On this Day in History ... 6th May
06 May is in May.
1613 Thomas Overbury Murder and Trial of his Murderers
1682 Sinking of the Gloucester
1760 Trial and Execution of Earl Ferrers
Events on the 6th May
On 06 May 1268 Henry Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England (age 28) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 27) at Windsor Castle [Map].
On 06 May 1463 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 32) was appointed Warden of the East Marches.
On 14 Apr 1471 Edward IV (age 28) commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George (age 21) and Richard (age 18), John Babington (age 48), Wiliam Hastings (age 40) (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys (age 30), William Parr (age 37), John Savage (age 49), William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 41), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh (age 40), John Scott (age 48) and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount (age 29), Humphrey Bourchier (age 40), Humphrey Bourchier (age 36), Henry Stafford (age 46) and Thomas Parr were killed.
The Lancastrians ...
Warwick the Kingmaker (age 42) was killed. Earl Salisbury forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the Earldom may be in abeyance. Baron Montagu and Baron Montagu abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 19) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14).
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 40) was killed. Marquess Montagu extinct. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 43) was killed. His son Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 40) commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford (age 46) and John Paston (age 27) were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 28) commanded, and John Paston (age 29) and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 33) fought.
Robert Harleston (age 36) was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury (age 62) was killed.
Thomas Tresham (age 51) escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on 06 May 1471.
On 06 May 1471 those captured at the Battle of Tewkesbury: Edmund Beaufort 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 32), Hugh Courtenay (age 44), Gervase Clifton (age 66), Thomas Tresham (deceased) and Humphrey Tuchet (deceased) were executed. Duke Somerset extinct.
On 06 May 1502 James Tyrrell (age 47) was executed.
On 06 May 1527 Charles Bourbon III Duke Bourbon (age 37) was killed during the Sack of Rome.
Letters 1536. 06 May 1536. 808. Anne Boleyn (age 35) to Henry VIII.1
"Your Grace's displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me as what to write or what to excuse I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you sent unto me, willing me to confess a truth and so to obtain your favour, by such an one whom you know to be my ancient professed enemy, I no sooner received this message by him than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command." But do not imagine that your poor wife will ever confess a fault which she never even imagined. Never had prince a more dutiful wife than you have in Anne Boleyn, "with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself if God and your Grace's pleasure had so been pleased." Nor did I ever so far forget myself in my exaltation but that I always looked for such an alteration as now; my preferment being only grounded on your Grace's fancy. You chose me from a low estate, and I beg you not to let an unworthy stain of disloyalty blot me and the infant Princess your daughter. Let me have a lawful trial, and let not my enemies be my judges. Let it be an open trial, I fear no open shames, and you will see my innocency cleared or my guilt openly proved; in which case you are at liberty both to punish me as an unfaithful wife, and to follow your affection, already settled on that party for whose sake I am now as I am, "whose name I could somewhile since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein." But if you have already determined that my death and an infamous slander will bring you the enjoyment of your desired happiness, then I pray God he will pardon your great sin, and my enemies, the instruments thereof. My innocence will be known at the Day of Judgment. My last request is that I alone may bear the burden of your displeasure, and not those poor gentlemen, who, I understand, are likewise imprisoned for my sake. "If ever I have found favor in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn has been pleasing in your ears, let me obtain this request, and so I will leave to trouble your Grace any further."From my doleful prison in the Tower, 6 May,
In an Elizabethan hand. Pp. 2, mutilated.
Note 1. That this letter was not really either written or composed by Anne Boleyn, the handwriting and the style alike indicate beyond any reasonable doubt. It does, therefore, beg the question how did become added the the Calendar Rolls?
On 06 May 1613 Gervase Helwys (age 51) was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 46) having been recommended by Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton (age 73). Gervase Helwys (age 51) paid £2000 for the appointment of which £1400 went to Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton (age 73) and £300 to Thomas Monson 1st Baronet (age 48), Master of the Armory in the Tower, and a friend of Gervase Helwys (age 51).
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 06 May 1619. The 6th my Lord (age 30) sat up playing at cards and did not come home till 12 o’clock at night.
On 06 May 1651 Mary Walters was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 20) and Lucy Walter (age 21) at The Hague. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 20) didn't acknowledge her. Her father is some somewhat speculative; he may have been Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford (age 48) or Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 33).
Evelyn's Diary. 06 May 1651. I attended the ambassador to a masque at Court, where the French King in person danced five entries, but being engaged in discourse, and better entertained with one of the Queen-Regent's (age 49) secretaries, I soon left the entertainment.
Pepy's Diary. 06 May 1661. Up by four o'clock and took coach. Mr. Creed rode, and left us that we know not whither he went. We went on, thinking to be at home before the officers rose, but finding we could not we staid by the way and eat some cakes, and so home, where I was much troubled to see no more work done in my absence than there was, but it could not be helped. I sent my wife to my father's, and I went and sat till late with my Lady Batten, both the Sir Williams being gone this day to pay off some ships at Deptford. So home and to bed without seeing of them. I hear to-night that the Duke of York's (age 27) son (deceased) is this day dead, which I believe will please every body; and I hear that the Duke and his Lady (age 24) themselves are not much troubled at it.
Evelyn's Diary. 06 May 1664. Went to see Mr. Wright (age 47) the painter's collection of rare shells, etc.
Pepy's Diary. 06 May 1667. Up and angry with my mayds for letting in watermen, and I know not who, anybody that they are acquainted with, into my kitchen to talk and prate with them, which I will not endure. Then out and by coach to my Lord Treasurer's (age 60), who continues still very ill, then to Sir Ph. Warwicke's (age 57) house, and there did a little business about my Tangier tallies, and so to Westminster Hall [Map], and there to the Exchequer to consult about some way of getting our poor Creditors of the Navy (who served in their goods before the late Session of Parliament) paid out of the 11 months tax, which seems to relate only for goods to be then served in, and I think I have found out a way to bring them into the Act, which, if it do, I shall think a good service done.
Pepy's Diary. 06 May 1667. So home to dinner, where Creed come, whom I vexed devilishly with telling him a wise man, and good friend of his and mine, did say that he lately went into the country to Hinchingbroke [Map]; and, at his coming to town again, hath shifted his lodgings, only to avoid paying to the Poll Bill, which is so true that he blushed, and could not in words deny it, but the fellow did think to have not had it discovered. He is so devilish a subtle false rogue, that I am really weary and afeard of his company, and therefore after dinner left him in the house, and to my office, where busy all the afternoon despatching much business, and in the evening to Sir R. Viner's (age 36) to adjust accounts there, and so home, where some of our old Navy creditors come to me by my direction to consider of what I have invented for their help as I have said in the morning, and like it mighty well, and so I to the office, where busy late, then home to supper and sing with my wife, who do begin to give me real pleasure with her singing, and so to bed.
Pepy's Diary. 06 May 1667. Thence by coach home with Captain Cocke (age 50), in our way talking of my Lord Bruncker (age 47) and his Lady, who are mighty angry with us all of the office, about Carcasse's business, but especially with me, and in great confidence he bids me have a care of him, for he hath said that he would wound me with the person where my greatest interest is. I suppose he means Sir W. Coventry (age 39), and therefore I will beware of him, and am glad, though vexed to hear it.
Pepy's Diary. 06 May 1668. Thence by water to the New Exchange, where bought a pair of shoe-strings, and so to Mr. Pierce's, where invited, and there was Knepp and Mrs. Foster and here dined, but a poor, sluttish dinner, as usual, and so I could not be heartily merry at it: here saw her girl's picture, but it is mighty far short of her boy's, and not like her neither; but it makes Hales's (age 68) picture of her boy appear a good picture.
On 06 May 1680 Charles XI King Sweden (age 24) and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 52).
On 06 May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York (age 48) [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 24) drowned. His son Robert Ker 4th Earl Roxburghe (age 5) succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York (age 48) wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
On 06 May 1685 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia was born to Frederick I Duke of Mecklenburg Grabow (age 47).
Evelyn's Diary. 06 May 1696. I went to Lambeth [Map], to meet at dinner the Countess of Sunderland (age 54) and divers ladies. We dined in the Archbishop's wife's apartment with his Grace (age 59), and stayed late; yet I returned to Deptford, Kent [Map] at night.
On 06 May 1699 Victor Amadeus Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus King Sardinia (age 32) and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia (age 29) at Turin. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.95%.
After 06 May 1711. Grave of Caesar Giffard at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard.
Diary of Caroline Girlie. 06 May 1760. Earl Ferrers (deceased) was carried from the Tower [Map] to Tyburn [Map] executed by a party of Horse and Foot Guards, a Clergyman and the two Sherifs were in the Coach with him he poor unhappy man was drest in his wedding suit, dating as he himself said his whole unhappy conduct from a forced marriage. He observed that the apparatus, and being made a spectacle of to so vast a multitude was greatly worse than death itself the procession was two hours & 3/4 from setting out, the Landau & six in which he was ye Sheriffs each in their Chariots one mourning Coach and a Hearse attended, and return'd thro' Lincoln's Inn Fields about one, I think I never shall forget a procession so moving, to know a man an hour before in perfect health then a Lifeless course, yet a just victim to his Country, for the abuse of of that power his rank in Life had given him a Title too, his rank indeed caused his punishment, as the good Old King, in answer to numerous petitions of his greatly to be pitied Family made this memorable speech, "That for the last years of his Life, he had been beyond his most Sanguine hopes successful, for which he should ever return thanks to God, and on his part he had and always would endeavor to Administer justice as he ought, as Events had shown by the punishment of his most exalted Subjects". This was a noble answer. yet none could help pitying this unhappy Lord, his intellects most probably was rather more in fault than his heart in the murder for which he Suffer'd, and had he been low born his majesty would have shewn more Mercy without such strict Justice.
On 06 May 1763 Robert Davers 5th Baronet (age 28) was killed during Pontiac's War. His brother Charles Davers 6th Baronet (age 25) succeeded 6th Baronet Davers of Rougham in Suffolk.
The London Gazette 16253. Whitehall, May 6, 1809. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Michael Seymour (age 40), of High Mount, in the County of Cork, and of Friery Park, in the County of Devon, Esq; Captain in the Royal Navy, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.
Section I Tumuli 1844. On the 6th of May, 1844, was opened a large flat barrow called Moot Lowe [Map], situated about one mile south-west from Grange Mill, in a field of considerable elevation and rocky surface. The tumulus is about fifteen yards in diameter, and about four feet high, with a level summit. The section was made by cutting through the centre of the barrow from east to west; when within about four yards from the middle, a secondary interment was discovered very near the surface, which consisted of a deposit of burnt bones placed in a large urn, measuring about sixteen inches in height, and thirteen in diameter at the mouth, which was broken, owing to its being so superficially covered; since being restored, it exhibits a very curious appearance, being ornamented in a different manner to any yet discovered in Derbyshire; when found, it lay on its side, and on carefully collecting the pieces, and the bones it contained, a small brass spear-head, or dagger, was found amongst the latter; it is three inches and a quarter in length, and has a hole through which it has been riveted to the handle or shaft; two very similar in size and form are engraved in Sir Richard Hoare's 'Ancient Wiltshire,' vol. i, plates 11, 28. This is the first recorded discovery of a weapon of this description in this county, though subsequent researches have proved them to be by no means rare.
Nearer the centre a much earlier interment was found, namely, a human skeleton with the knees drawn up, lying on some large limestones, and not accompanied by any utensils. The ground in the centre of the barrow was found to be four feet lower than the level of the native surface in other places, probably owing to the rocky and unequal surface of the field before mentioned; it was fiUed up with stones free from soil, to the level of the other ground, beneath which nothing was found, although such was expected to be the case. Dispersed through the mound the following articles were observed: teeth of swine and other animals, a small piece of another urn, chippings of flint, and a few rats' bones. About four hundred yards from the preceding there is a small portion of another barrow, also named Moot Lowe [Note. Presumed to be Moot Low 2 Barrow [Map]], which was long since almost razed to the ground; on the afternoon of the 6th of May the site was dug over, and a few human and animal bones brought to light; the former indicated the interment of two individuals, and the latter included the well-known rats' bones.
On 06 May 1879 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (age 44) was declared insolvent following the Ruskin libel trial.
The London Gazette 24843. India Office, May 6, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Honourable the Marquess of Ripon (age 52), K.G., to be Governor-General of India.
On 06 May 1882 Frederick Charles Cavendish (age 45) was assassinated at Phoenix Park, Dublin during the Phoenix Park Killings. He was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
After 06 May 1882. Cartmel Priory, Lancashire [Map]. Monument to Frederick Charles Cavendish (deceased). Sculpted by Thomas Woolner (age 56). Marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest. See Phoenix Park Killings.
On 06 May 1882 Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 23) and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 23). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 06 May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68) died. His son George V King United Kingdom (age 44) succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort England.
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 06 May 1944 William Cavendish (age 26) and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
The Duke of Devonshire (age 49) and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr (age 28), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register The Duke of Rutland (age 24) served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire (age 48), the grooms William, Marquess of Hartington (age 26), the bride Kathleen Kennedy (age 24), Joseph Kennedy (age 28), Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire (age 49).
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20 Feb 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13 May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris. His first cousin once removed Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25 Jul 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12 Aug 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
On 06 May 2023 Prince Charles (age 74) was crowned King Charles III of the United Kingdom. Queen Consort Camilla Shand (age 75) was crowned Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
Births on the 6th May
On 06 May 1262 John Hastings 13th Baron Bergavenny 1st Baron Hastings was born to Henry Hastings (age 27) and Joan Cantilupe.
On 06 May 1268 Henry Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England (age 28) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 27) at Windsor Castle [Map].
On 06 May 1336 Robert Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle was born to John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 18) and Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 18).
On 06 May 1410 Catherine Pole was born to Michael de la Pole 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 16) and Elizabeth Mowbray Countess Suffolk (age 16).
After 06 May 1602 Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham was born to Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 24) and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill (age 36).
On or before 06 May 1638 Elizabeth Johnson Lady Mordaunt was born to Nicholas Johnson (age 28). She was baptised on 06 May 1638 at St Saviour's in Soutwark [Map].
On 06 May 1651 Mary Walters was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 20) and Lucy Walter (age 21) at The Hague. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 20) didn't acknowledge her. Her father is some somewhat speculative; he may have been Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford (age 48) or Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 33).
On 06 May 1680 Charles Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 17) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 15). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 06 May 1682 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 23) and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 06 May 1684 John Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 24) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 22).
On 06 May 1685 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia was born to Frederick I Duke of Mecklenburg Grabow (age 47).
Before 06 May 1692 Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale was born to James Ogilvy 1st Earl Seafield 4th Earl Findlater (age 28).
On 06 May 1699 Thomas Leveson-Gower was born to John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (age 24) and Catherine Manners Baroness Gower (age 24).
On 06 May 1699 Victor Amadeus Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus King Sardinia (age 32) and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia (age 29) at Turin. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.95%.
On 06 May 1716 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua was born to Manuel Maria Silva (age 38).
On 06 May 1729 John Murray 3rd Duke Atholl was born to George Murray (age 34).
Before 06 May 1736 Stafford Northcote 6th Baronet was born to Henry Northcote 5th Baronet (age 25).
On 06 May 1754 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke (age 37) and Elizabeth Chamberlayne (age 21).
On 06 May 1758 George Evelyn Boscawen 3rd Viscount Falmouth was born to Edward Boscawen (age 46) and Frances Evelyn Evelyn (age 38).
On 06 May 1760 Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire was born to George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 28) and Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire (age 22) at Hampden House, Great Hampden.
On 06 May 1760 John Cocks 1st Earl Somers was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot.
On 06 May 1761 Reverend Bourchier William Wrey was born to Bourchier Wrey 6th Baronet (age 47) and Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey (age 30).
On 06 May 1777 Mary Rebecca Fitzgerald was born to William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster (age 28) and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 06 May 1778 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper was born to George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper (age 39) and Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper.
On 06 May 1780 Henrietta Dorothea Wallop was born to John Wallop 2nd Earl Portsmouth (age 37) and Urania Fellowes (age 38).
On 06 May 1784 Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon was born to Admiral John Borlase Warren 1st Baronet (age 30) and Caroline Clavering Lady Warren.
On 06 May 1786 Edward Marmaduke Stourton aka Vavasour 1st Baronet was born to Charles Philip Stourton 17th Baron Stourton (age 33).
On 06 May 1816 Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset was born to Fitzroy James Henry Somerset 1st Baron Raglan (age 27) and Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole Baroness Raglan (age 24).
On 06 May 1827 Henry Vansittart Stonhouse 15th and 12th Baronet was born to Timothy Vansittart Stonhouse 14th and 11th Baronet (age 28).
On 06 May 1827 George FitzMaurice 6th Earl of Orkney was born to Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney (age 23) and Isabella Irby Countess Orkney (age 20).
On 06 May 1848 Frederick Canning Lascelles was born to Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 23) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh (age 22).
On 06 May 1849 John Melhuish Strudwick was born to William Strudwick (age 41) and Sarah Melhuish (age 49).
On 06 May 1851 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 27) and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.69%.
On 06 May 1859 Tyrell Other William Champion de Crespigny was born to Claude Champion de Crespigny 3rd Baronet (age 40) and Mary Tyrell Lady Champion de Crespigny (age 36).
On 06 May 1869 John William Salusbury-Trelawny 11th Baronet was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet (age 24).
On 06 May 1876 Lionel Francis Crane was born to Walter Crane (age 30) and Mary Frances Andrews (age 30).
On 06 May 1879 Hilary Lushington Hunt was born to William Holman Hunt (age 52) and Marion Edith Waugh (age 32) at 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.
On 06 May 1880 Gervase Disney Alexander 15th Baron Cobham was born to Reginald Gervase Alexander (age 33).
On 06 May 1882 Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 23) and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 23). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 06 May 1883 Algernon Strutt 3rd Baron Belper was born to Henry Strutt 2nd Baron Belper (age 42) and Margaret Coke Baroness Belper (age 31).
On 06 May 1890 Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 35) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27).
On 06 May 1892 Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster was born to Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster (age 40) and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 28). His biological father was suspected to be Hugo Charteris 11th Earl of Wemyss (age 34) with whom his mother was believed to have been having an affair at the time.
On 06 May 1895 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 24).
On 06 May 1896 Christopher John Roper-Curzon 19th Baron Teynham was born to Henry Roper-Curzon 18th Baron Teynham (age 28).
On 06 May 1903 Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme was born to Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath (age 40) and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath (age 34).
On 06 May 1906 George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 28).
On 06 May 1914 George Parker 8th Earl Macclesfield was born to George Parker 7th Earl Macclesfield (age 25) and Lilian Joanna Vere Boyle Countess Macclesfield.
On 06 May 1924 Patricia Helen Kennedy was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 35) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 33).
On 06 May 1932 Alexander George Thynn 7th Marquess of Bath was born to Henry Frederick Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath (age 27) and Daphne Vivian Marchioness Bath (age 27).
On 06 May 1936 Edward Douglas Coke 7th Earl of Leicester was born to Anthony Louis Lovel Coke 6th Earl of Leicester (age 26).
Marriages on the 6th May
Before 06 May 1336 John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 18) and Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 18) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
After 06 May 1336 Robert Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle and Agnes Unknown Baroness Lisle were married. She by marriage Baroness Lisle of Rougemont.
Before 06 May 1410 Michael de la Pole 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 16) and Elizabeth Mowbray Countess Suffolk (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 44). He the son of Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 49) and Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk (age 34). He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 06 May 1589 John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope (age 40) and Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 06 May 1602 Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 24) and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill (age 36) were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland.
Before 06 May 1619 James Butler 10th Baron Dunboyne and Joan Butler (age 91) were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.
On 06 May 1635 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 28) and Catherine Lucas were married.
On 06 May 1680 Charles XI King Sweden (age 24) and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 52).
Before 06 May 1684 John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 24) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Atholl. She the daughter of William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton (age 49) and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton (age 52). He the son of John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl (age 53) and Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl (age 51). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 06 May 1724 Edward Neville 15th and 13th Baron Bergavenny (age 19) and Katherine Tatton Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Bergavenny. He the son of George Neville 13th and 11th Baron Bergavenny and Anne Walker Countess De La Warr.
On 06 May 1778 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 24) and Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont (age 22) were married. Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont (age 22)
On 06 May 1791 Stafford Henry Northcote 7th Baronet (age 28) and Jacquetta Baring Lady Northcote (age 22) were married at St Leonard's Church, Exeter [Map]. She by marriage Lady Northcote of Hayne in Devon.
On 06 May 1884 George William Thomas Brudenell 4th Marquess Ailesbury (age 20) and Dorothy Julia "Dolly Tester" Haseley Marchioness Ailesbury (age 23) were married.
On 06 May 1929 Geoffrey Hope-Morley 2nd Baron Hollenden (age 44) and Muriel Ivy Gladstone Baroness Hollenden were married. She by marriage Baroness Hollenden of Leigh in Kent.
On 06 May 1944 William Cavendish (age 26) and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
The Duke of Devonshire (age 49) and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr (age 28), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register The Duke of Rutland (age 24) served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire (age 48), the grooms William, Marquess of Hartington (age 26), the bride Kathleen Kennedy (age 24), Joseph Kennedy (age 28), Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire (age 49).
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20 Feb 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13 May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris. His first cousin once removed Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25 Jul 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12 Aug 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
On 06 May 1960 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 30) and Princess Margaret (age 29) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 59).
Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 33) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 27), whose wedding the couple had attended four years before, offered them a piece of land on their privately owned island, Mustique, and agreed to build a house for the couple on the land. It was designed in 1971 by uncle to Lord Snowdon, Oliver Messel, and named "Les Jolies Eaux" aka "The Pretty Waters"
Deaths on the 6th May
On 06 May 988 Dirk Gerulfing II Count Holland (age 63) died. His son Arnulf Gerulfing Count Holland (age 38) succeeded Count Holland. Luitgarde Luxemburg Countess Holland by marriage Countess Holland.
On 06 May 1144 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche (age 64) died. His son Routrou Chateaudun IV Count Perche (age 9) succeeded IV Count Perche.
On 06 May 1328 Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter (age 28) died. His son John Fitzwalter 3rd Baron Fitzwalter (age 13) succeeded 3rd Baron Fitzwalter.
On 06 May 1417 Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray (age 69) died.
On 14 Apr 1471 Edward IV (age 28) commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George (age 21) and Richard (age 18), John Babington (age 48), Wiliam Hastings (age 40) (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys (age 30), William Parr (age 37), John Savage (age 49), William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 41), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh (age 40), John Scott (age 48) and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount (age 29), Humphrey Bourchier (age 40), Humphrey Bourchier (age 36), Henry Stafford (age 46) and Thomas Parr were killed.
The Lancastrians ...
Warwick the Kingmaker (age 42) was killed. Earl Salisbury forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the Earldom may be in abeyance. Baron Montagu and Baron Montagu abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 19) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14).
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 40) was killed. Marquess Montagu extinct. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 43) was killed. His son Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 40) commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford (age 46) and John Paston (age 27) were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 28) commanded, and John Paston (age 29) and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 33) fought.
Robert Harleston (age 36) was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury (age 62) was killed.
Thomas Tresham (age 51) escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on 06 May 1471.
On 06 May 1527 Charles Bourbon III Duke Bourbon (age 37) was killed during the Sack of Rome.
On 06 May 1548 Anthony Browne (age 48) died at Byfleet, Surrey. He was buried at Senlac Hill Hastings. Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 19) inherited Cowdray House [Map].
After 06 May 1552 Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 45) died.
On 30 Apr 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 61) died at Caus Castle [Map]. His son Henry Stafford 2nd Baron Stafford succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford. On 06 May 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (deceased) was buried at Church of All Saints Worthen, Shropshire.
On 06 May 1583 Margaret Skipwith Baroness Tailboys died.
On 06 May 1631 Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet (age 60) died. His son Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire. Margaret Howard Lady Cotton by marriage Lady Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.
On 06 May 1634 John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery (age 59) died at Golden Grove, Llanfihangel. His son Richard Vaughan 2nd Earl Carbery (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Carbery.
On 06 May 1659 Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 57) died.
On 06 May 1675 August Philipp Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 62) died at Beck. His son Frederick Louis Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 22) succeeded Louis I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
On 06 May 1681 Philip Wodehouse 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His grandson John Wodehouse 4th Baronet (age 12) succeeded 4th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall.
On 06 May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York (age 48) [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 24) drowned. His son Robert Ker 4th Earl Roxburghe (age 5) succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York (age 48) wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
On 06 May 1703 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl (age 72) died. His son John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 43) succeeded 2nd Marquess Atholl, 3rd Earl Atholl, 4th Earl Tullibardine. Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 41) by marriage Marchioness Atholl.
On 06 May 1726 Mary Cole Countess of Drogheda (age 66) died.
On 06 May 1757 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 73) died. His grandson Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 21) succeeded 3rd Duke Grafton, 3rd Earl Euston, 3rd Viscount Ipswich, 3rd Baron Sudbury, 4th Earl Arlington, 4th Viscount Thetford, 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 20) by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On or before 06 May 1762 Francis Wolstenholme 7th Baronet died. He was buried on 06 May 1762. Baronet Wolstenholme of London extinct.
On 06 May 1763 Robert Davers 5th Baronet (age 28) was killed during Pontiac's War. His brother Charles Davers 6th Baronet (age 25) succeeded 6th Baronet Davers of Rougham in Suffolk.
On 06 May 1764 Edward Wingfield 2nd Viscount Powerscourt (age 34) died. His brother Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (age 33) succeeded 3rd Viscount Powerscourt. Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt by marriage Viscountess Powerscourt.
On 06 May 1769 James Tuchet 7th Earl Castlehaven (age 46) died unmarried. His brother John Tuchet 8th Earl Castlehaven (age 44) succeeded 8th Earl Castlehaven, 18th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 8th Baron Audley of Orier in England, 6th Baron Audley of Hely in Ireland.
On 06 May 1774 John Ward 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (age 70) died. His son John Ward 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (age 49) succeeded 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley in Worcestershire, 7th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
On 06 May 1815 George Thomas 3rd Baronet (age 75) died. His son William Lewis Thomas 4th Baronet (age 32) succeeded 4th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
On 06 May 1855 Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker died.
On 06 May 1857 Edward Haggerston 7th Baronet (age 60) died. His brother John Haggerston 8th Baronet (age 58) succeeded 8th Baronet Haggerston of Haggerston Castle in Northumberland.
On 06 May 1870 James Young Simpson 1st Baronet (age 58) died at 52 Queen Street Edinburgh. His son Walter Grindlay Simpson 2nd Baronet (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet Simpson of Strathavon and the City of Edinburgh.
On 06 May 1873 Thomas Laurence Dundas 2nd Earl Zetland (age 78) died at his home Aske Hall North Yorkshire. His nephew Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland (age 28) succeeded 3rd Earl Zetland aka Shetland, 4th Baron Dundas, 5th Baronet Dundas of Kerse.
On 06 May 1907 Roger John Twisden 10th Baronet (age 54) died. His uncle Reverend John Francis Twisden 11th Baronet (age 81) succeeded 11th Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.
On 06 May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68) died. His son George V King United Kingdom (age 44) succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 06 May 1921 Herbert Colstoun Gardner 1st Baron Burghclere (age 74) died. Baron Burghclere of Walden in Essex extinct.
On 06 May 1927 Henry Alexander Gordon Howard 4th Earl of Effingham (age 60) died. His first cousin Gordon Howard 5th Earl of Effingham (age 54) succeeded 5th Earl of Effingham, 15th Baron Howard of Effingham.
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 06 May 1945 Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison Lady Codrington (age 80) died.
On 06 May 1970 Nancy Lycett Green Baroness Vivian died.
On 06 May 1978 Hubert Acland 4th Baronet (age 87) died. His son Antony Guy Acland 5th Baronet (age 61) succeeded 5th Baronet Acland of St Mary Magdalen in Oxford.
On 06 May 1978 Charles Hedworth Mills 4th Baron Hillingdon (age 56) died.
On 06 May 1979 Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale (age 82) died.
On 06 May 2011 Kenelm Ernest Lee Guinness 4th Baronet (age 82) died. His son Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness 5th Baronet (age 49) succeeded 5th Baronet Guinness of Ashford in Country Galway.
