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In 1851 Granville Leveson-Gower aka Egerton died at California.
On 22nd December 1880 Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh 7th Baronet (age 31) and Florence Emily Sharon (age 22) were married at Ralston Hall.
In 1860 Henry Alexander was born at San Francisco.
Before 1761 Thomas Hudson (age 59). Portrait of Frances Finch Countess Devon. Collection of The Huntingdon, San Marino.
Frances Finch Countess Devon: she was born to Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford. On 2nd April 1741 William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon and she were married. She by marriage Countess Devon. She the daughter of Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford. He the son of William Courtenay 6th Earl Devon and Anne Bertie Countess Devon. In 1761 Frances Finch Countess Devon died.
In 1768 Joshua Reynolds (age 44). Portrait of Jane Fleming Countess Harrington (age 12). In the collection of The Huntingdon, San Marino.
1777. Joshua Reynolds (age 53). Portrait of Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 21). Collection of The Huntingdon, San Marino.
Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden: Between 1756 and 1759 she was born to William Molesworth. In 1785 John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden and she were married. He the son of Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden and Elizabeth Jeffreys. In 1812 John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden was created 1st Marquess Camden, 1st Earl Brecknock. She by marriage Marchioness Camden. On 7th July 1829 Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden died at Bayham Abbey, Tunbridge Wells [Map].
Before 1827 . Thomas Gainsborough. Portrait of the Penelope Pitt Viscountess Ligonier (age 77). Collection of The Huntingdon, San Marino.
On 25th October 2002 John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford (age 85) died at Santa Fe. His son Henry (age 62) succeeded 14th Duke Bedford, 14th Marquess Tavistock, 13th Marquess Tavistock, 18th Earl Bedford, 18th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 16th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 14th Baron Howland of Streatham. Henrietta Joan Tiarks Duchess Bedford (age 62) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 18th April 1850 William Grey 9th Earl Stamford 5th Earl Warrington was born to William Grey (age 31) at Newfoundland [Map]. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University. He married 18th April 1895 Penelope Theobald Countess Stamford and Warrington and had issue.
On 14th December 1911 the South Pole was reached for the first time by an expedition led by Roald Amundsen (age 39). The expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott reached the pole some thirty-four days later.
Roald Amundsen: On 16th July 1872 he was born. Around 18th June 1928 he died. He disappeared while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. His team included Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot René Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen. They were seeking missing members of Nobile's crew, whose new airship Italia had crashed while returning from the North Pole. Amundsen's French Latham 47 flying boat never returned.
On 7th February 1855 Andrew Fleming Hudleston le Fleming 8th Baronet was born to Michael Fleming 7th Baronet (age 26) and Elizabeth Boddie Lady Fleming (age 35) in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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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.
On 21st May 1883 Michael Fleming 7th Baronet (age 55) died at Rangiora, Christchurch. His son Andrew (age 28) succeeded 8th Baronet Fleming of Rydal in Cumbria.
On 10th November 1852 Michael Fleming 7th Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Boddie Lady Fleming (age 32) were married at St Michael' Church, Christchurch.
On 20th October 1925 Andrew Fleming Hudleston le Fleming 8th Baronet (age 70) died at Dunedin, New Zealand without issue. His first cousin William (age 64) succeeded 9th Baronet Fleming of Rydal in Cumbria.