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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 23rd November 1828 Alexandra Orr nee Leighton was born to Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton (age 29) at St Petersburg. Her father was physician to Tsar Nicholas I
1853. [her brother] Frederick Leighton (age 22). Portrait of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 24), the artist's sister.
On 7th March 1857 Major Sutherland George Gordon Orr (age 41) and Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 28) were married at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He died fifteen months later.
On 19th June 1858 [her husband] Major Sutherland George Gordon Orr (age 42) died. The Newspapers reported On Saturday, the 19th inst., at midnight, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Greenhill, near Barnet, Herts, Major Sutherland G. G. Orr, late commanding the 3rd Regiment of Hyderabad Cavalry, aged 42. This gallant and distinguished officer succumbed, after several months of severe suffering, to the results of anxiety, fatigue, and exposure of the last Mhow and Central India Campaign.
1889. [her brother] Frederick Leighton (age 58). Portrait of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 60), the artist's sister.
1892. [her brother] Frederick Leighton (age 61). Portrait of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 63), the artist's sister.
On 24th January 1892 [her father] Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton (age 92) died.
On 23rd August 1903 Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 74) died at 11 Kensington Park Gardens.