On this Day in History ... 18th September

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1623 Charles I's Trip to Spain

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Events on the 18th September

On 18 Sep 1180 Louis VII King Franks (age 60) died in Paris [Map]. His son King Philip II of France (age 15) succeeded II King France: Capet.

On 18 Sep 1434 Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress was born to Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal (age 42) and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.40%.

On 18 Sep 1443 Cardinal Louis of Luxemburg died.

On 18 Sep 1496 Henry Spelman (age 66) died. He and his wife Ela Narborough were buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].

Henry Spelman: In 1430 he was born to John Spelman of Stow Bekerton. In 1465 Henry Spelman and Ela Narborough were married. She the coheiress of her father brought Narborough to the Spelman family.

Ela Narborough: she was born to William Narborough. In or before 1472 Thomas Shouldham of Marham and she were married.

Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. 17 Feb 1623. There happened on Monday, the 17th day of the month, so strange an accident as after ages will scarce believe it. For Charles Prince of Wales (age 22) began his journey from London into Spain on Monday, the 17th day of February, with the beloved Marquis of Buckingham (age 30), Sir Francis Cottington (age 44), and Mr. Endimion Porter (age 36), only in his campaign; who only, besides the King himself, were the alone men aquainted with the Prince's resolution. Their going was so secretly carried as none, I believe, knew of it in England till they were landed in France, through which kingdom they passed by posthorse into Spain.1 The journey was thought so dangerous, being above 1100 English miles by land, besides the crossing of the seas between Dover and Calais, as all men were generally ensaddened at the ad- venture, often wishing it had been better advised upon; although they knew the Spaniards durst do the Prince no harm, so long as his royal sister and her illustrious oflspring survived. Soon after followed the Lord Hays (age 43), Earl of Carlisle, and passed into France to excuse to that King the Prince's sudden and secret passing through his kingdom without giving him a visit. All men now took it for granted, that the Prince's marriage with the Infanta Maria, the King of Spain's sister, was concluded on, and that he went over only to consummate it; no man imagining that he would take up such a resolution upon uncertainties, especially occasioning so vast and unnecessary expense at a time when the King's wants pressed him much. But God, whose decree binds princes as well as peasants, had otherwise disposed, so as our royal suitor, arriving at Madrid in Spain on Friday the 7th (or 17th) of March, about three weeks later his departure from London, and taking ship for his return to England on the 18th (or 28th) of September, then next ensuing, stayed in Spain about seven months; in all which time he seldom saw or spoke with the Spanish Princess, nor could ever receive a fair or sincere denial from her brother, although her marriage had been absolutely disposed of by her father's last will and testament; he bequeathing her to Ferdinand, son and heir of Ferdinand the Second, Emperor of Germany, who afterwards did accordingly espouse her.

Note 1. "And now behold a, strange adventure and enterprise! The Prince and the Marquis of Buckingham, accompanied with Cottington and Endimion Porter, post in disgiuse to Spain to accelerate the marriage. The 17th of February they went privately from Court, and the next day came to Dover, where they embarked for Boulogne, and from thence rode post to Paris, where they made some atop. The Prince, shadowed under a bushy peruque, beheld the splendour of that court, and had a full view of the Princess Henrietta Maria (age 13), who was afterwards his royal consort. For, besides the great privacy of the journey, they had so laid the English ports, that none should follow or give the least advertisement, until they had got the start of intelligencers, and passed the bounds of France. Howbeit they escaped narrowly, and a swift intelligence sent to the King of Spain from Don Carlos Coloma was even at their heels before they arrived at Madrid. The Prince and Buckingham being in the territories of Spain, to make but little noise, rode post before their company. The 7th of March they arrived at Madrid, the royal residence, and were conveyed with much secrecy into the Earl of Bristol's (age 43) house-Rushworth, i. p. 76. A fuller account of this extraordinary adventure will be found elsewhere.

On 18 Sep 1642 Dutch Seafarer Abel Janszoon Tasman anchored his two ships near Wainui in Mohua (Golden Bay). He was the first European visitor to visit Aotearoa, New Zealand. Tasman is responsible for the name New Zealand ie Nieuw Zeeland. Tasman sent boats to gather water which were attacked by Māori; four of his men were killed.

On 18 Sep 1643 Bishop Gilbert Burnet was born at Edinburgh [Map].

Pepy's Diary. 18 Sep 1665. By break of day we come to within sight of the fleete, which was a very fine thing to behold, being above 100 ships, great and small; with the flag-ships of each squadron, distinguished by their several flags on their main, fore, or mizen masts. Among others, the Soveraigne, Charles, and Prince; in the last of which my Lord Sandwich (age 40) was. When we called by her side his Lordshipp was not stirring, so we come to anchor a little below his ship, thinking to have rowed on board him, but the wind and tide was so strong against us that we could not get up to him, no, though rowed by a boat of the Prince's that come to us to tow us up; at last however he brought us within a little way, and then they flung out a rope to us from the Prince and so come on board, but with great trouble and tune and patience, it being very cold; we find my Lord newly up in his night-gown very well. He received us kindly; telling us the state of the fleet, lacking provisions, having no beer at all, nor have had most of them these three weeks or month, and but few days' dry provisions. And indeed he tells us that he believes no fleete was ever set to sea in so ill condition of provision, as this was when it went out last. He did inform us in the business of Bergen1, so as to let us see how the judgment of the world is not to be depended on in things they know not; it being a place just wide enough, and not so much hardly, for ships to go through to it, the yardarmes sticking in the very rocks. He do not, upon his best enquiry, find reason to except against any part of the management of the business by Teddiman; he having staid treating no longer than during the night, whiles he was fitting himself to fight, bringing his ship a-breast, and not a quarter of an hour longer (as is said); nor could more ships have been brought to play, as is thought. Nor could men be landed, there being 10,000 men effectively always in armes of the Danes; nor, says he, could we expect more from the Dane than he did, it being impossible to set fire on the ships but it must burn the towne. But that wherein the Dane did amisse is, that he did assist them, the Dutch, all the while, while he was treating with us, while he should have been neutrall to us both. But, however, he did demand but the treaty of us; which is, that we should not come with more than five ships. A flag of truce is said, and confessed by my Lord, that he believes it was hung out; but while they did hang it out, they did shoot at us; so that it was not either seen perhaps, or fit to cease upon sight of it, while they continued actually in action against us. But the main thing my Lord wonders at, and condemns the Dane for, is, that the blockhead (age 56), who is so much in debt to the Hollander, having now a treasure more by much than all his Crowne was worth, and that which would for ever have beggared the Hollanders, should not take this time to break with the Hollander, and, thereby paid his debt which must have been forgiven him, and got the greatest treasure into his hands that ever was together in the world.

Note 1. Lord Sandwich (age 40) was not so successful in convincing other people as to the propriety of his conduct at Bergen as he was with Pepys.

Evelyn's Diary. 18 Sep 1683. After dinner, I walked to survey the sad demolition of Clarendon House, that costly and only sumptuous palace of the late Lord Chancellor Hyde, where I have often been so cheerful with him, and sometimes so sad: happening to make him a visit but the day before he fled from the angry Parliament, accusing him of maladministration, and being envious at his grandeur, who from a private lawyer came to be father-in-law to the Duke of York (age 49), and as some would suggest, designing his Majesty's (age 53) marriage with the Infanta of Portugal (age 44), not apt to breed. To this they imputed much of our unhappiness; and that he, being sole minister and favorite at his Majesty's (age 53) restoration, neglected to gratify the King's (age 53) suffering party, preferring those who were the cause of our troubles. But perhaps as many of these things were injuriously laid to his charge, so he kept the government far steadier than it has proved since. I could name some who I think contributed greatly to his ruin,-the buffoons and the MISSIS, to whom he was an eye-sore. It is true he was of a jolly temper, after the old English fashion; but France had now the ascendant, and we were become quite another nation. The Chancellor gone, and dying in exile, the Earl his successor sold that which cost £50,000 building, to the young Duke of Albemarle (age 30) for £25,000, to pay debts which how contracted remains yet a mystery, his son (age 30) being no way a prodigal. Some imagine the Duchess his daughter (age 29) [Note. Daughter-in-law?] had been chargeable to him. However it were, this stately palace is decreed to ruin, to support the prodigious waste the Duke of Albemarle (age 30) had made of his estate, since the old man died. He sold it to the highest bidder, and it fell to certain rich bankers and mechanics, who gave for it and the ground about it, £35,000; they design a new town, as it were, and a most magnificent piazza [square]. It is said they have already materials toward it with what they sold of the house alone, more worth than what they paid for it. See the vicissitudes of earthly things! I was astonished at this demolition, nor less at the little army of laborers and artificers leveling the ground, laying foundations, and contriving great buildings at an expense of £200,000, if they perfect their design.

Evelyn's Diary. 18 Sep 1688. I went to London, where I found the Court in the utmost consternation on report of the Prince of Orange's (age 37) landing; which put Whitehall into so panic a fear, that I could hardly believe it possible to find such a change.

On 18 Sep 1764 Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan (age 50) died. She was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] where her uncle Theodore Jacobsen commissioned a monument by Nicholas Read (age 31).

Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan: In 1714 she was born to Jacob Jacobsen of Walthamstow, Essex and Ann Heathcote. On 17 Dec 1750 John Morgan 4th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.

On 18 Sep 1799 Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton was born.

On 18 Sep 1806 Hayman Rooke (age 83) died. He was buried in the chancel of the Church of St Edmund, Mansfield Woodhouse.

On 18 Sep 1872 Charles XV King Sweden IV King Norway (age 46) died. His brother King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 43) succeeded King Sweden and King Norway. Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 36) by marriage Queen Sweden and Queen Norway.

Time Team Series 1 Episode 4: The Fortress in the Lake was filmed between 16 Sep 1993 and 18 Sep 1993. It was originally shown on 06 Feb 1994.

Locations: Llangorse Lake, Breconshire [Map], St Paulinus' Church, Llangorse [Map].

Category: Time Team Early Medieval.

Time Team:

Tony Robinson (age 47), Presenter

Mick Aston (age 47), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist

Carenza Lewis (age 30), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments

Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist

Robin Bush (age 50), Archivist.

Victor Ambrus (age 58), Historical Illustrator

John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics

Damian Goodburn, Ancient Woodworking Specialist

Mark Redknap, National Museum of Wales

Techniques: Magnetometry

Sources: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 916, Book of Llandaff Chapter 4 Section 7: Llan Cors, Book of Llandaff Chapter 8

Historical Figures: King Elised of Brecknock, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians.

Outcomes: Reconstructed Iron Age boat made from 3.5 tonnes of oak; a copy of an original discovered in Llangorse Lake in Brecon Museum. Metal working on site, shale ring. Boundary Ditch.

Channel 4 Episode

Births on the 18th September

On 18 Sep 1434 Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress was born to Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal (age 42) and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.40%.

On 18 Sep 1525 Robert Honywood was born to John Honywood (age 59).

On 18 Sep 1545 Robert Honywood was born to Robert Honywood (age 20).

On 18 Sep 1572 Giles Alington was born to Giles Alington (age 32).

On 18 Sep 1582 Dudley North 3rd Baron North was born to John North (age 31).

On 18 Sep 1620 Albert Hohenzollern was born to Joachim Ernst Hohenzollern (age 37) at Ansbach.

On 18 Sep 1638 Johann Ernest Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 36) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 18) at Weimar. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%.

On 18 Sep 1643 Bishop Gilbert Burnet was born at Edinburgh [Map].

On 18 Sep 1663 Luise Margarete Antonie Wittelsbach was born to Ferdinand Maria Wittelsbach (age 27) and Henriette Adelaide Savoy.

On 18 Sep 1675 Christian Albert Hohenzollern was born to John Frederick Hohenzollern (age 20).

On 18 Sep 1705 Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond was born to William Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan (age 33) and Margaret Cecilia Munter Countess Cadogan.

On 18 Sep 1709 Samuel Johnson was born.

On 18 Sep 1749 John Custance was born.

On 18 Sep 1761 Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale was born to John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) and Augusta Bertie (age 29).

On 18 Sep 1762 Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham was born to Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham (age 35) at Barham Court and Margaret Gambier.

On 18 Sep 1765 Timothy Stonhouse-Vigor was born to James Stonhouse 11th and 8th Baronet (age 49).

On 18 Sep 1772 William "Lord Dashalong" Molyneux 2nd Earl Sefton was born to Charles Molyneux 1st Earl Sefton (age 23) and Isabella Stanhope Countess Sefton (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Sep 1781 Charles D'Oyly 7th Baronet was born to John Hadley D'Oyly 6th Baronet (age 27) and Diana Rochfort Lady D'Oyly (age 26) at Calcutta, India.

On 18 Sep 1790 Benjamin Pierce was born.

On 18 Sep 1798 William Gooch was born to Lieutenant-Colonel William Gooch (age 28).

On 18 Sep 1799 Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton was born.

On 18 Sep 1807 Henry Fletcher 3rd Baronet was born to Henry Fletcher 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Frances Sophia Vaughan Lady Fletcher.

On 18 Sep 1808 William Drake Irby was born to George Irby 3rd Baron Boston (age 30) and Rachel Ives Drake Baroness Boston (age 25).

On 18 Sep 1822 Frederick Walpole was born to Horatio Walpole 3rd Earl Orford (age 39) and Mary Fawkener Countess Orford (age 34) at Naples.

On 18 Sep 1823 John Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born to Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 37) and Mary Dundas (age 36). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

On 18 Sep 1826 Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born to Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 40) and Mary Dundas (age 39). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

On 18 Sep 1842 Constance Maria Georgiana Peters was born to William Peters (age 35).

On 18 Sep 1843 William John Nettleship Angerstein was born to William Angerstein (age 32).

On 18 Sep 1852 Francis Money-Coutts 5th Baron Latymer was born to Reverend James Drummond Money (age 47) and Clara Burdett (age 46).

On 18 Sep 1862 George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds was born to George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds (age 34) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 18 Sep 1863 Alexander Hugh Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby 8th Baron Middleton (age 46) and Julia Louisa Bosville Baroness Middleton (age 39).

On 18 Sep 1864 Charles Buckworth-Herne-Soame 10th Baronet was born to Charles Buckworth-Herne-Soame 9th Baronet (age 34) and Mary Proctor Lady Buckworth-Herne-Soame. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

On 18 Sep 1873 Denzil Cope 14th Baronet was born to Anthony Cope 13th Baronet (age 31).

On 18 Sep 1965 Frederick William Hervey-Bathurst 8th Baronet was born to Frederick John Charles Hervey-Bathurst 7th Baronet (age 31) and Caroline Myrtle Starkey Lady Hervey-Bathurst (age 29).

Marriages on the 18th September

On 18 Sep 1581 Anne de Batarnay Duke of (age 21) and Marguerite of Lorraine (age 17) were married.

On 03 Jun 1705 or 18 Sep 1721 Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond (age 50) and Elizabeth Crew Countess Arran (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory.

On 18 Sep 1705 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 23) and Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 30) were married. They had six sons and three daughters.

On 18 Sep 1768 Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz (age 26) and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 16) were married. He would, six years later, marry her younger sister Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 12); an example of Married to Two Siblings.

On 18 Sep 1832 Frederick Charles William Seymour (age 35) and Augusta Hervey (age 32) were married. She the daughter of Frederick William Hervey 1st Marquess of Bristol (age 62) and Elizabeth Albana Upton (age 57). He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Sep 1855 George Fieschi Heneage and Katherine Petre were married. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Sep 1860 Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil (age 26) and Gertrude Louisa Scott were married. She the daughter of John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon and Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon. He the son of James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 69) and Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury.

On 18 Sep 1882 John Goldsmith (age 31) and Jane Dorsett (age 21) were married at St Mary's Church, Paddington.

On 18 Sep 1883 Charles Twysden Hoare (age 31) and Blanche Frances Morgan (age 24) were married.

On 18 Sep 1890 Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey (age 54) and Sybil de Vere Capell (age 31) were married at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Sep 1906 Brigadier-General Berkeley Vincent (age 34) and Kitty Edith Blanche Ogilvy (age 19) were married. She the daughter of David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 40).

On 18 Sep 1987 Charles Lawson 4th Baronet (age 28) and Caroline Lowther Lady Lawson (age 28) were married. She the daughter of James Lowther 7th Earl Londsdale (age 64) and Jennifer Lowther Countess Lonsdale (age 55).

Deaths on the 18th September

On 18 Sep 776 Bishop Pehthelm died.

On 18 or 18 Sep 1049 Bishop Eadnoth died.

On 18 Sep 1180 Louis VII King Franks (age 60) died in Paris [Map]. His son King Philip II of France (age 15) succeeded II King France: Capet.

On 18 Sep 1197 Margaret Capet (age 40) died at Acre.

On 18 Sep 1272 Peter Bruce (age 51) died at Skelton Castle [Map].

On 18 Sep 1289 Ralph Cromwell (age 51) died in Cromwell.

On 18 Sep 1349 John Fauconberg 3rd Baron Fauconberg (age 59) died. His son Walter Fauconberg 4th Baron Fauconberg (age 30) succeeded 4th Baron Fauconberg. Maud Pateshull Baroness Fauconberg (age 26) by marriage Baroness Fauconberg.

On 18 Sep 1380 Thomas Hoo (age 61) died at Offley, Hitchin.

Before 18 Sep 1399 Laurence Trussell (age 43) died.

On 18 Sep 1413 William Stourton (age 40) died.

On 18 Sep 1430 Joan Countess Ligny Luxemburg died.

On 18 Sep 1443 Cardinal Louis of Luxemburg died.

On 18 Sep 1452 John Scrope (age 30) died. He was buried at York Minster [Map].

On 18 Sep 1470 Ferdinand Aviz 2nd Duke Viseu (age 36) died.

On 18 Sep 1479 Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin (age 33) died. He was buried at St Brannock's Church, Braunton. His son John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 9) succeeded 11th Baron Fitzwarin.

On 18 Sep 1496 Henry Spelman (age 66) died. He and his wife Ela Narborough were buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].

Henry Spelman: In 1430 he was born to John Spelman of Stow Bekerton. In 1465 Henry Spelman and Ela Narborough were married. She the coheiress of her father brought Narborough to the Spelman family.

Ela Narborough: she was born to William Narborough. In or before 1472 Thomas Shouldham of Marham and she were married.

On 18 Sep 1534 Elizabeth Howard (age 28) died.

On 18 Sep 1556 Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 29) died. His fourth cousin William Courtenay 2nd Earl Devon (age 27) de jure 2nd Earl Devon. Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon by marriage Countess Devon. John Trelawny of Poole in Cornwall (age 52) was one of his co-heirs.

On 18 Sep 1562 Thomas Morgan (age 67) died.

On 18 Sep 1570 Archibald Douglas (age 57) died.

On 18 Sep 1575 William Coke of Trusley died.

On 18 Sep 1593 John Russell (age 42) died.

Before 18 Sep 1615 Jane Hill Countess Devon (age 50) died.

On 18 Sep 1617 John Oxenbridge (age 65) died.

On 18 Sep 1619 Richard Grosvenor of Eaton (age 57) died at Eaton [Map].

On 18 Sep 1675 Charles Lorraine II Duke Lorraine (age 71) died.

On 18 Sep 1677 Christian Hesse-Kassel died.

On 18 Sep 1682 Anne Knightley (age 80) died.

On 18 Sep 1689 Richard Head 1st Baronet (age 80) died. His grandson Francis Head 2nd Baronet (age 19) succeeded 2nd Baronet Head of Hermitage in Kent.

On 18 Sep 1691 Charles Fane 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 56) died without issue. His half brother Vere Fane 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 46) succeeded 4th Earl of Westmoreland, 7th Baron Despencer, 4th Baron Burghesh in Suffolk. Rachel Bence Countess of Westmoreland by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.

On or before 18 Sep 1716 Catherine Herbert Lady Morice died. She was buried at Werrington, Devon on 18 Sep 1716.

On 18 Sep 1739 Charles Stourton (age 69) died.

On 18 Sep 1752 John Crewe (age 43) died.

On 18 Sep 1764 Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan (age 50) died. She was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] where her uncle Theodore Jacobsen commissioned a monument by Nicholas Read (age 31).

Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan: In 1714 she was born to Jacob Jacobsen of Walthamstow, Essex and Ann Heathcote. On 17 Dec 1750 John Morgan 4th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.

On 18 Sep 1764 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper (age 55) died. His son George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Cowper, 3rd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 5th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent. Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper by marriage Countess Cowper.

On 18 Sep 1764 Anne Sebright Lady Buck died.

On 18 Sep 1778 Margaret Price Lady Downing died.

On 18 Sep 1788 William Digby (age 55) died.

On 18 Sep 1797 Christian Franz Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 67) died at Coburg.

On 18 Sep 1806 Hayman Rooke (age 83) died. He was buried in the chancel of the Church of St Edmund, Mansfield Woodhouse.

On 18 Sep 1808 Dorothy Cartright Baroness Middleton died.

On 18 Sep 1811 Reverend John Molesworth (age 48) died.

On 18 Sep 1819 William Henry Hoare (age 43) died.

On 18 Sep 1821 Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 75) died.

On 18 Sep 1829 William Arbuthnot 1st Baronet (age 62) died.

On 18 Sep 1839 Mary Perceval died.

On 18 Sep 1843 Charlotte Bucknall Hale died.

On 18 Sep 1847 John Shuckburgh Capron (age 33) died.

On 18 Sep 1854 John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon (age 48) died. His son John Scott 3rd Earl Eldon (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Eldon, 3rd Viscount Encoumbe of Encombe in Dorest, 3rd Baron Eldon of Eldon in County Durham.

On 18 Sep 1863 Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 71) died. His son Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly (age 16) succeeded 11th Marquess Huntly, 7th Earl Aboyne. Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 42) by marriage Marchioness Huntly.

On 18 Sep 1867 Edwyn Burnaby (age 68) died. Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 37) inherited Baggrave Hall.

On 18 Sep 1871 Lieutentant-Colonel George Lister Lister-Kaye (age 67) died.

On 18 Sep 1872 Charles XV King Sweden IV King Norway (age 46) died. His brother King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 43) succeeded King Sweden and King Norway. Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 36) by marriage Queen Sweden and Queen Norway.

On 18 Sep 1875 Henry William St Pierre Bunbury (age 63) died.

On 18 Sep 1886 Walter Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott (age 25) died.

On 18 Sep 1888 Dyer Ensworth Pierce (age 72) died. The Watertown Re-union on 26 Sep 1888: "Dr. Dyer E. Pierce died at his home in St. Lawrence Tuesday, Sept. 18, aged 72 years. Dr. Pierce had been a successful practicing physician for over fifty years, and had resided at St. Lawrence in the town of Cape Vincent for forty-eight years. In the early days when the country was new, he had a large ride, and attended the sick at Clayton, Depauville, LaFargeville, Rome, Three Mile Bay, and other places. He was a very liberal man and gave generously to the poor, and in many cases refused to charge for medical services. He was a man of the strictest integrity and had the esteem of all who were acquainted with him. He was a member of Cape Vincent Lodge, F. & A. M. and Cape Vincent Chapter, R. A. M. and was ever held in brotherly love by the fraternity. In politics Dr. Pierce was an out-spoken democrat, and rendered that party valuable service whenever the opportunity presented itself. He was an esteemed and honored citizen, a kind husband and a loving father. A wife, one son and one daughter are left to mourn his demise".

On 18 Sep 1901 Francis Charles Lawley (age 76) died.

On 18 Sep 1902 Alfred Wertheimer (age 26) died.

On 18 Sep 1903 Bertha-Clara von Rothschild (age 41) died.

18 Sep 1915 Anne Pleydell-Bouverie (age 68) died.

On 18 Sep 1916 Ralph Drury Kerr (age 79) died.

On 18 Sep 1925 Mary "May" Theodosia Sartoris (age 80) died

On 18 Sep 1928 John George Lambton 3rd Earl Durham (age 73) died. His brother Frederick Lambton 4th Earl Durham (age 73) succeeded 4th Earl Durham.

On 18 Sep 1937 Lois Sturt (age 37) died.

On 18 Sep 1942 Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF of the 46 (Uganda) Squadron Royal Air Force (46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF) Registration X7707 crashed at Kafr el-Dawwar Ikyad whilst en-route to Cairo West Airfield. The crash was that both engines failed, and the stern frame separated from the fuselage when the pilot attempted to pull out of a spin and the plane crashed to the ground. There were five fatalities:

Crew:

F/O (102.155) Berkeley Day HOLME-SUMNER (pilot) RAFVR.

F/Sgt (1017142) Gordon NAYLOR (nav.) RAFVR.

Passengers

P/O (Aus416115) Colin Angel FRASER (pilot) RAAF - killed

F/Lt (61384) The Hon. George William RODNEY (age 23) (pilot) RAF. He was buried at the Alexandria Hadra War Cemetery in Egypt Plot 3. H. 14.

S/Ldr (38089) John Farrar SUTCLIFFE (Chaplain) RAF - killed.

On 18 Sep 1946 Camillo Marquess Casati Stampa di Soncino (age 69) died.