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Hace 3 días · Earl's Palace, Birsay The Earl's Palace in Birsay, Orkney,is a ruined 16th-century castle. It was built by Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (1533–1593), illegitimate son of King James V and his mistress Euphemia Elphinstone.
Hace 2 días · The late 16th century and early 17th century were dominated by the influence of the despotic Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, who was granted the islands by his half-sister Mary Queen of Scots, and his son Patrick.
- 1,466 km² (566 sq mi)
- Sealtainn
- 22,920 (2019)
- Lerwick
Hace 5 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 2 días · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
Hace 5 días · 1st Earl of Westmorland: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmorland c. 1379 –1440: Robert Ferrers of Wem c. 1373 –1396 Baron Boteler of Wem: Henry Beaufort c. 1375 –1447 Bishop of Winchester: Margaret Holland Duchess of Clarence 1385–1439: John Beaufort c. 1371 –1410 1st Earl of Somerset: Edward of Westminster 1453–1471 Prince of Wales ...
Hace 5 días · It is curious that it should have taken imperial proconsul Lord Cromer (1841–1917, Evelyn Baring until 1892) nearly a century to find a scholarly biographer worthy of his centrality to British, imperial and Egyptian history in the Victorian-Edwardian age. The Marquess of Zetland’s now 72-year-old Lord Cromer (London: Hodder & Stoughton ...
Hace 5 días · Sir R. Stewart, &c. A Letter from Sir Charles Coote, from Londonderry , of Twenty-fifth of November 1648, touching Sir Robert Stewart, was this Day read. Resolved, &c. That it be referred to the General and Council of War, to try Sir Robert Stewart, by a Council of War, upon the Matters charged against him: And that the Prosecutors do give in ...
