On this Day in History ... 23rd March
23 Mar is in March.
Events on the 23rd March
On 23 Mar 1322 at York [Map] ...
Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22) was hanged. His brother Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron de Clifford.
John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) was hanged. He was buried at Fountains Abbey [Map]. His son John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 11) succeeded 3rd Baron Mowbray.
On 23 Mar 1361 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 51) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
Duke Lancaster, Earl Lincoln extinct.
Blanche Plantagenet Duchess Lancaster (age 15) succeeded 5th Countess Lancaster and 2nd Countess Derby. John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 21) by marriage Earl Lancaster, Earl Derby.
Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 21) succeeded 5th Countess of Leicester.
On 23 Mar 1369 Peter "Cruel" I King Castile (age 34) was murdered by his half-brother Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 35) outside the wall of the castle of Montiel, La Mancha. His half brother Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 35) succeeded II King Castile.
On 23 Mar 1421 the Dauphin's (age 18) French army and a Scottish army heavily defeated the English army at the Battle of Baugé. On the French side Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" fought. On the Scottish side John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan (age 40) and John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux (age 41) fought. William Douglas (age 37) was killed.
On the English side John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset (age 18), Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 44), Thomas Beaufort Count Perche (age 16) and John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter (age 26) were captured. John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset (age 18) would be captive for the next seventeen years. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 44) was released in 1422. Thomas Beaufort Count Perche (age 16) was released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange.
Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 32) was killed in battle. Duke Clarence extinct.
John Lumley (age 38) was killed in battle.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) was killed in battle. His brother Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 13) succeeded 8th Baron Ros Helmsley.
William Ros (age 24), and Gilbert V Umfraville were killed.
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 37) was killed in battle. His son Henry Grey 2nd Earl Tankerville (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville.
William Douglas 1st Lord Drumlanrig was present.
After 23 Mar 1421 John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) was buried at Belvoir Priory [Map]. His remains and monument were subsequently relocated to the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. Early Plate Bascinet Period.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley:
Around 1397 he was born to William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley and Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros Helmsley.
On 01 Sep 1414 William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley died. His son John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley succeeded 7th Baron Ros Helmsley.
Before 23 Mar 1421 John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley and Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. 
Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields.
Detail of Lancastrian Esses Collar and the trefoil fixing holding the Lancastrian Esses Collar to the bottom of the Camail.
Detail of IHC NASARE Lettering and Decorated Orle and decorated Vervelle Cover. Bascinet with Gorget. Lancastrian Esses Collar.
Detail of the Ros Peacock Crest which surmounted his Great Helm; only the feet remain.
Detail of the Spaulder and Besagew with some early graffiti.
Detail of the Hourglass Gauntlets and graffiti.
On 23 Mar 1430 Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England was born to René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 21) and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine (age 30).
Letters and Papers 1535. 23 Mar 1535. Vienna Archives. 431. Chapuys to [Granvelle].
[Granvelle] will understand by Chapuys' last letter to the Emperor, and by the present, what the desire and hope of these men is. They think day and night of getting rid of these good ladies. Since there has been a talk of friendship they have been more determined to devise something against them, and speak of it without shame. It is more than ever necessary to consult for their protection. The Queen, as he writes to the Emperor, has no doubt that their amiability to her and the Princess is dangerous. Having heard that Cromwell had been to Chapuys, she wrote to her licentiate Medain the enclosed, and, if she had dared to write more, would have shown her reasons. In the letter "la seulle" means Cromwell, "Del Sobrino" is Chapuys, and "celluy que n'a dens" is the French king. Sends another letter from the Queen, which ought to have done wonders, considering how Cromwell had praised her; "sed induratum est cor Pharaonis."
Does not know how Granvelle interprets the coming of the King to where the Princess was without speaking to or sending to her, but it is spoken of here in various ways. The Princess is well, better than some would have her. She may be called the paragon of beauty, goodness and virtue.
The concubine (age 34) has suborned a person to say that he has had a revelation from God that she cannot conceive while the said two ladies are alive. Doubts not she has spoken of it to the King, and she has lately sent the man to Cromwell. She constantly speaks of them as rebels and traitresses deserving death, and Cromwell would willingly say what Caiaphas did. London, 23 March.
Fr., from a modern copy, pp. 2.
Letters and Papers 1538. 23 Mar 1538. Spanish Calendar, V. ii. No. 220. 583. Chapuys (age 48) to the Queen of Hungary (age 32).
She has done well in writing to Cromwell (age 53), who was much gratified by her letter. The French ambassadors have had difficulty in getting an interview with the King (age 46), and were ill received; on which the Bishop of Tarbes said to the Venetian secretary he would do his best to promote a peace between the Emperor and France. Next day the Bishop received a present of 500 cr. and 150 cr. for a gentleman of his suite; but he has not yet got his passports, which the King (age 46) will probably not give till he has heard from Spain. On the same day, the 18th, the painter (age 41) returned with the Duchess' (age 16) likeness, which has pleased the King (age 46) much, and put him in much better humour. He has been masking and visiting the Duchess of Suffolk (age 19), &c. Does not think, however, that he is pleased at the meeting arranged between the Pope, the Emperor, and Francis. London, 23 March 1538.From a MS. at Vienna.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 23 Mar 1557. The xxiij day of Marche was a commondement cam that the Kyng (age 29) and the Quen (age 41) wold ryd from the Towre-warff [Map] thrugh London with the nobuls of the rayme, boyth lordes and lades; and at the Towre-warff my lord mayre (age 57) mett ther gracys boyth, and thrugh London my masters the althermen and the shreyffes and alle the crafftes of London in ther leveres, and ther standynges set up of evere craft of tymbur, and the strett and the trumpettes blohyng with odur enstrementtes with grett joye and plesur, and grett shutyng of gones at the Towre, and the waytes plahyng on sant Peter's [Map] ledes [leads ie roofs] in Chepe; and my lord mayre (age 57) bare the septer a-for the Kyng and the Quen.
On or before 23 Mar 1655 Richard Hill of Hawkstone was born to Rowland Hill (age 31). He was baptised on 23 Mar 1655.
Pepy's Diary. 23 Mar 1663. Thence to see my Lord Sandwich (age 37), and who should I meet at the door but Major Holmes (age 41). He would have gone away, but I told him I would not spoil his visitt, and would have gone, but however we fell to discourse and he did as good as desire excuse for the high words that did pass in his heat the other day, which I was willing enough to close with, and after telling him my mind we parted, and I left him to speak with my Lord, and I by coach home, where I found Will Howe come home to-day with my wife, and staid with us all night, staying late up singing songs, and then he and I to bed together in Ashwell's bed and she with my wife. This the first time that I ever lay in the room. This day Greatorex (age 38) brought me a very pretty weather-glass for heat and cold1. 24th. Lay pretty long, that is, till past six o'clock, and them up and W. Howe and I very merry together, till having eat our breakfast, he went away, and I to my office.
Note 1. The thermometer was invented in the sixteenth century, but it is disputed who the inventor was. The claims of Santorio are supported by Borelli and Malpighi, while the title of Cornelius Drebbel is considered undoubted by Boerhaave. Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597, was the foundation of accurate thermometry. Galileo also invented the alcohol thermometer about 1611 or 1612. Spirit thermometers were made for the Accademia del Cimento, and described in the Memoirs of that academy. When the academy was dissolved by order of the Pope, some of these thermometers were packed away in a box, and were not discovered until early in the nineteenth century. Robert Hooke describes the manufacture and graduation of thermometers in his "Micrographia" (1665).
Pepy's Diary. 23 Mar 1666. Anon comes my wife and Mercer and little Tooker, and having done with me we all to a picture drawer's hard by, Hales (age 66) carrying me to see some landskipps of a man's doing. But I do not [like] any of them, save only a piece of fruit, which indeed was very fine.
Pepy's Diary. 23 Mar 1666. I out by six o'clock by appointment to Hales's (age 66), where we fell to my picture presently very hard, and it comes on a very fine picture, and very merry, pleasant discourse we had all the morning while he was painting.
On 23 Mar 1731 Catharine Sawbridge was born to John Sawbridge (age 32).
On 23 Mar 1768 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen was born to William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen (age 32) and Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen (age 26).
On 23 Mar 1770 Martin van Meytens (age 74) died.
On 23 Mar 1815 Francis Holl was born.
On or before 23 Mar 1817 Matthew Noble was born to Robert Noble at Hackness. He was baptised on 23 Mar 1817 at Hackness.
On 23 Mar 1820 Reverend William Greenwell was born to William Thomas Greenwell (age 43) and Dorothy Smales at Greenwell Ford, Lanchester.
After 23 Mar 1821. St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. Grave slab to Anne Dutton (deceased).
Anne Dutton: Samuel Blackwell and she were married. Around 1743 she was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond. On 23 Mar 1821 Anne Dutton died at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
Letters of James McNeill Whistler 1863. 16 Mar 1863 or 23 Mar 1863. 7a Queens Road West, Chelsea. Monday - / March
Dear Rose (age 43) -
Any news about "my house" - . Is it all right? am I wanted to take any step? or will it all be settled without me? Are you going to make him do anything at all to the house and can I go in shortly when the agreement is made
I have been knocked up for a couple of days with rheumatism but hope to get to work again tomorrow - I was very sorry not to see you the other day at Rossetti's (age 34) -
Will you drop me a line about the house.
With many thanks
Ever Yours
J Whistler (age 28)
After 23 Mar 1910. Memorials to Henry Basil Houson and his daughter Kathleen at St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck.
Births on the 23rd March
On 23 Mar 1395 John Jacob Marquis of Montferrat was born.
On 23 Mar 1430 Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England was born to René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 21) and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine (age 30).
On 23 Mar 1549 Edward Littleton was born to Reverend John Littleton (age 39).
On 23 Mar 1581 Edward de Vere was born illegitimately to Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 30) and Anne Vavasour (age 21). Both parents were imprisoned in Tower of London [Map] the Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 47) as a consequence. Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 30) was released several months later but banished from court until 1583.
On 23 Mar 1595 Bevil Grenville was born to Bernard Grenvlle (age 28).
On 23 Mar 1642 Hester Davenport Countess of Oxford was born.
On or before 23 Mar 1655 Richard Hill of Hawkstone was born to Rowland Hill (age 31). He was baptised on 23 Mar 1655.
On 23 Mar 1655 Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 30) and Maria Cholmondeley (age 27).
On 23 Mar 1669 John Wodehouse 4th Baronet was born to Thomas Wodehouse.
On 23 Mar 1678 Richard Granville was born to Richard Granville (age 32).
On 23 Mar 1707 Henry Somerset 3rd Duke Beaufort was born to Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort (age 22) and Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort (age 20).
On 23 Mar 1713 Bowen Southwell was born to Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell (age 48) and Meliora Coningsby (age 37).
On 23 Mar 1724 Thomas Alston 5th Baronet was born to Rowland Alston 4th Baronet (age 44).
On 23 Mar 1731 Catharine Sawbridge was born to John Sawbridge (age 32).
On 23 Mar 1731 Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira was born to Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon (age 34) and Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon (age 24).
On 23 Mar 1733 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke (age 42) and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
On 23 Mar 1737 Louisa North Baroness Latimer Baroness Willoughby Broke was born to Francis North 1st Earl Guildford (age 32) and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford (age 30).
On 23 Mar 1768 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen was born to William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen (age 32) and Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen (age 26).
After 23 Mar 1769 Anne Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32).
After 23 Mar 1769 Gertrude Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32).
On 23 Mar 1779 Reverend Frederick Anson was born to George Adams aka Anson (age 47) and Mary Venables-Vernon (age 39).
On 23 Mar 1782 Frances Shirley was born to Washington Shirley 8th Earl Ferrers (age 21) and Frances Ward.
On 23 Mar 1786 George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore was born to Charles Warwick Bamlfylde 5th Baronet (age 33).
On 23 Mar 1793 John Henry Lowther 2nd Baronet was born to John Lowther 1st Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Fane (age 23).
On 23 Mar 1797 Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 32) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 29).
On 23 Mar 1798 Harriet Rebecca Mytton was born to John Mytton.
On 23 Mar 1803 Charles Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 42) and Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham (age 27).
On 23 Mar 1806 Edward Ernest Villiers was born to George Villiers (age 46) and Theresa Parker (age 31).
On 23 Mar 1809 Henry William Parnell 3rd Baron Congleton was born to Henry Parnell 1st Baron Congleton (age 32) and Caroline Dawson Baroness Congleton.
On 23 Mar 1813 Francis Burdett 7th Baronet was born to William Jones Burdett (age 41).
On 23 Mar 1814 Charles Wentworth George Howard was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 40) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 30).
On 23 Mar 1815 Francis Holl was born.
On or before 23 Mar 1817 Matthew Noble was born to Robert Noble at Hackness. He was baptised on 23 Mar 1817 at Hackness.
On 23 Mar 1820 Reverend William Greenwell was born to William Thomas Greenwell (age 43) and Dorothy Smales at Greenwell Ford, Lanchester.
On 23 Mar 1841 Frank Cavendish Lascelles was born to William Lascelles (age 42) and Caroline Georgiana Howard (age 37).
On 23 Mar 1854 Henry Percy St John was born to Reverend Maurice William Ferdinand St John (age 26).
On 23 Mar 1865 James Somerville 2nd Baron Meredyth and Athlumney was born to William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 63) and Maria Georgiana Elizabeth Jones (age 33).
On 23 Mar 1866 Margaret Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 35) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 20).
On 23 Mar 1892 Jeane Pleydell-Bouverie was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 6th Earl Radnor (age 23) and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour.
On 23 Mar 1905 Francis Pelham 7th Earl Chichester was born to Jocelyn Pelham 6th Earl Chichester (age 33) and Ruth Buxton Countess Chichester.
On 23 Mar 1912 Grey d'Estoteville Townsend Skipwith was born to Grey Humberstone d'Estoteville 11th Baronet (age 27).
On 23 Mar 1914 Arthur Patrick Spencer Chichester was born to Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester 4th Baron Templemore (age 33) and Clare Meriel Wingfield Baroness Templemore (age 27).
On 23 Mar 1915 Hersey Coke was born to Richard Coke (age 38).
On 23 Mar 1921 Lieutenant Andrew Jervis Hawkins was born at South Acre, Norfolk.
On 23 Mar 1925 Kenneth Ray Reade 13th Baronet was born to Leverne Elton Reade (age 33).
Marriages on the 23rd March
On 23 Mar 1260 Alfonso Barcelona (age 31) and Constance Béarn were married. He died three days later. He the son of James I King Aragon (age 52) and Eleanor Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. 
Before 23 Mar 1421 John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) and Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 23 Mar 1636 Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent and Anne Craggs were married.
On 23 Mar 1658 Henry Wright 1st Baronet (age 21) and Ann Crew Lady Wright were married at the Church of St Giles in the Fields.
On 23 Mar 1684 Nicholas Browne 2nd Viscount Kenmare (age 24) and Helen Browne Viscountess Kenmare were married.
On 23 Mar 1709 Warwick Lake (age 48) and Elizabeth Gerard (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. They were first cousin once removed.
On 23 Mar 1711 George Duckett (age 27) and Grace Skinner were married. They had nine children of which eight survived to adulthood.
On 23 Mar 1756 Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery (age 21) and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. She the daughter of Charles Spencer 3rd Duke Marlborough (age 49) and Elizabeth Trevor Duchess Marlborough (age 43). He the son of Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke and Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 48).
On 23 Mar 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 34), if they existed, were undermined by the the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23).
After 23 Mar 1769 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory.
Before 23 Mar 1820 William Thomas Greenwell (age 43) and Dorothy Smales were married.
On 23 Mar 1823 Adam Hay 7th Baronet (age 27) and Henrietta Callender Grant (age 20) were married.
On 23 Mar 1855 Frederick Richards Leyland (age 23) and Frances Dawson (age 21) were married.
On 23 Mar 1933 Captain David Reginald Rhys (age 26) and Anne Wellesley (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Arthur Charles Wellesley 5th Duke Wellington (age 56) and Lillian Maud Glen Coats Duchess Wellington (age 48).
Deaths on the 23rd March
On 23 Mar 699 Æthelwold Hermit died.
On 20 or 23 or 25 Mar 1046 Bishop Lyfing died.
On 23 Mar 1234 Robert Auvergne I (age 84) died.
On 23 Mar 1322 at York [Map] ...
Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22) was hanged. His brother Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron de Clifford.
John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) was hanged. He was buried at Fountains Abbey [Map]. His son John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 11) succeeded 3rd Baron Mowbray.
On 23 Mar 1361 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 51) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
Duke Lancaster, Earl Lincoln extinct.
Blanche Plantagenet Duchess Lancaster (age 15) succeeded 5th Countess Lancaster and 2nd Countess Derby. John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 21) by marriage Earl Lancaster, Earl Derby.
Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 21) succeeded 5th Countess of Leicester.
On 23 Mar 1369 Peter "Cruel" I King Castile (age 34) was murdered by his half-brother Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 35) outside the wall of the castle of Montiel, La Mancha. His half brother Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 35) succeeded II King Castile.
On 23 Mar 1421 the Dauphin's (age 18) French army and a Scottish army heavily defeated the English army at the Battle of Baugé. On the French side Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" fought. On the Scottish side John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan (age 40) and John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux (age 41) fought. William Douglas (age 37) was killed.
On the English side John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset (age 18), Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 44), Thomas Beaufort Count Perche (age 16) and John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter (age 26) were captured. John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset (age 18) would be captive for the next seventeen years. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 44) was released in 1422. Thomas Beaufort Count Perche (age 16) was released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange.
Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 32) was killed in battle. Duke Clarence extinct.
John Lumley (age 38) was killed in battle.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) was killed in battle. His brother Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 13) succeeded 8th Baron Ros Helmsley.
William Ros (age 24), and Gilbert V Umfraville were killed.
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 37) was killed in battle. His son Henry Grey 2nd Earl Tankerville (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville.
William Douglas 1st Lord Drumlanrig was present.
On 23 Mar 1473 Thomas Beresford (age 53) died.
On 23 Mar 1483 Yolande Valois Anjou (age 54) died.
On 23 Mar 1483 Nicholas Valois Anjou (age 54) died.
On 23 Mar 1547 Edward Croft (age 82) died in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Before 23 Mar 1559 John St Lo (age 59) died.
On 23 Mar 1567 Thomas Lovell (age 41) died. His will stated he should be buried in the Chapel of Holywell Priory [Map] which he had built.
On 23 Mar 1594 Edward Herbert (age 47) died at Montgomery.
On 23 Mar 1596 Henry Unton (age 38) died.
On 23 Mar 1602 Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr (age 46) died. His son Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baron De La Warr. Cecily Shirley Baroness De La Warr by marriage Baroness De La Warr.
On 23 Mar 1618 James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn (age 42) died. On 23 Mar 1618 His son James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 14) succeeded 2nd Earl Abercorn.
On 23 Mar 1626 Oliver St John (age 51) died at Keysoe Bedford.
On 23 Mar 1629 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 49) died. His son Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland (age 27) succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, 5th Baron Despencer, 2nd Baron Burghesh in Suffolk. Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland (age 25) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Francis Fane (age 18) inherited Fulbeck Hall. The Hall was confiscated from him during the Commonwealth; he bought it back.
On 23 Mar 1631 John Cooper 1st Baronet (age 33) died at Cassiobury, Watford. He was buried in Wimborne St Giles Church. His son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
On 23 Mar 1634 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 77) died. Her son Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 55) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchilsea, 2nd Viscount Maidstone. Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 40) by marriage Countess Winchilsea.
On 23 Mar 1636 John Lamplugh (age 49) died.
On 23 Mar 1637 Richard Fletcher (age 68) died.
On 23 Mar 1639 Richard Edgecumbe (age 69) died.
On 23 Mar 1649 Catherine Musgrave (age 49) died.
On 23 Mar 1674 Henry Cromwell (age 46) died. He was buried at St Laurence's Church, Wicken [Map].
On 23 Mar 1675 William Walter 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His son William Walter 2nd Baronet (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Walter of Saresden in Oxfordshire.
After 23 Mar 1679 Anne Willoughby Lady Harpur (age 20) died.
On 23 Mar 1683 Robert Maxwell 4th Earl Nithsdale (age 55) died. William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale succeeded 5th Earl Nithsdale, 14th Lord Maxwell, 8th Lord Herries of Terregles.
On 23 Mar 1684 Essex Rich 2nd Countess Nottingham (age 32) died in childbirth.
On 23 Mar 1691 Mary Langham Countess Warrington (age 39) died.
On 23 Mar 1697 William Child (age 91) died.
On 23 Mar 1730 Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 75) died.
On 23 Mar 1732 Anne Mundy (age 71) died.
On 23 Mar 1732 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 55) died at Altenburg. His son Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 32) succeeded III Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 21) by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 23 Mar 1740 Thomas Bruce 7th Earl Kincardine (age 77) died. His son William Bruce 8th Earl Kincardine succeeded 8th Earl Kincardine.
On 23 Mar 1748 Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett died.
On 23 Mar 1757 Archbishop Thomas Herring (age 64) died. He was buried in Croydon Minster [Map].
On 23 Mar 1770 Martin van Meytens (age 74) died.
On 23 Mar 1779 George Clive (age 47) died.
On 23 Mar 1783 Prince Carl Gustav Duke of Småland died.
On 23 Mar 1789 Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 75) died at St James' Square. He was buried at the Osborne Family Chapel at All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. His son Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 38) succeeded 5th Duke Leeds, 5th Earl of Danby, 5th Viscount Osborne, 5th Viscount Latimer, 5th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 6th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 25) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 23 Mar 1795 St Andrew St John (age 63) died at Worcester, Worcestershire [Map].
On 23 Mar 1797 Anna Vernon (age 49) died.
On 23 Mar 1801 Paul Emperor of Russia (age 46) died. His son Alexander Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 23) succeeded I Tsar Russia.
On 23 Mar 1802 Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg (age 59) died without male issue. Earl Fauconberg extinct. His second cousin Rowland Belasyse 6th Viscount Fauconberg (age 52) succeeded 6th Viscount Faunconberg, 7th Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
On 23 Mar 1813 Princess Augusta Charlotte Hanover (age 75) died.
On 23 Mar 1821 Anne Dutton (age 78) died at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
On 23 Mar 1825 Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 75) died at Lower Grosvenor Street Belgravia. His son George Irby 3rd Baron Boston (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Boston, 4th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston. Rachel Ives Drake Baroness Boston (age 42) by marriage Baroness Boston.
On 23 Mar 1831 Jane Anne Louisa Florence Cole (age 19) died.
On 23 Mar 1832 John Clifton (age 68) died.
On 23 Mar 1844 Montague Treby Molesworth (age 25) died. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 15 August 1844, reported 'on 23 March there was an incident when two natives were turned out of the boat for stealing stores. In retaliation the natives threw a spear, killing Lieutenant Molesworth. A fight ensued and seven more crew members were killed and three wounded.'
On 23 Mar 1845 Justinian Isham 8th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Justinian Isham 9th Baronet (age 28) succeeded 9th Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
On 23 Mar 1864 Bingham Baring 2nd Baron Ashburton (age 64) died. His brother Francis Baring 3rd Baron Ashburton (age 63) succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon. Claire Hortense Maret Baroness Ashburton (age 52) by marriage Baroness Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon.
On 23 Mar 1865 Henry Pollard Willoughby 3rd Baronet (age 68) died unmarried. His brother John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet (age 65) succeeded 4th Baronet Willoughby of Baldon House in Oxfordshire.
On 23 Mar 1867 John Dick-Lauder of Fountainhall 8th Baronet (age 53) died.
On 23 Mar 1870 Louisa Primrose (age 47) died.
On 23 Mar 1879 Julia Valenza Somerville Lady Head (age 86) died.
On 23 Mar 1879 Walter Calverley Trevelyan 6th Baronet (age 81) died. His nephew Alfred Wilson Trevelyan 7th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 7th Baronet Trevelyan of Nettlecombe.
On 23 Mar 1883 Lawrence Palk 1st Baron Haldon (age 65) died. His son Lawrence Hesketh Palk 2nd Baron Haldon (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baron Haldon of Haldon in Devon, 5th Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon. Constance Mary Barrington Baroness Haldon (age 36) by marriage Baroness Haldon of Haldon in Devon.
On 23 Mar 1887 Geraldine Augusta Foley died.
On 23 Mar 1888 Louisa Emily Baring died.
On 23 Mar 1893 George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford (age 40) died. George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford (age 40) was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother Herbrand Arthur Sackville 11th Duke Bedford (age 35) succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 23 Mar 1895 Martha Otway (age 74) died.
On 23 Mar 1898 Edward Douglas (age 78) died.
On 23 Mar 1901 Sarah Elizabeth Catherine Gordon (age 73) died.
On 23 Mar 1907 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool (age 60) died. His son Arthur Foljambe 2nd Earl of Liverpool (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Liverpool. Annette Louise Monck Countess Liverpool (age 31) by marriage Countess Liverpool.
On 23 Mar 1912 Hugh de Grey Seymour-Conway 6th Marquess Hertford (age 68) died. On 23 Mar 1912 His son George Francis Alexander Seymour 7th Marquess Hertford (age 41) succeeded 7th Marquess Hertford, 7th Earl Hertford, 7th Earl of Yarmouth, 7th Viscount Beauchamp, 8th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 8th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim.
On 23 Mar 1913 Katrine Cecilia Compton Countess Cowper (age 68) died.
On 23 Mar 1916 Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale (age 84) died. His son George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 57) succeeded 5th Baron Scarsdale.
On 23 Mar 1922 Margaret Dulcibella Hammersley (age 61) died.
On 23 Mar 1923 Mary Baillie-Hamilton died.
On 23 Mar 1924 Florence Mary Cole Countess Erne (age 74) died.
On 23 Mar 1925 Henrietta Blanche Ogilvy (age 72) died.
On 23 Mar 1941 Robert David Wilson (age 25) died.
On 23 Mar 1943 Mervyn Horatio Herbert 17th Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 38) died whilst on active service. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Welshpool.
He was participating in a training night exercise when his Mosquito intercepted a Stirling bomber returning from a leaflet dropping raid in Europe, following which the Mosquito crashed into the ground near Manningtree [Map], killing both Herbert and his navigator Albert Eastwood; possibly a friendly fire incident?
Davina Darcy 18th Baroness Darcy of Knayth (age 4) succeeded 18th Baroness Darcy of Knayth.
On 23 Mar 1944 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (age 38) died at Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford. He was buried at Lismore Cathedral, Lismore, County Waterford.
On 23 Mar 1950 Mary Gwendoline Petre (age 84) died.
On 23 Mar 1960 Richard FitzGerald Glyn 8th and 4th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Colonel Richard Hamilton Glyn 9th and 5th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 9th Baronet Glyn of Ewell in Surrey, 5th Baronet Glyn of Gaunts in Dorset.
On 23 Mar 1970 Noel Percy Hugh Dryden 10th and 7th Baronet (age 59) died. His son John Stephen Gyles Dryden 11th and 8th Baronet (age 26) succeeded 11th Baronet Dryden of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire, 8th Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
On 23 Mar 1991 Marie Eugénie Pauline Archer (age 92) died.
On 23 Mar 1995 Rollo Feilding 11th Earl of Denbigh (age 51) died. His son Alexander Feilding 12th Earl of Denbigh (age 24) succeeded 11th Earl Desmond, 12th Earl Denbigh, 12th Viscount Feilding, 12th Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire, 11th Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 11th Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary, 11th Baron St Liz.
On 23 Mar 2004 Richard Lumley 12th Earl of Scarbrough (age 71) died. His son Richard Lumley 13th Earl of Scarbrough (age 30) succeeded 13th Earl Scarborough, 14th Viscount Lumley.
On 23 Mar 2011 George Howland Francis Beaumont 12th Baronet (age 86) died. Baronet Beaumont of Stoughton Grange in Leicestershire extinct.
