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5 de jun. de 2024 · Abstract: William Courtenay, 3rd Viscount Courtenay and 9th Earl of Devon (1768–1835), has been most remembered for his romantic relationship with author and slave owner, William Beckford (1760–1844), which scandalized London society in 1784.
23 de jun. de 2024 · The manor and advowson of Alphington and the manor of Bolberry were granted by Hugh de Segrave, knight, to Margaret late countess of Devon with successive remainders to Peter and Philip de Courtenay, knights, and Edward, earl of Devon, and their heirs male.
Hace 3 días · After the attainder of Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon, in 1466, Hugh Stafford, having before been created Baron of Southwick, in Devonshire, was, in 1469, made Earl of Devonshire, but was beheaded the same year.
9 de jun. de 2024 · "That in the Ninth Year of King Edward the Third Your Petitioner's Ancestor Hugh de Courtenay was authorized by the King's Writ to assume the Title of Earl of Devon, in consequence of his having inherited the Lands and being the Heir of the Family of Redvers, Earls of Devon.
Hace 5 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
25 de jun. de 2024 · A castle was erected here in 1106 by Rivers, Earl of Devon, which continued for many ages the head of a barony, and, with the lordship of the hundred and the manor, is now the property of Sir W. P. Carew, Bart.
Hace 5 días · Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), known as the Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s.
