On this Day in History ... 4th October
04 Oct is in October.
Events on the 4th October
In 1043 Coventry Priory was founded by Leofric Earldorman Mercia and Godgifu aka Lady Godiva. It was consecrated on 04 Oct 1043 by Archbishop Eadsige. Among the witnesses to this foundation charter were Edward the Confessor (age 40), the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishops of Worcester and Lichfield, the abbots of Winchcombe and Pershore, and the earls Godwin (age 42), Harold (age 21), Siward (age 33), and Ordgar.
On 04 Oct 1160 Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu was born to Louis VII King Franks (age 40) and Constance of Castile (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
On 04 Oct 1160 Constance of Castile (age 20) died in childbirth.
On 04 Oct 1190 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 33) attacked and captured Messina, Sicily [Map].
On 04 Oct 1289 Louis X King France I Navarre was born to Philip IV King France (age 21) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 16). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.10%.
On 04 Oct 1361 John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 50) died of plague. His son John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave (age 21) succeeded 4th Baron Mowbray.
On 04 Oct 1379 Henry III King Castile was born to John I King Castile (age 21) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile (age 21) at Burgos [Map].
Chronicle of Gregory 1445. 04 Oct 1445. Ande that same year there was a pechyng i-made uppon the Erle of Ormounde (age 52) by the pryour of Kylmayn (age 24)1 for certayne poyntys of treson, the whyche was takyn in to the kyngys grace, where uppon it lykyd our sovereign lorde (age 23) to graunte a generalle pardon unto the said Erle (age 52). But nevyrtheles the said pryour (age 24) appayryde in Smethefylde [Map] the iiij day of the monythe of October, as it was apoyntyde, full clenly harnyssyd, redy whythe alle his fetys and whythe alle his wepyns, kepynge the fylde tylle hyghe none.
Note 1. Thomas Fitzgerald (age 24) grandson of Thomas Earl of Kildare, was at this time Prior of the Knights of St. John at Kilmainham in Ireland.
Polydore Vergil. 04 Oct 1497. Learning that Peter (age 23) had decamped, Henry sent out horsemen in every direction to follow him and seek his capture, but he, having covered most of the distance, was not seen before he reached the asylum. But not so his captains, who were taken in mid-flight and brought to the king. And the mob, when they could not see Peter (age 23) nor his captains' standards, having no idea where he was, whether he had been killed by some trick or had fled, were unsure of what counsel to take or what was best to do. In the end, learning of his shameful flight, everybody, immediately unhinged by their common evil, their common fear, their common danger, cast aside their weapons and began to hold up their hands, and out of his kindness the king (age 40) readily forgave them. Being a victor without having had a fight, he went to Exeter, Devon [Map], where he praised the citizenry for having done its duty and extended his thanks, and while there he presided over the execution of some of the Cornishmen responsible for the recent rising. Meanwhile the king's horsemen rode as far as St. Michael's Mount, and there they found Peter's (age 23) wife Catherine and brought her captive to the king. Henry (age 40), marveling at the woman's beauty, thought she was not plunder for soldiers, but worthy of an emperor, and forthwith sent her to the queen (age 31) at London with an escort of honorable matrons, as a sure harbinger of the victory he had won.
On 04 Oct 1497 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 40) received the surrender of the Cornish Army at Taunton, Somerset [Map].
On 04 Oct 1535 Bishop John Hilsey was appointed Bishop of Rochester following the execution of Bishop John Fisher.
On 04 Oct 1536 the Lincolnshire Rising began. Dr Raynes, the chancellor of the Bishop of Lincoln, who was staying nearby at Bolingbroke, after having held a session of the commissionary’s court there, was dragged from his sickbed and taken to Horncastle. Francis Aidan Gasquet writes in his book "Henry VIII and the English Monasteries": "As the chancellor rode into the field with his captors the passions of the mob were stirred, and there occurred one of the two acts of violence, which alone in this or the subsequent Yorkshire rising, disgraced the movement! "At his coming into the field," declares Brian Staines, "the rebels, whereof were many parsons and vicars, cried out with a loud voice, ‘Kill him, kill him.’ And upon that one William Hutchinson, of Horncastle, and William Balderstone, by the procurement of the said parsons and vicars, pulled him violently off his horse, kneeling upon his knees, and with their staves they slew him. And being dead, this deponent saith the priests continually crying, ‘Kill him, kill him,’ he also struck the said chancellor upon the arm with a staff."
The Lincolnshire Rising was sparked off by a sermon at evensong on the 1st October at St James’s Church, Louth, and by a visitation from a registrar on 2nd October. Mary Polito, author of "Governmental Arts in Tudor England" describes how Nicholas Melton, a local shoemaker who came to be known as "Captain Cobbler", seized the registrar, burned his papers and then forced him and the priests to swear an oath of loyalty to the rebel cause. The rebels then marched to the nunnery at Legbourne where they took the royal commissioners hostage. The nunnery had been formally suppressed a few weeks earlier.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 04 Oct 1559. The iiij day of October whent to here from Cobbam hall my yonge lade Cobbam (deceased), the wyff of my lord Cobbam (age 31), latte mad lord Warden of the v portes, with prestes and clarkes syngyng, and ij haroldes of armes, master Clarenshux (age 49) and Ruges-Dragon, with lx baners of armes of hys and hers petegree; one was a grett baner of ys harmes and hers; and mony morners in blake a C [100], and a lx [60] women in rosett cassokes of brod cloth, be-syd men in mantyll frys-gownes, and the women had nuw raylles; and ther was a goodly hers [hearse] with-owtt wax, and garnyshed with grett baners and velvett, and xx [20] dosen penselles, and vij dosen skochyons of armes; and the chyrche and the plasse hangyd with blake and armes, and a bony .. the velvett a goodly bordur mad and gyldyd, and with ther armes; and so the dene of Rochastur and all the colege both prest and clarke dyd syng, and the qweresters; and Torner the precher dyd pryche; and after all done, they whent to the plasse to dener, for ther was a gret dener, and ther was a ij M. pepull that had ij d. apesse, and after dener pore pepull had boyth mett and drynke; all thys done in Kent.
Note. P. 213. Funeral of lady Cobham. Dorothy, daughter of George lord Bergavenny, by Mary, daughter of Edward duke of Buckingham. This funeral is recorded in the College of Arms, I. 9, f. 161b, and I. 13, f. 14.
On 04 Oct 1563 Dorothea of Saxony was born to Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 37) and Anna Oldenburg (age 30).
On 04 Oct 1585 Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress was born to Ferdinand Habsburg Spain II Archduke Austria (age 56) and Anna Caterina Gonzaga Archduchess Austria (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 13.08%.
On 04 Oct 1603 Helen Greville (age 64) died at Arrow. The date somewhat suspicious since the same as her husband's death.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 04 Oct 1617. Upon the 4th came Sir Percival Hart (age 48) and Sir Edward to dine, and after dinner my Lord (age 28) shewed them his stables and all his great horses.
Evelyn's Diary. 04 Oct 1641. The lodgings here are very handsome and convenient. I lost little time; but, with the aid of one Mr. Lewkner, our conductor, we visited divers churches, colleges, and monasteries. The Church of the Jesuits is most sumptuous and magnificent; a glorious fabric without and within, wholly incrusted with marble, inlaid and polished into divers representations of histories, landscapes, and flowers. On the high altar is placed the statue of the Blessed Virgin and our Saviour in white marble, with a boss in the girdle set mth very fair and rich sapphires, and divers other stones of price. The choir is a glorious piece of architecture; the pulpit supported by four angels, and adorned with other carvings, and rare pictures by Rubens, now lately dead, and divers votive tables and relics. Hence, to the Vrou Kirk, or N6tre Dame of Antwerp: it is a very venerable fabric, built after the Gothic manner, especially the tower, which I ascended, the better to take a view of the country adjacent; which, happening on a day when the sun shone exceedingly bright, and darted his rays without any interruption, afforded so bright a reflection to us who were above, and had a full prospect of both land and water about it, that I was much confirmed in my opinion of the moon's being of some such substance as this earthly globe. Perceiving all the subjacent country, at so small an horizontal distance, to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against, save where the river and other large water within our view, appeared of a more dark and uniform colour, resembling those spots in the moon supposed to be seas there, according to Hevelius, and as they appear in our late telescopes. I numbered in this church thirty privileged altars, that of St. Sebastian adorned with a painting of his martyrdom.
On 04 Oct 1643 Edward Ford (age 38) was knighted by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 42) at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map].
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1660. This morning I was busy looking over papers at the office all alone, and being visited by Lieut. Lambert (age 41) of the Charles (to whom I was formerly much beholden), I took him along with me to a little alehouse hard by our office, whither my cozen Thomas Pepys the turner had sent for me to show me two gentlemen that had a great desire to be known to me, one his name is Pepys, of our family, but one that I never heard of before, and the other a younger son of Sir Tho. Bendishes, and so we all called cozens. After sitting awhile and drinking, my two new cozens, myself, and Lieut. Lambert (age 41) went by water to Whitehall, and from thence I and Lieut. Lambert (age 41) to Westminster Abbey, where we saw Dr. Frewen (age 72) translated to the Archbishoprick of York. Here I saw the Bishops of Winchester (age 71), Bangor (age 75), Rochester (age 79), Bath and Wells (age 80), and Salisbury (age 68), all in their habits, in King Henry Seventh's chappell [Map]. But, Lord! at their going out, how people did most of them look upon them as strange creatures, and few with any kind of love or respect.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1664. Thence after dinner to a play, to see "The Generall"; which is so dull and so ill-acted, that I think it is the worst. I ever saw or heard in all my days. I happened to sit near; to Sir Charles Sidly (age 25); who I find a very witty man, and he did at every line take notice of the dullness of the poet and badness of the action, that most pertinently; which I was mightily taken with; and among others where by Altemire's command Clarimont, the Generall, is commanded to rescue his Rivall, whom she loved, Lucidor, he, after a great deal of demurre, broke out; "Well, I'le save my Rivall and make her confess, that I deserve, while he do but possesse". "Why, what, pox", says Sir Charles Sydly (age 25), "would he have him have more, or what is there more to be had of a woman than the possessing her?" Thence-setting all them at home, I home with my wife and Mercer, vexed at my losing my time and above 20s. in money, and neglecting my business to see so bad a play. To-morrow they told us should be acted, or the day after, a new play, called "The Parson's Dreame", acted all by women.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1665. This night comes Sir George Smith to see me at the office, and tells me how the plague is decreased this week 740, for which God be praised! but that it encreases at our end of the town still, and says how all the towne is full of Captain Cocke's (age 48) being in some ill condition about prize-goods, his goods being taken from him, and I know not what. But though this troubles me to have it said, and that it is likely to be a business in Parliament, yet I am not much concerned at it, because yet I believe this newes is all false, for he would have wrote to me sure about it.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1666. Thence up to the Duke of York (age 32), by appointment, with fellow officers, to complaine, but to no purpose, of want of money, and so away. I to Sir G. Carteret (age 56), to his lodging, and here discoursed much of the want of money and our being designed for destruction. How the King (age 36) hath lost his power, by submitting himself to this way of examining his accounts, and is become but as a private man. He says the King (age 36) is troubled at it, but they talk an entry shall be made, that it is not to be brought into example; that the King (age 36) must, if they do not agree presently, make them a courageous speech, which he says he may do, the City of London being now burned, and himself master of an army, better than any prince before him, and so I believe.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1667. Up, and to White Hall to attend the Council about Commissioner Pett's (age 57) business, along with my Lord Bruncker (age 47) and Sir W. Pen (age 46), and in the Robe-chamber the Duke of York (age 33) come to us, the officers of the Navy, and there did meet together about Navy business, where Sir W. Coventry (age 39) was with us, and among other things did recommend his Royal Highness, now the prizes were disposing, to remember Sir John Harman (age 42) to the King (age 37), for some bounty, and also for my Lady Minnes, which was very nobly done of him.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1667. So the Council rose, and I staid walking up and down the galleries till the King (age 37) went to dinner, and then I to my Lord Crew's (age 69) to dinner; but he having dined, I took a very short leave, confessing I had not dined; and so to an ordinary hard by the Temple-gate, where I have heretofore been, and there dined-cost me 10d.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Oct 1667. And so to my Lord Ashly's (age 46), where after dinner Sir H. Cholmly (age 35), Creed and I, with his Lordship, about Mr. Yeabsly's business, where having come to agreement with him abating him £1000 of what he demands for ships lost, I to Westminster, to Mrs. Martin's lodging, whither I sent for her, and there hear that her husband is come from sea, which is sooner than I expected; and here I staid and drank, and so did toucher elle and away, and so by coach to my tailor's, and thence to my Lord Crew's (age 69), and there did stay with him an hour till almost night, discoursing about the ill state of my Lord Sandwich (age 42), that he can neither be got to be called home, nor money got to maintain him there; which will ruin his family. And the truth is, he do almost deserve it, for by all relation he hath, in a little more than a year and a half, spent £20,000 of the King's money, and the best part of £10,000 of his own; which is a most prodigious expence, more than ever Embassador spent there, and more than these Commissioners of the Treasury will or do allow. And they demand an account before they will give him any more money; which puts all his friends to a loss what to answer. But more money we must get him, or to be called home. I offer to speak to Sir W. Coventry (age 39) about it; but my Lord will not advise to it, without consent of Sir G. Carteret (age 57).
Evelyn's Diary. 04 Oct 1683. Following his Majesty (age 53) this morning through the gallery, I went with the few who attended him, into the Duchess of Portsmouth's (age 34) Dressing Room within her bedchamber, where she was in her morning loose garment, her maids combing her, newly out of her bed, his Majesty (age 53) and the gallants standing about her; but that which engaged my curiosity, was the rich and splendid furniture of this woman's apartment, now twice or thrice pulled down and rebuilt to satisfy her prodigal and expensive pleasures, while her Majesty's (age 53) does not exceed some gentlemen's ladies in furniture and accommodation. Here I saw the new fabric of French tapestry, for design, tenderness of work, and incomparable imitation of the best paintings, beyond anything I had ever beheld. Some pieces had Versailles, St. Germains, and other palaces of the French King, with huntings, figures, and landscapes, exotic fowls, and all to the life rarely done. Then for Japan cabinets, screens, pendule clocks, great vases of wrought plate, tables, stands, chimney-furniture, sconces, branches, braseras, etc., all of massy silver and out of number, besides some of her Majesty's (age 53) best paintings.
Evelyn's Diary. 04 Oct 1683. I went to London, on receiving a note from the Countess of Arlington (age 49), of some considerable charge or advantage I might obtain by applying myself to his Majesty (age 53) on this signal conjuncture of his Majesty (age 53) entering up judgment against the city charter; the proposal made me I wholly declined, not being well satisfied with these violent transactions, and not a little sorry that his Majesty (age 53) was so often put upon things of this nature against so great a city, the consequence whereof may be so much to his prejudice; so I returned home. At this time, the Lord Chief-Justice Pemberton (age 59) was displaced. He was held to be the most learned of the judges, and an honest man. Sir George Jeffreys (age 38) was advanced, reputed to be most ignorant, but most daring. Sir George Treby, Recorder of London, was also put by, and one Genner, an obscure lawyer, set in his place. Eight of the richest and chief aldermen were removed and all the rest made only justices of the peace, and no more wearing of gowns, or chains of gold; the Lord Mayor and two sheriffs holding their places by new grants as custodes, at the King's (age 53) pleasure. The pomp and grandeur of the most august city in the world thus changed face in a moment; which gave great occasion of discourse and thoughts of hearts, what all this would end in. Prudent men were for the old foundations.
On or before 04 Oct 1684, the date she was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill [Map], Frances Noel Baroness Digby died in childbirth.
On 04 Oct 1693 Charles Schomberg 2nd Duke Schomberg (age 48) fought for Spain and Savoy at Marsaglia during the Battle of Marsaglia: Spain and Savoy.
On 04 Oct 1744 William Hamilton (age 23) drowned when Victory sank near Alderney.
On 04 Oct 1806 Bishop Joseph Allen (age 36) was appointed Prebendary Westminster Abbey.
On 04 Oct 1809 Albert Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William II King Prussia (age 39). He a great x 3 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 04 Oct 1815 Caroline Anne Julie Campbell died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 40).
Caroline Anne Julie Campbell: she was born to Colin Campbell. On 20 Oct 1812 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley and she were married at Gibraltar. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 04 Oct 1829 Arabella Hamlyn-Williams died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her fourth child Catherine Hamilton Noel.
04 Oct 1932. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll (age 19).
Source: National Portrait Gallery
On 04 Oct 1957 Clarence Bruce 3rd Baron Aberdare (age 72) died in a car accident. He and his wife Griselda Hervey Baroness Aberdare were returning from Yugoslavia where he had attended the 53rd Session of the International Olympic Committe in Sofia, as part of their honeymoon. Their car left the road near Risan and fell into the sea. He was drowned, his wife injured.
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce 4th Baron Aberdare (age 38) succeeded 4th Baron Aberdare of Duffryn in Glamorganshire.
Births on the 4th October
On 04 Oct 1160 Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu was born to Louis VII King Franks (age 40) and Constance of Castile (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
On 04 Oct 1274 Rudolf Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 45) and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 04 Oct 1282 Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf was born to Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 23).
On 04 Oct 1289 Louis X King France I Navarre was born to Philip IV King France (age 21) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 16). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.10%.
On 04 Oct 1301 Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer was born to Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 31) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 29) at Ham Stoke, Wiltshire. He a grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 04 Oct 1306 John Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Somerset was born to John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 32) and Joan Cheduit Baroness Beauchamp Somerset at Stoke sub Hambdon, Somerset.
On 04 Oct 1331 James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde was born to James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde (age 26) and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde (age 26). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 04 Oct 1379 Henry III King Castile was born to John I King Castile (age 21) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile (age 21) at Burgos [Map].
On 04 Oct 1437 John Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria was born to Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 36) and Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria (age 23).
On 04 Oct 1563 Dorothea of Saxony was born to Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 37) and Anna Oldenburg (age 30).
On 04 Oct 1585 Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress was born to Ferdinand Habsburg Spain II Archduke Austria (age 56) and Anna Caterina Gonzaga Archduchess Austria (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 13.08%.
On 04 Oct 1626 Richard Cromwell Lord Protector was born to Oliver Cromwell (age 27) and Elizabeth Bourchier (age 28).
On 04 Oct 1639 John Gawdy 2nd Baronet was born to William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 27) and Elizabeth Duffield.
On 04 Oct 1652 Thomas Delves 4th Baronet was born to Thomas Delves 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Ravenscroft (age 23).
On 04 Oct 1677 Johann Wilhelm Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 31) and Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 29) at Gotha.
On 04 Oct 1678 Elizabeth Delves was born to Thomas Delves 4th Baronet (age 26) and Jane Knightley (age 25).
On 04 Oct 1692 Francis Willoughby 2nd Baron Middleton was born to Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton (age 20) and Elizabeth Rothwell Baroness Willoughby and Middleton.
On 04 Oct 1694 George Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 34) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 32) at Huntingtower, Perth.
On 04 Oct 1699 Rachel Cavendish was born to William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 27) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 25).
On 04 Oct 1702 John Lindsay 20th Earl of Crawford was born to John Lindsay 19th Earl of Crawford, 3rd Earl of Lindsay.
On 04 Oct 1716 Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby was born to William Hollins.
On 04 Oct 1751 Thomas Clarges 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Clarges (age 30).
On 04 Oct 1763 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian was born to William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 26) and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian (age 18).
On 04 Oct 1770 Charles William Oldenburg was born to Frederick Christian Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 49) and Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg.
On 04 Oct 1771 John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley was born to John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 26) and Frances Courtenay Lady Wrottesley.
On 04 Oct 1796 Robert King 4th Earl Kingston was born to George King 3rd Earl Kingston (age 25) and Helena Moore Countess Kingston (age 23).
On 04 Oct 1798 Caroline Waldegrave was born to William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock (age 45). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Oct 1809 Albert Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William II King Prussia (age 39). He a great x 3 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 04 Oct 1822 Arthur Chichester 8th Baronet was born to Arthur Chichester 7th Baronet (age 32) and Charlotte Hamlyn-Williams (age 24).
On 04 Oct 1831 Slingsby Bethell was born to Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury (age 31).
On 04 Oct 1834 Henry Cholmondeley was born to William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 34) and Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 30).
On 04 Oct 1835 Rear Admiral Albert Denison was born to Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 29) and Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester Baroness Londesborough.
On 04 Oct 1855 George Henry Lowther 4th Earl Lonsdale was born to Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale (age 37).
On 04 Oct 1858 John Lubbock 2nd Baron Avebury was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (age 24) and Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock.
On 04 Oct 1874 Maurice Egerton 4th Baron Egerton was born to Alan Egerton 3rd Baron Egerton Tatton (age 29).
On 04 Oct 1877 Hugh Wyndham 4th Baron Leconfield was born to Henry Wyndham 2nd Baron Leconfield (age 47) and Constance Evelyn Primrose Baroness Leconfield (age 31) at Petworth House.
On 04 Oct 1889 Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett was born to William Frederick Clayton Storey.
On 04 Oct 1891 Louisa Hazel Agnew Viscountess Combermere was born to Henry de Courcy Agnew (age 39) and Ethel Anne Goff (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 04 Oct 1895 Ivy Mary Stapleton was born to Miles Stapleton 10th Baron Beaumont (deceased) posthumously three weeks after the death of her father.
On 04 Oct 1896 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill was born to Oliver Russell 2nd Baron Ampthill (age 27) and Margaret Lygon Baroness Ampthill (age 21).
On 04 Oct 1900 Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 31) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 25).
On 04 Oct 1903 Massey Lopes 2nd Baron Roborough was born to Henry Lopes 1st Baron Roborough (age 44) and Alberta Louise Edgcumbe Baroness Roborough (age 42).
On 04 Oct 1904 Robert Renwick 1st Baron Renwick was born to Harry Bennedetto Renwick 1st Baronet (age 43).
On 04 Oct 1914 Nancy Diana Mary Lubbock Lady Schuckburgh was born to Captain Rupert Egerton Lubbock (age 28).
On 04 Oct 1921 Anne Rachel Pearl Douglas-Scott-Montagu was born to John Douglas-Scott-Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (age 55) and Alice Pearl Crake Baroness Montagu (age 26).
On 04 Oct 1940 Juliet Auriol Sally Nelson Lady Cholmeley was born to General John Nelson (age 28) and Margaret Jane Fitzroy (age 24).
On 04 Oct 1957 Philip Roland Anson 8th Baronet was born to Rear-Admiral Peter Anson 7th Baronet (age 33).
Marriages on the 4th October
Before 04 Oct 1379 John I King Castile (age 21) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of Peter IV King Aragon (age 60) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile and Juana Manuel Queen of Castile (age 40). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 04 Oct 1570 Henry 1st Duke Guise (age 19) and Catherine of Cleves (age 22) were married. He the son of Francis II Duke Guise and Anna d'Este (age 38). They were second cousins.
On 04 Oct 1633 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 35) and Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester (age 28) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 61) and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester.
Before 04 Oct 1652 Thomas Delves 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Ravenscroft (age 23) were married.
On 04 Oct 1655 Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and Anne or Abigail Sherard (age 22) were married. He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72).
On 04 Oct 1750 John Anstruther 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Janet "Queen of the Gypsies" Fall were married.
On 04 Oct 1849 John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough (age 39) and Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Bessborough. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond (age 58) and Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond (age 53). He the son of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and Maria Fane. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Oct 1864 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 32) and Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 23) were married.
On 04 Oct 1870 Clotworthy Skeffington 11th Viscount Massereene, 5th Viscount Ferrard (age 27) and Florence Elizabeth Whyte-Melville Viscountess Massereene and Ferrard were married.
On 04 Oct 1883 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 26) and Lucy Tracy Lee were married.
On 04 Oct 1933 John Verney 28th Baron Latimer 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke (age 37) and Rachel Wrey Baroness Latimer and Willoughby were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Corby, Baroness Willoughby Broke.
On 04 Oct 1945 Gavin Astor 2nd Baron Astor (age 27) and Irene Haig Baroness Astor (age 25) were married.
Deaths on the 4th October
On 04 Oct 1221 William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu (age 42) died. His daughter Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu (age 22) succeeded Countess Ponthieu.
Around 04 Oct 1300 John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 32) died. His son Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 3) succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.
On 04 Oct 1305 Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves (age 49) died. His son Otto Cleves Count Cleves (age 27) succeeded Count Cleves.
On 04 Oct 1325 John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 69) died at Chacombe Priory [Map]. His son Stephen Segrave 3rd Baron Segrave (age 40) succeeded 3rd Baron Segrave.
On 04 Oct 1361 John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 50) died of plague. His son John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave (age 21) succeeded 4th Baron Mowbray.
On 04 Oct 1581 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 36) died. His son Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton (age 7) succeeded 3rd Earl of Southampton. His wardship was sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (age 45), for £1000. Howard then transferred his wardship to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 61).
On 04 Oct 1637 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 73) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. His son John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare (age 42) succeeded 2nd Earl Clare.
On 04 Oct 1646 Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 61) died. His son Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 38) succeeded 22nd Earl Arundel Sussex, 5th Earl Surrey, 2nd Earl Norfolk, 12th Baron Maltravers, 12th Baron Arundel, 15th Baron Mowbray, 16th Baron Segrave. Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 36) by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex, Countess Norfolk, Countess Norfolk.
On 04 Oct 1679 Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron (age 73) died at Rochdale, Lancashire. His son William Byron 3rd Baron Byron (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
On or before 04 Oct 1684, the date she was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill [Map], Frances Noel Baroness Digby died in childbirth.
On 04 Oct 1738 Edmund Bacon 5th Baronet (age 45) died in Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 13) succeeded 6th Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in Suffolk.
On 04 Oct 1743 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll (age 62) died. His brother Archibald Campbell 3rd Duke Argyll (age 61) succeeded 3rd Duke Argyll.
On 04 Oct 1752 Ralph Verney 1st Earl Verney (age 69) died. His son Ralph Verney 2nd Earl Verney (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Verney, 3rd Viscount Fermanagh, 3rd Baron Verney of Belturbet in Cavan, 4th Baronet Verney of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire.
On 04 Oct 1815 Caroline Anne Julie Campbell died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 40).
Caroline Anne Julie Campbell: she was born to Colin Campbell. On 20 Oct 1812 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley and she were married at Gibraltar. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 04 Oct 1823 Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth (age 22) died.
On 22 Sep 1828 or 04 Oct 1828 Thomas Whichcote 5th Baronet (age 65) died. He was buried at St Denys' Church, Aswarby. His son Thomas Whichcote 6th Baronet (age 41) succeeded 6th Baronet Whichcote of the Inner Temple in the City of London. Sophia Sherard Lady Whichcote (age 32) by marriage Lady Whichcote of the Inner Temple in the City of London.
On 04 Oct 1828 Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet (age 81) died. His son John Hamner 1st Baron Hamner (age 18) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire.
On 04 Oct 1851 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 80) died. His son Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 9th Baron Stafford (age 49) succeeded 9th Baron Stafford, 8th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
On 04 Oct 1857 Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 71) died. His son William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 41) succeeded 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 04 Oct 1861 Archibald William Montgomerie 13th Earl Eglinton (age 49) died.
On 04 Oct 1891 Isaac Newton Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth (age 66) died. His son Newton Wallop 6th Earl of Portsmouth (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Portsmouth, 6th Viscount Lymington, 6th Baron Wallop of Farley Wallop Hampshire.
On 04 Oct 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet (age 68) died unmarried. His brother George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 66) succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham (age 62) by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 04 Oct 1922 John Henry Thorold 12th Baronet (age 80) died. His son John George Thorold 13th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 13th Baronet Thorold of Marston in Lincolnshire.
On 04 Oct 1925 Arthur John Henniker-Hughan 6th Baronet (age 59) died. His second cousin once removed Robert John Aldborough Henniker 7th Baronet (age 37) succeeded 7th Baronet Henniker of Newton Hall in Essex.
On 04 Oct 1927 Margaret Francis Graham Countess Verulam (age 74) died.
On 04 Oct 1933 Gerald Oakley Cadogan 6th Earl Cadogan (age 64) died. His son William Gerald Charles Cadogan 7th Earl Cadogan (age 19) succeeded 7th Earl Cadogan, 7th Viscount Chelsea, 9th Baron Cadogan.
On 04 Oct 1940 Charles John Hubert Miller 8th Baronet (age 82) died. His first cousin Henry Holmes Miller 9th Baronet (age 73) succeeded 9th Baronet Miller of Chichester in Sussex.
On 04 Oct 1957 Clarence Bruce 3rd Baron Aberdare (age 72) died in a car accident. He and his wife Griselda Hervey Baroness Aberdare were returning from Yugoslavia where he had attended the 53rd Session of the International Olympic Committe in Sofia, as part of their honeymoon. Their car left the road near Risan and fell into the sea. He was drowned, his wife injured.
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce 4th Baron Aberdare (age 38) succeeded 4th Baron Aberdare of Duffryn in Glamorganshire.
On 04 Oct 1973 Walter Scott 8th Duke Buccleuch 10th Duke Queensberry (age 78) died. His son Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott 9th Duke Buccleuch 11th Duke Queensberry (age 50) succeeded 9th Duke Buccleuch, 11th Duke Queensberry, 9th Earl Doncaster, 9th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Jane McNeill Duchess of Buccleuch (age 43) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.
