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Hace 2 días · She was married in 1639, when she was nearly two and twenty, to Henry, Lord Spencer, created in 1643 Earl of Sunderland. In the latter year he was mortally wounded at the battle of Newbury. For the following seven years his widow lived in seclusion at Penshurst, removing in 1650 to Althorp, where for ten years or more she dispensed ...
Hace 2 días · Henry Spencer 1620–1643 1st Earl of Sunderland, 3rd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton: Winston Churchill 1620–1688: Lord Churchill of Eyemouth (Scotland), 1682 Baron Churchill of Sandridge, 1685 Earl of Marlborough (2nd creation), 1689 Duke of Marlborough and Marquess of Blandford, 1702: Robert Spencer 1640–1702
Hace 4 días · Sir Richard Edgcumbe, son of the latter, was a zealous and active friend of the Earl of Richmond, by whom he was knighted, at Bosworth-field, and from whom, after his accession to the crown, he received more substantial marks of his favour, by the appointment of Comptroller of the Household, the grant of Sir Henry Bodrugan's valuable estates before-mentioned, and the whole honor of Totness in ...
Hace 2 días · Robert Spencer, earl of Sunderland, 1641–1702. J.P. Kenyon. Cambridge Ph.D. 1954. The life of Robert Spencer, 2nd earl of Sunderland, 1640–1702, with special reference to his work as secretary of state. P.L. Norrish. Liverpool M.A. 1936. The office of secretary of state, 1681–1782. M.A. Thomson. Oxford D.Phil. 1930/1.
Hace 5 días · The Whig Junto proper consisted of John Somers, later Baron Somers; Charles Montagu, later Earl of Halifax; Thomas Wharton, later Marquess of Wharton, and Edward Russell, later Earl of Orford.[3] They came to prominence due to the favour of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland[4] and during the reign of Queen Anne, Sunderland’s son, the 3rd Earl succeeded his father.
Hace 4 días · The new earl of Norfolk, he maintains, was certainly a good citizen, especially during Edward's absence in the years to 1274 and in Wales and Scotland, for example. He was placed under pressure by the king's quo warranto campaign and by demands that he pay back his debts to the Exchequer, the sum of which he disagreed with on more than one occasion.
Hace 5 días · He told the BBC: ‘There was such a whipped-up feeling of emotion everywhere that I was very worried about where we could safely bury her.’. Speaking at the time, Earl Spencer explained the decision to bury his sister at her childhood home: 'It has been decided to bury Diana, Princess of Wales, in the grounds of Althorp Park, where her grave can be properly looked after by her family and ...
