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Earl Strafford is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Earl Strafford:
1st. 12th January 1640. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford 1593-1641. Extinct. 16th October 1695.
2nd. 29th June 1711. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford 1672-1739. Extinct. 7th August 1799.
3rd. 28th August 1847. John Byng 1st Earl Strafford 1772-1860. Extant.
Earl Strafford is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Forfeit Earldoms of England, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
12th January 1640. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford created.
12th May 1641. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford forfeit. See Trial and Execution of the Earl of Strafford.
1662. Son William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford restored.
16th October 1695. William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford extinct.
On 12th January 1640 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 46) was created 1st Earl Strafford. Elizabeth Rhodes Countess Strafford (age 34) by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 12th May 1641 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 48) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Earl Strafford, Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth, Baronet Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire forfeit. His execution was attended by an enormous crowd.
Wenceslaus Hollar (age 33). Engraving of the execution of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford marked as C with James Ussher (age 60) marked as A.
In 1662 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 35) was restored 2nd Earl Strafford, 2nd Viscount Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth, 3rd Baronet Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire. Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford (age 31) by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 16th October 1695 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 69) died. He was buried at York Minster [Map]. Earl Strafford, Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth, Baronet Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire extinct.
Earl Strafford is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
29th June 1711. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford created.
15th November 1739. Son William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford succeeded.
10th March 1791. First Cousin Frederick Wentworth 3rd Earl Strafford succeeded.
7th August 1799. Frederick Wentworth 3rd Earl Strafford extinct.
On 29th June 1711 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 38) was created 1st Earl Strafford.
On 6th September 1711 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 38) and Anne Johnson Countess Strafford were married. She by marriage Countess Strafford. The marriage was described as both advantageous and happy: while Anne brought him a dowry rumoured to be £60000, her letters show their deep mutual affection.
On 15th November 1739 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 67) died. He had suffered poor health for a number of years. His son William (age 17) succeeded 2nd Earl Strafford.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1741 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 18) and Anne Campbell Countess Strafford (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Strafford. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll (age 60) and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. He the son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford and Anne Johnson Countess Strafford.
On 10th March 1791 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 68) died. His first cousin Frederick (age 59) succeeded 3rd Earl Strafford.
On 7th August 1799 Frederick Wentworth 3rd Earl Strafford (age 67) died. Earl Strafford extinct.
Earl Strafford is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
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28th August 1847. John Byng 1st Earl Strafford created.
3rd June 1860. Son George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford succeeded.
29th October 1886. Son George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford succeeded.
28th March 1898. Brother Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford succeeded.
16th May 1899. Brother Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford succeeded.
18th January 1918. Son Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford succeeded.
24th December 1951. Nephew Robert Cecil Byng 7th Earl of Strafford succeeded.
4th May 1984. Son Thomas Edmund Byng 8th Earl of Strafford succeeded.
12th November 2016. Son William Robert Byng 9th Earl of Strafford succeeded.
On 28th August 1847 John Byng Viscount Enfield (age 75) was created 1st Earl Strafford, 1st Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex.
On 3rd June 1860 John Byng 1st Earl Strafford (age 88) died. His son George (age 53) succeeded 2nd Earl Strafford, 2nd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 2nd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Harriet Cavendish Countess Strafford (age 39) by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 29th October 1886 George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 80) died. His son George (age 56) succeeded 3rd Earl Strafford, 3rd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 3rd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Alice Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Strafford (age 56) by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 28th March 1898 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 68) died at St James' Square. His brother Henry (age 66) succeeded 4th Earl Strafford, 4th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 4th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.
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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 6th December 1898 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 67) and Cora Smith Countess Strafford (age 38) were married. She by marriage Countess Strafford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. He the son of George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford and Agnes Paget.
On 16th May 1899 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 67) died in a railway accident. He was hit by an express train; (possible suicide but the coroner returned misadventure) at the Railway Station in Potter's Bar. He was buried at Byng Family Vault St John's Church, Potter's Bar. His brother Francis (age 64) succeeded 5th Earl Strafford, 5th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 5th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford (age 52) by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 18th January 1918 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford (age 83) died. His son Edmund (age 55) succeeded 6th Earl Strafford, 6th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 6th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford (age 54) by marriage Countess Strafford.
On 24th December 1951 Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford (age 89) died. His nephew Robert (age 47) succeeded 7th Earl Strafford, 7th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 7th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.
On 4th May 1984 Robert Cecil Byng 7th Earl of Strafford (age 79) died. His son Thomas (age 47) succeeded 8th Earl Strafford, 8th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 8th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.
On 12th November 2016 Thomas Edmund Byng 8th Earl of Strafford (age 80) died. His son William (age 52) succeeded 9th Earl Strafford, 9th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 9th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.