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Died from a fall from a horse is in Accident.
On 18th July 1232 John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber (age 35) died from a fall from a horse at Bramber. His son William (age 8) succeeded 9th Baron Bramber Feudal.
In 1242 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 60) died from a fall from a horse onto his sword.
On 12th October 1343 Reginald "Black" II Duke Guelders (age 48) died from a fall from a horse at Arnhem [Map]. His son Reginald (age 10) succeeded III Duke Guelders. His wife acted as Regent to her nine year old son for two years.
On 28th January 1571 Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier (age 54) died from a fall from a horse at Benington, Hertfordshire. Her first cousin twice removed Walter (age 29) succeeded 8th Baron Bourchier. Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 27) by marriage Baroness Bourchier.
Before 21st September 1624 John Leigh (age 55) died from a fall from a horse. His will was proved 21st September 1624.
On 16th June 1691 Hugh Bamfylde (age 28) died from a fall from a horse predeceasing his father.
On 8th May 1704 John Cordell 3rd Baronet (age 26) died from a fall from a horse without issue. Baronet Cordell of Long Melford extinct.
On 2nd December 1716 James Scudamore 3rd Viscount Scudamore died from a fall from a horse. Viscount Scudamore extinct.
On 12th May 1724 William Strickland 3rd Baronet (age 59) died from a fall from a horse during a fox hunt. His son William (age 38) succeeded 4th Baronet Strickland of Boynton in Yorkshire. Catherine Sambrooke Lady Strickland (age 18) by marriage Lady Strickland of Boynton in Yorkshire.
On 24th October 1733 John Stapylton 3rd Baronet (age 50) died from a fall from a horse on the way to attend a parliamentary adoption meeting at York, where he was to be adopted as the Tory candidate for the county at the impending general election. His son Miles (age 25) succeeded 4th Baronet Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire.
On 22nd March 1767 Francis Russell (age 27) died from a fall from a horse while out hunting.
On 23rd October 1775 Edward Weld (age 34) died from a fall from a horse. He had failed to sign his will so his estate, including Stonyhurst, went to his brother Thomas (age 25). His widow Maria Anne Smythe aka "Mrs Fitzherbert" (age 19) was left nothing.
On 2nd October 1791 George Gordon Lord Haddo (age 27) died from a fall from a horse at Gight aka Formartine Castle.
On 3rd July 1813 Arthur Annesley Roberts aka Powell died from a fall from a horse.
The Hampshire Chronicle 05 July 1813: "At the parish of Wherwell, on Arthur Annesley Powell, Esq. of that place, whose horse ran away and threw him off; and his head pitching against a stone it caused such a concussion, that, though he survived the fall several hours, he was totally insensible. Verdict Accidental Death."
On 4th February 1816 Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire (age 55) died from a fall from a horse. His nephew George (age 26) succeeded 5th Earl Buckinghamshire, 5th Baron Hobart, 9th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Monument at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon (age 39).
George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire: On 1st May 1789 he was born to George Vere Hobart. On 1st February 1849 George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire died. His brother Augustus succeeded 6th Earl Buckinghamshire, 6th Baron Hobart, 10th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
On 1st November 1833 Richard Charles Hamond (age 21) died from a fall from a horse whilst an undergraduate at Merton College, Oxford University.
On 20th June 1843 James Wheeler Unwin (age 29) died from a fall from a horse at Brimington Hall Chesterfield [Map]. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Ellastone.
James Wheeler Unwin: Around 1814 he was born to Reverend Edward Unwin.
On 11th October 1843 Bishop James Bowstead (age 42) died from a fall from a horse. Monument at Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall [Map].
On 25th October 1865 Henry Stevenson Blackwood (age 46) died from a fall from a horse after riding into a rope which had been stretched across the road.
On 12th March 1868 General Mildmay Fane (age 73) died from a fall from a horse whilst hunting. He was unmarried.
Monument to General Mildmay Fane at St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck. Inscription ... In memory of General Mildmay Fane 7th son of the Honble H. Fane of Fulbeck who served in the Peninsula at the Battle of Vittoria, Assault & Capture of San Sebastian and the Battle of the Nile, also in the Campaign of 1815 including the Battle of Quatre Bras in which he was wounded. Died March 12th 1868, aged 73. This tablet was erected by officers of the 54th Regiment who served under him as their commanding officer between 1828 and 1851 in token of their great esteem for his memory and of honour, respect and love with which they regarded him.
On 28th March 1868 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 70) died from a fall from a horse. His second cousin George (age 63) succeeded 8th Earl Cardigan, 8th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire extinct.
On 25th May 1915 Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan (age 90) died.
Both were buried in St Peter's Church, Deene [Map]; he on 9th April 1868. Monument to James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan 1797 1868 sculpted by Joseph Boehm (age 33). Recumbent effigies on Sarcophagus, bronze sea horses (Brudenell Crest) at the bottom corners.
On 31st March 1925 Adam Scott (age 49) died from a fall from a horse at the United Border Hunt meeting at Kelso.
On 3rd October 1936 Coplestone John de Grey Warwick Bampfylde (age 22) died from a fall from a horse shortly after representing his country as a member of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games fencing team. The Bampfylde Memorial Garden in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, North Molton was created in his memory, being a walled and sunken lawned garden, in the centre of which stands his gravestone inscribed: In memory of Coplestone John de Grey Warwick Bampfylde, Royal Horse Guards, beloved only son of the 4th Baron Poltimore. Died 3 October 1936 in his 23rd year.
Frederick Johnstone 7th Baronet died from a fall from a horse. His son Frederick succeeded 7th Baronet Johnstone of Westerhall in Dumfries.