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Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square, Mayfair is in Mayfair.
On 09 Jul 1677 William Berkeley (age 71) died at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. He was buried in St Mary's Church Twickenham, Richmond [Map].
On 23 May 1804 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 30) and Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 19) were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 44) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 68) and Frances Twysden (age 51).
On 16 Nov 1805 John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 24) and Maria Fane (age 18) were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 46) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 47) and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 44).
On 12 Dec 1807 William Craven 1st Earl Craven (age 37) and Louisa Brunton Countess Craven (age 22) were married at his house in Berkeley Square, Mayfair. He the son of William Craven 6th Baron Craven and Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 56). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In Oct 1809 Georgiana Caroline Scott Baroness Selsey (age 82) died at Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
On 14 Aug 1831 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet (age 74) died at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. His son John Hobhouse 1st Baron Broughton (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire. Julia Tomasina Hay Lady Hobhouse by marriage Lady Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire.
On 26 Jun 1832 Elizabeth Dashwood Duchess Manchester (age 92) died at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She was buried at Kimbolton.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. From Badminton we went on a visit to Lord Forester at Willey Park, Shropshire, where I met Lady Jersey (age 56) and her daughter, Lady Clementina Villiers (age 18).
Lady Jersey was the greatest grande dame in London Society, and her house in Berkeley Square, Mayfair was the centre of the Tory party. She knew all the artistic and literary celebrities of the day, and her popularity was most remarkable. Lady Clementina Villiers was a beautiful and accomplished girl, and everybody loved her. Once when some one said to her father (age 68) that "no one was perfect", Lord Jersey replied: "There is one who is perfect - there is Clementina". Many suitors proposed for her, a most persistent one being the Duke d'Ossuna, a grandee of Spain, and an immensely rich man. He must have been deeply in love with the beautiful English girl, for he used to keep many drawings and portraits of Lady Clementina in his palace at Madrid.
"Those whom the gods love die young", and so it was with Clementina Villiers; she was taken ill during a visit to Germany with her mother and only returned to England to die.
Her portraits were in all the "Books of Beauty" of the day, but although they faithfully portray her perfect features, they cannot convey the beauty of colour and changing expression that were her greatest charms.
On 22 Jun 1904 Richard Boyle 9th Earl Cork (age 75) died at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. His son Charles Spencer Boyle 10th Earl Cork (age 42) succeeded 10th Earl Cork.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, 11 Berkeley Square
Before 15 Jun 1778 Cecil Bisshopp 6th Baronet (age 77) owned a house at 11 Berkeley Square, Mayfair which was subsequently bought from his heirs by Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford (age 60) in 1779.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, 13 Berkeley Square
On 19 Jun 1877 Admiral Henry John Rous (age 82) died at 13 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, 14 Berkeley Square
On 12 Apr 1792 John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham was born to William Henry Lambton (age 28) and Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (age 20) at 14 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, 38 Berkeley Square
The Times. 28 Jan 1937. The Duke Of Norfolk And Miss Strutt.
Princess Alice Countess of Athlone (age 53) and Major-General the Earl of Athlone (age 63), and Prince Arthur of Connaught (age 54) were present yesterday afternoon at the marriage at Brompton Oratory of the Duke of Norfolk, Premier Peer and Hereditary Earl Marshal of England, and the Hon. Lavinia Mary Strutt (age 20), only daughter of Lord Belper (age 53) and the Countess of Rosebery (age 44).
Princess Alice wore a mink coat over a dress of burgundy-red crepe, with a small red hat to match.
The Oratory was decorated with four large stands of flowers, placed at the chancel steps. They were in mixed shades of red and included amaryllis lilies, poinsettia, anthuriums, roses, carnations, and red leaves. While the guests were arriving the organist played Mendelssohn's Allegretto from the Fourth Sonata, Elgar's Allegro Maestoso from the First Sonata, and the prelude and fugue in E flat, and the organ choral "Mortify us by Thy Goodness" by J. S. Bach.
The bride arrived with her father, Lord Belper, and was loudly cheered by the crowd outside the Oratory, who broke through the police cordon. She walked up the nave to Handel's March from the Occasional Oratorio, and was met by Father Talbot and Father John Cuddon. Miss Strutt wore a classically simple dress of silver lame, cut on straight sheath lines with long tight sleeves and a high round roll collar. The skirt just touched the ground and was continued at the back to form a long square train. She wore a girdle of silver cord knotted in front. Her long veil of white tulle fell from a simple coronet of orange-blossom and green leaves, and she carried a sheaf of arum lilies. She was followed by six little pages-Robin Herbert, Timothy Hunloke, Bob McCreery, John Scrope, George Vivian-Smith, and Michael Watt; and by six bridesmaids-Lady Katharine (age 25) and Lady Winefride Howard (age 23) (sisters of the bridegroom), Lady Anne Bridgeman (age 23), the Hon. Pamela Digby (age 16), Miss Gillian Drummond, and Miss Nancy Malcolmnson. The bridegroom's (age 28) racing colours, pale blue and scarlet, were introduced into the dresses and suits of the attendants. The pages were in pale blue satin suits piped with scarlet, and the bridesmaids wore dresses of sky-blue corded crepe, with touches of scarlet at the waistline. They had high rounded necklines with long bell sleeves and their headdresses of red bavardia were massed in front. They carried bouquets of red flowers, including tulips, amaryllis lilies, carnations, and euphorbia. The bridegroom gave them brooches showing his and his bride's initials in rubies and diamonds. The Earl of Eldon (age 37) was best man.
The marriage service was very short and non-choral, as the bride is not a Roman Catholic. After they had plighted their troth Father Ronald Knox gave an address from the centre of the transept. The bride and bridegroom remained kneeling at the chancel steps, facing the altar. They then went in procession to the vestry, where the registrar, Mr. J. P. Bond, conducted the civil ceremony.
Afterwards the bride and bridegroom left for 38, Mayfair (the residence of the Earl of Rosebery (age 55)), where the Countess of Rosebery held a reception. The bride went away for the honeymoon in a dress of black and red shot silk taffeta, under a broadtail coat with a fur cap to match.
Among those present at the Oratory were:
The Earl and Countess of Rosebery.
The Duchess of Norfolk (age 60).
Lady Rachel Howard (age 32).
Lady Belper.
the Hon. Alexander (age 24) and the Hon. Michael Strutt (age 23), the Hon. Mrs. Parry-Evans. Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Vernon Malcolmsonson, Lord and Lady Aberdare, the Hon. Margaret Strutt, the Hon. Mrs. Frank Hormsby, etc.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, 39 Berkeley Square
On 29 Mar 1875 Sophia Catherine Coventry Lady Gresley and Des Voeux died at 39 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
On 10 Jun 1888 Captain Harold Fox-Pitt Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (age 54) and Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury (age 26) at 39 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, 45 Berkeley Square
On 16 May 1839 Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis (age 85) died at 45 Berkeley Square, Mayfair. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bromfield. His son Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Powis. Lucy Graham Countess Powis (age 45) by marriage Countess Powis.
On 07 May 1891 Edward Herbert 3rd Earl Powis (age 72) died unmarried at 45 Berkeley Square, Mayfair. He was buried in St Mary's Church, Welshpool. His nephew George Herbert 4th Earl Powis (age 28) succeeded 4th Earl Powis. Violet Ida Evelyn Lane-Fox Countess Powis (age 26) by marriage Countess Powis.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, Berkeley Square, Charles Street
On 10 Jan 1810 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 33) and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville (age 27) at Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
On 29 Apr 1815 General James Stuart (age 74) died without issue at Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
On 28 Mar 1818 George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke was born to Henry Greville 3rd Earl Warwick 3rd Earl Brooke Warwick Castle (age 38) and Sarah Elizabeth Savile Countess Warwick (age 32) at Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
On 17 Mar 1820 Richard Cornwallis Neville 4th Baron Braybrooke was born to Richard Griffin 3rd Baron Braybrook (age 36) and Jane Cornwallis Baroness Braybrook (age 21) at Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
The Times. 25 Jan 1865. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of the Earl of Coventry (age 26) and Lady Blanche Craven (age 22), third daughter of Earl Craven (age 55), was solemnized yesterday morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The bridegroom and the friends of both families assembled at the church at 11 o'clock, and shortly afterwards were joined by the bride, accompanied by her mother, the Countess Craven (age 48). The bride was received by her father at the church door, and, attended by eight bridesmaids, proceeded at once to the communion table, in front ot which a numerous company had assembled, including the Earl (age 65) and Countess of Clarendon (age 54) and Lady Emily Villiers (age 22), the Countess of Verulam (age 40) and Lady Harriet Grimston (age 20), Viscount (age 49) and Viscountess Folkestone (age 43) and Hon. Miss Bouverie, the Countess of Sefton (age 27) and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount Chelsea (age 24), and Lady Caroline Townley (age 27) and Miss Townley, Viscount Uffington (age 23), Sir Henry (age 58) and Lady Sophia Des Voeux, Hon. Mr. and Mrs Coventry, Hon. Gerald (age 35) and Lady Maria Ponsonby (age 28), Mr. Oswald andl Miss Oswald, Dr. Quin, Mr. Cecil Boothby (age 51), Mr. James Oswald, Miss Talbot, Viscount (age 32) and Viscountess Grey de Wilton (age 28), Lady Evelyn Bruce (age 25), Hon. Mrs. Grimston and Miss Grimston, &c.
The Hon. and Rev. Edward Grimston (age 52), uncle of the bride, performed the religious rite. After the registration of the marriage the wedding party left the church, and procceded to the Earl and Countess Craven's mansion in Charles-street, Mayfair. At 2 o'clock the newly-wedded couple took their departure for Croome Court, the Earl of Coventry's seat, near Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map], there to pass the honeymoon. At Croome Pirton and Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, the marriage was celebrated yesterday by the tenantry and neighbours of the Earl of Coventry. The tenantry of the Crome Pirton and Severn Stoke estates, to ths number of about 100, dined together in two parties yesterday at Severn Stoke and High-green. At Pirton and Severn Stoke garlands of evergreens and flags were hung out over the roads, and at night a bonfire was lighted at High-green. The rejoicings have extended over all his Lordship's large estates in the southern portion of Worcestershire. The inhabitants of Worcester [Map] celebrated the marriage by hoisting flags from tile windows and streamers across the streets. The bells from the various churches rang merry peals all day.
On 24 Jan 1865 George Coventry 9th Earl Coventry and Blanche Craven Countess Coventry were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, Berkeley Square, 6 Charles Street
On 24 Dec 1824 Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan was born to Spencer de Horsey (age 34) and Louisa Rous at 6 Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Berkeley Square, Earl of Powis' House Mayfair
On 07 Mar 1812 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 44) and Charlotte Robinson (age 22) were married at Earl of Powis' House Mayfair. She died sixteen months later. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, Berkeley Square, Hill Street
On 06 Feb 1764 Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 47) died without issue at Hill Street, Berkeley Square. Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire extinct. The will of George Downing 3rd Baronet stated the estate should be left to establish a Cambridge college in his name if Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet had no son. Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet, however, left the estate to his widow Margaret Price Lady Downing leading to forty years of litigation.
On 17 Mar 1794 Edward Cust 1st Baronet was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow (age 49) and Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow at Hill Street, Berkeley Square.
On 06 Sep 1844 Julia Maria Petre Lady Brooke-Pechell (age 54) died at Hill Street, Berkeley Square.
On 03 Nov 1849 Samuel John Brooke-Pechell 3rd Baronet (age 64) died without issue at Hill Street, Berkeley Square. His brother George Brooke-Pechell 4th Baronet (age 60) succeeded 4th Baronet Brooke-Pechell of Pagelsham in Essex.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, Berkeley Square, 20 Hill Street
On 16 Apr 1868 William Abdy 7th Baronet (age 89) died at 20 Hill Street, Berkeley Square. Baronet Abdy of Felix Hall in Kelveden in Essex extinct.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Mayfair, Berkeley Square, 27 Hill Street
On 29 Jun 1860 George Brooke-Pechell 4th Baronet (age 70) died without surviving male issue at 27 Hill Street, Berkeley Square. His first cousin once removed George Samuel Brooke-Pechell 5th Baronet (age 41) succeeded 5th Baronet Brooke-Pechell of Paglesham in Essex.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Berkeley Square, John Street Mayfair
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Berkeley Square, 12 John Street Mayfair
On 07 Feb 1874 Olive Eleanor Custance was born to Frederick Hambleton Custance (age 29) at 12 John Street Mayfair.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, Berkeley Square, Lansdowne House Mayfair
On 30 Mar 1811 William Petty-Fitzmaurice was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne (age 30) and Louisa Fox-Strangways Marchioness Lansdowne at Lansdowne House Mayfair.
On 21 Aug 1836 William Petty-Fitzmaurice (age 25) died at Lansdowne House Mayfair.