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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Egypt is in Middle East.
In 1916 Hugo Francis Charteris (age 32) was killed at Egypt during the First World War.
On 27th May 1893 Harry Frederick Crookshank 1st Viscount Crookshank was born at Cairo, Egypt.
On 16th October 1898 Ethel Errington (age 53) died in Cairo, Egypt.
On 28th March 1902 William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 54) died at Cairo, Egypt to where he had travelled with his wife Helen for his health. His son Algernon (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Temple of Stowe.
On 29th March 1904 Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis 20th Baron Clinton (age 70) died at Cairo, Egypt. His son Charles (age 41) succeeded 21st Baron Clinton. Jane Grey McDonnell Baroness Clinton (age 40) by marriage Baroness Clinton.
On 17th September 1940 Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington (age 43) died of pneumonia in Cairo, Egypt whilst on active service. He was buried at the New British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo. Baron Alington extinct.
On 20th April 1898 Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence (age 32) and Violet Spencer-Churchill (age 34) were married at the Citadel Church, Cairo. They were sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
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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 5th April 1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon (age 56) died in the Continental Savoy Hotel, Cairo of an mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. His son Henry (age 24) succeeded 6th Earl Carnarvon, 6th Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell Countess Carnarvon (age 22) by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
On 17th September 1940 Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington (age 43) died of pneumonia in Cairo, Egypt whilst on active service. He was buried at the New British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo. Baron Alington extinct.
In October 1219 Walter III Chatillon (age 53) died at Damietta.
On 3rd November 1219 Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester (age 49) died at Damietta. His son Roger (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchester.
In 1249 John Stewart was killed at Damietta during the Seventh Crusade.
On 24th October 1249 Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 28) arrived at Damietta during the Seventh Crusade.
On 8th April 1250 John Tristan Capet Count Valois was born to King Louis IX of France (age 35) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 29) at Damietta. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married his fourth cousin once removed Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th August 1641. Haerlem is a very delicate town, and hath one of the fairest churches of the Gothic design I had ever seen. There hang in the steeple, which is very high, two silver bells, said to have been brought from Damietta, in Egypt, by an Earl of Holland, in memory of whose success they are rung out every evening. In the nave, hang the goodliest branches of brass for tapers that I have seen, esteemed of great value for the curiosity of the work-manship; also a fair pair of organs, which I could not find they made use of in diviae service, or so much as to assist them in singing psalms, but only for show, and to recreate the people before and after their devotions, whilst the burgomasters were walking and conferring about their affairs. Near the west window hang two models of ships, completely equipped, in memory of that invention of saws under their keels, with which they cut through the chain of booms, which barred the port of Damietta. Having visited this church, the fish-market, and made some inquiry about the printing-house, the invention whereof is said to liave been in this town, I returned to Leyden.
In 1942 William Legge (age 29) was killed in action at El Alamein during the 2nd Battle of El Alamein.
On 1st April 1920 Maurice Fox-Strangways 9th Earl of Ilchester was born to Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways 8th Earl of Ilchester (age 33) in Port Tawfiq, Egypt.
Raymond George Fox-Strangways was born to Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways 8th Earl of Ilchester in Port Tawfiq, Egypt.