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Hace 6 días · Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, had became Chancellor in 1612 on Cecil's death. One party among the regents had wished to elect Charles, Duke of York, who was nominated without the king's consent. This aroused royal displeasure and made Northampton unwilling to stand, but eventually he agreed to accept office.
Hace 2 días · James had promoted members of the Howard family to places of leadership in his government; Henry Howard, earl of Northampton, adeptly led a family group that included Thomas Howard, earl of Suffolk, and Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel.
Hace 3 días · Extravagant spending by the 8th Earl, Spencer Compton, became ruinous after a contested election in 1768. He left England for good in 1774, took up voluntary exile in Switzerland, and put his affairs in the hands of trustees, led by his banker and brother-in-law, Henry Drummond (c. 1730–95).
Hace 4 días · The Earl of Northampton was formally re-elected every year until his death, and was a most valuable friend to Northampton in forwarding the Bill for the rebuilding of the town after the fire of 1675.
Hace 2 días · David's surviving son Earl Henry (named after Henry I of England) died in 1152. David himself died at Carlisle, Cumberland on 24 May 1153, aged about 73. He was buried in Dunfermline, where he had extended the church into an abbey in commemoration of his parents.
Hace 2 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 4 días · Edward I (1272–1307) in United Kingdom in History. Also known as: Britain, Great Britain, U.K., United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Written by. Nicholas A. Barr. Senior Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Author of The Economics of the Welfare State. Nicholas A. Barr,
