On this Day in History ... 22nd December

22 Dec is in December.

1135 Coronation of King Stephen

1476 Trial and Execution of Ankarette Twynyho

1541 Catherine Howard Tyburn Executions

1660 December Creation of Baronets and Peerages

1664 Comet

1665 Great Plague of London

1845 Battle of Ferozeshah

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 22nd December

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1060. This year was a great earthquake on the Translation of St. Martin, and King Henry (age 52) died in France. Kinsey, Archbishop of York, died on the eleventh before the calends of January; and he lies at Peterboorugh [Map]. Bishop Aldred succeeded to the see, and Walter to that of Herefordshire. Dudoc also died, who was Bishop of Somersetshire; and Gisa the priest was appointed in his stead.

Florence of Worcester Continuation. 20 Dec 1135. ... and Stephen (age 41), his sister's son, being elected to the kingdom of England, was consecrated king, by William (age 65), archbishop of Canterbury, on the thirteenth of the calends of January [20th December], at London, where he held his court, at Christmas, surrounded by the nobles of England, with great courtesy and royal pomp.

Note 1. Wikipedia states 22 Dec 1135 although doesn't provide a source?

On 22 Dec 1476 Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 25) died from childbirth. The cause of death unknown but likely a consequence of the birth of her fourth child Richard in early October. She was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) believed she had been murdered by Ankarette Hawkeston aka Twynyho. See Trial and Execution of Ankarette Twynyho.

Ankarette Hawkeston aka Twynyho: Around 1435 William Twynyho and she were married.

Holinshed's Chronicle 1541. 22 Dec 1541. The two and twentith of December were arreigned in the Kings bench at Westminster, the ladie Margaret Howard (age 26), wife to the lord William Howard (age 31), Katharine Tilneie, & Alice Restwold gentlewomen, Joane Bulmer, wife to Anthonie Bulmer gentleman, Anne Howard, wife to Henry Howard esquier, and brother to the late queene, Malein Tilneie widow, Margaret Benet, wife to Iohn Benet gentleman, Edward Walgraue gentleman, William Ashbie gentleman; all these were condemned of misprision of treason, for concealing the queenes misdemeanour. And the same daie in the afternoone, the lord William Howard, and Damport a gentleman were likewise arreigned, and condemned of the same offense, and as well these as the other were adiudged to lose their goods, & the profits of their lands during life, and to remaine in perpetuall prison.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 22 Dec 1556. The xxij day of Desember the Quen('s) (age 40) grace [removed] from Sant James thrugh the parke, and toke [her barge] unto Lambyth unto my lord cardenalles (age 56) place, [where] her grace dynyd with hym and dyvers of the [council]; and after dener her grace toke her gornay to Grenwyche [Map], to kepe her Cryustynmus ther.

On 22 Dec 1572 François Clouet (age 62). Portrait of Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy (age 49).

On 22 Dec 1572 François Clouet (age 62) died.

On 22 Dec 1634 Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain was born to Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 15.19%.

In Dec 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded of further tranche of those who supported his Restoration by awarding them Baronetcies ...

On 03 Dec 1660 George Winn 1st Baronet (age 53) was created 1st Baronet Winn of Nostel in Yorkshire.

On 22 Dec 1660 John Keyt 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Keyt of Ebrington in Gloucestershire for having raised a troop of horse to fight in the Royalist cause.

On 24 Dec 1660 William Frankland 1st Baronet (age 20) was created 1st Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.

Pepy's Diary. 22 Dec 1663. This day I hear for certain that my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 23) is turned Papist, which the Queene (age 54) for all do not much like, thinking that she do it not for conscience sake. I heard to-day of a great fray lately between Sir H. Finch's (age 41) coachman, who struck with his whip a coachman of the King's to the losse of one of his eyes; at which the people of the Exchange [Map] seeming to laugh and make sport with some words of contempt to him, my Lord Chamberlin (age 61) did come from the King (age 33) to shut up the 'Change [Map], and by the help of a justice, did it; but upon petition to the King (age 33) it was opened again.

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Dec 1664. This year I planted the lower grove next the pond at Sayes Court [Map]. It was now exceedingly cold, and a hard, long, frosty season, and the comet was very visible.

Pepy's Diary. 22 Dec 1664. But coming a little too soon, I out again, and tooke boat down to Redriffe [Map]; and just in time within two minutes, and saw the new vessel of Sir William Petty's (age 41) launched, the King (age 34) and Duke (age 31) being there1. It swims and looks finely, and I believe will do well. The name I think is Twilight, but I do not know certainly.

Note 1. Pepys was wrong as to the name of Sir William Petty's (age 41) new doublekeeled boat. On February 13th, 1664-65, he gives the correct title, which was "The Experiment".

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Dec 1664. I went to the launching of a new ship of two bottoms, invented by Sir William Petty (age 41), on which were various opinions; his Majesty (age 34) being present, gave her the name of the "Experiment": so I returned home, where I found Sir Humphry Winch (age 42), who spent the day with me.

Pepy's Diary. 22 Dec 1665. Thence to my lodging, making up my Journall for 8 or 9 days, and so my mind being eased of it, I to supper and to bed. The weather hath been frosty these eight or nine days, and so we hope for an abatement of the plague the next weeke, or else God have mercy upon us! for the plague will certainly continue the next year if it do not.

Pepy's Diary. 22 Dec 1667. Thence to my office, and there did a little business, and so to church, where a dull sermon, and then home, and Cozen Kate Joyce come and dined with me and Mr. Holliard (age 58); but by chance I offering occasion to him to discourse of the Church of Rome, Lord! how he run on to discourse with the greatest vehemence and importunity in the world, as the only thing in the world that he is full of, and it was good sport to me to see him so earnest on so little occasion. She come to see us and to tell me that her husband is going to build his house again, and would borrow of me £300, which I shall upon good security be willing to do, and so told her, being willing to have some money out of my hands upon good security.

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Dec 1674. Was at the repetition of the "Pastoral", on which occasion Mrs. Blagg (age 22) had about her near £20,000 worth of jewels, of which she lost one worth about £80, borrowed of the Countess of Suffolk (age 52). The press was so great, that it is a wonder she lost no more. The Duke (age 41) made it good.

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Dec 1680. A solemn public Fast that God would prevent all Popish plots, avert his judgments, and give a blessing to the proceedings of Parliament now assembled, and which struck at the succession of the Duke of York (age 47).

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Dec 1685. Our patent for executing the office of Privy Seal during the absence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, being this day seal'd by the Lord Chancellor (age 40), we went afterwards to St James's, where the Court then was on occasion of building at Whitehall; his Ma* (age 52) deliver'd the seale to my Lord Tiviot and myselfe, the other Commissioners not being come, and then gave us his hand to kisse. There were the two Venetian Ambassadors, and a world of company; amongst the rest the first Popish Nuncio that had ben in England since the Reformation, so wonderfully were things chang'd, to the universal jealousy.

On 22 Dec 1702 Jean Etienne Liotard was born.

On 22 Dec 1736 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton was born to Henry Agar (age 34) and Anne Ellis (age 29).

On 22 Dec 1834 Prince Hoare (age 79) died.

On 22 Dec 1840 Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin was born to Reverend Henry Chaplin (age 51) and Caroline Horatia Ellice (age 25).

On 21 and 22 Dec 1845 the Battle of Ferozeshah was a victory by the British East India Company over the Sikh Empire.

In 1870, William Kingdon Clifford (age 25) was part of an expedition to Italy to observe the solar eclipse of 22 December 1870. During that voyage he survived a shipwreck along the Sicilian coast.

Around 22 Dec 1884 Violet Marcia Bampfylde Countess Onslow was born to Coplestone Richard Bampfylde 3rd Baron Poltimore (age 25) and Margaret Harriet Beaumont Baroness Poltimore.

22 Dec 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Roger Grey 10th Earl Stamford 6th Earl Warrington (age 14).

On 22 Dec 1915 Arthur Hughes (age 83) died.

On 22 Dec 1918 Charles Edward Perugini (age 79) died.

After 22 Dec 1950. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Memorials to Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor (deceased) and his wife Phyllis May Sims Baroness Trevor (age 47).

Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor: On 22 Dec 1863 he was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor and Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor. On 19 May 1923 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor died. His half brother Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor succeeded 3rd Baron Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire. On 27 Jul 1927 Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor and Phyllis May Sims Baroness Trevor were married. She by marriage Baroness Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire. The difference in their ages was 39 years. On 22 Dec 1950 Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor died.

Phyllis May Sims Baroness Trevor: In 1903 she was born. In 1991 she died.

Births on the 22nd December

On 22 Dec 1095 Roger II King Sicily was born to Roger I King Sicily (age 64) and Adelaida Vasto.

On 22 Dec 1369 Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf was born to William Bardolf 4th Baron Bardolf (age 20) and Agnes Poynings Baroness Bardolf. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

On 22 Dec 1428 Giovanni Tornabuoni was born to Francesco di Simone Tornabuoni.

Around 22 Dec 1553 Henry Wyndham was born to Thomas Wyndham (age 45).

On or before 22 Dec 1577 Thomas Bolles was born to Benjamin Bolles (age 35) and Anne Goodrick (age 27) at Worksop. He was baptised 22 Dec 1577.

On 22 Dec 1597 Frederick III Duke of Holstein Gottorp was born.

On 22 Dec 1597 Frederick 3rd Duke of Holstein-Gottorp was born to John Adolph Oldenburg (age 22).

On 22 Dec 1598 Henri Tremoille was born to Claude Tremoille (age 32).

On 22 Dec 1634 Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain was born to Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 15.19%.

On 22 Dec 1638 William Kerr was born to William Kerr 1st Earl Lothian (age 33).

On 22 Dec 1678 William North 6th Baron North was born to Charles North 1st Baron Grey, 5th Baron North (age 42) and Catherine Grey Baroness North and Grey of Rolleston (age 47) in Caldecote. The date somewhat suspicious given his mother Catherine Grey Baroness North and Grey of Rolleston (age 47) was forty-seven at the time and her first and only child.

On 22 Dec 1690 Marie Anne Éléonore Bourbon Condé was born to Louis Bourbon Condé (age 22) and Louise Françoise Bourbon (age 17). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 22 Dec 1702 Jean Etienne Liotard was born.

On 22 Dec 1736 Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton was born to Henry Agar (age 34) and Anne Ellis (age 29).

On 22 Dec 1739 Stillborn Daughter Orange Nassau was born to Willam Karel Hendrik Friso Orange Nassau (age 28) and Princess Anne Hanover (age 30). She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 22 Dec 1739 Topham Beauclerk was born to Sidney Beauclerk (age 36) and Mary Norris (age 41). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 22 Dec 1741 Alexander Bannerman 6th Baronet was born to Alexander Bannerman (age 26).

On 22 Dec 1761 John Williams 1st Baronet was born.

On 22 Dec 1762 Dudley Ryder 1st Earl of Harrowby was born to Nathaniel Ryder 1st Baron Harrowby (age 27) and Elizabeth Terrick Baroness Harrowby.

On 22 Dec 1769 William Paget was born to Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 25) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 27).

On 22 Dec 1780 Thomas Foley 3rd Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley 2nd Baron Foley (age 38) and Henrietta Stanhope Baroness Foley (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 22 Dec 1790 Phillis Buston was born to Thomas Buston (age 34) and Phillis Storey (age 30). She was baptised on 24 Apr 1793.

On 22 Dec 1799 Augusta Hervey was born to Frederick William Hervey 1st Marquess of Bristol (age 30) and Elizabeth Albana Upton (age 24).

On 22 Dec 1809 John Hamner 1st Baron Hamner was born to Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet (age 62) and Margaret Kenyon Lady Hanmer.

On 22 Dec 1820 Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny was born to Anthony Buller (age 40) at Calcutta, India.

On 22 Dec 1821 George Wall was born to George Wall (age 48).

On 22 Dec 1828 Nikolaus Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 43) and Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 39). He a great x 2 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 22 Dec 1829 General Edward Earle Gascoigne Bulwer was born to William Earle Lytton Bulwer (age 30) and Emily Gascoigne (age 29).

On 22 Dec 1832 Edward Chandos Leigh was born to Chandos Leigh 1st Baron Leigh (age 41)

On 22 Dec 1840 Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin was born to Reverend Henry Chaplin (age 51) and Caroline Horatia Ellice (age 25).

On 22 Dec 1841 Anne Elizabeth Honoria Gladstone was born to Captain John Neilson Gladstone (age 34) and Elizabeth Honoria Bateson.

On or before 22 Dec 1852 Elizabeth Calder Marshall was born to William Calder Marshall (age 39) and Margaret Calder (age 36). She was baptised on 22 Dec 1852 at St Michael's Church Pimlico who were described as living at 47 Ebury Street.

On 22 Dec 1859 Princess Marie-Félix Blanc was born to François Blanc (age 53).

On 22 Dec 1878 Norah Jacintha Phipps Lady Fuller was born to Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps (age 33) and Clare Emily Hervey-Bathurst (age 24).

Around 22 Dec 1884 Violet Marcia Bampfylde Countess Onslow was born to Coplestone Richard Bampfylde 3rd Baron Poltimore (age 25) and Margaret Harriet Beaumont Baroness Poltimore.

On 22 Dec 1958 Tracey Ward Duchess of Beaufort was born to Peter Alistair Ward (age 32) and Claire Leonora Baring (age 22).

On 22 Dec 1969 Massey Lopes 4th Baron Roborough was born to Henry Massey Lopes 3rd Baron Roborough (age 29).

Marriages on the 22nd December

After 22 Dec 1553 James Fleming 4th Lord Fleming (age 19) and Barbara Hamilton Lady Fleming were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 37) and Margaret Douglas Duchess Châtellerault. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 22 Dec 1578 Thomas Fanshawe (age 45) and Joan Smythe (age 18) were married some six months after the death of his first wife Mary Bourchier. The difference in their ages was 27 years.

On 22 Dec 1582 Philip Wodehouse 1st Baronet and Grizell Yelverton (age 17) were married.

Before 22 Dec 1634 Edward Lewknor of Denham (age 20) and Elizabeth Russell (age 24) were married.

On 22 Dec 1696 Very Reverend William Graham (age 42) and Mary Offley (age 26) were married.

On 22 Dec 1713 Thomas Clifford Earl Newburgh (age 26) and Charlotte Livingstone 3rd Countess Newburgh (age 19) were married. He by marriage Earl of Newburgh. She the daughter of Charles Livingston 2nd Earl of Newburgh and Frances Brudenell Countess Newburgh.

On 22 Dec 1798 Henry Every 9th Baronet (age 21) and Penelope Mosley Lady Every (age 19) were married. She by marriage Lady Every of Egginton in Derbyshire.

On 22 Dec 1878 Ernest Augustus Hanover 3rd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale (age 33) and Thyra Glücksburg Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale. She the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark (age 60) and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (age 61). He the son of George V King Hanover and Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover. They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 22 Dec 1880 Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh 7th Baronet (age 31) and Florence Emily Sharon (age 22) were married at Ralston Hall.

On 22 Dec 1915 George Pitt-Rivers (age 25) and Emily Rachel Forster aka Mary Hinton (age 19) were married. The marriage was dissolved in 1930. The had two sons.

On 22 Dec 1960 George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend (age 44) and Ann Frances Darlow Marchioness Townshend were married. She by marriage Marchioness Townshend. He the son of John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend. He a great x 3 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Deaths on the 22nd December

On 22 Dec 1053 Elfric of Deerhurst died.

On 22 Dec 1060 Archbishop Cynesige died.

On 22 Dec 1267 Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine (age 67) died.

On 22 Dec 1397 Guy Chatillon II Count Blois died.

On 22 Dec 1400 Afonso Aviz (age 10) died.

On 22 Dec 1476 Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 25) died from childbirth. The cause of death unknown but likely a consequence of the birth of her fourth child Richard in early October. She was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) believed she had been murdered by Ankarette Hawkeston aka Twynyho. See Trial and Execution of Ankarette Twynyho.

Ankarette Hawkeston aka Twynyho: Around 1435 William Twynyho and she were married.

On 22 Dec 1480 John Culpepper (age 56) died at Goudhurst, Kent.

On 22 Dec 1491 Janus Savoy (age 51) died.

On 22 Dec 1499 Henry Vavasour (age 78) died. His son William Vavasour de jure 12th Baron Vavasour.

On 22 Dec 1500 Elizabeth Fitzlewis (age 69) died in Letheringham, Suffolk.

On 22 Dec 1520 Edmund Denny (age 63) died. He was buried at The Church of St Benet.

On 22 Dec 1527 Gilbert Kennedy (age 87) died.

Before 22 Dec 1532 Nicholas Jennings died.

On 22 Dec 1544 John Newton (age 50) died.

On 22 Dec 1550 Thomas Langton (age 35) died.

On 22 Dec 1560 François de Vendôme Vidame de Chartres (age 38) died.

On 22 Dec 1572 François Clouet (age 62) died.

On 22 Dec 1605 Robert Lee (age 55) died.

On or before 22 Dec 1607 Edmund Bell (age 45) died. He was buried on 22 Dec 1607. His heirs sold the manor of South Acre, Norfolk to Edward Barkham (age 37).

On 22 Dec 1608 Richard Lee (age 60) died.

On 22 Dec 1615 Francis Anderson (age 34) died.

On 22 Dec 1622 Francesco IV Gonzaga Duke of Mantua (age 36) died.

Before 22 Dec 1634 Edward Lewknor of Denham (age 20) died.

On 22 Dec 1638 John Prettyman (age 71) died.

On 22 Dec 1661 Patrick Maule 1st Earl Panmure (age 76) died.

On 22 Dec 1661 William Lake died.

On 10 Dec 1674 John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 71) died at Serjeants' Inn. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map] on 22 Dec 1674. His marble monument was destroyed in WWII. Edward Stillingfleet (age 39) preached his funeral sermon. His son Edward Vaughan (age 39) inherited a Cardiganshire estate worth £1,200 each year.

On or before 22 Dec 1685 Anne Boone Lady Drake died. She was buried on 22 Dec 1685 at St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum [Map].

On 22 Dec 1691 Simon Scrope (age 76) died.

On 22 Dec 1707 Frances Howard Lady Winchcombe died.

On 22 Dec 1708 Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (age 27) died.

On 22 Dec 1721 Catherine Hamilton (age 21) died.

On 22 Dec 1722 Edward Rolt (age 36) died.

On 22 Dec 1736 William Robinson 1st Baronet (age 81) died. He was buried at St Columba's Church, Topcliffe [Map]. His son Metcalfe Robinson 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire although he died four days later.

On 22 Dec 1749 Richard Shuttleworth (age 66) died. His son James Shuttleworth (age 35) inherited Gawthorpe Hall [Map]

On 22 Dec 1752 Sophia Mordaunt died.

On 22 Dec 1753 Henrietta Powlett died.

On 22 Dec 1762 Lieutenant-General Edward Pole (age 79) died.

On 22 Dec 1765 Dauphin Louis Bourbon (age 36) died.

On 22 Dec 1777 Elizabeth Ward died.

On 22 Dec 1780 James Harris (age 71) died at Malmesbury House, Salisbury Cathedral Close [Map]. On 28 Dec 1780 he was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. There is a memorial in the South Transept.

On 22 Dec 1805 Edward Mathew (age 76) died.

On 22 Dec 1815 Alan Hyde Gardner 2nd Baron Gardner (age 45) died. His son Alan Legge Gardner 3rd Baron Gardner (age 5) succeeded 3rd Baron Gardner.

On 22 Dec 1820 John Staples (age 84) died.

On 22 Dec 1825 Sarah Windsor Lady Champion de Crespigny (age 62) died.

On 22 Dec 1834 Prince Hoare (age 79) died.

On 22 Dec 1838 John Villiers 3rd Earl Clarendon (age 81) died. His nephew George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 38) succeeded 4th Earl Clarendon.

On 22 Dec 1839 Emily Maud Cadogan (age 66) died.

On 22 Dec 1848 Charles Ashburnham (age 45) died.

On 22 Dec 1856 Barbara Reynell Countess Donoughmore died.

On 22 Dec 1859 Robert Haldane-Duncan 1st Earl of Camperdown (age 74) died.

On 22 Dec 1880 Mary Anne Evans aka George Eliot (age 61) died at her house 4 Cheyne Walk

On 22 Dec 1882 Charlotte Philippa Browne (age 84) died.

On 22 Dec 1894 Mary Dahlgren Paul (age 36) died.

On 22 Dec 1899 Clara Burdett (age 93) died.

On 22 Dec 1904 Henrietta Lumley-Savile died.

On 22 Dec 1904 Margery Mitford (age 9) died.

On 22 Dec 1906 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 83) died at the Charing Cross Hotel.

On 22 Dec 1915 Arthur Hughes (age 83) died.

On 22 Dec 1918 Charles Edward Perugini (age 79) died.

On 22 Dec 1919 Captain Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel (age 38) died.

On 22 Dec 1922 Arthur John Clayton (age 76) died.

On 22 Dec 1937 Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 81) died.

On 22 Dec 1943 Violet Wilhelmina Morgan (age 83) died.

On 22 Dec 1944 Flight Lieutenant Charles Summerscales DFC (age 18) was killed when his Lancaster PB533 crashed after having been diverted to Metheringham from Coningsby, Leicestershire due to poor visibilty.

On 22 Dec 1945 Clara Isabel Murray Baroness Doverdale (age 65) died.

On 22 Dec 1950 Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor (age 87) died.

On 22 Dec 1969 Helena Cambridge (age 70) died.

On 22 Dec 1975 Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 82) died.

On 22 Dec 2007 Andrew John Glyn (age 64) died.