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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Earl Curzon of Kedleston is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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2nd November 1911. George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 52) created.
20th March 1925. George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston extinct.
On 2nd November 1911 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 52) was created 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston, 1st Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, 1st Baron Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire. The Viscountcy was created with remainder in default of heirs male to the heirs male of his father. The Barony was created with remainder in default of heirs male to his daughters. See Viscountcies of England Created with a Special Remainder.
On 20th March 1925 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 66) died. Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Curzon of Kedleston extinct. His nephew Richard (age 26) succeeded 2nd Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, 6th Baron Scarsdale, 10th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 10th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. His daughter Mary (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baroness Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire.