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Elizabeth Cranfield. Occupation. poet, politician. John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC (7 April 1648 – 24 February 1721) [1] was an English poet and Tory politician of the late Stuart period who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. He was also known by his original title, Lord Mulgrave .
Buckingham continued to attend the House until within a few days of his death in February 1721, which was said to have been the result of an accidental laudanum overdose.253 Six year prior to that he and his duchess had been so ‘infinitely afflicted’ by the loss of their heir, Robert Sheffield, styled marquess of Normanby, that they needed to be dosed with opiates to enable them to sleep ...
On 16 March 1706, the widowed countess married, as his third wife, John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; the wedding took place at St Martin-in-the-Fields. The duke, a great supporter of King James, was more than thirty years older than his new duchess, and they had three children, two of whom died in infancy:
Sheffield also served as the Lord Lieutenant for the East Riding 1679-1682, North Riding 1702-1705 and 1711-1714 and Middlesex, 1711-1714. He was created Marquess of Normanby in May 1694 and Duke of the County of Buckingham and of Normanby in 1702. Sheffield died at Buckingham House in March 1721.
22 de abr. de 2021 · John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC (7 April 1648 – 24 February 1721), was an English poet and notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. In 1682 he was dismissed from the court, apparently for putting himself forward as a suitor for the Princess ...
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1720-31: accounts of the Duke and Dowager Duchess of Buckingham. The National Archives. C105/20. 5. 1689-99: letters to Everard de Weede, Baron de Dyckvelt. Warwickshire County Record Office. CR 2017/C8/29-33, 120. 6. 1706-11: letters to George, Elector of Hanover, and Electress Sophia of Hanover.
