Coronation of the British monarch on Christmas Day, possibly in imitation of the Byzantine emperors, and John's was on Ascension Day. Elizabeth I consulted her astrologer, John Dee, before deciding on an auspicious date. The coronations of Charles II in 1661 and Anne in 1702 were on St George's Day, the feast of the patron saint of England. Under the Hanoverian monarchs in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was deemed appropriate to extend the waiting period to several months, following a period of mourning for the previous monarch and to allow time for preparation of the ceremony. In the case of every monarch
Thomas Brudenell (British Army officer, died 1707) at the Battle of the Boyne and served in Portugal. In 1698 he was appointed colonel of a regiment of marines, which was disbanded shortly afterwards. On 21 June 1701 he was made colonel of a regiment of foot to be employed in Ireland. He was promoted to major-general on 1 June 1706 and died at Gibraltar the following year. He was the father of Lieutenant-General Thomas Brudenell and of Catherine Brudenell, who married Thomas Chichester Phillips and was the mother of Major-General William Phillips. Thomas Brudenell (British Army officer, died 1707) Major-General Thomas Brudenell (died 1707) was a British