On this Day in History ... 8th August
08 Aug is in August.
Events on the 8th August
On 08 Aug 869 Lothair II King Lotharingia (age 34) died.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1065. This year, before Lammas, ordered Earl Harold (age 43) his men to build at Portskeweth in Wales. But when he had begun, and collected many materials, and thought to have King Edward (age 62) there for the purpose of hunting, even when it was all ready, came Caradoc, son of Griffin, with all the gang that he could get, and slew almost all that were building there; and they seized the materials that were there got ready. Wist we not who first advised the wicked deed. This was done on the mass-day of St. Bartholomew.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1065. Soon after this all the thanes in Yorkshire and in Northumberland gathered themselves together at York, and outlawed their Earl Tosty (age 39); slaying all the men of his clan that they could reach, both Danish and English; and took all his weapons in York, with gold and silver, and all his money that they could anywhere there find. They then sent after Morkar, son of Earl Elgar, and chose him for their earl. He went south with all the shire, and with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, till he came to Northampton, Northamptonshire [Map]; where his brother Edwin came to meet him with the men that were in his earldom. Many Britons also came with him. Harold (age 43) also there met them; on whom they imposed an errand to King Edward (age 62), sending also messengers with him, and requesting that they might have Morcar for their earl. This the king granted; and sent back Harold (age 43) to them, to Northampton, on the eve of St. Simon and St. Jude; and announced to them the same, and confirmed it by hand, and renewed there the laws of Knute. But the Northern men did much harm about Northampton, whilst he went on their errand: either that they slew men, and burned houses and corn; or took all the cattle that they could come at; which amounted to many thousands. Many hundred men also they took, and led northward with them; so that not only that shire, but others near it were the worse for many winters.
On 08 Aug 1478 Cardinal John Morton (age 58) was appointed Bishop of Ely.
On 08 Aug 1503 King James IV of Scotland (age 30) and Margaret Tudor (age 13) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 28) were present. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 46) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn (age 27) was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.
Hall's Chronicle 1540. The eight day of August [08 Aug 1540], was the Lady Catherine Howard (age 17), niece to the duke of Norfolk (age 67), and daughter to the Lord Edmund Howard, showed openly as Queen at Hampton Court [Map], which dignity she enjoyed not long, as after you shall hear.
Diary of Edward VI. 08 Aug 1549. The French king (age 30), perceiving this, caused warr to be proclaimed1, and, hearing that our shippes lay at Jersey, sent a great nombre of his galeis, and certein shippes to surprend our shippes; but thei laying at anker bett the French, that they war fain to retir, with the losse of a 1000 of their men. At the sam time the French king passed by Boulein to Newhaven with his army, and toke Blakeness by treason, and the Alman camp;2 wich don, Newhaven surrendred.
Note 1. "Aug. 8. The French ambassador declared his revocation and the opening of the warres to my lord's Grace." (Privy Council Register.) On the following day, he "came to the court, and proclaimed open war with a herald and trumpeter." (Chron. of the Grey Friars of London, p. 61.) The consequent proceedings of the French king and his army will be found related by Foxe and Holinshed. He passed by the English fort of Boulogne lierg on the 19th August
Note 2. The Almaine Camp was the name given to one of the English forts, built about a mile from Ambleteuse. The "treason" which the King alludes to "was reported to be begun by one Sturton, a bastard sonne of the lord Sturton's, which had betrayed Newhaven, and went himselfe to the French king's service." This is Stowe's account; but it is not entirely confirmed by Holinshed. That chronicler, quoting "Le Chroniques de Aquitaine," relates that little more than two hours after the French artillery had begun to batter this fort, "Charles Sturton, capteine of that peece, and George Willoughbie, a gentleman associat with him, came foorth to parlée with the conestable, offering to yeeld the fort into his hand, upon condition they might depart with bag and baggage." The French at that moment thrust forward, and entered the fort. This happened on the 24th of August. The castle of Ambleteuse, otherwise called Newhaven, was surrendered on the 26th by lord John Grey; and the fort of Blackness on the 27th. These forts had been btiilt by the English in 1546. See Holinshed, edit. 1808, iii. 854.
On 08 Aug 1553 King Edward VI of England and Ireland (deceased) was buried at King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1553. The viij day of August was bered the nobull kyng Edward the vj (deceased), and vij yere of ys rayne; and at ys bere[ing was] the grettest mone mad for hym of ys deth [as ever] was hard or sene, boyth of all sorts of pepull, wepyng and lamentyng; and furst of alle whent a grett company of chylderyn in ther surples, and clarkes syngyng, and then ys father('s) bedmen, and then ij harolds, and then a standard with a dragon, and then a grett nombur of ys servants in blake, and then anodur standard with a whyt greyhond, and then after a grett nombur of ys of[ficers,] and after them comys mo harolds, and then a standard with the hed offesars of ys howse; and then harolds, Norey bare the elmett and the crest on horsbake, and then ys grett baner of armes in-brobery, and with dyvers odur baners, and then cam rydyng maister Clarensshuws with ys target, with ys garter, and ys sword, gorgyusly and ryche, and after Garter with ys cotte armur in brodery, and then mor [harolds] of armes; and then cam the charett with grett horsses trapyd with velvet to the grond, and hevere horse havyng [a man] on ys bake in blake, and ever on beyryng a banar-roll [of] dyvers kynges armes, and with schochyon(s) on ther horses, and then the charett kovered with cloth of gold, and on the [charett] lay on a pycture lyeng recheussly with a crown of gold, and a grett coler, and ys septur in ys hand, lyheng in ys robes [and the garter about his leg, and a coat in embroidery of gold; about the corps were borne four banners, a banner of the order, another of the red rose, another of queen Jane (Seymour), another of the queen's mother. After him went a goodly horse, covered with cloth of gold unto the ground, and the master of the horse, with a man of arms in armour, which] was offered, boyth the man and the horsse. [There was set up a go]odly hersse in Westmynster abbay with banar [-rolls] and pensells, and honge with velvet a-bowt.
Note. Funeral of king Edward the Sixth. The ceremonial of this funeral is preserved in the College of Arms, I. 11, f. 117 b, and an abstract is given by Strype, Memorials, vol. ii. p. 431. The painters' charges are preserved in a paper bound in I. 10, in Coll. Arm. f. 117, of which Sandford has given the heads in his Genealogical History of the Kings of England, 1677, p. 472. Archbishop Cranmer and bishop Day were permitted to perform the service and a communion in English (see Burnet, vol. ii. p. 244). "The Funeralles of king Edward the Sixt," a poem, by William Baldwin, was reprinted by the Rev. J. W. Dodd, for the Roxburghe club, in 1817. Extracts had been given in the British Bibliographer.
On 08 Aug 1558 George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland was born to Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 41) and Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland (age 37).
On 08 Aug 1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello (age 57) died.
On 08 Aug 1646 Godfrey Kneller was born.
Evelyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1665. I waited on the Duke of Albemarle (age 56), who was resolved to stay at the Cock-pit, in St. James's Park. Died this week in London, 4,000. See Great Plague of London.
Calendars. 08 Aug 1665. Salisbury. 65. The King (age 35) to the Lord General (age 56) and Sir George Carteret (age 55). Authorizes them to treat with the farmers of tin for the sale or deposit for a year of 500 tons of tin, to be sent to Flanders and sold to meet the second payment which Alderman Backwell (age 47) has to make there. They are to agree with the farmers as best they can, giving tallies on the Royal aid to secure repayment, to conclude the contract at once, the pressing importance of the service admitting no delay, and to have vessels and convoys ready to transmit the tin to Ostend. [Ent. Book 17, p. 125.]
Calendars. 08 Aug 1665. Salisbury. The King (age 35) to the Lord General (age 56). Alderman Backwell (age 47) being in great straits for the second payment he has to make for the service in Flanders, as much tin is to be transmitted to him as will raise the sum. Has authorized him and Sir George Carteret (age 55) to treat with the tin farmers for 500 tons of tin to be speedily transported under good convoy; but if on consulting with Alderman Backwell (age 47), this plan of the tin seems insufficient, then without further difficulty, he is to dispose for that purpose of the £10,000. assigned for pay of the Guards, not doubting that before that comes due, other ways will be found for supplying it; the payment in Flanders is of such importance that some means must be found of providing for it. [Ent. Book 17, pp. 122-3.]
Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1667. After dinner to the office a while, and then with my wife to the Temple [Map], where I light and sent her to her tailor's. I to my bookseller's; where, by and by, I met Mr. Evelyn (age 46), and talked of several things, but particularly of the times: and he tells me that wise men do prepare to remove abroad what they have, for that we must be ruined, our case being past relief, the Kingdom so much in debt, and the King (age 37) minding nothing but his lust, going two days a-week to see my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26) at Sir D. Harvy's (age 35).
Evelyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1679. I went this morning to show my Lord Chamberlain (age 61), his Lady (age 45), and the Duchess of Grafton (age 11), the incomparable work of Mr. Gibbon (age 31), the carver, whom I first recommended to his Majesty (age 49), his house being furnished like a cabinet, not only with his own work, but divers excellent paintings of the best hands. Thence, to Sir Stephen Fox's (age 52), where we spent the day.
On 08 Aug 1750 Frances Maria Fountayne was born to Very Reverend John Fountayne Dean of York (age 36).
On 08 Aug 1867 Rachel Anne Gurney Countess Dudley was born to Charles Henry Gurney (age 33) and Alice Maria Prinsep (age 23).
On 08 Aug 1871 Olga de Meyer was born at 14 William Street Lowndes Square. Possibly a daughter of the Prince of Wales (age 29).
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 1872 V13 Pages 339-342. On Long Barrows and Round Barrows by John Thurnam (age 61), Esq, M.D., F.S.A. Report of an Address delivered on Bratton Down, during an Execursion of the Society, August 8th, 1872.
On 08 Aug 1876 Alfred Wertheimer was born to Asher Ezra Wertheimer (age 32).
On 08 Aug 1880 Corisande Emma Louise Ida de Gramont was born to Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 28) and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 24).
On 08 Aug 1914 Unity Valkyrie Mitford was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 36).
08 Aug 1999. St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map]. Memorial to William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton. Bellringer and Donor of three bells in honour of his marriage to Elizabeth Goring Baroness Brereton. A special event took place at St Oswald's.Church, Brereton on 8th August 1999: the dedication of a plaque to the memory of William, 2nd Lord Brereton, founding member and first Master in 1637 of one of the oldest English change ringing societies, the Ancient Society of College Youths, which still flourishes nationally and internationally from its base in London.
Births on the 8th August
On 08 Aug 1531 Thomas More was born to John More (age 23) and Anne Cresacre (age 20).
On 08 Aug 1558 George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland was born to Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 41) and Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland (age 37).
On 08 Aug 1589 Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling was born.
On 08 Aug 1605 Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore was born to George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore (age 25) and Anne Mayne.
On 08 Aug 1646 Godfrey Kneller was born.
On 08 Aug 1650 John Drummond 1st Earl Melfort was born.
On 08 Aug 1706 Horace Mann 1st Baronet was born to Robert Mann (age 29). He was a twin with his brother Galfridus Mann.
On 08 Aug 1706 Galfridus Mann was born to Robert Mann (age 29). He was a twin with his brother Horace Mann 1st Baronet.
On 08 Aug 1716 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley (age 21).
On 08 Aug 1722 Howe Hicks 6th Baronet was born to Howe Hicks.
On 08 Aug 1750 Frances Maria Fountayne was born to Very Reverend John Fountayne Dean of York (age 36).
On 08 Aug 1751 Henry Russell 1st Baronet was born.
On 08 Aug 1770 Matthew Robinson Boulton was born.
On 08 Aug 1771 Henry Boyle 3rd Earl Shannon was born to Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Shannon (age 44) and Catherine Ponsonby Countess Shannon.
On 08 Aug 1772 Friedrich Hesse-Kassel was born to William Elector of Hesse (age 29) and Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg (age 25). He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.89%.
On 08 Aug 1779 Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire was born to Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire and Charlotte Finch Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%. 
On 08 Aug 1781 Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough was born to Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Baron Yarborough (age 32) and Sophia Aufrère Baroness Yarborough.
On 08 Aug 1791 Henry William Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet (age 34) and Charlotte Cam.
On 08 Aug 1796 Thomas Shiffner was born to George Shiffner 1st Baronet (age 33).
On 08 Aug 1802 Mary Isabella Lyon Bowes was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 29) and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter (age 19).
On 08 Aug 1803 Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney was born to John Fitzmorris (age 24).
On 08 Aug 1813 Sarah Bowes-Lyon was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 40) and Eliza Northcote.
On 08 Aug 1819 Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier Duchess Somerset was born.
On 08 Aug 1822 Arthur John Otway 3rd Baronet was born to Robert Waller Otway 1st Baronet (age 52) and Clementia Holloway Lady Otway (age 40).
On 08 Aug 1825 Evelyn Leveson-Gower was born to George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 38) and Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.22%.
On 08 Aug 1831 Edmund William Pollen Boileau was born to John Peter Boileau 1st Baronet (age 36) and Catherine Sarah Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Lady Boileau (age 33).
On 08 Aug 1841 Charlotte Isabelle Innes-Kerr was born to James Innes-Kerr 6th Duke Roxburghe (age 25).
On 08 Aug 1844 Beatrix Jane Craven Countess Cadogan was born to William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 34) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 28).
On 08 Aug 1845 Ludwig August Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to August Victor Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 27) and Princess Clémentine Orléans (age 28).
On 08 Aug 1849 Anthony Cecil Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 48) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 08 Aug 1850 Margaret Borne Royds was born to Henry Royds of Elm House in Wavertree (age 28) and Margaret Bourne (age 23). She was baptised on 04 Oct 1850 at Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree [Map].
On 08 Aug 1857 John Shiffner 5th Baronet was born to George Croxton-Shiffner 4th Baronet (age 37).
On 08 Aug 1867 Rachel Anne Gurney Countess Dudley was born to Charles Henry Gurney (age 33) and Alice Maria Prinsep (age 23).
On 08 Aug 1870 Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn 7th Baronet was born to Henry John Robert Osborn (age 30).
On 08 Aug 1871 Olga de Meyer was born at 14 William Street Lowndes Square. Possibly a daughter of the Prince of Wales (age 29).
On 08 Aug 1876 Alfred Wertheimer was born to Asher Ezra Wertheimer (age 32).
On 08 Aug 1876 Arthur Charles Bromley 8th Baronet was born.
On 08 Aug 1880 Corisande Emma Louise Ida de Gramont was born to Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 28) and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 24).
On 08 Aug 1887 Isabel Jacqueline Rawdon-Hastings was born to Major Paulyn Abney-Hastings (age 30) and Maud Grimston (age 30).
On 08 Aug 1888 Richard Christopher Brooke 9th Baronet was born to Richard Marcus Brooke 8th Baronet (age 37).
On 08 Aug 1907 Henry Gerald Valerian Francis Wellesley was born to Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley (age 41) and Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley (age 34).
On 08 Aug 1909 Charles Lyttelton 10th Viscount Cobham was born to John Cavendish Lyttelton 9th Viscount Cobham (age 27) and Violet Leonard Viscountess Cobham.
On 08 Aug 1914 Unity Valkyrie Mitford was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 36).
On 08 Aug 1924 Jocelyn Charles Roden Buxton 7th Baronet was born to Captain Roden Henry Victor Buxton (age 33).
On 08 Aug 1927 Richard Hely-Hutchinson 8th Earl of Donoughmore was born to John Hely-Hutchinson 7th Earl of Donoughmore (age 24).
On 08 Aug 1929 Michael Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 5th Viscount Combermere was born to Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 42) and Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (age 36).
Marriages on the 8th August
On 08 Aug 1503 King James IV of Scotland (age 30) and Margaret Tudor (age 13) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 28) were present. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 46) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn (age 27) was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.
Before 08 Aug 1531 John More (age 23) and Anne Cresacre (age 20) were married.
Before 08 Aug 1573 Simon Renard (age 60) and Jeanne Lullier were married.
Around 08 Aug 1587 Andrew Stewart 1st Baron Castle Stuart (age 27) and Margaret Kennedy Baroness Castle Stuart were married. She by marriage Baroness Castle Stuart of County Tyrone.
Before 08 Aug 1600 Thomas Seymour (age 37) and Isabella Olney were married. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 61) and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. 
Before 08 Aug 1637 Richard Vaughan 2nd Earl Carbery (age 37) and Bridget Lloyd Countess Carbery were married. She by marriage Countess Carbery. He the son of John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery.
On 08 Aug 1637 Richard Vaughan 2nd Earl Carbery (age 37) and Frances Altham Countess Carbery (age 16) were married at Acton. She by marriage Countess Carbery. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery.
On 08 Aug 1650 John Hotham 2nd Baronet (age 18) and Elizabeth Beaumont (age 25) were married.
Before 08 Aug 1670 William Walter 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Mary Tufton were married. She the daughter of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet (age 56).
On 08 Aug 1676 Josiah Child (age 45) and Emma Barnard (age 30) were married.
On 08 Aug 1677 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk (age 22) and Mary Mordaunt Duchess Norfolk (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough (age 55) and Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough (age 55). He the son of Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk (age 49) and Anne Somerset Countess Norfolk.
On 08 Aug 1695 Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell (age 30) and Meliora Coningsby (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby (age 38) and Barbara Gorges (age 38).
On 08 Aug 1719 Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 19) and Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howe.
On 08 Aug 1756 Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden (age 26) and Letitia Vernon were married.
On 08 Aug 1759 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot were married.
On 08 Aug 1769 Frederick Evelyn 3rd Baronet (age 35) and Mary Turton Lady Evelyn (age 24) were married at St Marylebone Church. She by marriage Lady Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey. There was no issue from the marriage.
Before 08 Aug 1799 William Feilding (age 39) and Anne Catherine Powys were married. He the son of Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh (age 80) and Mary Cotton Countess Desmond and Denbigh (age 46).
On 08 Aug 1813 James Alexander (age 44) and Charlotte Sophia Dashwood were married.
On 08 Aug 1814 William Francis Spencer Ponsonby 1st Baron de Mauley (age 27) and Barbara Ashley-Cooper Baroness Mauley were married. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury and Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 56) and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 53).
On 08 Aug 1826 Henry Benedict Arundell 11th Baron Arundel (age 21) and Lucy Smythe Baroness Arundel Wardour were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
On 08 Aug 1838 Thomas Cecil (age 41) and Sophia Georgiana Lennox (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 69). He the son of Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 08 Aug 1842 Charles Wentworth George Howard (age 28) and Priscilla Harriet Parke were married. He the son of George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 68) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 59).
On 08 Aug 1844 Villiers Somerset (age 41) and Frances Dorothy Ley were married.
On 08 Aug 1863 William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley (age 28) and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 59).
Before 08 Aug 1870 Charles Henry John Anderson 9th Baronet (age 65) and Emma Foljambe Lady Anderson (age 66) were married. She by marriage Lady Anderson of Broughton in Lincolnshire.
Before 08 Aug 1876 Rear-Admiral Charles Talbot (age 74) and Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby were married. An example of a Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 08 Aug 1894 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 62) and Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 47) were married.
On 08 Aug 1901 Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet (age 25) and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham (age 24) were married.
On 08 Aug 1908 John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (age 28) and Gwendoline Theresa Mary "Goonie" Bertie were married at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She the daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie 7th Earl of Abingdon (age 72) and Gwendoline Mary Dormer (age 43).
On 10 Jun 1920 Denzil George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue (age 26) and Marjorie Ellinor Trotter Countess Fortescue (age 26) were married. They were divorced before 08 Aug 1941. He the son of Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue (age 66) and Emily Ormsby-Gore Countess Fortescue (age 60).
On 08 Aug 1941 Denzil George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue (age 48) and Sybil Mary Hardinge Countess Fortescue (age 42) were married. She by marriage Countess Fortescue. She the daughter of Henry Charles Hardinge 3rd Viscount Hardinge and Mary Frances Neville Marchioness Abergavenny (age 72). He the son of Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue and Emily Ormsby-Gore Countess Fortescue.
Deaths on the 8th August
On 08 Aug 869 Lothair II King Lotharingia (age 34) died.
On 08 Aug 1086 Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg died.
On 08 Aug 1171 Bishop Henry of Blois (age 73) died.
On 08 Aug 1270 Margaret Hohenstaufen (age 28) died.
On 08 Aug 1309 John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 56) died at Walton. His son John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baron Strange Knockin.
On 08 Aug 1314 Elizabeth Wittelsbach (age 56) died.
On 08 Aug 1342 Peter II King Sicily (age 38) died.
On 08 Aug 1349 Margery Foliot (age 37) died.
On 08 Aug 1422 John Radclyffe (age 89) died.
On 08 Aug 1440 John Bozom (age 50) died.
On 08 Aug 1482 Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 72) died.
On 08 Aug 1485 Thomas Curzon (age 63) died.
On 08 Aug 1493 Christoph Duke Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 44) died. His great uncle William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria succeeded III Duke Bavaria. Margarethe La Marck Duchess Bavaria by marriage Duchess Bavaria.
On 08 Aug 1557 Elizabeth Bourchier (age 85) died.
On 08 Aug 1558 Marmaduke Wyvill of Little Burton (age 62) died.
On 08 Aug 1561 Robert Swift (age 83) died at Rotherham [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church, Rotherham where the inscription on his monument reads: "Here vnder this Tombe are placyd and buried the Bodyes of Robarte Swifte (age 83) Esquier, and Anne his fyrste wyfe, who lyvyde manye yeares in this Towne of Rotherhm, in vertuus fame grett wellthe, and good woorship. They were pytyfulle to the poore and relevyd them lyberallye, and to theyr Frend" no les fayth fulle, then Bowntyfulle. Trulye they Fearyd God, who plen tuuslye powryd his Blessing" vppon theym. The sayd Anne dyed in the moneth of June, in the yere of o' Lorde God 1539, in the 67. year of heir age; and the sayd Robarte deptyd ye viijth day of August," in the yere of o' Lorde God 1561, in the 84. yeare of his age. On whose Sowlles, withe all Chrysten Sowlles, th' omnipotent Lorde haue marcy. Amen."
On 08 Aug 1570 Elizabeth Manners (age 44) died at Frodsham [Map]. She was buried at Savage Chapel, St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield.
On 08 Aug 1573 Simon Renard (age 60) died.
On 08 Aug 1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello (age 57) died.
On 08 Aug 1593 William Whitmore of Balmes Manor in Hackney died.
On 08 Aug 1600 Thomas Seymour (age 37) died. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
Between 05 May 1606 and 08 Aug 1606 Christopher Copley (age 66) died.
On 08 Aug 1607 Richard Power 4th Baron Power (age 54) died.
On 08 Aug 1616 Henry Lennard 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 46) died. His son Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 20) succeeded 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland.
On 08 Aug 1622 Anne Mayne died. She was buried at St Martin in the Fields [Map].
On 08 Aug 1659 Edmund Prideaux (age 57) died.
On 08 Aug 1664 Mary Offley died.
On 08 Aug 1667 Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon (age 50) died. She was buried in the Hyde Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey.
On 08 Aug 1672 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 52) died. His son John Borlase 2nd Baronet (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Borlase of Bockmer in Buckinghamshire
On 08 Aug 1675 John Douglas was killed.
On 08 Aug 1684 George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 61) died at Dunham Massey [Map]. His son Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Delamer, 3rd Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey.
On 08 Aug 1689 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell (age 48) died at Low Ham, Somerset. His son John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 17) by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
On 08 Aug 1703 Anne Wilmot (age 33) died at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 08 Aug 1706 John Kaye 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. His son Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Kaye of Woodsome Hall in Yorkshire.
On 08 Aug 1725 Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis (age 46) died.
On 08 Aug 1730 Dean Robert Booth (age 68) died.
On 08 Aug 1736 William Byron 4th Baron Byron (age 66) died. His son William Byron 5th Baron Byron (age 13) succeeded 5th Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
On 08 Aug 1746 Margherita de L'Epine Singer (age 66) died.
On 08 Aug 1750 Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 49) died. His son Charles Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 15) succeeded 3rd Duke Richmond, 3rd Earl March, 3rd Baron Settrington.
On 08 Aug 1757 Mary Palmer Countess Winchelsea and Nottingham (age 44) died.
On 08 Aug 1760 Edward Lloyd of Plas Madoc (age 73) died.
On 08 Aug 1766 Robert Jenkinson 5th Baronet (age 45) died. His brother Banks Jenkinson 6th Baronet (age 45) succeeded 6th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
On 07 Mar 1779 Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 39) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at Charlton, Wiltshire. On 08 Aug 1779 his postumous son His son Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire succeeded 13th Earl Suffolk, 6th Earl Berkshire although he died two days later.
On 08 Aug 1788 Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (age 92) died.
On 08 Aug 1788 Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (age 57) died. His son Richard Wingfield 4th Viscount Powerscourt (age 25) succeeded 4th Viscount Powerscourt.
On 08 Aug 1799 William Feilding (age 39) died.
On 08 Aug 1805 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet (age 54) died of apoplexy at Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight. He was buried at All Saint's Church, Godshill. His fourth cousin Reverend Henry Worsley 8th Baronet (age 49) succeeded 8th Baronet Worsley of Appuldurcombe.
On 08 Aug 1809 Amelia Egerton (age 57) died.
On 08 Aug 1815 John Joseph Talbot (age 50) died.
On 08 Aug 1827 George Canning Prime Mininster (age 57) died.
On 08 Aug 1830 Georgiana Maria Fitzroy (age 45) died.
On 08 Aug 1834 General John Doyle 1st Baronet (age 78) died.
On 08 Aug 1836 James Blackwood 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 81) died. His brother Hans Blackwood 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 78) succeeded 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 4th Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.
On 08 Aug 1858 Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 75) died.
On 08 Aug 1862 Colonel Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet (age 64) died. Baronet MacNab of Dundurn Castle extinct.
On 08 Aug 1865 Henry Herbert (age 4) died.
On 08 Aug 1870 Emma Foljambe Lady Anderson (age 66) died.
On 08 Aug 1872 George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 70) died. His son George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds (age 43) succeeded 9th Duke Leeds, 9th Earl of Danby, 9th Viscount Osborne, 9th Viscount Latimer, 9th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 10th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 3rd Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire. Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 35) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 08 Aug 1876 Sarah Elizabeth Amherst (age 75) died.
On 08 Aug 1876 Rear-Admiral Charles Talbot (age 74) died
On 08 Aug 1881 Catherine Vanderbilt (age 44) died.
On 08 Aug 1885 Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax (age 84) died. His son Charles Lindley Wood 2nd Viscount Halifax (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Halifax, 4th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in Yorkshire. Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay Viscountess Halifax (age 47) by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 08 Aug 1896 William Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick (age 56) died.
On 08 Aug 1899 Joseph Hardcastle (age 83) died.
On 08 Aug 1906 John Henry Evelyn Manners-Sutton (age 52) died.
On 08 Aug 1943 Major Alec Hambro (age 33) was killed in action while serving with the Reconnaissance Corps. He was buried at the Tripoli War Cemetery.
On 08 Aug 1953 George William Rowley 5th Baronet (age 57) died. His uncle William Joshua Rowley 6th Baronet (age 62) succeeded 6th Baronet Rowley of Hill House in Berkshire.
On 08 Aug 1957 Judith Blunt-Lytton 16th Baroness Wentworth (age 84) died. Her son Noel Lytton 4th Earl of Lytton (age 57) succeeded 17th Baron Wentworth.
On 08 Aug 1972 Henry Nelson 7th Earl Nelson (age 78) died. His brother George Nelson 8th Earl Nelson (age 67) succeeded 8th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 8th Viscount Merton.
On 08 Aug 1976 Muriel Strutt (age 85) died.
On 08 Aug 1976 Leila Cecilia Clayton Lady Clayton (age 94) died.
On 08 Aug 2010 Martha Butler Lady Ponsonby (age 84) died.
On 08 Aug 2019 Claire Leonora Baring (age 83) died.
