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Hace 3 días · Francisson of Susan was created Lord Wemyss in 1821 and became Earl of Wemyss, Lord Wemyss of Elcho and Lord Elcho and Methel in 1826 by the reversal of the attainder of David Wemyss, his collateral ancestor, who joined in the Stuart rising, and was attainted after the battle of Culloden in 1745.
Hace 3 días · The interior has, however, been virtually rebuilt in the course of a number of alterations which were made during the nineteenth century. Henry Harrison did work here, apparently both for Sir Jacob Astley who occupied the house briefly in 1826 and for the next occupant, the 11th Earl of Kinnoull.
Hace 3 días · Aubrey de Vere (1137-94), 1st earl of Oxford, granted land in Wivenhoe to Earl's Colne priory. At the Dissolution it was granted to John de Vere, 15th earl of Oxford. About 1180 Richard Battle gave the Knights Hospitallers land on Wivenhoe heath.
Hace 4 días · He married Marjorie Charteris of Stenhouse and it is from this line which most Bruces descend, including the current Chief of the House of Bruce (as a Lowland family, Bruce is not a Clan), Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin.[3]
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 6 días · This is an incomplete list of those who were made knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815. Knights/Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal GCB.
Hace 4 días · The current Lord Elgin, Andrew Bruce, is the 11th Earl of Elgin. He turned 100 earlier this year. The family seat is at Broomhall, just outside Dunfermline, where there are plans to build more than 2,000 homes.
