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Marquess Downshire is in Marquis and Marquess Ireland.
In 1789 Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 70) was created 1st Marquess Downshire.
On 7th October 1793 Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 75) died. His son Arthur (age 40) succeeded 2nd Marquess Downshire. Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire (age 29) by marriage Marchioness Downshire.
On 7th September 1801 Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire (age 48) committed suicide suspected to be as a consequence of his political life. His son Arthur (age 12) succeeded 3rd Marquess Downshire.
In 1811 Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 22) and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire (age 21) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Downshire. She the daughter of Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth and Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst (age 49). He the son of Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire and Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire (age 46). They were half third cousins.
On 12th September 1845 Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 56) died. His son Arthur (age 33) succeeded 4th Marquess Downshire. Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire (age 30) by marriage Marchioness Downshire.
On 6th August 1868 Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire (age 56) died. His son Arthur (age 23) succeeded 5th Marquess Downshire.
YBcJrZjKOn 31st March 1874 Arthur Hill 5th Marquess Downshire (age 29) died. His son Arthur (age 2) succeeded 6th Marquess Downshire.
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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 22nd June 1893 Arthur Hill 6th Marquess of Downshire (age 21) and Katherine Mary "Kitty" Hare Marchioness Downshire (age 20) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Downshire. He the son of Arthur Hill 5th Marquess Downshire and Georgiana Elizabeth Balfour.
Before 29th May 1918 Arthur Hill 6th Marquess of Downshire (age 46) and Evelyn Grace Foster Marchioness Downshire were married. She by marriage Marchioness Downshire. He the son of Arthur Hill 5th Marquess Downshire and Georgiana Elizabeth Balfour.
