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Hace 1 día · There is a noted saying, that Tenterden steeple was the cause of the Goodwin Sands—which is thus accounted for: Goodwin, earl of Kent, in the time of king Edward the Confessor, was owner of much flat land in the eastern part of it, near the isle of Thanet, which was desended from the sea by a great wall, which lands afterwards became part of the possessions of the abbot of St. Augustine's ...
Hace 5 días · John Parker, Esq., the fifth in descent from the last-mentioned John, having several times represented the county of Devon in parliament, was, in 1784, created Baron Boringdon. His son John, the second and present Lord Boringdon, was, in 1815, advanced to the dignity of Viscount Boringdon of North Molton, and Earl of Morley, in this county.
Hace 2 días · William Stidulfe, about the 11th year of king Henry VI. Conveyed this estate to William Quintin, who had before, anno 3 king Henry VI. purchased lands in this parish, called Hilks. His son, Oliver Quintin, was of Seale, (fn. 4) and by his will, in the 2d year of king Edward IV. devised his estates here to his eldest son, Thomas, who signed his ...
Hace 3 días · John, earl of Thanet, died unmarried, as did his next brother earl Richard, so that the titles devolved to Thomas Tufton, who became the sixth earl of Thanet, and lord Clifford, which latter title was decreed to him by the house of peers in 1691. He left surviving issue five daughters and coheirs, the eldest of whom, Catherine, married Ed.
Hace 23 horas · Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans, PC: 24 January 1857: Civil division Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, KCB: 11 November 1857: Civil division Major-General John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden, KCB: 5 March 1858: Civil division [citation needed] John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, KCB: 3 September 1858: Civil division
Hace 2 días · See list. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family.
Hace 4 días · Odo, bishop of Baieux, the Conqueror's half-brother and earl of Kent. John de Fiennes was made constable and warden by the Conqueror, and had these offices entailed upon him and his heirs male. James de Fiennes, his son. John de Fiennes, his son, on whose removal the king resumed these offices. William Marshal. Wakelyn de Magminot.
