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Bevil Skelton (1641–1696) was a British foreign envoy and diplomat. Probably descended from the Skeltons of Armthwaite Castle, Cumberland, Bevil Skelton began his career as a colonel in the British Army, eventually rising to the position of lieutenant-colonel of the Royal English Regiment in France from 1672 to 1674.
29 de dic. de 2020 · Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Skelton, Bevil. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. SKELTON, BEVIL ( fl. 1661–1692), diplomatist, born in Holland, was the second son of Sir John Skelton, lieutenant-governor of Plymouth in 1660, by his wife Bridget, daughter of Sir Peter Prideaux. On the Restoration Bevil ...
Bevil Skelton (1641–1696) was a British foreign envoy and diplomat. Probably descended from the Skeltons of Armthwaite Castle, Cumberland , Bevil Skelton began his career as a colonel in the British Army , eventually rising to the position of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal English Regiment in France from 1672 to 1674.
Bevil Skelton; Thomas Smythe; Sir William Soame, 1st Baronet; Robert Southwell (diplomat) Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans; Alexander Stanhope; George Stepney; John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton; Walter Strickland; Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland; Robert Sutton (diplomat)
- Inheriting The Throne
- The Duke of Monmouth’s Military Qualifications
- Planning The Rebel Landings
- Hardships Raising The War Chest
- Dorset Chosen For The Main Landing
- “Fear Nothing But God”
- Monmouth’s Army Moving North
James II had inherited the throne upon the death of his brother, Charles II, who had died exactly five months earlier, on February 6, 1685. Because Charles’s wife, Catherine of Braganza, had been barren, Charles left behind no legitimate heirs. Both his brother, James, Duke of York, and his son James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, the eldest of Charles’s...
Monmouth’s military qualifications were impressive. In earlier days when he enjoyed his father’s favor, he had served as an apprentice to his Uncle James, who then held the position of Lord Admiral. Not long after Charles and France’s King Louis XIV entered into a secret pact in June 1670, Monmouth moved to the Continent, where he was given command...
The Dutch monarch, William, Prince of Orange, turned a blind eye to the rebels plotting in Rotterdam. He was married to Mary, James’s eldest daughter, and therefore was James II’s son-in-law as well as his cousin. By plotting in William’s backyard, Monmouth and his band were placing the Dutch ruler in an awkward position. When James made a strong r...
Argyle raised £9,000 from estates he owned in Friesland and purchased three ships to carry him and a small group of men to Scotland. He sailed on May 2, but financial difficulties and bad weather conspired to keep Monmouth stranded in the United Provinces for most of the month. When Monmouth sent a request to his supporters in London asking them to...
Bevil Skelton, the English envoy in Holland, tracked the progress of the rebel preparations for James II. He advised the king that the main landing would occur in Dorset and that a diversionary landing would take place in either Ireland or Scotland. The king immediately issued orders to crush any seditious actions and prepared to repel the invaders...
The mayor, who had been in the midst of a summer game of bowls atop the cliffs, hurried off dispatches to the Duke of Albermarle in Exeter and James II in London. Helderenberg’s crew launched seven small boats at sunset that carried the first wave of invaders onto the beach. The duke knelt and prayed on the beach and then marched into town under a ...
Another order was sent to ordnance specialists at the Tower of London, instructing them to prepare a 16-gun artillery train with heavy guns for duty in the West Country. Similarly, the king ordered a smaller, 10-gun artillery train assembled at Portsmouth and sent to the royal army in the field. When James appealed to his supporters in Parliament t...
Skelton, Bevil, Sir (1645 -1692) Sir Bevil Skelton was the second son of Sir John Skelton, Lieutenant Governor of Plymouth, and Bridget, daughter of Sir Peter Prideaux. He was appointed Page of Honour to Charles II in 1660, but sold the post within the year.
22 de abr. de 2017 · Beville Skelton. Birthdate: circa 1641. Death: circa 1692 (42-59) Immediate Family: Son of Sir John Skelton and Bridget Skelton Husband of Lady Frances Sewster and Mary Skelton Brother of Capt. Charles Skelton, RN. Managed by: Woodman Mark Lowes Dickinson, OBE. Last Updated: April 22, 2017. View Complete Profile. view all. Immediate Family.
