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Derbyshire, England.
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A website that is All About History: www.allabouthistory.co.uk.
And translator Medieval Texts: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLKTLTK5
Find us on 'Buy Me a Coffee' to become a Member: https://buymeacoffee.com/allabouthistory
Yesterday, 25th October, was the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
For fourteen Medieval accounts of the battle, including those of Jean de Waurin, Jean le Fevre of St Remy and the anonymous author of the Deeds of Henry V, who were present see:
allabouthistory.co.uk/otm3n5yt#otm3n5yt
For fourteen Medieval accounts of the battle, including those of Jean de Waurin, Jean le Fevre of St Remy and the anonymous author of the Deeds of Henry V, who were present see:
allabouthistory.co.uk/otm3n5yt#otm3n5yt
October 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Yesterday, 25th October, was the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
For fourteen Medieval accounts of the battle, including those of Jean de Waurin, Jean le Fevre of St Remy and the anonymous author of the Deeds of Henry V, who were present see:
allabouthistory.co.uk/otm3n5yt#otm3n5yt
For fourteen Medieval accounts of the battle, including those of Jean de Waurin, Jean le Fevre of St Remy and the anonymous author of the Deeds of Henry V, who were present see:
allabouthistory.co.uk/otm3n5yt#otm3n5yt
#OTD 3rd July 1855 John Everett Millais, aged 26, and Euphemia "Effie" Gray, age 27, were married.
Her 6-year marriage with John Ruskin had been annulled a year before "by reason of [his] incurable impotency".
Millais' Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/D49E5E9m
#pre-raphaelite
#preraphaelite
Her 6-year marriage with John Ruskin had been annulled a year before "by reason of [his] incurable impotency".
Millais' Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/D49E5E9m
#pre-raphaelite
#preraphaelite
July 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#OTD 3rd July 1855 John Everett Millais, aged 26, and Euphemia "Effie" Gray, age 27, were married.
Her 6-year marriage with John Ruskin had been annulled a year before "by reason of [his] incurable impotency".
Millais' Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/D49E5E9m
#pre-raphaelite
#preraphaelite
Her 6-year marriage with John Ruskin had been annulled a year before "by reason of [his] incurable impotency".
Millais' Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/D49E5E9m
#pre-raphaelite
#preraphaelite
On 3rd July 1842 #photographer Godfrey Bingley was born.
Following his retirement aged 42 he took up #photography. He left us with many early photos of prehistoric and historic sites.
allabouthistory.co.uk/9nwd7S4B
Following his retirement aged 42 he took up #photography. He left us with many early photos of prehistoric and historic sites.
allabouthistory.co.uk/9nwd7S4B
July 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On 3rd July 1842 #photographer Godfrey Bingley was born.
Following his retirement aged 42 he took up #photography. He left us with many early photos of prehistoric and historic sites.
allabouthistory.co.uk/9nwd7S4B
Following his retirement aged 42 he took up #photography. He left us with many early photos of prehistoric and historic sites.
allabouthistory.co.uk/9nwd7S4B
This little memorial, possibly grave, at St Katherine's Church, Rowsley, #Derbyshire, of the five men who were killed during the Haddon Tunnel Collapse on the 2nd of July 1861.
The tunnel under the Haddon Hall estate remains but is closed to people and traffic.
#HaddonHall
The tunnel under the Haddon Hall estate remains but is closed to people and traffic.
#HaddonHall
July 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This little memorial, possibly grave, at St Katherine's Church, Rowsley, #Derbyshire, of the five men who were killed during the Haddon Tunnel Collapse on the 2nd of July 1861.
The tunnel under the Haddon Hall estate remains but is closed to people and traffic.
#HaddonHall
The tunnel under the Haddon Hall estate remains but is closed to people and traffic.
#HaddonHall
#OTD 2nd July 1848 Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey died aged 64. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, Bedfordshire sculpted by Terence Farrell.
For more photos of the Grey family monuments at Flitton see allabouthistory.co.uk/sHj684g8
#churchmonuments
For more photos of the Grey family monuments at Flitton see allabouthistory.co.uk/sHj684g8
#churchmonuments
July 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#OTD 2nd July 1848 Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey died aged 64. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, Bedfordshire sculpted by Terence Farrell.
For more photos of the Grey family monuments at Flitton see allabouthistory.co.uk/sHj684g8
#churchmonuments
For more photos of the Grey family monuments at Flitton see allabouthistory.co.uk/sHj684g8
#churchmonuments
On 1st July 1638 Edward #Mosley died unmarried aged 68. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove, #Staffordshire.
allabouthistory.co.uk/vV5EskPm#EfMCcACx
#churchmonuments
allabouthistory.co.uk/vV5EskPm#EfMCcACx
#churchmonuments
July 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
On 1st July 1638 Edward #Mosley died unmarried aged 68. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove, #Staffordshire.
allabouthistory.co.uk/vV5EskPm#EfMCcACx
#churchmonuments
allabouthistory.co.uk/vV5EskPm#EfMCcACx
#churchmonuments
#OTD 1st July 1897 poet Edward Wyndham Tennant was born. Killed twenty years later during the Somme.
"Slim poplars in the breeze,
Great tan-brown hares in gusty March
A-courting on the leas.
And meadows, with their glittering streams—and silver-scurrying dace—
Home - what a perfect place!"
"Slim poplars in the breeze,
Great tan-brown hares in gusty March
A-courting on the leas.
And meadows, with their glittering streams—and silver-scurrying dace—
Home - what a perfect place!"
July 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#OTD 1st July 1897 poet Edward Wyndham Tennant was born. Killed twenty years later during the Somme.
"Slim poplars in the breeze,
Great tan-brown hares in gusty March
A-courting on the leas.
And meadows, with their glittering streams—and silver-scurrying dace—
Home - what a perfect place!"
"Slim poplars in the breeze,
Great tan-brown hares in gusty March
A-courting on the leas.
And meadows, with their glittering streams—and silver-scurrying dace—
Home - what a perfect place!"
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st July 1648. I sate for my picture, in which there is a Death's head, to Mr. Walker, that excellent painter.
allabouthistory.co.uk/sCiOGicn#WJYkpuy7
#art
allabouthistory.co.uk/sCiOGicn#WJYkpuy7
#art
July 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st July 1648. I sate for my picture, in which there is a Death's head, to Mr. Walker, that excellent painter.
allabouthistory.co.uk/sCiOGicn#WJYkpuy7
#art
allabouthistory.co.uk/sCiOGicn#WJYkpuy7
#art
#otd 1st July 1904 painter George Frederick Watts died aged 87.
1 1849 "Found Drowned"
2 1862 Edith Villiers Countess Lytton.
3 1863 "Ophelia". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
4 1864 "Choosing". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/jF9JeUjM
#art
1 1849 "Found Drowned"
2 1862 Edith Villiers Countess Lytton.
3 1863 "Ophelia". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
4 1864 "Choosing". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/jF9JeUjM
#art
July 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#otd 1st July 1904 painter George Frederick Watts died aged 87.
1 1849 "Found Drowned"
2 1862 Edith Villiers Countess Lytton.
3 1863 "Ophelia". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
4 1864 "Choosing". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/jF9JeUjM
#art
1 1849 "Found Drowned"
2 1862 Edith Villiers Countess Lytton.
3 1863 "Ophelia". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
4 1864 "Choosing". Model his future wife, Ellen Terry.
Biography: allabouthistory.co.uk/jF9JeUjM
#art
Memorial at #Salisbury Cathedral to the 28 killed, including a number of Americans and Canadians who had just arrived at Plymouth, on the 1st of July 1906 Salisbury #Railway Disaster.
Salisbury Cathedral: allabouthistory.co.uk/2AAj2UAx#Zg2q9LzO
Salisbury Cathedral: allabouthistory.co.uk/2AAj2UAx#Zg2q9LzO
July 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Memorial at #Salisbury Cathedral to the 28 killed, including a number of Americans and Canadians who had just arrived at Plymouth, on the 1st of July 1906 Salisbury #Railway Disaster.
Salisbury Cathedral: allabouthistory.co.uk/2AAj2UAx#Zg2q9LzO
Salisbury Cathedral: allabouthistory.co.uk/2AAj2UAx#Zg2q9LzO
30th June 1891 painter Stanley Spencer was born at Cookham, Berkshire. He was the eighth surviving child of William Spencer and Anna Caroline Slack.
A man whose life was as remarkable as his paintings.
1 Resurrection
2 Dinner on the Hotel Lawn
3 Burners
4 Self
allabouthistory.co.uk/4lK70Jmu
#art
A man whose life was as remarkable as his paintings.
1 Resurrection
2 Dinner on the Hotel Lawn
3 Burners
4 Self
allabouthistory.co.uk/4lK70Jmu
#art
June 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
30th June 1891 painter Stanley Spencer was born at Cookham, Berkshire. He was the eighth surviving child of William Spencer and Anna Caroline Slack.
A man whose life was as remarkable as his paintings.
1 Resurrection
2 Dinner on the Hotel Lawn
3 Burners
4 Self
allabouthistory.co.uk/4lK70Jmu
#art
A man whose life was as remarkable as his paintings.
1 Resurrection
2 Dinner on the Hotel Lawn
3 Burners
4 Self
allabouthistory.co.uk/4lK70Jmu
#art
On 16th December 1861 painter Antonio de la Gándara was born.
Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno aka "Madame Gautreau". She known for her #portrait by John Singer Sargent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/TxIHBCPz
#art
Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno aka "Madame Gautreau". She known for her #portrait by John Singer Sargent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/TxIHBCPz
#art
June 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
On 16th December 1861 painter Antonio de la Gándara was born.
Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno aka "Madame Gautreau". She known for her #portrait by John Singer Sargent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/TxIHBCPz
#art
Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno aka "Madame Gautreau". She known for her #portrait by John Singer Sargent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/TxIHBCPz
#art
Around 30th June 1632 Edward, Baron Vaux, and Elizabeth Howard married 5 weeks after the death of her 1st husband William Knollys, Earl Banbury.
They had been teenage sweethearts; she was compelled to marry the 40 years older William.
Edward believed to be the father of her children with William.
They had been teenage sweethearts; she was compelled to marry the 40 years older William.
Edward believed to be the father of her children with William.
June 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Around 30th June 1632 Edward, Baron Vaux, and Elizabeth Howard married 5 weeks after the death of her 1st husband William Knollys, Earl Banbury.
They had been teenage sweethearts; she was compelled to marry the 40 years older William.
Edward believed to be the father of her children with William.
They had been teenage sweethearts; she was compelled to marry the 40 years older William.
Edward believed to be the father of her children with William.
30th June 1360 King John of France, hostage since the 1956 Battle of Poitiers, left the Tower of London to return to France.
He left his son Louis in Calais as security for the ransom; Louis escaped three years later so John voluntarily returned to England as a matter of honour dying 3 months later.
He left his son Louis in Calais as security for the ransom; Louis escaped three years later so John voluntarily returned to England as a matter of honour dying 3 months later.
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
30th June 1360 King John of France, hostage since the 1956 Battle of Poitiers, left the Tower of London to return to France.
He left his son Louis in Calais as security for the ransom; Louis escaped three years later so John voluntarily returned to England as a matter of honour dying 3 months later.
He left his son Louis in Calais as security for the ransom; Louis escaped three years later so John voluntarily returned to England as a matter of honour dying 3 months later.
30th of June 1940 the Sunday Pictorial reported the detention the day before of Diana Mitford, Lady Mosley, who was imprisoned at Holloway. In 1941 she and her husband, Oswald Mosley, were imprisoned together, and in 1943, released under house arrest.
Biogrpahy: allabouthistory.co.uk/VD01uOwy
Biogrpahy: allabouthistory.co.uk/VD01uOwy
June 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
30th of June 1940 the Sunday Pictorial reported the detention the day before of Diana Mitford, Lady Mosley, who was imprisoned at Holloway. In 1941 she and her husband, Oswald Mosley, were imprisoned together, and in 1943, released under house arrest.
Biogrpahy: allabouthistory.co.uk/VD01uOwy
Biogrpahy: allabouthistory.co.uk/VD01uOwy
On 30th June 1753 George Strode of Parnham died. Monument with reclining figures of a man and woman on a sarcophagus in the Church of St Mary, #Beaminster, #Devon probably sculpted by Peter Scheemakers.
allabouthistory.co.uk/aA6mMsXr
#churchmonuments
allabouthistory.co.uk/aA6mMsXr
#churchmonuments
June 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On 30th June 1753 George Strode of Parnham died. Monument with reclining figures of a man and woman on a sarcophagus in the Church of St Mary, #Beaminster, #Devon probably sculpted by Peter Scheemakers.
allabouthistory.co.uk/aA6mMsXr
#churchmonuments
allabouthistory.co.uk/aA6mMsXr
#churchmonuments
Vestiges of the #Antiquities of #Derbyshire: "The 30th of June 1843 ... Galley Lowe ... fourteen beautiful pendant ornaments of pure, gold, eleven of which are encircled by settings of large and brilliantly coloured garnets ... "
Photo possibly replica?
allabouthistory.co.uk/Dm6TMDzJ#CRkV14Q3
Photo possibly replica?
allabouthistory.co.uk/Dm6TMDzJ#CRkV14Q3
June 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Vestiges of the #Antiquities of #Derbyshire: "The 30th of June 1843 ... Galley Lowe ... fourteen beautiful pendant ornaments of pure, gold, eleven of which are encircled by settings of large and brilliantly coloured garnets ... "
Photo possibly replica?
allabouthistory.co.uk/Dm6TMDzJ#CRkV14Q3
Photo possibly replica?
allabouthistory.co.uk/Dm6TMDzJ#CRkV14Q3
#otd 29th June 1902 painter Simon Elwes was born Hothorpe Hall, #Northamptonshire.
1 1936. Katherine "Kitty" Kinloch, Baroness Brownlow.
2 Winnie Carlton Paget.
3 1933. Princess Mary Windsor, Countess Harewood.
4 1932. Prince George Windsor, 1st Duke Kent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/oRRFhUyI
#art
1 1936. Katherine "Kitty" Kinloch, Baroness Brownlow.
2 Winnie Carlton Paget.
3 1933. Princess Mary Windsor, Countess Harewood.
4 1932. Prince George Windsor, 1st Duke Kent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/oRRFhUyI
#art
June 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#otd 29th June 1902 painter Simon Elwes was born Hothorpe Hall, #Northamptonshire.
1 1936. Katherine "Kitty" Kinloch, Baroness Brownlow.
2 Winnie Carlton Paget.
3 1933. Princess Mary Windsor, Countess Harewood.
4 1932. Prince George Windsor, 1st Duke Kent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/oRRFhUyI
#art
1 1936. Katherine "Kitty" Kinloch, Baroness Brownlow.
2 Winnie Carlton Paget.
3 1933. Princess Mary Windsor, Countess Harewood.
4 1932. Prince George Windsor, 1st Duke Kent.
allabouthistory.co.uk/oRRFhUyI
#art
#otd Saturday 29th June 1963, around four in the afternoon, President John Fitzgerald #Kennedy, with his sisters Eunice and Jean, visited the grave at St Peter's Church, Edensor, #Chatsworth, #Derbyshire, of his younger sister Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy who had died in a plane crash in 1948.
June 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#otd Saturday 29th June 1963, around four in the afternoon, President John Fitzgerald #Kennedy, with his sisters Eunice and Jean, visited the grave at St Peter's Church, Edensor, #Chatsworth, #Derbyshire, of his younger sister Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy who had died in a plane crash in 1948.
Diary George Boyce 29th June 1857
"#Rossetti and his friend #Morris, called on me and had tea. R. told me he was sure it was a man of the name of #Sandys who had done the caricature."
Frederick Sandys "A Nightmare of Sir Isumbras at the Ford" parody of Millais' "Sir Isumbras at the Ford".
#art
"#Rossetti and his friend #Morris, called on me and had tea. R. told me he was sure it was a man of the name of #Sandys who had done the caricature."
Frederick Sandys "A Nightmare of Sir Isumbras at the Ford" parody of Millais' "Sir Isumbras at the Ford".
#art
June 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#otd 29th June 1583 Anthony Gell died aged 61. He was buried in St Mary's Church, #Wirksworth, #Derbyshire, where he has a fine alabaster monument.
allabouthistory.co.uk/zgJFTkDQ#GBSANF5P
#churchmonuments
allabouthistory.co.uk/zgJFTkDQ#GBSANF5P
#churchmonuments
June 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#otd 29th June 1583 Anthony Gell died aged 61. He was buried in St Mary's Church, #Wirksworth, #Derbyshire, where he has a fine alabaster monument.
allabouthistory.co.uk/zgJFTkDQ#GBSANF5P
#churchmonuments
allabouthistory.co.uk/zgJFTkDQ#GBSANF5P
#churchmonuments
#otd 29th June 1820 Peter Burrell, Baron Gwydyr, died aged 66.
He was buried at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, #Edenham, #Lincolnshire where he has a memorial bust by #sculptor Joseph #Nollekens.
allabouthistory.co.uk/m1qHSYkp
He was buried at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, #Edenham, #Lincolnshire where he has a memorial bust by #sculptor Joseph #Nollekens.
allabouthistory.co.uk/m1qHSYkp
June 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#otd 29th June 1820 Peter Burrell, Baron Gwydyr, died aged 66.
He was buried at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, #Edenham, #Lincolnshire where he has a memorial bust by #sculptor Joseph #Nollekens.
allabouthistory.co.uk/m1qHSYkp
He was buried at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, #Edenham, #Lincolnshire where he has a memorial bust by #sculptor Joseph #Nollekens.
allabouthistory.co.uk/m1qHSYkp