T. E. Lawrence discovery in "The Times", Lawrence followed Malory scholar Eugene Vinaver from Manchester to Winchester by motorcycle. At the age of 46, two months after leaving military service, Lawrence was fatally injured in an accident on his Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle in Dorset, close to his cottage, Clouds Hill, near Wareham. A dip in the road obstructed his view of two boys on their bicycles; he swerved to avoid them, lost control, and was thrown over the handlebars. He died six days later on 19 May 1935. The location is marked by a small memorial at the side of the road.
John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset John left behind no issue and was never married. With the death of John and Edmund, the legitimate male line of the Beauforts ended. John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset, Earl of Dorset (b. 1441 – d. 4 May 1471) was a scion of the Beaufort family, who fought for the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses. He was the third son of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and his wife, Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. When his eldest brother, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was killed