On this Day in History ... 21st March
21 Mar is in March.
1152 Louis and Eleanor's Divorce
1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine Abduction Attempts
1556 Execution of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
Events on the 21st March
On 21 Mar 867 Osberht King of Northumbria and Ælla King of Northumbria were killed during the Battle of York.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 21 Mar 867. Late in the year, however, they returned to their allegiance, and they were now fighting against the common enemy; having collected a vast force, with which they fought the army [Battle of York] at York [Map]; and breaking open the town, some of them entered in. Then was there an immense slaughter of the Northumbrians, some within and some without; and both the kings [Osberht King of Northumbria and Ælla King of Northumbria] were slain on the spot. The survivors made peace with the army.
On 21 Mar 1152 the marriage of Louis VII King Franks (age 32) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) was dissolved by Hugh Toucy Archbishop Sens at the Château de Beaugency on the grounds of consanguinity. Both Louis and Eleanor were present as were the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux. Samson Mauvoison Archbishop Reims acted on behalf of Eleanor. In dissolving the marriage Louis lost control of the Duchy of Aquitaine which was to have far reaching consequences for the next three centuries.
After 21 Mar 1152 Theobald "Good" Blois V Count Blois (age 22) attempted to abduct Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) from Blois. She fled in the middle of the night taking a barge to Tours.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 21st [Mar 1358], William, Archbishop of Sens, now in England to negotiate a treaty of peace for his Sovereign with the English Monarch, the Maréchal D'Audenham, and the Countess of Pembroke (age 41), spend the entire day with Isabella (age 63); and her grandson, the Earl of Richmond (age 18), arrives to supper.
On 21 Mar 1373 John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux (age 36) was captured during the Battle of Chiset at Chizé at which the English were defeated by the French forces commanded by Bertrand Geusclin (age 53). The battle brought an end to English control in Poitou.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1556. The xxj day of Marche was bornyd at Oxford doctur Cranmer (age 66), late archebysshope of Canturbere.
On 21 Mar 1556 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 66) was burned at the stake at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1557. The xxj day of Marche the Kyng (age 29) and the Quen (age 41) [went] thrugh the galere unto ther closett, and ther thay [heard mass]; and ther was ij swordes borne a-for them, on by lord Cobham (age 60), and the thodur (by) my lord admerall (age 47); [and from] ther closett bake to dener, boyth the Kyng and the Quen together, and ther my lord chanseler (age 56) was ther and dyvers [other lords.]
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1559. The xxj of Marche the quen('s) master cokes and odur her offesers, and at Mylle-end [Map] ther they dynyd, [with] all maner of mett and drynke; and ther was all maner of artelere, as drumes, flutes, trumpetes, gones, mores pykes, halbardes, to the nomber of v C.; the gonners in shurtes of maylle and .... pykes in bryght harnes, and mony swardes and v grett pesses of gones and shot in ... the wyche dyd myche hurt unto glass wy[ndows;] and cam a grett gyant danssyng, and after [that a] mores dansse dansyng, and gones and mor[es pikes]; and after cam a cart with a grett wyth and ij [bears?] with-in the cartt, and be-syd whent a gret .... of grett mastes; and then cam the master cokes rydyng in cottes in brodere, and chynes of gold, and mony of the quen('s) (age 25) servandes in ther levery, to the cowrt, and ther they shott ther pesses, and with-in the parke was ij C. chamburs gret and smalle shot, and the Quen('s) (age 25) grace standyn in the galere; and so evere man whent in-to the parke, showhyng them in batell ray, shutyng and playhyng at bowt the parke; and a-for the quen (age 25) was on of bayres [one of the bears.] was bated, and after the mores dansers whent in-to the cowrt, dansyng in mony offeses.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1563. The xxj day of Marche tydynges cam to the cowrt that on off the quen's shypes callyd the Grahond was lost gohyng to Nuwhavyn; the captayn was ser Thomas Fynche (deceased) knyghtt of Kent, and ys brodur and on of my lord Cobbam('s) brodur and ij of my lord Whentforth ('s) bredurne [John Wentworth (deceased) and James Wentworth (deceased)] and mony gentyll men and mynstorels; [one] of my lord of Warwyke('s) newys [nephews], and a good mastur; and mony [good] marenars and sawgears [soldiers] to the nombur of (blank)
Pepy's Diary. 21 Mar 1664. This day the Houses of Parliament met; and the King (age 33) met them, with the Queene (age 54) with him. And he made a speech to them1 among other things, discoursing largely of the plots abroad against him and the peace of the Kingdom; and, among other things, that the dissatisfied party had great hopes upon the effect of the Act for a Triennial Parliament granted by his father, which he desired them to peruse, and, I think, repeal. So the Houses did retire to their own House, and did order the Act to be read to-morrow before them; and I suppose it will be repealed, though I believe much against the will of a good many that sit there.
Note 1. March 16th, 1663-64. This day both Houses met, and on the gist the King (age 33) opened the session with a speech from the throne, in which occurs this Passage: "I pray, Mr. Speaker, and you, gentlemen of the House of Commons, give that Triennial Bill once a reading in your house, and then, in God's name, do what you think fit for me and yourselves and the whole kingdom. I need not tell you how much I love parliaments. Never king was so much beholden to parliaments as I have been, nor do I think the crown can ever be happy without frequent parliaments" (Cobbett's "Parliamentary History", vol. iv., cc. 290, 291).
Pepy's Diary. 21 Mar 1669. Thence up and down the House. Met with Mr. May (age 47), who tells me the story of his being put by Sir John Denham's place, of Surveyor of the King's Works, who it seems, is lately dead, by the unkindness of the Duke Buckingham (age 41), who hath brought in Dr. Wren (age 45): though, he tells me, he hath been his servant for twenty years together in all his wants and dangers, saving him from want of bread by his care and management, and with a promise of having his help in his advancement, and an engagement under his hand for £1000 not yet paid, and yet the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) so ungrateful as to put him by: which is an ill thing, though Dr. Wren is a worthy man. But he tells me that the King (age 38) is kind to him, and hath promised him a pension of £300 a-year out of the Works; which will be of more content to him than the place, which, under their present wants of money, is a place that disobliges most people, being not able to do what they desire to their lodgings. Here meeting with Sir H. Cholmly (age 36) and Povy (age 55), that tell me that my Lord Middleton (age 61) is resolved in the Cabal that he shall not go to Tangier; and that Sir Edward Harlow [Harley], whom I know not, is propounded to go, who was Governor of Dunkirke, and, they say, a most worthy brave man, which I shall be very glad of.
Evelyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1672. I visited the coasts in my district of Kent, and divers wounded and languishing poor men, that had been in the Smyrna conflict. I went over to see the new-begun Fort of Tilbury; a royal work, indeed, and such as will one day bridle a great city to the purpose, before they are aware.
The London Gazette 662. 21 Mar 1672. The Hague. 1672 Attack on the Smyrna Fleet. Most of our Smirna Fleet are arrived in Zealand and in the Maes, together with the Mep of war, under whose Convoy they were, though extremely torn and very much disabled 5 five of ©ur Merchant men were taken bythe English-two of which were the richest in the Fleet, laden with Silks and other rich Commodities, and were called the Landtman oi Amsterdam, and the Vrede of Rotterdam, besides one of our men of War, called the Little Holland, mounted with 44 Guns and 150 men J Captain de Hies Admiral of this Fleet was killed in this engagement, with many of our men, and many more wounded, who have been since brought a shore at Rotterdam and other places. The men of War which served for Convoys to the said Fleet were.
Ships, Captains, Guns, Men.
The Ulisstiing, Adrian de Haes, 50, 250.
The Dort, Thomas de Bois, 46, 170.
The Entrecht, Cornelius Everfon, 48, 220.
the Hollandia, Thomas Nes, 44, 150.
The Delf, Pourt, 38, 145.
The Lion, Lenny, 34, 140.
The Centaur, Thomas Anderson, 41, 120.
The Friezland, Jacon Anderson, 30, 110.
The Munnick, a considerable Merchant man mounted with 30 guns was so torn and disabled that with much difficulty they have brought her into port, Captain du Bois Vice-=Admiral of this Fleet hath lost his right arm, and many of his men.
On 21 Mar 1681 Edward Hungerford (age 48) was elected MP Chippenham at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map] during the Oxford Parliament 5C2.
Before 21 Mar 1683 the Rye House Plot was an attempt to assassinate King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52) and his brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49) as they passed Rye House, Hoddesdon when were returning from the races at Newmarket, Suffolk on 01 Apr 1683. In the event a fire at Newmarket, Suffolk on the 22 Mar 1683 the races were cancelled.
After 21 Mar 1683 Edward Hungerford (age 50) was implicated and his home was searched during the Rye House Plot.
On 21 Mar 1726 Samuel Pegge (age 21) was elected to a lay fellowship on the Beresford foundation of his college but was removed in favour of Michael Burton (afterwards vice-master of St. John's), who claimed founder's kin.
After 21 Mar 1726 Joseph Highmore (age 33). Portrait of Elizabeth Rooper Lady Dryden.
Elizabeth Rooper Lady Dryden: On 22 Sep 1726 John Dryden 7th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire. On 07 May 1791 she died.
On 21 Mar 1841 Keomi aka Keytumas Gray was born to Osery Gray at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [Map]. The year of her birth complicated - the Census records are inconsistent. Her grave states "Died 19 Sep 1914 aged 73" which would make her birth year 1841.
On 21 Mar 1843 Robert Southey (age 68) died.
On 21 Mar 1852 Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 84) died.
On 21 Mar 1898 Maynard Greville was born to Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 45) and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 36). Some sources describe his father as Joseph Frederick Laycock (age 30).
On 21 Mar 1901 George David Boyle (age 72) died. Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
George David Boyle: On 17 May 1828 he was born. In 1880 he was appointed Dean Salisbury Cathedral which position he held until he died.
Births on the 21st March
On 21 Mar 1227 King Charles Capet of Sicily was born to Louis "Lion" VIII King France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 39). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 21 Mar 1316 Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby was born to Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun (age 37) and Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun (age 20) at Amesbury, Wiltshire [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 21 Mar 1402 Edmund Cheney was born.
On 21 Mar 1425 Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick was born to Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 43) and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester (age 24) at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 21 Mar 1476 Robert Hamilton Lord Aubigny was born to James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton (age 61) and Mary Stewart Countess Arran (age 22).
On 21 Mar 1492 John II Count Palatinate Simmern was born to John I Count Palatinate Simmern (age 32).
On 21 Mar 1501 Elizabeth Braye was born to Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 17) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray.
On 21 Mar 1501 Anne Braye Baroness Cobham was born to Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 17) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray at Eaton Bray.
On 21 Mar 1521 Maurice Elector of Saxony was born to Henry IV Duke Saxony (age 48) and Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony (age 34).
On 21 Mar 1551 Maria Anna Wittelsbach was born to Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 23) and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.
On 21 Mar 1555 John Leveson was born to Thomas Leveson (age 23) and Ursula Gresham (age 21) at Whornes Place, Cuxton.
On 21 Mar 1557 Anne Dacre Countess Arundel was born to Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 30) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 21) at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map].
On 21 Mar 1603 Samuel Luke was born to Oliver Luke (age 29) and Elizabeth Knightley (age 23). He was baptised 27 Mar 1603.
On 21 Mar 1632 John Hotham 2nd Baronet was born to John Hotham (age 22) and Frances Wray (age 20).
On 21 Mar 1635 Thomas Culpepper 2nd Baron Culpepper was born to John Culpepper 1st Baron Culpeper (age 35) and Judith Culpeper (age 29) in Hollingbourne, Kent.
On 21 Mar 1640 Hedwig Oldenburg was born to Philip Oldenburg (age 56).
On 21 Mar 1644 Walter Bagot 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Bagot 2nd Baronet (age 27).
On 21 Mar 1652 Piers Butler 1st Earl Newcastle was born to Edward Butler 2nd Viscount Galmoye (age 25).
On 21 Mar 1661 Philip Musgrave was born to Christopher Musgrave 4th Baronet (age 29) and Mary Cogan.
On 21 Mar 1679 Benedict Calvert 4th Baron Baltimore was born to Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore (age 41) and Jane Lowe Baroness Baltimore (age 35).
On 21 Mar 1689 George Coke was born to Francis Coke (age 28).
On 21 Mar 1721 Charles Cathcart 9th Lord Cathcart was born.
On 21 Mar 1756 Hugh Bateman 1st Baronet was born to Richard Bateman of Hartington Hall (age 38) and Catherine Fitzherbert.
On 21 Mar 1771 James Cockburn 9th Baronet was born to James Cockburn 8th Baronet (age 42).
On 21 Mar 1780 Charlotte Layard Countess Lindsey was born to Charles Peter Layard (age 31).
On 21 Mar 1785 Robert Haldane-Duncan 1st Earl of Camperdown was born to Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 53) and Henrietta Dundas.
On 21 Mar 1788 Edward Methuen Irby was born to Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 38) and Christian Methuen.
On 21 Mar 1793 Andrew Agnew 7th Baronet was born to Andrew Agnew.
On 21 Mar 1801 Reverend Miles Stapleton was born to Thomas Stapleton 12th Baron Despencer (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot Baroness Despencer (age 43).
On 21 Mar 1807 Amelia Fitzclarence Viscountess Falkland was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 41) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 45).
On 21 Mar 1812 Theresa Stourton Baroness Arundel Wardour was born to William Joseph Stourton 18th Baron Stourton (age 35).
On 21 Mar 1813 Augusta Jones was born illegitimately to Horace David Cholwell St Paul (age 38).
On 21 Mar 1817 Stephen Fox-Strangways was born to Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester (age 30) and Caroline Leonora Murray Countess Ilchester.
On 21 Mar 1822 Jacob Henry Delaval Astley 17th Baron Hastings was born to Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 24) and Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 26).
On 21 Mar 1835 Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Grey was born to George Grey 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Anne Sophia Ryder Lady Grey (age 29).
On 21 Mar 1837 Frederick John Ponsonby was born to Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby and Emily Bathurst (age 39).
On 21 Mar 1840 Gertrude Frances Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Pembroke and Montgomery was born to Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 36) and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford (age 32).
On 21 Mar 1841 Keomi aka Keytumas Gray was born to Osery Gray at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [Map]. The year of her birth complicated - the Census records are inconsistent. Her grave states "Died 19 Sep 1914 aged 73" which would make her birth year 1841.
On 21 Mar 1843 Robert Boughey 7th Baronet was born to Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey 3rd Baronet (age 34).
On 21 Mar 1846 Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor was born to Reverend Henry Chaplin (age 56) and Caroline Horatia Ellice (age 31).
On 21 Mar 1849 John Augustus Grey 7th Baron Walsingham was born to Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham (age 44) and Julia Thellusson Baroness Walsingham (age 31).
On 21 Mar 1853 Lionel Gascoyne-Cecil was born to James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 61) and Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury (age 28).
On 21 Mar 1863 Emily Fenton Armitage was born to Joseph John Armitage and Hannah Fenton.
On 21 Mar 1863 William Frank Lascelles was born to Frank Cavendish Lascelles (age 21) and Emma Olliffe (age 18).
On 21 Mar 1869 Gerald Wellesley Liddell 6th Baron Ravensworth was born to Arthur Thomas Liddell 5th Baron Ravensworth (age 31) and Sophia Harriett Waller Baroness Ravensworth.
On 21 Mar 1887 Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy 1st Baron Percy Newcastle on Tyne was born to Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 40) and Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 37).
On 21 Mar 1898 Maynard Greville was born to Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 45) and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 36). Some sources describe his father as Joseph Frederick Laycock (age 30).
On 21 Mar 1905 Dorothy Mary Findlay was born to Alexander Ogilvy Findlay of Llantarmam in Monmouthshire.
On 21 Mar 1926 Anthony FitzClarence 7th Earl of Munster was born to Edward FitzClarence 6th Earl of Munster (age 26) and Monica Sheila Grayson. He a great x 3 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
Marriages on the 21st March
On 21 Mar 1152 the marriage of Louis VII King Franks (age 32) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) was dissolved by Hugh Toucy Archbishop Sens at the Château de Beaugency on the grounds of consanguinity. Both Louis and Eleanor were present as were the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux. Samson Mauvoison Archbishop Reims acted on behalf of Eleanor. In dissolving the marriage Louis lost control of the Duchy of Aquitaine which was to have far reaching consequences for the next three centuries.
On 21 Mar 1452 Louis IX Duke of Bavaria (age 35) and Amalia of Saxony (age 15) were married. He the son of Henry "The Rich" Wittelsbach XVI Duke Bavaria and Margarete Habsburg Duchess Bavaria. They were second cousin once removed.
Before 21 Mar 1476 Richard Redman (age 59) and Margaret Middleton (age 29) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
On 21 Mar 1504 Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon (age 31) and Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier (age 22) were married. He the son of John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme and Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme.
Before 21 Mar 1555 Thomas Leveson (age 23) and Ursula Gresham (age 21) were married.
Around 21 Mar 1580 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 27) and Anne Keighley (age 17) were married. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 53).
Before 21 Mar 1628 Luke Plunkett 1st Earl of Fingall and Eleanor Bagenal Countess Fingall were married.
Before 21 Mar 1632 John Hotham (age 22) and Frances Wray (age 20) were married.
On or after 21 Mar 1665 Robert Wooley (age 27) and Catherine Norbury (age 21) were married.
On or after 21 Mar 1704, the date of the licence, Nicholas Morice 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Catherine Herbert Lady Morice were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She by marriage Lady Morice of Werrington in Devon. They has one sons and two daughters. She the daughter of Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery (age 48) and Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery.
On 21 Mar 1720 Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington (age 25) and Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax and Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe (age 43). He the son of Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington and Juliana Noel Countess Burlington (age 48).
After 21 Mar 1751 Thomas Noel (age 46) and Elizabeth Chapman Countess Gainsborough (age 43) were married.
Before 21 Mar 1756 Richard Bateman of Hartington Hall (age 38) and Catherine Fitzherbert were married.
On 21 Mar 1760 John Roper (age 25) and Anna Gabriella Head were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Maria Wilhelmina Head had previously married his brother Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 26). Further, their two younger brothers Francis Roper (age 22) and Philip Roper Roper (age 20) also married siblings Mary Lyttelton (age 26) and Barbara Lyttelton respectively.
On 21 Mar 1765 Chase Price (age 34) and Susan Evelyn were married.
On 21 Mar 1766 Philip Roper Roper (age 26) and Barbara Lyttelton were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Mary Lyttelton (age 32) was previously married to his brother Francis Roper (age 28). Further, their two older brothers John Roper (age 31) and Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 32) also married siblings Anna Gabriella Head and Maria Wilhelmina Head respectively.
On 21 Mar 1769 Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 24) and Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 17) were married at Meiningen. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 69) and Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. They were first cousin once removed.
On 21 Mar 1772 William Douglas 4th Baronet (age 42) and Grace d William Johnstone Lady Kelhead were married. She by marriage Lady Kelhead.
On 21 Mar 1790 Edward Foley (age 43) and Eliza Mary Foley Hodgetts were married.
On 21 Mar 1801 George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 27) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Carlisle. She the daughter of William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 53) and Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 43). He the son of Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle (age 52) and Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle. They were fourth cousins.
On 21 Mar 1809 Bishop Edward Grey (age 26) and Charlotte Elizabeth Croft were married. He the son of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 65).
Before 21 Mar 1835 George Grey 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Anne Sophia Ryder Lady Grey (age 29) were married. She by marriage Lady Grey of Fallodon. She the daughter of Bishop Henry Dudley Ryder (age 57).
On 21 Mar 1854 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald (age 34) and Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald were married.
On 21 Mar 1882 Henry Conyngham 4th Marquess Conyngham (age 24) and Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de-Moleyns Marchioness Conyngham were married. He the son of George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham (age 57) and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 48). He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 21 Mar 1938 Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 22) and Nathalie Chatham Walker were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Deaths on the 21st March
Before 21 Mar 51BC Ptolemy XII Auletes Pharoah of Egypt 117BC 51BC (age 66) died. His daughter Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 18) succeeded Pharaoh of Egypt.
On 21 Mar 867 Osberht King of Northumbria and Ælla King of Northumbria were killed during the Battle of York.
On 21 Mar 1076 Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 65) died. His grandson Hugh I Duke Burgundy (age 19) succeeded I Duke Burgundy.
On 21 Mar 1306 Robert II Duke Burgundy (age 58) died. His son Hugh V Duke Burgundy (age 24) succeeded V Duke Burgundy.
On 21 Mar 1399 Alice de Plumpton (age 61) died.
On 21 Mar 1412 Joan Hussey (age 63) died.
On 21 Mar 1424 John Trussell (age 75) died.
After 21 Mar 1442 Thomas Strangeways (age 47) died at Harsley Castle [Map].
Around 21 Mar 1449 Edmund Paston (age 24) died.
On 21 Mar 1459 Nicholas Eyre (age 85) died.
On 21 Mar 1459 Patrick Lyon 1st Lord Glamis (age 57) died. His son Alexander Lyon 2nd Lord Glamis (age 29) succeeded 2nd Lord Glamis.
On 21 Mar 1474 George Darell of Littlecote (age 55) died.
On 21 Mar 1476 Richard Redman (age 59) died.
On 21 Mar 1540 John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 69) died. His son John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 24) succeeded 16th Earl of Oxford. Dorothy Neville Countess of Oxford by marriage Countess of Oxford.
On 21 Mar 1556 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 66) was burned at the stake at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map].
Around 21 Mar 1595 Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland (age 42) died. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
On 21 Mar 1597 Francis Hynde (age 65) died.
On 21 Mar 1619 George Smith of Exeter died. He was buried at Exeter Cathedral [Map].
On 21 Mar 1640 Magdalene Oldenburg (age 1) died.
On 21 Mar 1656 James Ussher (age 75) died at the house of Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 53) in Reigate, Surrey [Map].
On 21 Mar 1688 Bishop Samuel Parker (age 48) died at Magdalen College, Oxford University.
On 14 Mar 1689 Joseph 2nd Baronet (age 49) died. He was buried 21 Mar 1689. His son Joseph 3rd Baronet (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baronet Alston of Chelsea.
On 21 Mar 1720 Marie Anne Bourbon Condé Conti (age 30) died.
On 21 Mar 1721 Herbert Powell 2nd Baronet (age 21) died unmarried. Baronet Powell of Broadway in Carmarthenshire extinct.
On 21 Mar 1729 John Law (age 57) died.
On 21 Mar 1750 Elizabeth Wentworth died.
On 21 Mar 1751 Baptist Noel 4th Earl Gainsborough (age 43) died. His son Baptist Noel 5th Earl Gainsborough (age 11) succeeded 5th Earl Gainsborough, 8th Viscount Campden.
On 21 Mar 1756 James Wemyss 5th Earl Wemyss (age 56) died. His son David Wemyss de jure 6th Earl Wemyss (age 26) de jure 6th Earl Wemyss since he head been attainted around 1748.
On 21 Mar 1757 Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk (age 71) died. He was buried at Charlton, Wiltshire. His grandson Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 17) succeeded 12th Earl Suffolk, 5th Earl Berkshire.
On 21 Mar 1765 Anne Delaval Lady Milbanke (age 63) died.
On 21 Mar 1770 John Dryden 7th Baronet died. Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire extinct.
On 21 Mar 1772 Henrietta Dashwood Lady Sebright (age 87) died.
On 21 Mar 1775 Thomas Penn (age 73) died.
On 21 Mar 1782 George Fieschi Heneage (age 51) died.
On 21 Mar 1783 Charles Hervey (age 79) died.
On 21 Mar 1797 Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 59) died at his home on Stanhope Street. His son George Fitzroy 2nd Baron Southampton (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Southampton.
On 21 Mar 1798 John Edwards Fremantle (age 37) died.
On 21 Mar 1799 Mary Leslie Countess Portmore (age 45) died.
On 21 Mar 1809 Katherine Lowther Duchess of Bolton (age 73) died.
On 21 Mar 1810 Juliana Musgrave Lady Langham died.
On 21 Mar 1810 Charles Cave 8th Baronet (age 63) died unmarried. His second cousin William Cave-Browne-Cave 9th Baronet (age 45) succeeded 9th Baronet Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire. Louisa Wilmot Lady Cave (age 39) by marriage Lady Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire.
On 21 Mar 1811 Elizabeth Townshend died.
On 21 Mar 1818 Vere Peregrine Bertie died.
On 21 Mar 1818 General Charles Morgan (age 77) died at Portland Place, Marylebone.
Before 21 Mar 1820 Penn Curzon died.
On 21 Mar 1820 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 90) died. His grandson Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 23) succeeded 2nd Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 6th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.
On 21 Mar 1822 Henry Charles Englefield 7th Baronet (age 70) died unmarried. Baronet Englefield of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire extinct.
On 21 Mar 1827 George Villiers (age 67) died.
On 21 Mar 1832 Captain John Molyneux (age 63) died.
On 21 Mar 1843 Robert Southey (age 68) died.
On 21 Mar 1845 Sophia Sarah Mary Fitzgerald (age 83) died.
On 21 Mar 1851 Thomas Brand 20th Baron Dacre (age 76) died without issue. His brother General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre (age 73) succeeded 21st Baron Dacre Gilsland.
On 21 Mar 1851 Alexander Duff (age 74) died.
On 21 Mar 1852 Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 84) died.
On 21 Mar 1852 Catherine Rebecca Gray Lady Manners (age 86) died.
On 21 Mar 1858 William Wingfield-Baker (age 85) died.
On 21 Mar 1864 Luke Howard Meteorologist (age 91) died.
On 21 Mar 1866 Charlotte Elizabeth Loftus died. She was buried in the Townshend family vault at Raynham Hall, Norfolk.
On 21 Mar 1867 Charles Pascoe Grenfell (age 76) died.
On 21 Mar 1869 John Hadley D'Oyly 8th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Charles Walters D'Oyly 9th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 9th Baronet D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk.
On 21 Mar 1872 Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph (age 66) died. Richard Myddelton-Biddulph (age 35) inherited Chirk Castle [Map].
On 21 Mar 1876 George Fowler Hastings (age 61) died.
On 21 Mar 1877 George Bertie 10th Earl Lindsey (age 62) died without issue. His brother Montague Peregrine Bertie 11th Earl Lindsey (age 61) succeeded 11th Earl Lindsey. Felicia Elizabetha Welby Countess Lindsey (age 42) by marriage Countess Lindsey.
On 21 Mar 1883 George Jessel (age 59) died.
On 21 Mar 1895 William Edmund de la Pole 9th Baronet (age 78) died. His son Edmund Reginald Talbot de la Pole 10th Baronet (age 51) succeeded 10th Baronet Pole of Shute House in Devon.
On 21 Mar 1899 Reverend Edward Wynne Jervis Bankes (age 43) died.
On 21 Mar 1901 George David Boyle (age 72) died. Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
George David Boyle: On 17 May 1828 he was born. In 1880 he was appointed Dean Salisbury Cathedral which position he held until he died.
On 21 Mar 1918 Lieutenant-Colonel John Stuart Wortley (age 38) was killed in action.
His service record, substantially weeded, includes two letters sent to his widow in late 1918, in response to an advertisement she had placed in The Times of 2 November, asking for any news of him. Both men were close by at the time he was shot.
Eric Whitehouse wrote, "I was with the Colonel all the morning of March 21st from the time the enemy artillery became active till after the German attack had been made and they were well past our H.Q. As our trench was not one in which we could meet this attack, it was necessary to evacuate the position and while doing this I was close to the Colonel. I saw he was hit and I saw him fall, as far as I could tell he was shot through the head by machine gun fire. There was a very heavy barrage from enemy M[achine] G[uns] at this time…My firm conviction is that he was killed."
Percy Pick (241148 Stretcher Bearer, C Coy HQ, 2/6th South Staffs) also wrote to Jack's wife on his return from Germany, where he had been a Prisoner of War. He wrote:
"As near the time as I can judge it was 9.45 a.m. when Col. Stuart Wortley met his death. [Being] a battalion stretcher bearer, I was out seeking and tending wounded, and whilst carrying out these duties, I came across the Colonel. I regret to say that I was unable to do anything as life was extinct, anyway I searched the Colonel's pockets etc. for valuables or papers, but in this, I was also too late as all pockets had been emptied. The place of Col. Stuart Wortley's death was directly in front and about 200 yards away from battalion head quarters, Railway Reserve trench, Bullecourt sector."
On 21 Mar 1920 Anna Adele Coronn died.
On 21 Mar 1926 Katharine Cecilia Knatchbull-Hugessen (age 66) died.
On 21 Mar 1929 John Augustus Grey 7th Baron Walsingham (age 80) died. His son George de Grey 8th Baron Walsingham (age 44) succeeded 8th Baron Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
On 21 Mar 1939 Gerald Gibbs 3rd Baron Aldenham (age 60) died. His first cousin Walter Gibbs 2nd Baron Hunsdon 4th Baron Aldenham (age 50) succeeded 4th Baron Aldenham of Aldenham in Hertfordshire. Beatrix Elinor Paul Baroness Aldenham and Hunsdon (age 48) by marriage Baroness Aldenham of Aldenham in Hertfordshire.
On 21 Mar 1942 Thomas Wodehouse Leigh 2nd Baron Newton (age 85) died.
On 21 Mar 1944 Robert Blackburn (age 79) died.
On 21 Mar 1949 William Francis Leveson-Gower (age 81) died.
On 21 Mar 1957 Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 83) died. His son Gerald Bridgeman 6th Earl of Bradford (age 45) succeeded 6th Earl Bradford, 6th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 7th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 11th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Mary Willoughby Montgomery Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 21 Mar 1960 Muriel Katharine Duncombe (age 80) died.
On 21 Mar 1962 Anne Katherine Bastard Countess Waldegrave (age 94) died.
On 21 Mar 1977 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 84) died. His third cousin Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck 8th Duke of Portland (age 87) succeeded 8th Duke Portland, 9th Earl of Portland. Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire extinct.
On 21 Mar 1991 John Edward Pelham 7th Earl of Yarborough (age 70) died. His son Charles Pelham 8th Earl of Yarborough (age 27) succeeded 8th Earl Yarborough, 9th Baron Yarborough.
