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Hace 5 días · LIONEL CRANFIELD SAKVILLE, duke of Dorset, was made Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotnlorum in July 1746, and continued so till his death, which happened on the 9th of October 1765.
28 de may. de 2024 · Portraits of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset at the National Portrait Gallery, London. 1638-1706. English poet and courtier. He was MP for East Grinstead (1661-1675), and later 6th Earl of Dorset, 1st Earl of Middlesex, and Lord Chamberlain (1689-1695).
Hace 4 días · ON THE SUMMIT of one of these cliffs, of sudden and stupendous height, close on the north side of the town and harbour, stands DOVER CASTLE, so famous and renowned in all the histories of former times.
Hace 4 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 2 días · In the case of the Duke of Richmond, appointed in 1682, it was provided that he should not execute the office in person until he reached the age of fourteen, the duties in the meantime being undertaken by three commissioners. The office was executed by two commissioners 1712–14 and 1715–17 and by one commissioner 1717–27.
16 de may. de 2024 · The Duke of Dorset found time, in a bustling existence, to undertake both political duties, including the ambassadorship in Paris, and exotic amours, for his mistress was the Countess of Derby, causing her husband the Earl of Derby to pen of his rival, inter alia, the couplet: Let Bat and Ball th’affronted stone disgrace,
Hace 1 día · 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.
