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On this Day in History ... 2nd August
02 Aug is in August.
1100 Death of William II Accession of Henry I
1394 Death and Funeral of Anne of Bohemia
1591 Elizabeth's Royal Progress
1660 August Creation of Baronets
1661 Creation of Baronets and Peerages by Charles II Post Coronation
Events on the 2nd August
On 02 Aug 1100 King William II of England (age 44) was killed whilst hunting, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) succeeded I King England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 02 Aug 1100. And thereafter on the morning after Lammas day was the King William (age 44) shot in hunting, by an arrow from his own men, and afterwards brought to Winchester, Hampshire [Map], and buried in the cathedral.130 This was in the thirteenth year after that he assumed the government. He was very harsh and severe over his land and his men, and with all his neighbours; and very formidable; and through the counsels of evil men, that to him were always agreeable, and through his own avarice, he was ever tiring this nation with an army, and with unjust contributions. For in his days all right fell to the ground, and every wrong rose up before God and before the world. God's church he humbled; and all the bishoprics and abbacies, whose elders fell in his days, he either sold in fee, or held in his own hands, and let for a certain sum; because he would be the heir of every man, both of the clergy and laity; so that on the day that he fell he had in his own hand the archbishopric of Canterbury, with the bishopric of Winchester, and that of Salisbury, and eleven abbacies, all let for a sum; and (though I may be tedious) all that was loathsome to God and righteous men, all that was customary in this land in his time. And for this he was loathed by nearly all his people, and odious to God, as his end testified:-for he departed in the midst of his unrighteousness, without any power of repentance or recompense for his deeds. On the Thursday he was slain; and in the morning afterwards buried; and after he was buried, the statesmen that were then nigh at hand, chose his brother Henry (age 32) to king. And he immediately131 gave the bishopric of Winchester to William Giffard; and afterwards went to London; and on the Sunday following, before the altar at Westminster, he promised God and all the people, to annul all the unrighteous acts that took place in his brother's time, and to maintain the best laws that were valid in any king's day before him.
Note 130. His monument is still to be seen there, a plain gravestone of black marble, of the common shape called "dos d'ane"; such as are now frequently seen, though of inferior materials, in the churchyards of villages; and are only one remove from the grassy sod.
Note 131. i.e. before he left Winchester for London; literally "there-right"-an expression still used in many parts of England. Neither does the word "directly", which in its turn has almost become too vulgar to be used, nor its substitute, "immediately", which has nearly superseded it, appear to answer the purpose so well as the Saxon, which is equally expressive with the French "sur le champ".
Life of Anselm by eadnoth. 02 Aug 1100. However, the following night, during matins, one of our number was standing with closed eyes and singing psalms. And behold, someone presented him a very small scroll to read. He looked, and on it was written 'King William has died (age 44).' Immediately he opened his eyes, and saw no one except his companions.
The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Orderic Vitalis 1100. 02 Aug 1100. The morning1 of the day following, King William, having dined with his minions, prepared, after the meal was ended, to go forth and hunt in the New Forest. Being in great spirits he was joking with his attendants while his boots were being laced, when an armourer came and presented to him six arrows. The king immediately took them with great satisfaction, praising the work, and unconscious of what was to happen, kept four of them himself and held out the other two to Walter Tirel.2 " It is but right, " he said, " that the sharpest arrows should be given to him who knows best how to inflict mortal wounds with them. " This Tirel was a French knight of good extraction, the wealthy lord of the castles of Poix and Pontoise, filling a high place among the nobles, and a gallant soldier; he was therefore admitted to familiar intimacy with the king, and became his constant companion. Meanwhile, while they were idly talking on various subjects, and the king's household attendants were assembled about him, a monk of Gloucester presented himself and delivered to the king a letter from his abbot. Having read it, the king burst out laughing, and said merrily to the knight just mentioned, " Walter, do what I told you. " The knight replied, " I will, my lord. " Slighting then the warnings of the elders, and forgetting that the heart is lifted up before a fall, he said respecting the letter he had received, " I wonder what has induced my lord Serlo to write to me in this strain, for I really believe he is a worthy abbot and respectable old man. In the simplicity of his heart, he transmits to me, who have enough besides to attend to, the dreams of his snoring monks, and even takes the trouble to commit them to writing, and send them a long distance. Does he think that I follow the example of the English, who will defer their journey or their business on account of the dreams of a parcel of wheezing old women? "
Note 1. Wednesday, August 1, 1100. Malmesbury, whom we have just quoted, tells us that the king did not go out to hunt till after dinner, but that was an early meal in those days.
Note 2. Walter Tirel, lord of Poix ( Somme ), and keeper of the castle of Pontoise.
Chronicle of English Kings Book 8 Chapter 6. 02 Aug 1100. The day before the king (age 44) died, he dreamed that he was let blood by a surgeon; and that the stream, reaching to heaven, clouded the light, and intercepted the day. Calling on St. Mary for protection, he suddenly awoke, commanded a light to be brought, and forbade his attendants to leave him. They then watched with him several hours until daylight. Shortly after, just as the day began to dawn, a certain foreign monk told Robert Fitz Hamon, one of the principal nobility, that he had that night dreamed a strange and fearful dream about the king: "That he had come into a certain church, with menacing and insolent gesture, as was his custom, looking contemptuously on the standers by; then violently seizing the crucifix, he gnawed the arms, and almost tore away the legs: that the image endured this for a long time, but at length struck the king with its foot in such a manner that he fell backwards: from his mouth, as he lay prostrate, issued so copious a flame that the volumes of smoke touched the very stars." Robert, thinking that this dream ought not to be neglected, as he was intimate with him, immediately related it to the king. William, repeatedly laughing, exclaimed, "He is a monk, and dreams for money like a monk: give him a hundred shillings." Nevertheless, being greatly moved, he hesitated a long while whether he should go out to hunt, as he had designed: his friends persuading him not to suffer the truth of the dreams to be tried at his personal risk. In consequence, he abstained from the chase before dinner, dispelling the uneasiness of his unregulated mind by serious business. They relate, that, having plentifully regaled that day, he soothed his cares with a more than usual quantity of wine.
Florence of Worcester. 02 Aug 1132. In the thirty-third year of the reign of Henry, king of England, on Wednesday, the same day in the course of the year on which his brother and predecessor, king William Rufus, was slain, and on which king Henry himself assumed the government at the commencement of his reign, it is stated that the following appearance occurred. While the king, having gone to the coast for the purpose of crossing the sea, delayed his departure, although the wind was often fair for the voyage, at last, on the day mentioned, he went down to the shore about noon to take his passage, surrounded by his guards, as is the custom of kings. Then suddenly a cloud was seen in the air, which was visible throughout England, though not of the same size; for in some places the day only appeared gloomy, while in others the darkness was such that men required the light of candles for whatever they had to do. The king and his attendants, and many others, walked about in great wonder; and, raising their eyes to the heavens, observed that the sun had the appearance of shining like a new moon. But it did not long preserve the same shape; for sometimes it was broader, sometimes narrower, sometimes more curved, sometimes more upright, now steady as usual, and then moving, and quivering and liquid like quicksilver. Some say that the sun was eclipsed. If this be true, the sun was then in the head of the dragon, and the moon in its tail, or the sun in the tail, and the moon in the head, in the fifth sign, and the seventeenth degree of that sign. The moon was then in her twenty-seventh day. On the same day, and at the same hour, many stars appeared.
Moreover, on the same day, when the ships were anchored on the shore, ready for the king's voyage, the sea being very calm and little wind stirring, the great anchors of one of the ships were suddenly wrenched from their hold in the ground, as though by some violent shock, and the ship getting under weigh, to the surprise of numbers who strove in vain to stop her, set in motion the ship next to her, and thus eight ships fell foul of each other by some unknown force, so that they all received damage. It was also generally reported that on the same day and about the same hour, many churches in the province of York were seen sweating, as it were, great drops. All these occurrences took place, as it is said, on Wednesday, the fourth of the nones [the 2nd] of August.
On 02 Aug 1218 Henry Count Loon (age 82) was fatally poisoned a few days after his brother had been. His brother Arnold III Count Loon succeeded III Count Loon.
On 02 Aug 1274 King Edward I of England (age 35) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 33) arrived at Dover, Kent [Map] after an absence of four years. They travelled to London via Tonbridge Castle [Map], home of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 30) and Reigate Castle, Surrey [Map], home of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 43).
The Chronicle of Adam of Usk. 07 Jun 1394. In the year of our Lord 1394, on Whitsun-day (7th June), died that most gracious lady Ann, queen of England (age 28), at the manor of Shene [Map], which lies on Thames near to Brentford. Which manor, though a royal one and very fair, did king Richard, by reason that that lady’s death happened therein, command and cause to be utterly destroyed. After the ceremony of her funeral, which was carried out with becoming honours on the morrow of Saint Peter ad Vincula (2nd August), the king, clad, with his train, in weeds of mourning, straightway passed over into Ireland with & great power, to subdue the rebellion of the Irish1. Yet he gained but little; for the Irish, then feigning submission to his will, straightway after his departure were in revolt, as all men know.
Note 1. Richard sailed for Iréland early in September, 1394, and returned in May of the next year.
On 02 Aug 1415 Thomas Grey of Werke and Heaton (age 30) was beheaded at North Gate Southampton, Hampshire [Map] for his role in the Southampton Plot.
On 02 Aug 1455 John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 40).
Calendars. 02 Aug 1531. Having arrived thus on the 2nd [August], and being well received by the most noble the Venetian ambassador [Lodovico Falier], who chose me to lodge with him, I met Messer Marco Rafael, who was of yore my preceptor for the Hebrew tongue, and is now in very great favour with this most serene King; and he sent for two of the royal councillors to show me his Majesty's palaces and rarities.
Besides our Venetian ambassador, there are ambassadors from the Pope, the Emperor, the most Christian King, and Milan, resident in London, where I passed five days, seeing the churches, and the King's palaces, and the whole city; remarking, also, the manners and customs of the nation. I saw a palace, built by the late Cardinal, which now belongs to the King, together with other property of that prelate. The building is now being enlarged; and I saw three so-called "galleries," which are long porticos and halls, without chambers, with windows on each side, looking on gardens and rivers (fiumi) the ceiling being marvellously wrought in stone with gold, and the wainscot of carved wood representing a thousand beautiful figures; and round about there are chambers, and very large halls, all hung with tapestries. The King and Queen, and their daughter, were out of London. I next saw a palace called Hampton Court [Map], which, with its furniture, is supposed to have cost the Cardinal, who built it, 200,000 crowns. Here there is space for the King to inhabit the centre-floor, the Queen the one above, and the Princess the ground floor; in addition to which there are dwellings for the rest of the Court. On the day after, I went to another palace of the King's, built by his ancestors, in which I only saw a very beautiful chapel. On the third day, I went to a park some 30 miles from London where the King was, taking his pleasure in a small hunting-lodge, built solely for the chase, in the midst of the forest. I saw the King (age 40) twice, and kissed his hand; he is glad to see foreigners, and especially Italians; he embraced me joyously, and then went out to hunt with from 40 to 50 horsemen. He is tall of stature, very well formed, and of very handsome presence, beyond measure affable, and I never saw a prince better disposed than this one. He is also learned and accomplished, and most generous and kind, and were it not that he now seeks to repudiate his wife, after having lived with her for 22 years, he would be no less perfectly good, and equally prudent. But this thing detracts greatly from his merits, as there is now living with him a young woman of noble birth [Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 30)], though many say of bad character, whose will is law to him, and he is expected to marry her, should the divorce take place, which it is supposed will not be effected, as the peers of the realm, both spiritual and temporal, and the people are opposed to it; nor during the present Queen's life will they have any other Queen in the kingdom. Her Majesty is prudent and good; and during these differences with the King she has evinced constancy and resolution, never being disheartened or depressed. I returned to Windsor Castle [Map], and from thence, on the fourth day of my departure from London, arrived at a palace called the More, where the Queen resides. In the morning we saw her Majesty dine: she had some 30 maids of honour (donzelle) standing round the table, and about 50 who performed its service. Her Court consists of about 200 persons, but she is not so much visited as heretofore, on account of the King. Her Majesty is not of tall stature, rather small. If not handsome she is not ugly; she is somewhat stout (piuttosto grassa) and has always a smile on her countenance.
On 02 Aug 1589 Henry III King France (age 37) was assassinated.
On 02 Aug 1591 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 57) left at Nonsuch Palace [Map] to commence her Royal Progress. She travelled south to Mansion House Leatherhead, Surrey [Map]; the home of Edmund Tilney (age 55).
After 02 Aug 1591 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 57) arrived at East Horsley, Surrey [Map] where she stayed with Thomas Cornwallis 1518-1604.
On 01 Aug 1603 John Townshend (age 35) was killed in a duel on horseback with Matthew Browne (age 40) at Hounslow Heath [Map].
Matthew Browne (age 40) died the following day.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 02 Aug 1617. The 2nd my Brother Compton came hither before supper, my Lord (age 28) came from London, this time of his being here he lying in my chamber.
Evelyn's Diary. 31 May 1641. To Nimeguen [Map]: and on the 2nd of August we arrived at the League, where was then the whole army encamped about Genep, a very strong castle situated on the river Waal; but, being taken four or five days before, we had only a sight of the demolitions. The next Sunday was the thanksgiving sermons performed in Colonel Goring's (age 32) regiment (eldest son of the since Earl of Norwich) by Mr. Goffe (age 36), his chaplain (now turned Roman, and father-confessor to the Queen-Mother (age 31)). The evening was spent in firing cannon and other expressions of military triumphs.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1820 Page 464. 1645.
Aug. 2,—"The Montgomeryshire forces invaded Meirionyddshyre, and lay for a time at Dolgelle. The same day the King's forces burnt Ynys y Maengwyn lest the Parlm should find any harbour there.
"The same day E. V. fortified a new garrison1 at Aber Marchand.
Note 1. The house, then fortified, is still called by the name of Y Garris; it is in the parish of Llanwdddyn, opposite Cynon isa.
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.
In Aug 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) created new Baronetcies and Peerages ...
02 Aug 1661 Thomas Carew 1st Baronet (age 29) was created 1st Baronet Carew of Haccombe in Devon.
04 Aug 1661 John Chichester 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Chichester of Raleigh in Devon.
07 Aug 1661 Mark Milbanke 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire. Elizabeth Acklom Lady Milbanke by marriage Lady Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire.
17 Aug 1661 William Boyd 1st Earl Kilmarnock (age 15) was created 1st Earl Kilmarnock.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Aug 1663. This evening I accompanied Mr. Treasurer and Vice-Chamberlain Carteret (age 53) to his lately married son-in-law's, Sir Thomas Scott (age 25), to Scott's Hall. We took barge as far as Gravesend, Kent [Map], and thence by post to Rochester, Kent [Map], whence in coach and six horses to Scott's Hall; a right noble seat, uniformly built, with a handsome gallery. It stands in a park well stored, the land fat and good. We were exceedingly feasted by the young knight, and in his pretty chapel heard an excellent sermon by his chaplain. In the afternoon, preached the learned Sir Norton Knatchbull (who has a noble seat hard by, and a plantation of stately fir trees). In the churchyard of the parish church I measured an overgrown yew tree, that was eighteen of my paces in compass, out of some branches of which, torn off by the winds, were sawed divers goodly planks.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Aug 1664. Thence homeward called upon my Lord Marlborough (age 46), and so home and to my office, and then to Sir W. Pen (age 43), and with him and our fellow officers and servants of the house and none else to Church to lay his brother in the ground, wherein nothing handsome at all, but that he lays him under the Communion table in the chancel, about nine at night? So home and to bed.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Aug 1664. Thence to the King's play-house, and there saw "Bartholomew Fayre", which do still please me; and is, as it is acted, the best comedy in the world, I believe. I chanced to sit by Tom Killigrew (age 52), who tells me that he is setting up a Nursery; that is, is going to build a house in Moorefields [Map], wherein he will have common plays acted. But four operas it shall have in the year, to act six weeks at a time; where we shall have the best scenes and machines, the best musique, and every thing as magnificent as is in Christendome; and to that end hath sent for voices and painters and other persons from Italy.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Aug 1665. Up, it being a publique fast, as being the first Wednesday of the month, for the plague; I within doors all day, and upon my monthly accounts late, and there to my great joy settled almost all my private matters of money in my books clearly, and allowing myself several sums which I had hitherto not reckoned myself sure of, because I would not be over sure of any thing, though with reason I might do it, I did find myself really worth £1900, for which the great God of Heaven and Earth be praised! At night to the office to write a few letters, and so home to bed, after fitting myself for tomorrow's journey.
On 02 Aug 1666 Alfonso VI King Portugal (age 22) and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal (age 20) were married. She had arrived in Portugal on the same day. The marriage was not consummated. She subsequently married her brother-in-law Peter II King Portugal (age 17) when he took control of the Portuguese throne; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Aug 1666. Thence to the office, and thither comes to me Creed, and he and I walked a good while, and then to the Victualling Office together, and there with Mr. Gawden I did much business, and so away with Creed again, and by coach to see my Lord Bruncker (age 46), who it seems was not well yesterday, but being come thither, I find his coach ready to carry him abroad, but Tom, his footman, whatever the matter was, was lothe to desire me to come in, but I walked a great while in the Piatza till I was going away, but by and by my Lord himself comes down and coldly received me.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Aug 1667. So home to dinner, where Mr. Hater with me and W. Hewer (age 25), because of their being in the way after dinner, and so to the office after dinner, where and with my Lord Bruneker (age 47) at his lodgings all the afternoon and evening making up our great account for the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, but not so as pleased me yet.
On 02 Aug 1671 Elizabeth Babington (age 63) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
Elizabeth Babington: On or before 09 Aug 1607, the date of her baptism at Rampton, Nottinghamshire, she was born. On 30 Nov 1624 Gervase Eyre and she were married at Rampton, Nottinghamshire.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Aug 1683. The Countesses of Bristol (age 63) and Sunderland (age 37), aunt and cousin-german of the late Lord Russell (deceased), came to visit me, and condole his sad fate. The next day, came Colonel Russell (age 63), uncle to the late Lord Russell (deceased), and brother to the Earl of Bedford (age 67), and with him Mrs. Middleton (age 38), that famous and indeed incomparable beauty, daughter to my relation, Sir Robert Needham.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 02 Aug 1690. Satorday, Huson went early to Chester (& Shotwick, Cheshire as he promised) about 11 came Sir Robert Cotton, dined with us; also Hoole & his daughter; they all went about 3; I sent Jonathan & Pickring with my 2 militia horse to Chester agen, past 11 o' clock; with order to continue with the troops; but they retorned at night; soe did Mainwaring & my sonne (age 39); Lee & Morgan with them after supper.
After 02 Aug 1697. All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map]. Memorial to William Frankland 1st Baronet (deceased).
On 02 Aug 1767 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn was born to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 29) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 23) at Buckingham House [Map].
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of Helen Graham (age 25).
Helen Graham: In 1763 she was born to John Graham. On 17 Jul 1780 Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet and she were married. In 1796 she died.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis.
Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis: On 29 Mar 1700 he was born to Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis and Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis. On 28 Nov 1722 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis were married. In 1753 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis was created 1st Earl Cornwallis. Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis by marriage Countess Cornwallis. On 23 Jun 1762 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis died. His son Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis succeeded 2nd Earl Cornwallis.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 43).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of Maria Anne Smythe aka "Mrs Fitzherbert" (age 32).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 51).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of Richard Brooke 5th Baronet (age 35).
Richard Brooke 5th Baronet: Around 1753 he was born to Richard Brooke 4th Baronet. On 02 May 1780 Richard Brooke 5th Baronet and Mary Cunliffe Lady Brooke were married. On 06 Jul 1781 Richard Brooke 4th Baronet died. His son Richard Brooke 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire. Mary Cunliffe Lady Brooke by marriage Lady Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire. On 06 Mar 1795 Richard Brooke 5th Baronet died. His son Richard Brooke 6th Baronet succeeded 6th Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 35).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 64).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland.
Before 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61). Portrait of Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 41).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.
Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian: On 03 Apr 1745 she was born to Chichester Fortescue and Elizabeth Wesley. On 15 Jul 1762 William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian and she were married. He the son of William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian and Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian. He a great x 4 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. On 12 Apr 1775 William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian died at Bath, Somerset. His son William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian succeeded 5th Marquess Lothian. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. On 30 Sep 1780 Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian died in Marylebone probably as a result of childbirth.
Greville Memoirs. 02 Aug 1830. Yesterday (Sunday) we had no news and no reports, except one that Marmont was killed. I never believe reports. The elections still go against Government. G. Dawson returned from Dublin; all the Peels lose their seats. Fordwich beat Baring (age 55) at Canterbury by 370 votes. It is said the King was in a state of great excitement at Woolwich the other day, when it was very hot, and he drank a good deal of wine.
Section I Tumuli 1843. On the 2d of August 1843 a fresh excavation was made into the large tumulus on End Lowe [Map] in a contrary direction to the one made on the former attempt and unfortunately with no better success. The surface not being reached only a few human bones and teeth were seen distributed through the barrow. The discovery of the primary interment in this immense accumulation of stone therefore still remains a desideratum to the Derbyshire archaeologist.
On 02 Aug 1845 George Gordon (age 82) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
George Gordon: Around 1763 he was born to Reverend John Gordon and Ann Dighton. In 1827 he was appointed Dean of Lincoln.
Diary of a Dean by Merewether. 02 Aug 1849. Aug. 2d. By the permission of Mr. George Brown, the scene of our operations this day was Windmill Hill, a large conical eminence rising from the lower ground, on which, on the south-east, stands Avebury, on the north-east Monkton, and on the west Yatesbury. Of Monkton I may take leave to mention, that it possessed, not many years ago, a fine cromlech [Map], now totally gone; and also a long barrow [Map], much resembling the three I shall presently describe. This has been levelled. I saw the man who was employed in the profanation. It contained, he said, "a sort of room built up wi' big sarsens put together like, as well as a mason could set them; in the room was a sight of black stuff, and it did smell nation bad." The name by which this was known was King's Mill Barrow [Map]. Of Yatesbury we shall have to say somewhat anon.
On 02 Aug 1868 Constantine I King Greece was born to George I King Greece (age 22) and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece (age 16).
Henry Chaplin A Memoir: 2 Family and Social Life Part II. The Prince of Wales (age 34) was admitted to the secret a very few days after his departure from Goodwood, and on August 2 [1876] we find him writing to Mr. Chaplin (age 35):
Let me offer you my most sincere congratulations on your engagement to one of the most charming young ladies whom I know and whom I have had the advantage of knowing ever since her childhood. I certainly did think you rather reticent at Goodwood when I hinted at the subject, as I had the Duke of Sutherland's permission to do so, but I now quite understand the reason, and you were, of course, undoubtedly right to follow the wishes of the young lady. Hoping that we may meet at Dunrobin in September, from Yours most sincerely,
ALBERT EDWARD (age 34).
On 02 Aug 1878 Princess Ingeborg Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 35) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 26).
On 02 Aug 1880 Francis Dukinfield Astley (age 27) drowned in Canada while shooting rapids in a boat with two Indian guides whilst on a sporting holiday with a group of friends.
Cumbria and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. 02 Aug 1882. ART. XLII.—On some Earthworks [King Arthur's Round Table, Little Round Table and Mayburgh Henge [Map]] near Eamont Bridge. By WM. Atkinson. Read at that place August 2nd, 1882.
On 02 Aug 2009. St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map]. A Peal of 5040 Minor in 7 Methods by the Chester S. College Youths.
Births on the 2nd August
On 02 Aug 1373 Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves was born to Adolph La Marck (age 39) and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 23).
On 02 Aug 1424 John Valois Anjou II Duke Lorraine was born to René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 15) and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine (age 24).
On 02 Aug 1455 John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 40).
On 02 Aug 1484 George Leslie 4th Earl Rothes was born.
On 02 Aug 1618 Mary Bolles was born to Thomas Bolles (age 40) and Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (age 39) at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. She was baptised 07 Aug 1618.
On 02 Aug 1655 John Hotham 3rd Baronet was born to John Hotham 2nd Baronet (age 23).
On 02 Aug 1670 William Skipwith 4th Baronet was born to Grey Skipwith 3rd Baronet (age 48).
On 02 Aug 1674 Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans was born to Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 33) and Elizabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern Duchess Orléans (age 22). He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 02 Aug 1686 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 27) and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 02 Aug 1705 Grey Skipwith 5th Baronet was born to William Skipwith 4th Baronet (age 35).
On 02 Aug 1724 John Tuchet 8th Earl Castlehaven was born to James Tuchet 6th Earl Castlehaven and Elizabeth Arundell Countess Castlehaven (age 31).
On 02 Aug 1739 John Monckton of Fineshade Abbey was born to John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway (age 44) and Jane Westenra Viscountess Galway.
On 02 Aug 1754 Charlotte Murray was born to John Murray 3rd Duke Atholl (age 25) and Charlotte Murray Duchess Atholl (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.29%.
On 02 Aug 1758 Henry St John 13th Baron St John was born to John St John 12th Baron St John (age 32) and Susanne Louise Simond.
On 02 Aug 1767 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn was born to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 29) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 23) at Buckingham House [Map].
On 02 Aug 1772 Colonel Edward Wingfield was born to Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (age 41) and Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt.
On 02 Aug 1782 William Templer Pole 7th Baronet was born to John de la Pole 6th Baronet (age 25).
On 02 Aug 1790 Henry William Stanhope was born to Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington (age 37) and Jane Fleming Countess Harrington (age 35). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 02 Aug 1805 Emily Frances Kingscote Lady Kennaway was born.
On 02 Aug 1812 Edward Harbottle Grimston was born to James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 36) and Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam.
On 02 Aug 1813 Francis Seymour 1st Baronet was born to Henry Augustus Seymour (age 41).
On 02 Aug 1821 Henry de Hoghton 9th Baronet was born to Henry Bold-Hoghton 8th Baronet (age 22).
On 02 Aug 1832 Henry Frederick Thynne was born to Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath (age 35) and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath (age 28).
On 02 Aug 1833 Caroline Christiane Oldenburg was born to Christian August Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 35) and Louise Sophie Danneskiold Samsøe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 02 Aug 1837 Augustus Henry Charles Hervey was born to Frederick Hervey 2nd Marquess of Bristol (age 37) and Katherine Isabella Manners (age 28).
On 02 Aug 1841 Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson 4th Earl Gosford was born to Archibald Acheson 3rd Earl Gosford (age 34) and Theodosia Brabazon Countess Gosford (age 30) at Worlingham Hall, Suffolk.
On 02 Aug 1842 Francis Needham 3rd Earl of Kilmorey was born to Francis Needham Viscount Newry (age 27).
On 02 Aug 1845 Ronald Leveson-Gower was born to George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 58) and Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 39). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.22%.
On 02 Aug 1854 Charles William Sydney Pierrepont 4th Earl Manvers was born to Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Manvers (age 29).
On 02 Aug 1861 Horace Neville Blakiston 5th Baronet was born to Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston (age 41).
On 02 Aug 1865 George Algernon Lascelles was born to Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 41) and Diana Smyth Countess Harewood (age 27).
On 02 Aug 1868 Constantine I King Greece was born to George I King Greece (age 22) and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece (age 16).
On 02 Aug 1878 Princess Ingeborg Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 35) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 26).
On 02 Aug 1885 Clarence Bruce 3rd Baron Aberdare was born to Henry Bruce 2nd Baron Aberdare (age 34) and Constance Mary Beckett Baroness Aberdare.
On 02 Aug 1900 Mungo Murray 7th and 6th Earl of Mansfield was born to Alan David Murray 5th and 6th Earl Mansfield (age 36).
On 02 Aug 1911 Christopher Finch-Hatton 10th Earl Nottingham 15th Earl Winchilsea was born to Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton 9th Earl Nottingham 14th Earl Winchilsea (age 26).
On 02 Aug 1943 Rollo Feilding 11th Earl of Denbigh was born to William Feilding 10th Earl of Denbigh (age 31).
On 02 Aug 1948 Charles Kay-Shuttleworth 5th Baron Shuttleworth was born to Charles Kay-Shuttleworth 4th Baron Shuttleworth (age 31).
On 02 Aug 1953 Peter Giles Vivian Sebright 15th Baronet was born to Hugo Giles Edmund Sebright 14th Baronet (age 22) and Deirdre Anne Bethell Lady Sebright (age 24).
Marriages on the 2nd August
On 02 Aug 1254 Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 25) and Maria Reginar Duchess Bavaria (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 53). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On or after 02 Aug 1623 Walter Mansel 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Elizabeth aka Mary Fotherby (age 9) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
On 02 Aug 1666 Alfonso VI King Portugal (age 22) and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal (age 20) were married. She had arrived in Portugal on the same day. The marriage was not consummated. She subsequently married her brother-in-law Peter II King Portugal (age 17) when he took control of the Portuguese throne; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
On 02 Aug 1670 Richard Graham 1st Viscount Preston (age 20) and Ann Howard Viscountess Preston (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle (age 41) and Anne Howard Countess Carlisle.
On 02 Aug 1714 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 59) and Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull (age 26) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorchester. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland.
On 02 Aug 1766 Hugh Carleton 1st Viscount Carleton (age 26) and Elizabeth Mercer of Dublin were married.
On 02 Aug 1814 Mark Masterman-Sykes 3rd Baronet (age 42) and Mary Elizabeth Egerton Lady Sledmere were married. They were half first cousins.
On 02 Aug 1826 John Jervis Tollemache 1st Baron Tollemache (age 20) and Georgiana Louisa Best (age 17) were married. They were first cousins.
On 02 Aug 1843 George Chetwynd 3rd Baronet (age 33) and Charlotte Augusta Hill Lady Chetwynd were married. She the daughter of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 54) and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire (age 53).
On 02 Aug 1847 Thomas Bateman (age 25) and Sarah Parker (age 23) were married at All Saint's Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire [Map]. He the son of William Bateman.
On 02 Aug 1854 Harry George Powlett 4th Duke Cleveland (age 51) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 35) were married at Chevening, Sevenoaks. She the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 72) and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope. He the son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 02 Aug 1859 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 24) and Penelope Smyth Baroness Tenterden (age 19) were married at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico. She by marriage Baroness Tenterden of Hendon in Middlesex. They were first cousins.
On 02 Aug 1860 Francis George Manningham Boileau 2nd Baronet (age 30) and Lucy Henrietta Nugent Lady Boileau were married.
On 02 Aug 1865 John William Ramsden 5th Baronet (age 33) and Helen Guendolen Seymour (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 60) and Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset (age 55).
On 02 Aug 1884 John Leslie 2nd Baronet (age 26) and Leonie Blanche Jerome (age 25) were married at New York; both families disapproved. He a great x 5 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 02 Aug 1898 Ernst Gunther Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 34) and Dorothea Maria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 17) were married. She by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He the son of Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Adelheid Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 02 Aug 1927 Harold Williams Baron Berners and Vera Ruby Tyrwhitt 15th Baroness Berners (age 25) were married.
Deaths on the 2nd August
On 02 Aug 1100 King William II of England (age 44) was killed whilst hunting, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) succeeded I King England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.
Before 02 Aug 1218 Louis II Count Loon was fatally poisoned. His brother Henry Count Loon (age 82) succeeded Count Loon.
On 02 Aug 1218 Henry Count Loon (age 82) was fatally poisoned a few days after his brother had been. His brother Arnold III Count Loon succeeded III Count Loon.
On 02 Aug 1222 Raymond Rouerge Marquess Provence (age 65) died. His son Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulose (age 25) succeeded VII Count Toulose. Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulose by marriage Countess Toulose.
On 02 Aug 1385 Margaret Courtenay Baroness Cobham died.
On 02 Aug 1451 Elisabeth of Görlitz Duchess Brabant (age 60) died.
On 02 Aug 1556 Bishop George Day (age 55) died.
On 02 Aug 1589 Henry III King France (age 37) was assassinated.
On 02 Aug 1648 Claude Lorraine Duchess Lorraine died.
On 02 Aug 1667 Edward Barkham 1st Baronet (age 75) died. He was buried at Church of St George, South Acre [Map]. His son Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk. Frances Napier Lady Barkham (age 34) by marriage Lady Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk.
On 02 Aug 1691 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 45) died at Friedrichswerth, Gotha. His son Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 15) succeeded II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 02 Aug 1697 William Frankland 1st Baronet (age 57) died. His son Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby (age 33) by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
On 02 Aug 1724 James Lane 2nd Viscount Lanesborough (age 75) died.
On 02 Aug 1755 William Feilding 4th Earl Desmond 5th Earl Denbigh (age 58) died. His son Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh (age 36) succeeded 5th Earl Desmond, 6th Earl Denbigh, 6th Viscount Feilding, 6th Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire, 5th Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 5th Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary, 5th Baron St Liz.
On 02 Aug 1758 George Booth 2nd Earl Warrington (age 83) died. Earl Warrington extinct. His first cousin Nathaniel Booth 4th Baron Delamer (age 49) succeeded 4th Baron Delamer, 5th Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey.
On 02 Aug 1769 Daniel Finch 8th Earl Winchilsea 3rd Earl Nottingham (age 80) died. His nephew George Finch 9th Earl Winchilsea 4th Earl Nottingham (age 16) succeeded 9th Earl Winchilsea, 9th Viscount Maidstone, 4th Earl Nottingham, 10th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
On 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65) died at his home In Leicester Fields. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral [Map]. He bequesthed his niece Mary Palmer Marchioness Thomond (age 38) £100,000 in his will.
On 02 Aug 1788 Thomas Gainsborough (age 61) died. He was buried at St Anne's Church Kew, Surrey.
On 02 Aug 1799 Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon (age 43) died at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton. His uncle Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon (age 59) succeeded 9th Duke Hamilton, 6th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 6th Baron Dutton of Cheshire. Harriet Stewart Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk.
On 02 Aug 1823 Charles Powlett 2nd Baron Bayning (age 37) died unmarried. His brother Henry William Powlett 3rd Baron Bayning (age 26) succeeded 3rd Baron Bayning of Foxley in Berkshire.
On 02 Aug 1826 William Gerard 11th Baronet (age 53) died. His nephew John Gerard 12th Baronet (age 21) succeeded 12th Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
On 02 Aug 1826 George Finch 9th Earl Winchilsea 4th Earl Nottingham (age 73) died unmarried without legitimate issue. His first cousin once removed George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea (age 35) succeeded 5th Earl Nottingham, 10th Earl Winchilsea, 10th Viscount Maidstone, 11th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea (age 32) by marriage Countess Nottingham, Countess Winchilsea. His illegitimate son George Finch (age 31) inherited his manors at Burley-on-the-Hill House and Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire.
On 02 Aug 1849 William Joseph Denison Banker (age 80) died unmarried. He left the bulk of his estate to his nephew Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 43).
On 02 Aug 1855 Charles William Molyneux 3rd Earl Sefton (age 59) died. His son William Molyneux 4th Earl Sefton (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Sefton, 11th Viscount Molyneux, 12th Baronet Molyneux of Sefton. Cecil Emily Jolliffe (age 17) by marriage Countess Sefton.
On 02 Aug 1861 Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Lea (age 50) died. His son George Robert Charles Herbert 13th Earl Pembroke 10th Earl Montgomery (age 11) succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert Lea.
On 02 Aug 1861 Charles Stewart 8th Earl Traquair (age 80) died. Earl Traquair and Lord Traquair assumed to be extinct. There may be heirs if the legitimation of 1489 is sufficient to enable the collateral male heirs of the first James Stewart of Traquair to succeed to the Earldom.
On 02 Aug 1873 Robert Curzon 14th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 63) died. His son Robert Curzon 15th Baron Zouche (age 22) succeeded 15th Baron Zouche Harringworth.
On 02 Aug 1874 George Perceval 6th Earl Egmont (age 80) died. His nephew Charles George Perceval 7th Earl Egmont (age 29) succeeded 7th Earl Egmont, 7th Viscount Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 7th Baron Perceval of Burton in County Cork, 4th Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork, 3rd Baron Arden of Arden in Warwickshire, 11th Baronet Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 6th Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
On 02 Aug 1882 Franz Seraph Stirnbrand died.
On 02 Aug 1908 John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 79) died.
On 02 Aug 1919 Theodesia Selina Dallas Countess Cottenham (age 74) died.
On 02 Aug 1922 Margaret Coke Baroness Belper (age 70) died.
On 02 Aug 1936 Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 33) died.
On 02 Aug 1944 Charles Hardinge 1st Baron Penshurt (age 86) died.
On 02 Aug 1952 Edward Henry Scudamore-Stanhope 12th Earl Chesterfield died. His seventh cousin once removed James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope 13th Earl Chesterfield (age 71) succeeded 13th Earl Chesterfield, 13th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire, 7th Baronet Stanhope of Stanwell although he didn't claim the titles.
On 02 Aug 1962 Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont (age 82) died.
On 02 Aug 1965 Doreen Maud Milner Marchioness of Linlithgow (age 79) died.
On 02 Aug 2000 Francis Curzon 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (age 76) died. His son Peter Curzon 4th Viscount Scarsdale (age 51) succeeded 4th Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, 8th Baron Scarsdale.
On 02 Aug 2012 William Smith 4th Viscount Hambleden (age 82) died. His son William Henry Smith 5th Viscount Hambleden (age 56) succeeded 5th Viscount Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire.
On 02 Aug 2020 Harry Andrew Renwick 2nd Baron Renwick (age 84) died. His son Robert James Renwick 3rd Baron Renwick (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron Renwick of Coombe in Surrey, 4th Baronet Renwick of Coombe in Surrey.
