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Hace 3 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 3 días · Irish War of Independence. Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the ...
Hace 3 días · William Sherrington. His daughter married Sir William Luckyn, Bart., and was mother of the 1st Viscount Grimston, and ancestress of the Earls of Verulam. 1667. George Clark. From his daughter's first husband, John Trevor (son of Sir John Trevor, Secretary of State), the Viscounts Hampden are descended.
Hace 3 días · Sir James Bateman. Son of Joas Bateman (Alderman 1687) father of the 1st Viscount Bateman and ancestor of the Barons Bateman. 1709. Sir John Ward. Nephew of Sir Patience Ward (Lord Mayor 1680-1). 1709. Sir George Thorold. Brother of Sir Charles Thorold (Alderman, Sheriff 1705-6). 1710. Sir John Fryer. His widow married the 1st Viscount ...
Hace 3 días · The Right Honourable Samuel Lord Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley) (1724-1816) had known Bligh. He had already been C.-in-C. Portsmouth and given Bligh his sailing orders in 1787. 12 December 1724: Born in Butleigh, Somerset, to Vicar Samuel Hood and his wife Mary. 1740/1741: Entered Royal Navy. Posted to HMS Romney as servant to Capt Thomas ...
Hace 4 días · William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward.
Hace 1 día · 1. 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United ...
