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Hace 4 días · Tantallon Castle was constructed in the mid-14th century by William Douglas, around the time he became the first Earl of Douglas in 1358. The Douglases were one of the most powerful families in Scotland, and their influence only grew over the following decades.
Hace 5 días · With her, he had three sons: Gilbert, who married Margaret, daughter of Thomas de Clare, and died without heirs in 1303; Robert (d.1325), who succeeded his father as earl of Angus and married firstly Lucy, daughter of William of Kyme, and secondly Eleanor de Clare; and Thomas (d.c.1321).
Hace 1 día · 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 2 días · The Estate under the Second Lord Kensington, 1801–52. When the twenty-four-year-old William Edwardes, second Baron Kensington, inherited his father's lands and title in 1801, his estate in Kensington was entirely rural in character.
Hace 4 días · 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 5 días · William, grandson of Nicholas, was summoned to parliament as Baron Martin of Barnstaple. William, the second Baron Martin, died without male issue, in 1324; his co-heiresses married Columbers, who died without male issue, and Audley.
Hace 1 día · Brigadier-General William Douglas of Kirkness (c. 1690—1747), 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Coldstream Guards, 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot; Major-General Sir William Douglas of Bonjedward and Timpendean KCH (1770—1834), 98th Regiment of Foot, 2nd Royal Veteran Battalions colonel; General William Douglas, Royal Engineers
