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Hace 1 día · Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton: 1735–1811 1769 (Then) Current Prime Minister 590 Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham: 1721–1803 1771 Later Marquess of Stafford 591 Prince Frederick Augustus: 1763–1827 1771 Later Duke of York and Albany 592 Frederick North, Lord North: 1732–1792 1772 Not Installed; Later Earl of Guilford
Hace 3 días · He turned to George Grenville, to his uncle, William Augustus, duke of Cumberland, to Pitt, and to the 3rd duke of Grafton for help. All failed him. The first decade of the reign was one of such ministerial instability that little was done to solve the basic financial difficulties of the crown, made serious by the expense of the Seven Years’ War.
- John Steven Watson
Hace 1 día · Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Clare), Prime Minister 1754–1756, 1757–1762; Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (St John's), Prime Minister 1765–1766, 1782; Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (Peterhouse), Prime Minister 1768–1770; William Pitt the Younger (Pembroke), Prime Minister 1783–1801, 1804–1806
Hace 3 días · The small suburb of Grafton is a rather funny shape that wiggles between Auckland Domain, Eden Terrace and the city centre. You’ll find old buildings and homes in this historically well-off suburb named after the Duke of Grafton, a patron of William Hobson, the first governor of New Zealand. These days Grafton is best-known for Auckland City ...
Hace 2 días · William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
Hace 3 días · Siege of Namur. William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from ...
Hace 3 días · Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of ...
