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Hace 3 días · About the year 1753 William Conyngham died without issue and the manor passed by inheritance to Henry, youngest son of Col. Henry Conyngham, he being then created baron Conyngham of Mount Charles, Donegal, Ireland.
The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole.
Hace 5 días · Board of Green Cloth -Lord Steward 1660–1837. The lord steward presided over the Household Below Stairs. In addition to making contracts and overseeing the activity of the board of green cloth, he was the principal judge for all offences committed within the verge.
Hace 4 días · The groom of the stole also received a key, often depicted in contemporary portraits, which was said to open every door in every royal palace (fn. 1) The office was left vacant between 1714 and 1719 and between 1722 and 1723 and was discontinued on the accession of Victoria in 1837.
Hace 5 días · As a sub-lieutenant on a smart new destroyer, HMS Mackay, he met, on one of his trips ashore, “Baby” Jean Combe – rich in her own right and grand-daughter of the third Marquess Conyngham. With vast homes in Scotland, Ascot and Belgrave Square, she was just the kind of well-bred girl to show the prince a good time.
Hace 3 días · As a sub-lieutenant on a smart new destroyer, HMS Mackay, he met, on one of his trips ashore, “Baby” Jean Combe – rich in her own right and grand-daughter of the third Marquess Conyngham.
Hace 5 días · George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly (born c. 1563—died June 13, 1636, Dundee, Scot.) was a Scottish Roman Catholic conspirator who provoked personal wars in 16th-century Scotland but was saved by his friendship with James VI (James I of England).
