Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
28 Dec is in December.
Events on the 28th December
On 28th December 1065 the Westminster Abbey [Map] that preceded the current building, known as St Peter's Abbey, was consecrated. King Edward "The Confessor" of England (age 62) was too ill to attend (he died eight days later).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 28th December 1558. [The xxviij day of December the late bishop of Chichester was buried at Christchurch [Map], London,].... skochyons, and torchys, and xviij stayffe .... branche tapers, with iiij dosen penselles and iiij .... and a d' [a half] of bokeram, and a grett baner of armes [of the see] of Chechastur, and ys own armes, and iiij baners of [saints]; master Clarenshus was the harold; and v bysshopes dyd offer [at] the masse, and iij songe masses that day, and after a grett [dinner,] and xviij pore men had rosett gownes of frys.
Note. P. 184. Funeral of the bishop of Chichester. John Christopherson, previously dean of Norwich, consecrated 21 Nov. 1557, deprived 1558.
On 28th December 1581 Bishop Arthur Lake (age 12) educated at Winchester College, Winchester.
On 28th December 1608 Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire died. Son of Alice Pakington. Brass floorplate in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].
Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire: he was born to Richard Lambert and Alice Pakington. Before 1600 he and Anne Jackman were married.
Alice Pakington: she was born to Humphrey Pakington. Richard Lambert and she were married. Before 18th February 1598 Admiral Clement Paston and she were married.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 28th December 1617. The 28th I went to Church in my rich night gown and petticoat, both my women waiting upon me in their liveries, but my Lord (age 28) stayed at home. There came to dine Mrs Levisey and a great company of the neighbours to eat venison.
Now I had a great desire to have all my Father's sea voyages written, so I did set Jones to inquire about these matters.
Note. About this time Lady Rich was brought to bed of her 1st Son [sic] at Baynard's Castle, and in a little while after fell sick of the small-pox. About this time died Jem Robins' man, but he left his master no remembrance, for they was fallen out.
On 5th November 1624 James Wriothesley (age 19) died of fever at Roosendaal. On 28th December 1624 he was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map].
On 28th December 1624 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 44) was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
On 28th December 1635 Elizabeth Stewart was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 35) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 26).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. Up and by coach to my Lord's lodgings, but he was gone abroad, so I lost my pains, but, however, walking through White Hall I heard the King (age 33) was gone to play at Tennis, so I down to the new Tennis Court; and saw him and Sir Arthur Slingsby (age 40) play against my Lord of Suffolke (age 44) and my Lord Chesterfield (age 29). The King beat three, and lost two sets, they all, and he particularly playing well, I thought.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. Thence went and spoke with the Duke of Albemarle (age 55) about his wound at Newhall, but I find him a heavy dull man, methinks, by his answers to me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. After dinner straight on foot to Mr. Hollyard's (age 54), and there paid him £3 in full for his physic and work to my wife.... but whether it is cured for ever or no I cannot tell, but he says it will never come to anything, though it may be it may ooze now and then a little.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. The Duchesse of York (age 26) is fallen sicke of the meazles.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1664. After dinner abroad, and among other things visited my Lady Sandwich (age 39), and was there, with her and the young ladies, playing at cards till night. Then home and to my office late, then home to bed, leaving my wife and people up to more sports, but without any great satisfaction to myself therein.
On 28th December 1665 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 35) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 25) at Merton College, Oxford University.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1666. Up, and Creed and I walked (a very fine walk in the frost) to my Lord Bellasses (age 52), but missing him did find him at White Hall, and there spoke with him about some Tangier business. That done, we to Creed's lodgings, which are very pretty, but he is going from them. So we to Lincoln's Inne Fields, he to Ned Pickering's (age 48), who it seems lives there, keeping a good house, and I to my Lord Crew's (age 68), where I dined, and hear the newes how my Lord's brother, Mr. Nathaniel Crew (age 33), hath an estate of 6 or £700 per annum, left him by the death of an old acquaintance of his, but not akin to him at all. And this man is dead without will, but had, above ten years since, made over his estate to this Mr. Crew, to him and his heirs for ever, and given Mr. Crew the keeping of the deeds in his own hand all this time; by which, if he would, he might have taken present possession of the estate, for he knew what they were. This is as great an act of confident friendship as this latter age, I believe, can shew.
After 28th December 1683. Chest tomb of Edward Carr 4th Baronet (deceased) at St Denys' Church, Sleaford [Map].
Edward Carr 4th Baronet: In 1666 he was born to Robert Carr 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Bennet Lady Carr in Aswarby. On 14th November 1682 Robert Carr 3rd Baronet died in Aswarby. His son Edward succeeded 4th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. On 28th December 1683 Edward Carr 4th Baronet died unmarried. His great uncle Rochester succeeded 5th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future King George I (age 34) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (age 28) was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.
On 28th December 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 5th March 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.
John Evelyn's Diary. 29th December 1694. The smallpox increased exceedingly, and was very mortal. The Queen (deceased) died of it on the 28th.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
After 28th December 1795. All Saints Church, Narborough [Map]. Memorial to Briggs Cary.
Briggs Cary: he was born to John Cary and Elizabeth Harwick. On 28th December 1795 he died at Hot Wells, Bristol. He was buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].
St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Memorial to father and son Edmund and Hervey Morris who died on 20th December 1826 and 28th December 1822 respectively.
On 28th December 1840 Jane Morris nee Burden (age 1) was baptised at St Peter-in-the-East Church.
On 28th December 1865 William Holman Hunt (age 38) and Fanny Waugh (age 32) were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti (age 36), and her brother and sister George and Emily were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
Before 28th December 1902. Photograph of Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 65). He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map].
On 28th December 1918 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard (age 64) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Christopher (age 30) succeeded 10th Baron Barnard. He has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard: On 10th May 1854 he was born to Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer. On 28th June 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard: On 28th October 1888 he was born to Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard. On 19th October 1964 Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard died. His son Harry succeeded 11th Baron Barnard. Davina Mary Cecil Baroness Barnard by marriage Baroness Barnard.
Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in-the-Water [Map]. Window the gift of Alice Tinsley who died 28th December 1942.
On 28th December 1952 Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 73) died.
On 28th December 1958 Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran (age 55) committed suicide at Poltimore, Devon nine days after succeeding his father as Earl of Arran. He was unmarried. He, reportedly, killed himself because he was homosexual. His brother Arthur (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Arran, 7th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 7th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 9th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran (age 40) by marriage Countess Arran.
Births on the 28th December
On 28th December 1559 Gerald Fitzgerald Baron Offaly was born to Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 34) and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare (age 23).
On 28th December 1560 Samuel Sandys was born to Archbishop Edwin Sandys (age 41) and Cecily Wilford.
On 28th December 1633 Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington was born to Louis Nassau Beverweert (age 31).
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1635 Elizabeth Stewart was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 35) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 26).
On 28th December 1655 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis (age 23) and Margaret Playstead.
On 28th December 1665 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 35) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 25) at Merton College, Oxford University.
On 28th December 1670 Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex was born to Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex (age 38) and Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex (age 34).
On 28th December 1687 George Cooke was born to George Cooke 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Catherine Copley Lady Cooke.
On 28th December 1707 Ludwig Ernst Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 31) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 28th December 1717 George Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 44) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 25).
On 28th December 1718 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua was born to James Fitz James 2nd Duke Berwick (age 22) and Catalina Ventura Colón Duchess Berwick 9th Duchess Veragua (age 28) at Alba de Tormes. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 28th December 1770 Henry Blackwood 1st Baronet was born to John Blackwood 2nd Baronet (age 49) and Dorcas Stevenson 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (age 44).
On 28th December 1772 John Thynne 3rd Baron Carteret was born to Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath (age 38) and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 37).
On 28th December 1778 Charles Hanbury-Tracy 1st Baron Sudeley was born to John Hanbury (age 34).
On 28th December 1801 Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl Belmore was born to Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore (age 27) and Juliana Butler Countess Belmore (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1802 Henry George Grey 3rd Earl Grey was born to Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey (age 38) and Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey (age 26).
On 28th December 1806 Louisa Georgiana Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 40) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 28th December 1810 Mary Noel Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 44) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 28th December 1810 John Thurnam was born.
On 28th December 1811 Charles Weld-Forester was born to Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester (age 44) and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester.
On 28th December 1814 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet was born to John Bennet Lawes (age 54).
On 28th December 1817 Henry Meux 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux.
On 28th December 1825 Lieutenant-General Edward Thomas Gage was born to Henry Hall Gage 4th Viscount Gage (age 34) and Elizabeth Maria Foley (age 32).
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1838 Constance Euphemia Woronzow Murray Lady Elphinstone was born to Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore (age 34) and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 24).
On 28th December 1846 Edith Corbet nee Edenborough was born.
On 28th December 1850 Arthur Lowther Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester (age 46) and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester (age 44).
On 28th December 1857 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 38) and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later.
On 28th December 1862 Charles Blakiston 6th Baronet was born to Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston (age 43).
On 28th December 1876 Beatrice Butler was born to James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde (age 32) and Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor Marchioness Ormonde (age 20).
On 28th December 1886 Roger Coke was born to Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 38) and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester (age 31).
On 28th December 1897 Major Wilfred Barrow 5th Baronet was born to Francis Barrow 4th Baonet (age 35).
On 28th December 1906 Francis William Seymour was born to Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset (age 24) and Edith Mary Parker Duchess Somerset (age 25).
On 28th December 1911 Henry Richard Rycroft was born to Richard Nelson Rycroft 5th Baronet (age 52) and Emily Mary Lowry-Corry (age 29).
On 28th December 1937 Mark Dundas 4th Marquess of Zetland was born to Lawrence Dundas 3rd Marquess of Zetland (age 29).
On 28th December 1940 Hugh Amherst Cecil 4th Baron Amherst was born to William Amherst Cecil 3rd Baron Amherst (age 28).
On 28th December 1963 Caroline Neville Countess of Derby was born to Robin Neville 10th Baron Braybrooke (age 31).
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1973 Benedict Baldwin 5th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was born to Edward Baldwin 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (age 35).
Marriages on the 28th December
On 28th December 1614 John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes (age 14) and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Rothes. She the daughter of John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar (age 52) and Mary Stewart Countess Mar (age 32).
On 28th December 1671 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 21) and Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley were married.
On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future King George I (age 34) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (age 28) was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.
On 28th December 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 22) and Martha Hughes (age 21) were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 63) and Mary Woods (age 41).
On 28th December 1842 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet (age 28) and Caroline Fountaine (age 24) were married. His birthday.
On 28th December 1865 William Holman Hunt (age 38) and Fanny Waugh (age 32) were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti (age 36), and her brother and sister George and Emily were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 28th December 1880 Robert Rodney Wilmot 6th Baronet (age 27) and Flora North (age 19) were married.
Deaths on the 28th December
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1218 Robert Capet II Count Dreux (age 64) died. His son Robert (age 33) succeeded III Count Dreux.
On 28th December 1326 David Strathbogie 10th Earl Atholl died. His son David (age 17) succeeded 11th Earl Atholl, 2nd Baron Strabolgi.
On 28th December 1422 Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick (age 36) died. Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire abeyant between her daughters Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 18), Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 14) and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer (age 5).
On 28th December 1566 Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua (age 56) died at Mantua.
On 28th December 1568 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 29) died. His brother Thomas (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert.
On 28th December 1660 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe (age 38) died. On 11th January 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas (age 62) succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.
On 28th December 1667 Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard (age 33) died. His son Digby (age 5) succeeded 5th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley.
On 28th December 1683 Edward Carr 4th Baronet (age 17) died unmarried. His great uncle Rochester succeeded 5th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 28th December 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 5th March 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.
On 28th December 1694 Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 86) died. His son Thomas (age 61) succeeded 4th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
On 28th December 1695 William Barkham 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk extinct.
On 28th December 1717 Sewster Peyton 2nd Baronet died. His son Thomas succeeded 3rd Baronet Peyton of Doddington.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1719 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam (age 76) died. His son John (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
On 28th December 1725 Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 51) died.
On 28th December 1744 William Clayton 1st Baronet died. His son Kenrick (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 28th December 1756 Galfridus Mann (age 50) died. His son Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet (age 12) inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton, and over £100,000.
On 28th December 1764 Henry Boyle 1st Earl Shannon (age 82) died. His son Richard (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Shannon. Catherine Ponsonby Countess Shannon by marriage Countess Shannon.
On 28th December 1771 Thomas Peyton 3rd Baronet died. Baronet Peyton of Doddington extinct. Henry Dashwood aka Peyton 1st Baronet (age 35) (son of his sister Margaret Peyton) succeeded to his estates and adopted his surname.
On 28th December 1787 Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan (age 74) died.
On 28th December 1794 Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne (age 68) died. His son George (age 33) succeeded 5th Earl Aboyne. Catherine Anne Cope (age 23) by marriage Countess Aboyne.
On 28th December 1808 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn (age 65) died.
On 28th December 1829 Barbara Godfey Marchioness Donegal died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1829 William Champion de Crespigny 2nd Baronet (age 64) died. His grandson Claude (age 11) succeeded 3rd Baronet Champion de Crespigny of Champion Lodge in Surrey.
On 28th December 1832 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 66) died. His son Francis (age 35) succeeded 2nd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 4th Baron Conyngham, 2nd Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent. Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.
On 28th December 1832 Louisa Thynne Countess Aylesford (age 72) died.
On 28th December 1845 John Dawson 2nd Earl Portarlington (age 64) died unmarried. His nephew Henry (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Portarlington.
On 28th December 1848 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 75) died. His son Alfred (age 39) succeeded 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Eliza Nugent Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 42) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 28th December 1855 Henry Every 9th Baronet (age 78) died. His grandson Henry (age 25) succeeded 10th Baronet Every of Egginton in Derbyshire.
On 28th December 1859 Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings Marchioness Bute (age 50) died.
On 28th December 1885 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 81) died. His brother Archibald (age 74) succeeded 13th Duke Somerset, 11th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Earl St Maur of Berry Pomeroy in Devon extinct.
On 28th December 1910 Arthur Wrottesley 3rd Baron Wrottesley (age 86) died. His son Victor (age 37) succeeded 4th Baron Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire, 12th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
On 28th December 1918 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard (age 64) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Christopher (age 30) succeeded 10th Baron Barnard. He has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard: On 10th May 1854 he was born to Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer. On 28th June 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard: On 28th October 1888 he was born to Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard. On 19th October 1964 Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard died. His son Harry succeeded 11th Baron Barnard. Davina Mary Cecil Baroness Barnard by marriage Baroness Barnard.
On 28th December 1929 Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 80) died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th December 1940 George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 62) died. His son Anthony (age 34) succeeded 5th Baron Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall, 5th Baronet Vivian of Truro. Victoria Oliphant Baroness Vivian (age 33) by marriage Baroness Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall.
On 28th December 1952 Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 73) died.
On 28th December 1958 Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran (age 55) committed suicide at Poltimore, Devon nine days after succeeding his father as Earl of Arran. He was unmarried. He, reportedly, killed himself because he was homosexual. His brother Arthur (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Arran, 7th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 7th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 9th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran (age 40) by marriage Countess Arran.
On 28th December 1968 David Ogilvy 12th Earl of Airlie (age 75) died.
On 28th December 2007 Harry Holmes Miller 12th Baronet (age 80) died. His son Anthony (age 52) succeeded 13th Baronet Miller of Chichester in Sussex.
On 28th December 2017 Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor (age 87) died.