On this Day in History ... 28th December

28 Dec is in December.

1065 Consecration of Westminster Abbey

1612 Discovery of Neptune by Galileo

1694 Death and Funeral of Queen Mary II

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 28th December

On 28 Dec 1065 the Westminster Abbey [Map] that preceded the current building, known as St Peter's Abbey, was consecrated. King Edward "Confessor" of England (age 62) was too ill to attend (he died eight days later).

On 28 Dec 1510 Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper was born to Robert Bacon (age 31) and Isabel or Eleanor Cage (age 32) at Chislehurst, Kent.

On 28 Dec 1608 Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire died. Son of Alice Pakington. Brass floorplate in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].

Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire: he was born to Richard Lambert and Alice Pakington. Before 1600 he and Anne Jackman were married.

Alice Pakington: she was born to Humphrey Pakington. Richard Lambert and she were married. Before 18 Feb 1598 Admiral Clement Paston and she were married.

On 28 Dec 1612 Galileo (age 48) discovered Neptune although he thought it a star rather than a Planet and is not, therefore, credited with the discovery of Neptune which eventually occurred some two-hundred and fifty years later.

Pepy's Diary. 28 Dec 1663. After dinner straight on foot to Mr. Hollyard's (age 54), and there paid him £3 in full for his physic and work to my wife.... but whether it is cured for ever or no I cannot tell, but he says it will never come to anything, though it may be it may ooze now and then a little.

On 28 Dec 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].

On 05 Mar 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.

She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.

Evelyn's Diary. 29 Dec 1694. The smallpox increased exceedingly, and was very mortal. The Queen (deceased) died of it on the 28th.

After 28 Dec 1795. All Saints Church, Narborough [Map]. Memorial to Briggs Cary.

Briggs Cary: he was born to John Cary and Elizabeth Harwick. On 28 Dec 1795 he died at Hot Wells Bristol. He was buried at All Saints Church, Narborough.

On 28 Dec 1810 John Thurnam was born.

On 28 Dec 1846 Edith Corbet nee Edenborough was born.

On 28 Dec 1865 William Holman Hunt (age 38) and Fanny Waugh (age 32) were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti (age 36), and her brother and sister Emily and George were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.

Births on the 28th December

On 28 Dec 1245 Alice Le Rus was born to William Le Rus (age 26) at Burgh by Sands, Cumberland.

On 28 Dec 1510 Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper was born to Robert Bacon (age 31) and Isabel or Eleanor Cage (age 32) at Chislehurst, Kent.

On 28 Dec 1552 Karl Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick III Elector Palatine (age 37).

On 28 Dec 1560 Samuel Sandys was born to Archbishop Edwin Sandys (age 41) and Cecily Wilford.

On 28 Dec 1613 Colonel Bullen Reymes was born to Bullen Reymes of Westminster and Mary Petre.

On 28 Dec 1655 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis (age 23) and Margaret Playstead.

On 28 Dec 1687 George Cooke was born to George Cooke 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Catherine Copley Lady Cooke.

On 28 Dec 1692 Robert Shirley was born to Robert Shirley (age 19) and Anne Ferrers (age 14).

Before 28 Dec 1696 Ralph Assheton was born to Ralph Assheton (age 30).

On 28 Dec 1707 Ludwig Ernst Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 31) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.

On 28 Dec 1711 Samuel Egerton was born to John Egerton (age 32) and Elizabeth Barbour.

On 28 Dec 1717 George Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 44) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 25).

On 28 Dec 1718 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua was born to James Fitz James 2nd Duke Berwick (age 22) and Catalina Ventura Colón Duchess Berwick 9th Duchess Veragua (age 28) at Alba de Tormes. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28 Dec 1770 Henry Blackwood 1st Baronet was born to John Blackwood 2nd Baronet (age 49) and Dorcas Stevenson 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (age 44).

On or before 28 Dec 1775 Archdeacon John Jones was born to Roger Jones of Cefn Rug. He was baptised 28 Dec 1775. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford University being awarded BA in 1798 and MA in 1802.

On 28 Dec 1775 Colonel Arthur Vansittart was born to Arthur van Sittart (age 50).

On 28 Dec 1778 Charles Hanbury-Tracy 1st Baron Sudeley was born to John Hanbury (age 34).

On 28 Dec 1780 Gilbert Hervey West was born.

On 28 Dec 1791 Caroline Fane was born to Henry Fane of Fulbeck (age 52) and Anne Buckley Batson (age 33).

On 28 Dec 1793 Edward William Pemberton aka Smythe Owen was born to Edward Pemberton (age 33) and Anna Maria Emma Smythe (age 22).

On 28 Dec 1801 Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl Belmore was born to Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore (age 27) and Juliana Butler Countess Belmore (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.

On 28 Dec 1806 Louisa Georgiana Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 40) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28 Dec 1808 Clinton George Augustus Dawkins was born.

On 28 Dec 1810 Mary Noel Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 44) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28 Dec 1810 John Thurnam was born.

On 28 Dec 1814 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet was born.

On 28 Dec 1817 Henry Meux 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux.

On 28 Dec 1820 Reverend Edward Royds was born to Reverend Edward Royds (age 30) and Mary Molyneux (age 27).

On or before 28 Dec 1821 Emma Carbonnel was born. She was baptised on 28 Dec 1821.

On 28 Dec 1846 Edith Corbet nee Edenborough was born.

On 28 Dec 1857 Mary Philippa Shirley was born to Walter Waddington Shirley (age 29).

On 28 Dec 1857 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 38) and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later.

On 28 Dec 1862 Charles Blakiston 6th Baronet was born to Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston (age 43).

On 28 Dec 1886 Roger Coke was born to Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 38) and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester (age 31).

On 28 Dec 1888 Francis Noel was born to Admiral Francis Charles Methuen Noel (age 36) and Wilmot Juliana Snow.

On 28 Dec 1906 Francis William Seymour was born to Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke Somerset (age 24) and Edith Mary Parker Duchess Somerset (age 25).

On 28 Dec 1911 Henry Richard Rycroft was born to Richard Nelson Rycroft 5th Baronet (age 52) and Emily Mary Lowry-Corry (age 29).

Marriages on the 28th December

Before 28 Dec 1510 Robert Bacon (age 31) and Isabel or Eleanor Cage (age 32) were married.

After 28 Dec 1568 Edward Carey (age 28) and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 25) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 28 Dec 1613 Bullen Reymes of Westminster and Mary Petre were married.

On 28 Dec 1614 John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes (age 14) and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Rothes. She the daughter of John Erskine 19th Earl Mar (age 52) and Mary Stewart Countess Mar (age 32).

Before 28 Dec 1629 John Bererton (age 38) and Anne Fitton (age 35) were married. They were second cousin once removed.

On 28 Dec 1654 Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (age 21) and Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein Gottorp (age 23) were married.

Before 28 Dec 1655 Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis (age 23) and Margaret Playstead were married.

On 28 Dec 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 22) and Martha Hughes (age 21) were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 63) and Mary Woods (age 41).

On 28 Dec 1749 George Shirley (age 44) and Mary Sturt were married. He the son of Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers and Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 68).

Before 28 Dec 1817 Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux were married. She by marriage Lady Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire.

On or after 28 Dec 1819, the date of the licence, Reverend Edward Royds (age 29) and Mary Molyneux (age 26) were married.

On 28 Dec 1835 Thomas Hughan of Airds (age 22) and Louisa Georgiana Beauclerk (age 29) were married. She the daughter of William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28 Dec 1842 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet (age 28) and Caroline Fountaine (age 24) were married. His birthday.

On 28 Dec 1865 William Holman Hunt (age 38) and Fanny Waugh (age 32) were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti (age 36), and her brother and sister Emily and George were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.

On 28 Dec 1880 Robert Rodney Wilmot 6th Baronet (age 27) and Flora North (age 19) were married.

Before 28 Dec 1888 John Warrender Dalrymple 7th Baronet (age 64) and Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple nee Pattle (age 59) were married.

On 28 Dec 1894 Charles Malcolm (age 29) and Beatrice Mary Leslie Hore-Ruthven (age 23) were married.

On 28 Dec 1936 Hugh Mccorquodale 1898-1963 (age 38) and Barbara Cartland (age 35) were married.

Deaths on the 28th December

On 28 Dec 1158 Clementia Namur died.

On 28 Dec 1218 Robert Capet II Count Dreux (age 64) died. His son Robert Capet III Count Dreux (age 33) succeeded III Count Dreux.

On 28 Dec 1326 David Strathbogie 10th Earl Atholl died. His son David III Strathbogie 11th Earl Atholl (age 17) succeeded 11th Earl Atholl, 2nd Baron Strabolgi.

On 28 Dec 1442 Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 47) died.

On 28 Dec 1500 Henry Ferrers (age 57) died.

On 28 Dec 1503 Piero "The Unfortunate" de Medici (age 31) died.

On 28 Dec 1522 Audrey Lynne died.

On 28 Dec 1530 Christopher Neville (age 17) died.

On 28 Dec 1538 Grissell Boughton died.

On 28 Dec 1566 Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua (age 56) died at Mantua.

On 28 Dec 1568 Christoph Duke of Württemberg (age 53) died.

On 28 Dec 1580 John Hungerford (age 67) died at Down Ampney, Gloucestershire.

On 28 Dec 1586 Edward Ellerker (age 49) died.

On 28 Dec 1608 Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire died. Son of Alice Pakington. Brass floorplate in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].

Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire: he was born to Richard Lambert and Alice Pakington. Before 1600 he and Anne Jackman were married.

Alice Pakington: Richard Lambert and she were married. she was born to Humphrey Pakington. Before 18 Feb 1598 Admiral Clement Paston and she were married.

On 05 Nov 1624 James Wriothesley (age 19) died of fever at Roosendaal. On 28 Dec 1624 he was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map].

On 28 Dec 1629 John Bererton (age 38) died.

On 28 Dec 1644 John Bankes (age 55) died.

On 28 Dec 1660 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe (age 38) died. On 11 Jan 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas Pope 3rd Earl Downe (age 62) succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.

On 28 Dec 1667 Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard (age 33) died. His son Digby Gerard 5th Baron Gerard (age 5) succeeded 5th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley.

On 28 Dec 1682 Nicholas Wilmot of Osmaston Hall (age 71) died.

On 28 Dec 1694 Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 86) died. His son Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 61) succeeded 4th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.

On 28 Dec 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].

On 05 Mar 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.

She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.

On 28 Dec 1697 Mary Isabella Lee died.

Around 28 Dec 1701 Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath (age 57) died.

On 28 Dec 1707 Cyril Wyche (age 75) died.

Before 28 Dec 1708 Thomas Culpepper (age 71) died at Tothill Street. On 28 Dec 1708 Thomas Culpepper (age 71) was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].

On 28 Dec 1723 Mark Shafto of Whitworth Hall (age 61) died.

On 28 Dec 1725 Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 51) died.

On 28 Dec 1728 Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 58) died at Rudolstadt.

On 28 Dec 1729 Anne Margetson (age 72) died.

On 28 Dec 1731 Johnathan Hurt (age 31) died.

On 28 Dec 1756 Galfridus Mann (age 50) died. His son Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet (age 12) inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton, and over £100,000.

On 28 Dec 1757 Princess Caroline Hanover (age 44) died.

On 28 Dec 1761 Crisp Gascoyne (age 61) died. He was buried on 04 Jan 1762 in Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Barking [Map].

On 28 Dec 1764 Henry Boyle 1st Earl Shannon (age 82) died. His son Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Shannon (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Shannon. Catherine Ponsonby Countess Shannon by marriage Countess Shannon.

On 28 Dec 1770 Mary Cornwallis (age 34) died.

On 28 Dec 1771 Thomas Peyton 3rd Baronet died. Baronet Peyton of Doddington extinct. Henry Dashwood aka Peyton 1st Baronet (age 35) (son of his sister Margaret Peyton) succeeded to his estates and adopted his surname.

On 22 Dec 1780 James Harris (age 71) died at Malmesbury House, Salisbury Cathedral Close [Map]. On 28 Dec 1780 he was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. There is a memorial in the South Transept.

On 28 Dec 1782 Matthew Bell of Wolsingham (age 36) died.

On 28 Dec 1783 Alexander Montgomerie (age 63) died.

On 28 Dec 1787 Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan (age 74) died.

On 28 Dec 1791 Charles Yorke (age 4) died.

On 28 Dec 1794 Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne (age 68) died. His son George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 33) succeeded 5th Earl Aboyne. Catherine Anne Cope Marchioness Huntly (age 23) by marriage Countess Aboyne.

On 28 Dec 1795 Briggs Cary died at Hot Wells Bristol. He was buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].

On 28 Dec 1808 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn (age 65) died.

On 28 Dec 1815 Henry Monck died.

On 28 Dec 1817 Margaret Maskelyne died.

On 28 Dec 1825 Arthur Paget (age 20) died.

On 28 Dec 1830 Harriet Emily Mary Milner (age 20) died.

On 28 Dec 1832 Louisa Thynne Countess Aylesford (age 72) died.

On 28 Dec 1845 John Dawson 2nd Earl Portarlington (age 64) died unmarried. His nephew Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer 3rd Earl of Portarlington (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Portarlington.

On 28 Dec 1845 Thomas Benson Cheney (age 57) died at Morgan County Georgia.

On 28 Dec 1847 Reverend Slingsby Duncombe Shafto (age 34) died.

On 28 Dec 1848 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 75) died. His son Alfred Harley 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 39) succeeded 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Eliza Nugent Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 42) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.

On 28 Dec 1855 Henry Every 9th Baronet (age 78) died.

On 28 Dec 1856 John Edward Fitzroy (age 71) died.

On 28 Dec 1862 Reverend Edward Fane (age 79) died.

On 28 Dec 1868 Lydia Emily Baring died.

On 28 Dec 1883 Charles Beville Dryden (age 87) died.

On 28 Dec 1888 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 94) died.

On 28 Dec 1888 William Osborne (age 53) died.

On 28 Dec 1888 John Warrender Dalrymple 7th Baronet (age 64) died.

On 28 Dec 1898 Hervey Charles Pechell (age 57) died.

On 28 Dec 1909 Cecil Chaplin (age 65) died.

On 28 Dec 1919 Florence Louisa Jane Long (age 90) died.

On 28 Dec 1922 Edith Pleydell-Bouverie (age 67) died.

On 28 Dec 1927 Gerald Edmund Boyle (age 87) died.

On 28 Dec 1929 Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 80) died.

On 28 Dec 1933 Algernon Percy (age 82) died.

On 28 Dec 1940 George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 62) died. His son Anthony Vivian 5th Baron Vivian (age 34) succeeded 5th Baron Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall, 5th Baronet Vivian of Truro. Victoria Oliphant Baroness Vivian (age 33) by marriage Baroness Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall.

On 28 Dec 1958 Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran (age 55) committed suicide at Poltimore, Devon nine days after succeeding his father as Earl of Arran. He was unmarried. He, reportedly, killed himself because he was homosexual. His brother Arthur Gore 8th Earl of Arran (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Arran. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran (age 40) by marriage Countess Arran.

On 28 Dec 1968 David Ogilvy 12th Earl of Airlie (age 75) died.

On 28 Dec 2007 Harry Holmes Miller 12th Baronet (age 80) died. His son Anthony Thomas Miller 13th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 13th Baronet Miller of Chichester in Sussex.