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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1847 Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos was born to [her father] Graham Graham-Montgomery 3rd Baronet (age 23).
On 15th October 1857 [her future husband] Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 25) and Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton (age 20) were married. She the daughter of William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 52) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 43).
On 29th July 1861 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 64) died at the Great Western Hotel Paddington. His son [her future husband] Richard (age 37) succeeded 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 4th Marquess Buckingham, 3rd Marquess of Chandos, 6th Earl Temple, 5th Earl Nugent, 3rd Earl Temple of Stowe, 7th Viscount Cobham
In 1870 [her brother-in-law] William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 22) and [her sister] Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe were married.
On 21st February 1883 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Baron Egerton Tatton (age 76) died. His son [her future husband] Wilbraham (age 51) succeeded 2nd Baron Egerton Tatton. Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton (age 45) by marriage Baroness Egerton Tatton.
In 1885 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 61) and Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 38) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and Mary Campbell Duchess Buckingham and Chandos.
On 26th March 1889 [her husband] Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 65) died from diabetes at 2 Queen Anne Street aka Chandos House Marylebone. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Earl Temple, Earl Nugent extinct.
[her brother-in-law] William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 41) succeeded 4th Earl Temple of Stowe according to the special remainder in its patent. [her sister] Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe by marriage Countess Temple of Stowe.
Charles Lyttelton 8th Viscount Cobham (age 46) succeeded 8th Viscount Cobham. Mary Susan Cavendish Viscountess Cobham (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Cobham.
On 8th August 1894 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 62) and Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 47) were married.
On 28th August 1894 William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle (age 62) died. His son Arnold (age 36) succeeded 8th Earl Albermarle, 8th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 8th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent. [her step-daughter] Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle (age 33) by marriage Countess Albemarle.
In 1897 [her husband] Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 64) was created 1st Earl Egerton. Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 50) by marriage Countess Egerton.
1901. Frank Bernard Dicksee (age 47). Portrait of Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 54).
On 2nd June 1901 [her father] Graham Graham-Montgomery 3rd Baronet (age 77) died.
On 28th March 1902 [her brother-in-law] William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 54) died at Cairo, Egypt to where he had travelled with his wife [her sister] Helen for his health. His son [her nephew] Algernon (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Temple of Stowe.
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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 16th March 1909 [her husband] Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 77) died. Earl Egerton extinct. His brother [her brother-in-law] Alan (age 63) succeeded 3rd Baron Egerton Tatton. Anna Louisa Taylor Baroness Egerton (age 58) by marriage Baroness Egerton Tatton.
In 1919 [her sister] Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe died.
In 1931 Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 84) died.