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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.
Earl Aberdeen is in Earl.
On 13th November 1682 George Gordon 1st Earl Aberdeen (age 45) was created 1st Earl Aberdeen.
On 20th April 1720 George Gordon 1st Earl Aberdeen (age 82) died. His son William (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Aberdeen. Anne Gordon Duchess Mantua by marriage Duchess Mantua.
On 30th March 1746 William Gordon 2nd Earl Aberdeen (age 67) died. His son George (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Aberdeen. Catherine Elizabeth Hanson Couness Aberdeen (age 16) by marriage Countess Aberdeen.
On 13th August 1801 George Gordon 3rd Earl Aberdeen (age 79) died. His grandson George (age 17) succeeded 4th Earl Aberdeen. His will provided for his illegitimate son Alexander Gorden Cavalry (age 20).
On 28th July 1805 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 21) and Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen. She the daughter of John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn (age 49) and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
On 8th July 1815 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 31) and Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen.
On 14th December 1860 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 76) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded 5th Earl Aberdeen. Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 46) by marriage Countess Aberdeen.
On 22nd March 1864 George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen (age 47) died. His son George (age 22) succeeded 6th Earl Aberdeen.
On 27th January 1870 George Hamilton-Gordon 6th Earl Aberdeen (age 28) drowned. Travelling from Boston to Melbourne on the Hera, Lord Aberdeen was washed overboard during a violent storm and drowned. His brother John (age 22) succeeded 7th Earl Aberdeen.
In 1877 John Hamilton-Gordon 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (age 29) and Isabel Marjoribanks Marchioness of Aberdeen and Ternair (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen. They had four children. He the son of George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen and Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 62).
On 7th March 1934 John Hamilton-Gordon 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (age 86) died. His son George (age 55) succeeded 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, 2nd Earl of Haddo in Aberdeenshire, 8th Earl Aberdeen. Mary Florence Clixby Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (age 77) by marriage Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair.
On 6th January 1965 George Gordon 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (age 85) died. His brother Dudley (age 81) succeeded 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, 3rd Earl of Haddo in Aberdeenshire, 9th Earl Aberdeen.