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Vor einem Tag · Eleanor Doughty 7 June 2024 • 8:20am. 63. For the last eight years, the country’s most eligible bachelor – for those interested in old money, big property and even bigger landholdings, at ...
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, the well-known favourite of James I and Charles I, was born in 1592. He was introduced to the King in 1614. His rise was rapid; he had attained the rank of marquess by 1619, and in the same year was made lord high admiral, a position for which he was singularly ill-fitted. Created Duke of Buckingham in ...
Vor 5 Tagen · In the case of the Duke of Richmond, appointed in 1682, it was provided that he should not execute the office in person until he reached the age of fourteen, the duties in the meantime being undertaken by three commissioners. The office was executed by two commissioners 1712–14 and 1715–17 and by one commissioner 1717–27.
Vor 2 Tagen · In 1536, the King, after providing the Bishop of Norwich with a house in Cannon Row, Westminster, granted (fn. 190) Norwich Place to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in exchange for the Duke's house in Southwark.
Vor 4 Tagen · However, the Duke of Richmond was also Duke of Lennox and Duke of Gordon; the Duke of Buccleuch was also Duke of Queensberry; the Duke of Hamilton was also Duke of Brandon; and the dukedom of Argyll belonged both to the peerage of Scotland and to the peerage of the United Kingdom. As a result, the 31 ducal titles provided only 26 dukes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor einem Tag · Among the luminaries on hand that day were John McGraw (who would pen a Page 1 account of the game for the New York Times), Tris Speaker, Jim Thorpe, Charles Comiskey, Damon Runyon, the Duchess of ...
Vor einem Tag · Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond 1786–1802 A founder member of MCC, Lennox played in 46 first-class matches, most frequently for MCC, England sides and his own side.
