On this Day in History ... 12th July
12 Jul is in July.
1346 Commencement of the Crécy Campaign
1397 Arrest and Execution of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl Surrey 11th Earl Arundel
1472 Marriage of Richard Duke of Gloucester and Anne Neville
1543 Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine Parr
1551 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1553 Lady Jane Grey Proclaimed as Queen
1627 Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Events on the 12th July
On 12 Jul 1346 King Edward III of England (age 33) landed at La Hogue [Map] with army of around 10,000 men including John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28).
On 12 Jul 1397 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl Surrey 11th Earl Arundel (age 51) was arrested for his opposition to King Richard II of England (age 30).
Chronicle of Gregory 1450. 12 Jul 1450. And uppon the xij day of Juylle, the yere a-fore sayde, the sayde camptayne was cryde and proclaymyd traytoure, by the name of John Cade, in dyvers placys of London, and also in Sowtheworke, whythe many moo, that what man myght or wolde bryng the sayde John Cade to the kyng, qwyke or dede, shulde have of the kynge a thousande marke. Also who som evyr myght brynge or wolde brynge any of hys chyffe counsellourys, or of afynyte, that kepte any state or rewle or governansse undyr the sayd fals captayne John Cade, he schulde have to hys rewarde of the kynge v. c. [500] marke. And that day was that fals traytoure the Captayne of Kentte i-take and slayne in the Welde in the countre of Sowsex, and uppon the morowe he was brought in a .earre alle nakyd, and at the Herte in Sowetheworke there the carre was made stonde sty lie, the wyffe of the howse myght se hym yf hyt were the same man or no that was namyd the Captayne of Kente, for he was loggyd whythe yn hyr howse in hys pevys tyme of hys mys rewylie and rysynge. And thenne he was hadde in to the Kyngys Bynche [Map], and there he lay from Monday at evyn unto the Thursseday nexte folowynge at evyn; and whythe yn the Kynges Benehe [Map] the sayde captayne was be-heddyde and quarteryde; and the same day i-d[r]awe a-pon a hyrdylle in pecys whythe the hedde by-twyne hys breste from the Kyngys Benehe thoroughe owte Sowthewerke, and thenne ovyr Londyn Brygge, and thenne thoroughe London unto Newegate, and thenne hys hedde was takyn and sette uppon London Brygge.
On 12 Jul 1450 Jack Cade was captured at which time he was wounded and died of his wounds.
On 12 Jul 1472 Richard Duke of Gloucester (age 19) and Anne Neville (age 16) were married at St Stephen's Chapel [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. She the daughter of Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury and Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick (age 45). He the son of Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 57). They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 12 Jul 1537 Robert Aske (age 37) was hanged in chains at Clifford's Tower. The date may have been Friday 06 Jul as implied by the letters of the Duke of Norfolk?
George aka William Lumley and Nicholas Tempest (age 57) were hanged at Tyburn [Map].
On 12 Jul 1543 Henry VIII (age 52) and Catherine Parr (age 30) were married at Hampton Court Palace [Map]. She was crowned Queen Consort England. His sixth and last marriage, her third marriage; her previous husband had died four months before. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
Henry's two daughters Mary (age 27) and Elizabeth (age 9) attended, as did his niece Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 27).
Catherine's sister Anne (age 28) attended with her husband William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 42).
Annales of England by John Stow. The 15 of April, the infections sweating sicknesse began at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map], -- which ended not in the North part of England untill the ende of September. "In this space what number died, it cannot be well accompted, but certaine it is that in London in fewe daies 960. gave up the ghost: if began in London the 9. of July, and the 12. of July it was most vehement, which was so terrible, that people being in best health, were sodainly taken, and dead in foure and twenty houres, and twelve, or lesse, for lacke of skill in guiding them in their sweat. And it is to be noted, that this mortalitie fell chiefely or rather on men, and those also of the best age, as betweene thirty and forty yeares, fewe women, nor children, nor olde men died thereof. Sleeping in the beginning was present death, for if they were suffered to sleepe but half a quarter of an houre, they never spake after, nor had any knowledge, but when they wakened fell into panges of death. This was a terrible time in London, for many one lost sodainly his friends, by the sweat, and their money by the proclamation. Seven honest householders did sup together, and before eight of the clocke in the next morning, four them were dead: they that were taken with full stomacks escaped hardly . This sickenesse followed English men as well within the realme, as in strange countries: wherefore this nation was much afeard of it, and for the time began to repent and remember God but as the disease relented, the devotion deceased. The first weeke died in London 800 persons.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 12 Jul 1551. The xij day of July ded sir Thomas Speke (age 43) knyght in Chanseler lane, in saynt Donstonys parryche in the whest [Map], at ys owne howsse; he fell [sick] in the court; and was bered with standard, penon, cote armur, elmet, sword, and target; and vj dosen of shokchyons of armes, and the compeny of the Clarkes; and the sam day ded on of the Gard, and bered ther by.
Note. Funeral of sir Thomas Speke. Sir Thomas Speke (age 43) was an eminent lawyer: he was steward of the royal manors of Greenwich, &c. and keeper of Eltham palace. His funeral achievements were remaining in St. Dunstan's church [Map] in the time of Nicholas Charles, as described in the Collectanea Topogr. et Genealog. iv. 98; and from them it appears that he married a Berkeley.
On 12 Jul 1551 Thomas Speke (age 43) died, probably of sweating sickness.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 12 Jul 1553. The 12. of July word was brought to the Councell, being then at the Tower [Map] with the lady Jane (age 17), that the lady Mary was at Keninghall castle [Map] in Norfolk, and with her the earle of Bath (age 54), sir Thomas Wharton (age 33) sonne to the lord Wharton (age 58), sir John Mordaunt (age 45) sonne to the lord Mordaunt (age 73), sir William Drury (age 3),a sir John Shelton (age 50), sir Henry Bedingfield (age 44), master Henry Jerningham (age 41), master John Sulierde, master Richard Freston, master sergeant Morgan, master Clement Higham of Lincolnes inne, and divers others; and also that the earle of Sussex and master Henry Ratcliffe his sonne were comming towards her: whereupon by speedy councell it was there concluded, that the duke of Suffolk, with certaine other noblemen, should goe towards the lady Mary, to fetch her up to London. This was first determined; but by night of the same day the said voyage of the duke of Suffolke was cleane dissolved by the speciall meanes of the lady Jane his daughter, who, taking the matter heavily, with weeping teares made request to the whole councell that her father might tarry at home in her company: whereupon the councell perswaded with the duke of Northumberland to take that voyage upon him, saying that no man was so fit therefor, because that he had atchieved the victory in Norfolke once already,b and was therefore so feared, that none durst once lift up their weapon against him: besides that, he was the best man of warre in the realme; as well for the ordering of his campes and souldiers both in battell and in their tents, as also by experience, knowledge, and wisedome, he could animate his army with witty perswasions, and also pacific and alay his enemies pride with his stout courage, or else to disswade them if nede were from their enterprise. "Well (quoth the duke then) since ye thinke it good, I and mine will goe, not doubting of your fidelity to the quenes majestie, which I leave in your custodie." So that night hee sent for both lords, knights, and other that should goe with him, and caused all things to be prepared accordingly. Then went the councell in to the lady Jane and told her of their conclusion, who humbly thanked the duke for reserving her father at home, and beseeched him to use his diligence, whereto he answered that hee would doe what in him lay.
Note a. Sir William Drury, for his services "at Framlingham," received, by patent dated the 1st Nov. following, an annuity of 100 marks: see it printed in Rymer's Foedera, xv. 352. A like annuity of 200 marks was granted on the 14th Nov. to Thomas West lord la Warre for his services against the duke (ibid. p. 352); one of 100. on the 4th Dec. to sir Richard Southwell (ibid. p. 355); and one of 501. on the 10th Feb. to Francis Purefay for his services at Framlingham (ibid. p. 365). Probably many others, unnoticed by Rymer, are recorded on the Patent Rolls.
Note b. In the suppression of Kett's rebellion.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 12 Jul 1553. The xij th dale the lady Mary (age 37) sent to Norwich [Map] to be proclaymed, but they wolde not, because they were not certeyn of the kinges death; but within a daye after they dyd not only proclayme hir, but also sent men and weapons to ayde hir.
On 25 Mar 1605 Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. After 12 Jul 1623 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 65) was buried with his wife.
The monument subject to restoration and repainting around 1980.
Monument, possibly by Nicholas Johnson, with Latin inscriptions: Æ.S. Lege viator quæ Magnatum saxa rarissime, loquuntur vir probus et mobilis utero hic situs est Guiliemus Bourgchier Comes Bathone nsis æternitatem apud motales meritus Suauissimo connubio connnxit nobii tatem et virtutem utranq dignitatum in omnibus constanter retinvit et ornavit vixit in hac ipsa Devonia cvi datus est praefectus et puincian triginta pius minus annis integerppime administravit Deum tam privatis quam publicis officus religiosissime colvit magnificum exemplum beneficentiæ, et hosptalitatis pavprervmq et oppressorum acerrimus patronus diniq cum inoffensae foelicitatis cursum ad sinium vsq propuxisset decessit e vivis incens et aeternum Devoniae suæ desiderium 12 July anno salvitus 1623 ætatis vero suæ 65. Uxorem duxit lectissimam toeminan sociam ... sepulchri dnam Elizabetham Francisci Comitis Bedfordensis Filiam ex qua genuit Johem Robertum et Edwardum Filios et Franciscam Filiam E quibus Edwardum modo Comitem Bathoniensem solum reliquit supersitem ipsoum clarissimæ familiæ suis quoq virtutibus et foelicissimo conivgio futurum ornamentum. Hoc fac et vives.
"Reader, read what the rare stones of the great ones seldom speak, here lies buried William Bourchier, Earl of Bath, deserving of eternity among mortals. He united nobility and virtue by a most delightful marriage, consistently maintaining and adorning both dignities in all things. He lived in this very Devonshire, over which he presided as prefect and justice of the peace for thirty years with the utmost integrity. He devoutly worshipped God in both private and public duties, magnificently exemplifying benevolence, hospitality, and being the most ardent protector of the oppressed. When he had set forth the course of his harmless happiness to the bosom of eternity, he departed from the living, leaving behind an incense and eternal longing for his Devonshire. On July 12th, in the year of salvation 1623, at the age of 65. He married the most distinguished lady, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis, Earl of Bedford, by whom he begot John, Robert, and Edward, sons, and Frances, a daughter. Of these, he left surviving only Edward, now Earl of Bath, a future ornament to his most illustrious family by his own virtues and most happy marriage. Do this, and you will live."
BATHONÆ COMTIÆ DEVON PRAEFECTO MEMORIÆ ERGO Ana: Crono: Epi: Mors mihi Ivcrvm ... In grama tum ... Bon Temps viendra Morior ... Orior ... Ad sepul crum ... Finis ... Coronat Ana: Gulielmus Bourchier Luge (si ob Iucrum Heri) Quid sibi vult Tumulus. Quaeve hoec Insignia Iuctus Eft COMES in Svperos ecce LOCUMQ TENES Quare fles, Devonia vel, Bathonia, qvare eXIIt: en bon teMps nVnCo VIenDra patet (Crono) IVLIVS, hoc, mensis fuit AUGUSTISSIMUS, anno Atq SECUNDA (decem junge) SECUNDA dies Non amor, invidia est, DOLOR, euge, lege, (ALME VIATOR) Et difce exemplo VIVERE, disce mori. Sic cecinit, non elevit.
To the memory of William Bourchier, Earl of Bath, Prefect of Devon: Ana: Chrono: Epitaph: Death is my Law ... Then in the grave ... Good Times will come. I die ... I rise ... To the tomb ... The End ... Ana crowns: William Bourchier Mourn (if for the joy of yesterday) What does the Tumulus mean? What does this Emblem of Grief signify? BEHOLD, the Earl holds a place among the heavens. Why do you weep, Devon or Bath, why do you mourn: behold, good times are coming, soon they will come (Chronos) JULY, this, was the most AUGUST month, in the year and the second day (join ten) The second day. Not love, but envy is SORROW, hail, read (kind traveler) And learn to live by example, learn to die. Thus he sang, not did he elevate.
The Plantagenet Arms indicate his being a 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England through his paternal grandfather John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath and his paternal grandmother Eleanor Manners Countess Bath.
On 12 Jul 1627 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 34) led an English force of 100 ships and 6,000 soldiers to capture the city of Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré.
In Aug 1627 more troops, including the newly promoted Lieutenant John Felton (age 32), arrived.
On 03 Sep 1627 two thousand Irish troops arrived under Ralph Bingley (age 57)
On 27 Oct 1627 a final assault was attempted; it failed because the attackers' siege ladders were shorter than the walls of the fortress.
In Nov 1627 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 35) retreasted and returned to England having lost thousands of his men.
On 12 Jul 1628 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk was born to Henry Howard 22nd Earl Arundel 5th Earl Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 19) and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 18).
On 12 Jul 1651 Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 46) and Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 16). Coefficient of inbreeding 25.39%.
In Jul 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded those who supported his Restoration ...
2nd. Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 32) was created 1st Baronet Berkeley of Bruton in Somerset. Anne Lee Viscountess Fitzhardinge (age 37) by marriage Lady Berkeley of Bruton in Somerset.
4th. Thomas Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Myddelton of Chirk Castle.
6th. Varney Noel 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Noel.
7th. George Monck 1st Duke Albemarle (age 51) was created 1st Duke Albemarle, 1st Earl Torrington in Devon. Anne Clarges Duchess Albermarle (age 41) by marriage Duchess Albemarle.
12th. Robert Hales 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent.
12th. Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich (age 34) was created 1st Earl Sandwich. Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich (age 35) by marriage Countess Sandwich.
14th. Elizabeth Feilding Countess Guildford was created 1st Earl Guildford by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30). The peerage for life.
18th. Samuel Morland 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Morland of Sulhamstead Banister. Susanne de Milleville Lady Morland by marriage Lady Morland of Sulhamstead Banister.
23rd. Henry Vernon 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Vernon of Hodnet in Shropshire.
23rd. John Aubrey 1st Baronet (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Aubrey of Llantrithyd in Glamorganshire.
Pepy's Diary. 12 Jul 1665. After doing what business I could in the morning, it being a solemn fast-day1 for the plague growing upon us, I took boat and down to Deptford, Kent [Map], where I stood with great pleasure an houre or two by my Lady Sandwich's (age 40) bedside, talking to her (she lying prettily in bed) of my Lady Jemimah's being from my Lady Pickering's (age 39) when our letters come to that place; she being at my Lord Montagu's, at Boughton, Northamptonshire. The truth is, I had received letters of it two days ago, but had dropped them, and was in a very extraordinary straite what to do for them, or what account to give my Lady, but sent to every place; I sent to Moreclacke, where I had been the night before, and there they were found, which with mighty joy come safe to me; but all ending with satisfaction to my Lady and me, though I find my Baroness Carteret (age 63) not much pleased with this delay, and principally because of the plague, which renders it unsafe to stay long at Deptford, Kent [Map].
Note 1. "A form of Common Prayer; together with an order for fasting for the averting of God's heavy visitation upon many places of this realm. The fast to be observed within the cities of London and Westminster and places adjacent, on Wednesday the twelfth of this instant July, and both there and in all parts of this realm on the first Wednesday in every month during the visitation" ("Calendar of State Papers", Domestic, 1664-65, p. 466).
On 12 Jul 1669 Henry Boyle 1st Baron Carleton was born to Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford (age 29) and Jane Seymour Baroness Clifford (age 32). He was educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 12 Jul 1690 General Charles Chalmot de Saint Ruhe (age 40) was killed at the Battle of the Boyne.
On 12 Jul 1691 John Hamilton was killed in action fighting for the Jacobites at Aughrim, County Galway during the Battle of Aughrim.
Theobald Dillon 7th Viscount Dillon was killed at Aughrim, County Galway during the Battle of Aughrim.
Walter Bellew 2nd Baron Bellew fought and where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner.
On 12 Jul 1712 Richard Cromwell Lord Protector (age 85) died.
On 12 Jul 1730 Katherine Knollys (age 33) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Katherine Knollys: Around 1697 she was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury.
On 12 Jul 1831 Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale was born to Alfred Curzon (age 30) and Sophia Holden.
On 12 Jul 1887 John Bathurst Deane (age 89) died.
12 Jul 1897. James Lafayette (age 44). Photograph of Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin (age 56) as "Marshal Lefevre" at the 1897 Devonshire House Ball.
In 1916 Hugo Francis Charteris (age 32) was killed at Egypt during the First World War. On 12 Jul 1937 His son David Charteris 12th Earl Wemyss (age 3) succeeded 12th Earl Wemyss.
Births on the 12th July
On 12 Jul 1240 or 04 Dec 1240 Blanche Capet was born to King Louis IX of France (age 26) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 19) at Jaffa. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 12 Jul 1303 Hugh Courtenay 10th Earl Devon was born to Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 26) and Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 28).
On 12 Jul 1435 Edward Aviz was born to Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal (age 43) and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.40%. 
On 12 Jul 1532 Mechthild Wittelsbach was born to William Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 38) and Marie Jakobaea Baden Duchess Bavaria (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.61%. 
On 12 Jul 1604 Mary Done was born to John Done of Utkinton.
On 12 Jul 1628 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk was born to Henry Howard 22nd Earl Arundel 5th Earl Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 19) and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 18).
On 12 Jul 1651 Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 46) and Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 16). Coefficient of inbreeding 25.39%.
On 12 Jul 1657 Friedrich Wilhelm 3rd Duke of Saxe-Altenburg was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin II Duke Saxe Altenburg (age 54).
On 12 Jul 1663 James Stewart 1st Duke Cambridge was born to King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 29) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 26) at St James's Palace [Map].
On 12 Jul 1668 Michael Fleming was born to Daniel Fleming of Rydal Hall (age 34) and Barbara Fletcher (age 33).
On 12 Jul 1669 Henry Boyle 1st Baron Carleton was born to Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford (age 29) and Jane Seymour Baroness Clifford (age 32). He was educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 12 Jul 1676 Barbara Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 22) and Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 15). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
On 12 Jul 1683 John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont was born to John Perceval 3rd Baronet (age 23) and Catherine Dering at Burton, County Cork.
Before 12 Jul 1687 Robert Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 6th Earl Abercorn (age 26) and Elizabeth Reading.
Before 12 Jul 1699 Charles Lyon 6th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 36) and Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 36).
After 12 Jul 1720 John Chaplin was born to Thomas Chaplin of Blankney (age 36) and Diana Archer.
On 12 Jul 1730 Josiah Wedgwood was born.
On 12 Jul 1767 Vyell Vyvyan 7th Baronet was born.
On 12 Jul 1773 William Gerard 11th Baronet was born to Robert Cansfield Gerard 9th Baronet (age 48) and Catherine Anderton Lady Gerard (age 31).
On 12 Jul 1777 Bishop Henry Dudley Ryder was born to Nathaniel Ryder 1st Baron Harrowby (age 42) and Elizabeth Terrick Baroness Harrowby.
On 12 Jul 1778 Archdeacon Anthony Hamilton was born to Archdeacon Anthony Hamilton (age 39) and Anne Terrick in St Martin in the Fields [Map].
On 12 Jul 1783 Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle was born to William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 35) and Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 26).
On 12 Jul 1783 Cuthbert Ellison was born.
On 12 Jul 1784 Edmund Pollexfen Bastard was born to Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Bastard (age 26).
On 12 Jul 1791 Charles Monck 3rd Viscount Monck was born to Charles Stanley Monck 1st Viscount Monck (age 37) and Anne Quin.
On 12 Jul 1794 Philip Musgrave 8th Baronet was born to John Chardin Musgrave 7th Baronet (age 37).
On 12 Jul 1809 Alice Hamilton-Gordon was born to George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 25) and Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 25).
On 12 Jul 1810 Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot was born to Bishop Richard Bagot (age 27) and Harriet Villiers (age 22).
On 12 Jul 1816 James Innes-Kerr 6th Duke Roxburghe was born to James Innes-Kerr 5th Duke Roxburghe (age 80).
On 12 Jul 1820 Arthur Lowther was born to Henry Cecil Lowther (age 29) and Lucy Eleanor Sherard (age 28).
On 12 Jul 1827 Ulick Canning Burgh was born to Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 24) and Harriet Canning Marchioness Clanricarde (age 23).
On 12 Jul 1829 Henry Fitzharding 2nd Viscount Portman was born to Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman (age 30) and Emma Lascelles Baroness Portman (age 20).
On 12 Jul 1829 William Backhouse Astor Jr was born.
On 12 Jul 1829 Caroline Sophia Wyndham was born to George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield (age 42) and Mary Fanny Blunt.
On 12 Jul 1830 Reverend Gilbert Vyvyan Heathcote was born to William Heathcote 5th Baronet (age 29) and Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote.
On 12 Jul 1831 Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale was born to Alfred Curzon (age 30) and Sophia Holden.
On 12 Jul 1836 George Augutus Curzon was born to Edward Cecil Curzon (age 23).
On 12 Jul 1843 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet was born to George Baker 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker.
On 12 Jul 1845 Frederick Charles Wombwell was born to George Wombwell 3rd Baronet (age 53) and Georgiana Hunter.
On 12 Jul 1851 Robert Curzon 15th Baron Zouche was born to Robert Curzon 14th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 41).
On 12 Jul 1864 Brien Ibrican Cokayne 1st Baron Cullen was born to George Edward Cockayne (age 39) and Mary Dorothea Gibbs.
On 12 Jul 1867 Hilda Osborn was born to Montagu Francis Finch Osborn (age 43).
On 12 Jul 1867 Henry John Mordaunt 12th Baronet was born to John Murray Mordaunt (age 29).
On 12 Jul 1867 Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil was born to Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 37).
On 12 Jul 1872 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead was born. Winston Churchill was his godfather.
On 12 Jul 1881 Reginald Edward Strutt was born to Henry Strutt 2nd Baron Belper (age 41) and Margaret Coke Baroness Belper (age 29).
On 12 Jul 1899 Cecil George Weld-Forester 7th Baron Forester was born to George Cecil Beaumont Weld-Forester 6th Baron Forester (age 31).
On 12 Jul 1899 Terence Plunket 6th Baron Plunket was born to William Plunket 5th Baron Plunket (age 34) and Victoria Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood Baroness Plunket.
On 12 Jul 1905 John Windsor was born to George V King United Kingdom (age 40) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 38). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.84%.
On 12 Jul 1920 Oliver Piers St Aubyn was born to Francis Cecil St Aubyn 3rd Baron St Levan (age 25).
On 12 Jul 1925 Anne Camilla Eveline Wallop was born to Gerard Wallop 9th Earl of Portsmouth (age 27).
Marriages on the 12th July
Before 12 Jul 1434 John Dynham (age 28) and Joan Arches (age 24) were married.
On 12 Jul 1472 Richard Duke of Gloucester (age 19) and Anne Neville (age 16) were married at St Stephen's Chapel [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. She the daughter of Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury and Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick (age 45). He the son of Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 57). They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 12 Jul 1474 James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton (age 59) and Mary Stewart Countess Arran (age 21) were married. She by marriage Lord Hamilton. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
Before 12 Jul 1537 Edmund Howard (age 59) and Dorothy Troyes were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.
Before 12 Jul 1537 Edmund Howard (age 59) and Margaret Mundy (age 27) were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.
On 12 Jul 1543 Henry VIII (age 52) and Catherine Parr (age 30) were married at Hampton Court Palace [Map]. She was crowned Queen Consort England. His sixth and last marriage, her third marriage; her previous husband had died four months before. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Henry's two daughters Mary (age 27) and Elizabeth (age 9) attended, as did his niece Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 27).
Catherine's sister Anne (age 28) attended with her husband William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 42).
On 12 Jul 1579 Philippe Emmanuel Duke of Mercœur (age 20) and Marie de Luxembourg (age 17) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
After 12 Jul 1586 Richard Montpesson and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 38) were married.
On 12 Jul 1646 John Duncombe of Battlesden (age 23) and Elizabeth May were married.
On 12 Jul 1669 Edward Hales 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Frances Windebank (age 23) were married at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].
After 12 Jul 1679 William Tracy 4th Viscount Tracy (age 22) and Frances Devereux (age 20) were married.
Before 12 Jul 1683 John Perceval 3rd Baronet (age 23) and Catherine Dering were married. A sibling marrige. John's sister Helena Perceval (age 28) was married to, or would marry Catherine's brother Daniel Dering.
On 12 Jul 1683 George Downing 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Catherine Cecil Lady Downing were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury. They were fourth cousins.
On 12 Jul 1716 James Barry 4th Earl Barrymore (age 49) and Anne Chichester Countess Barrymore were married at St Anne's Church, Soho [Map]. She by marriage Countess Barrymore. She the daughter of Arthur Chichester 3rd Earl Donegal and Catherine Forbes (age 26). He the son of Richard Barry 2nd Earl Barrymore.
In 12 Jul 1720 Thomas Chaplin of Blankney (age 36) and Diana Archer were married.
On 12 Jul 1731 George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley (age 34) and Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley (age 26) were married.
On 08 or 12 Jul 1740 John Wallop Viscount Lymington (age 21) and Catherine Conduit were married. She a great-niece of Isaac Newton. He the son of John Wallop 1st Earl Portsmouth (age 50) and Bridget Bennet Viscountess Lymington.
On 12 Jul 1741 Robert Colebooke (age 23) and Henrietta Powlett were married. She the daughter of Harry Powlett 4th Duke Bolton (age 49) and Catherine Parry 6th Duchess Bolton.
On 12 Jul 1755 Henry Bridgeman 1st Baron Bradford (age 29) and Elizabeth Simpson were married.
On 12 Jul 1781 William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale (age 23) and Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland and Augusta Bertie.
On 12 Jul 1804 Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings (age 49) and Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of James Mure-Campbell 5th Earl Loudon. He the son of John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira and Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira (age 73).
On 12 Jul 1830 John Hayford Thorold 10th Baronet (age 57) and Mary Anne Cary Lady Thorold were married. She by marriage Lady Thorold of Marston in Lincolnshire.
On 12 Jul 1841 George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey (age 33) and Julia Peel Countess Jersey were married. He the son of George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 67) and Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 56).
On 12 Jul 1843 John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough (age 21) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 65) and Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry (age 43). He the son of George Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke Marlborough (age 49) and Jane Stewart Duchess Marlborough (age 45).
On 12 Jul 1859 Henry Bentinck Boyle 5th Earl Shannon (age 25) and Blanche Emma Lascelles Countess Shannon (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Henry Lascelles 3rd Earl Harewood and Louisa Thynne Countess Harewood (age 58). He the son of Richard Boyle 4th Earl Shannon (age 50) and Emily Henrietta Seymour-Conway Countess Shannon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 12 Jul 1869 Major-General Hugh Richard Dawnay 8th Viscount Downe (age 24) and Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux were married. She the daughter of Charles William Molyneux 3rd Earl Sefton. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 12 Jul 1877 William Henry Fellowes 2nd Baron de Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey (age 29) and Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill (age 29) were married. She the daughter of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough (age 55) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 55).
On 12 Jul 1882 George Capell 7th Earl of Essex (age 24) and Ellenor Harriet Maria Harford (age 22) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12 Jul 1911 Christian Henry Charles Guest (age 37) and Frances Henrietta Lyttelton (age 26) were married.
On 12 Jul 1922 Roger Lumley 11th Earl of Scarbrough (age 25) and Katherine Isobel McEwen Countess Scarborough (age 22) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
On 12 Jul 1927 Harry Talbot Rice (age 37) and Blanche Marion Devereux were married.
On 12 Jul 1974 Victor Hervey 6th Marquess of Bristol (age 58) and Yvonne Marie Sutton Marchioness Bristol (age 29) were married. She by marriage Marchioness of Bristol. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the son of Herbert Hervey 5th Marquess of Bristol and Jean Cochrane.
Deaths on the 12th July
On 12 Jul 1140 Henry Normandy I Count Eu (age 65) died. His son John Normandy 6th Count Eu succeeded 6th Count Eu.
After 12 Jul 1164 Beatrix Luxemburg died.
On 12 Jul 1245 William Percy 6th Baron Percy Topcliffe (age 48) died at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried at Fountains Abbey [Map]. His son Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe succeeded 7th Baron Percy of Topcliffe.
On 12 Jul 1291 William Venables 6th Baron Kinderton (age 56) died.
Before 12 Jul 1311 Alice Saluzzo Baroness Lacy (age 75) died.
On 12 Jul 1330 Isabella Barcelona Duchess Austria (age 25) died.
Around 12 Jul 1380 Blanche Plantagenet Baroness Wake Liddell (age 75) died. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map].
On 12 Jul 1393 Isabel St Leger (age 73) died.
On 12 Jul 1435 Edward Aviz died.
On 12 Jul 1482 Louis King Cyprus (age 46) died.
On 12 Jul 1483 Thomas Molyneux (age 38) died at Sefton.
On 12 Jul 1502 Edward Courtenay (age 5) died.
On 12 Jul 1503 Sophie of Mecklenburg (age 21) died.
On 12 Jul 1504 John Hastings 11th Baron Hastings (age 38) died. His brother George Hastings 12th Baron Hastings de jure 12th Baron Hastings.
After 12 Jul 1504 George Hastings 12th Baron Hastings died. His son John Hastings 13th Baron Hastings (age 8) de jure 13th Baron Hastings.
On 12 Jul 1512 John Arundell (age 42) died at Trerice, Cornwall.
After 12 Jul 1528 William Ruthven 1st Lord Ruthven died.
On 12 Jul 1537 Robert Aske (age 37) was hanged in chains at Clifford's Tower. The date may have been Friday 06 Jul as implied by the letters of the Duke of Norfolk?
George aka William Lumley and Nicholas Tempest (age 57) were hanged at Tyburn [Map].
On 12 Jul 1551 Thomas Speke (age 43) died, probably of sweating sickness.
On 12 Jul 1586 Edward Dudley 4th Baron Dudley (age 61) died. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. His son Edward Dudley 5th Baron Dudley (age 18) succeeded 5th Baron Sutton of Dudley. Theodosia Harrington Baroness Dudley by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley.
On 12 Jul 1595 Ernest Habsburg Spain (age 41) died.
On 12 Jul 1602 Jane Mitford (age 29) died.
On 12 Jul 1610 Thomas Wilbraham (age 57) died.
On 12 Jul 1617 Ann Knightley (age 68) died.
On 12 Jul 1623 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 65) died. His son Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath (age 33) succeeded 4th Earl Bath, 14th Baron Fitzwarin.
On 12 Jul 1664 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour Trowbridge (age 74) died. He was buried in the Chanel of St Mary's Church, Great Bedwyn [Map]. His son Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge.
On 12 Jul 1671 Francis Tichborne (age 68) died.
On 12 Jul 1673 William Strickland 1st Baronet (age 77) died. His son Thomas Strickland 2nd Baronet (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Strickland of Boynton in Yorkshire.
On 12 Jul 1678 Antoine III Duc de Gramont died.
On 12 Jul 1690 General Charles Chalmot de Saint Ruhe (age 40) was killed at the Battle of the Boyne.
On 12 Jul 1691 John Hamilton was killed in action fighting for the Jacobites at Aughrim, County Galway during the Battle of Aughrim.
Theobald Dillon 7th Viscount Dillon was killed at Aughrim, County Galway during the Battle of Aughrim.
Walter Bellew 2nd Baron Bellew fought and where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner.
On 12 Jul 1694 Penelope Hill (age 92) died.
On 12 Jul 1704 Cicely Brereton Countess Meath (age 64) died.
On 12 Jul 1705 Titus Oates (age 55) died.
Before 12 Jul 1710 Philippa Bacon Lady Bacon died.
On 12 Jul 1712 Richard Cromwell Lord Protector (age 85) died.
On 12 Jul 1715 Charles Willoughby 14th Baron Willoughby of Parham (age 32) died. His son Hugh Willoughby 15th Baron Willoughby of Parham succeeded 15th Baron Willoughby Parham.
On 12 Jul 1730 Katherine Knollys (age 33) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Katherine Knollys: Around 1697 she was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury.
On 12 Jul 1747 Simon Adeane of Chalgrove (age 34) died.
On 12 Jul 1749 Robert Bruce Cotton 5th Baronet (age 71) died. His son John Cotton 6th Baronet (age 9) succeeded 6th Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.
On 12 Jul 1749 George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter (age 54) died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Owlesbury [Map]. His son George Carpenter 1st Earl Tyrconnel (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary. Frances Clifton Countess Tyrconnel by marriage Baroness Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary.
On or before 12 Jul 1766, the date he was buried, Thomas Wood of Beadnell died.
On 12 Jul 1767 William Bowyer 3rd Baronet (age 57) died. His son William Bowyer 4th Baronet (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Bowyer of Denham Court.
On 12 Jul 1788 Abel Smith (age 71) died.
On 12 Jul 1802 John Grey (age 59) died.
On 12 Jul 1814 William Howe 5th Viscount Howe (age 84) died.
On 12 Jul 1820 Bishop Brownlow North (age 78) died.
On 12 Jul 1821 Charles Wheler 7th Baronet (age 90) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Trevor Wheler 8th Baronet (age 58) succeeded 8th Baronet Wheler of the City of Westminster.
On 12 Jul 1843 Josiah Wedgwood II (age 74) died.
On 12 Jul 1856 Charles William George St John (age 46) died.
On 12 Jul 1858 Eliza Morris m Stanley (age 11) died at Leyton House.
On 12 Jul 1861 Stair Douglas (age 33) died.
On 12 Jul 1864 Arthur Miller Rose (age 67) died.
On 12 Jul 1876 Marianne Bosville Macdonald (age 59) died.
On 12 Jul 1883 Cecil Elizabeth Jane Wellesley died.
On 12 Jul 1886 Frances Finch (age 95) died.
On 12 Jul 1887 John Bathurst Deane (age 89) died.
On 12 Jul 1897 Samuel Allsopp 2nd Baron Hindlip (age 55) died.
On 12 Jul 1906 Bridges Powell Henniker 4th Baronet (age 70) died. His son Frederick Brydges Major Henniker 5th Baronet (age 43) succeeded 5th Baronet Henniker of Newton Hall in Essex.
On 26 May 1911 Sybil Cholmondeley (age 39) died two weeks after falling out of a window at home at 5 Wilton Place Belgravia and suffering severe injuries. At an inquest, the coroner found that the fall was purely accidental.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931). 12 Jul 1911
AN, AWFUL FALL.
A terrible fate befell the only sister (age 39) of Lord Delamere (age 41), as disclosed at the inquest at Westminster, London. Mrs. Sybil Burnaby, according to the tragic story, had been kneeling at an open, window on a settle which ran upon castors and wishing to know the time, stood on the settle and reached forward to see the clock of St. Paul's Church. The leafage of the trees obstructed her view, and is she leaned further the settle ran from under her, and she fell. A nurse, who had been standing, a yard or two away, managed to seize her dress as she fell through the window, and Mrs. Burnaby turned and grasped the wooden window frame. The nurse, retaining a frenzied hold of the dress with both bands, screamed for aid. Mrs. Barnaby's maid rushed in; she also reached through the window and caught at the dress, her mistress imploring them, "Don't let me go!'' For a moment or two they held her so, when suddenly time silk material of the dress ripped and tore in their hands. Mrs. Burnaby's fingers were wrenched from the window-sill, and she fell from the bedroom window to the area beneath. Suffering from terrible fractures, she was still conscious when admitted to the hospital. Captain Edward Seymour stated that Mrs. Burnaby, who was his cousin, was 39 years of age. He was the executor of her will. She had been married to Colonel Algernon Edwyn Burnaby (age 43), formerly of the Royal Horse Guards, but she obtained a divorce from him in 1892 [Note. A mistake for 1902]. Since then she had lived chiefly in Wilton-place. She had no trouble in her affairs, and, to the best of his belief, she had got over the trouble of the divorce from her husband. She was a person of calm and quiet disposition. The nurse, Katherine Cleghorn, said the accident happened about 7 in the; morning, when Mrs. Burnaby came into the witness bedroom as usual. She was partly dressed I and looking quite bright and cheerful. The surgeon at St. George's Hospital said Mrs. Burnaby's injuries were a compound compressed comminuted fracture of the frontal bone and fracture of both thighs. She was not unconscious, but he did not ask her any questions. The Coroner said there was no doubt that Mrs. Barnaby's death was purely accidental. A verdict accordingly was returned.
In 1916 Hugo Francis Charteris (age 32) was killed at Egypt during the First World War. On 12 Jul 1937 His son David Charteris 12th Earl Wemyss (age 3) succeeded 12th Earl Wemyss.
On 12 Jul 1917 Isabella Whichcote Marchioness of Exeter (age 60) died.
On 12 Jul 1918 James Charles Cavendish (age 79) died.
On 12 Jul 1920 Helen Mary Ann Bagge (age 81) died.
On 12 Jul 1924 Percy Dixwell Oxenden 10th Baronet (age 86) died. Baronet Oxenden of Dene in Kent extinct.
On 12 Jul 1926 Gertrude Bell (age 57) died.
On 12 Jul 1929 Emily Ormsby-Gore Countess Fortescue (age 69) died.
On 12 Jul 1929 Emily Fanny Dorothy Osborn died.
On 12 Jul 1936 Eleanor Harbord Lady Musgrave (age 68) died.
On 12 Jul 1936 Charles Alfred Worsley Anderson 4th Earl Yarborough (age 77) died. His son Sackville Pelham 5th Earl of Yarborough (age 47) succeeded 5th Earl Yarborough, 6th Baron Yarborough.
On 12 Jul 1937 Hugo Charteris 11th Earl Wemyss (age 79) died.
On 12 Jul 1940 Eva Greville (age 80) died.
On 12 Jul 1943 Cecilia Loftus aka Brown (age 66) died at the Lincoln Hotel, New York. She was buried at the Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla in a plot provided by the Actor's Fund.
On 12 Jul 1950 Helen Sheffield (age 78) died.
On 12 Jul 1954 Margaret Louisa Everard ffolkes Viscountess Dillon died.
On 12 Jul 1997 Welf Henry Hanover (age 74) died.
On 12 Jul 2001 Michael David Hogg 8th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Piers Michael James Hogg 9th Baronet (age 43) succeeded 9th Baronet Hogg of Upper Grosvenor Street in London.
