Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 2 días · On 23rd August, 1628, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was murdered by John Felton, and with his death all schemes for the rebuilding of York (or Buckingham) House were at an end.
30 de may. de 2024 · George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, a man of great wit and humour, and of the most whimsical caprice, was the admiration and the jest of the reign of Charles the Second. He was the alchymist and the philosopher; the fiddler and the poet; the mimic and the statesman.
Hace 3 días · Next in order is the Chapel of St. Nicholas, in the centre of which is an altar-tomb surmounted with the effigies of Sir George Villiers, who died in 1605, and of his lady, Mary Beaumont, created in 1618 Countess of Buckingham. Their son was advanced by James I. to the dukedom of Buckingham.
9 de may. de 2024 · George Villiers, with the help of his mother Mary, pulled off a meteoric rise when connecting himself with King James I in 1615. James was so enraptured with George that he publicly expressed...
Hace 2 días · En 1615, George obtient le titre de Gentleman of the Bedchamber. L’année suivante, il devient baron Whaddon, vicomte Villiers et chevalier de la Jarretière, puis comte en 1617 et Premier Ministre. Mary Villiers arrange deux ans plus tard le mariage de son fils avec Lady Katherine Manners, la femme la plus riche du pays.
30 de may. de 2024 · Happier Year Production’s newest show, due to start its 5 night run at the Burton Taylor studio this Tuesday (29th), is a whirlwind period piece from Stuart Britain dealing with King James I, and his lover George Villiers, and the romance, betrayal, and tragedy that ensues…
13 de may. de 2024 · On May 12 1884 Abbey Fields became the town's major park. When the 5th Earl of Clarendon, Edward Hyde Villiers, put the entire estate including Little Virginia up for sale there was the real possibility that it would all have been sold as building land.
