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Hace 5 días · Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle inherited his father's share of Carolina. In early 1672, there were talks among the Lords Proprietors that Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia, would consider accepting all of Albemarle County as his portion of Carolina and relinquish his title to the remainder of the colony.
Hace 4 días · Monck, who had made the restoration possible, was raised to duke of Albemarle and continued to hold military authority over the small standing army that, for the first time in English history, the king maintained.
Hace 2 días · Only in the afternoon of 10 June did Charles instruct Admiral George Monck, Duke of Albemarle to go to Chatham to take charge of matters, a full three days later ordering Admiral Prince Rupert to organise the defences at Woolwich.
Hace 4 días · The University of Cambridge: Chancellors. A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3, the City and University of Cambridge. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1959. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
Hace 2 días · On 6 January 1681, the first recorded boxing match took place in Britain when Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (and later Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica), engineered a bout between his butler and his butcher with the latter winning the prize.
Hace 4 días · By the will of Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle (d. 1688), a sum of £1,500 was bequeathed for the erection of almshouses for 20 widows, not necessarily from Newcastle, with a further £4,500 as endowment.
Hace 3 días · The City of Albemarle was formally incorporated in 1857. The town was named for Albemarle County, the first county established in North Carolina, which was in turn named for the Duke of Albemarle, George Monck, one of the Lords Proprietors granted the province of Carolina in 1663 by King Charles II.
