On this Day in History ... 21st December
21 Dec is in December.
Events on the 21st December
On 21 Dec 1495 Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 64) died at Thornbury Manor without legitimate issue. Duke Bedford, Earl Pembroke extinct.
On 21 Dec 1505 Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton was born to William Wriothesley (age 16) and Agnes Drayton of London.
After 21 Dec 1536. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to John Seymour (deceased). 
Seymour Arms differenced with a Crescent impaled with unknown arms quartered 1 Argent a fess between 3 martlets Gules in chief three fox heads erased 2 per pale Azure three fleur de lys Or 3 Or three talbots courant 4 Or a chevrom Limine between 3 stags heads caboshed. The note below states... The above tablet (a copy of the original in Great Bedwyn [Map]) is placed here by Algernon 15th Duke of Somerset (age 53) Sep 1899.
On 21 Dec 1579 Thomas Richards died. Monument to Thomas Richards. In 1603 Elizabeth Fiennes (age 80) died.
Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton [Map]. Finely made in alabaster. Elizabethan Period. Renaissance chest with stripped-down strapwork. Rush Mat. Dress Folds at Feet. Ruff. Possibly Richard and Gabriel Royley of Burton upon Trent.
Thomas Richards: Before 21 Dec 1579 he and Elizabeth Fiennes were married.
Elizabeth Fiennes: Around 1523 she was born to Edward Fiennes 5th Baron Saye and Sele and Margaret Danvers Baroness Saye and Sele.
After 21 Dec 1614. St Mary's Church, Nantwich [Map]. Monument to Thomas Smith of Hough in Cheshire commissioned by his wife Anne Brereton. The monument, carved by Hugh Hall, was originally in St Chad's Church, Wybunbury [Map] but moved to Nantwich in 1982. Jacobean Period.
Thomas Smith of Hough in Cheshire: Around 1545 he was born to Lawrence Smith and Anne Fouleshurst. On 21 Jan 1561 he and Anne Brereton were married. On 21 Jun 1614 he died.
Anne Brereton: In Dec 1546 she was born to William Brereton and Jane Warburton. After 1614 Anne Brereton died.
On 21 Dec 1655 Maria Ambrosia Habsburg Spain died.
On 21 Dec 1657 Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore was born to Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 18) and Catherine Savage.
Pepy's Diary. 21 Dec 1664. My Lord Sandwich (age 39) this day writes me word that he hath seen (at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map]) the Comet, and says it is the most extraordinary thing that ever he saw.
Pepy's Diary. 21 Dec 1665. At the office all the morning. At noon all of us dined at Captain Cocke's (age 48) at a good chine of beef, and other good meat; but, being all frost-bitten, was most of it unroast; but very merry, and a good dish of fowle we dressed ourselves. Mr. Evelyn (age 45) there, in very good humour.
On 21 Dec 1676 Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 6) was created 1st Earl Burford, 1st Baron Heddington by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46).
On 21 Dec 1744 Anne Vallayer Coster was born.
In Dec 1800 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 62) created a number of peers who supported the Act of Union ....
On 21 Dec 1800 Charles Stanley Monck 1st Viscount Monck (age 46) was created 1st Viscount Monck.
On 29 Dec 1800 ....
Murrough O'Brien 1st Marquess Thomond (age 74) was created 1st Marquess Thomond. Mary Palmer Marchioness Thomond (age 50) by marriage Marchioness Thomond.
Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely (age 62) was created 1st Marquess Ely in County Wexford. Jane Myhill Marchioness Ely by marriage Marchioness Ely in County Wexford.
James Alexander 1st Earl Caledon (age 70) was created 1st Earl Caledon in County Tyrone.
On 21 Dec 1808 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 40) defeated two regiments of French cavalry.
On 01 Oct 1822 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre (age 80) died. On 21 Dec 1806 Sarah Case (age 60) died. Memorial in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map] sculpted by Joseph Theakston (age 50).
Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre: In 1742 he was born to Robert Hamond. Before 21 Dec 1806 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre and Sarah Case were married.
Sarah Case: Around 1746 she was born to Philip Case of King's Lynn.
On 21 and 22 Dec 1845 the Battle of Ferozeshah was a victory by the British East India Company over the Sikh Empire.
After 21 Dec 1853. Monuments at St Mary the Virgin Church, Overton to Francis Richard Price and his wife Susan Towneley, her monument sculpted by Edwards of Wrexham.
After 21 Dec 1914. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Medals and memorial to Hillyar George Edwin Hill-Trevor (age 18) killed in action.
Hillyar George Edwin Hill-Trevor: On 31 Dec 1895 he was born to George Edwyn Hill-Trevor at the Hotel Paoli, Florence in Florence. On 21 Dec 1914 Hillyar George Edwin Hill-Trevor was killed in action at Givenchy in France where he has a memorial on which are inscribed 'FOR GOD AND COUNTRY', 'THINE O GOD HE WAS AND THINE HE IS IN PERFECT WE LEAVE HIM TILL WE MEET AGAIN' and 'CLOSE TO THIS SPOT SLEEPS IN ETERNAL PEACE HILLYAR GEORGE EDWIN HILL-TREVOR LT SCOTS GUARDS BELOVED ONLY CHILD OF THE HONBLE GEORGE EDWYN & ETHEL HILL-TREVOR OF BRYNKINALT CHIRK ENGLAND KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN DEC 21 1914 AGED 18 YEARS'.
21 Dec 1928. Philip de László (age 59). Portrait of María Dolores "Lala" Piñeiro (age 36). De László's appointment book for 1928 indicates that he painted María Dolores Piñeiro de Wesley over two days, morning and afternoon, on 21 and 22 December. She told her children that de László talked continuously as he painted and that she greatly enjoyed their conversation, whereas her husband recalled that when he was shown the finished portrait in the artist's studio, he bluntly said: "I don't like it. László must have hated me for that".
María Dolores "Lala" Piñeiro: On 09 Jul 1892 she was born to Andrés Piñeiro and Dolores 'Lola' García Láinez at Tandil. In Jul 1908 María Dolores "Lala" Piñeiro celebrated her sixteenth birthday in Paris. On 17 Jun 1911 Alfredo Enrique Wellesley Wesley and she were married. On 19 Mar 1983 she died.
On 21 Dec 1958 Anthony Devas (age 47) died.
After 21 Dec 1985. Church of St Hychan Llanychan [Map]. Grave of Violet Kathleen Brinkley (deceased), second wife of Joseph Crosland Graham.
Violet Kathleen Brinkley:
On 17 Feb 1895 she was born to Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley and Evelyn Everard Hutton at Tongham, Surrey.
On 1929 Joseph Crosland Graham and she were married at St Asaph. His son Alan Crosland Graham and her mother Evelyn Everard Hutton were witnesses, and possibly her sister Maud Agatha Brinkley. Her father was deceased before the 1901 Census. The difference in their ages was 28 years.
On 21 Dec 1985 she died.
Births on the 21st December
On 21 Dec 1119, or 1120, the Feast Day of St Thomas the Apostle, Archbishop Thomas Becket was born. His father was Gilbert, and grandfather from Thierville in Brionne in Normandy. His mother was Matilda; also of Norman descent.
On 21 Dec 1265 Henry Hussey 1st Baron Hussey was born to Henry Hussey of Harting & Standen (age 19).
On 21 Dec 1392 Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall was born to Thomas Neville Baron Furnivall (age 30) and Joan Furnival 5th Baroness Furnivall (age 17).
On 21 Dec 1396 Giles Brugge 4th Baron Chandos was born to Thomas Brugge (age 41) and Alice Berkeley (age 17).
On 21 Dec 1468 William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers was born to John Conyers (age 35) and Alice Neville (age 31) at Settrington. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 21 Dec 1501 William Erneley was born.
On 21 Dec 1505 Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton was born to William Wriothesley (age 16) and Agnes Drayton of London.
On 21 Dec 1515 Anne Booth was born to George Booth (age 24) at Barton.
On 21 Dec 1515 George Booth was born to George Booth (age 24) at Barton.
Before 21 Dec 1572 Moyses Tryon was born to Pieter Tryon (age 32) and Mary Cullen (age 20).
On 21 Dec 1594 Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton was born to William Sutton (age 35).
On 21 Dec 1596 Thomas Francis of Savoy 1st Prince of Carignano was born to Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy (age 34) and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.67%.
On 21 Dec 1604 Elizabeth Stanhope Baroness Berkeley was born to Michael Stanhope (age 55) and Elizabeth Read.
On 21 Dec 1626 Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch was born to Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch (age 20) and Mary Hay Countess Buccleuch.
On or before 21 Dec 1630, the date of his baptism, Edward Lascelles was born to Philip Lascelles.
On 21 Dec 1638 Maximilian Thomas Habsburg Spain Archduke Austria was born to Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 15.19%.
On 21 Dec 1657 Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore was born to Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 18) and Catherine Savage.
On 11 Sep 1674 Anna Maria Josepha Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and Claudia Felicitas of Holy Roman Empress (age 21). She died three months later on 21 Dec 1674. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.35%.
On 21 Dec 1687 Andrew Agnew 5th Baronet was born to James Andrew 4th Baronet (age 27).
On 21 Dec 1689 Arthur Ingram 6th Viscount Irvine was born to Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine (age 23).
On or before 21 Dec 1691 Dean John Addenbroke was born to Reverend John Addenbrooke (age 39). He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge University.
On 21 Dec 1691 Thomas Trollope 4th Baronet was born to Thomas Trollope 3rd Baronet (age 24).
On 21 Dec 1697 Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 23) and Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston (age 19).
On 21 Dec 1723 Thomas Saunders Sebright 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Saunders Sebright 4th Baronet (age 31) and Henrietta Dashwood Lady Sebright (age 38).
On 21 Dec 1732 Frederick St John 3rd Viscount St John 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke was born to John St John 2nd Viscount St John (age 30) and Anne Furnese (age 20).
On 21 Dec 1735 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield was born.
On 21 Dec 1744 Anne Vallayer Coster was born.
On 21 Dec 1752 Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland was born to Peter Burrell (age 28) and Elizabeth Lewis.
On 21 Dec 1767 John Spencer was born to Charles Spencer (age 27) and Mary Beauclerk (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21 Dec 1768 Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury (age 57) and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 38).
On 21 Dec 1768 George Robert Heneage was born to George Fieschi Heneage (age 38) and Katherine Petre. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21 Dec 1773 William Forbes 7th Baronet was born.
On 21 Dec 1777 John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll was born to John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll (age 54) and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll (age 44).
On 21 Dec 1778 John Astley Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville (age 35) and Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville (age 26).
On 21 Dec 1784 Robert John Wilmot 3rd Baronet was born to Robert Meade Wilmot 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Juliana Elizabeth Byron in Petersham, Surrey.
On 21 Dec 1793 Richard Henry Rycroft 3rd Baronet was born to Nelson Rycroft 2nd Baronet (age 32).
On 21 Dec 1795 John Tyssen Tyrell 2nd Baronet was born to John Tyrell 1st Baronet (age 33) and Sarah Tyssen.
On 21 Dec 1800 Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 28) and Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 21) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.90%.
On 21 Dec 1801 Major John Gunning was born to George William Gunning 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Diana Bridgeman.
On 21 Dec 1804 Benjamin Disraeli Earl Beaconsfield was born.
On 21 Dec 1807 Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon (age 30) at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On 21 Dec 1810 Thomas Neville Abdy 1st Baronet was born to Captain Anthony Abdy (age 30) and Grace Rich (age 18). He was educated at Winchester College , Winchester.
On 21 Dec 1811 Archbishop Campbell Tait was born.
On 21 Dec 1826 Major-General William Wilberforce Greathed was born to Edward Greathed (age 49).
On 21 Dec 1827 Walter Spencer-Stanhope was born to John Spencer Stanhope (age 40) and Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke (age 32).
On 21 Dec 1828 Simon Fraser 13th Lord Lovat was born.
On 21 Dec 1829 Hender John Molesworth-St Aubyn was born to Hender Molesworth-St Aubyn (age 31).
On 21 Dec 1830 Arthington Cayley Worsley was born to William Worsley 1st Baronet (age 38).
On 21 Dec 1830 George Francis Coventry Pocock 3rd Baronet was born to George Edward Pocock 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Augusta Elinor Coventry.
On 21 Dec 1832 Montagu Samuel 1st Baron Swaythling was born to Louis Samuel (age 38) and Henrietta Israel. Early in his life he appears to have changed his name from Montagu Samuel, to Samuel Montagu. This may have been an administrative error during education which he subsequently adopted.
On 21 Dec 1834 Eveline Howard Herbert Countess Portsmouth was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 34) and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 30).
On 21 Dec 1835 Charles Douglas was born to James Dawes Douglas (age 50) and Marianne Bullock.
On 21 Dec 1845 Lowry Cole 4th Earl Enniskillen was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen (age 38) and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 21 Dec 1847 Thomas Henry William Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester (age 43) and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester (age 41).
On 21 Dec 1852 Mary Louisa Napoleona Manners Tollemache was born to William Tollemache (age 32) and Katherine Elizabeth Camilla Burke (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. 
On 21 Dec 1857 Thomas Nelson 4th Earl Nelson was born to Horatio Nelson 3rd Earl Nelson (age 34) and Mary Jane Agar Countess Nelson (age 35).
On 21 Dec 1861 Arthur Cairns 2nd Earl Cairns was born.
On 21 Dec 1864 Louisa Alexandra Williams-Wynn Lady Williams-Wynn was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 6th Baronet (age 44) and Marie Emily Williams-Wynn Lady Williams-Wynn. Her godparents were Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (age 47), the Princess of Wales, and her uncle, Sir Hugh Williams (age 62). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 21 Dec 1876 Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham was born to John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet (age 39).
On 21 Dec 1888 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford was born to Herbrand Arthur Sackville 11th Duke Bedford (age 30) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford.
On 21 Dec 1897 Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire was born.
On 21 Dec 1919 Alexander Ramsay was born to Alexander Ramsay (age 38) and Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor (age 33) at Clarence House. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 21 Dec 1989 John Bryson Crichton-Stuart 8th Marquess of Bute was born to John Crichton-Stuart 7th Marquess of Bute (age 31).
Marriages on the 21st December
Before 21 Dec 1396 Thomas Brugge (age 41) and Alice Berkeley (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
Before 21 Dec 1532 James "Lame" Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory (age 31) and Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory (age 23) were married. She the daughter of James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond. He the son of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 65) and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.
On 21 Dec 1546 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 26) and Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley (age 20) were married.
Before 21 Dec 1572 Pieter Tryon (age 32) and Mary Cullen (age 20) were married.
Before 21 Dec 1579 Thomas Richards and Elizabeth Fiennes (age 56) were married.
Before 21 Dec 1598 Thomas Owen of Condover and Alice Wilkes (age 51) were married.
On 21 Dec 1639 Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden (age 28) and Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden (age 24) were married.
Before 21 Dec 1665 Lieutenant Anthony Burrows and Mrs Burrows nee Crofts were married.
On 21 Dec 1691 Bishop Nathaniel Crew 3rd Baron Crew (age 58) and Penelope Frowde Baroness Crewe were married.
On 21 Dec 1717 James Campbell 5th Baronet (age 39) and Susanna Campbell Lady Campbell (age 40) were married. She by marriage Lady Campbell of Auchinbreck.
On 21 Dec 1728 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 20) and Mary Bruce (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury (age 46) and Anne Savile. He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 55) and Mary Lake.
Before 21 Dec 1732 John St John 2nd Viscount St John (age 30) and Anne Furnese (age 20) were married.
On 21 Dec 1761 Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham (age 35) and Margaret Gambier were married.
On 21 Dec 1769 Henry Hunloke 4th Baronet (age 45) and Margaret Coke Lady Hunloke (age 18) were married. She by marriage Lady Hunloke of Wingerworth in Derbyshire. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
Before 21 Dec 1795 John Tyrell 1st Baronet (age 33) and Sarah Tyssen were married.
On 21 Dec 1801 William Godwin (age 45) and Mary Jane de Vial (age 33) were married. She was pregnant at the time; the second marriage of his precipitated by pregnancy. The child died young.
Before 21 Dec 1806 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre (age 64) and Sarah Case (age 60) were married.
On 21 Dec 1820 Thomas George Lyon Bowes (age 19) and Charlotte Grimstead (age 23) were married at St James'. He the son of Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 47) and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter.
Before 21 Dec 1830 George Edward Pocock 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Augusta Elinor Coventry were married.
Before 21 Dec 1832 Louis Samuel (age 38) and Henrietta Israel were married.
On 21 Dec 1835 Reverend Andrew Godfrey Stewart (age 17) and Catherine Anne Wingfield (age 18) were married. He the son of Robert Stewart 2nd Earl Castle Stewart (age 51).
On 21 Dec 1847 Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 42) and Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham (age 78).
On 21 Dec 1847 Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan (age 20) and Isabella Mary Smith (age 22) were married.
On 21 Dec 1887 Delves Louis Broughton 10th Baronet (age 30) and Mary Evelyn Cotton Lady Broughton (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.
On 21 Dec 1906 Major Dudley Francis De Crespigny Buckle (age 30) and Helena Lambert were married.
Deaths on the 21st December
On 21 Dec 1057 Ralph "The Timid" 1st Earl of Hereford died. Earl Hereford extinct.
On 21 Dec 1281 Hartmann Habsburg (age 18) drowned.
On 21 Dec 1309 Mechtild Cleves (age 49) died.
On 21 Dec 1417 Elizabeth Aldeburgh (age 55) died.
On 21 Dec 1434 Elizabeth Gascoigne (age 38) died.
On 21 Dec 1446 Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres (age 70) died at Tours. His son John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme (age 18) succeeded VIII Count Vendôme.
On 21 Dec 1490 Roger Copley (age 60) died in Rougham.
On 21 Dec 1495 Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 64) died at Thornbury Manor without legitimate issue. Duke Bedford, Earl Pembroke extinct.
On 21 Dec 1536 John Seymour (age 62) died.
On 21 Dec 1539 John Shelton (age 62) died.
On 21 Dec 1553 Margery Throckmorton (age 21) died.
On 21 Dec 1553 Katherine Throckmorton (age 21) died.
On 21 Dec 1553 Anne Throckmorton (age 21) died.
On 21 Dec 1557 Catherine Hastings (age 79) died.
On 21 Dec 1579 Thomas Richards died. Monument to Thomas Richards. In 1603 Elizabeth Fiennes (age 80) died.
Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton [Map]. Finely made in alabaster. Elizabethan Period. Renaissance chest with stripped-down strapwork. Rush Mat. Dress Folds at Feet. Ruff. Possibly Richard and Gabriel Royley of Burton upon Trent.
Thomas Richards: Before 21 Dec 1579 he and Elizabeth Fiennes were married.
Elizabeth Fiennes: Around 1523 she was born to Edward Fiennes 5th Baron Saye and Sele and Margaret Danvers Baroness Saye and Sele.
On 21 Dec 1582 Henry Knollys (age 40) died.
On 21 Dec 1590 Philippe Louis de Lorraine (age 1) died.
On 21 Dec 1598 Thomas Owen of Condover died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Roger Owen of Condover inherited Condover Hall, Shropshire.
On 21 Dec 1602 George Cornwall (age 66) died.
On 21 Dec 1608 William Davison (age 67) died.
Before 21 Dec 1613 William Selby (age 86) died.
On 21 Dec 1619 Lawrence Washington (age 74) died.
On 21 Dec 1620 George Fleetwood (age 56) died.
On 21 Dec 1653 Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester (age 55) died. Baronet Leigh of Newnham in Warwickshire, Baron Dunsmore of Dunsmore in Warwickshire extinct.
His son-in-law Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester (age 46) succeeded 2nd Earl Chichester.
On 21 Dec 1653 Elisabeth Oldenburg (age 73) died.
On 21 Dec 1655 Maria Ambrosia Habsburg Spain died.
On 21 Dec 1656 Thomas Trevor (age 70) died.
On 21 Dec 1663 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin (age 64) died. His son Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Elgin, 2nd Baron Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire. Diana Grey Countess Elgin and Ailesbury (age 33) by marriage Countess Elgin.
Before 21 Dec 1665 Lieutenant Anthony Burrows was killed in action.
On 21 Dec 1665 Edward Russell died.
On 21 Dec 1672 Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby (age 44) died. His son William Stanley 9th Earl of Derby (age 17) succeeded 9th Earl Derby, 3rd Baron Strange Knockin.
On 21 Dec 1677 Richard Lucy (age 55) died.
On 21 Dec 1679 Claude Lamoral 3rd Prince of Ligne (age 61) died.
On 21 Dec 1679 Robert Mossum Clergyman (age 62) died at Derry aka Londonderry.
On 21 Dec 1700 Judith Pelham (age 72) died.
On 11 Dec 1721 John Shaw 2nd Baronet (age 61) died. He was buried at the Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham on 21 Dec 1721. His son John Shaw 3rd Baronet (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent. Anna Maria Barnardiston Lady Shaw (age 24) by marriage Lady Shaw of Eltham in Kent.
On 21 Dec 1731 Mary Walpole died at Aix en Provence. She was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map].
On 21 Dec 1737 Thomas "Turk" Pelham (age 32) died.
On 21 Dec 1739 Elizabeth "Lady Betty" Hastings (age 57) died unmarried. Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon (age 10) inherited her estates including Ledston Hall.
On 21 Dec 1754 Thomas Gage 1st Viscount Gage (age 53) died. He was buried at West Firle Church Firle, East Sussex. His son William Gage 2nd Viscount Gage (age 36) succeeded 2nd Viscount Gage of Castle Island in County Kerry, 2nd Baron Gage of Castlebar in County Mayo, 9th Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.
On 21 Dec 1763 Anna Maria Collins Countess Abingdon died.
On 21 Dec 1764 William Walpole (age 8) died.
On 21 Dec 1767 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 90) died. His son Chandos Hoskyns 5th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 5th Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire. Rebecca May Lady Hoskyns by marriage Lady Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
On 21 Dec 1788 Elizabeth Cosby (age 67) died.
On 21 Dec 1811 Admiral Peter Parker 1st Baronet (age 90) died. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. His grandson Peter Parker 2nd Baronet (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baronet Parker of Bassingbourn in Essex.
On 01 Oct 1822 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre (age 80) died. On 21 Dec 1806 Sarah Case (age 60) died. Memorial in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map] sculpted by Joseph Theakston (age 50).
Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre: In 1742 he was born to Robert Hamond. Before 21 Dec 1806 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre and Sarah Case were married.
Sarah Case: Around 1746 she was born to Philip Case of King's Lynn.
On 21 Dec 1822 Sophia Frances Cust (age 11) died.
On 21 Dec 1836 Maria St John-Mildmay Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John (age 46) died.
On 21 Dec 1842 Elizabeth Granville (age 86) died.
On 21 Dec 1845 Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset (age 29) died.
Around 21 Dec 1866 Alicia Maude (age 83) died.
On 21 Dec 1875 William Henry George Wellesley (age 69) died.
On 21 Dec 1876 Robert Gore-Booth 4th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Henry Gore-Booth 5th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 4th Baronet Gore-Booth of Artarman in County Sligo.
On 21 Dec 1878 Elliot Constantine Yorke (age 35) died at 17 Curzon Street.
On 21 Dec 1889 Bishop Joseph Barber Lightfoot (age 61) died unmarried.
On 21 Dec 1890 Charles William Cavendish (age 68) died at Isle of Wight Virginia.
On 21 Dec 1891 William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 83) died. He was buried at the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (age 58) succeeded 8th Duke Devonshire, 11th Earl Devonshire, 3rd Earl Burlington.
On 21 Dec 1893 Edward Stanhope (age 53) died.
On 21 Dec 1904 Emily Charlotte Wood (age 64) died.
On 21 Dec 1916 Captain Redvers Lionel Calverley Bewicke-Copley (age 26) was killed in action. Whilst leading a party repairing trench wiring at Sailly, France, he was shot through the head by a sniper within 20 yards of the German line and killed outright on 21st December 1916. He was Buried at Combles.
On 21 Dec 1919 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 62) died. Her grandson William Amherst Cecil 3rd Baron Amherst (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney in London.
On 21 Dec 1921 William Tate 2nd Baronet (age 79) died. His son Ernest William Tate 3rd Baronet (age 54) succeeded 3rd Baronet Tate of Park Hill in Streatham in London.
On 21 Dec 1923 John Murray Mordaunt (age 85) died.
On 21 Dec 1933 Rose Riversdale Glyn (age 73) died.
On 21 Dec 1943 Rowland Henry Cave-Browne-Cave 14th Baronet (age 78) died. His nephew Clement Charles Cave-Browne-Cave 15th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 15th Baronet Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire.
On 21 Dec 1948 Amy Courtenay (age 83) died in Powderham, Devon.
On 21 Dec 1956 Florence Edith Louise Dormer (age 88) died.
On 21 Dec 1958 Anthony Devas (age 47) died.
On 21 Dec 1985 Violet Kathleen Brinkley (age 90) died.
On 21 Dec 2008 Alexandra Margaret Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (age 92) died.
On 21 Dec 2008 Isabel Violet Kathleen Manners (age 90) died.
On 21 Dec 2016 Lavinia Mary Keppel (age 88) died.
