On this Day in History ... 19th March

19 Mar is in March.

1311 Council of Ordainers

1330 Execution of Edmund of Woodstock

1470 Welles' Rebellion and Battle of Losecoat Field aka Empingham

1563 Wreck of The Greyhound

1643 Battle of Hopton Heath

1722 General Election

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 19th March

On 19 Mar 1330 the King's uncle Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 28) was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. The executioner was a convicted latrine cleaner who was also facing the death penalty; no-one else would undertake the task of executing a member of the Royal family. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 42) to entrap Edmund. King Edward III of England (age 17) was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 19 Mar 1553 Alberta Palatinate Simmern (age 14) died. Her brother Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 13) succeeded VI Elector Palatine Rhine.

After 19 Mar 1553. St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map]. Monument to Richard Cecil (deceased) and his wife Jane Heckington. Kneeling figures under an elaborate cornice. Attributed to Cornelius Cure. Elizabethan Period.

Jane Heckington: she was born to William Heckington. Before 1520 Richard Cecil and she were married. On 10 Mar 1587 she died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Mar 1555. The xix day of Marche in the mornyng the Kyng('s) (age 27) grace rune at the tylt a-gaynst odur Spaneards, and brake iiij stayffes by viij of the cloke in the mornyng.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Mar 1558. The xix day of Marche my lord mayre and the althermen whent unto Yeld-halle [Map], and ther all the craftes in London browth in the bylles what ther compene wold lend unto the quen('s) (age 42) grace for to helpe her in her fa ... toward the wars.

Note. P. 168. Loan from the city to the queen. A loan was then called a "prest," which is probably the word our diarist could not remember. The amount of this prest was 20,000l. and it was to bear interest at 12 per cent. (Stowe.)

On 19 Mar 1563 the Greyhound was wrecked on its journey to Le Havre with the loss of around two-hundred lives.

Captain Thomas Finch (age 51) drowned.

Brothers John Wentworth (age 25) and James Wentworth (age 23) drowned.

On 19 Mar 1604 John IV King Portugal was born to Teodosio II Duke of Braganza (age 35) and Ana de Velasco y Téllez Girón Duchess Braganza (age 19).

After 19 Mar 1612. Jacobean Hooded Monument monument with a figure leaning on their elbow to Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (deceased) at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. The monument is now in the south transept but was originally in a more prestigious position at the east end of the chancel, on the south side, opposite the Townshend tomb. It was moved when the chancel was restored by Scott in 1859-60. The figure of Lady Eure was originally painted: traces of black paint can still be seen in the folds of her elaborate dress. The inscription ... Here lyeth expecting a joyful resurrection the body of Dame Mary Eure late wife to the Right Ho Ralph Lord Eure (age 53) Baron of Malton, Lord President of the Principality and Marches of Wales and Leiutenant of the same and daughter of Sir John Dawney of Sessey in the County of York she departed this life the 19th day of March 1612 at the age of 55.

Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure: Around 1557 she was born to John Dawnay of Sessay, Yorkshire and Elizabeth Tunstall. In or before 1578 Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure and she were married. They were half fourth cousins. In 1594 William Eure 2nd Baron Eure died. In 1594 His son Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure succeeded 3rd Baron Eure. She by marriage Baroness Eure. On 19 Mar 1612 Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure died.

On 19 Mar 1616 Henry Pierrepont (age 70) died. Church of St Edmund Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. Carved by Robert Smythson (age 46). Elizabethan Period. Armorials:

Top left Cavendish Arms - he was married to Frances Cavendish (age 67) daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick.

Top right Pierrepoint Arms.

Centre Bottom: Quartered 1&4 Pierrepoint Arms 2&3 Unknown Arms impaled Quartered 1&4 Cavendish Arms 2&3 Unknown Arms.

Frances Cavendish: On 18 Jun 1548 she was born to William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. Before 1584 Henry Pierrepont and she were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. In Jan 1632 Frances Cavendish died.

On 19 Mar 1683 Thomas Killigrew (age 71) died at Whitehall Palace [Map].

Evelyn's Diary. 19 Mar 1693. A new Secretary of State, Sir John Trenchard (age 43); the Attorney-General, Somers (age 42), made Lord-Keeper, a young lawyer of extraordinary merit. King William (age 42) goes toward Flanders; but returns, the wind being contrary.

On 19 Mar 1703 Ann Howard died. Monument in St Peter's Church, Elford [Map].

Ann Howard: she was born to Craven Howard and Anne Ogle Maid of Honour.

On 19 Mar 1722 Leonard Smelt (age 39) was elected MP Northallerton during the 1722 General Election.

On 19 Mar 1722 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Thirsk during the 1722 General Election.

On 20 Feb 1723 Hayman Rooke was born. He was baptised at St Martin in the Fields [Map] on 19 Mar 1723.

On 19 Mar 1776 Ramsay Richard Reinagle was born.

After 19 Mar 1791. Monument to Penelope Boothby (deceased) at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map] sculpted by Thomas Banks (age 55). Her epitaph reads "She was in form and intellect most exquisite. The unfortunate Parents ventured their all on this frail Bark. And the wreck was total."

Penelope Boothby: On 11 Apr 1785 she was born to Brooke Boothby 6th Baronet in Lichfield, Staffordshire. On 19 Mar 1791 Penelope Boothby died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire. She was buried in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne.

On 19 Mar 1808 Charles IV King Spain (age 59) abdicated as King Spain. Ferdinand VII King Spain (age 23) succeeded VII King Spain.

On 19 Mar 1825 William Owen (deceased) was buried St Luke's Church Chelsea in a private ceremony attended by family and close friends, including Thomas Lawrence (age 55), Richard Westmacott (age 49), Thomas Phillips (age 54) and 'Thompson' [probably Thomas Clement Thompson (age 45)].

On 19 Mar 1829 Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple nee Pattle was born to James Peter Pattle (age 53) at Garden Reach, Calcutta.

On 19 Mar 1882 Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont was born.

On 19 Mar 1896 George Richmond (age 86) died.

Births on the 19th March

Around 19 Mar 1554 John Caryll was born.

On 19 Mar 1604 John IV King Portugal was born to Teodosio II Duke of Braganza (age 35) and Ana de Velasco y Téllez Girón Duchess Braganza (age 19).

On 19 Mar 1644 Walter Hastings was born to Henry Hastings (age 39) and Jane Goodall.

On 19 Mar 1662 Catherine Perceval was born to John Perceval 1st Baronet (age 32) and Catherine Southwell.

On 19 Mar 1680 Elizabeth Tracy was born to William Tracy 4th Viscount Tracy (age 23) and Frances Devereux (age 21).

On 19 Mar 1708 Henry Gough 1st Baronet was born to Henry Gough (age 59) and Mary Littleton (age 53).

On 19 Mar 1722 Reverend Edmund Nelson was born in Cambridge [Map].

On 20 Feb 1723 Hayman Rooke was born. He was baptised at St Martin in the Fields [Map] on 19 Mar 1723.

On 19 Mar 1727 Charles Ingram 9th Viscount Irvine was born to Colonel Charles Ingram (age 30).

On 19 Mar 1742 Captain Patrick Duff was born.

On 19 Mar 1749 Louisa Hanover was born to Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 42) and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 29). She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 19 Mar 1757 Edward Pellew 1st Viscount Exmouth was born.

On 19 Mar 1762 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford was born to Henry Bridgeman 1st Baron Bradford (age 36) and Elizabeth Simpson.

On 19 Mar 1770 Stephen Moore 2nd Earl Mount Cashell was born to Stephen Moore 1st Earl Mount Cashell (age 39) and Helena Rawdon Countess Mount Cashell.

On 19 Mar 1776 Ramsay Richard Reinagle was born.

On 19 Mar 1778 Edward "Ned" Pakenham was born to Edward Pakenham 2nd Baron Longford (age 34) and Catherine Rowley Baroness Longford (age 30).

On 19 Mar 1787 Brownlow Paget was born to Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 42) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 45).

On 19 Mar 1788 John Somers-Cocks 2nd Earl Somers was born to John Cocks 1st Earl Somers (age 27).

On 19 Mar 1789 Frederick Adair Roe 1st Baronet was born to William Roe (age 41) and Susan Margaret Thomas.

On 19 Mar 1824 William Allingham was born at Ballyshannon.

On 19 Mar 1829 Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple nee Pattle was born to James Peter Pattle (age 53) at Garden Reach, Calcutta.

On 19 Mar 1833 Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage was born to Charles Fieschi Heneage and Louisa Elizabeth Graves.

On 19 Mar 1833 Charles Wathen was born.

On 19 Mar 1863 Frederick William Hotham 6th Baron Hotham was born to William Francis Hotham (age 43) and Emma Carbonnel (age 41).

On 19 Mar 1869 Robert Edward Grosvenor was born to Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster (age 43) and Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.06%.

On 19 Mar 1882 Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont was born.

On 19 Mar 1904 Alan Rupert Brodrick was born to William John Henry Brodrick (age 30).

On 19 Mar 1921 Captain Anthony Henry Heber Villiers was born to Gerald Berkeley Villiers (age 35).

On 19 Mar 1955 Sarah Spencer was born to John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer (age 31) and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer (age 19).

Marriages on the 19th March

After 19 Mar 1366 Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria (age 16) and Elizabeth Bohemia Duchess Austria were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 49) and Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. He the son of Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria and Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria. They were second cousin once removed.

Before 19 Mar 1470 Robert Welles 8th Baron Willoughby 8th Baron Welles and Elizabeth Bourchier Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 19 Mar 1665 Robert Southwell (age 29) and Elizabeth Dering (age 17) were married.

On 19 Mar 1750 Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham (age 25) and Elizabeth Clements were married.

On 19 Mar 1757 Henry Vane 2nd Earl Darlington (age 30) and Margaret Lowther Countess Darlington (age 29) were married at London. He the son of Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington (age 52) and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington (age 59). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 19 Mar 1783 Thomas Lacy Dickonson (age 23) and Maria Eleanor Nightingale (age 18) were married.

On 19 Mar 1807 Thomas Parker 5th Earl Macclesfield (age 44) and Eliza Wolstenholme Countess Macclesfield (age 26) were married. He the son of Thomas Parker 3rd Earl Macclesfield.

On 19 Mar 1820 Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 23) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 50) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 50).

Before 19 Mar 1879 Victor Alexander Grosvenor (age 25) and Sibell Mary Lumley (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough (age 65) and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. He the son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster (age 53) and Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster (age 44). They were third cousins.

On 19 Mar 1885 Friedrich Ferdinand Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 29) and Victoria Friederike Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Adelheid Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He the son of Friedrich Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 70) and Adelheid Schasumburg Lippe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

Before 19 Mar 1921 Gerald Berkeley Villiers (age 35) and Judith Elizabeth Corbet (age 58) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 19 Mar 1947 Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 31) and Suzanne Marie Fesq Duchess St Albans (age 25) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Deaths on the 19th March

On 19 Mar 1309 Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley died.

On 19 Mar 1327 Anna Habsburg (age 47) died.

On 19 Mar 1330 the King's uncle Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 28) was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. The executioner was a convicted latrine cleaner who was also facing the death penalty; no-one else would undertake the task of executing a member of the Royal family. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 42) to entrap Edmund. King Edward III of England (age 17) was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Before 19 Mar 1383 Piers Mauley (age 26) died at Nether Hallam Manor West Riding.

On 19 Mar 1444 Radegonde Valois (age 15) died.

On 19 Mar 1457 William Beauchamp died at Powick, Worcestershire.

On 19 Mar 1479 Thomas Urswick died.

On 19 Mar 1505 Humphrey Stanley (age 55) died.

Before 19 Mar 1533 Margaret Bourchier died.

Before 19 Mar 1533 Thomas Bourchier died.

On 19 Mar 1539 Edmund Howard (age 61) died.

On 19 Mar 1541 William Tyrwhitt (age 41) died.

On 19 Mar 1550 John Plunkett 4th Baron Killeen (age 40) died. His son Patrick Plunkett 5th Baron Killeen (age 28) succeeded 5th Baron Killeen.

On 19 Mar 1553 Richard Cecil (age 58) died at Canon Row. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].

On 19 Mar 1553 Alberta Palatinate Simmern (age 14) died. Her brother Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 13) succeeded VI Elector Palatine Rhine.

On 19 Mar 1556 Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 38) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Basing.

On 19 Mar 1563 the Greyhound was wrecked on its journey to Le Havre with the loss of around two-hundred lives.

Captain Thomas Finch (age 51) drowned.

Brothers John Wentworth (age 25) and James Wentworth (age 23) drowned.

On 19 Mar 1567 John Cheney died.

On 19 Mar 1577 Urian Brereton died.

Before 19 Mar 1583 Dorothy Booth (age 72) died.

On 19 Mar 1596 Robert Wingfield (age 74) died.

On 19 Mar 1596 Anne Unton (age 41) died.

On 19 Mar 1609 Maud Babington (age 38) was murdered. A servant, Honora ny Caffry, was burned at the stake for the petty treason of the murder of a mistress. Another, a man, later confessed to the murder.

On 19 Mar 1612 Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (age 55) died.

On 19 Mar 1616 Henry Pierrepont (age 70) died. Church of St Edmund Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. Carved by Robert Smythson (age 46). Elizabethan Period. Armorials:

Top left Cavendish Arms - he was married to Frances Cavendish (age 67) daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick.

Top right Pierrepoint Arms.

Centre Bottom: Quartered 1&4 Pierrepoint Arms 2&3 Unknown Arms impaled Quartered 1&4 Cavendish Arms 2&3 Unknown Arms.

Frances Cavendish: On 18 Jun 1548 she was born to William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. Before 1584 Henry Pierrepont and she were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. In Jan 1632 Frances Cavendish died.

On 19 Mar 1658 George Graham 2nd Baronet (age 34) died. His son Richard Graham 1st Viscount Preston (age 8) succeeded 3rd Baronet Graham of Esk in Cumberland.

On 19 Mar 1683 Thomas Killigrew (age 71) died at Whitehall Palace [Map].

On 19 Mar 1684 Francis Tylney (age 72) died.

Before 19 Mar 1685 John Frederick (age 83) died. he was buried on 19 Mar 1685.

On 19 Mar 1687 Daniel Gookin (age 75) died.

On 19 Mar 1701 John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater (age 54) died. He was buried at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire. His son Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Bridgewater, 5th Viscount Brackley, 5th Baron Ellesmere.

On 19 Mar 1703 Ann Howard died. Monument in St Peter's Church, Elford [Map].

Ann Howard: she was born to Craven Howard and Anne Ogle Maid of Honour.

On or before 19 Mar 1708 Jane Whichcote (age 28) died. She was buried at St Breock Church, Cornwall [Map] on 19 Mar 1708.

On 19 Mar 1711 John Bruce 2nd Baronet (age 40) died. Baronet Bruce of Balcaskie extinct.

On 19 Mar 1711 Bishop Thomas Ken (age 73) died. He was buried in Church of St John the Baptist Frome, Somerset.

On 19 Mar 1711 Philip Carteret (age 18) died.

On 19 Mar 1720 John King 2nd Baronet (age 39) died. His brother Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.

On 19 Mar 1737 Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland (age 49) died.

On 19 Mar 1742 Mary FitzGerald Countess Fingall died.

On 13 Mar 1771 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 67) died. He was buried on 19 Mar 1771 at St John the Baptist Church, Burford. His son William Knollys 6th Earl Banbury (age 44) de jure 6th Earl Banbury, 6th Viscount Wallingford, 6th Baron Knollys.

On 19 Mar 1783 Archbishop Frederick Cornwallis (age 70) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Lambeth Palace [Map].

On 19 Mar 1791 Penelope Boothby (age 5) died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. She was buried in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].

On 19 Mar 1794 Henry Fitzroy (age 28) died.

On 19 Mar 1795 Edward Murray (age 11) died.

On 19 Mar 1803 Isabella Thorold (age 72) died.

On 19 Mar 1811 John James Stuart (age 28) died aboard his command, the frigate Saldanha.

On 16 or 19 Mar 1812 Anna Edwyn (age 76) died.

On 19 Mar 1829 Edmund Turnor (age 74) died.

On 19 Mar 1843 Jane Rebecca Vyner Lady Biddulph (age 40) died.

On 19 Mar 1844 William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale (age 86) died at York House Twickenham, Richmond. On 19 Mar 1844 His son William Lowther 2nd Earl Lonsdale (age 56) succeeded 2nd Earl Lonsdale, 3rd Viscount Lowther, 3rd Baron Lowther.

On 19 Mar 1852 Caroline Sophia Wyndham (age 22) died in childbirth at Drove Westhampnett. She and the child, who died on the same day, were buried at Bartons Lane Cemetery Petworth.

On 19 Mar 1859 William Courtenay 10th Earl Devon (age 81) died. His son William Courtenay 11th Earl Devon (age 51) succeeded 11th Earl Devon. Elizabeth Fortescue Countess Devon (age 57) by marriage Countess Devon.

On 19 Mar 1869 Frederick Shelley 8th Baronet (age 59) died. His son John Shelley 9th Baronet (age 20) succeeded 9th Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.

On 19 Mar 1872 Catherine Eden died.

On 19 Mar 1875 Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth died. Her widower William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 60) remarried a week later his second bigamous wife Eliza Fechnie Malcolm.

On 19 Mar 1876 Mary Aletha Talbot died.

On 19 Mar 1879 Clara "Claire" Mary Jane Clairmont (age 80) died.

On 19 Mar 1894 Emily Margaret Egerton (age 42) died.

On 19 Mar 1896 George Richmond (age 86) died.

In 19 Mar 1898 Beatrice Trevelyan (age 88) died.

On 19 Mar 1915 Cordelia Twysden Molesworth died.

On 19 Mar 1915 Robert Charles de Grey Vyner (age 73) died.

On 19 Mar 1924 Mariota Thellusson Countess Wilton (age 50) died.

On 19 Mar 1934 Major-General Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (age 76) died.

On 19 Mar 1940 Lucy Catherine Fortescue Countess St Aldwyn (age 89) died.

On 19 Mar 1941 Jane Evelyn Cole (age 85) died.

On 19 Mar 1983 María Dolores "Lala" Piñeiro (age 90) died.

On 19 Mar 1990 Diana Claudia Carleton Countess of Malmesbury (age 77) died. Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire extinct.

On 19 Mar 1993 Patricia Audrey Kirrage (age 76) died.

On 19 Mar 1994 Patricia Herbert Viscountess Hambleden (age 89) died.

On 19 Mar 1998 George Child-Villiers Viscount Villiers (age 49) died predeceasing his father George Child-Villiers 9th Earl of Jersey (age 88) by five months.

On 19 Mar 2019 William Simon Pease 3rd Baron Wardington (age 93) died. Baron Wardington of Alnmouth in Northumberland extinct.