Mar 1791 Lucy Knightley Lady Wheler died. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Leamington Hastings on 27 Mar 1791.
On 27 Mar 1795 Richard Henry Bedingfield 4th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Richard Bedingfeld 5th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 5th Baronet Bedingfield of Oxburgh in Norfolk.
On 27 Mar 1802 Edward Astley 4th Baronet (age 72) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Melton Constable [Map]. His son Jacob Astley 5th Baronet (age 45) succeeded 5th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton. Hester Browne Lady Astley (age 34) by marriage Lady Astley of Hill Morton.
On 27 Mar 1808 James Pennyman 6th Baronet (age 71) died. His son William Henry Pennyman (age 44) succeeded 7th Baronet Pennyman of Ormesby in Yorkshire.
On 27 Mar 1814 Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster (age 82) died.
On 27 Mar 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 fire 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 Boswell 2nd Baronet (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire.
On 27 Mar 1825 Alexander Lindsay 6th Earl Balcarres 23rd Earl Crawford (age 73) died. His son James Lindsay 7th Earl Balcarres 24th Earl of Crawford (age 41) succeeded 7th Earl Balcarres.
On 27 Mar 1829 Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon (age 81) died at Sudbury [Map]. His son George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon (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 27 Mar 1834 George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway (age 66) died. His son Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway (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 27 Mar 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 72) died. His son Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath (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 04 May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19 Apr 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 24 Jun 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27 Jan 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 03 May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 02 Jan 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.
On 27 Mar 1843 Henry Neville 2nd Earl Abergavenny (age 88) died. His son John Neville 3rd Earl Abergavenny (age 53) succeeded 3rd Earl Abergavenny, 3rd Viscount Neville, 19th Baron Bergavenny, 17th Baron Bergavenny.
On 27 Mar 1849 Archibald Acheson 2nd Earl Gosford (age 72) died. His son Archibald Acheson 3rd Earl Gosford (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl Gosford. Theodosia Brabazon Countess Gosford (age 38) by marriage Countess Gosford.
On 27 Mar 1854 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland (age 85) died. His son William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland (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 27 Mar 1856 Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 71) died.
On 27 Mar 1858 Lucy Sherard Lady Cave (age 88) died.
On 27 Mar 1877 Charlotte Fanny Portman Countess Paulett died.
On 27 Mar 1878 George Gilbert Scott (age 66) died.
On 27 Mar 1886 Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill Countess Camden (age 37) died.
On 27 Mar 1899 Myles Birket Foster (age 74) died.
On 27 Mar 1920 Arthur Walsh 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (age 92) died. His son Arthur Walsh 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (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 27 Mar 1922 Charles Rushworth Watson 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. His son Thomas Aubrey Watson 4th Baronet (age 10) succeeded 4th Baronet Watson of Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex.
On 27 Mar 1929 Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 55) died.
On 27 Mar 1930 Robert Devereux 16th Viscount Hereford (age 87) died. His son Robert Charles Devereux 17th Viscount Hereford (age 64) succeeded 17th Viscount Hereford, 14th Baronet Devereux of Castle Bromwich.
On 27 Mar 1935 Herbert Cecil Boothby 12th Baronet (age 71) died. His brother Seymour William Brooke Boothby 13th Baronet (age 69) succeeded 13th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
On 27 Mar 1938 Francis Denzil Edward Baring 5th Baron Ashburton (age 71) died. His son Alexander Baring 6th Baron Ashburton (age 39) succeeded 6th Baron Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon.
On 27 Mar 1955 Geoffrey Duke Coleridge 3rd Baron Coleridge (age 77) died at the family home The Chanter's House, Ottery St Mary. His son Richard Duke Coleridge 4th Baron Coleridge (age 49) succeeded 4th Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon.
On 27 Mar 1975 Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable 10th Baronet (age 74) died. His brother Robert Frederick-Strickland-Constable 11th Baronet (age 71) succeeded 11th Baronet Strickland-Constable of Boynton in Yorkshire.
On 27 Mar 1987 Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden 8th Baronet (age 71) died. His son John Charles Josslyn Ramsden 9th Baronet (age 36) succeeded 9th Baronet Ramsden of Byram in Yorkshire.
On 27 Mar 2004 Lionel Sackville-West 6th Baron Sackville (age 90) died. His nephew Robert Sackville-West 7th Baron Sackville (age 45) succeeded 7th Baron Sackville of Knole in Kent.
On 27 Mar 2020 Randolph Stewart 13th Earl of Galloway (age 91) died. His second cousin once removed Andrew Clyde Stewart 14th Earl of Galloway (age 71) succeeded 14th Earl Galloway, 13th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 12th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney.