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On 31st January 1888 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 29) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 22) were married at Barrackpore. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 68) and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 69).
In 1805 Arthur Haselrigge 9th Baronet (age 48) died unmarried at Bengal, India. His uncle Thomas (age 76) succeeded 10th Baronet Haselrigge of Noseley Hall in Leicestershire.
On 23rd June 1815 John Eardley-Wilmot (age 67) died in Bengal, India.
Robert Wilmot died in Bengal, India.
On 5th March 1825 Julia Charlotte Fane was born to William Mildmay Fane (age 35) and Louisa Hay Dashwood (age 33). She was baptised on 24th March 1825 at Agra, Bengal.
On 6th September 1830 Adeline Fane was born to William Mildmay Fane (age 41) and Louisa Hay Dashwood (age 38) at Patna.
In 1805 Charles D'Oyly 7th Baronet (age 23) and Marian Greer (age 15) were married at Tumluk, Bengal. They were first cousin once removed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th December 1661. Lay long in bed, and then to Westminster Hall [Map] and there walked, and then with Mr. Spicer, Hawly, Washington, and little Mr. Ashwell (my old friends at the Exchequer) to the Dog [Map], and gave them two or three quarts of wine, and so away to White Hall, where, at Sir G. Carteret's (age 51), Sir Williams both and I dined very pleasantly; and after dinner, by appointment, came the Governors of the East India Company, to sign and seal the contract between us1 (in the King's (age 31) name) and them.
Note 1. Charles II's charter to the Company, confirming and extending the former charter, is dated April 3rd, 1661. Bombay, India, just acquired as part of Queen Katherine's dowry, was made over to the Company by Letters Patent dated March 27th, 1669.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th September 1663. So home with her, and then I away (Creed being gone) to Captain Minors upon Tower Hill [Map], and there, abating only some impertinence of his, I did inform myself well in things relating to the East Indys; both of the country and the disappointment the King (age 33) met with the last voyage, by the knavery of the Portugall Viceroy, and the inconsiderablenesse of the place of Bombaim1, if we had had it. But, above all things, it seems strange to me that matters should not be understood before they went out; and also that such a thing as this, which was expected to be one of the best parts of the Queen's (age 24) portion, should not be better understood; it being, if we had it, but a poor place, and not really so as was described to our King in the draught of it, but a poor little island; whereas they made the King and Chancellor (age 54), and other learned men about the King, believe that that, and other islands which are near it, were all one piece; and so the draught was drawn and presented to the King, and believed by the King and expected to prove so when our men came thither; but it is quite otherwise.
Note 1. Bombay, India, which was transferred to the East India Company in 1669. The seat of the Western Presidency of India was removed from Surat to Bombay in 1685-87.
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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 25th December 1757 Captain Robert Frankland died at Bombay, India while Commander of HMS Yarmouth.
In 1771 John Prinsep (age 24) arrived at Bombay, India as a cadet for the East India Company.
In 1826 Fanny Anna West was born to Edward West and Lucretia Georgiana ffolkes at Bombay, India.
On 15th October 1828 Lucretia Georgiana ffolkes died in childbirth at Bombay, India eleven days after having given birth to a posthumous son who only lived at few hours.
On 28th October 1886 Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford was born to Charles Edward Gordon Crawford in Breach Candy, Bombay.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th May 1663. The Portugalls have choused us1, it seems, in the Island of Bombay, in the East Indys; for after a great charge of our fleets being sent thither with full commission from the King (age 32) of Portugall to receive it, the Governour by some pretence or other will not deliver it to Sir Abraham Shipman, sent from the King, nor to my Lord of Marlborough (age 45); which the King takes highly ill, and I fear our Queen (age 24) will fare the worse for it. The Dutch decay there exceedingly, it being believed that their people will revolt from them there, and they forced to give over their trade. This is talked of among us, but how true I understand not. Sir Thomas showed me his picture and Sir Anthony Vandike's, in crayon in little, done exceedingly well.
Note 1. The word chouse appears to have been introduced into the language at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In 1609, a Chiaus sent by Sir Robert Shirley, from Constantinople to London, had chiaused (or choused) the Turkish and Persian merchants out of £4,000, before the arrival of his employer, and had decamped. The affair was quite recent in 1610, when Jonson's "Alchemist" appeared, in which it is alluded to.
On 14th February 1896 Brigadier Valentine Cecil Cavendish was born to Cecil Charles Cavendish (age 40) and Maud Henrietta Halliday at Cawnpore.
On 5th March 1873 James Dutton 6th Baron Sherborne was born to Charles Dutton (age 30) at Fatchgarn.
On 24th January 1898 Charles Cavendish Winn (age 40) was killed whilst playing polo at Ambala aka Umballa, Haryana.
On 20th November 1863 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 52) died of a heart attack while crossing a swinging rope and wood bridge over the river Chadly, on the lap between Kullu and Lahul in Himachal Pradesh. He was buried at St John in the Wilderness Church, Dharamshala. His son Victor (age 14) succeeded 13th Earl Kincardine, 9th Earl Elgin.
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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 11th April 1856 Shafto Craster Craster (age 29) died in the Kangra District [Map].
Henry Thomas Cope was killed at Seringapatam.
After 1856. St Mary's Church, Halford [Map]. Memorial to Lieutenant Charles Wade Crump who was killed at Lucknow, and Robert Crump who died of Cholera in 1854. They were the only sons of the Rector of Halford Charles Collins Crump and his wife Sarah.
In September 1857 Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour (age 22) was present at Lucknow during the Relief of Lucknow.
On 14th March 1858 Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Onslow Winnington Ingram (age 41) was killed in the Kaiserbagh in Lucknow, a ball passing through his head, during the Indian Mutiny.
Before October 1914 Captain Philip Noel Sanderson (age 27) and Doris Jordan were married at Lucknow.
In 1693 George Morton Pitt was born to John Pitt Consul Masulipatam at Madras aka Chennai, India.
Around 1764 Anne Palk Lady Wrey was born to Robert Palk 1st Baronet (age 46) and Anne van Sittart Lady Palk at Madras aka Chennai, India.
On 9th March 1796 Alan Hyde Gardner 2nd Baron Gardner (age 26) and Maria Elizabeth Adderley Baroness Gardner (age 20) were married at either Fort George, Chennai, or Fort George, West Indies.
On 18th February 1753 Robert Clive "Clive of India" (age 27) and Margaret Maskelyne were married at St Mary's Church, Madras.
On 7th August 1796 Margaretta Bourke (age 41) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Madras.
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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 22nd November 1862 Major Henry Loftus (age 39) died at Murree, India.
On 28th July 1867 Adrian George Allgood was born to Major-General George Allgood (age 39) and Elizabeth Clayton (age 30) at Murree, India.
On 20th December 1865 Edward Percy Seymour (age 24) died having been mauled by a bear while shooting at Yellapoor.
On 16th August 1828 Edward West died at Poonah.
On 31st October 1793 Adeline Marie de l'Etang was born to Ambroise Pierre de l'Etang (age 36) at Pondicherry, Puducherry.
On 13th November 1871 Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough was born to George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough (age 27) and Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough (age 24) at Simla.
On 2nd December 1814 Louisa Martha Stratford (age 35) died in Sri Lanka.
Around 1840 Captain William Fisher (age 28) and Sophie Lambe (age 19) were married at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
On 14th December 1905 Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley (age 39) and Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley (age 33) were married at Colombo, Sri Lanka. She by marriage Countess Cowley. He the son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 66). They were third cousins.
On 25th April 1883 Albert Bertram Arthur Fisher (age 34) died. He was buried at Batticaloa Cemetery where his
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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 1st May 1891 Evelyn Maud Fisher was born to Francis Conrad Fisher (age 41) and Florence Letitia Fuller (age 38). She was baptised at Badulla, Uva Province.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th February 1664. This afternoon Sir Thomas Chamberlin (age 62) came to the office to me, and showed me several letters from the East Indys, showing the height that the Dutch are come to there, showing scorn to all the English, even in our only Factory there of Surat, beating several men, and hanging the English Standard St. George under the Dutch flagg in scorn; saying, that whatever their masters do or say at home, they will do what they list, and will be masters of all the world there; and have so proclaimed themselves Soveraigne of all the South Seas; which certainly our King cannot endure, if the Parliament will give him money. But I doubt and yet do hope they will not yet, till we are more ready for it.
1895. Photograph taken at Benares [Map] on the occasion of a General's Inspection. Captain John Charles Pulleine Craster (age 23) is on the left. The photo was from an album compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel A.J.B. Percival D.S.O. It is now in the Collection of the Northumberland Fusiler Museum at Alnwick Castle. Sourced from Source.
On 1st December 1840 Ambroise Pierre de l'Etang (age 83) died at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.