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New York is in New York State.
Pepy's Diary. 29 Sep 1664. So to supper and to bed. Fresh newes come of our beating the Dutch at Guinny quite out of all their castles almost, which will make them quite mad here at home sure. And Sir G. Carteret (age 54) did tell me, that the King (age 34) do joy mightily at it; but asked him laughing, "But", says he, "how shall I do to answer this to the Embassador when he comes?" Nay they say that we have beat them out of the New Netherlands too1 so that we have been doing them mischief for a great while in several parts of the world; without publique knowledge or reason. Their fleete for Guinny is now, they say, ready, and abroad, and will be going this week. Coming home to-night, I did go to examine my wife's house accounts, and finding things that seemed somewhat doubtful, I was angry though she did make it pretty plain, but confessed that when she do misse a sum, she do add something to other things to make it, and, upon my being very angry, she do protest she will here lay up something for herself to buy her a necklace with, which madded me and do still trouble me, for I fear she will forget by degrees the way of living cheap and under a sense of want.
Note 1. Captain (afterwards Sir Robert) Holmes' (age 42) expedition to attack the Dutch settlements in Africa eventuated in an important exploit. Holmes suddenly left the coast of Africa, sailed across the Atlantic, and reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to English rule, under the title of New York. "The short and true state of the matter is this: the country mentioned was part of the province of Virginia, and, as there is no settling an extensive country at once, a few Swedes crept in there, who surrendered the plantations they could not defend to the Dutch, who, having bought the charts and papers of one Hudson, a seaman, who, by the commission from the crown of England, discovered a river, to which he gave his name, conceited they had purchased a province. Sometimes, when we had strength in those parts, they were English subjects; at others, when that strength declined, they were subjects of the United Provinces. However, upon King Charles's claim the States disowned the title, but resumed it during our confusions. On March 12th, 1663-64, Charles II granted it to the Duke of York (age 30) ... The King (age 34) sent Holmes, when he returned, to the Tower, and did not discharge him; till he made it evidently appear that he had not infringed the law of nations ". (Campbell's "Naval History", vol. ii, p., 89). How little did the King (age 34) or Holmes himself foresee the effects of the capture, B.
Evelyn's Diary. 27 Oct 1673. To Council, about sending succors to recover New York: and then we read the commission and instructions to Sir Jonathan Atkins (age 63), the new Governor of Barbadoes.
On 11 Aug 1706 Katherine O'Brien Countess Clarendon (age 43) died at New York. She was buried at Trinity Church. Her son Edward Hyde 9th Baron Clifton succeeded 9th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1732 James De Lancey was born in New York.
On 12 Oct 1753 Danvers Osborn 3rd Baronet (age 37) committed suicide at New York. His body was found in the garden of the house in which he was lodged, which belonged to a local councilman. The body presented evidence of strangulation. His son George Osborn 4th Baronet (age 11) succeeded 4th Baronet Osborn of Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
On 13 Jan 1777 Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Hesketh (age 28) at New York.
On 25 Sep 1777 John Tollemache (age 27) was killed in a duel in New York by Lowther Pennington who had written a sonnet derogatory to Tollemache's wife Bridget Henley. Tollemache was run through with a sword. Pennington received seven wounds but survived. His son John Tollemache (age 2) was adopted by Lionel Tollemache 5th Earl Dysart (age 43).
On 18 Dec 1792 David Kennedy 10th Earl Cassilis (age 58) died unmarried. His second cousin once removed Archibald Kennedy 11th Earl Cassilis (age 72) succeeded 11th EarL Cassilis at which time he was lviign in New York. Baronet Kennedy of Culzean in Ayrshire extinct.
On 14 Dec 1814 Isabella Johnston (age 77) died at New York. She was buried at the Houston Street Cemetery.
In 1841 David Archibald Douglas (age 42) died at New York.
On 11 Oct 1853 William Lawrence Breese of New York was born at New York.
On 22 Sep 1871 Cornelia Martin Countess Craven was born in New York.
In Oct 1875 Rita de Acosta Lydig was born at New York.
On 02 Mar 1877 Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess Marlborough was born to William Kissam Vanderbilt (age 27) and Alva Erskine Smith (age 24) at New York.
On 02 Aug 1884 John Leslie 2nd Baronet (age 26) and Leonie Blanche Jerome (age 25) were married at New York; both families disapproved.
On 14 Nov 1938 William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 66) died at New York. His son William Lygon 8th Earl Beauchamp (age 35) succeeded 8th Earl Beauchamp, 8th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire.
On 29 Mar 1970 Percy Bryant Baker (age 88) died in New York.
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Americas, United States of America, New York State, New York, 72 Brook Street
On 28 Jul 1922 Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex (age 55) died. She had a heart attack whilst in her bath at her home 72 Brook Street, New York - see Obituary, New York Times.
New York Times 29 Jul 1922. 29 Jul 1922. Obituary. New York Times.
Former Adele Grant of New York Stricken With Heart Attack After Dinner Party.
TRIED TO SUMMON HELP
Dowager, Once Famous Beauty, Was Model for Herkomer's "A Lady in White." [Note. This appears to be a mistake - A Lady in White]
1922 by The New York Times Company. By Wireless to The New York Times.
London, July 28. Dowager Countess Essex (deceased), who was the daughter of the late Beach Grant of New York and the second wife of the Seventh Earl of Essex, was found dead in her bath today at her home, 72 Brook Street, by one of her maids.
Lady Essex attended last night a dinner party given by the Hon. Mrs. Rupert Beckett and appeared in the best of spirits. She was driven home by Mrs. Asquith, with whom she was to have lunched today.
Apparently she took her bath before going to bed and had the seizure. She seemed to have endeavored to get help as the hanging electric bell push had been pulled into the bath. The tragedy was not discovered until this morning when Lady Essex's maid found her bed had not been slept in.
The bath room door was locked and the electric lights were full on. When the door was forced Lady Essex was found dead. She had suffered for years from a weak heart and it is presumed that she had the seizure when she could not help herself.
In her prime Lady Essex was famed for her beauty, being tall and graceful, with soft eyes and dark hair. Indeed she belonged to the group that was playfully christened "Lovely Five" and included Lady Warwick (age 60), Lady Lytton (age 80), Lady Westmoreland and the Duchess of Sutherland (age 54). She was the model for Herkomer's famous picture "A Lady in White."
A coroner's inquest into Lady Essex's death will be held on Monday.
Adele Grant. daughter of the late Beach Grant of this city, was married to the seventh Earl of Essex in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map], Dec. 14 1893. Archdeacon Farrar performed the ceremony, the occasion being one of the brilliant social events of that Winter in London. There have been two children, Lady Iris Mary (age 27) and Lady Joan Rachel (age 23), respectively 26 and 22 years old. Presumably they will share their mother's fortune, which is not inconsiderable since her inheritance in 1915 of some $600,000 from her uncle, R. Suydam Grant, of the New York Stock Exchange.
Her husband was a widower when she married him. The present Earl (age 38), son of his father's first marriage, did not have sufficient income to keep up the magnificent ancestral estate of Cassiobury Park, and last Fall it was offered for sale. On previous occasions it had been rented to Americans, among others to Otto H. Kahn.
An anecdote of the family that reveais the firmness of the Countess is that of her refusal of the tempting offers repeatedly made to her by Lady Meux, widow of Sir Henry Meux, the wealthy brewer. The story has it that Lady Meux, originally a "queen of burlesque" and aunt by marriage of the Earl of Essex, offered to make the Earl her heir if only the Countess would introduce her to society. But the Countess did not allow her thorough disapproval of the brewer's widow to be overcome by the bribe.
Before her marriage Adele Grant had been engaged to the late Earl Cairns, the unfortunate man who acquired the nickname of "Gumboil," thanks to his courtesy title of Lord Garmoyle. She broke off the match on the eve of the wedding owing to the prospective bridegrooms extortionate demands for a settlement. And, in 1920, after the death of her husband, she was reported, not on the highest authority, however, to be engaged to the Duke of Connaught (age 72), brother of Edward Vll. The affair progressed no further than the circulation of the report.
During the World War the Countess did much relief work, serving with Queen Mary's Needlework Guild, on the Urban Executive Committee of the Urban Council for War Relief, and also as President of the Soldiers and Sailors Families' Association.
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On 04 Aug 1904 Montrose Stuart Graham 12th Baronet was born to Montrose Stuart Graham 11th Baronet (age 29) in Brooklyn, New York.
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On 09 Jan 1854 Jenny Jerome was born to Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier (age 36) and Clarissa Hall (age 29) at Cobble Hill Brooklyn, New York.
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On 16 Dec 1962 Lawrence of Arabia received its premiere in New York at the Criterion Cinema New York. Alec Guiness, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, David Lean (Director) and Sam Spiegel (Producer) attended.
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On 02 Jan 1734 Colonel William Cosby (age 44) was granted 22,000 acres on the Mohawk River, in what is now Herkimer County, New York. The land was named Cosby's Manor in 1736, and sold in 1772 to Philip Schuyler and four other proprietors.
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On 12 Jul 1943 Cecilia Loftus aka Brown (age 66) died at the Lincoln Hotel, New York. She was buried at the Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla in a plot provided by the Actor's Fund.
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On 10 Nov 1880 Jacob Epstein was born to Max Jarogenski aka Epstein and Mary Solomon at 102 Hester Street, Lower East Side. He was the third of eight children that survived to adulthood.
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On 04 Feb 1867 Cornelius Vanderbilt II (age 23) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (age 21) were married at the Church of the Incarnation, Madison Avenue.
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On 07 Jan 1956 Henry Herbert 7th Earl of Carnarvon (age 31) and Jean Margaret Wallop Countess of Carnarvon (age 20) were married at St James' Episcopal Church, New York. He the son of Henry Herbert 6th Earl Carnarvon (age 57) and Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell Countess Carnarvon (age 55). They were third cousins.
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On 06 Nov 1895 Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke Marlborough (age 23) and Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess Marlborough (age 18) were married at St Thomas' Church New York. She by marriage Duchess Marlborough. The marriage arranged by Mary "Minnie" Fiske Stevens (age 42) and encouraged by mother Alva Erskine Smith (age 42). The marriage was unhappy; they seperated in 1906 and the mariage was annulled on 19 Aug 1926. He the son of George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke Marlborough and Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess Marlborough (age 48). He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
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On 04 Mar 1816 Maturin Livingston was born at Staatsburg.
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On 27 May 1794 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt was born to Cornelius van Derbilt and Phebe Hand at Staten Island.
On 11 Nov 1843 Cornelius Vanderbilt II was born to William Henry Vanderbilt (age 22) and Maria Louisa Kissam at Staten Island.
On 12 Dec 1849 William Kissam Vanderbilt was born to William Henry Vanderbilt (age 28) at Staten Island.
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Americas, United States of America, New York State, New York, Wall Street, Trinity Church
On 11 Aug 1706 Katherine O'Brien Countess Clarendon (age 43) died at New York. She was buried at Trinity Church. Her son Edward Hyde 9th Baron Clifton succeeded 9th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1709 John Lovelace 4th Baron Lovelace (age 37) died. His son John Lovelace 5th Baron Lovelace succeeded 5th Baron Lovelace. His funeral was held in Trinity Church.
On 23 Sep 1853 William Backhouse Astor Jr (age 24) and Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn (age 23) were married at Trinity Church.
