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Lady Paela FitzgeraldLady PAMELA FITZGERALD widow of the Irish patriot Lord Edward Fitzgerald, with her weeping children, after learning that he has died in Newgate prison. Date: 1776 - 1831
Fawcett Cambridge HomeThe home of HENRY and MILLICENT FAWCETT at 18 Brookside, where he died. Date: 1884
Felix Faure ProfileFRANCOIS-FELIX FAURE French statesman, President from 1895 (he died in office). Date: 1841-1899
Felix Faure (Tilly)FRANCOIS-FELIX FAURE French statesman, President from 1895 (he died in office). Date: 1841-1899
Ann Elliott, CourtesanANN ELLIOTT courtesan, who sad to say died at age 26 : presumably thats her daughter. Date: 1743 - 1769
Silas DeaneSILAS DEANE - American diplomat who successfully sought European support for American independence, accused of embezzlement, died on ship while returning to America. Date: 1737 - 1789
David George, FanaticDAVID GEORGE Flemish religious enthusiast from Ghent who 1525 proclaimed himself the Messiah : he died at Basel vainly expecting to be resurrected in 3 days, Date: ? - 1556
Jacopo ContariniJACOPO CONTARINI Doge of Venice, deposed in 1280 and died the same year. Date: RULED 1275 - 1280
Jean Ant Et ChampionnetJEAN ANTOINE ETIENNE CHAMPIONNET, French general chiefly in Italy, died of wounds while fighting the Austrians. Date: 1762 - 1800
Jacques CujasJACQUES CUJAS French jurist, born at Toulouse but died at Bourges. Date: 1522 - 1590
Johann Friedrich CronegkJOHANN FRIEDRICH, freiherr von CRONEGK German writer who, sad to say, died when he was only 27 : depicted writing, in a house- robe. Date: 1731 - 1758
Georgiana CravenGEORGIANA CRAVEN (nee Smythe) wife of the Hon. George Augustus Craven : when he died, she re-married as la duchesse de La Force. Date: 1814 - 1867
Dirck & Wouter CrabethDIRCK & WOUTER CRABETH Dutch painters on glass (Wouter died 1601) Date: 16TH CENTURY
Tobias CrispTOBIAS CRISP Puritan churchman harassed for his antinomian views, holding that the moral law is not binding on Christians such as he. He died of smallpox. Date: 1600 - 1643
Jean Cholet, CardinalJEAN CHOLET French churchman, cardinal who was born and died at Beauvais. Date: ? - 1281 or 1291
Antoine ChabaudANTOINE CHABAUD French colonel of engineers - he lived, he died, without a word of reproach. Date: 1727 - 1791
Sir Frederick CarringtonSIR FREDERICK CARRINGTON soldier who died a year too soon to take part in the glories of World War One. Date: 1894 - 1913
Agostino Carracci 2AGOSTINO CARRACCI Italian artist, born in Bologna but died in Parma. Date: 1557 - 1602
Joseph CarpueJOSEPH CARPUE Surgeon, lecturer on anatomy, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a fearful railway accident. Date: 1764 - 1846
Lady Almeria CarpenterLady ALMERIA CARPENTER Daughter of George, earl of Tyrconnell : for all her beauty she died unmarried, but perhaps she preferred it that way. Date: ? - 1809
Catherine Christine BonaparteCatherine Christine (Boyer) BONAPARTE Princess of Canino, daughter of Pierre Andre Boyer, first wife of Napoleons brother Lucien; sadly, she died aged only 27. Date: 1773 - 1800
Charles Hamilton BinningCHARLES HAMILTON BINNING Soldier and poet : after helping to defeat the Jacobites, he developed consumption and went to Naples where he died in his 30s. Date: 1697 - 1733
Charles Michel BillardCHARLES MICHEL BILLARD French medical, who died aged only 32. Date: 1800 - 1832
Francois De BeauchateauFRANCOIS MATTHIEU CHATELET de BEAUCHATEAU, known as Le petit, French poet, son of actor mother and father, died in a pays etrange. Date: 1645 - ?
James Hay BeattieJAMES HAY BEATTIE Son of James Beattie, who showed such promise that he was appointed to take his fathers place as philosopher, but died of a fever at age 22. Date: 1768 - 1790
Louise Ackermann, WriterLOUISE VICTORINE CHOQUET ACKERMANN, French mystical poet who, when her husband died after 2 years, lived a solitary existence in an old convent near Nice. Date: 1813 - 1890
Johann Philip BaratierJOHANN PHILIP BARATIER (1721 - 1740) Short-lived German scholar, who died at the age of 19. Date: circa 1735
Adrien BailletADRIEN BAILLET French divine and scholar, born near Beauvais, died in Paris. Date: 1649 - 1706
Deathbedroom of BerangerThe French poet Beranger died in this room, and probably on that bed with its sagging mattress and overhanging canopy. In other respects the room is more like a study. Date: 1857
Abraham a Santa ClaraABRAHAM A SANTA CLARA (secular name Ulrich Megerle) German friar and theologian, lived and died in Vienna. Date: 1644 - 1709
Susanna PerwichSUSANNA PERWICH, daughter of Robert Perwich, schoolmaster at Hackney, east London. After completing her education she too became a teacher, but died young, much lamented. Date: ? - 1661
John Chambre (Holbein)JOHN CHAMBRE physician to Henry VIII, warden of Merton College, Oxford. (Described here as aged 88, but he died at age 79 !) Date: 1470 - 1549
Saint PaulaRoman saint, widow of Toxotius and mother to Lustochium. She went as a pilgrim to Bethlehem, where she died aged precisely 56 years 8 months and 21 days. Date: 347-404
Absent Daughter 19CAn elderly couple look at a picture of their absent daughter - has she run away, or has she died? Date: mid-19th century
Ivan & Sara RovinIVAN AND SARA ROVIN Hungarian couple, who were married for 148 years ! When they died in the same year, their youngest son was a youngster of only 116. Date: 1569 / 1577 - 1741
Thomas Laugher (114)THOMAS LAUGHER Born in Worcestershire, he ended his days St Martins workhouse, London, retaining his faculties till 3 days before he died. Date: 1699 - 1813
Edward Burrell (LonglifeEDWARD BURRELL Coachman to the duke of Somerset, under Charles I, but unfortunately the print does not tell us when he died. Date: 1629 - 17 ?
Quersonnieres (117)NOEL DES QUERSONNIERES French official during the Revolution, subsequently exiled himself to London where he presumably died, aged 118. Date: 1728 - 1846
Matthew Champion (111)MATTHEW CHAMPION Flemish-born resident of Great Yarmouth, son of a farrier so perhaps himself a farrier : he died at age 111. Date: 1682 - 1793
Saint BeggeSAINT BEGGE (Begga) Belgian noblewoman, sister of Gertrude de Nivelles : when her husband died, she became a nun and eventually abbess of Ardennes, near Namur Date: ? - 698
Anne Carr Ctess BedfordANNE CARR, countess of BEDFORD, wife of William Russell, 5th earl, but died too soon to become his duchess Date: 1620 - 1684
Rudolph Valentino / IdolRUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol who died at a tragically young age Date: 1895 - 1926
Saint JudocusSAINT JUDOCUS holy person befriended not only by birds but by fish : when he died his body remained uncorrupted for 60 years Date: ? - 653
Thomas Laugher (114) WlTHOMAS LAUGHER Born in Worcestershire, he ended his days St Martins workhouse, London, retaining his faculties till 3 days before he died. Date: 1699 - 1813
Elias Hoyle (113)ELIAS HOYLE Yorkshireman from Sowerby, who we are told lived to be 113 : but when he was born and when he died, we are not told. Date: circa 1600
Gelon of SyracuseGelon, king of Syracuse (Sicily) son of Hipparchus, king of Gela : defeated the Carthaginians near Himeta, and died much lamented by his subjects Date: ? - 478 BC
William Alexander Anthony Archibald 11TH DUKE OF HAMILTONWilliam Alexander Anthony Archibald, 11th duke of HAMILTON, lord lieutenant of Lanarkshire, died in Paris, and seemingly has no other claim on our attention Date: 1811 - 1863
1868 / DIZZYs MATHSDizzys Arithmetic Disraelis Tory party fails to make electoral gains in 1865. Palmerston looks on - he was taken ill before taking office and died in October. Date: 1865