Deeds of King Henry V

Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill -1976

On 18th October 1918 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 22] and Christabel Hart were married. The marriage wasn't consummated leading to awkward questions in 1921 when she announced she was five months pregnant. The subsequent divorce case, Ampthill vs Ampthill was protracted and notorious.

On 15th October 1921 [her son] Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 25] and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill. The biological father remains a mystery since his mother and father had never, apparently, consummated their marriage. His father apparently never spoke to the child.

In 1922 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 25] attempted to divorce his wife Christabel Hart. The two named co-respondents were acquitted while the case for the unnamed partner was inconclusive.

In 1923 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 26] attempted to divorce his wife Christabel Hart for a second time. Christabel was convicted of adultery and lost on appeal, but had the verdict overturned on further appeal to the House of Lords which ruled in 1924 that no child born after a marriage could be declared illegitimate merely on the testimony of his mother or father.

After 7th July 1935 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 38] and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill were divorced.

On 22nd February 1937 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 40] and Sibell Faithfull Lumley Baroness Ampthill were married. She by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.

On 24th July 1948 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 51] and Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill [aged 39] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.

On 3rd June 1973 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill [aged 76] died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. His son Geoffrey [aged 51] succeeded 4th Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. The succession was unsuccessfully contested by his younger half-brother John Hugo Trenchard Russell [aged 22]. The Committee for Privileges ruled in favour of Geoffrey in 1976.

Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill: On 15th October 1921 he was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill. The biological father remains a mystery since his mother and father had never, apparently, consummated their marriage. His father apparently never spoke to the child. On 23rd April 2011 he died. His son David succeeded 5th Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.

John Hugo Trenchard Russell: On 13th October 1950 he was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill