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Hace 3 días · In 1618, William Cavendish was created Earl of Devonshire, and the title has continued ever since in this noble family, who in 1694 were elevated to the dukedom. n7. Eventually heiress of her father, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, who had married one of the co-heiresses of Humphry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford. n8.
Hace 5 días · The latter sold it in 1722 to William Cavendish, duke of Devonshire, whose great-grandson William, the 5th duke, sold it in 1793 to the brothers Edward King Fordham and George Fordham (d. 1840), bankers at Royston. They jointly owned the estate of 263 a. after inclosure.
Hace 2 días · The mansion afterwards fell to the noble family of Cavendish, William Cavendish, the second Earl of Devonshire, dying in it about the year 1628. The family of Cavendish appear to have been old Bishopsgate residents, as Thomas Cavendish, Treasurer of the Exchequer to Henry VIII., buried his lady in St. Botolph's Church, and by will ...
Hace 4 días · Pages 474-492. Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 22, 1612-1668.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1971.
1 de jun. de 2024 · July 1644 The Battle of Marston Moor – the royalist commander William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle lost the battle and left the country. It meant that the North of England came under the control of Parliament.
Hace 4 días · Everything you need to know about Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster's life, where he grew up, his siblings and more, ahead of his wedding to Olivia Henson
Hace 4 días · Sir Joseph Paxton was an English landscape gardener and designer of hothouses, who was the architect of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. He was originally a gardener employed by the duke of Devonshire, whose friend, factotum, and adviser he became. From 1826 he was.
