Died in a hunting accident is in Accident.
In or before 1074 Richard Normandy [aged 19] died in a hunting accident at New Forest, Hampshire. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map].
On 2nd August 1100 King William II of England [aged 44] died in a hunting accident, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother Henry [aged 32] succeeded I King of England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 60] and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick [aged 50], and Roger de Clare [aged 34] and Gilbert de Clare [aged 34] were present.
On 13th November 1143 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 54] died in a hunting accident. His wife Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 38] continued to reign in her own right with their son Baldwin III King Jerusalem [aged 13].
On 28th November 1231 Valdemar the Young King of Denmark [aged 22] died in a hunting accident at Refsnæs, near Kalundborg.
On 19th May 1396 King John I of Aragon [aged 45] died in a hunting accident. His brother Martin [aged 39] succeeded I King Aragon.
On 13 or 20th October 1809 Thomas Charles Gascoigne [aged 23] died in a hunting accident. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Barwick-in-Elmet [Map]. 2,000 people and over 400 of his father's tenants attended his funeral.
On 12th December 1843 George Templer [aged 62] died in a hunting accident.
On 29th March 1859 Henry de la Poer Beresford 3rd Marquess Waterford [aged 47] died in a hunting accident. His brother John [aged 44] succeeded 4th Marquess Waterford. Christiana Leslie Marchioness of Waterford [aged 39] by marriage Marchioness Waterford.
On 24th April 1867 Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis [aged 35] died in a hunting accident. His son Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 2] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 3rd May 1893 James Charlemagne Dormer [aged 59] died in a hunting accident after having been mauled by a tiger while on a hunt on 25 April 1893 in the Nilgiris.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 11th June 1913 John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville [aged 27] died in a hunting accident unmarried.
In 1927 Victoria Stanley died in a hunting accident.
On 19th October 1935 Frank Meyer 2nd Baronet [aged 49] died in a hunting accident. His son Anthony [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Baronet Meyer of Shortgrove.
