Things to be remembered in daily life : with personal experiences and recollections / by John Timbs.
- John Timbs
- Date:
- 1863
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Things to be remembered in daily life : with personal experiences and recollections / by John Timbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![three persons named Hall: tlie grandfather died in 1716, aged 109, and the father aged 86; and the son died in 1821, aged 106. So that the father had seen a man (his father) who saw James I., and also a man (his son) who saw me, or might have done so.* The Countess of Mornington, who died in 1881, attained the age of 90: her eldest son, the Marquis Wellesley, en- nobled for his administration in India, reached 82; his bro- ther. Lord Maryborough, 83; Lady Maryborough, 91; and their brother, the Great Duke of Wellington, 83. We pos- sess a small portrait of Lady Mary Irvine, aunt to Lady Mar}^- borough, painted in her 82d year; the face is without a wrinkle, but of riant beauty. The London bankers, Joseph and William Joseph Deni- son, exceeded 80; and the sister of the latter, Dowager Marchioness of Conyngham, 90. Lady Blakiston, died, November 1862, in her ]02d year; and her eldest son, Sir Matthew Blakiston, died December following, in his 82d year. On 8th April 1860, Mr. S. Cronesberry died at Far- mer's Bridge, aged 99. His grandfather died in 97th year; his father died in 97th year; his mother in 98th year.f Archibald, 9th Earl of Dundonald, died 1831, aged 83; and his son, 10th Earl, 1860, reached 82: both in the naval service, and distinguished by their scientific attainments. FEMALE LONGEVITY. One of the most celebrated personages in the history of Female Longevity is the Countess of Desmond, who is usually said to have died early in the 17th century, aged 140 years. Bacon, in his Natural History, describes her as the old Countess of Desmond, who lived till she was sevenscore years old, that she did dentire (produce teeth) twice or thrice. Sir Walter Raleigh, in his History of the World, says: I myself knew the old Countess of Desmond of Inchiquin, in Munster, who lived in the 5^ear 1589, and many years since, who was married in Edward IV.'s time, and held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond since * Letter of Baron Alderson, in his Life, by his Son, date Feh. 19, 1833. t Kilkenny Moderator.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21081244_0100.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
