Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork

Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork is in Baron Ireland.

On 23rd May 1770 Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 38] was created 1st Baroness Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork.

On 11th June 1784 Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 53] died at Langley, Buckinghamshire. Her son Charles [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork.

On 5th July 1840 Charles George Perceval 1st and 2nd Baron Arden [aged 83] died at St James's Palace [Map]. His son George [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork, 2nd Baron Arden of Arden in Warwickshire.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

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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