#OnThisDay 10 October 1765 Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset died at the age of 77 in Knole, Kent, England. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1730 to 1737, and 1750 to 1755. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #gb #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #politics

#OnThisDay 8 October 1967 Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee died at the age of 84 in Westminster, London, England. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 as leader of the Labour Party. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 8 October 1840 John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden died at the age of 81 in Seal, Kent, England. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1795 to 1798. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #gb #greatbritain #engpoli #englishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 6 October 1716 George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax was born. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1761 to 1763. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #gb #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 6 October 1182 Richard Peche died. He served as the Catholic Bishop of Coventry from 1161 to 1182, and as Justiciar of Ireland in 1181. #OTD #history #catholic #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 4 October 1692 Charles Fleetwood died at the age of 74 in Stoke Newington, London, England. He served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652 to 1657. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 4 October 1626 Richard Cromwell was born in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. He served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1658 to 1659. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #scotpol #scottishpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 3 October 1470 Edward IV was deposed as King of England and Lord of Ireland, having reigned since 1461, and succeeded by his cousin Henry VI. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 3 October 1390 Prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester was born. He served as Lord Protector of England from 1422 to 1429. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#irishpolitics #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #netherlands #thenetherlands #austriannetherlands #an #belgium #politics

#OnThisDay 2 October 1452 Richard III was born in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. He reigned as King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1483 to 1485. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 1 October 1553 Mary I was crowned as Queen of England, Ireland and the English Empire, after succeeding to the thrones in July. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics

1502 by William Smyth. #OTD #history #politicswales #walespolitics #welshpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #catholic #politics

#OnThisDay 1 October 1207 Henry III and II was born in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England. He reigned as King of England and Lord of Ireland as Henry III, and Duke of Aquitaine as Henry II, from 1216 to 1272. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol

#OnThisDay 1 October 959 Eadwig died at the age of about 19. He had reigned as King of the English since 955. He was immediately succeeded by his brother Edgar I. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1710 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford was born in Streatham, Surrey, England. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #gb #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1487 John Sutton VI, 1st Baron Dudley died at the age of 86. He served as the King's Lieutenant of Ireland from 1428 to 1430. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1399 Henry IV and III became King of England and Lord of Ireland as Henry IV, and Duke of Aquitaine as Henry III, after overthrowing his first cousin Richard II (in Aquitaine on the 30th, and in England and Ireland on the 29th). #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli

#OnThisDay 29 September 1399 Richard II was deposed as King of England and Lord of Ireland, having reigned since 1377, by his first cousin Henry IV, who succeeded him the next day. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 28 September 1735 Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton was born. He served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770 as a member of the Whigs. #OTD #history #gb #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #politics