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Hace 3 días · Denzil Holles attacked Wentworth over his dealings in the disputed manor of Wolston. The royalist lord of the manor, George Warner, failed to compound under the conditions of the surrender of Lichfield in 1646.
Hace 3 días · Denzil Holles, one of the five members of Parliament Charles had tried to arrest in 1642, came to head the most powerful group. He pushed through a presbyterian church settlement, negotiated a large loan from the City of London , and used the money to ransom the king from the Scots.
Hace 4 días · Lady Holles Nat. Bill. Hodie 1 a vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for the naturalizing of Ester Lelou, Wife of the Right Honourable Denzell Lord Holles." Vote against Importation of French Commodities.
Hace 5 días · The first Council, appointed in 1660, consisted of sixty-two Commissioners. (fn. 1) After 1664 its activities appear to have diminished although it may have continued to exist in some form until 1668.
Hace 3 días · The office of prime minister developed in Britain in the 18th century, when King George I ceased attending meetings of his ministers and it was left to powerful premiers to act as government chief executive. Sir Robert Walpole is generally considered to have been Britain’s first prime minister.
Hace 3 días · It subsequently passed to other families; and came to Sir William Holles or Hollis, whose great-grandson, John Holles, was in 1624 created Baron Houghton and Earl of Clare, which titles are now merged in the dukedom of Newcastle. The first duke of Newcastle had a splendid mansion here, but scarcely a vestige of it is remaining.
Hace 4 días · Northumberland opposed the Vote of No Addresses in January 1648 and backed the continuation of attempts to agree terms with Charles I, along with former members of the Peace Party in the House of Commons, such as Denzil Holles.
