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Hace 3 días · Walpole, Earl of Orford. — It has been already mentioned, that Margaret, wife of Robert the second Earl of Orford, inherited the barony of Clinton and Say, and the Devonshire estates of that family.
Hace 1 día · Here was built the house which later became the home of Sir Robert Walpole, and portions of which still exist in the Hospital Infirmary. It is presumed that William Jephson built the house when he acquired a lease of the land for 61 years, in or about the year 1690.
Hace 5 días · Robert Walpole Earl of Orford died seized of it, and his grandson is the present lord. Under the title of Invasiones, we find that Hermerus de Ferrariis had seized on a freeman, who held one carucate of land, and 12 borderers, valued at 6 s. 8 d. (fn. 3)
Hace 2 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 5 días · His shrewd diplomatic judgment enabled him to help forge an alliance with France in 1717–18. Nevertheless, he often found it difficult to get his way in domestic politics, in which he had to deal with such strong-willed ministers as Robert Walpole (later earl of Orford), James Stanhope, and Viscount Charles Townshend.
Hace 5 días · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political ...
Hace 2 días · Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, [2] was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine ), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and ...
