Suicide
Suicide is in Death.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Suicide, Shot himself
On 04 Sep 1701 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 40) shot himself. His son William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Bath.
On 01 Jan 1755 Henry Bromley 1st Baron Montfort (age 49) shot himself. He was buried at the Trinity Chapel, Conduit Street. Baron Montfort of Horseheath extinct. He left debts of £30,000 with an estate out of repair and in a very ruinous condition.
In 15 Aug 1776 John Damer (age 32) shot himself at the Bedford Arms Covent Garden being heavily in debt.
On 13 Feb 1818 Richard Croft 6th Baronet (age 56) shot himself as a consequence of the death of Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover to whom he had been physician during her labour. A copy of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost was found open with the passage (Act V, Scene II): "Fair Sir, God save you! Where is the Princess?". He was buried at St James' Church, Piccadilly.His son Thomas Elmsley Croft 7th Baronet (age 19) succeeded 7th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
On 17 Apr 1848 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 61) shot himself. His son Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet (age 38) succeeded 5th Baronet St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.
On 04 Feb 1941 John Lambton Viscount Lambton (age 20) shot himself.
On 04 Mar 1952 Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny 8th Baronet (age 44) shot himself in the head. Baronet Champion de Crespigny of Champion Lodge in Surrey extinct.
On 22 Oct 1983 Thomas Craven 7th Earl Craven (age 26) shot himself. His brother Simon Craven 8th Earl Craven (age 22) succeeded 8th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 8th Viscount Uffington, 14th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.
Captain Clarence Trelawny shot himself.
Culture, General Things, Death and Illness, Death, Suicide, Stabbed himself to death
On 14 Oct 1618 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 48) stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.