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Earl Granard is in Earl Ireland.
On 29th October 1765 George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard (age 80) died. His son George (age 55) succeeded 4th Earl Granard.
On 16th October 1769 George Forbes 4th Earl Granard (age 59) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Granard.
In 1780 George Forbes 5th Earl Granard (age 40) died. His son George (age 20) succeeded 6th Earl Granard. Selina Frances Rawdon Countess Granard (age 20) by marriage Countess Granard.
In 1837 George Forbes 6th Earl Granard (age 77) died. His grandson George (age 3) succeeded 7th Earl Granard, 2nd Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
On 4th September 1873 George Arthur Hastings Forbes 7th Earl Granard (age 40) and Frances Mary Petre Countess Granard (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Granard.
On 25th August 1889 George Arthur Hastings Forbes 7th Earl Granard (age 56) died. His son Bernard (age 14) succeeded 8th Earl Granard, 3rd Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
On 14th January 1909 Bernard Forbes 8th Earl of Granard (age 34) and Beatrice Mills (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Granard. He the son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes 7th Earl Granard.
On 10th September 1948 Bernard Forbes 8th Earl of Granard (age 73) died. His son Arthur (age 33) succeeded 9th Earl Granard, 4th Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 21st November 1992 Arthur Forbes 9th Earl of Granard (age 77) died. His nephew Peter (age 35) succeeded 10th Earl Granard, 5th Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.