On this Day in History ... 30th April
30 Apr is in April.
1465 Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville
1483 Dinner and Arrest of the Woodville Affinity
1536 Trial of Anne and George Boleyn
1685 Execution of the Wigtown Martyrs
1694 Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven
Events on the 30th April
On 30 Apr 783 Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died.
Florence of Worcester. 30 Apr 1139. King Stephen at Worcester, Hereford, and Oxford. Within the octave of Easter, which happened on the second of the calends of May (30th April), Stephen, the magnificent king of England, coming to Worcester, with a royal retinue, was received with great festivity by the clergy and the people of the city and neighbourhood, in solemn procession. The prayers being ended, and the blessing given as usual, the king took his royal ring from his finger, and offered it on the altar; and on the morrow it was returned to him, by common consent of the monks. Therefore the king, remarking with surprise the humility and devotion of the flock of the church of Worcester, yea, rather of the Lord, took back his ring, as he had been adjured to do for the love of St. Mary, mother of God. After his departure from Worcester, the king encamped at Ludlow, where he caused forts to be erected in two positions, and stationed strong bodies of troops in them to assault the castle, which held out against him; and then returning, by way of Worcester, marched towards London. Some of the soldiers, unsparing in their execrable warfare, and driven by their headstrong courage, determined to try their strength on Ludlow. To accomplish this undertaking, large bodies of troops began to flock together. It was truly a pitiable sight to behold one poising his spear against another, and running him through; thus putting him to death, without thinking what would be the judgment the spirit would receive. But king Stephen checked such designs, by the terror of his threats; and going a second time to Ludlow, by way of Worcester, settled all things peaceably, and then made a quiet and joyful journey to Oxford—that is, the ox-ford. While he stayed there, a charge of rebellion urgently requiring it, he arrested Roger, bishop of Salisbury, and his nephew, the bishop of Lincoln, and also Roger, his chancellor, for engaging in a treasonable conspiracy against his crown, and committed them to custody. On hearing this, Nigel (age 39), bishop of Ely, fearing for himself and his adherents, fled with a body of soldiers to Devizes, that he might find protection there. The case of these bishops has been already more fully stated in this work;1 but it appears to have been brought to a point in the present year. In a council afterwards held it was enacted that all fortified towns, castles, and strong places whatever, throughout England, devoted mainly to secular purposes, should submit to the jurisdiction of the king and his barons; but that churchmen, namely, the bishops, whom I will call God's watch-dogs, should not cease to bark in defence of their flock, and take every care lest the invisible wolf, their malignant foe, should tear and scatter the sheep.
Note 1. See before, p. 260.
On 30 Apr 1245 King Philip III of France was born to King Louis IX of France (age 31) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. The following visits, during her [Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 63)] stay in London, are recorded. On the 30th of April, the Countess of Warren to supper (age 62). On the 1st of May, the Countess of Pembroke (age 41) to dinner; and the King after dinner. On the 2nd of May, the Countesses of Warren (age 62) and Pembroke (age 41) to dinner; and the King (age 45), the Prince of Wales (age 27), the Earl of March (age 29), and others, after dinner. On the 3rd of May, the Countess of Pembroke (age 41) and the Maréchal D'Audenham to dinner; and the Earl of Arundel (age 52), "et plures magnates Franciæ1," after dinner. On the 4th, the Count of Tancarville to dinner. On the 5th, the Countesses of Warren and Pembroke and the Maréchal D'Audenham again to dinner; and the Chancellor of England and many French noblemen after dinner. On the 6th the Chief Justice and the Barons of the Exchequer to dinner. On the four following days, the Countesses of Warren, Kent, and Pembroke dine with the Queen; and on the last of the four Sir John de Wynewyk comes to supper. On the 11th, Queen Philippa (age 43) appears to have dined with Isabella, but the entry is partially obliterated; the Earl Marshal and other noblemen came after dinner. On the 12th, the Countess of Pembroke dined, and the Cardinals ( of Périgord and St. Vitalis ), the Archbishop of Sens, and some French noblemen came after dinner. On Sunday the 13th, the Countess of Warren and others from London, as it is expressed, dined; and the King of France, the Chancellor of England, and others, visited the Queen after dinner.
Note 1. and several magnates of France.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 30th of April [1358], Isabella (age 63) returned to London, where she remained till the 11th of May; having her residence in the house of the Archbishop of York.
It must be remembered that at this period anxious efforts were being made by Edward III. to settle terms of a peace with his captive, John of France; and it can hardly be believed that Isabella was inactive in these negotiations. Her presence at Windsor at the festival of St. George, her residence in London, and her frequent communications with the French captives, warrant us in concluding that she did in fact take part in them; and the eager interest with which she watched their progress is proved by an entry in these accounts of a donation on the 10th of May of the considerable sum of six pounds thirteen shillings ( equal in value to about ninety pounds of the present currency ) to a messenger bringing a letter from Sir William de Wynewyk, at Windsor, certifying her of reports of the conclusion of an agreement between the two sovereigns, and of the same sum given by her, the same day, to a courier bearing a letter from Queen Philippa, convey ing the same intelligence.
Chronicle of Gregory 1439. 30 Apr 1439. And the laste day of Aprylle deyde the Erle of Warwyke (age 57) at Roone [Map]. Ande the same year the Cardynalle Archebyschoppe of Yorke (age 59), the Byschoppe of Northewyche (age 51), the Byschoppe of Syn Davys and many othyr docters, and the Duke of Northefolke (age 23), the Erle of Stafford (age 36), the lord Bowcer, and the Lord Hungerforde (age 39), with a grete mayny, wente unto Calys; and they hadde the Duke of Orlyaunce (age 44) with them for to trete of pes by twyne Ingelonde and Fraunce. And there mette with them the grete lordys of Fraunce, that is to wyte, of spyrytualle and temporalle, the Archebyschoppe of Raynys (age 59), whythe many moo byschoppys, the Erle of Wendon (age 63), a the Bastarde of Orlyaunce (age 36), and many othyr lordys of Fraunce; and thedyr come the Byschoppe of Spayne and of Colayne, and many moo othyr dyvers contreys that com fro the Counselle of Basylle.
Calendars. 30 Apr 1456. Commission of oyer and terminer to Henry, duke of Exeter, Humphrey, duke of Buckingham, Jasper, earl of Pembroke (age 24), Humphrey Stafford, knight, son and heir of the duke of Buckingham, Richard, earl of Salisbury, Henry, earl of Northumberland, John, earl of Worcester, Henry, viscount of Bourghchier, Ralph Butteler of Sudeley, knight, John Bourghchier of Barners, knight, Thomas Stanley of Stanley, knight, William Marowe, mayor of London, John Fortescu, knight, John Prysot, Peter Ardern, William Yelverton, John Markham, Richard Byngham, Ralph Poole, Nicholas Assheton, Robert Danvers, Robert Danby, Walter Mule and Thomas Ursewyk, in London and the suburbs thereof, touching all treasons, insurrections, rebellions, felonies, trespasses, lollardries, convocations, combinations, associations, conspiracies, misprisions, confederacies, false allegiances, riots, routs, robberies, plunderings, homicides, murders, rapes of women, congregations, unlawful gatherings, negligences, falsities, deceptions, contempts, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, extortions, champerties, ambidextrics and other offences committed since Easter last. By K. & C.
Chronicle of England by William of Worcester. On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord [30th April 1465] in the Tower of London, the King, in preparation for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, knighted several individuals, whose names follow: [Names not listed]
Die Ascensionis Domini in Turri Londoniæ dominus rex erga coronationem reginæ Elizabethæ creavit milites, quorum nomina sequuntur:
On 30 Apr 1483 King Richard III of England (age 30) met Richard Grey (age 26) and Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 43) at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [Map] who were accompanying King Edward V of England (age 12) to from Ludlow to London. All three had dinner together. 
Croyland Chronicle. 30 Apr 1483. On reaching Northampton, where the duke of Buckingham (age 28) joined him, there came thither for the purpose of paying their respects to him, Antony, earl of Rivers (age 43), the king's uncle, and Richard Grey (age 26), a most noble knight, and uterine brother to the king, together with several others who had been sent by the king, his nephew, to submit the conduct of everything to the will and discretion of his uncle, the duke of Gloucester (age 30). On their first arrival, they were received with an especially cheerful and joyous countenance, and, sitting at supper at the duke's table, passed the whole time in very pleasant conversation. At last, Henry, duke of Buckingham (age 28), also arrived there, and, as it was now late, they all retired to their respective lodgings.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1510-1519. 1513. This yeare, on the Assension Even,e Edmonde de la Pole (age 42)f was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map].
Note e. We should here read May Even as in Arnold and Stow; Ascension Even in 1513 fell on May 4th, whereas the Duke was executed on the 30th April, 1518.
Note f. Edmund de la Pole (age 42), son of John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, was nephew of Edward IV and brother of the Earl of Lincoln who was slain at the battle of Stoke; his other brother, Richard de la Pole (age 33), called the White Rose, was afterwards slain before the city of Pavia, in 1525.
74 W Sabyn to WoIsey. W Sabyn to Wolsey.
Under sail : 30 April [1513].
[Sabyn showed the King’s letter of credence to the admiral. The strength of the French is too great in Brittany. There are places on the coast or islands that can be destroyed. The attack on Pregent’s galleys was imprudent. Convicts should be sent for the galleys.]
Right honorabill and my singuler good mayster, I reco[mm]end myself to youre good maysterchyppe, besechyng Jhesu to preserve you to God’s p[lesur.]
As so that accordyng to the Kyng’s commandement and yours, I scho[yd to] mylorde Admyrall all soche credens as I was commandyd by the Ky[ng and] you, and sins hys departyng, I have schoyd yt to mylorde Fer[rers and] other off hys Consell to se yff yt had byn possybyll to a destroyd [owre] sovereyn lord’s enmys. Sir, I cannot se be them nor yt by my pore r[eson] that the Kyng’s Grras can have eny vantage off hys enymys [nor] we be abyll to londe, for they be in ther gret strenght apon [yt] with ther ordennas and gret nomber off pepoull, and make ever gret provysyon. Wherfor, Sir, by my sympyll reson and as me thyn[ks, if] the kyng’s
On 30 Apr 1513 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 42) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] after having been imprisoned for seven years. Duke Suffolk, Marquess Suffolk 1C and Earl Suffolk, Baron Pole forfeit.
On 30 Apr 1514 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Ross was born to King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 24) at Stirling Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Letters and Papers 1515. 30 Apr 1515. Shrewsb. MSS. P. f. 24b. Coll. of Arms. 1836. The Earl Of Shrewsbury to [?].
Thanks him for his continual kindness. Apologises for not writing, he and his servants having been so troubled with sickness that he could not send to London. Is sorry to hear that my Lord of Northumberland is committed to the Fleet. Hopes the King will shortly be good lord to him, and that the Earl will take no displeasure at it, as it might hurt himself. Desires to be commended to my said lord, "beseeching him of his good continuance in the matter that ye know of. Howbeit I dare not as yet be so bold to move the pilgrimage; for notwithstanding my lying here within this my lodge of Worsop with a small company with me, yet some of them do fall daily sick." Hopes when the plague is past "my said lord" will appoint a day for the pilgrimage. Will write to you to know my Lord's pleasure from time to time.
Corrected draft, p. 1.
On 30 Apr 1516 the Evil May Day Riots were a protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents. Some of the rioters were later hanged.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1510-1519. 30 Apr 1517. This yeare, on Thursday, the last day of Aprill, there was an insurrection of yonge men and aprentises in London.a And the Munday after, beinge the 4 of Maye, there was brought from the Tower of London to the Guyld-hall 54 persons,b and there were indited. And the morrowe after a 11 persons were judged to death; fower of them to be hanged, drawne, and their bowells brent, and then quartered, which was so done; one of them at Blanck Chappeltone,c another at Leaden Hall [Map], and two at the Standerd [Map] in Cheepe. And the other 7 were hanged on other gallowes which were sett up in divers places within the Cittie of London.
Note a. A fuller account of this uprising of the London Apprentices will be found in Hall and Stow.
Note b. 278 prisoners were arraigned before the Commissioners at Guildhall, of whom 13 were capitally executed. — Hall.
Note c. Blanche-Chapelton, i.e. Whitechapel.
On 30 Apr 1520 a skirmish took place on the High Street Edinburgh in which around five hundred supporters of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 45) fought with a similar number of supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 31), chiefs of Clan Hamilton and Douglas respectively, over who had control over King James V of Scotland (age 8).
Around eighty of the Hamilton's were killed with the Douglases victorious as a consequence of around eight hundred more supporters arriving under the leadership of Angus' (age 31) brother William Douglas Prior of Coldingham (age 27).
John Montgomerie Master of Eglinton (age 37) was killed.
Archaeologia Volume 23 Section V. 30 Apr 1536. George. The first that was taken was Markys (age 24), And he was at Stepneth in examinacyon on Maye even. I can not tell how he was examined, but apon Maye daye in the mornynge he was in the towre, the trewth ys he confessed it, but yet the sayeing was that he was fyrst grevously racked, which I cowlde never know of a trewth.
Calendars. 14. "Thereupon it was decided and concluded that the Queen was an adulteress, and deserved to be burnt alive. The Councillors were summoned to meet at the King's palace at Greenwich, opposite London, on the other side of the river Thames, on April 30.
15. "At this time I was in attendance upon Crumwell at the Court, soliciting the payment of a stipend awarded to me by the most serene King. I was known to the Evangelical Bishops, whom your most holy mother had appointed from among those schoolmasters who favoured the purer doctrine of the Gospel, and to whom she had intrusted the care of it. I was also upon intimate terms with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Latimer, to whom your most holy mother was in the habit of confessing when she went to the Lord's Table. He it was for whom she sent when she was in prison and knew that she should shortly die. Although this most holy Queen, your very pious mother, had never spoken with me, nor had I ever received ought from anyone in her name, nor do I ever expect any such thing, (for all royal Courts have hitherto been opposed to me,) yet in consequence of what I had shortly before heard respecting as well her modesty, prudence, and gravity, as her desire to promote the pure doctrine of the Gospel and her kindness to the poor, from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Latimer, and even from Crumwell himself, I was deeply grieved in my heart at that tragedy about to be enacted by the Emperor, the Pope, and the other enemies of the Gospel, whose intention it was, along with her, to bury true religion in England and thus to restore impiety and idolatry.
Life of Anne Boleyn by Lancelot du Carle. Here is the beginning of the end of Anne Boleyn. The Letter describes a Lord berating his sister for being flirtatious; we don’t know when that conversation occurred. She, in response, and to deflect criticism from herself, points out that Queen Anne has been behaving much worse, with Anne’s musician Mark Smeaton, and that Queen Anne has been having ‘carnal intimacy’ with her brother George Boleyn.
| Une des Seigneurs du Conseil plus esfroitA most feared Lord of the Council |
| Voyant sa soeur, qui mainctz signes faisoitseeing his sister, who was making many signs |
| D'aymer aulcuns par amour deshonnesteof loving someone dishonestly |
| Par bon Conseil fraternel l'admonesteby good fraternal advice admonished her |
| Qu'elle acqueiot une hontesuse famethat she was gaining a shameful reputation |
| De mal vivante, et impudicque femmeof bad living, and being a shameless woman, |
| Et grandement son honneur blesseroitand her honour would be greatly harmed |
| Si de peché tost ne se retiroitif the sin was not reined in. |
The name of the sister is uncertain. John Hussee’s letter to Honour Grenville, Lady Lisle, wife of Henry’s illegitimate uncle Arthur, Viscount Lisle, on the 24th of May 1536 [See Letter] has ‘As to the confession of the Queen and others, they said little or nothing; but what was said was wondrous discreetly spoken. The first accuser, the lady Worcester (age 34), and Nan Cobham with one maid mo; but the Lady Worcester (age 34) was the first ground.’ Hussee repeats the claim on the 25th of May 1536 ‘As to the Queen's accusers my lady Worcester is said to be the principal.’
On 30 Apr 1539 Barbara Habsburg Spain Duchess Ferrara was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress (age 35).
Diary of Edward VI. 30 Apr 1550. Dunglas was deliverid, as the treaty did require.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 30 Apr 1552. The sam day the Kynges (age 14) grase removyd from Westmynster unto Grenwyche [Map] at viij a-cloke in the mornyng.
Letters and Papers 1533. 30 Apr 1553. R. T. 137. 407. Henry VIII.
Commission to Thomas earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, keeper of the Privy Seal, and Master Edw. Foxe, the King's almoner, to conclude a stricter league and amity with Francis I. Westminster, 30 April 25 Hen. VIII.
Modern copy from the French Archives, pp. 2.
On 30 Apr 1553 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France was born to Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 28) and Marguerite Egmont (age 36) in Nomeny.
Letters and Papers 1533. Apr 1553. 419. Grants in April 1533, 25 Hen. VIII.
8. Sir Geo. Bulleyn, lord Rocheford. Wardship and marriage of Edm. Sheffeld, son and heir of Sir Rob. Sheffelde, during the minority of the said Edmund. Greenwich, 28 April 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 29 April.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 9.
Letters and Papers 1533. Apr 1553. R. O. 416. The Royal Supremacy.
A religious and political rhapsody in defence of the King's authority, on the text Ecclus. XV.:—Si volueris mandata conservare, conservabunt te. In the course of his argument the writer asserts that it was the Pope who endeavoured to set England against the Emperor, offering Henry VIII. a dispensation to "marry with France" and dissolve his previous marriage, which would have created war in Christendom; but God favored the King and his realm, so that "by my lady Anne chancing to enter and fulfil that place so opened" war was avoided. Thus the Popes have been makers of marriages between Kings and Queens only to set one against another, and prevent them meeting in a General Council. Thus the Pope maintains his lordship over all. If a council of Kings were held, the knowledge of Christ might be put into Kings' heads by God's teaching. To teach the King to know his office, "is made an ordinary head seal of the King's head office, wherein is figured the very form of God's law, like as in Heaven to be ministered, likewise in England." Discusses a multitude of figures contained in this head seal, and urges the necessity of a reformation, as the King has given away his lordship to the spiritualty.
Begins: "The wily deep-witted men taught, by the artificial crafts of men's wisdom so deeply sought, how their deep reason might rise so high in this world to overcome all other men's reason which are taught by their scolez (schools); as when unlettered and unlearned men by their scolez show such reason as God put into them (be it never so veylable), if lettered men do not love and favor it by their school teaching, are ever arguing to confound it, willing that no men's reason should be allowed, but only theirs of their sort which would confound all other sorts."
Ends: "And yt subject can hold no land by no riztwisnes of God under the sonne, but it be measured and met by the King's standard rizt of God's law above the sone. The King knoweth not his own rizt of his head office; he hath given his head rizt to his subjects, which by his own lauz hath robbed his kingly image by his sufferance at their wills; hath given it away from him to the spirituality, holden contrary to God's lauz. Here I make an end, for lack of paper."
Pp. 61. In the handwriting of Clement Armestrong.
Letters and Papers 1533. Apr 1553. R. O. 423. The Staple Of Calais.
"Demands to be made of the King's behalf of the merchants of the Staple."
1. That they shall pay the King the sums due this day upon all obligations according to the days of payment. 2. That they shall pay ½d. more on each woolfell that they shall load hereafter to Calais, and 13s. 4d. more on every sack. 3. That they shall bring in bullion for every sack according to law, and not henceforth make any exchanges without licence.
On these conditions the King is willing to take their house and lands in Calais and the Marches, and to accept the other offers made in their supplication, and to grant them liberty to ship and to continue their company, and to pay for no more wools and fells than they shall ship.
In Cromwell's hand, p. 1.
ii. Memoranda on the back of the preceding:—
"For to remember the judgment to be prepared for in the King's great matter.
Item, for the despatch of my lord of Norfolk (age 80).
Item, the bill for the succession, and to rest upon the same.
Item, for to devise for the coronation, and to see presendementtes for the same.
Item, to devise for lands for the Queen.
Item, for the establishment of the Dowager."
In Cromwell's hand.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 30 Apr 1557. The xxx day of Aprell was master Perse (age 29) was mad knyght and baroun.
Note. P. 133. Creations of Thomas Percy to the barony of Percy and earldom of Northumberland. Our chronicler has given correctly the dates of these restorations. The patents are printed in Rymer's collection, xv. 461, 462. In the following August the Earl was made Warden of the Middle and East Marches towards Scotland. Ibid. pp. 468, 472, 475.
On 30 Apr 1565 Robert "The Elder" Peake (age 14) commenced his training under Laurence Woodham at the Sign of "The Key" Goldsmith's Row Cheapside.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 30 Apr 1619. The 30th my Lord Southampton (age 45) was sworn a Privy Councillor at Tibbalds.
Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. The beloved Marquis of Buckingham (age 28), not yet satisfied with the censure of Sir Henry Yelverton (age 54), Knt., late the Attorney-General, passed against him in the Star-Chamber, upon the 10th day of November last foregoing, in 1620, which I have there more fully touched upon, was the means, this Easter Term, to have him called in question for new matters in the Upper House of Parliament. Here he laid open, upon Monday, the 30th day of April, so many of the Marquis's inordinate actions, comparing him to the Spencers, that misled King Edward the Second, of England; as his Lordship had been much better to have let him alone in the Tower, where he still remained prisoner since his former censure, than to have brought him upon the stage again, where his revenge might have cost him dear, had not the King himself, in person, and Prince Charles also appeared in the Upper House against Sir Henry Yelverton (age 54); so as the Lords, out of their great wisdoms, fearing at this time to irritate the King by their further questioning the Marquis, his favourite, remitted all further prosecution of those accusations; but sent back Sir Henry Telverton (age 54) to the Tower1, where he remwned awhile close prisoner.
Note 1. "On Wednesday was Sir Henry Yelverton censured by Parligment, fined ten thousand marks to the King, and five thousand marks to the Marquis of Buckingham, to make hia submission at the bar, and be imprisoned during pleasure. The Lord Marquis remitted the fine unto him, and offered to join with the Lords to his Majesty For mitigation of the rest." - Letter dated May 18th, Harl. MS
On 30 Apr 1636 Thomas Leventhorpe 2nd Baronet (age 43) was killed in a duel with Arthur Capell of Little Hadham (age 50). His son John Leventhorpe 3rd Baronet (age 6) succeeded 3rd Baronet Leventhorpe of Shingey Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 30 Apr 1651 Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. They were second cousin twice removed.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1662. This morning Sir G. Carteret (age 52) came down to the yard, and there we mustered over all the men and determined of some regulations in the yard, and then to dinner, all the officers of the yard with us, and after dinner walk to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], there to pay off the Success, which we did pretty early, and so I took leave of Sir W. Pen (age 41), he desiring to know whither I went, but I would not tell him. I went to the ladies, and there took them and walked to the Mayor's to show them the present, and then to the Dock, where Mr. Tippets made much of them, and thence back again, the Doctor being come to us to their lodgings, whither came our supper by my appointment, and we very merry, playing at cards and laughing very merry till 12 o'clock at night, and so having staid so long (which we had resolved to stay till they bade us be gone), which yet they did not do but by consent, we bade them good night, and so past the guards, and went to the Doctor's lodgings, and there lay with him, our discourse being much about the quality of the lady with Mrs. Pierce, she being somewhat old and handsome, and painted and fine, and had a very handsome maid with her, which we take to be the marks of a bawd. But Mrs. Pierce says she is a stranger to her and met by chance in the coach, and pretends to be a dresser. Her name is Eastwood. So to sleep in a bad bed about one o'clock in the morning.
On 30 Apr 1662 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland was born to King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 28) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 25) at St James's Palace [Map].
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Apr 1663. Came his Majesty (age 32) to honor my poor villa with his presence, viewing the gardens, and even every room of the house, and was pleased to take a small refreshment. There were with him the Duke of Richmond (age 24), Earl of St. Alban's (age 58), Lord Lauderdale (age 46), and several persons of quality.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1664. My Lord Digby's (age 51) business is hushed up, and nothing made of it; he is gone, and the discourse quite ended.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1664. My poor Lady Sandwich (age 39) is fallen sick three days since of the meazles.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1667. Up, and Mr. Madden come to speak with me, whom my people not knowing have made to wait long without doors, which vexed me. Then comes Sir John Winter (age 67) to discourse with me about the forest of Deane, and then about my Lord Treasurer (age 60), and asking me whether, as he had heard, I had not been cut for the stone, I took him to my closet, and there shewed it to him, of which he took the dimensions and had some discourse of it, and I believe will shew my Lord Treasurer (age 60) it.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1667. Thence to the office, where we sat all the morning, but little to do, and then to the 'Change [Map], where for certain I hear, and the News book declares, a peace between France and Portugal. Met here with Mr. Pierce, and he tells me the Duke of Cambridge (age 3) is very ill and full of spots about his body, that Dr. Frazier (age 57) knows not what to think of it.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1668. Thence I to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw "The Tempest", which still pleases me mightily, and thence to the New Exchange, and then home, and in the way stopped to talk with Mr. Brisband, who gives me an account of the rough usage Sir G. Carteret (age 58) and his Counsel had the other day, before the Commissioners of Accounts, and what I do believe we shall all of us have, in a greater degree than any he hath had yet with them, before their three years are out, which are not yet begun, nor God knows when they will, this being like to be no session of Parliament, when they now rise.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1668. So home, and there took up Mrs. Turner (age 45) and carried her to Mile End [Map] and drank, and so back talking, and so home and to bed, I being mighty cold, this being a mighty cold day, and I had left off my waistcoat three or four days. This evening, coming home in the dusk, I saw and spoke to our Nell, Pain's daughter, and had I not been very cold I should have taken her to Tower Hill [Map] para together et toker her. Thus ends this month; my wife in the country, myself full of pleasure and expence; and some trouble for my friends, my Lord Sandwich (age 42), by the Parliament, and more for my eyes, which are daily worse and worse, that I dare not write or read almost any thing. The Parliament going in a few days to rise; myself so long without accounting now, for seven or eight months, I think, or more, that I know not what condition almost I am in, as to getting or spending for all that time, which troubles me, but I will soon do it. The Kingdom in an ill state through poverty; a fleete going out, and no money to maintain it, or set it out; seamen yet unpaid, and mutinous when pressed to go out again; our Office able to do little, nobody trusting us, nor we desiring any to trust us, and yet have not money for any thing, but only what particularly belongs to this fleete going out, and that but lamely too. The Parliament several months upon an Act for £300,000, but cannot or will not agree upon it, but do keep it back, in spite of the King's desires to hasten it, till they can obtain what they have a mind, in revenge upon some men for the late ill managements; and he is forced to submit to what they please, knowing that, without it, he shall have no money, and they as well, that, if they give the money, the King (age 37) will suffer them to do little more; and then the business of religion do disquiet every body, the Parliament being vehement against the Nonconformists, while the King (age 37) seems to be willing to countenance them. So we are all poor, and in pieces-God help us! while the peace is like to go on between Spain and France; and then the French may be apprehended able to attack us. So God help us!
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1669. Up, and by coach to the coachmaker's: and there I do find a great many ladies sitting in the body of a coach that must be ended by to-morrow: they were my Lady Marquess of Winchester, Bellassis, and other great ladies; eating of bread and butter, and drinking ale. I to my coach, which is silvered over, but no varnish yet laid on, so I put it in a way of doing; and myself about other business, and particularly to see Sir W. Coventry (age 41), with whom I talked a good while to my great content; and so to other places-among others, to my tailor's: and then to the belt-maker's, where my belt cost me 55s., of the colour of my new suit; and here, understanding that the mistress of the house, an oldish woman in a hat hath some water good for the eyes, she did dress me, making my eyes smart most horribly, and did give me a little glass of it, which I will use, and hope it will do me good.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1669. Thence to the frame-maker's one Morris, in Long Acre, who shewed me several forms of frames to choose by, which was pretty, in little bits of mouldings, to choose by. This done, I to my coach-maker's, and there vexed to see nothing yet done to my coach, at three in the afternoon; but I set it in doing, and stood by it till eight at night, and saw the painter varnish which is pretty to see how every doing it over do make it more and more yellow; and it dries as fast in the sun as it can be laid on almost; and most coaches are, now-a-days done so, and it is very pretty when laid on well, and not pale, as some are, even to shew the silver. Here I did make the workmen drink, and saw my coach cleaned and oyled; and, staying among poor people there in the alley, did hear them call their fat child Punch, which pleased me mightily that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. At night home, and there find my wife hath been making herself clean against to-morrow; and, late as it was, I did send my coachman and horses to fetch home the coach to-night, and so we to supper, myself most weary with walking and standing so much, to see all things fine against to-morrow, and so to bed. God give a blessing to it! Meeting with Mr. Sheres, he went with me up and down to several places, and, among others, to buy a perriwig, but I bought none; and also to Dancre's (age 44), where he was about my picture of Windsor, which is mighty pretty, and so will the prospect of Rome be.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1669. At noon my wife come to me at my tailor's, and I sent her home and myself and Tom dined at Hercules' Pillars; and so about our business again, and particularly to Lilly's (age 50), the varnisher about my prints, whereof some of them are pasted upon the boards, and to my full content.
Pepy's Diary. 30 Apr 1669. So to the Mr. Cutler's, and there did give Tom, who was with me all day a sword cost me 12s. and a belt of my owne; and set my own silver-hilt sword a-gilding against to-morrow. This morning I did visit Mr. Oldenburgh, and did see the instrument for perspective made by Dr. Wren (age 45), of which I have one making by Browne; and the sight of this do please me mightily.
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Apr 1672. Congratulated Mr. Treasurer Clifford's (age 41) new honor, being made a Baron.
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Apr 1680. To a meeting of the executors of late Viscountess Mordaunt's estate, to consider of the sale of Parson's Green, being in treaty with Mr. Loftus, and to settle the half year's account.
On 13 Apr 1685 Margaret Wilson (age 18), Agnes Wilson and Margaret McLachlan were indicted as being guilty of conventicles. They were found guilty on all charges, and sentenced to be "tied to palisades fixed in the sand, within the floodmark of the sea, and there to stand till the flood o'erflowed them". Agnes Wilson was subsequently granted freedom on a bond of 100 Pounds Scots. Reprieves were written out for the two Margarets with a date of 30 Apr 1685.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 30 Apr 1690. Wednesday, Mr Jones & Streete came about 11, to offer lands at Northop, to sell; they dined with us; went about 3. Morgan came at night.
Calendars. 30 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Commission for Isaac Scott, gent., to be lieutenant to Robert, Lord Lucas' company in Brigadier Hastings' regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 126.]
Calendars. 30 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Mary Goubar and her little daughter to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 40]; for Mareus Levi, Aron Jacobs, Meyer Samson, and Levy Hollander, ditto; for James Stephens, ditto; for Mr. John Newport, ditto; for Thomas Janse, ditto; for Melchisedec Gerard, ditto [ibid., p. 41]; for Mr. Henry Pease, ditto; for James de Cassel, ditto; for James Emins, ditto; for John Johnsen, ditto [Ibid., p. 42]; and for Mr. William Cupper (sic) and Mr, Peter Cooper (sic) to go to Holland [Ibid. 38, p. 273].
Calendars. Apr ?. [Sir Charles Hedges to the Earl of Nottingham.] The ship, Wrestling Jacob, laden with naval stores for France, was taken by Captain Mees in July last. The ship was condemned, and an appeal is now pending. [H. O. Admiralty 2, p. 687.]
Calendars. Apr. Whitehall. Warrant to Col. John Beaumont, lieutenant of Dover Castle, to impress as many mariners, seamen, and seafaring men as can be got for the service of the fleet, and return in writing a list of the numbers and names of those that shall be so impressed and how they are disposed. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 268.]
On 30 Apr 1694 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury (age 33) was created 1st Duke Shrewsbury, 1st Marquess Alton by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 43) in recognition of Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury 1660-1718's support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven.
On 30 Apr 1718 Ernest Augustus Hanover 1st Duke of York and Albany (age 43) was appointed 530th Knight of the Garter by King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 57).
Diary of Caroline Girlie. 30 Apr 1757. N.B.-We set out on the 8th July and return'd the 9th September. Travel'd 665 miles.
Diary of Caroline Girlie. 30 Apr 1757. April 30th, 1757. - Went to see the Earl of Chesterfield's new house in South Audley Street. The whole very magnificent.
Travels through the middle settlements in North America Chapter 1. 30 Apr 1759. April 30. We passed by the Lizard, and in the evening discovered a sail, which proved to be an English Hoop laden with corn. She had been taken by a French privateer, and was steering for France: there were three Frenchmen and one Englishman on board. The commodore sent some hands to her, with orders to carry her to Penzance, Cornwall.
After 30 Apr 1789. Monument to Isabella Pilkington (age 8) at Wakefield Cathedral [Map].
Isabella Pilkington: On 29 Aug 1780 she was born to Michael Pilkington 6th Baronet. On 30 Apr 1809 Isabella Pilkington died.
On 30 Apr 1792 William Weddell of Newby (age 55) died. He was buried in Ripon Cathedral [Map]. Monument with bust by Joseph Nollekens (age 54).
William Weddell of Newby: On 13 May 1736 he was born.
On 30 Apr 1810 Charles James Yorke (age 12) died of scarlet fever.
After 30 Apr 1827. Memorial to John Giffard died 05 May 1819 and Ambrose Harding Giffard, eldest son of John, died 30 Apr 1827, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard.
On 30 Apr 1841 Christiana Bacon (age 34) died of consumption. She was buried at St Thomas' Church, Exeter.
Over Haddon. On the 30th of April a barrow [Map] [Burton Moor Barrow [Map]] near Over Haddon, in land called Grindlow, was examined as completely as the meeting of three walls on its summit would allow. It had been much mutilated; but fortunately the primitive interments lay too deep to receive injury from the labours of those in search of stone, by whom an important interment of secondary date had been destroyed. The original deposit had been made on the rock a little below the natural surface, and about 5 feet from the top of the mound; it comprised three skeletons, laid in the usual contracted position, two of which were females; with them were one or two rude instruments of flint, and a fine collection of jet ornaments, 73 In number, which form a very handsome necklace. Of these 26 are cylindrical beads, 39 are conical studs, pierced at the back by two holes meeting at an angle in the centre; and the remaining 8 are flat dividing plates, ornamented in the front with a punctured chevron pattern, superficially drilled in the jet; 7 of them are laterally perforated with three holes, to admit of their being connected by a triple row of the cylindrical beads, whilst the 8th, which is of bone, ornamented in the same style, has nine holes at one side, which diminish to three on the other by being bored obliquely. Above these bodies, which were covered with stone, the mound was of unmixed earth, very compact and clayey, and between the stone and earth were many pieces of calcined bone, and numerous splinters of the leg bones of large animals, some of which are likely to have been used as points for weapons. In the earth near the summit of the barrow were some relics of a later interment, probably of a distinguished Saxon, with whom had been deposited a circular enamel, of which only the silver plated frame remained, the latter is engrailed on the front, and engraved with a lozengy pattern round the edge; and a bowl of thin bronze, very neatly made, with a simple hollow moulding round the edge, which when complete was 7 inches diameter, and appears to have had two handles soldered or cemented to the sides. The bowl was broken when found, and no handles were discovered; but it is probable that both they and some other ornaments, as well as another of the bone plates with 9 perforations, which is wanting to complete the necklace, would have been found if the triple wall could have been removed, as the point of junction was directly over the place where the interments lay, which were exhumed by a dangerous undercutting.
Note. Photo of the necklace on display at Weston Park Museum, Sheffield.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1852. 30 Apr 1852. Drew at Clipstone St., and remained for the grand supper this evening, about 30 present, amongst them Wingfield (the Chairman and soul of the affair), Sleigh, Dalziel (who sang "George Barnwell"), Pasquier, Sydney Parry, Williams, Alfred Taylor, Jenkins, Leigh, of Newman St., who responded to the toast to the Visitors, proposed by Wingfield, (the latter making a most amusing reply to his health drinking), Carl Haag, Earl (desperate brandy drinker), Brodie, Young, Goodall, Glass, King (who sang two admirable mediæval songs). After Dalziel had sung In a flurry I began "Giles Scroggins," his song he called upon me. stumbled part of the way through it, and broke down.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1859. 30 Apr 1859. April 30. Found Simeon Solomon (age 18) and Poynter in Burges’ room and appropriated (by leave) a caricature by Simeon of Morris and his wife.
30 Apr 1875. The colliery was the property of Messrs. William Rigby and Company with Mr. George Sumner as the manager. An explosion took place at the colliery which claimed the lives of forty men and boys. The colliery was close to the Talk o’ th’ Hill and Bignall Hall Collieries at which there had been previous disasters. Every precaution was taken for the safety of the men and on the morning of the disaster one hundred went to work in the pit including thirty five into the Eight Feet Banbury seam to work about 800 yards from the shaft.
The colliery was the property of Messrs. William Rigby and Company with Mr. George Sumner as the manager. An explosion took place at the colliery which claimed the lives of forty men and boys. The colliery was close to the Talk o’ th’ Hill and Bignall Hall Collieries at which there had been previous disasters. Every precaution was taken for the safety of the men and on the morning of the disaster one hundred went to work in the pit including thirty five into the Eight Feet Banbury seam to work about 800 yards from the shaft.
Those who died: J. Ashmore, C. Baddeley, T. Beech, D. Boston, W. Boughey, J. Boyd, E. Breeze, J. Buckley, G. Burton, J. Carter, J. Chadwick, D. Charlesworth, I. Cooper, R. Dale H .Dean, T. Dean, D. Fox, E. Hancock, J. Hancock, W. Hancock, J. Higgins, G. Holland, J. Holland, T. Holland, R. Jackson, T. Lawton, J. Lucas, J. Marshall, T. Mason, W. Maxwell, H. Moore, W. Moore, S. Morris, J. Nield, T. Peats, W. Proudlove, J. Rogers, J. Stevenson, J. Stubbs, N. Sumner, T. Thompson, J. Yearsley One unnamed.
The inquest into the disaster was opened at the Swan Inn, Talk o’ th’ Hill, by Mr. J. Booth, Coroner. Mr. Wynne, the Inspector made a thorough inspection of the workings and Mr. S.B. Gilroy, Assistant Inspector, thought the mine was well managed but Mr. Wynne commented
For more than twenty years I have been pointing out what a "farce" it is to prohibit the use of naked lights in mines and yet allow powder to be used and have indulged in the hope that self-preservation would prevail over the more idle method of getting coal by blasting but I am now satisfied that the only safe course to take, is to prohibit all explosives in coal mines, and in a few years the coal owners would wonder how they could have allowed their coals to be blow to atoms and the roofs shaken as they have been for many years and the colliers would find that, having got rid of the impure fumes of the powder and dangers of explosions, together with the comparative safety from falls of roof, they were amply repaid for an extra hour of labour the wedging process would entail. Nothing could more clearly show the advantage of wedging over those of powder than to state of the two downbrows of 600 yards each, which effectually withstood the enormous strain which must have been put on them by the force of the air that must have been driven from the seat of the explosion, to the top of the upcast shaft, not so much as a hundredweight of coal was blown down in them or in the dips the slightest degree injured, or indeed was that proportion of the levels which was driven without blasting.
The only reason assigned for the change from wedging to blasting was, that Mr. Rigby could not compete with his neighbours if he wedged the coal and they blasted theirs so that to meet competition he was obliged to increase production and lessen cost.
In the report made by Mr. Dowdswell there was no doubt that the explosion was caused by a shot fired in a thirling on the East side of the engine brow and he was satisfied that there had been no breach of the rules and the fireman had taken all precautions before he fired the shot. It was thought that the method for firing the shots by a touch paper was most dangerous. It was thought that the fireman went to light the fuse and retired to a place which he thought was safe and opened his lamp to light the touch paper and it was thought that the gas came from the floor of the mine.
The jury returned and open verdict and recommended that blasting should be discontinued in all mines in which safety lamps were used. They also recommended that in opening out new workings, the ventilation should be set by bratticing and not by air pipes.
After 30 Apr 1875. All Saints Church, Old Rode. In Memory of Daniel Fox who was killed in the Bunker's Hill Colliery Explosion.
After 30 Apr 1875. All Saints Church, Old Rode. In Memory of Thomas Beech who was killed in the Bunker's Hill Colliery Explosion.
On 30 Apr 1884 father and daughter, Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, of near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) were married. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
Chester Chronicle, and Cheshire and North Wales General Advertiser. 30 Apr 1892. The Duchess Of Westminster (age 35) At Wybunbury.
Laying The Foundation Stone Of A New Church.
A new epoch in the church history at Wybunbury [St Chad's Church, Wybunbury [Map]] was celebrated on Monday afternoon, when the Duchess of Westminster (age 35), in the presence of a large gathering of churchpeople, formally laid the foundation stone of a new church.
The ceremony was one which the Duke of Westminster had promised to perform, but owing to unavoidable circumstances, His Grace was unable to attend.
A procession of church choirs, consisting of Nantwich, Wisaston, Audlem, and Wybunbury (surpliced for the first time) was formed at the Wybunbury Girls' School, and, headed by the bishop (age 47), the Rev. C.A. Stolterforth (Vicar), the Rev. F.G. Blackburne (Nantwich), the Rev. W.C. Reid, and the ministers of neighbouring parishes, marched, singing an appropriate processional hymn, to the site whereon the new church is to be erected.
The service here was in keeping with hearty church worship. The words of the hymns and psalms had special significance to the occasion, and the voices all sang with one accord the praises of the hour.
Upon the raised platforms were gathered some of the best county families. The Duchess of Westminster was supported by Lord Arthur Grosvenor (age 31), and there were also on the platform showing the same interest in the founding of the new church which his ancestors, who lie in the tombs of old Wybunbury churches, are reputed to have evinced in church work in the parish, Mr Louis Delves Broughton (age 34) and Mrs Broughton (age 27). Mr Twemlow, of Betley Court, was also an interested spectator, as was Judge Hughes who came over from Chester and mingled amongst the crowd.
The Duchess very gracefully performed the foundation stone laying, after which Lord Arthur Grosvenor apologised for the absence of His Grace, who said that he had been laid up with a cold for two or three days. In conclusion he wished every success to the building of the new church.
The Bishop (age 47), in the course of some remarks, said that they were refounding the old Church of St Chad's upon St Mark's Day, and St Mark's Day was peculiarly appropriate for such a work because the very keynote of St Mark's Day, as the character and life of the apostle was set before them in Holy Scripture, and in the service of their prayer book, was stability and recovered stability. He was sure that everyone here hoped that the work started today would be carried on with all that thoroughness or workmanship could bestow upon it, and that future generations would look back to the work begun today as worthy of both man and God. In conclusion the bishop gave hearty expression to the thanks of the congregation to the Duchess of Westmnister, to Sir Henry Bristowe and Miss Bristowe to whose energy and zeal he alluded, as also to the active work of the late Mr Acton, who was one of the churchwardens, and to whose memory he paid a tribute of respect, and to those who by their presence and support had assisted in the progress of the movement.
After the ceremony, tea was provided in a tent, and an organ recital was given in the evening.
The site of the new church is the site upon which the old church was built, and upon which, in fact, at least four Wybunbury churches have stood. The church at Wybunbury has a grand history. The records of the parish, although incomplete, prove that so far back as 1290 Wybunbury had its church and also its vicar. The identification of the latter is somewhat scanty, but the church records clearly set forth that Roberts was the name of the vicar at this early period. But there are forthcoming fragments of early church architecture which the workmen in digging up the foundations have come upon, that prove there was a church esxisting here even before 1290. They unearthed in a well-preserved state a stone so distinctly shaped and chiselled that the architect, Mr Spooner (Charles Sydney Spooner, 1862-1938 - Stu), who has had 20 years of experience of architecture, was persuaded that it belonged to the Norman style of architecture, or First Pointed or Transitional period. The stone was discovered in the rubble of the church, and had probably lain there for hundreds of years. The date is from 1130 to 1150, and it suggested that at some time it formed part of a circular doorway. Other stones have been discovered, several of which are of the 15th Century style of architecture, and it is supopsed that these once formed part of an arch. The fabric of the church of 1838, which in architectural phraseology was of the Churchwarden Gothic Style, has been demolished, with the exception of a good part of the south wall. The foundations of the demolished were very building were unsound, and the beams which supported this structure has shifted several inches. The builder of 50 years ago succeeded in restoring to the tower the perpendicular, a gigantic work, as in that day the tower had got out of position to the extent of 5 feet 6 inches.
The new church will be built central with the tower, and will be as near as possible a facsimile of the fifteenth-century church. There will be no galleries which formed part of the old church. The organ and vestry will be built in the south chancel aisle, and in the north chancel aisle there will be a Morning Chapel.
The foundation will consist of monolithic slabs of Portland Cement. The concrete for the foundation will be a thickness of 3 feet six inches, and the whole will be bound together by a network of inter-ties. The stones which have been unearthed will again be utilised for building up the new church, and a number of brass plates, which bear the names of long since dead parishioners who lie within the tombs of the church, will be carefully put back again. One of these plates is of great antiquity and is one of half a dozen similar plates in the county.
The cost of the new church will be about £6,000. Towards this amount a considerable sum has already been raised. The Duke of Westminster sent a donation of £100, and a collection on the ground realised a considerable sum. The work will be completed in about 12 months.
The architect is Mr James Brookes, the well-known church architect, of Wellington Street, Strand, London, and the clerk of the works is Mr Spooner. Messrs Treasure & Son, of Shrewsbury, are the contractors; and Mr John Bebbington is foreman of the works.
On 30 Apr 1900 Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham (age 89) died at Rode Hall, Cheshire. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. He was the last of the male line of Wilbraham's. His estate, including Rode Hall, Cheshire was inherited by his daughter Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham (age 50) and her husband George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 55).
Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham: On or before 23 May 1849 she was born to Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham and Elizabeth Frances Egerton. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.04%. On 04 Apr 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and she were married. On 04 Oct 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet died unmarried. His brother George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
After 30 Apr 1936. Memorial to Alfred Edward Housman (deceased) whose ashes were scattered in the Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map].
Alfred Edward Housman: On 26 Mar 1859 Alfred Edward Housman was baptised at Christ Church, Catshill. On 26 Mar 1859 he was born to Edward Housman and Sarah Jane Williams at Valley House, Fockbury. The eldest of seven children. In 1877 Alfred Edward Housman won an open scholarship to St John's College, Oxford University, and went there to study classics. On 30 Apr 1936 he died.
On 30 Apr 1946 Carl XVI King Sweden was born to Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 40) and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
Births on the 30th April
On 30 Apr 1245 King Philip III of France was born to King Louis IX of France (age 31) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 30 Apr 1331 Gaston Phoebus Foix III Count Foix was born to Gaston Foix II Count Foix (age 23) and Eleanore Comminges Countess Foix.
On 30 Apr 1514 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Ross was born to King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 24) at Stirling Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 30 Apr 1539 Barbara Habsburg Spain Duchess Ferrara was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress (age 35).
On 30 Apr 1553 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France was born to Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 28) and Marguerite Egmont (age 36) in Nomeny.
On 30 Apr 1553 Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bisshopp of Henfield in Surrey (age 47) and Elizabeth Belknap.
On 30 Apr 1564 Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll was born to Andrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll (age 33) and Jean Hay (age 24).
On 30 Apr 1619 Johannes Spilberg was born.
On 30 Apr 1630 William Spencer was born to William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer (age 39) and Penelope Wriothesley Baroness Spencer Wormleighton (age 31).
On 30 Apr 1654 Robert Digby 3rd Baron Digby was born to Kildare Digby 2nd Baron Digby (age 23).
On 30 Apr 1662 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland was born to King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 28) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 25) at St James's Palace [Map].
On 30 Apr 1680 John Ker 1st Duke Roxburghe was born to Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 22) and Margaret Hay Countess Roxburghe.
On 30 Apr 1691 Henry Ingram 7th Viscount Irvine was born to Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine (age 25).
On 30 Apr 1700 Percy Freke 2nd Baronet was born to Ralph Freke 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Meade.
On 30 Apr 1718 Catherine Brockholes Duchess Norfolk was born to John Brockholes and Mary Johnson (age 29).
On 30 Apr 1723 Louisa Egerton Countess Gower was born to Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 41) and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 16).
On 30 Apr 1725 Charles Dormer 8th Baron Dormer was born to John Dormer 7th Baron Dormer (age 33).
On 30 Apr 1726 Richard Leveson-Gower was born to John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 31) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower (age 35).
On 30 Apr 1729 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury was born to George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan (age 43) and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan (age 40).
On 30 Apr 1753 Edward Ward was born to Bernard Ward 1st Viscount Bangor (age 33) and Ann Bligh Viscountess Bangor.
On 30 Apr 1762 George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore was born to John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore (age 32) and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore (age 32).
On 30 Apr 1781 Frances Basset 2nd Baroness Basset was born to Francis Basset 1st Baron Dunstanville 1st Baron Basset Stratton (age 23).
On 30 Apr 1784 Montagu Bertie 5th Earl of Abingdon was born to Willoughby Bertie 4th Earl of Abingdon (age 44) and Charlotte Warren.
On 30 Apr 1785 Spencer Rodney 5th Baron Rodney was born to George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney (age 31) and Anne Harley Baroness Rodney (age 25).
On 30 Apr 1788 John Charles Ramsden was born to John Ramsden 4th Baronet (age 32) and Louise Ingram Lady Ramsden (age 22).
On 30 Apr 1809 Charles Nightingale 12th Baronet was born to Charles Ethelston Nightingale 11th Baronet (age 24) and Maria Dickonson Lady Nightingale (age 20) at Shoreditch [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.88%.
On 30 Apr 1813 Bertram Wodehouse was born to John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse (age 42) and Charlotte Norris Baroness Woodhouse.
On 30 Apr 1823 George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll was born to John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll (age 45) and Joan Glassel (age 48) at Ardencaple Castle.
On 30 Apr 1824 Charles Edward Pepys 2nd Earl of Cottenham was born to Charles Christopher Pepys 1st Earl of Cottenham (age 43) and Charlotte Maria Wingfield.
On 30 Apr 1825 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter was born to Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter (age 29) and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter (age 22).
On 30 Apr 1834 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury was born to John Lubbock 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Harriet Hotham.
On 30 Apr 1869 Philip de László was born in Budapest.
On 30 Apr 1877 Susan de la Poer Beresford was born to John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford (age 32) and Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset.
On 30 Apr 1881 Dorothea Maria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to Ferdinand Philipp Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 36) and Louise Wettin (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.
On 30 Apr 1887 Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd 7th Baronet was born to Arthur Chetwynd (age 29).
On 30 Apr 1907 John Somers Cocks 8th Baron Somers was born to Arthur Somers Cocks 7th Baron Somers (age 42).
On 30 Apr 1922 Friedrich Ernst Peter Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg was born to Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 30) and Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 23). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 30 Apr 1946 Carl XVI King Sweden was born to Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 40) and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
Marriages on the 30th April
On 30 Apr 1290 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 18) were married at Clerkenwell [Map]. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of King Edward I of England (age 50) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. 
On 30 Apr 1623 Robert Napier 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Frances Thornhurst (age 18) were married.
On 30 Apr 1629 Robert Carr 2nd Baronet (age 14) and Mary Gargrave Lady Carr were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell. She by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 30 Apr 1651 Ferdinand King Bohemia III Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. They were second cousin twice removed.
On 30 Apr 1669 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 71) and Isabella Stafford-Howard Marchioness Winchester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford (age 54) and Mary Stafford Countess Stafford (age 49). He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester.
On 30 Apr 1674 Nicholas Crispe 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Judith Adrian Lady Crispe were married. She by marriage Lady Crispe of Hammersmith in Middlesex.
On 30 Apr 1702 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 39) and Mary Woods (age 18) were married at St Bride's Church. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.
On 30 Apr 1713 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 29) and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. He the son of Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton and Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 45). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 30 Apr 1747 William Milner 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Mordaunt were married.
On 30 Apr 1771 James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis (age 28) and Catherine Mann were married. He the son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
On 30 Apr 1779 Charles Hamilton 8th Earl Haddington (age 25) and Sophia Hope (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Hope 2nd Earl Hopetoun (age 74) and Anne Ogilvy Countess Hopetoun. He the son of Thomas Hamilton 7th Earl Haddington (age 58) and Mary Lloyd Countess Rothes. They were second cousin once removed.
On 30 Apr 1850 Thomas Lyon Bowes 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27) and Charlotte Maria Barrington Countess of Strathmore (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 30 Apr 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 30) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 42).
On 30 Apr 1863 Edmund Charles Nugent 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Evelyn Henrietta Gascoigne Lady Nugent were married.
On 30 Apr 1868 Richard George Glyn 3rd Baronet (age 36) and Frances Geraldine Fitzgerald Lady Glyn (age 24) were married. She by marriage Lady Glyn of Gaunts in Dorset. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 30 Apr 1881 Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 19) were married at the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. See her autobiography Life's Ebb and Flow Page 38. He the son of George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke (age 63) and Anne Charteris Countess Warwick (age 52).
On 30 Apr 1884 father and daughter, Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, of near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) were married. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
On 30 Apr 1914 Gerald Wellesley 7th Duke Wellington (age 28) and Dorothy Violet Ashton Duchess Wellington (age 24) were married. The marriage necessary to produce an heir. He bi-sexual, she also. The marriage resulted in two children followed by separation although not divorce. She the daughter of Robert Ashton and Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough. He the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley 4th Duke Wellington (age 65) and Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams Duchess Wellington (age 65).
On 30 Apr 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Lister Cooper Baron Lucas and Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas (age 36) were married. He by marriage Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 30 Apr 1924 William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley (age 56) and Gertrude "Gertie" Millar Countess of Dudley (age 45) were married. She by marriage Countess of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire. He the son of William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 77).
On 30 Apr 1934 Roger Makins 1st Baron Sherfield (age 30) and Alice Brooks Davis were married.
Before 30 Apr 2018 Henry John Fitzroy 12th Duke of Beaufort (age 65) and Tracey Ward (age 59) were divorced.
On 30 Apr 2018 Henry John Fitzroy 12th Duke of Beaufort (age 65) and Georgia Powell Duchess of Beaufort (age 49) were married. He the son of David Fitzroy 11th Duke Beaufort (age 90) and Caroline Jane Thynne 11th Duchess Beaufort.
Deaths on the 30th April
On 30 Apr 783 Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died.
On 30 Apr 1341 John Capet III Duke Brittany (age 55) died. Earl Richmond extinct. The succession of the Duchy of Brittany was disputed between Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre (age 22) and John Montfort IV Duke Brittany (age 46) leading to the War of the Breton Succession. Joanna Dampierre Duchess Brittany (age 46) by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. His niece Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre (age 22) succeeded Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. Charles "Saint" Chatillon Duke Brittany (age 22) by marriage Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux. His half brother John Montfort IV Duke Brittany (age 46) succeeded IV Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux.
On 30 Apr 1439 Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 57) died at Rouen, France [Map]. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. His son Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick (age 14) succeeded 14th Earl Warwick. Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick (age 15) by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 30 Apr 1513 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 42) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] after having been imprisoned for seven years. Duke Suffolk, Marquess Suffolk 1C and Earl Suffolk, Baron Pole forfeit.
On 30 Apr 1520 a skirmish took place on the High Street Edinburgh in which around five hundred supporters of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 45) fought with a similar number of supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 31), chiefs of Clan Hamilton and Douglas respectively, over who had control over King James V of Scotland (age 8).
Around eighty of the Hamilton's were killed with the Douglases victorious as a consequence of around eight hundred more supporters arriving under the leadership of Angus' (age 31) brother William Douglas Prior of Coldingham (age 27).
John Montgomerie Master of Eglinton (age 37) was killed.
Before Oct 1524 Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin (age 50) died. He death sometimes given as 30 Apr 1539 although this is inconsistent with his second wife having died in Oct 1524.
On 30 Apr 1529 Christian Lyon Countess Erroll (age 47) died.
On 30 Apr 1530 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys (age 32) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary and All Saints, South Kyme. His son George Tailboys 2nd Baron Tailboys 10th Baron Kyme (age 7) succeeded 2nd Baron Tailboys of Kyme.
On 30 Apr 1539 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 68) died. He was buried at St Brannock's Church, Braunton. His son John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Bath, 4th Count Eu, 12th Baron Fitzwarin. Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 36) by marriage Countess Bath.
On 30 Apr 1544 Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden (age 56) died. He was buried at Saffron Walden, Essex [Map]. Baron Audley Walden in Essex extinct.
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 30 Apr 1636 Thomas Leventhorpe 2nd Baronet (age 43) was killed in a duel with Arthur Capell of Little Hadham (age 50). His son John Leventhorpe 3rd Baronet (age 6) succeeded 3rd Baronet Leventhorpe of Shingey Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 30 Apr 1689 Faith Acklom Lady Milbanke (age 39) died.
On 30 Apr 1712 Jane Garrard Lady Spencer (age 74) died.
On 30 Apr 1718 Archbishop William Dawes 3rd Baronet (age 46) died. His son Darcy Dawes 4th Baronet (age 25) succeeded 4th Baronet Dawes of Putney.
On 30 Apr 1740 Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart (age 78) died.
On 30 Apr 1752 Henrietta or Harriet Lee Baroness Bellew (age 26) died.
On 30 Apr 1755 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 74) died. His second cousin once removed Richard Baron 8th and 7th Baronet (age 60) succeeded 7th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The two Baronetcies of Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk and Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in Suffolk were combined.
On 30 Apr 1760 Frances Pelham Lady Poole died.
On 30 Apr 1765 James Carnegie 3rd Baronet (age 49) died. His son David Carnegie 4th Baronet (age 11) de jure 7th Earl Southesk, 3rd Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine.
On 30 Apr 1766 Thomas Pakenham 1st Baron Longford (age 52) died. His son Edward Pakenham 2nd Baron Longford (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baron Longford.
On 30 Apr 1778 Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley died.
On 30 Apr 1792 William Weddell of Newby (age 55) died. He was buried in Ripon Cathedral [Map]. Monument with bust by Joseph Nollekens (age 54).
William Weddell of Newby: On 13 May 1736 he was born.
On 30 Apr 1792 John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich (age 73) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map]. On 30 Apr 1792 His son John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich (age 48) succeeded 5th Earl Sandwich.
On 30 Apr 1794 Thomas Allin 4th Baronet died unmarried. Baronet Allin of Somerleyton in Suffolk extinct.
On 30 Apr 1814 Edward Hoare 2nd Baronet (age 69) died. His son Joseph Wallis Hoare 3rd Baronet (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hoare of Annabella in County Cork.
On 30 Apr 1831 Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 94) died.
On 30 Apr 1837 William Henry Lyttelton 3rd Baron Lyttelton (age 55) died at Spencer House. His son George William Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton (age 20) succeeded 4th Baron Lyttelton of Frankley in Worcestershire, 4th Baron Westcote, 10th Baronet Lyttelton of Frankley.
On 30 Apr 1857 Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 81) died.
On 30 Apr 1866 Harriet Mullen Lady Chamberlain died.
On 30 Apr 1890 Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough (age 70) died.
On 30 Apr 1900 Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham (age 89) died at Rode Hall, Cheshire. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. He was the last of the male line of Wilbraham's. His estate, including Rode Hall, Cheshire was inherited by his daughter Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham (age 50) and her husband George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 55).
Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham: On or before 23 May 1849 she was born to Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham and Elizabeth Frances Egerton. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.04%. On 04 Apr 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and she were married. On 04 Oct 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet died unmarried. His brother George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 30 Apr 1901 William Fitzclarence 2nd Earl Munster (age 76) died. His son Geoffrey George Gordon Fitzclarence 3rd Earl Munster (age 41) succeeded 3rd Earl Munster, 3rd Viscount Fitzclarence, 3rd Baron Tewkesbury.
On 30 Apr 1904 Joseph Wallis O'Bryen Hoare 5th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Sydney James O'Bryen Hoare 6th Baronet (age 43) succeeded 6th Baronet Hoare of Annabella in County Cork.
On 30 Apr 1916 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach 1st Earl St Aldwyn (age 78) died. His eldest son Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach (deceased) had predeceased by one week having been killed in action. His grandson Michael Hicks-Beach 2nd Earl St Aldwyn (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire, 10th Baronet Hicks-Beach of Beverston in Gloucestershire.
On 30 Apr 1918 Charles Douglas-Home 12th Earl of Home (age 84) died. His son Charles Cospatrick Douglas-Home 13th Earl of Home (age 44) succeeded 13th Earl of Home. Lilian Lambton Countess of Home (age 36) by marriage Countess of Home.
On 30 Apr 1924 Henry Charles Hardinge 3rd Viscount Hardinge (age 66) died. His son Caryl Nicholas Hardinge 4th Viscount Hardinge (age 18) succeeded 4th Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton in Derbyshire.
On 30 Apr 1970 George Milles 4th Earl Sondes (age 56) died. His son Henry Milles 5th earl Sondes (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Sondes, 5th Viscount Throwley, 9th Baron Sondes. 
