On this Day in History ... 4th January
04 Jan is in January.
Events on the 4th January
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 04 Jan 871. About four nights after this, King Ethered (age 24) and Alfred (age 22) his brother led their main army to Reading, where they fought with the enemy; and there was much slaughter on either hand, Alderman Ethelwulf (age 46) being among the skain; but the Danes kept possession of the field.
On 04 Jan 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and Alfred the Great's (age 22) army attacked, but were repulsed by, the Viking army at Battle of Reading at Reading [Map]. Æthelwulf Mercia Earldorman Berkshire (age 46) was killed.
On 04 Jan 1248 Sancho "Pious" II King Portugal (age 38) died. His brother Alfonso III King Portugal (age 37) succeeded III King Portugal.
On 04 Jan 1578 Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter was born to William Drury (age 27) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 32).
On 04 Jan 1581 James Ussher was born to Arnold Ussher (age 29) and Margaret Stanyhurst (age 21) in Dublin [Map].
In 04 Mar 1606 Edward Fitton (age 58) died. He was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map]. His effigy missing from his monument.
On or before 04 Jan 1627 Alice Holcroft (age 87) died. She was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map] on 04 Jan 1627.
Alice Holcroft: In 1540 she was born to John Holcroft. In or before 1572 Edward Fitton and she were married.
On 04 Jan 1621 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 49) was created 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone by King Charles I (age 20) as a reward for his activities in Ireland.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland 1640. 04 Jan 1640. Savoy.
F. Lord Willoughby to his uncle, the Earl of Rutland (age 60), at Belvoir Castle [Map].
When we ate your venison my wife and I drank your health and my Lady's and did not forget little Mr. George, whom, I am glad to hear, grows towards a man. "There hath beene a marriage at the court betweene one of my Lord of Corcke (age 73) sonnse (age 21) and my Lady Elizabeth Feelding, about which there is a greate stur, for it seemes he did not prove eoe rite as a man should be to goo about such a business. For the report goese that his manly part had lost something in his former serviocesse, and beside that he was soe full of severall disceases ... as that it was tould the Queene (age 30), whoe sent for my Lady Elizabeth, and tould her that she must desier her not to lett her husband lye with her that night, whoe put of, modilestly making little answere, but she seemed so lothe to understand the Queene (age 30), as that she tould her she must command her not to come in a pair of sheets with him, and tould her the reasons; soe as that he is gone out of the way some say into France, others thinks he is in London under cower. It was discovered by his sister (age 30) Mr. Goring's (age 31) wife, to whom he had imparted his grevancess, and she had plotted it soe, to make an excuse for him, that he should falie downe stares that day, and she would come and take him up, and soe he should complane how he had breused himselfe and strained his back with the fale, that he should be soe ill he was not fitt to goe to bed to his wife that night. But could not keepe her counsel but must tell her husband Jorge Goring (age 31), and he presently ran and tould the Queene (age 30), and soe it was discovered and then it was presently in every buddy's mouth.".
My Lord Keeper is so ill that the physicians think he cannot recover. My Lord Chief Justice Bramstone is talked of to be Lord Keeper, and Bishop Wren (age 54). It is known to be between those two. My Lord Finch (age 12) will be Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the Attorney General to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Signet.
On 04 Jan 1642 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 41) sent soldiers into Parliament to arrest a five MPs: Pym, John Hampden (age 46), Hazlerigg, Holies and Strode (age 44). They had received warning and sought safety. After this Civil War was certain, and men began to choose their side.
On 04 Jan 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 48) was committed for trial by the Rump Parliament.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Jan 1664. After doing business here, I to my Lord's again, and there spoke with him, and he seems now almost friends again as he used to be. Here meeting Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, he told me among other Court newes, how the Queene (age 54) is very well again, and the King (age 33) lay with her on Saturday night last; and that she speaks now very pretty English, and makes her sense out now and then with pretty phrazes: as among others this is mightily cried up; that, meaning to say that she did not like such a horse so well as the rest, he being too prancing and full of tricks, she said he did make too much vanity.
On 04 Jan 1698 Whitehall Palace [Map] was burned to the ground. The only remaining building was the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 04 Jan 1733 John Newton died at Culverthorpe Hall [Map]. He is reported to have died when he was removed from his crib by a pet monkey who then dropped him from the roof of the house; there are variations of the story. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
John Newton: On 16 Oct 1732 he was born to Michael Newton 4th Baronet and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby.
On 04 Jan 1793 Reverend John Gordon (age 67) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 04 Jan 1798 Gavin Hamilton (age 75) died in Rome, Italy.
After 04 Jan 1863. Church of St John the Baptist, Ashley [Map]. Monument to Elizabeth Kinnersley sculpted by Peter Hollins (age 62).
After 04 Jan 1883. Memorial to Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet (deceased) at St Mary’s Church, Sprotbrough [Map].
Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet: On 26 Jul 1804 he was born to Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 19 Nov 1831 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet and Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley were married. She the daughter of Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough. He the son of Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 04 Jan 1883 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet died without issue. Baronet Copley Sprotborough extinct. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery.
On 04 Jan 1892 Frederick Richards Leyland (age 60) died. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery where he has a monument designed by Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 58).
On Tuesday the 4th January 1892 the 60 year shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland was travelling on the Metropolitan Line with Colonel Robert Rainsford Jackson, the managing director of the National Telephone Company (of which Leyland was also president).. Within a few minutes of entering a first class carriage in Cannon Street Leyland was gasping for air and clutching his chest. At Mansion House station Colonel Jackson summoned the train’s guard for help. At Blackfriars the train was held in the platform whilst the Station Inspector, who suspected that Leyland was already dead, called for a stretcher and had him removed from his carriage and put in his office. A doctor was sent for who arrived at 5.15pm and confirmed the Inspectors suspicions, Leyland had died of a heart attack. An inquest was held on 7 January (“death by natural causes” the verdict) and the funeral at Brompton took place next day, on the Friday morning.
On 04 Jan 1927 Ambrose McEvoy (age 49) died at Pimlico.
Births on the 4th January
On 04 Jan 1488 Thomas Gerard was born to Peter Gerard of Bryn Kings (age 27) and Margaret Stanley (age 24).
On or before 04 Jan 1556 John Stafford was born to William Stafford (age 48) and Dorothy Stafford (age 29). He was baptised on 04 Jan 1556; the first to be baptised as part of the English Congregation established in Geneva. John Calvin was his godfather,
On 04 Jan 1578 Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter was born to William Drury (age 27) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 32).
On 04 Jan 1581 James Ussher was born to Arnold Ussher (age 29) and Margaret Stanyhurst (age 21) in Dublin [Map].
On 04 Jan 1586 Edward Lewknor of Denham was born to Edward Lewknor of Denham (age 44).
On or before 04 Jan 1591 William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer was born to Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer (age 21) and Margaret Willoughby (age 24) at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map]. He was baptised on 04 Jan 1591 at Brington, Northamptonshire.
On 04 Jan 1599 Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22).
On 04 Jan 1610 Robert Nelson was born.
On 04 Jan 1639 Robert Greville 4th Baron Brooke was born to Robert Greville 2nd Baron Brooke (age 31) and Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke.
On 04 Jan 1670 William Byron 4th Baron Byron was born to William Byron 3rd Baron Byron (age 34) and Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron (age 37).
On 04 Jan 1671 John Morgan of Tredegar was born to William Morgan (age 31) and Blanche Morgan.
On 04 Jan 1687 Charles Cockayne 4th Viscount Cullen was born to Charles Cockayne 3rd Viscount Cullen (age 28) and Catherine Willoughby (age 31).
On 04 Jan 1728 Frances Bromley was born to Henry Bromley 1st Baron Montfort (age 22) and Frances Wyndham (age 23).
On 04 Jan 1732 Anne Chaplin was born to John Chaplin 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Morris. Her father had died some eight months before.
On 04 Jan 1762 Humphrey Prideaux was born to Humphrey Prideaux (age 43).
On 04 Jan 1780 Reverend Henry Palmer was born to John Palmer 5th Baronet (age 44) and Charlotte Gough Lady Palmer.
On 04 Jan 1785 Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 27) and Friederike Schlieben Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck at Schleswig.
On 04 Jan 1792 Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly was born to George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 30) and Catherine Anne Cope Marchioness Huntly (age 21) in Orton Longueville.
On 04 Jan 1793 William Charles Fitzgerald was born to William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster (age 43) and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Jan 1797 Aldborough Brydges John Henniker was born to Brydges Trecothic Henniker 1st Baronet (age 29) and Mary Press.
On 04 Jan 1800 Charles Wager Watson 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Watson 1st Baronet (age 48) and Juliana Moyle aka Copley (age 38).
On 04 Jan 1813 Henry Montagu Villiers was born to George Villiers (age 53) and Theresa Parker (age 38) at Upper Grosvenor Street.
On 04 Jan 1817 Thomas Cholmondeley was born to Thomas Cholmondeley 1st Baron Delamere (age 49) and Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn Baroness Delamere.
On 04 Jan 1818 Archibald Orr-Ewing 1st Baronet was born.
On 04 Jan 1821 Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave was born to John Braham Singer (age 47).
On 04 Jan 1829 William Earle Welby-Gregory 4th Baronet was born to Glynne Earl Welby 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Frances Cholmeley.
On 04 Jan 1832 Vice-Admiral George Tryon was born to Thomas Tryon of Bulwick (age 29) and Anne Trollope.
On 04 Jan 1850 Robert Walter Craven was born to William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 40) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 33).
On 04 Jan 1861 Reverend Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey 13th Baronet was born to Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet (age 31) and Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey (age 25).
On 04 Jan 1865 Claud Lambton was born to George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham (age 36) and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 30).
On 04 Jan 1881 Norah Ida Emily Noel was born to Charles William Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough (age 30) and Mary Elizabeth Dease. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 04 Jan 1885 Gladys Cecil Georgina Fellowes was born to William Henry Fellowes 2nd Baron de Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey (age 36) and Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill (age 37).
On 04 Jan 1889 Captain Geoffrey Robert St John was born to Henry Percy St John (age 34).
On 04 Jan 1909 Captain Anthony Edmund Winn was born to Rowland Winn 2nd Baron St Oswald (age 51) and Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn.
On 04 Jan 1921 Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore was born to George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech (age 35) and Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech (age 29).
On 04 Jan 1925 George Herbert 7th Earl of Powis was born to Bishop Percy Herbert (age 39) and Elaine Letitia Algitha Orde-Powlett (age 29).
On 04 Jan 1925 Richard Lycett Green was born to David Cecil Lycett Green (age 32).
On 04 Jan 1978 James Shuckburgh 14th Baronet was born to Rupert Shuckburgh 13th Baronet (age 28).
Marriages on the 4th January
Before 04 Jan 1581 Arnold Ussher (age 29) and Margaret Stanyhurst (age 21) were married.
On 04 Jan 1625 Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 28) and Dorothy North Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 04 Jan 1682 Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg (age 40) and Karoline von der Pfalz (age 22) were married. He the son of Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg (age 66). She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
Before 04 Jan 1720 Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt (age 56) and Penelope Tipping were married.
On 04 Jan 1793 William Cave-Browne-Cave 9th Baronet (age 27) and Louisa Wilmot Lady Cave (age 21) were married.
On 04 Jan 1896 John Richard Geers Cotterell 4th Baronet (age 29) and Evelyn Gordon-Lennox (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 50) and Amy Mary Ricardo.
On 04 Jan 1938 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 23) and Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 22) were married. He the son of Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 54) and Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 47).
Deaths on the 4th January
On 04 Jan 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and Alfred the Great's (age 22) army attacked, but were repulsed by, the Viking army at Battle of Reading at Reading [Map]. Æthelwulf Mercia Earldorman Berkshire (age 46) was killed.
On 04 Jan 1130 Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg (age 82) died.
On 04 Jan 1163 Agnes or Nest St John (age 84) died at Breconshire, Welsh March.
On 04 Jan 1235 Raoul "Good" Nesle I Count Soissons died. His son John "Good and Stammerer" Nesle II Count Soissons succeeded II Count Soissons.
On 04 Jan 1248 Sancho "Pious" II King Portugal (age 38) died. His brother Alfonso III King Portugal (age 37) succeeded III King Portugal.
On 04 Jan 1344 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 55) died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map]. His son John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baron Lisle of Rougemont. Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 26) by marriage Baroness Lisle of Rougemont.
On 04 Jan 1424 Muzio Attendolo Sforza (age 54) died.
On 04 Jan 1428 Frederick I Duke Saxony (age 57) died.
On 04 Jan 1456 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 53) died at South Wingfield [Map]. He was buried at the Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell became abeyant between his his two nieces, daughters of his sister Maud Cromwell: Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby and Joan Stanhope.
On 04 Jan 1483 Blanche Bourchier died.
On 04 Jan 1514 John Danvers (age 62) died.
On 04 Jan 1550 Christopher Barker died.
On 04 Jan 1563 Elisabeth of Hesse (age 59) died.
On 04 Jan 1578 William Roper (age 82) died.
On 04 Jan 1593 Edmund Walter died.
On 04 Jan 1601 Joan Alington died.
On 04 Jan 1606 George Villiers of Brokesby (age 62) died. He was buried at the Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey [Map].
In 04 Mar 1606 Edward Fitton (age 58) died. He was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map]. His effigy missing from his monument.
On or before 04 Jan 1627 Alice Holcroft (age 87) died. She was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map] on 04 Jan 1627.
Alice Holcroft: In 1540 she was born to John Holcroft. In or before 1572 Edward Fitton and she were married.
On 04 Jan 1608 Piers Edgecombe (age 72) died.
Around 04 Jan 1626 Joane Ogle Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 60) died. Her sister Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle (age 56) abeyance terminated 8th Baroness Ogle.
On 04 Jan 1635 Elisabeth Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 60) died.
On 04 Jan 1637 Ann Jerningham (age 65) died.
On 04 Jan 1637 John King (age 77) died.
On 04 Jan 1641 Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 82) died. His son Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl of Cumberland. Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 48) by marriage Countess of Cumberland.
On 04 Jan 1657 Elizabeth Neville (age 69) died.
On 04 Jan 1682 John Williams 3rd Baronet (age 19) died. His brother Griffith Williams 4th Baronet (age 16) succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire.
On 04 Jan 1688 Henry Brouncker 3rd Viscount Brounckner (age 61) died without issue at Sheen Priory, Richmond. He was buried in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey. Viscount Brouckner of Lyons in Leinster extinct.
On 04 Jan 1703 Margaret Maccarthy Countess Fingall died. She was buried at the Chapel, Somerset House.
On 04 Jan 1707 Prince Louis William Margrave of Baden Baden (age 51) died.
On 04 Jan 1720 Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt (age 56) died.
On 04 Jan 1733 John Newton died at Culverthorpe Hall [Map]. He is reported to have died when he was removed from his crib by a pet monkey who then dropped him from the roof of the house; there are variations of the story. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
John Newton: On 16 Oct 1732 he was born to Michael Newton 4th Baronet and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby.
On 04 Jan 1735 James Lyon 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 32) died without issue. His brother Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 30) succeeded 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 04 Jan 1735 Darcy Wyvill died.
On 04 Jan 1736 John Egerton died.
On 04 Jan 1738 George Douglas 13th Earl Morton (age 76) died. His son James Douglas 14th Earl Morton (age 36) succeeded 14th Earl Morton.
On 04 Jan 1742 James Graham 1st Duke Montrose (age 59) died. His son William Graham 2nd Duke Montrose (age 29) succeeded 2nd Duke Montrose.
On 04 Jan 1744 Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 45) died.
On 04 Jan 1759 Henry Fane (age 8) died. He was buried at Lewknor, Oxfordshire.
On 28 Dec 1761 Crisp Gascoyne (age 61) died. He was buried on 04 Jan 1762 in Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Barking [Map].
On 04 Jan 1777 Elizabeth Abigail Cotton Lady Cotton (age 64) died.
On 04 Jan 1790 Anthony Brabazon 8th Earl Meath (age 69) died. His son William Brabazon 9th Earl Meath (age 20) succeeded 9th Earl Meath.
On 04 Jan 1793 Reverend John Gordon (age 67) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 04 Jan 1798 Gavin Hamilton (age 75) died in Rome, Italy.
On 04 Jan 1801 Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 21) died.
On 04 Jan 1805 Gregory Page-Turner 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. His son Gregory Osborne Page-Turner 4th Baronet (age 19) succeeded 4th Baronet Page-Turner of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire.
On 04 Jan 1814 Major-General Archibald Montgomerie (age 40) died.
On 04 Jan 1815 Susannah Starkey died. Her former husband Thomas Coutts (age 79) remarried four days later.
On 04 Jan 1815 William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 77) died. His son William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 51) succeeded 6th Marquess Lothian. Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 04 Jan 1825 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (age 73) died.
On 04 Jan 1829 Reverend Brooke Boothby (age 44) died.
On 04 Jan 1830 Brigadier-General John Johnson 2nd Baronet (age 88) died.
On 04 Jan 1831 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet (age 80) died at Thirkleby Hall. His son Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 7th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby (age 40) by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
On 04 Jan 1838 John Head 7th Baronet (age 65) died. His son Edmund Walker Head 8th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 8th Baronet Head of Hermitage in Kent.
On 04 Jan 1847 William Ralph Cartwright (age 75) died.
On 04 Jan 1847 John Joseph Gurney (age 58) died.
On 04 Jan 1849 Anne Sara Thellusson (age 74) died at Felbrigg Hall Felbrigg, Norfolk.
On 04 Jan 1854 Richard Godin Simeon 2nd Baronet (age 69) died. His son John Simeon 3rd Baronet (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baronet Simeon of Grazeley in Berkshire. Jane Maria Baker Lady Simeon by marriage Lady Simeon of Grazeley in Berkshire.
On 04 Jan 1856 Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 82) died. His son George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 51) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ailesbury, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 2nd Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 2nd Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 4th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire. Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury.
On 04 Jan 1858 Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed died from childbirth.
On 04 Jan 1862 Charles Merrik Burrell 3rd Baronet (age 87) died. His son Percy Burrell 4th Baronet (age 49) succeeded 4th Baronet Burrell of Valentine House in Essex.
On 04 Jan 1863 Sophia Marsham (age 55) died.
On 04 Jan 1865 Elizabeth Kinnersley died.
On 04 Jan 1866 Frederick Paget (age 58) died.
On 04 Jan 1868 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet (age 61) died.
On 04 Jan 1877 Florance George Henry Irby 5th Baron Boston (age 39) died. His son George Florance Irby 6th Baron Boston (age 16) succeeded 6th Baron Boston, 7th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 04 Jan 1877 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt (age 82) died at his home 10 Washington Place. He left 95% of his $105 million estate to his son William Henry Vanderbilt (age 55), who becme the rishest Amercican, and his four sons, with the remainder being divided between his other children. Litigation ensued.
On 04 Jan 1882 Ralph Bernal Osbourne (age 73) died.
On 04 Jan 1883 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet (age 78) died without issue. Baronet Copley Sprotborough extinct. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery.
On 04 Jan 1892 Frederick Richards Leyland (age 60) died. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery where he has a monument designed by Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 58).
On Tuesday the 4th January 1892 the 60 year shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland was travelling on the Metropolitan Line with Colonel Robert Rainsford Jackson, the managing director of the National Telephone Company (of which Leyland was also president).. Within a few minutes of entering a first class carriage in Cannon Street Leyland was gasping for air and clutching his chest. At Mansion House station Colonel Jackson summoned the train’s guard for help. At Blackfriars the train was held in the platform whilst the Station Inspector, who suspected that Leyland was already dead, called for a stretcher and had him removed from his carriage and put in his office. A doctor was sent for who arrived at 5.15pm and confirmed the Inspectors suspicions, Leyland had died of a heart attack. An inquest was held on 7 January (“death by natural causes” the verdict) and the funeral at Brompton took place next day, on the Friday morning.
On 04 Jan 1897 Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet (age 68) died. His brother Reverend John Frederick Halford 4th Baronet (age 66) succeeded 4th Baronet Vaughan aka Halford of Wistow in Leicestershire; he died three months later.
On 04 Jan 1899 Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman (age 62) died.
On 04 Jan 1906 Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet (age 59) died. His son Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert 6th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 6th Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
On 04 Jan 1927 Ambrose McEvoy (age 49) died at Pimlico.
On 04 Jan 1929 Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley died.
On 04 Jan 1931 Louise Windsor Duchess Fife (age 63) died.
On 04 Jan 1933 Courtenay Cecil Mansel 13th Baronet (age 52) died. His son John Philip Ferdinand Mansel 14th Baronet (age 23) succeeded 14th Baronet Mansel of Muddlescombe.
On 04 Jan 1942 Arthur Robert Glyn 7th Baronet (age 71) died unmarried. His half second cousin once removed Richard FitzGerald Glyn 8th and 4th Baronet (age 66) succeeded 8th Baronet Glyn of Ewell in Surrey.
On 04 Jan 1950 Frances Margaret Irby Countess Kimberley (age 65) died.
On 04 Jan 1951 Lillian Maud Spencer-Churchill (age 77) died.
On 04 Jan 1952 Balthazar Stephen Sargant Foster 2nd Baron Ilkeston (age 84) died. Baron Ilkeston of Ilkeston in Derbyshire extinct.
On 04 Jan 1967 Joan Katherine Lambton Baroness Joicey (age 73) died some twelve weeks after her husband Hugh Edward Joicey 3rd Baron.
On 04 Jan 1972 Gerald Wellesley 7th Duke Wellington (age 86) died. His son Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 56) succeeded 8th Duke Wellington, 12th Earl Mornington, 12th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle, 8th Viscount Wellington of Talavera. Diana McConnel Duchess of Wellington (age 49) by marriage Duchess Wellington.
On 04 Jan 1977 Cecil George Weld-Forester 7th Baron Forester (age 77) died. His son George Cecil Weld-Forester 8th Baron Forester (age 38) succeeded 8th Baron Forester of Willey Park in Shropshire.
On 04 Jan 1977 Princess Margaretha of Sweden (age 77) died.
On 04 Jan 1999 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland (age 79) died. His son David Manners 11th Duke of Rutland (age 39) succeeded 11th Duke Rutland, 11th Marquess Grandby, 19th Earl of Rutland.
On 04 Jan 2002 Peter Griffiths Earl Loudon (age 77) died.
On 04 Jan 2008 Anthony Brand 6th Viscount Hampden (age 70) died. His son Francis Brand 7th Viscount Hampden (age 38) succeeded 7th Viscount Hampden.
