In 1853 James Lafayette was born.
1888. James Lafayette [aged 35]. Photograph of sisters Helen Venetia Duncombe Viscountess D'Abernon [aged 22] and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster [aged 23].
Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster: On 30th March 1864 she was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%. On 17th January 1884 Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster and she were married. She the daughter of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham. He the son of Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. On 10th February 1887, coincidentally the same day his father died, 10 February, Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster died at Carton House, Carton, Kildare, County Kildare. His son Gerald succeeded 5th Duke Leinster. She by marriage Duchess Leinster. On 19th March 1895 Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster died of tuberculosis at Menton.
1897. James Lafayette [aged 44]. Photograph of Edith Amelia Ward Baroness Wolverton [aged 24] as "Brittania" at the 1897 Devonshire House Ball.
Edith Amelia Ward Baroness Wolverton: On 16th September 1872 she was born to William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley. On 5th January 1895 Frederic Glyn 4th Baron Wolverton and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Wolverton. She the daughter of William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley. On 6th June 1956 Edith Amelia Ward Baroness Wolverton died.
12th July 1897. James Lafayette [aged 44]. Photograph of Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin [aged 56] as "Marshal Lefevre" at the 1897 Devonshire House Ball.
1897. James Lafayette [aged 44]. Photograph of Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester [aged 20].
1897. James Lafayette [aged 44]. Photograph of Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 35].
Late 1890s. James Lafayette [aged 45]. Photograph of Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex [aged 31].
10th May 1898. James Lafayette [aged 45]. Photograph of Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 32]. After leaving Woburn Abbey in a DH.60GIII Moth Major (G-ACUR), she crashed into the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. The airplane's struts were later washed up at Yarmouth, Gorleston, Lowestoft and Southwold. Her body was never recovered. On 14th May, a body of a woman in a flying suit was found in the English Channel, by a train ferry, five miles out from Dover, but Flight Lieut. Preston said there was no chance of the body being the Duchess - there were quite a few daring female aviators lost over the sea in those early years.
2nd September 1898. James Lafayette [aged 45]. Photograph of Mary Theresa "Daisy" Cornwallis-West [aged 25].
Mary Theresa "Daisy" Cornwallis-West: On 28th June 1873 she was born to William Cornwallis-West and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick at Ruthin Castle [Map]. On 29th June 1943 Mary Theresa "Daisy" Cornwallis-West died.
4th May 1899. James Lafayette [aged 46]. Photograph of Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 37].
Westminster Chronicle of King Richard II, 1381-1394
The Westminster Chronicle is one of the most vivid and important narrative sources for the reign of Richard II. Written by an anonymous chronicler closely connected with Westminster Abbey, it covers the years 1381 to 1394, from the Peasants’ Revolt to the political tensions, court ceremonies, diplomatic negotiations, royal progresses, and public crises of Richard’s later reign. Rich in detail the chronicle records major events such as the conflicts between the King and Lords Appellant, King and the City of London, negotiations with France and Scotland, the death and funeral of Queen Anne of Bohemia, the illness of Charles VI of France, and the changing fortunes of leading nobles including John of Gaunt, Thomas of Gloucester, Robert de Vere, and the Earl of Arundel. The Chronicle offers readers a remarkable window into late fourteenth-century England, combining political observation, courtly spectacle, urban drama, ecclesiastical affairs, and moral judgement. It is an essential source for anyone interested in medieval monarchy, London, Westminster, and the troubled reign of Richard II.
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14th February 1900. James Lafayette [aged 47]. Detail of photograph of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland [aged 28]
14th February 1900. James Lafayette [aged 47]. Photograph of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland [aged 28]
11th May 1900. James Lafayette [aged 47]. Photograph of Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny [aged 79] and her daughetrs Rebecca Harriet Salusbury-Trelawny [aged 25] and Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham [aged 17].
Rebecca Harriet Salusbury-Trelawny: Around 1875 she was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet and Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny. On 27th November 1947 Rebecca Harriet Salusbury-Trelawny died.
Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham: On 18th February 1883 she was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet and Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny. On 27th October 1931 Frederick Archibald Charles 6th Baron Rendlesham and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Rendlesham of Rendlesham in Suffolk. On 5th August 1959 Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham died.
1902. James Lafayette [aged 49]. Photograph of Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 24].
1902. James Lafayette [aged 49]. Photograph of William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley [aged 34].
1902. James Lafayette [aged 49]. Photograph of Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 24].
24th June 1902. James Lafayette [aged 49]. Photograph of Evelyn Caroline Davenport Baroness Newton.
Evelyn Caroline Davenport Baroness Newton: she was born to William Bromley-Davenport. In 1880 Thomas Wodehouse Leigh 2nd Baron Newton and she were married. On 15th December 1898 William John Legh 1st Baron Newton died. His son Thomas succeeded 2nd Baron Newton of Newton-in-Makerfield in Lancashire. She by marriage Baroness Newton of Newton-in-Makerfield in Lancashire. In September 1931 she died.
Around 1906. James Lafayette [aged 53]. Photograph of Gwladys Sutherst Marchioness Townshend [aged 22].
1907. James Lafayette [aged 54]. Photograph of Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 29].
In 1923 James Lafayette [aged 70] died.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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12th November 1923. James Lafayette. Photograph of Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk [aged 30] and Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk [aged 30] on their wedding day.
Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk: In 1893 he was born to Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk. On 12th November 1923 Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk and Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk were married at Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks. She the daughter of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife. He the son of Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk. On 10th November 1941 Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk died. His son Charles succeeded 11th Earl Southesk, 7th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine. Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk by marriage Countess Southesk. In 1992 Charles Alexander Carnegie 11th Earl of Southesk died.