On this Day in History ... 10th August

10 Aug is in August.

1420 Funeral of Thomas Fitzgerald

1453 Neville Percy Feud

1512 Battle of Saint Mathieu

1557 Battle of St Quentin

1564 Elizabeth I's visit to Cambridge University

1642 Siege of Portsmouth

1660 August Creation of Baronets

1665 Great Plague of London

1666 Holme's Bonfire

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 10th August

On 10 Aug 794 Fastrada Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died in Frankfurt. She was buried in St Alban's Abbey Mainz.

On 10 Aug 1250 King Eric IV of Denmark (age 34) was assassinated.

On 10 Aug 1296 King John I of Bohemia was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 21) and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.

After 10 Aug 1358. Monument to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison. Lady Chapel of Hereford Cathedral [Map]. Mid 14th-century, altar-tomb with effigy and canopy, altar-tomb with range of cinquefoil-headed panels in front and panelled buttresses at ends carried up to the cornice of the canopy, effigy in mixed mail and plate-armour with camail and ridged bascinet, hauberk with scalloped lower edge, cyclas, enriched Hip Belt with dagger hanging in front and sword at side, head on cushions and feet on hound; recess with panelled back, moulded jambs and square head enriched with Paterae and trefoiled and sub-cusped pendant tracery below the head; vaulted soffit to canopy; canopy with range of six bays of open arcading with trefoiled and sub-cusped heads, crockets and finials, in arcading two headless figures of the Coronation of the Virgin, headless figure with book, archbishop with cross-staff, St. John the Baptist holding a roundel with the Agnus Dei, and a bishop, last four figures brought from elsewhere; canopy finished with enriched cornice and pierced parapet with quatrefoils and cusped cresting.

Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison: he was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Ashperton, Ledbury. On 27 Jun 1335 William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison died at Lambourne. His son Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison succeeded 2nd Baron Grandison. Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison by marriage Baroness Grandison. In or before 1340 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison and Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England. On 10 Aug 1358 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison died at Ashperton, Ledbury. His brother Bishop John Grandison 3rd Baron Grandison succeeded 3rd Baron Grandison.

After 10 Aug 1420 Thomas Fitzgerald 5th Earl Desmond (age 34) was buried in Paris [Map]. Henry V (age 34) and Charles V (age 51) were present.

Around 10 Aug 1453 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 22) summoned with Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30) to appear before a Royal Council; he ignored it.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1510-1519. 10 Aug 1512. This yeare the Regent of England, a shippe, and a carike of France, were burnt in Bristowe haveng, and Sir Thomas Knyvett (age 27) in her with all his men.

Note g. Note. This engagement, one of the most striking recorded in the annals of the English nayy, was fought off Brest Harbour on the 10th August, 1512, in which the Regent, a first-class English vessel, commanded by Sir Thomas Knyvett (age 27), Master of the Horse, and the French vessel Cordeliere, commanded by Primanget, called by the English chroniclers Sir Piers Morgan, were blown up with the loss of all their men. Hall's Chronicle, pp. 634-6. A letter of Wolsey, describing the loss of the Regent, may be seen in MS. Cotton. Vitcl. B. ii. p. 180.

On 10 Aug 1512 Edward Howard (age 36) commanded at Brest during the Battle of Saint Mathieu.

Thomas Knyvet (age 27) was killed in the fight between The Regent and La Reine

On 10 Aug 1557 or 15 Aug 1557 Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien (age 29) was killed at the Battle of St Quentin. His brother Louis Bourbon Prince Condé (age 27) succeeded Count Soissons 1367.

On 10 Aug 1557 Henry Dudley (age 26) was killed at the Battle of St Quentin.

On 10 Aug 1557 Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 30) fought being Captain-General of the cavalry at St Quentin during the Battle of St Quentin.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 10 Aug 1559. The x day of August, the wyche was sant Laurans day, the Quen('s) (age 25) grace removyd from Non-shyche [Map] unto Hamtun cowrte [Map].

Note. P. 206. Nonsuch. A memoir by the present writer on the royal palace of Nonesuch will be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for August 1837, New Series, vol. VIII. pp. 135–144. The earl of Arundel, as lord steward of the household, had obtained an interest in it, which seems almost to have amounted to an alienation, but it reverted to the Crown in 1591. His first dealings with it were resisted by sir Thomas Cawarden, (the subject of the following Note,) who had been the previous keeper.

In Aug 1564 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 30) visited Cambridge University accompanied by William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 54) and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 43). William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 43) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.

John Astley (age 57) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.

On 10 Aug 1564 Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland (age 15) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.

On 10 Aug 1629 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 54) was directed to hand over his authority as Lord Deputy of Ireland to the lords justices on the pretext that his services were required in England. King Charles I (age 28), recognising his good intentions, continued to hold him in favour.

Between 10 Aug 1642 and 07 Sep 1642 Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] was besieged by Parliamentary forces.

Evelyn's Diary. 10 Aug 1655. To Albury, to visit Mr. Howard (age 27), who had begun to build, and alter the gardens much. He showed me many rare pictures, particularly the Moor on horseback; Erasmus, as big as the life, by Holbein; a Madonna, in miniature, by Oliver; but, above all, the skull, carved in wood, by Albert Durer, for which his father was offered £100; also Albert's head, by himself, with divers rare agates, intaglios, and other curiosities.

In Aug 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded those who supported his Restoration by awarding them Baronetcies ...

On 02 Aug 1660 Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet (age 62) was created 1st Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.

On 10 Aug 1660 Peter Leicester 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Leicester of Tabley in Cheshire. Elizabeth Gerard Lady Leicester by marriage Lady Leicester of Tabley in Cheshire.

On 11 Aug 1660 William wheler 1st Baronet 1611 1666 (age 49) was created 1st Baronet Wheler of the City of Westminster with a special remainder failing the heirs male of his body, "to Charles Wheeler (age 40) [rectius Wheler], cosin to the said Sir William and the heires males of the body of the said Sir Charles."

On 16 Aug 1660 Thomas Lee 1st Baronet (age 25) was created 1st Baronet Lee of Hartwell in Buckinghamshire.

On 16 Aug 1660 John Newton 1st Baronet (age 49) was created 1st Baronet Newton of Barrs Court.

On 16 Aug 1660 Thomas Smith 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Smith of Hatherton in Cheshire.

On 31 Aug 1660 John Drake 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Drake of Ashe in Devon. Dionise Strode Lady Drake by marriage Lady Drake of Ashe in Devon.

Pepy's Diary. 10 Aug 1665. By and by to the office, where we sat all the morning; in great trouble to see the Bill this week rise so high, to above 4,000 in all, and of them above 3,000 of the plague. And an odd story of Alderman Bence's stumbling at night over a dead corps in the streete, and going home and telling his wife, she at the fright, being with child, fell sicke and died of the plague.

On 09 Aug 1666 and 10 Aug 1666 Holme's Bonfire was an attack by the English fleet commanded by Admiral Robert Holmes (age 44) on a Dutch merchant fleet of 140 ships at the Vlie estuary. The town of West-Terschelling was burnt down.

Pepy's Diary. 10 Aug 1668. Thence to Westminster Hall [Map], and so by coach to the Old Exchange [Map], and there did several businesses, and so home to dinner, and then abroad to Duck Lane [Map], where I saw my belle femme of the book vendor, but had no opportunity para hazer con her. So away to Cooper's (age 59), where I spent all the afternoon with my wife and girl, seeing him-make an end of her picture, which he did Jo my great content, though not so great as, I confess, I expected, being not satisfied in the greatness of the resemblance, nor in the blue garment: but it is most certainly a most rare piece of work, as to the painting. He hath £30 for his work-and the chrystal, and case, and gold case comes to £8 3s. 4d.; and which I sent him this night, that I might be out of debt.

Evelyn's Diary. 10 Aug 1688. Dr. Tenison (age 51) now told me there would suddenly be some great thing discovered. This was the Prince of Orange (age 37) intending to come over.

On 10 Aug 1690 Johannes Spilberg (age 71) died.

On 10 Aug 1695 Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys was born to Edwin Sandys (age 36) and Alice Rushout.

On 10 Aug 1710 John Jeffreys was born.

On 10 Aug 1759 Ferdinand VI King Spain (age 45) died without issue. His half brother Charles III King Spain (age 43) succeeded King Spain.

On 10 Aug 1762 Arthur William Devis was born to Arthur Devis (age 50) and Elizabeth Faulkener (age 43).

On 10 Aug 1784 Allan Ramsay (age 70) died at Dover, Kent [Map].

On 10 Aug 1826 Cornelius Smelt (age 78) attended a meeting at the George Inn, Castletown, there being present some of the highest officials then residing in Castletown, Chairman of the meeting being Colonel Mark Wilks. At the meeting a resolution was passed to commission a portrait of Governor Smelt by Thomas Barber (age 55). The portrait was purchased by Captain Caesar Bacon, husband of Smelt's daughter, and was placed in his home at Seafield, Santon. The portrait stayed in the family until 1925 when it was presented to the Manx Museum.

Diary of a Dean by Merewether. 10 Aug 1849 and 11 Aug 1849. No. 2, the first of a range of five large barrows in the rising ground to the north of the last, nearly in a line, a mile and a half north-east of Avebury. These differ in form, 2 and 3 being of the bowl-shape, the others of the more elegant bell-shape, as described by Sir R. C. Hoare in his Ancient Wilts. Although the second and third of this range were not opened until the 10th and 11th of August, I shall describe their produce with the others as belonging to a separate class. After a laborious excavation of the first (No. 2), from the apex to a depth of 10 feet, until we came to the natural chalk through a thin layer, at about 9 feet ,—i e. about the level of the surrounding ground,—of black mould composed of burnt wood, we were obliged to give up the hope of any marked discoveries here. The earth throughout was peculiarly moist, and probably indicated that this barrow had been examined before; there were, however, many fragments of the usual sort of bones and teeth and charred wood.

Diary of a Dean by Merewether. 10 Aug 1849. No. 3 (August 10th). Somewhat smaller in dimensions than the others. Large fragments of bone, teeth, burnt wood; at about 8 feet deep a cist, 18 inches diameter, formed in the natural chalk bed, containing burnt human bones and two small pieces (B) of bronze; (C) a smooth stone tapering towards one end, which had been broken off—it may have been a spear-head, and a rather large flint arrow-head (D), were discovered in the progress of the excavation, as well as a small one of iron (E).

On 10 Aug 1870 Charles Sackville-West 4th Baron Sackville was born to William Sackville-West (age 40) and Georgina Dodwell.

Births on the 10th August

On 10 Aug 1267 John St John was born to William St John (age 29) and Isabel Commartin. The dates here are inconsistent since his father died in 1253.

On 10 Aug 1269 John Neville was born to Geoffrey Neville (age 44) in Hornby.

On 10 Aug 1285 Henry Tyeys 2nd Baron Tyeys was born to Henry Tyeys 1st Baron Tyeys (age 20).

On 10 Aug 1289 Roger Moels 3rd Baron Moels was born to John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 20).

On 10 Aug 1289 Nicholas Moels 2nd Baron Moels was born to John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 20).

On 10 Aug 1296 King John I of Bohemia was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 21) and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.

On 10 Aug 1306 John de de Braose was born to Giles de de Braose (age 36). He a great x 3 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 10 Aug 1310 Margaret Verdun Baroness Hussey was born to Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun (age 31) and Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun (age 24) at Alton Castle, Staffordshire. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.90%.

On 10 Aug 1377 Afonso Aviz I Duke Braganza was born illegitimately to John "Good Great" I King Portugal (age 25) and Ines Peres.

On 10 Aug 1426 Boniface III Marquis of Montferrat was born to John Jacob Marquis of Montferrat (age 31) and Joan of Savoy.

On 10 Aug 1439 Anne York Duchess Exeter was born to Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York (age 27) and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 24) at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.38%.

On 10 Aug 1466 Francesco Gonzaga was born to Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua (age 25) and Margaret Wittelsbach (age 24).

On 10 Aug 1520 Madeleine Valois was born to King Francis I of France (age 25) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.50%.

On 10 Aug 1570 Philip Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp (age 44) and Christine Hesse (age 27).

Before 10 Aug 1585 Thomas Bulkeley 1st Viscount Bulkeley was born to Richard Bulkeley (age 52) and Mary Burgh. On 10 Aug 1585 Thomas Bulkeley 1st Viscount Bulkeley was baptised.

On 10 Aug 1585 Anne Carey Lady Leke was born to Edward Carey (age 45) and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 42).

Before 10 Aug 1593 Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea was born to John Wentworth (age 29) and Cicely Unton (age 32). On 10 Aug 1593 Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea was baptised in Gosfield.

On or before 10 Aug 1594 Edward Conway 2nd Viscount Conway was born to Edward Conway 1st Viscount Conway (age 30). He was baptised on 10 Aug 1594 at Arrow.

On 10 Aug 1602 Robert Napier 2nd Baronet was born to Robert Napier 1st Baronet (age 42) and Mary Robinson.

On 10 Aug 1605 Edmund Anderson 1st Baronet was born to William Anderson (age 26) and Magdalena Smith (age 61).

On 10 Aug 1617 Richard Ingoldsby was born.

On or before 10 Aug 1642 William Pynsent 1st Baronet was born. He was baptised 10 Aug 1642.

On 10 Aug 1647 Robert Campbell was born to William Campbell (age 26).

On 10 Aug 1650 John Danvers of Predsot was born to John Danvers (age 62) and Grace Hewett.

On 10 Aug 1680 Colonel Metcalfe Graham was born to Reginald Graham (age 24).

On 10 Aug 1695 Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys was born to Edwin Sandys (age 36) and Alice Rushout.

On 10 Aug 1698 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was born to Edward Stratford at Ormond, County Tipperary.

On 10 Aug 1710 John Jeffreys was born.

On 10 Aug 1710 Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg was born to Ernst Ludwig I Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 37).

On 10 Aug 1729 William Howe 5th Viscount Howe was born to Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 29) and Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe (age 25).

On 10 Aug 1730 Admiral Richard King 1st Baronet was born to Curtis King (age 30) and Mary Barnett (age 27) at Gosport, Hampshire.

On or before 10 Aug 1731 Captain Thomas Symonds was born to Reverend John Symonds and Mary Spring (age 33).

On 10 Aug 1738 John Osborn was born.

On 10 Aug 1753 George Cranfield Berkeley was born to Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (age 38) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 33). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 10 Aug 1760 Henry Francis Greville was born to Fulke Greville (age 43).

On 10 Aug 1762 Arthur William Devis was born to Arthur Devis (age 50) and Elizabeth Faulkener (age 43).

On 10 Aug 1769 Sophie Amelie Oldenburg was born to Frederick Christian Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 48) and Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg.

On 10 Aug 1772 Mathew Wilson of Eshton Hall was born to Reverend Henry Wilson (age 49).

On 10 Aug 1787 Thomas Whichcote 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Whichcote 5th Baronet (age 24) and Diana Turnor Lady Whichcote (age 24).

On 10 Aug 1792 Anna Maria Kellam was born.

On 10 Aug 1793 John Crichton-Stuart 2nd Marquis of the Isle of Bute was born to John Stuart (age 25) and Elizabeth Penelope Mcdouall Crichton (age 20).

On 10 Aug 1812 Hungerford Crewe 3rd Baron Crewe was born to John Crewe 2nd Baron Crewe (age 40).

On 10 Aug 1828 George Gunning 5th Baronet was born to Reverend Henry Gunning 4th Baronet (age 30) and Mary Catherine Cartwright.

On 1834 Eliza Hastie was born to Benjamin Hastie. She was baptised on 10 Aug 1834 at St Pancras Old Church.

On 10 Aug 1844 Wilhelm Hesse-Kassel was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Hesse-Kassel (age 23) and Alexandra Nikolaevna Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 19). He died the same day. His mother Alexandra Nikolaevna Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 19) died in childbirth. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 10 Aug 1860 Edward Nelson 5th Earl Nelson was born to Horatio Nelson 3rd Earl Nelson (age 37) and Mary Jane Agar Countess Nelson (age 38).

On 10 Aug 1870 Charles Sackville-West 4th Baron Sackville was born to William Sackville-West (age 40) and Georgina Dodwell.

On 10 Aug 1887 Mary Penelope Noel was born to Admiral Francis Charles Methuen Noel (age 35) and Wilmot Juliana Snow.

On 10 Aug 1903 Dorothy Lucy Ethelreda Cave was born.

On 10 Aug 1908 Gabrielle Muriel Ritchie was born.

On 10 Aug 1908 Mervyn Cecil Littleton was born to Charles Littleton (age 36).

On 10 Aug 1916 Ann Rosemary Hope-Morley was born to Claude Hope-Morley (age 29).

On 10 Aug 1946 Patricia Ann Souter was born to Richard Souter 25th Baron Audley (age 32).

On 10 Aug 1956 Francis Charles Edward Seymour was born to Percy Hamilton Seymour 18th Duke Somerset (age 45) and Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas Duchess Somerset.

Marriages on the 10th August

After 10 Aug 1518 John Grey and Anne Barley were married. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset (age 58). He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 10 Aug 1562 Hugh Montgomerie 3rd Earl Eglinton (age 31) and Agnes Drummond Countess Eglinton (age 39) were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. He the son of Hugh Montgomerie 2nd Earl Eglinton and Marion Seton Countess Eglinton. They were fourth cousins.

Before 10 Aug 1593 John Wentworth (age 29) and Cicely Unton (age 32) were married. They were third cousin once removed.

Before 10 Aug 1594 William Fenwick (age 44) and Margaret Selby (age 26) were married.

Before 10 Aug 1602 Robert Napier 1st Baronet (age 42) and Mary Robinson were married.

Before 10 Aug 1605 William Anderson (age 26) and Magdalena Smith (age 61) were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 10 Aug 1658 George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley (age 56) and Frances Shirley were married.

On 10 Aug 1682 John Vaughan 3rd Earl Carbery (age 43) and Anne Savile Countess Carbery (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax (age 48) and Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile. He the son of Richard Vaughan 2nd Earl Carbery (age 82) and Frances Altham Countess Carbery.

Around 10 Aug 1697 Thomas Prendergast (age 37) and Penelope Cadogan (age 10) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years.

On 10 Aug 1749 George Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton (age 40) and Elizabeth Rich Baroness Lyttelton were married.

Before 10 Aug 1785 Reverend John Thomas Cholmondeley Edwardes 8th Baronet (age 21) and Frances Gask Lady Edwardes (age 20) were married.

On 10 Aug 1790 Spencer Perceval (age 27) and Jane Wilson were married. They had eloped and were married by special license as a consequence of her father not approving of the Marriage. He the son of John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.

On 10 Aug 1848 Nassau John Senior and Jane "Jeanie" Elizabeth Hughes (age 19) were married.

On 10 Aug 1850 John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester (age 49) and Joan Granville were married. He the son of Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester and Anne Andrews Marchioness of Winchester.

On 10 Aug 1867 William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (age 28) and Laura Maria Theresa Beauclerk (age 18) were married. He the son of William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 51) and Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 10 Aug 1871 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark (age 27) and Selina Mary Chambers Baroness Southwark (age 19) were married at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone.

On 10 Aug 1880 Alexander Entwisle Ramsay 4th Baronet (age 43) and Caroline Charlotte Ireland Lady Ramsay (age 36) were married. She by marriage Lady Ramsay of Balmain in Kincardineshire.

On 10 Aug 1883 Charles Bertram Bellew 3rd Baron Bellew (age 28) and Mildred Mary Josephine de Trafford Baroness Bellow (age 27) were married at All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Barton-upon-Irwell.

Before 10 Aug 1887 Admiral Francis Charles Methuen Noel (age 35) and Wilmot Juliana Snow were married.

On 10 Aug 1920 John Douglas-Scott-Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (age 54) and Alice Pearl Crake Baroness Montagu (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu Beaulieu. The difference in their ages was 28 years.

Deaths on the 10th August

On 10 Aug 794 Fastrada Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died in Frankfurt. She was buried in St Alban's Abbey Mainz.

On 10 Aug 796 Archbishop Eanbald died.

On 10 Aug 955 Conrad "Red" Saxony I Duke Lorraine (age 33) died.

On 10 Aug 1250 King Eric IV of Denmark (age 34) was assassinated.

Before 10 Aug 1257 Hugh Ferrers died.

On 10 Aug 1274 Ralph Mortimer died.

On 10 Aug 1294 Latino Malabranca Orsini Cardinal died.

On 10 Aug 1300 Peter Corbet (age 60) died.

On 10 Aug 1346 Philip Burgundy I Count Auvergne (age 22) died.

On 10 Aug 1349 John Fitzwilliam (age 51) died at Howden.

On 10 Aug 1353 Robert Neville died.

On 10 Aug 1361 Walter Bermingham (age 24) died.

On 10 Aug 1388 John Clifton (age 35) died.

On 10 Aug 1399 Piers Legh (age 79) died at Lyme Hall [Map].

On 10 Aug 1410 Louis Bourbon II Duke Bourbon (age 73) died. His son John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon (age 29) succeeded I Duke Bourbon.

On 10 Aug 1413 Patrick Graham of Kincardine (age 63) died.

Around 10 Aug 1413 Patrick Graham (age 30) died.

On 10 Aug 1416 Thomas Talbot died.

On 10 Aug 1420 Thomas Fitzgerald 5th Earl Desmond (age 34) died at Rouen, France [Map].

On 10 Aug 1430 James Dunbar 4th Earl Moray (age 30) died. His daughter Elizabeth Dunbar 5th Countess Moray (age 5) succeeded 5th Countess Moray.

On 10 Aug 1443 Christopher Talbot (age 24) was killed in a tournament by Gruffudd Vychan (age 48) who was outlawed, captured and beheaded in 1447 at Caus Castle [Map].

On 10 Aug 1458 William Burley (age 68) died.

On 10 Aug 1474 William Ogle (age 62) died.

On 10 Aug 1490 Pierre Foix (age 41) died.

On 10 Aug 1491 Richard Musgrave (age 60) died at Edenhall Manor, Cumberland.

On 10 Aug 1503 Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Willoughby Broke (age 35) died.

On 10 Aug 1508 William Reade died.

On 10 Aug 1512 Edward Howard (age 36) commanded at Brest during the Battle of Saint Mathieu.

Thomas Knyvet (age 27) was killed in the fight between The Regent and La Reine

On 10 Aug 1517 William Ayloffe (age 38) died.

On 10 Aug 1518 Robert Sheffield (age 57) died at Tower of London [Map].

On 10 Aug 1529 Robert Clere (age 83) died at Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk.

Before 10 Aug 1535 Ralph Fenwick (age 65) died.

On 10 Aug 1536 Francis Valois (age 18) died.

On 10 Aug 1537 George Hussey died.

On 10 Aug 1546 Janet Wogan (age 53) died at Burford, Shropshire [Map].

On 10 Aug 1546 William Thynne died. He was buried at All Hallows by the Tower Church [Map].

On 10 Aug 1557 Henry Dudley (age 26) was killed at the Battle of St Quentin.

On 10 Aug 1557 or 15 Aug 1557 Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien (age 29) was killed at the Battle of St Quentin. His brother Louis Bourbon Prince Condé (age 27) succeeded Count Soissons 1367.

On 10 Aug 1570 Peter Leigh (age 30) died.

On 10 Aug 1580 William Keith Master of Marischal (age 53) died.

On 10 Aug 1600 Thomas Southcote (age 74) died.

Around 10 Aug 1607 Jane Radclyffe of Blanchland (age 56) died. Claudius Forster 1st Baronet (age 32) inherited Blanchland Abbey [Map].

On 10 Aug 1618 John Seymour (age 58) died.

On 10 Aug 1621 Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 41) died. His son George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos (age 1) succeeded 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley.

On 10 Aug 1634 Francis Goodwin (age 69) died.

On or before 10 Aug 1649 Endymion Porter (age 62) died. He was buried on 10 Aug 1649 in St Martin in the Fields [Map].

On 10 Aug 1652 Jean Gaston d'Orléans Duke of Valois (age 1) died.

On 10 Aug 1659 Frederick 3rd Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (age 61) died.

On 10 Aug 1659 Frederick III Duke of Holstein Gottorp (age 61) died.

On 10 Aug 1660 Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox (age 11) died of smallpox at Paris [Map]. He was buried in on 04 Sep 1660 in the Richmond Vault, Westminster Abbey. His first cousin Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Lennox, 3rd Duke Richmond. 4th Earl March. Elizabeth Rogers Duchess Richmond by marriage Duchess Richmond. His sister Mary Stewart Countess Arran (age 9) succeeded 5th Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

On 10 Aug 1671 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 38) died. Baronet Evelyn of Godstone extinct.

On 10 Aug 1690 Johannes Spilberg (age 71) died.

On 10 Aug 1692 William Somerset Harbord (age 57) died.

On 10 Aug 1705 Florence Rolle (age 74) died.

On 10 Aug 1718 Elizabeth m Bransby (age 32) died.

On 10 Aug 1724 Thomas Stonor (age 47) died.

On 10 Aug 1737 Colin Campbell (age 57) died.

On 10 Aug 1755 William Yonge 4th Baronet (age 62) died at Escot Honiton, Devon. His son George Yonge 5th Baronet (age 24) succeeded 5th Baronet Yonge of Colyton in Devon.

On 10 Aug 1755 Latitia Owen (age 59) died. Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 8) inherited Condover Hall, Shropshire.

On 10 Aug 1759 Ferdinand VI King Spain (age 45) died without issue. His half brother Charles III King Spain (age 43) succeeded King Spain.

On 10 Aug 1784 Allan Ramsay (age 70) died at Dover, Kent [Map].

On 10 Aug 1793 Anne Windsor Lady Broughton (age 32) died.

On 10 Aug 1817 Thomas Cholmondeley died.

On 10 Aug 1821 Henry William Carr (age 43) died.

On 10 Aug 1839 John St Aubyn 5th Baronet (age 81) died. Baronet St Aubyn of Clowance in Cornwall extinct. His illegitimate son Edward St Aubyn 1st Baronet (age 39) was ineligible to succeedt to the title. He was subsequently created 1st Baronet St Aubyn of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.

On 10 Aug 1842 Reverend George de la Poer Beresford (age 66) died.

On 10 Aug 1852 William Edwardes 2nd Baron Kensington (age 75) died. His son William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baron Kensington.

On 10 Aug 1869 Bertrand Gordon (age 19) died.

On 10 Aug 1875 Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley (age 64) died. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Brocklesby.

On 10 Aug 1879 Henry George Howard (age 61) died.

On 10 Aug 1889 Elizabeth Anne Balfour (age 69) died.

On 10 Aug 1896 Emily Sellwood Baroness Tennyson (age 83) died.

On 10 Aug 1897 William Walsham How Bishop (age 73) died at Leenane whilst on holiday. he weas buried at Whittington, Shropshire.

On 10 Aug 1909 Margaret Elizabeth Williams (age 70) died.

On 10 Aug 1911 Alexandre Bibesco (age 69) died.

On 10 Aug 1914 Hugh Jeffery Middleton (age 34) died.

On 10 Aug 1918 Arthur Brockhurst (age 59) died

On 10 Aug 1920 Kathleen Lucille Payne-Gallwey (age 36) died of consumption contracted in Greece during the Revelution of 1917.

On 10 Aug 1939 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 70) died.

On 10 Aug 1944 Hans Albrecht Glücksburg (age 27) died.

On 10 Aug 1974 Joan Buxton Lady Ramsden (age 93) died.

On 10 Aug 1981 Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles (age 94) died.

On 10 Aug 1993 Diana Holman Hunt (age 79) died.