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Before 1840 . George Hayter 1792-1871 (47) . Portrait of John Russell 1st Earl Russell 1792-1878 (47) and Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland 1773-1840 (66) .
Before 1840 . George Hayter 1792-1871 (47) . Portrait of John Russell 1st Earl Russell 1792-1878 (47) and Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland 1773-1840 (66) .
In 1840 Henry Fane 1778-1840 (62) died
In 1840 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower 1819-1907 (20) graduated as Bachelor of Arts at Christ Church College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire
In 1840 George Grey 7th Earl Stamford, 3rd Earl Warrington 1827-1883 (12) educated Eton College
In 1840 Victoria Alexandrina Fitzalan 1840-1870 was born to Henry Granville Fitzalan 14th Duke Norfolk 1815-1860 (25) and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk .
In 1840 Mary Charlotte Howard 1840- was born to Charles Howard 17th Earl Suffolk, 10th Earl Berkshire 1805-1876 (34) and Isabella Catherine Mary Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire 1806-1891 (33)
In 1840 Blanche Eliza Howard 1834-1840 (5) died .
In 1840 Alice Barbara Maria Ponsonby 1840-1846 was born to Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby 2nd Baron Mauley 1815-1896 (24) and Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby Baroness Mauley 1819-1897 (20) .
In 1840 Constance Villiers Countess Derby 1840-1922 was born to George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon 1800-1870 (39) and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon 1810-1874 (29)
In 1840 George John Frederick Sackville 1814-1850 (25) was elected as MP Lewes .
In 1840 Mary Charlotte Butler -1840 died .
In 1840 Frances Caroline Bagot 1819-1840 (21) died .
In 1840 Richard Bagot 1821-1840 (19) died .
In 1840 Lucy Bridgeman 1792-1840 (48) died .
In 1840 Adine Eliza Anne Cowper 1840-1868 was born to George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper 1806-1856 (33) and Ann Florence Robinson 6th Countess Cowper
In 1840 George Hay Dawkins-Pennant 1764-1840 (76) died
In 1840 Mary Douglas 1836-1840 (3) died
In 1840 Charles John Oswald Fitzgerald 1840-1912 was born
In 1840 Augustus Frederick Guest 1840-1862 was born to John Josiah Guest 1785-1852 (54) and Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie 1812-1895 (27)
In 1840 Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe 1840-1874 was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke Abercorn 1811-1885 (28) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn 1812-1905 (27)
In 1840 Henry Labouchere 1st Baron Taunton 1798-1869 (41) and Frances Baring 1813-1850 (27) were married .
In 1840 Florence Louisa Miles 1840-1862 was born to William Miles 1797-1878 (42)
In 1840 Theresa Parker 1775-1840 (65) died
In 1840 Meriel Sarah Lyttelton 1840-1925 was born to George William Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton 1817-1876 (22) and Mary Glynne .
In 1840 George Pocock 1st Baronet Pocock of Hart and Twickenham 1765-1840 (75) died
In 1840 Robert John Carrington 2nd Baron Carrington 1796-1868 (43) and Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby Baroness Carrington 1815-1879 (25) were married . Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby Baroness Carrington 1815-1879 (25) by marriage Baroness Carrington of Upton .
In 1840 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford 1831-1899 (8) was appointed as Page of Honour: Queen Victoria
In 1840 Emily Charlotte Wood 1840-1904 was born to Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax 1800-1885 (39) and Mary Grey Viscountess Halifax 1807-
After 1840 . Monument to George Errington in St Oswalds Church. Sculpted by Richard "The Younger" Westmacott 1799-1892 (41) . St Oswalds Church, Ashbourne, Derbyshire .
After 1840 . Monument to George Errington in St Oswalds Church. Sculpted by Richard "The Younger" Westmacott 1799-1892 (41) . St Oswalds Church, Ashbourne, Derbyshire .
Jan 1840
06 Jan 1840
On 06 Jan 1840 Watkin Williams-Wynn 1772-1840 (67) died
10 Jan 1840
On 10 Jan 1840 Godwin Philipps 10th Baronet Philips 1840-1857 was born to William Philipps 9th Baronet Philips 1794-1850 (45) .
16 Jan 1840
On 16 Jan 1840 Charles Henry Maynard 1814-1865 (26) and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 1839-1933 were married
On 16 Jan 1840 Charles Henry Maynard 1814-1865 (26) and Frances Julia Murray 1821-1868 (18) were married
23 Jan 1840
On 23 Jan 1840 Mary Obrien 1759-1840 (81) died .
Feb 1840
05 Feb 1840
On 05 Feb 1840 Mary Bermingham -1840 died .
10 Feb 1840
Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
On 10 Feb 1840 Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-1861 (20) and Victoria Hanover Queen United Kingdom 1819-1901 (20) were married (he was her first-cousin) at Chapel Royal, St James' Palace, St James', Westminster .
29 Feb 1840
On 29 Feb 1840 Lincoln Edwin Robert Stanhope 1781-1840 (58) died .
Mar 1840
03 Mar 1840
On 03 Mar 1840 Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke 1840-1923 was born to Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley 1804-1884 (35) .
05 Mar 1840
On 05 Mar 1840 George Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke Marlborough 1766-1840 (73) died . His son George Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke Marlborough 1793-1857 (46) succeeded as 6th Duke Marlborough , 8th Earl Sunderland (2C 1643) , 10th Baron Spencer Wormleighton . Jane Stewart Duchess Marlborough 1798-1844 (42) by marriage Duchess Marlborough .
14 Mar 1840
On 14 Mar 1840 John Parker 1st Earl Morley 1772-1840 (67) died
24 Mar 1840
On 24 Mar 1840 Henry Fane 1779-1840 (60) died
31 Mar 1840
On 31 Mar 1840 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen 1768-1840 (72) died . His son William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen 1807-1886 (33) succeeded as 3rd Earl Enniskillen , 2nd Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire
Apr 1840
08 Apr 1840
12 Apr 1840
On 12 Apr 1840 Thomas Arundell 1839-1840 died .
15 Apr 1840
On 15 Apr 1840 William Amelius Aubrey Beauclerk 10th Duke St Albans 1840-1898 was born to William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans 1801-1849 (39) and Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins Duchess St Albans 1818-1893 (22)
21 Apr 1840
On 21 Apr 1840 Alfred Wodehouse 1814-1848 (25) and Emma Hamilton Macdonald Macdonald were married .
22 Apr 1840
23 Apr 1840
On 23 Apr 1840 William Charles Evans 8th Baron Carbery 1812-1894 (28) and Sophia Sherard 1795-1851 (44) were married .
27 Apr 1840
On 27 Apr 1840 Blanche Georgiana Howard Duchess Devonshire 1812-1840 (28) died
28 Apr 1840
On 28 Apr 1840 Charles Spencer-Churchill 1794-1840 (45) died .
On 28 Apr 1840 George Francis Howard 1840-1913 was born to Frederick Howard 1814-1897 (26) and Fanny Cavendish 1809-1885 (31)
May 1840
05 May 1840
12 May 1840
On 12 May 1840 George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan 1840-1915 was born to Henry Cadogan 4th Earl Cadogan 1812-1873 (28) and Mary Sarah Wellesley Countess Cadogan 1808-1873 (32)
20 May 1840
On 20 May 1840 Henry Strutt 2nd Baron Belper 1840-1914 was born to Edward Strutt 1st Baron Belper 1801-1880 (38) and Amelia Harriet Otter Baroness Belper 1817-1890 (23) at St Helen's House, King Street, Derby, Derbyshire .
Jun 1840
02 Jun 1840
On 02 Jun 1840 Archibald William Douglas 8th Marquess Queensberry 1818-1858 (22) and Caroline Margaret Clayton Marchioness Queensbury -1904 were married at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire
On 02 Jun 1840 Henry John Spencer-Churchill 1797-1840 (43) died
07 Jun 1840
On 07 Jun 1840 Frederick William II King Prussia 1770-1840 (69) died . His son Frederick William IV King Prussia 1795-1861 (44) succeeded as IV King Prussia .
20 Jun 1840
On 20 Jun 1840 Gerald Edmund Boyle 1840-1927 was born to John Boyle 1803-1874 (37) and Cecilia Fitzgerald-De-Ros -1869
On 20 Jun 1840 Blanche Caroline Pitt-Rivers 1840-1914 was born to George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers 1810-1866 (29) and Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers 1810-1866
21 Jun 1840
On 21 Jun 1840 Frederick Charles Howard 1840-1893 was born to Henry Howard 2nd Earl Effingham 1806-1889 (33) and Eliza Drummond Baroness Howard (29) .
22 Jun 1840
On 22 Jun 1840 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie 1776-1840 (63) died .
23 Jun 1840
On 23 Jun 1840 Arthur Pelham-Clinton 1840-1870 was born to Henry Pelham-Clinton 5th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne 1811-1864 (29) and Susan Harriet Catherine Hamilton Duchess Newcastle-under-Lyne 1814-1889 (26) .
30 Jun 1840
On 30 Jun 1840 John Charles Pratt 3rd Marquess Camden 1840-1872 was born to George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden 1799-1866 (41) and Harriet Murray Countess Camden 1813-1854 (27) at Belgrave Square, Belgravia, Westminster
Jul 1840
04 Jul 1840
On 04 Jul 1840 Caroline Rachel Cholmondeley 1840-1863 was born to William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley 1800-1884 (40) and Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley 1804-1878 (36)
05 Jul 1840
On 05 Jul 1840 Charles George Perceval 2nd Baron Arden, 1st Baron Arden Arden 1756-1840 (83) died at St James' Palace, St James', Westminster .
07 Jul 1840
On 07 Jul 1840 Theodora Grosvenor 1840-1924 was born to Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster 1795-1869 (45) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster 1797-1891 (43) .
17 Jul 1840
On 17 Jul 1840 Mary Cornwallis 1769-1840 (71) died .
26 Jul 1840
On 26 Jul 1840 Arthur Paget 1771-1840 (69) died .
28 Jul 1840
On 28 Jul 1840 George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 (11) succeeded as 2nd Earl Durham . Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871 (5) by marriage Countess Durham .
On 28 Jul 1840 John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham 1792-1840 (48) died at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire . He was buried at St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Aug 1840
12 Aug 1840
On 12 Aug 1840 Francis Richard Grey 1813-1890 (27) and Elizabeth Dorothy Anne Howard 1816-1891 (23) were married (he was her third-cousin).
18 Aug 1840
On 18 Aug 1840 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne 1816-1866 (24) and Georgiana Herbert Marchioness Lansdowne 1817-1841 (23) were married .
20 Aug 1840
On 20 Aug 1840 William Otter Bishop Chichester 1768-1840 (71) died
Sep 1840
09 Sep 1840
On 09 Sep 1840 Mark Robert Kerr 1776-1840 (63) died
10 Sep 1840
22 Sep 1840
On 22 Sep 1840 Louisa Tollemache Countess Dysart 1745-1840 (95) died without issue. Her grandson Her grandson Lionel Tollemache 8th Earl Dysart 1794-1878 (45) succeeded as 8th Earl Dysart
In 1805 John Hoppner 1758-1810 (46) . Portrait of Louisa Tollemache Countess Dysart 1745-1840 (59) . Full-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, gazing to the right, her left elbow on a stone base of a column, and her cheek resting on her left hand, light-brown hair dressed high, and wearing a loose fitting white gown with a gold silk sash worn around her waist and down her right side and held in her right hand, a tassled red curtain hangs from the column on the right and there is a distant view of trees and sky to the left.The original, painted in 1779, is at Kenwood House, London.
Oct 1840
On Oct 1840 Daniel Finch 1757-1840 (83) died .
08 Oct 1840
Before 08 Oct 1840 John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden 1759-1840 (81) sold 22 Arlington Street, Arlington Street, St James', Westminster to Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort 1792-1853 (48) .
In 1802 . Thomas Lawrence 1769-1830 (32) . Portrait of John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden 1759-1840 (43) .
On 08 Oct 1840 Horace David Cholwell St Paul 1775-1840 (65) died
On 08 Oct 1840 John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden 1759-1840 (81) died in Seale, Surrey . His son George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden 1799-1866 (41) succeeded as 2nd Marquess Camden , 2nd Earl Brecknock . Harriet Murray Countess Camden 1813-1854 (27) by marriage Countess Camden .
22 Oct 1840
On 22 Oct 1840 Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland 1773-1840 (66) died .
27 Oct 1840
On 27 Oct 1840 Gwendoline Catherine Talbot 1817-1840 (22) died at Rome .
28 Oct 1840
On 28 Oct 1840 Elizabeth Louisa Douglas 1803-1840 (37) died
30 Oct 1840
On 30 Oct 1840 Charles Elphinstone 14th Lord Elphinstone 1774-1840 (66) died . His half first-cousin once-removed William Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone 15th Lord Elphinstone 1828-1893 (11) succeeded as 15th Lord Elphinstone . Constance Euphemia Woronzow Murray Lady Elphinstone 1838-1922 (1) by marriage Lord Elphinstone .
On 30 Oct 1840 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 4th Earl Radnor 1815-1889 (25) and Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston Countess Radnor 1821-1879 (19) were married .
Nov 1840
01 Nov 1840
On 01 Nov 1840 Arthur Guiness 1840-1915 was born to Benjamin Lee Guiness 1st Baronet Guiness 1798-1868 (42) and Elizabeth Guiness 1813-1865 (26) at St Anne's, Raheny, Dublin, County Dublin
21 Nov 1840
On 21 Nov 1840 Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1840-1901 was born to Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-1861 (21) and Victoria Hanover Queen United Kingdom 1819-1901 (21) .
23 Nov 1840
On 23 Nov 1840 Frances Susan Lambton -1840 died .
Dec 1840
20 Dec 1840
On 20 Dec 1840 Adelbert John Robert Anson 1840-1909 was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield 1795-1854 (45) and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield 1800-1879 (40) .
31 Dec 1840
On 31 Dec 1840 Thomas John Wynn 1840-1878 was born to Spencer Bulkeley Wynn 3rd Baron Newborough 1803-1888 (37) and Frances Maria De Winton Baroness Newborough .
