Earl Portarlington is in Earl Ireland.
In 1785 John Dawson 1st Earl Portarlington (age 40) was created 1st Earl Portarlington. Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington (age 22) by marriage Countess Portarlington.
On 25th November 1798 John Dawson 1st Earl Portarlington (age 54) died. His son John (age 17) succeeded 2nd Earl Portarlington.
On 28th December 1845 John Dawson 2nd Earl Portarlington (age 64) died unmarried. His nephew Henry (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Portarlington.
On 3rd September 1847 Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer 3rd Earl of Portarlington (age 24) and Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane Countess Portarlington (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Portarlington. She the daughter of Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 69) and Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry (age 47).
On 1st March 1889 Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer 3rd Earl of Portarlington (age 66) died without issue. His first cousin Lionel (age 56) succeeded 4th Earl Portarlington. Harriet Lydia Robinson Montagu Countess Portarlington by marriage Countess Portarlington.
On 17th December 1892 Lionel Dawson-Damer 4th Earl of Portarlington (age 60) died. His son Lionel (age 34) succeeded 5th Earl Portarlington.
On 31st August 1900 Lionel Dawson-Damer 5th Earl of Portarlington (age 42) died. His son Lionel (age 17) succeeded 6th Earl Portarlington.
On 4th July 1959 Lionel Dawson-Damer 6th Earl of Portarlington (age 75) died. His grandson George (age 20) succeeded 7th Earl Portarlington.
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
On 6th October 2024 George Dawson-Damer 7th Earl of Portarlington (age 86) died. His son Charles (age 59) succeeded 8th Earl Portarlington.