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Hace 3 días · In its first year it was attended by 10 girls and 2 boys nominated by William Petty, earl of Shelburne, and probably living in Bowood liberty. A mistress taught the children to read and to knit. (fn. 64) The children living in the liberty later attended a school built at Buck Hill in 1814.
Hace 2 días · This is a list of the various different nobles and magnates including both lords spiritual and lords secular. It also includes nobles who were vassals of the king but were not based in England (Welsh, Irish, French). Additionally nobles of lesser rank who appear to have been prominent in England at the time.
Hace 4 días · One gentleman of the Bedchamber provided close attendance on the Sovereign per week. His duties included assisting the King at his dressing, waiting on him when he ate in private, guarding access to him in his bedchamber and closet and providing noble companionship, generally.
Hace 4 días · The first list of Fellows includes such names as Sir Kenelm Digby, Sir William Petty (of whom we have spoken in the preceding chapter ), Matthew Wren, Robert Boyle, John Dryden, and Isaac Barrow.
Hace 4 días · Thomas William Coke 1822–1909 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Viscount Coke: Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset 1824–1899 8th Duke of Beaufort, 10th Marquess of Worcester, 14th Earl of Worcester, 16th Baron Herbert, 8th Baron Botetourt: Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset 1817–1884 2nd Baron Raglan: Earldom St. Maur extinct, 1885: Edward Adolphus ...
Hace 5 días · The Woodland Gardens surround the family mausoleum, one of Robert Adam’s finest classical buildings, which was commissioned in 1761 by the widow of the 1st Earl of Shelburne.
Hace 3 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.
