Europe, British Isles, England, Islands, Isle of Man
Isle of Man is in Islands.
In Jul 1446 Eleanor Cobham Duchess of Gloucester (age 46) was imprisoned at the Isle of Man.
Between Sep 1651 and Nov 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 44) who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 51) resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet (age 44) and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby (age 23) and execy=uted by firing squad at Hango Hill on 02 Jan 1663.
Europe, British Isles, England, Islands, Bishop's Court Isle of Man
On 21 Apr 1847 Bishop Walter Augustus Shirley (age 49) died at Bishop's Court Isle of Man.
Castle Rushen
In 28 Nov 1832 Cornelius Smelt (age 84) died in office at Castle Rushen [Map]. He was buried under the altar at St Mary's Church, Castletown [Map].
Castletown
George Inn, Castletown
On 10 Aug 1826 Cornelius Smelt (age 78) attended a meeting at the George Inn, Castletown, there being present some of the highest officials then residing in Castletown, Chairman of the meeting being Colonel Mark Wilks. At the meeting a resolution was passed to commission a portrait of Governor Smelt by Thomas Barber (age 55). The portrait was purchased by Captain Caesar Bacon, husband of Smelt's daughter, and was placed in his home at Seafield, Santon. The portrait stayed in the family until 1925 when it was presented to the Manx Museum.
Europe, British Isles, England, Islands, Isle of Man, Castletown, Hango Hill
Between Sep 1651 and Nov 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 44) who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 51) resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet (age 44) and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby (age 23) and execy=uted by firing squad at Hango Hill on 02 Jan 1663.
St Mary's Church, Castletown
In 28 Nov 1832 Cornelius Smelt (age 84) died in office at Castle Rushen [Map]. He was buried under the altar at St Mary's Church, Castletown [Map].
Around 1985 St Mary's Church, Castletown [Map] was deconsecrated. The remains of Cornelius Smelt were exhumed and reinterred in the Bacon family vault alongside his daughter at St Peter's Church in Onchan.
Europe, British Isles, England, Islands, Isle of Man, Douglas
In 1822 Ambrose St John (age 62) died at Douglas.
Europe, British Isles, England, Islands, Isle of Man, Ramsay
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 25 Jul 1044. This year died Elfward, Bishop of London, on the eighth day before the calends of August. He was formerly Abbot of Evesham, and well furthered that monastery the while that he was there. He went then to Ramsey, and there resigned his life: and Mannie was chosen abbot, being consecrated on the fourth day before the ides of August.
