On this Day in History ... 2nd April
02 Apr is in April.
Events on the 2nd April
On 02 Apr 742 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor was born.
On 02 Apr 1118 Baldwin I King Jerusalem (age 60) died. Baldwin II King Jerusalem (age 43) succeeded King Jerusalem.
On 02 Apr 1284 Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 62) died. His son Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 25) succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon. Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon.
On 02 Apr 1305 Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 32) died.
On 02 Apr 1416 Ferdinand I King Aragon (age 35) died. His son Alfonso V King Aragon (age 20) succeeded V King Aragon.
On 02 Apr 1502 Prince Arthur Tudor (age 15) died at Ludlow Castle [Map]. Earl Chester extinct. The cause of death unknown other than being reported as "a malign vapour which proceeded from the air". Catherine of Aragon (age 16) had recovered.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1485-1509. 02 Apr 1502. And in Easter weeke followinge the saide Prince Arthure (age 15) deceased at Ludlowe [Map], in Wales, and was buried at Worcester [Map].b
Note b. Prince Arthur (age 15) died on the Saturday following Easter Sunday in 1503, being April 2nd, and was buried in Worcester cathedral on the 27th April.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 02 Apr 1554. 02 Apr 1544. Munday the 2 of Aprill, 1554, the Parlement began at Westminster, which should haue bene kept at Oxforde, the Queens Majestie (age 28) ridinge in her Parlement robes from her pallace of Whitehall to St. Peters churche with all her Lordes spirituall and temporall in their robes, and there heard masse of the Holie Ghoete and a sermon. And that aftemoone the Common Howse did chuse Mr. Robert Brooke, esquier, and sergiant at lawe and Recorder of London, for their speaker in this Parlement.
On 02 Apr 1545 Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain was born to King Henry II of France (age 26) and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France (age 25).
Diary of Edward VI. 02 Apr 1550. The parliement proroged to the secund day of the terme in Octobre next ensuyng.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1554. The ij day of Aprell began the parlemente, and the Quen('s) (age 38) grace rod thedur in her robes, and bysshopes and lordes in parlement robes, and ther was a goody masse of the Holy-gost; and [so] to the parlement howsse.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1560. [The ij day of April, Alley (age 50), bishop elect of Exeter, preached at court,] aganst blasfemy, dysse [dice ie gambling], and women, and drunkenes.
In Mar 1586 a virulent outbreak of gaol fever occurred during the Assizes in Exeter, Devon [Map]. The cause according to modern medical opinion was typhus transmitted by the human body-louse. Among the dead victims were eight judges, eleven of the twelve jurors, several constables, and the surrounding population which was ravaged by the disease for several months.
Edward Flowerdew died of gaol fever.
On 28 Mar 1586 Thomas Carew of Haccombe (age 70) died of gaol fever.
On 31 Mar 1586 John Chichester died of gaol fever.
On 01 Apr 1586 Robert Carey (age 71) died of gaol fever.
On 02 Apr 1586 Arthur Bassett (age 45) died of gaol fever.
On 10 Apr 1586 Bernard Drake (age 58) died of gaol fever.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1616. 02 Apr 1616. Upon the 2nd I went after my folks in my Lady’s coach she bringing me a quarter of a mile in the way where she and I had a grievous and heavy parting. Most part of the way I rid behind Mr Hodgson.1
Note 1. Not long after this my Coz. Sir John Oliver (age 57) was made Lord Deputy of Ireland in the place of Sir Arthur Chichester (age 52).
Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 02 Apr 1617. The 2nd my Lord (age 28) came down from London with Tom Glenham with him, my Lord (age 28) told me how the King was gone with so few company as he had but one Lord went with him through Northamptonshire.
On 02 Apr 1625 the first Parliament of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24) known as the Useless Parliament sat.
On 02 Apr 1653 Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland was born to Frederick III King Denmark (age 44) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 25) at Copenhagen Castle.
On 02 Apr 1656 the Treaty of Brussels agreeing mutual support between England (Royal) and Spain was signed by Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 43) and James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 45) on behalf of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 25), and Alonso Cárdenas on behalf of Philip IV King Spain (age 50).
On 02 Apr 1657 Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 48) died.
On 02 Apr 1660 William Courtenay 5th Earl Devon (age 31) was elected MP Ashburton.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1660. Up very early, and to get all my things and my boy's packed up. Great concourse of commanders here this morning to take leave of my Lord upon his going into the Nazeby, so that the table was full, so there dined below many commanders, and Mr. Creed, who was much troubled to hear that he could not go along with my Lord, for he had already got all his things thither, thinking to stay there, but W. Howe was very high against it, and he indeed did put him out, though everybody was glad of it. After dinner I went in one of the boats with my boy before my Lord, and made shift before night to get my cabin in pretty good order. It is but little, but very convenient, having one window to the sea and another to the deck, and a good bed. This morning comes Mr. Ed. Pickering (age 42), like a coxcomb as he always was. He tells me that the King will come in, but that Monk (age 51) did resolve to have the doing of it himself, or else to hinder it.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1662. Mr. Moore came to me, and he and I walked to the Spittle an hour or two before my Lord Mayor and the blewcoat boys come, which at last they did, and a fine sight of charity it is indeed. We got places and staid to hear a sermon; but, it being a Presbyterian one, it was so long, that after above an hour of it we went away, and I home and dined; and then my wife and I by water to the Opera, and there saw "The Bondman" most excellently acted; and though we had seen it so often, yet I never liked it better than to-day, Ianthe acting Cleora's part very well now Roxalana (age 20) is gone. We are resolved to see no more plays till Whitsuntide, we having been three days together. Met Mr. Sanchy, Smithes; Gale, and Edlin at the play, but having no great mind to spend money, I left them there. And so home and to supper, and then dispatch business, and so to bed.
Pepy's Diary. 26 Jul 1662. Thence to Mrs. Sarah, and there looked over my Lord's lodgings, which are very pretty; and White Hall garden and the Bowling-ally (where lords and ladies are now at bowles), in brave condition. Mrs. Sarah told me how the falling out between my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) and her Lord was about christening of the child lately1, which he would have, and had done by a priest: and, some days after, she had it again christened by a minister; the King (age 32), and Lord of Oxford, and Duchesse of Suffolk, being witnesses: and christened with a proviso, that it had not already been christened. Since that she left her Lord, carrying away every thing in the house; so much as every dish, and cloth, and servant but the porter. He is gone discontented into France, they say, to enter a monastery; and now she is coming back again to her house in Kingstreet. But I hear that the Queen (age 23) did prick her out of the list presented her by the King (age 32);2 desiring that she might have that favour done her, or that he would send her from whence she come: and that the King (age 32) was angry and the Queen (age 23) discontented a whole day and night upon it; but that the King (age 32) hath promised to have nothing to do with her hereafter. But I cannot believe that the King (age 32) can fling her off so, he loving her too well: and so I writ this night to my Lady to be my opinion; she calling her my lady, and the lady I admire. Here I find that my Lord hath lost the garden to his lodgings, and that it is turning into a tennis-court. Hence by water to the Wardrobe to see how all do there, and so home to supper and to bed.
Note 1. The boy was born in June at Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) house in King Street. By the direction of Lord Castlemaine, who had become a Roman Catholic, the child was baptized by a priest, and this led to a final separation between husband and wife. Some days afterwards the child was again baptized by the rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map], in presence of the godparents, the King (age 32), Aubrey De Vere (age 35), Earl of Oxford, and Barbara, Countess of Suffolk (age 40), first Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen (age 23) and Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) aunt. The entry in the register of St. Margaret's [Map] is as follows: "1662 June 18 Charles Palmer Ld Limbricke, s. to ye right honorble Roger Earl of Castlemaine by Barbara" (Steinman's "Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland", 1871, p. 33). The child was afterwards called Charles Fitzroy, and was created Duke of Southampton in 1674. He succeeded his mother in the dukedom of Cleveland in 1709, and died 1730.
Note 2. By the King's command Lord Clarendon (age 53), much against his inclination, had twice visited his royal mistress with a view of inducing her, by persuasions which he could not justify, to give way to the King's determination to have Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) of her household.... Lord Clarendon (age 53) has given a full account of all that transpired between himself, the King (age 32) and the Queen (age 23), on this very unpleasant business ('Continuation of Life of Clarendon,' 1759, ff. 168-178). Steinman's Memoir of Duchess of Cleveland, p. 35. The day at length arrived when Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) was to be formally admitted a Lady of the Bedchamber. The royal warrant, addressed to the Lord Chamberlain (age 60), bears date June 1, 1663, and includes with that of her ladyship, the names of the Duchess of Buckingham (age 23), the Countesses of Chesterfield and Bath (age 22), and the Countess Mareshall. A separate warrant of the same day directs his lordship to admit the Countess of Suffolk as Groom of the Stole and first Lady of the Bedchamber, to which undividable offices she had, with the additional ones of Mistress of the Robes and Keeper of the Privy Purse, been nominated by a warrant dated April 2, 1662, wherein the reception of her oath is expressly deferred until the Queen's (age 23) household shall be established. We here are furnished with the evidence that Charles would not sign the warrants for the five until Catherine had withdrawn her objection to his favourite one. Addenda to Steinman's Memoir of Duchess of Cleveland (privately printed), 1874, p. i.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1664. Thence to the 'Change [Map], but having at this discourse long afterwards with Sir Thomas Chamberlin (age 29), who tells me what I heard from others, that the complaints of most Companies were yesterday presented to the Committee of Parliament against the Dutch, excepting that of the East India, which he tells me was because they would not be said to be the first and only cause of a warr with Holland, and that it is very probable, as well as most necessary, that we fall out with that people.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1664. At noon to the Coffee-house, where excellent discourse with Sir W. Petty (age 40), who proposed it as a thing that is truly questionable, whether there really be any difference between waking and dreaming, that it is hard not only to tell how we know when we do a thing really or in a dream, but also to know what the difference [is] between one and the other.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1665. Took order about some prisoners sent from Captain Allen's (age 53) ship, taken in the Solomon, viz, the brave men who defended her so gallantly.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1666. So to Broad Streete and there met my Lady and Sir G. Carteret (age 56), and sat and talked with them a good while and so home, and to my accounts which I cannot get through with. But at it till I grew drowsy, and so to bed mightily vexed that I can come to no better issue in my accounts.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1668. Thence with Lord Brouncker (age 48) and several of them to the King's Head Taverne by Chancery Lane, and there did drink and eat and talk, and, above the rest, I did hear of Mr. Hooke (age 32) and my Lord an account of the reason of concords and discords in musique, which they say is from the equality of vibrations; but I am not satisfied in it, but will at my leisure think of it more, and see how far that do go to explain it. So late at night home with Mr. Colwell, and parted, and I to the office, and then to Sir W. Pen (age 46) to confer with him, and Sir R. Ford (age 54) and Young, about our St. John Baptist prize, and so home, without more supper to bed, my family being now little by the departure of my wife and two maids.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1668. Thence with Lord Brouncker (age 48) to the Royall Society, where they were just done; but there I was forced to subscribe to the building of a College, and did give £40; and several others did subscribe, some greater and some less sums; but several I saw hang off: and I doubt it will spoil the Society, for it breeds faction and ill-will, and becomes burdensome to some that cannot, or would not, do it. Here, to my great content, I did try the use of the Otacousticon, [Ear trumpet.] which was only a great glass bottle broke at the bottom, putting the neck to my eare, and there I did plainly hear the dashing of the oares of the boats in the Thames to Arundell gallery window, which, without it, I could not in the least do, and may, I believe, be improved to a great height, which I am mighty glad of.
On 02 Apr 1668 Peter II King Portugal (age 18) and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal (age 21) were married. She had, two years before, married his older brother Alfonso VI King Portugal (age 24) who he, Peter, had deposed; an example of Married to Two Siblings. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1668. Up, after much pleasant talk with my wife, and upon some alterations I will make in my house in her absence, and I do intend to lay out some money thereon. So she and I up, and she got her ready to be gone, and by and by comes Betty Turner (age 15) and her mother, and W. Batelier, and they and Deb., to whom I did give 10s. this morning, to oblige her to please her mistress (and ego did baiser her mouche), and also Jane, and so in two coaches set out about eight o'clock towards the carrier, there for to take coach for my father's, that is to say, my wife and Betty Turner (age 15), Deb., and Jane; but I meeting my Lord Anglesey (age 53) going to the Office, was forced to 'light in Cheapside, and there took my leave of them (not baisado Deb., which je had a great mind to), left them to go to their coach, and I to the office, where all the morning busy, and so at noon with my other clerks (W. Hewer (age 26) being a day's journey with my wife) to dinner, where Mr. Pierce come and dined with me, and then with Lord Brouncker (age 48) (carrying his little kinswoman on my knee, his coach being full), to the Temple [Map], where my Lord and I 'light and to Mr. Porter's chamber, where Cocke (age 51) and his counsel, and so to the attorney's, whither the Sollicitor-Generall (age 46) come, and there, their cause about their assignments on the £1,250,000 Act was argued, where all that was to be said for them was said, and so answered by the Sollicitor-Generall (age 46) beyond what I expected, that I said not one word all my time, rather choosing to hold my tongue, and so mind my reputation with the Sollicitor-Generall (age 46), who did mightily approve of my speech in Parliament, than say anything against him to no purpose. This I believe did trouble Cocke (age 51) and these gentlemen, but I do think this best for me, and so I do think that the business will go against them, though it is against my judgment, and I am sure against all justice to the men to be invited to part with their goods and be deceived afterward of their security for payment.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1668. To the Royal Society, where I subscribed 50,000 bricks, toward building a college. Among other libertine libels, there was one now printed and thrown about, a bold petition of the poor w--s [Note. whores] to Baroness Castlemaine (age 27).
Pepy's Diary. 02 Apr 1669. Up, and by water to White Hall, and there with the Office attended the Duke of York (age 35), and staid in White Hall till about noon, and so with W. Hewer (age 27) to the Cocke (age 52), and there he and I dined alone with great content, he reading to me, for my memory's sake, my late collections of the history of the Navy, that I might represent the same by and by to the Duke of York (age 35); and so, after dinner, he and I to White Hall, and there to the Duke of York's (age 35) lodgings, whither he, by and by, by his appointment come: and alone with him an hour in his closet, telling him mine and W. Coventry's (age 41) advice touching the present posture of the Navy, as the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) and the rest do now labour to make changes therein; and that it were best for him to suffer the King (age 38) to be satisfied with the bringing in of a man or two which they desire. I did also give the Duke of York (age 35) a short account of the history of the Navy, as to our Office, wherewith he was very well satisfied: but I do find that he is pretty stiff against their bringing in of men against his mind, as the Treasures were, and particularly against Child's' coming in, because he is a merchant. After much discourse with him, we parted; and [he to] the Council, while I staid waiting for his telling me when I should be ready to give him a written account of the administration of the Navy. This caused me to wait the whole afternoon, till night. In the mean time, stepping to the Duchess of York's (age 32) side to speak with Lady Peterborough (age 47); I did see the young Duchess (age 6)1, a little child in hanging sleeves; dance most finely, so as almost to ravish me, her ears were so good: taught by a Frenchman that did heretofore teach the King (age 38), and all the King's children, and the Queen-Mother (age 59) herself, who do still dance well.
Note 1. The Princess Mary (age 6), afterwards Queen of England.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1669. Dined at Mr. Treasurer's (age 38), where was (with many noblemen) Colonel Titus (age 46) of the bedchamber, author of the famous piece against Cromwell, "Killing no Murder"..
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1671. To Sir Thomas Clifford (age 40), the Treasurer, to condole with him on the loss of his eldest son (deceased), who died at Florence, Italy.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Apr 1686. Sir Edward Hales (age 41), a papist, made Governor of Dover Castle .
Evelyn's Diary. 12 Jan 1690. The Parliament was unexpectedly prorogued to 2d of April to the discontent and surprise of many members who, being exceedingly averse to the settling of anything, proceeding with animosities, multiplying exceptions against those whom they pronounced obnoxious, and producing as universal a discontent against King William (age 39) and themselves, as there was before against King James (age 56). The new King (age 39) resolved on an expedition into Ireland in person. About 150 of the members who were of the more royal party, meeting at a feast at the Apollo Tavern [Map] near St. Dunstan's [Map], sent some of their company to the King (age 39), to assure him of their service; he returned his thanks, advising them to repair to their several counties and preserve the peace during his absence, and assuring them that he would be steady to his resolution of defending the Laws and Religion established. The great Lord suspected to have counselled this prorogation, universally denied it. However, it was believed the chief adviser was the Marquis of Carmarthen (age 57), who now seemed to be most in favor.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 02 Apr 1690. Wednesday, no company that day.
Calendars. 02 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for the apprehension of Col. Binns, a dangerous and disaffected person, and one who has actually borne arms against their Majesties, lately come privately out of France into this kingdom. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 260.]
On 02 Apr 1701 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk (age 46) died of apoplexy. He was buried in the Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map]. His nephew Thomas Howard 8th Duke of Norfolk (age 17) succeeded 8th Duke Norfolk, 26th Earl Arundel Sussex, 9th Earl Surrey, 6th Earl Norfolk, 3rd Earl Norwich, 19th Baron Mowbray, 20th Baron Segrave, 17th Baron Furnivall, 21st Baron Strange Blackmere, 18th Baron Talbot, 16th Baron Maltravers, 16th Baron Arundel, 3rd Baron Howard of Castle Rising.
On 02 Apr 1827 William Holman Hunt was born to William Hunt (age 27) and Sarah Hobman (age 29) at 41 Lifford Street or Love Lane [Map]. Originally William Hobman Hunt he changed his name when he discovered it had been erroneously entered at his baptism on 10 Apr 1827 at the St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map].
William Hunt: In 1800 he was born. In 1856 he died.
Sarah Hobman: In 1798 she was born to William Hobman of Rotherhithe. In 1884 she died.
After 02 Apr 1827. St Mary's Church, Buckden [Map]. Monument to John Green.
On 02 Apr 1830 Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) died. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 40) in 1836.
Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton: On 13 Dec 1791 she was born to Major-General William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane. On 24 Jul 1815 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and she were married. He the son of Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton. On 24 May 1828 Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton died. His son Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton succeeded 2nd Marquess Northampton, 10th Earl of Northampton, 2nd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 2nd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton.
02 Apr 1871. Census. Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk [Map].
Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 30). Aged 28.
02 Apr 1871. Census. 37 Fitzroy Square.
Ford Madox Brown (age 49). Head. 49.
Emma Matilda Hill (age 41). Wife. 36.
Emma Lucy Madox Brown (age 27). Daughter. 26.
Catherine Emily Brown (age 20). Daughter. 20.
Oliver Madox Brown (age 16). Son. 16.
Charloote Kirkby. Servant. 29.
Mary Ann Edwards. Servant. 19.
Oliver Madox Brown: In 1855 he was born to Ford Madox Brown and Emma Matilda Hill. In 1874 he died.
02 Apr 1871. Census. 8 Edward Street, St Pancras.
James Forsyth (age 43). 43. Sculptor.
Annie Hardie (age 32). 32.
James Nesfield Forsyth (age 7). Son. 7. Scholar.
Agnes Ellen Forsyth (age 5). Daughter. 5. Scholar.
Eliza Forsyth (age 3). Daughter. 3.
William Adam Forsyth. Son. 8. Scholar.
Agnes m Forsyth. Mother. 66. No occupation.
Mary Blackall. Servant. 16.
On 02 Apr 1878 William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim (age 71) was assassinated along with his clerk and driver, near Cratlagh Wood while on his way to Milford (a village he owned in its entirety) from his home, Manor Vaughan (usually known as Mulroy House), on Mulroy Bay. Michael Heraghty and brothers Thomas and Bernard McGranahan were arrested. The gun butt had been traced to Heraghty, and paper for the wadding used to load the rifle was traced to a school copybook owned by the McGranahans. The McGranahans were released from Lifford Jail due to a lack of evidence. Heraghty died in Lifford Jail of typhus... The assassins, Nial Shiels of Doughmore, an itinerant tailor, Michael Hergarty of Tullyconnell, and Michael McElwee of Ballyworiskey, were from the remote Fanad Peninsula.
On 02 Apr 1882 Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (age 51) committed suicide. He fired his Smith & Wesson revolver into his left temple whilst in Room 80 of the Glenham Hotel, Fifth Avenue.
The London Gazette 27673. Whitehall, April 2, 1904.
The King has been pleased to grant unto Charles Hunter (age 59), of Plas Côch, in the parish of Llanedwen, of Brynddu, in the parish of Llanfechell, and of Cemaes, in the parish of Llanbadrig, all in the county of Anglesey, Esquire, in the Commission of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant, and (in 1890) High Sheriff for the said County, Lieutenant-Colonel (Honorary Colonel) of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and to Sarah Elizabeth Hunter (formerly Sarah Elizabeth Hughes), his wife, His Royal licence and authority that he the said Charles Hunter may take and use the surname of Hughes in addition to and before that of Hunter and bear the arms of Hughes quarterly with his own family arms; that such surname and arms may in like manner be taken, borne, and used by the issue of his marriage with the said Sarah Elizabeth Hunter and that she the said Sarah Elizabeth Hunter may bear the arms of Hughes; the said arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the College of Arms, otherwise the said Royal licence and permission to be void and of none effect:
And to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in His Majesty's said College of Arms.
On 02 Apr 1911. 1911 Census. 6 Ravenslea Road Wandsworth Common.
Ellis William Roberts (age 50). Portrait Painter.
Eliza Glover (age 44). Portrait Painter.
Robert Ellis Roberts (age 21). Student at Cambridge.
Millicent Elsie Roberts (age 11). School.
and two servants Lottie Hipkins and Edith Cox.
Eliza Glover: Around 1867 she was born to Joseph Glover at Longton, Staffordshire.
Robert Ellis Roberts: Around 1890 he was born to Ellis William Roberts and Eliza Glover.
Millicent Elsie Roberts: Around 1900 she was born to Ellis William Roberts and Eliza Glover.
On 02 Apr 1916, at 14:20, a store of 200 tons of TNT exploded at a gunpowder mill at Uplees, near Faversham in Kent. As it was a Sunday, no women were at work. There were 115 deaths of men and boys, including all the Works Fire Brigade, in the explosion and in subsequent sympathetic detonations. The bodies of seven victims were never found; 108 corpses were buried in a mass grave at Faversham Cemetery on 6 April.
The London Gazette 32950. The following officers have relinquished appointments, as stated, in India:-
COMMANDS & STAFF.
Dist. Comdr.
Burma Dist.-Maj.-Gen. Sir Vere B. Fane (age 60), K.C.B., K.G.I.E. (since deceased), I.A. 2nd Apr. 1924.
On 02 Apr 1932 Edward Marjoribanks (age 32) committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest while in the billiard room of his stepfather's (age 60) house in Sussex.
On 06 May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 02 Apr 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 89) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27 Aug 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30 Jul 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne.
On 02 Apr 2006 John Brigg Charles Fountaine (age 83) died. He was buried in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].
John Brigg Charles Fountaine: On 15 Nov 1922 he was born to Vice Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine and Louisa Constance Catherine Maclean at Narford Hall. On 14 Sep 1997 Andrew Douglas Algernon Fountaine died of cancer possibly at Swaffham Hospital otherwise at Narford Hall without issue. His brother John Brigg Charles Fountaine inherited Narford Hall.
Births on the 2nd April
On 02 Apr 742 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor was born.
After 02 Apr 1335 Margaret Scales was born to Roger Scales 3rd Baron Scales and Catherine Ufford Baroness Scales (age 18).
On 02 Apr 1502 Susanne Wittelsbach was born to Albert Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 54) and Kunigunde Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 37).
On 02 Apr 1545 Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain was born to King Henry II of France (age 26) and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France (age 25).
On 02 Apr 1586 Filippo Emanuele Prince of Piedmont was born to Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy (age 24) and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.67%.
On 02 Apr 1616 Wilhelm Anton Oldenburg was born to Alexander Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 43) and Dorothea Schwarzburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 37).
On 02 Apr 1638 Henry Beaumont 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Beaumont 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Trott. He was baptised at the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Stoughton [Map].
On 02 Apr 1653 Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland was born to Frederick III King Denmark (age 44) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 25) at Copenhagen Castle.
Around 02 Apr 1663 Frances Fairfax Countess Buchan was born to Henry Fairfax (age 17) and Anne Browne (age 16).
On 02 Apr 1684 Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort was born to Charles Somerset Marquess Worcester (age 23) and Rebecca Child Marchioness Worcester (age 18) at Monmouth Castle [Map].
On 02 Apr 1699 Mary Leigh Lady Hoskyns was born to Theophilus Leigh (age 52) and Mary Brydges (age 33).
On 02 Apr 1730 George Walpole 3rd Earl Orford was born to Robert Walpole 2nd Earl Orford (age 29) and Margaret Rolle Countess Orford (age 21).
On 02 Apr 1790 Maria FitzHardinge Berkeley was born illegitimately to Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 45) at Mount Street Grosvenor Square and Mary Cole. On 02 Jun 1793 Maria FitzHardinge Berkeley (age 3) died. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 02 Apr 1790 Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor was born to Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Jane Mildmay. She was a twin with Maria St John-Mildmay Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John.
On 02 Apr 1790 Maria St John-Mildmay Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John was born to Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Jane Mildmay. She was a twin with Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor.
On 02 Apr 1792 Catherine Charlotte Legge was born to George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 36) and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 31).
On 02 Apr 1799 Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke was born to Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 30) and Elizabeth Weake Rattray at Sydney Lodge, Hamble le Rice.
On 02 Apr 1807 Charles Edward Trevelyan 1st Baronet was born to Archdeacon George Trevelyan (age 42) and Harriet Neave (age 35).
On 02 Apr 1818 Beilby Lawley 2nd Baron Wenlock was born to Paul Thompson 1st Baron Wenlock (age 33) and Caroline Griffin Baroness Wenlock.
On 02 Apr 1823 George de Yarburgh-Bateson 2nd Baron Deramore was born to Robert Bateson 1st Baronet (age 41).
On 02 Apr 1826 Georg II Duke of Saxe Meiningen was born to Bernhard II Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 25).
On 02 Apr 1827 Edward John Cornwallis Eliot was born to Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans (age 28) and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans (age 23).
On 02 Apr 1827 William Holman Hunt was born to William Hunt (age 27) and Sarah Hobman (age 29) at 41 Lifford Street or Love Lane [Map]. Originally William Hobman Hunt he changed his name when he discovered it had been erroneously entered at his baptism on 10 Apr 1827 at the St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map].
William Hunt: In 1800 he was born. In 1856 he died.
Sarah Hobman: In 1798 she was born to William Hobman of Rotherhithe. In 1884 she died.
On 02 Apr 1832 Maria Stonor was born to Thomas Stonor 3rd Baron Camoys (age 34) and Frances Towneley Baroness Camoys (age 31).
On 02 Apr 1833 Lionel Eldred Smith-Gordon 2nd Baronet was born to General Lionel Smith 1st Baronet (age 54) and Isabella Pottinger Lady Smith (age 53).
On 02 Apr 1848 George Fenton Fletcher Boughey 8th Baronet was born to Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey 3rd Baronet (age 39).
On 02 Apr 1854 Henry Charles Gage 5th Viscount Gage was born to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Hall Gage (age 40) and Sophia Selena Knightley.
On 02 Apr 1865 William Bourchier Sherard Wrey was born to Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet (age 35) and Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey (age 29).
Before 02 Apr 1868 Eliza Forsyth was born illegitimately to James Forsyth (age 40) and Annie Hardie (age 29). She was baptised on the same day 26 Sep 1869 as her elder brother and sister. Given that she was three on the date of the 1871 Census 02 Apr 1871 it suggests she was illegitimate since her parents married on 07 Nov 1868.
On 02 Apr 1875 Henry Lovick Cooper 5th Baronet was born to William Rickford Astley Cooper (age 49).
On 02 Apr 1877 Thomas Henry Noel-Hill 8th Baron Berwick was born to Thomas Noel-Hill (age 29).
On 02 Apr 1930 William Smith 4th Viscount Hambleden was born to William Smith 3rd Viscount Hambleden (age 26) and Patricia Herbert Viscountess Hambleden (age 25).
On 02 Apr 1941 Caroline Elizabeth Thellusson Lady Goring was born to Charles Anthony Hugh Thellusson 8th Baron Rendlesham (age 26).
On 02 Apr 1945 Roger Bootle-Wilbraham 7th Baron Skelmersdale was born to Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham 6th Baron Skelmersdale (age 48).
On 02 Apr 1946 Spencer Compton 7th Marquess of Northampton was born to William Bingham Compton 6th Marquess Northampton (age 60) and Virginia Lucie Heaton Marchioness Northampton (age 27).
On 02 Apr 1954 Henry David Montgomery 3rd Viscount Montgomery was born to David Bernard Montgomery 2nd Viscount Montgomery (age 25) and Mary Connell.
Marriages on the 2nd April
Before 02 Apr 1450 William Zouche 5th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 48) and Elizabeth St John Baroness Scrope Bolton Baroness Zouche Harringworth were married. She by marriage Baroness Zouche Harringworth. She the daughter of Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 40).
On 02 Apr 1627 Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry (age 21) and Mary Craven (age 25) were married.
On 02 Apr 1646 Ralph Delaval 1st Baronet (age 23) and Anne Leslie Lady Delaval were married at Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. She the daughter of Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven (age 66).
On 02 Apr 1657 William Cholmley 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Katherine Savile Lady Cholmley were married.
On 02 Apr 1662 Henry Beaumont 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Farmer were married at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].
On 02 Apr 1668 Peter II King Portugal (age 18) and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal (age 21) were married. She had, two years before, married his older brother Alfonso VI King Portugal (age 24) who he, Peter, had deposed; an example of Married to Two Siblings. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
On 02 Apr 1673 John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater (age 26) and Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater (age 17) were married at St Dionis Backchurch. She the daughter of Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton (age 43) and Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester. He the son of John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater (age 49) and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 02 Apr 1695 William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax (age 30) and Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe (age 18) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Halifax. She the daughter of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea (age 47) and Essex Rich 2nd Countess Nottingham. He the son of George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax (age 61) and Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile. They were fourth cousins.
After 02 Apr 1704 William Gage 2nd Baronet (age 53) and Merelina Jermyn Lady Gage Lady Spring (age 31) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 02 Apr 1717 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 23) and Henrietta Godolphin Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme. She the daughter of Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 38) and Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (age 35).
On 02 Apr 1731 William Dalrymple Crichton 5th Earl Dumfries 4th Earl of Stair (age 32) and Anne Gordon Countess Dumfries (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Dumfries. She the daughter of William Gordon 2nd Earl Aberdeen (age 52) and Mary Melville. He the son of Colonel William Dalrymple Earl Dumfries (age 57) and Penelope Crichton 4th Countess of Dumfries.
On 02 Apr 1733 Charles Stourton 15th Baron Stourton (age 31) and Catherine Walmesley Baroness Petre and Stourton were married.
On 02 Apr 1741 William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon (age 32) and Frances Finch Countess Devon were married. She by marriage Countess Devon. She the daughter of Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford (age 58) and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford. He the son of William Courtenay 6th Earl Devon and Anne Bertie Countess Devon.
On 02 Apr 1825 Robert Henry Cunliffe 4th Baronet (age 39) and Susan Emily Paton Lady Cunliffe (age 18) were married at Calcutta, India. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 02 Apr 1839 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 24) and Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth were married. They had two sons and a daughter.
Deaths on the 2nd April
On 02 Apr 1118 Baldwin I King Jerusalem (age 60) died. Baldwin II King Jerusalem (age 43) succeeded King Jerusalem.
On 02 Apr 1272 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 63) died at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Hailes Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall (age 22) succeeded 2nd Earl Cornwall.
On 02 Apr 1284 Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 62) died. His son Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 25) succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon. Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon.
On 02 Apr 1305 Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 32) died.
Before 02 Apr 1323 Philip de Kyme 1st Baron Kyme (age 81) died. His son William de Kyme 2nd Baron Kyme succeeded 2nd Baron Kyme.
On 02 Apr 1335 John Dampierre II Marquis Namur (age 24) died unmarried. His brother Guy Dampierre II Count Namur (age 23) succeeded II Count Namur.
On 02 Apr 1368 Margaret Norwich Countess Suffolk (age 82) died.
On 02 Apr 1380 Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot (age 36) died at Nettlestead, Suffolk.
On 02 Apr 1416 Ferdinand I King Aragon (age 35) died. His son Alfonso V King Aragon (age 20) succeeded V King Aragon.
Before 02 Apr 1450 Alice St Maur Baroness Zouche Harringworth (age 40) died.
On 02 Apr 1502 Prince Arthur Tudor (age 15) died at Ludlow Castle [Map]. Earl Chester extinct. The cause of death unknown other than being reported as "a malign vapour which proceeded from the air". Catherine of Aragon (age 16) had recovered.
On 02 Apr 1565 Elisabeth Brooke Marchioness Northampton (age 38) died.
On 02 Apr 1570 Margaret Cholmley Countess of Westmoreland (age 62) died.
On 02 Apr 1623 George Keith 5th Earl Marischal (age 70) died. His son William Keith 6th Earl Marischal (age 38) succeeded 6th Earl Marischal.
On 02 Apr 1624 John Tufton 1st Baronet (age 80) died. His son Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baronet Tufton of Hothfield. Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet (age 43) by marriage Lady Tufton of Hothfield.
On 02 Apr 1630 Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton (age 43) died. Baron Wotton extinct. His daughter Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 21) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 02 Apr 1630 George Talbot 9th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 63) died. His nephew John Talbot 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 29) succeeded 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl Waterford. Mary Fortescue Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 30) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess Waterford.
On 02 Apr 1657 Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 48) died.
On 02 Apr 1663 Henry Carey 4th Viscount Falkland (age 29) died. He was buried at St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map]. His son Anthony Carey 5th Viscount Falkland (age 7) succeeded 5th Viscount Falkland.
On 02 Apr 1701 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk (age 46) died of apoplexy. He was buried in the Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map]. His nephew Thomas Howard 8th Duke of Norfolk (age 17) succeeded 8th Duke Norfolk, 26th Earl Arundel Sussex, 9th Earl Surrey, 6th Earl Norfolk, 3rd Earl Norwich, 19th Baron Mowbray, 20th Baron Segrave, 17th Baron Furnivall, 21st Baron Strange Blackmere, 18th Baron Talbot, 16th Baron Maltravers, 16th Baron Arundel, 3rd Baron Howard of Castle Rising.
On 02 Apr 1704 Thomas Spring 3rd Baronet (age 32) died. His son William Spring 4th Baronet (age 7) succeeded 4th Baronet Spring of Pakenham in Suffolk.
On 02 Apr 1704 Anthony Abdy 2nd Baronet (age 48) died. His son Anthony Thomas Abdy 3rd Baronet (age 15) succeeded 3rd Baronet Abdy of Felix Hall in Kelveden in Essex.
On 02 Apr 1715 Thomas Nugent 1st Baron Nugent died.
On 02 Apr 1734 Elizabeth Seymour Countess Thomond (age 49) died.
On 02 Apr 1798 Anthony Perrin FitzHerbert 2nd Baronet (age 19) died. His brother Henry FitzHerbert 3rd Baronet (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
On 02 Apr 1798 Louisa North Baroness Latimer Baroness Willoughby of Broke (age 61) died.
On 02 Apr 1804 Theophilus Henry Hastings 11th Earl Huntingdon (age 75) died. Hans Francis Hastings 12th Earl Huntingdon (age 24) de jure 12th Earl Huntingdon although it wasn't until 1819 that after a long and complex investigation he was confirmed as the 12th Earl.
On 02 Apr 1814 Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. Baronet Mann of Linton in Kent extinct. His nephew James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis (age 35) inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton.
On 02 Apr 1819 Charles Dormer 9th Baron Dormer (age 66) died. His half brother John Evelyn Pierrepont Dormer 10th Baron Dormer (age 48) succeeded 10th Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 10th Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Kerr Baroness Dormer (age 53) by marriage Baroness Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
On 02 Apr 1830 Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) died. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 40) in 1836.
Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton: On 13 Dec 1791 she was born to Major-General William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane. On 24 Jul 1815 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and she were married. He the son of Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton. On 24 May 1828 Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton died. His son Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton succeeded 2nd Marquess Northampton, 10th Earl of Northampton, 2nd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 2nd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton.
On 02 Apr 1841 Susan Stewart Duchess of Marlborough (age 73) died.
On 02 Apr 1845 George Wyndham 4th Earl Egremont (age 58) died without issue at Silverton Park, Devon. Earl Egremont, Baronet Wyndham of Orchard in Somerset extinct.
On 02 Apr 1848 Samuel Rush Meyrick (age 64) died.
On 02 Apr 1878 William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim (age 71) was assassinated along with his clerk and driver, near Cratlagh Wood while on his way to Milford (a village he owned in its entirety) from his home, Manor Vaughan (usually known as Mulroy House), on Mulroy Bay. Michael Heraghty and brothers Thomas and Bernard McGranahan were arrested. The gun butt had been traced to Heraghty, and paper for the wadding used to load the rifle was traced to a school copybook owned by the McGranahans. The McGranahans were released from Lifford Jail due to a lack of evidence. Heraghty died in Lifford Jail of typhus... The assassins, Nial Shiels of Doughmore, an itinerant tailor, Michael Hergarty of Tullyconnell, and Michael McElwee of Ballyworiskey, were from the remote Fanad Peninsula.
On 02 Apr 1895 Clarissa Hall (age 70) died. Her funeral was held at the Grosvenor Chapel on 05 Apr 1895 attended by her daughters Clarita "Clara" Jerome (age 44), Jenny Jerome (age 41) and Leonie Blanche Jerome (age 36), her grandsons Winston Churchill (age 20) and John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (age 15) and the Dowager Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough (age 72).
On 02 Apr 1896 Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Marchioness Drogheda (age 69) died.
On 02 Apr 1912 Alfred Erasmus Dryden 8th and 5th Baronet (age 90) died. His son Arthur Dryden 9th and 6th Baronet (age 59) succeeded 9th Baronet Dryden of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire, 6th Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
On 02 Apr 1937 Granville Waldegrave 4th Baron Radstock (age 77) died unmarried. His brother Montague Waldegrave 5th Baron Radstock (age 69) succeeded 5th Baron Radstock of Castletown in the Queen's County.
On 06 May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 02 Apr 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 89) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27 Aug 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30 Jul 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne.
On 02 Apr 1955 John Page Wood 6th Baronet (age 57) died. His son John Page Wood 7th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 7th Baronet Wood of Hatherley House in Gloucestershire.
On 02 Apr 1963 Charles Robert Grey 5th Earl Grey (age 83) died. His second cousin twice removed Richard Fleming Grey 6th Earl Grey (age 24) succeeded 6th Earl Grey, 6th Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 6th Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 7th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland.
On 02 Apr 1998 Jane Faith de Yarburgh-Bateson Baroness-Stourton, Segrave and Mowbray (age 65) died.
On 02 Apr 2009 Hugh Amherst Cecil 4th Baron Amherst (age 68) died. His son Hugh william Amherst Cecil 5th Baron Amherst (age 40) succeeded 5th Baron Amherst of Hackney in London.
On 02 Apr 2012 Grania Mary Villiers-Stuart Lady Duff-Gordon (age 71) died.
