Accident
Accident is in Death.
1069 Murder of Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria
1100 Death of William Rufus Accession of Henry I
1483 Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Accident, Burned to Death
On 28 Jan 1069 Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria was burned to death in Durham, County Durham [Map] when a rebel army set fire to the house in which he was staying. All his men were killed. In retaliation King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 41) commenced the Harrying of the North.
In Apr 1687 Thomas Egerton (age 7) burned to death in the fire which destroyed Bridgewater House. He was buried at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.
In Apr 1687 Charles Egerton (age 11) burned to death in the fire which destroyed Bridgewater House at Bridgwater House Barbican. He was buried at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.
On 30 Jan 1805 Mary Aston Lady Blount (age 61) burned to death at her son's house.
On 25 Jan 1807 Mary Meredith Countess Ferrers burned to death at Coombe Bank Sunridge, Sevenoaks.
On 09 Apr 1815 Mary Hervey (age 89) burned to death.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died after swallowing a frog
On 20 Nov 1518 Marmaduke Constable (age 61) died after swallowing a frog while drinking a glass of water.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died at sea
On 11 Oct 1694 Catherine Grey Baroness North and Grey of Rolleston (age 63) died at sea on a voyage from Barbados.
On 25 Mar 1733 Captain William Berkeley (age 34) died at sea whilst Commander of Tyger on its journey from Guinea to the West Indies. He was buried at sea. Memorial in the Church of St Mary, Bruton [Map] sculpted by Peter Scheemakers (age 58) in 1749. 
Berkeley Arms Berkeley Arms beneath.
Captain William Berkeley: Pepy's Diary. 09 Nov 1663. So to our discourse, and among and above other things we were taken up in talking upon Sir J. Lawson's coming home, he being come to Portsmouth, Hampshire; and Captain Berkely is come to towne with a letter from the Duana of Algier to the King, wherein they do demand again the searching of our ships and taking out of strangers, and their goods; and that what English ships are taken without the Duke's pass they will detain (though it be flat contrary to the words of the peace) as prizes, till they do hear from our King, which they advise him may be speedy. And this they did the very next day after they had received with great joy the Grand Seignor's confirmation of the Peace from Constantinople by Captain Berkely; so that there is no command nor certainty to be had of these people. The King is resolved to send his will by a fleete of ships; and it is thought best and speediest to send these very ships that are now come home, five sail of good ships, back again after cleaning, victualling, and paying them. But it is a pleasant thing to think how their Basha, Shavan Aga, did tear his hair to see the soldiers order things thus; for (just like his late predecessor) when they see the evil of war with England, then for certain they complain to the Grand Seignor of him, and cut his head off: this he is sure of, and knows as certain. Pepy's Diary. 18 Nov 1663. Up, and after being ready, and done a little business at the office, I and Mr. Hater by water to Redriffe, and so walked to Deptford, where I have not been a very great, while, and there paid off the Milford in very good order, and all respect showed me in the office as much as there used to be to any of the rest or the whole board. That done at noon I took Captain Terne, and there coming in by chance Captain Berkeley, him also to dinner with me to the Globe. Captain Berkeley, who was lately come from Algier, did give us a good account of the place, and how the Basha there do live like a prisoner, being at the mercy of the soldiers and officers, so that there is nothing but a great confusion there. Around 1699 he was born to William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley and Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley.
On 28 Oct 1758 Edward Moore 5th Earl Drogheda (age 57) died at sea whilst travelling between Holyhead and Dublin. His son Charles Moore 1st Marquess Drogheda (age 28) succeeded 6th Earl Drogheda, 8th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 8th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.
On 17 May 1852 Montagu Lowther Chapman 3rd Baronet (age 43) died at sea unmarried when the vessel in which he was sailing disappeared without trace. His brother Benjamin James Chapman 4th Baronet (age 42) succeeded 4th Baronet Chapman of Killua Castle.
In 07 Sep 1870 William Reginald Herbert (age 16) died at sea lost aboard the Captain.
In 1888 Frederick William Hesse-Kassel (age 34) died at sea.
On 26 Aug 1941 Richard Hanbury-Tracy 6th Baron Sudeley (age 30) died at sea at Norway, on active service. His first cousin once removed Merlin Hanbury-Tracy 7th Baron Sudeley (age 2) succeeded 7th Baron Sudeley of Toddington in Gloucestershire.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died by choking
On 21 Jul 1723 Anthony Grey 1453-1490 (age 28) died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. His niece Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
On 08 Oct 1847 Robert Gordon (age 56) died by choking on a fish bone. Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 28) bought Balmoral estate from his trustees a year later as a gift for his wife Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28).
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died from sun stroke
On 23 Aug 1861 Philip Hamond (age 22) died from sun stroke in India. Memorial in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map].
Philip Hamond: Around 1839 he was born to Anthony Hamond and Mary Anne Musters.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a house fire
Before 1160 William Gloucester died in a house fire at Bronllys Castle [Map] as a result of injuries sustained from falling masonry. Hugh de Beauchamp succeeded Baron Bergavenny Feudal Creation although nothing more in known about him. When he died around 1173 Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber, or rather her husband William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber (age 44) subsequently succeeded to Baron Bergavenny Feudal Creation.
On 08 Jan 1774 Dodington Montagu (age 80) died in a house fire.
On 30 Mar 1803 Aglae de Polignac "Guichette" Duchess Gramont (age 34) died in a house fire at her home in Edinburgh [Map].
On 26 Apr 1831 George Grey 3rd Baron Walsingham (age 54) died in a house fire with his wife at Upper Harley Street Harley Street Marylebone. His brother Thomas Grey 4th Baron Walsingham (age 53) succeeded 4th Baron Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk. Elizabeth North Baroness Walsingham (age 54) by marriage Baroness Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a hunting accident
On 12 Dec 1843 George Templer (age 62) died in a hunting accident.
On 24 Apr 1867 Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis (age 35) died in a hunting accident. His son Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 2) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a motorcycle accident
On 19 May 1935 Thomas Edward Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia" (age 46) died in a motorcycle accident.
On 24 Nov 1940 Major George Allen (age 49) died in a motorcycle accident.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a mountain climbing accident
On 20 Oct 1849 Frederick Strickland (age 29) died in a mountain climbing accident. He had climbed Mount Washington, New Hampshire [Map]. During his descent he fell into a stream and died from hypothermia. His body was recovered and buried at the Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. His monument has the inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Frederick Strickland, an English traveller. who lost his life October 20, 1849, while walking upon the White Mountains. He was the second son of George Strickland (age 66), Bart., a member of the Parliament of England.”
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a railway accident
On 05 Dec 1821 David Brook died in a railway accident. David Brook, a carpenter, was walking home from Leeds, England, along the Middleton Railway in a blinding sleet storm. He failed to see or hear an approaching train of coal wagons drawn by one of the Blenkinsop/Murray engines and was fatally injured.
On 15 Sep 1830 William Huskisson (age 60) died in a railway accident.
On 21 Jan 1876 Herbert Noble (age 19) died in a railway accident at Abbots Ripton. The Special Scotch Express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a collision, during a blizzard, with a coal train. An express travelling in the other direction then ran into the wreckage.
On 21 Jan 1876 Isabella Williamson (age 42), and her two sons James Charles Allgood (age 13) and David Williamson Allgood (age 11) died in a railway accident at Abbots Ripton.
On 16 May 1899 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 67) died in a railway accident. He was hit by an express train; (possible suicide but the coroner returned misadventure) at the Railway Station in Potter's Bar. He was buried at Byng Family Vault St John's Church, Potter's Bar. On 16 May 1899 His brother Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 64) succeeded 5th Earl Strafford, 5th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 5th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford (age 52) by marriage Countess Strafford.
After 19 Dec 1916. St Saeran's Church, Llanynys [Map]. Grave in the churchyard to Tom Jones Railway Guard who was killed in a Railway Accident at Wigan Railway Station:
"In this case the 10 p.m. passenger train from Euston after arrival at the down fast platform line was drawn forward past No. 4 signal-box to be backed into No 5 bay line, and just as it was being set back it was run into in the rear by the 11.15 p.m. express passenger train from Euston to Edinburgh. The guard of the 10 p.m. train was killed as was also a sorter in a postal van of the 11.15 pm. train. Five post office officials and two passengers were injured, also the fireman of the 10 p.m. train, the driver of the assisting engine, the driver and fireman of the train engine, and the assistant guard of the 11.15 p.m. train."
On 08 Sep 1945 Cecil Reginald John Manners (age 77) died in a railway accident. He was hit by a train at Crowborough Railway Station Crowborough East Sussex.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a riding accident
On 12 Aug 1794 John Tempest (age 55) died in a riding accident.
On 05 May 1866 Captain William Fisher (age 55) died in a riding accident.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a shooting accident
On 11 Jan 1800 Charles Nevinson Howard (age 24) died in a shooting accident at Holker Hall Cartmel.
On 29 Apr 1863 Jane Elizabeth Coke (age 85) died in a shooting accident at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
On 27 Apr 1935 George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers (age 28) died in a shooting accident at the De Beers Estate, Kimberley.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in a windmill accident
On 01 Oct 1830 Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet (age 58) died in a windmill accident. His son George Baker 3rd Baronet (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Gentleman's Magazine. 1731. Page 469. Sir Frederick was showing his children the effect and operations of a windmill near Hastings, when, being very short sighted, he approached nearer than he had an idea of, and one of the flappers instantaneously striking him on the back part of the head, he shortly breathed his last.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died in an accident
On 24 Oct 1525 Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 57) died in an accident. His son William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland. He inherited about 280 km² of land in Cumberland, 120 km² in Yorkshire and 80 km² in Northumberland.
On 04 Feb 2002 Sigvard Bernadotte (age 94) died in an accident.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died of exposure
In 1069 at the Battle of Mechain fought in Radnorshire, Powys the brothers Maredudd Cadelling and Idwal Cadelling attempted to regain control of Radnorshire, Powys from brothers Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys and Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn Mathrafal. Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn Mathrafal and Idwal Cadelling were killed. Maredudd Cadelling died of exposure following the battle.
On 30 Dec 1783 Hamilton Douglas (age 20) died of exposure while commanding the barge of Assistance being caught in a snowstorm while looking for deserters and wrecked at Sandy Hook Middletown Township Monmouth County New Jersey.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died when her clothes caught fire
On 23 Feb 1700 Anne Douglas died when her clothes caught fire.
On 05 Mar 1783 Isabella Courtenay (age 17) died when her clothes caught fire.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Died when hit by a falling chest
On 23 Feb 1546 Francis Bourbon Count of Enghien (age 26) died when hit by a falling chest. His brother Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien (age 17) succeeded Count Enghien.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Disappeared
Around Aug 1483 King Edward V of England (age 12) and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke York (age 9) disappeared, presumably killed, from the Tower of London [Map]. Thomas More (age 5)writes, around 1515, that King Richard III of England (age 30) requested Robert Brackenbury undertake the murder of the children. Upon Brackenbury's refusal King Richard III of England (age 30) instructed Robert Brackenbury give the keys to the Tower to James Tyrrell (age 28) who would then undertake the task. Duke Norfolk, Duke York, Earl March, Earl Nottingham, Earl Norfolk and Earl Pembroke extinct.
In 1770 Henry Vansittart Governor of Bengal (age 37) disappeared assumed drowned when the ship in which they sailed, the frigate Aurora, was lost at sea.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Overdosed on laudanum
On 11 Feb 1862 at twenty past seven in the morning Elizabeth Siddal (age 32) overdosed on laudanum at 14 Chatham Place. Possibly suicide - there may have been a note that said "look after Harry (her invalid brother)" which Ford Madox Brown (age 40) persuaded Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 33) to burn. Shortly after her death Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth (age 27) moved into the family home to become housekeeper to Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 33).
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was accidentally poisoned fatally
In 1777 John Aubrey (age 5) was accidentally poisoned fatally.
John Smith was accidentally poisoned fatally by his nearly blind wife who gave him an overdose of laudanum. What's the first rule?.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was accidentally shot and killed
On 24 Dec 1143 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford Was accidentally shot and killed whilst hunting in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He was buried in the Chapter House Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire. His son Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford, Baron Bergavenny Feudal Creation. Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford (age 23) by marriage Countess Hereford.
In 1578 John Lyon 8th Lord Glamis Was accidentally shot and killed in a street brawl in Stirling [Map] between his followers and those of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford. He was shot through the head.
On 16 Jul 1643 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham launched a night attack on Gainsborough [Map] and captured it and Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 58).
On 25 Jul 1643 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 58) Was accidentally shot and killed while a prisoner on board a vessel bound for Hull. His son Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Viscount Newark, 2nd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 17 Jan 1848 Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 62) died. he had been shot accidentally in the thigh ten days before by his son George Herbert (age 22) during a pheasant shoot at Powis Castle. He died His son Edward Herbert 3rd Earl Powis (age 29) succeeded 3rd Earl Powis.
On 31 Jan 1907 Anne Dorothy Byng (age 26) was accidentally shot and killed by her husband Captain James Harold Cuthbert (age 30) when he slipped whilst out on a shooting party at their home Beaufront Castle, Hexham [Map].
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed accidentally
On 03 Aug 1460 King James II of Scotland (age 29) was killed accidentally when a cannon exploded and he was hit by debris. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. His son King James III of Scotland (age 9) succeeded III King Scotland.
William Douglas 3rd Lord Drumlanrig (age 20) was present.
In 1703 Bishop Richard Kidder (age 70) was killed accidentally when a chimney from the Bishop's Palace, Wells fell on him and his wife whilst they were in bed during the 1703 Great Storm.
On 07 Sep 1869 Charles Stuart Champion (age 9) was killed accidentally at Offord and Buckden Railway Station. It isn't clear that is was a railway accident since no records for a railway accident on 07 Sep 1869 are extant.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed by a tile falling of a roof
On 06 Jun 1217 Henry I King Castile (age 13) Was killed by a tile falling of a roof. He was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas. His sister Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile (age 38) succeeded I Queen Castile.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed by lightning
In 1253 Burkhard V Count Hohenberg was killed by lightning.
In 1849 Martin William Browne ffolkes was killed by lightning.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed by the fall of a tree
On 14 Jan 1792 Robert Hughes was killed by the fall of a tree.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed racing
On 28 Feb 1878 Reginald James Macartney Greville-Nugent (age 29) was killed racing following a fall in a steeplechase at Sandown Park.
On 04 Aug 1936 John Charles William Fitzroy 9th Duke Grafton (age 22) was killed racing his Bugatti at the Limerick Grand Prix. His first cousin once removed Charles Alfred Euston Fitzroy 10th Duke Grafton (age 44) succeeded 10th Duke Grafton, 10th Earl Euston, 10th Viscount Ipswich, 10th Baron Sudbury.
Earl Arlington, Viscount Thetford, Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex abeyant between his sisters Margaret Jane Fitzroy (age 20) and Mary Rose Fitzroy (age 17).
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed whilst hunting
Before 1075 Richard Normandy (age 21) was killed whilst hunting at New Forest, Hampshire. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map].
On 02 Aug 1100 William "Rufus" II King England (age 44) was killed whilst hunting, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) succeeded I King England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.
On 13 Nov 1143 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 54) was killed whilst hunting.
On 28 Nov 1231 Valdemar the Young King of Denmark (age 22) was killed whilst hunting at Refsnæs, near Kalundborg.
On 13 or 20 Oct 1809 Thomas Charles Gascoigne (age 23) was killed whilst hunting. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Barwick-in-Elmet [Map]. 2,000 people and over 400 of his father's tenants attended his funeral.
On 03 May 1893 James Charlemagne Dormer (age 59) died after having been mauled by a tiger while on a hunt on 25 April 1893 in the Nilgiris.
On 19 Oct 1935 Frank Meyer 2nd Baronet (age 49) was killed whilst hunting. His son Anthony Meyer 3rd Baronet (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Meyer of Shortgrove.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Accident, Was killed whilst playing polo
On 24 Jan 1898 Charles Cavendish Winn (age 40) was killed whilst playing polo at Ambala aka Umballa, Haryana.
