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Há 4 dias · Francis, the fourth Earl (1593–1641), was probably the most remarkable of the Bedfords; in the words of one of the Russells' nineteenth-century stewards, 'he lived in advance of his time altogether'. (fn. 8) The first Earl had acquired the family's great estates, but it was the fourth Earl's energy and acumen—manifested in his rebuilding of Wobu...
Há 3 dias · Dudley North. 4th son of the 4th Lord North, and brother of the 1st Earl of Guilford (Lord Chancellor) and of Roger North (author of the Examen and of Lives of the Norths). He was an early advocate of Free Trade, and is described by Macaulay as 'one of the ablest men of the time.'
Há 4 dias · Below, manors; D.N.B. s.vv. Wm. North, 6th Lord North and Grey; Fras. North, 1st earl of Guilford; Fred. North, 2nd earl; Geo. A. North, 3rd earl; Fras. North, 4th earl; Fred. North, 5th earl. 88. e.g. Geo. Reed (1720s): Bodl. MS. North a.7, ff. 24v.-25, 33v.-34, 39v.-40, 57v.-58, 65, 98-107. 89. Ibid. d.
Há 2 dias · John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett: c. 1663–1743 1712 Lord Steward 522 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer: 1661–1724 1712 Lord High Treasurer 523 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford: 1672–1739 1712 First Lord of the Admiralty 524 Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough: c. 1658–1735 1713 Lord Lieutenant of ...
Há 3 dias · Charles I and the Aristocracy, 1625-1642. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN: 9781107009905 ; 363pp.; Price: £65.00. Ever since the publication of his book on the Forced Loan of 1626–8, Richard Cust has been recognised as one of the principal figures in 17th-century historiography. His scholarly reputation was enhanced by his ...
Há 5 dias · The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought six years into the war on March 15, 1781 on the outskirts of a town that would be named to honor the American Gen. Nathanael Greene. Some 4,440 ...
Há 5 dias · The new earl of Norfolk, he maintains, was certainly a good citizen, especially during Edward's absence in the years to 1274 and in Wales and Scotland, for example. He was placed under pressure by the king's quo warranto campaign and by demands that he pay back his debts to the Exchequer, the sum of which he disagreed with on more than one occasion.
