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Hace 4 días · On the second day of May, 1782, the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations severally received an official letter from the Earl of Shelburne, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, informing them, that his Majesty had no further occasion of their services as Lords of Trade.
Hace 3 días · An Act to enable the Honourable John Fitz Maurice and his Issue to take and use the Surname of Petty, pursuant to the Will of the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Shelburne in the Kingdom of Ireland, deceased."
Hace 3 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole.
Hace 4 días · The author notes that the current wave of globalisation strikes many of the same chords as a century ago, when Cromer wrestled with global issues of international finance, bankruptcy, and economic orthodoxies on fiscal management, loans and free trade.
Hace 5 días · He acquired the Earl of Essex inheritance through his wife Beatrice de Say (de iure uxoris) upon the death of her father, Mandeville de Say, Earl of Essex who had no male heir, and thus Geoffrey became Earl of Essex 27 May 1199 through the death of his father-in-law.
Hace 5 días · First to be explored is how the earldom of Norfolk came into being – how the fortunes of the Bigod family were made. By 1107, Morris shows, the Bigods had become 'barons of the first rank' (p. 1) and by 1166 were the fifth richest family in England.
Hace 3 días · John Dudley and Robert Dudley were both part of the plot to get the Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England after the death of King Edward VI. When their attempt failed and Mary Tudor took the throne for herself, she had John executed for the part he played and left Robert in the Tower as a prisoner. 2.
