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On 10th August 30BC Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39) committed suicide.
In 1227 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 62) committed suicide.
On 30th May 1444 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (age 41) committed suicide. Suicide not certain but likely. Duke Somerset, Earl Kendal extinct. His brother Edmund (age 38) succeeded 4th Earl Somerset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 35) by marriage Countess Somerset.
His only child Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond aged one was his heir. King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 22) granted her wardship to William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 47) who married her to his son John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 1).
On 20th December 1583 Edward Arden (age 50) was hanged, drawn and quartered at Smithfield [Map] for having plotted against Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 50) with his son-in-law John Somerville (deceased) who had implicated him during torture. He was tried by Christopher Wray (age 59).
On 19th December 1583 John Somerville committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell.
The heads of John Somerville and Edward Arden were set on London Bridge [Map] next to the head of the Gerald Fitzgerald 14th Earl Desmond (deceased).
On 21st June 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 53) committed suicide at Tower of London [Map]. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. His son Henry (age 21) succeeded 9th Earl of Northumberland, 12th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 20th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Poynings. Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 21) by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 22nd March 1592 Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 34) committed suicide.
In 1624 Robert Kerr 2nd Earl Lothian (age 50) committed suicide.
Around 21st January 1668 Anthony Joyce committed suicide by jumping into a pond in Islington [Map]. On 24th January 1668 he was buried at St Sepulchre without Newgate Church.
On 17th October 1673 Thomas Clifford 1st Baron Clifford Chudleigh (age 43) committed suicide. His son Hugh (age 10) succeeded 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh in Devon.
On 8th May 1674 Bartholomew Beale committed suicide by "throwing himself downe in his frantick fitt" from the upper window of this house.
On 13th July 1683 Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex (age 51) committed suicide at the Tower of London [Map]. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. He was said to have been discovered in his chamber with his throat cut whilst awaiting execution for treason. His son Algernon (age 12) succeeded 2nd Earl Essex, 3rd Baron Capell Hadham.
On 20th May 1694 Robert Spencer 1st Viscount Teviot (age 65) committed suicide. Viscount Teviot extinct.
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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 12th December 1696 John Hampden of Great Hampden (age 43) committed suicide.
On 16th July 1697 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).
On 16th May 1723 Henry Roper 8th Baron Teynham (age 47) committed suicide. His son Philip (age 16) succeeded 9th Baron Teynham of Teynham in Kent.
On 19th April 1738 Henry Herbert 2nd Baron Chirbury committed suicide. He died without issue; Baron Herbert Chirbury extinct.
On 29th January 1740 Richard Lumley 2nd Earl Scarborough (age 53) committed suicide by shooting himself through the roof of the mouth possibly as a result of his having told the Dowager Duchess of Manchester (age 34), who he had intended to marry the following day, a state secret which she then shared with her grandmother Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 79) who shared it with William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath (age 55) who shared it with everyone else. His brother Thomas (age 49) succeeded 3rd Earl of Scarborough, 4th Viscount Lumley, 3rd Baron Lumley. Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough by marriage Countess of Scarborough. He left his estates to his youngest brother James Lumley (age 34).
On 4th February 1740 Richard Lumley 2nd Earl Scarborough was buried at the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair.
On 12th October 1753 Danvers Osborn 3rd Baronet (age 37) committed suicide at New York. His body was found in the garden of the house in which he was lodged, which belonged to a local councilman. The body presented evidence of strangulation. His son George (age 11) succeeded 4th Baronet Osborn of Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
In 1755 John Bland 6th Baronet (age 33) committed suicide. His brother Hungerford (age 29) succeeded 7th Baronet Bland of Kippax Park in Yorkshire.
On 9th July 1764 James Ogilvy 5th Earl Findlater 2nd Earl Seafield (age 75) committed suicide. His son James (age 50) succeeded 6th Earl Findlater, 3rd Earl Seafield. Mary Murray Countess Findlater (age 44) by marriage Countess Findlater.
On 5th July 1765 Charles Powlett 5th Duke Bolton (age 47) committed suicide at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia shooting himself in the head with a pistol. His brother Harry (age 44) succeeded 6th Duke Bolton, 11th Marquess Winchester, 11th Earl Wiltshire, 11th Baron St John. Katherine Lowther Duchess of Bolton (age 29) by marriage Duchess Bolton.
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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 2nd January 1772 William Fitzherbert (age 60) committed suicide due to pecuniary troubles. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map] where he was buried.
On 9th September 1785 Felton Hervey committed suicide.
After 1797 Elizabeth Luttrell "Bad Lady Betty" (deceased) went to Germany, where she was convicted of picking pockets, was sentenced, and condemned to clean the streets chained to a wheelbarrow. The unfortunate woman poisoned herself.
On 7th September 1801 Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire (age 48) committed suicide suspected to be as a consequence of his political life. His son Arthur (age 12) succeeded 3rd Marquess Downshire.
In 1813 Roger Brograve committed suicide by means of a duelling pistol inserted in his mouth while sitting up in bed. He had lost £10,000 at the Derby two days before.
On 9th November 1816 Harriet Westbrook committed suicide by drowning in the The Serpentine, Hyde Park.
She had written a letter to her sister and parents explaining her actions:
"When you read this letr. I shall be no more an inhabitant of this miserable world. do not regret the loss of one who could never be anything but a source of vexation & misery to you all belonging to me... My dear Bysshe (age 24)... if you had never left me I might have lived but as it is, I freely forgive you & may you enjoy that happiness which you have deprived me of... so shall my spirit find rest & forgiveness. God bless you all is the last prayer of the unfortunate Harriet S---"
On 12th August 1822 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry (age 53) committed suicide at Loring Hall, Kent. His half brother Charles (age 44) succeeded 3rd Marquess Londonderry. Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry (age 22) by marriage Marchioness Londonderry.
In September 1823 Charles Hastings 1st Baronet (age 71) committed suicide. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire.
On 20th March 1842 George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster (age 48) committed suicide. His son William (age 17) succeeded 2nd Earl Munster, 2nd Viscount Fitzclarence, 2nd Baron Tewkesbury.
On 8th June 1842 Henry Parnell 1st Baron Congleton (age 65) committed suicide by hanging having suffered for some time from ill-health and melancholy. His son John (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baron Congleton of Congleton in Cheshire, 5th Baronet Parnell of Rathleague Queen's County.
On 1st November 1848 George Brodrick 5th Viscount Midleton (age 42) committed suicide. His first cousin Charles Brodrick (age 57) succeeded 5th Viscount Midleton of Midleton in Cork, 5th Baron Brodrick of Midleton in Cork, 3rd Baron Brodrick of Peper Harrow in Surrey. Emma Stapleton by marriage Viscountess Midleton of Midleton in Cork.
On 31st December 1870 Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham (age 66) committed suicide at Merton, Norfolk. His son Thomas (age 27) succeeded 6th Baron Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
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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 23rd April 1873 Charles Sackville-West 6th Earl De La Warr (age 57) committed suicide by drowning himself in the River Cam. His brother Reginald (age 56) succeeded 7th Earl De La Warr, 7th Viscount Cantalupe, 13th Baron De La Warr. Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane Countess De La Warr (age 27) by marriage Countess De La Warr.
In 1875 Richard Augustus Bethell 2nd Baron Westbury (age 45) committed suicide. His son Richard (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 19th April 1876 George William Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton (age 59) committed suicide by throwing himself down the stairs of his London home. His son Charles (age 33) succeeded 5th Baron Lyttelton of Frankley in Worcestershire, 5th Baron Westcote, 11th Baronet Lyttelton of Frankley.
On 25th August 1876 Thomas Lister 3rd Baron Ribblesdale (age 48) committed suicide as a consequence of the loss of his wealth due to gambling. His son Thomas (age 21) succeeded 4th Baron Ribblesdale of Gisburne Park in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 2nd April 1882 Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (age 51) committed suicide. He fired his Smith & Wesson revolver into his left temple whilst in Room 80 of the Glenham Hotel, Fifth Avenue.
New York Times, 07 April 1882: Mr Vanderbilt's Suicide. The Coroner's jury find that it was done under mental depression.
The inquest in the case of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, who shot himself in the Glenbam Hotel on sunday last, was held by Coroner Brady yesterday. The jury was composed of nine physiclans. George N. Terry test!fied that he had been the constant companion of Mr, Vanderbilt since 1872, The latter's health was never good, and he was subject to epileptic fits. In February witness and Mr. Vanderbilt went to the Hot Springs. They returned and then went to Florida, whence they same back three weeks ago. On Sunday last Mr. Vanderbilt went to bed about 6:30 o'clock in the Egroing. He had been out all Saturday night. Fitness was not with him,
"Do vou know where he had been!" asked Coroner Brady.
"Is it necessary for me to answer that question?" asked Mr. Terry in a low tone.
"Yes, I think you had better answer," sald the Coroner.
Mr. Vanderbilt told me he had been at No. 12 Ann-street," Mr, Terry finally answered. He also testified that Mr. Vanderbilt seemed considerably depressed, and told him he had been unfortunate. On previous occasions he had told witness he was tired of life. He had said it so frequently that witness thought nothing of it. Mr. Vanderbilt was irritable and slept very little, if any, after going to bed on Sunday. Witness fell asleep in an adjoining room and was awakened by the pistol shot. He ran into tie room, saw what had happened, and immediately sent for Dr. Weir and E. O. Perrin. Witness had no doubt that Mr. Vanderbilt committea suicide.
Major E. D. Luston. Mr. Vanderbilt's private secretary, testified that Mr. Vanderbilt was In about the same condition on the Sunday previous to his death as on the day he shot himself. Witness had frequently heard him say he was tired of life. He seemed to be greatly annoyed by the litiations in which he was involved. On Saturday Mr. Vanderbilt put his hand to his head and said to witness, "If I don't get some relief I'll commit suicide. I have got nothing to live for." Afterward he brightened up and became as cheerful as ever. Major Luxton told how much money Mr. Vanderbilt received on Saturday, and said that he could not have had more than $1,200 or £1,600 in his pocket that night. Witness believed Mr, Vanderbiit's nervousness caused him to sommit suicide. He had a severe spasm on Friday night.
Dr. Robert G. Weir testified that he was Mr, Vanderbilt's physician, and told how he found his patient when he was called in after the shooting and what was done to relieve him. Mr. Vanderbiit remained unconscious until his death. at 6:10 o'clock in the evening. E. O. Perrin and George B. Ashley testified concerning Mr. Vanderbilt's condition on Saturday, each saying that he did not seem to be more irritable than usual. Mr, Ashley stated that one day last week he spoke to Mr. Vanderbilt about postponing the preparation of a legal document until the next day. "We had better attend to it today." said Mr. Vanderbilt, "for I may not be allve to-morrow." Deputy Coroner Raefle read to the Jury the result of his post-mortem examination of the body, and after a brief charge by the Coroner the jurymen retired, They were out jess than two minutes, and returned a verdict to the effect that Vanderbilt committed suicide while suffering under a temporary mental depression."
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt: On 29th December 1830 he was born to Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and Sophia Johnson Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%. In 1856 Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt and Ellen Williams were married. There was no issue from the marriage.
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On 14th January 1891 Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 71) committed suicide having shot himself as a result of insanity in Eaton Square, Belgravia.His son George (age 38) succeeded 10th Duke Bedford, 10th Marquess Tavistock, 14th Earl Bedford, 14th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 10th Baron Howland of Streatham. Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 38) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Monument in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies erected by Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 72) in 1892.
On 15th May 1894 Henry Alexander (age 34) committed suicide, for want of money, by swallowing oxalic acid in the Oriental Hotel at Broadway and Thirty-Ninth Street.
On 23rd October 1895 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford (age 51) committed suicide. His son Henry (age 20) succeeded 6th Marquess Waterford.
On 18th May 1910 Claude Champion de Crespigny (age 36) committed suicide. He was found dead by the roadside at King's Cliffe in Northamptonshire. The physician and coroner concluded that a temporary madness may have been caused by influenza and repeated heavy falls whilst playing polo.
On 25 or 27th January 1916 Major Rupert Chabbert Meyricke (age 38) committed suicide in Malta. His body was found in the grounds of the hospital. Suicide by shooting himself with a small automatic pistol he had smuggled into the hospital a few hours before he was due to be evacuated back to the UK - he had wanted to stay on Malta so as to be able to rejoin his battery. Maj Meyricke had himself carried on a wheeled chair to the terrace at the front of the hospital over-looking the harbour, sat on a wooden garden seat and after a few minutes produced a Colt automatic pistol he had hidden about himself and committed suicide. He was buried in Pietà Military Cemetery, TTriq id-Duluri, Malta.
On 7th May 1920 Alistair "Mouse" Grahame (age 19) committed suicide. After his dinner at Christ Church College, Oxford University he lay down on a railway track running across Port Meadow and awaited the train that ended his life. His father, whose stories recited to Alistair "Mouse" Grahame when he was a child, became "The Wind in the Willows", never recovered from his son's death.
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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 13th January 1929 Emil Fuchs (age 62) committed suicide by shooting himself at the Hotel des Artistes in New York.
On 20th February 1930 Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury (age 77) committed suicide. He jumped out of the bedroom window of his seventh floor St James's apartment after a long period of illness. He left a note that read: "I really cannot stand any more horrors and hardly see what good I am going to do here, so I am making my exit." His death was ruled "suicide while of unsound mind." His grandson Richard (age 15) succeeded 4th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 2nd April 1932 Edward Marjoribanks (age 32) committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest while in the billiard room of his stepfather's (age 60) house in Sussex.
On 10th April 1937 Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness (age 49) committed suicide. He was found dead in a bedroom at his home near the KLG factory, having apparently gassed himself. At the coroner's inquest, his brother Sir Algernon Guinness produced a letter that indicated the likelihood of suicide. The coroner's verdict was, "Suicide, while of unsound mind".
On 5th December 1942 Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 59) committed suicide. His son Evelyn (age 27) succeeded 12th Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.
On 12th December 1942 Doris Delevigne Viscountess Castlerosse (age 42) died of an overdose of sleeping pills at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane.
On 23rd December 1946 Alice "Kiki" Preston aka Gwynne (age 48) committed suicide by jumping out of a window of her fifth-floor apartment in the Stanhope Hotel.
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 14th October 1959 Thomas Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith 6th Baronet (age 41) died. Probably suicide by posioning. His son John (age 12) succeeded 7th Baronet Hamilton-Spencer-Smith of Tring Park in Hertfordshire.
In 1961 Barbara Vernon Harcourt (age 56) committed suicide.
On 25th January 1968 Virginia Maskell (age 31) committed suicide. "Police check on death of actress". The Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. 30 January 1968. p. 4: "On Wednesday, 24 January 1968, she left home in her car and, six hours later, her husband reported her missing. Police searched woods 700 feet up in the Chiltern Hills after her car was found a mile from her home. Maskell apparently had wandered through the woods for hours before collapsing where the police eventually found her. She was taken to hospital and given emergency treatment for an overdose of barbiturates but, although doctors revived her, she died the following day."
On 8th March 1976 Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster (age 83) committed suicide by taking an overdose of pentobarbital.
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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 20th November 1977 Jonathan Oliver Tollemache Blow (age 58) died after deliberately consuming the weedkiller paraquat.
On 7th May 2007 Isabella "Issy" Blow aka Delves Broughton (age 48) died at Gloucester hospital having deliberately consumed the weedkiller paraquat two days before at her home Hilles, House, Gloucestershire [Map].
On 22nd December 2020 Stella Tennant (age 50) committed suicide.