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On this Day in History ... 28th December
28 Dec is in December.
Events on the 28th December
On 28 Dec 1065 the Westminster Abbey [Map] that preceded the current building, known as St Peter's Abbey, was consecrated. King Edward of England (age 62) was too ill to attend (he died eight days later).
On 28 Dec 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 18 Feb 1598 Admiral Clement Paston and she were married.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 28 Dec 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 05 Nov 1624 James Wriothesley (age 19) died of fever at Roosendaal. On 28 Dec 1624 he was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map].
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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. 28 Dec 1663. The Duchesse of York (age 26) is fallen sicke of the meazles.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28 Dec 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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28 Dec 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. 28 Dec 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. 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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 05 Mar 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. 29 Dec 1694. The smallpox increased exceedingly, and was very mortal. The Queen (deceased) died of it on the 28th.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1840 Jane Morris nee Burden (age 1) was baptised at St Peter-in-the-East Church.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1918 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard (age 64) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard (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 10 May 1854 he was born to Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer. On 28 Jun 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 28 Oct 1888 he was born to Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard. On 19 Oct 1964 Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard died. His son Harry John Neville Vane 11th Baron Barnard succeeded 11th Baron Barnard. Davina Mary Cecil Baroness Barnard by marriage Baroness Barnard.
On 28 Dec 1952 Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 73) died.
On 28 Dec 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 Gore 8th Earl of Arran (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Arran. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran (age 40) by marriage Countess Arran.
Births on the 28th December
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1560 Samuel Sandys was born to Archbishop Edwin Sandys (age 41) and Cecily Wilford.
On 28 Dec 1633 Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington was born to Louis Nassau Beverweert (age 31).
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1655 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis (age 23) and Margaret Playstead.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1670 Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex was born to Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex (age 38) and Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex (age 34).
On 28 Dec 1687 George Cooke was born to George Cooke 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Catherine Copley Lady Cooke.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1717 George Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 44) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 25).
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1778 Charles Hanbury-Tracy 1st Baron Sudeley was born to John Hanbury (age 34).
On 28 Dec 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%.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1810 John Thurnam was born.
On 28 Dec 1811 Charles Weld-Forester was born to Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester (age 44) and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester.
On 28 Dec 1814 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet was born to John Bennet Lawes (age 54).
On 28 Dec 1817 Henry Meux 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux.
On 28 Dec 1825 Lieutenant-General Edward Thomas Gage was born to Henry Hall Gage 4th Viscount Gage (age 34) and Elizabeth Maria Foley (age 32).
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1846 Edith Corbet nee Edenborough was born.
On 28 Dec 1850 Arthur Lowther Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester (age 46) and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester (age 44).
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1862 Charles Blakiston 6th Baronet was born to Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston (age 43).
On 28 Dec 1876 Beatrice Butler was born to James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde (age 32) and Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor Marchioness Ormonde (age 20).
On 28 Dec 1886 Roger Coke was born to Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 38) and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester (age 31).
On 28 Dec 1897 Major Wilfred Barrow 5th Baronet was born to Francis Barrow 4th Baonet (age 35).
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1911 Henry Richard Rycroft was born to Richard Nelson Rycroft 5th Baronet (age 52) and Emily Mary Lowry-Corry (age 29).
On 28 Dec 1937 Mark Dundas 4th Marquess of Zetland was born to Lawrence Dundas 3rd Marquess of Zetland (age 29).
On 28 Dec 1940 Hugh Amherst Cecil 4th Baron Amherst was born to William Amherst Cecil 3rd Baron Amherst (age 28).
On 28 Dec 1963 Caroline Neville Countess of Derby was born to Robin Neville 10th Baron Braybrooke (age 31).
On 28 Dec 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
After 28 Dec 1568 Edward Carey (age 28) and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 25) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 28 Dec 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 Mar (age 52) and Mary Stewart Countess Mar (age 32).
Before 28 Dec 1655 Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis (age 23) and Margaret Playstead were married.
On 28 Dec 1671 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 21) and Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley were married.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 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).
Before 28 Dec 1817 Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux were married. She by marriage Lady Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire.
On 28 Dec 1842 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet (age 28) and Caroline Fountaine (age 24) were married. His birthday.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1880 Robert Rodney Wilmot 6th Baronet (age 27) and Flora North (age 19) were married.
Deaths on the 28th December
On 28 Dec 1218 Robert Capet II Count Dreux (age 64) died. His son Robert Capet III Count Dreux (age 33) succeeded III Count Dreux.
On 28 Dec 1326 David Strathbogie 10th Earl Atholl died. His son David III Strathbogie 11th Earl Atholl (age 17) succeeded 11th Earl Atholl, 2nd Baron Strabolgi.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1568 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 29) died. His brother Thomas Paget 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert.
On 28 Dec 1660 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe (age 38) died. On 11 Jan 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas Pope 3rd Earl Downe (age 62) succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.
On 28 Dec 1667 Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard (age 33) died. His son Digby Gerard 5th Baron Gerard (age 5) succeeded 5th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley.
On 28 Dec 1683 Edward Carr 4th Baronet (age 17) died unmarried. His great uncle Rochester Carr 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 28 Dec 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 05 Mar 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 28 Dec 1694 Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 86) died. His son Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 61) succeeded 4th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
On 28 Dec 1695 William Barkham 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk extinct.
Around 28 Dec 1701 Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath (age 57) died.
On 28 Dec 1717 Sewster Peyton 2nd Baronet died. His son Thomas Peyton 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Peyton of Doddington.
On 28 Dec 1719 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam (age 76) died. His son John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
On 28 Dec 1725 Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 51) died.
On 28 Dec 1744 William Clayton 1st Baronet died. His son Kenrick Clayton 2nd Baronet (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1764 Henry Boyle 1st Earl Shannon (age 82) died. His son Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Shannon (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Shannon. Catherine Ponsonby Countess Shannon by marriage Countess Shannon.
On 28 Dec 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 28 Dec 1787 Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan (age 74) died.
On 28 Dec 1794 Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne (age 68) died. His son George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 33) succeeded 5th Earl Aboyne. Catherine Anne Cope Marchioness Huntly (age 23) by marriage Countess Aboyne.
On 28 Dec 1808 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn (age 65) died.
On 28 Dec 1829 William Champion de Crespigny 2nd Baronet (age 64) died. His grandson Claude Champion de Crespigny 3rd Baronet (age 11) succeeded 3rd Baronet Champion de Crespigny of Champion Lodge in Surrey.
On 28 Dec 1832 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham (age 66) died. His son Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (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 28 Dec 1832 Louisa Thynne Countess Aylesford (age 72) died.
On 28 Dec 1845 John Dawson 2nd Earl Portarlington (age 64) died unmarried. His nephew Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer 3rd Earl of Portarlington (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Portarlington.
On 28 Dec 1848 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 75) died. His son Alfred Harley 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (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 28 Dec 1855 Henry Every 9th Baronet (age 78) died.
On 28 Dec 1859 Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings Marchioness Bute (age 50) died.
On 28 Dec 1885 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 81) died. His brother Archibald Seymour 13th Duke of Somerset (age 74) succeeded 13th Duke Somerset, 11th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Earl St Maur of Berry Pomeroy in Devon extinct.
On 28 Dec 1910 Arthur Wrottesley 3rd Baron Wrottesley (age 86) died. His son Victor Alexander Wrottesley 4th Baron Wrottesley (age 37) succeeded 4th Baron Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire, 12th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
On 28 Dec 1918 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard (age 64) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard (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 10 May 1854 he was born to Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer. On 28 Jun 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 28 Oct 1888 he was born to Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard. On 19 Oct 1964 Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard died. His son Harry John Neville Vane 11th Baron Barnard succeeded 11th Baron Barnard. Davina Mary Cecil Baroness Barnard by marriage Baroness Barnard.
On 28 Dec 1929 Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 80) died.
On 28 Dec 1940 George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 62) died. His son Anthony Vivian 5th Baron Vivian (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 28 Dec 1952 Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 73) died.
On 28 Dec 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 Gore 8th Earl of Arran (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Arran. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran (age 40) by marriage Countess Arran.
On 28 Dec 1968 David Ogilvy 12th Earl of Airlie (age 75) died.
On 28 Dec 2007 Harry Holmes Miller 12th Baronet (age 80) died. His son Anthony Thomas Miller 13th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 13th Baronet Miller of Chichester in Sussex.