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On 7th March 1930 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon was born.
Before 25th April 1939 Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the King (age 43) and [his future mother-in-law] Queen (age 38), Princesses [his future sister-in-law] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 13) and [his future wife] Princess Margaret (age 8) - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 52).
On 21st October 1947 David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury (age 25) and Ursula James (age 23) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. Princesses [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth (age 21) and [his future wife] Margaret (age 17) attended the wedding, as did the Duke (age 47) and Duchess (age 45) of Gloucester.
On 21st April 1956 Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 29) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 23) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. Bishop Percy Herbert (age 70) presided. The guests included [his future mother-in-law] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 55) and [his future wife] Princess Margaret (age 25). Princess Margaret's future husband Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 26) took the photographs. She the daughter of Major Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester (age 47) and Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester (age 44).
On 6th May 1960 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 30) and Princess Margaret (age 29) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 59).
Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 33) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 27), whose wedding the couple had attended four years before, offered them a piece of land on their privately owned island, Mustique, and agreed to build a house for the couple on the land. It was designed in 1971 by uncle to Lord Snowdon, Oliver Messel, and named "Les Jolies Eaux" aka "The Pretty Waters"
On 3rd October 1961 [his son] David Armstrong-Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon was born to Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 31) and [his wife] Princess Margaret (age 31) at Clarence House. He a grandson of King George VI of the United Kingdom. He married 8th October 1993 Serena Alleyne Stanhope Countess of Snowdon, daughter of Charles Stanhope 12th Earl of Harrington.
On 6th October 1961 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 31) was created 1st Earl Snowdon, 1st Viscount Linley.
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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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7th April 1982. Lord Snowdon (age 52). Photograph of Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell 6th Baronet (age 84).
On 8th October 1993 [his son] David Armstrong-Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Serena Stanhope (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Charles Stanhope 12th Earl of Harrington (age 48). He the son of Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 63) and [his wife] Princess Margaret (age 63).
On 9th February 2002 [his wife] Princess Margaret (age 71) died at King Edward VII's Hospital. She was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
On 13th January 2017 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 86) died. His son David (age 55) succeeded 2nd Earl Snowdon, 2nd Viscount Linley. [his daughter-in-law] Serena Stanhope (age 46) by marriage Countess Snowdon.