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Hace 5 días · Sir William Heveningham, their son and heir, was knighted at Whitehall in 1674; he married Barbara, daughter of George Villiers Viscount Grandison of Ireland, by whom he had Abigail, his only heiress, who married to Henry Heron, Esq. and they sold it to
Hace 4 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 · In 1673 the reversion in fee of the manor and soke was granted to George Viscount Grandison and Edward Villiers to be held of the manor of East Greenwich in free and common socage.
Hace 5 días · Then there is Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, fairest and gayest of the fair but frail beauties of the Court of the second Charles: this lady was the daughter of William, Viscount Grandison, and wife of Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine, one of the Palmers of Wingham, Kent, and of Dorney Court, Backs.
Hace 1 día · George Villiers, 1st Viscount Villiers: 1592–1628 1616 Later Duke of Buckingham 414 Robert Sidney, 1st Viscount Lisle: 1563–1626 1616 Later Earl of Leicester 415 James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton: 1589–1625 1623 416 Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox: 1579–1624 1624 417 Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: 1599–1626 1624
Hace 5 días · CHAPTER II. The Lords of Cardiff. ROBERT FITZ HAMON — 1093—1107. ROBERT CONSUL — 1118 (or earlier)—1147. WILLIAM, EARL OF GLOUCESTER — 1147—1183. JOHN, EARL OF MORTAINE (afterwards King) — 1189–1214. GEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE, EARL OF ESSEX AND GLOUCESTER, and his COUNTESS, ISABEL— 1214 — 1217.
Hace 4 días · FYI, "viscount" is derived from the Old French term, "visconte", which itself comes from the Latin root "vicecomitem," meaning "deputy" or "companion." In the early Middle Ages (during the ...
