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William Cecil, 2nd Earl Of Exeter
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, (1566 – 6 July 1640), known as the third Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer. Life Exeter was the son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer.Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1363. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and travelled on the continent before being admitted to Gray's Inn. In 1586, when only 20 years of age, he was returned to Parliament as MP for Stamford and was returned again in 1589. In 1597 he was elected knight of the shire for Rutland. He was invested as a Knight in 1603. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire between 1623 and 1640. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron of Burghley, co. Northampton ., 1571on 8 February 1622/23. He succeede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arms Of William Cecil, 2nd Earl Of Exeter
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Elizabeth Stafford
Elizabeth Stafford, also known as Dame Elizabeth Drury and – in the years prior to her death in 1599 – Dame (Lady) Elizabeth Scott, was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I. She and her first husband, Sir William Drury, entertained Queen Elizabeth I at Hawstead in 1578. Family Elizabeth Stafford was the daughter of Sir William Stafford (d 5 May 1556) of Chebsey, Staffordshire, and Rochford Hall, Essex,. second son of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, by Margaret Fogge, the daughter of Sir John Fogge of Ashford, Kent.. Elizabeth Stafford's parents were second cousins. Her mother was Dorothy Stafford (1 October 1526 – September 1604), the daughter of Henry Stafford, 10th Baron Stafford (1501–1563), son and heir of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, by Ursula Pole (d. 1570).. Through her mother, Elizabeth Stafford and her siblings were of royal blood. Dorothy Stafford was Sir William Stafford's second wife. In 1534 he had secretl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Exeter
Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon. For more information on this creation, which was forfeited in 1538, see Earl of Devon. History The title is chiefly associated with the Cecil family, descended from the courtier Sir Richard Cecil of the parish of Stamford Baron St Martin in Northamptonshire. His only son, Sir William Cecil, was a prominent statesman and served as Secretary of State, Lord High Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal. In 1571 he was created Baron Burghley, in the County of Northampton, in the Peerage of England. His son from his second marriage to Mildred Cooke, Sir Robert Cecil, was created Earl of Salisbury in 1605 and is the ancestor of the Marquesses of Salisbury. Lord Burghley was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to Mary Cheke, Thomas, the second Baron. He r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mordaunt, 1st Earl Of Peterborough
John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough (died 1642) was an English peer. Life He was the eldest son of Henry Mordaunt, 4th Baron Mordaunt, a Roman Catholic kept for a year in the Tower of London on suspicion of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot, who died in 1608. The widow, Lady Margaret, daughter of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton, also a Catholic, was deprived by James I of the custody of her child John. He was made a ward of Archbishop George Abbot, and educated at Oxford. Taken to court by the king, who was struck by his beauty and intelligence, John was made a K.B. on the occasion of Prince Charles being created Prince of Wales, 3 November 1616, and was remitted an unpaid fine of £10,000 which had been imposed on his father. By Charles I, he was created Earl of Peterborough, by letters patent of 9 March 1628. On the outbreak of the First English Civil War he adhered to the parliament, and held the commission of general of the ordnance under the Earl of Essex, but he die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant Of Northamptonshire
Below is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Since 1735, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire. The lieutenancy included the Soke of Peterborough until 1965, when the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire became Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough. This merged with the lieutenancy of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1974, forming the jurisdiction of the present Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Lord Lieutenants *William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1549 – *Sir Christopher Hatton, 1586 – 20 November 1591. *''vacant'' *Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, 8 September 1603 – 8 February 1623. *William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, 27 February 1623 – 6 July 1640. *John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, 16 July 1640 – 18 June 1643. *''Interregnum'' *John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter, 31 July 1660 – 8 August 1673 ''jointly with'' *Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, 31 July 1660 – 12 Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl Of Lindsey
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, Order of the Garter, KG, Privy Council of England, PC (1608 – 25 July 1666) was an English soldier, courtier, and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1624 and 1626. He was created Baron Willoughby de Eresby by writ of acceleration in 1640 and inherited the peerage of Earl of Lindsey in 1642. He fought in the Cavaliers, Royalist army in the English Civil War. Early life Bertie was born in Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe, the eldest son of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, and his wife Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton. After a brief term at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1623, Bertie then served as Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Lincolnshire in 1624 and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency), Stamford from 1625 to 1626, when, upon his father's elevation to an earldom, he assumed the style of Lord Willoughby de Ere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custos Rotulorum Of Lincolnshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire. At the inception of the office (bef. 1544), a custos rotulorum was appointed for each of the three Parts of Lincolnshire. By 1554 these were Richard Ogle for Holland, Sir Richard Hussey for Kesteven, and Sir Thomas Heneage for Lindsey. This arrangement was discontinued with the appointment of a single custos for all Lincolnshire in 1549. Lincolnshire * Sir John Hussey 1513 Kesteven * Sir Richard Hussey c.1544 Holland * Richard Ogle c.1544 Lindsey * Sir Robert Sheffield by 1516–?1518 * Sir Thomas Heneage c.1544 Lincolnshire * William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley 1549 – aft. 1584 * Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter bef. 1594 – aft. 1608 * William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter 1619–1640 * Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey 1640–1666 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. References External linksInstitute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cavendish, 1st Duke Of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (25 December 1676) was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, and the intellectual group known as the Welbeck Circle. Despite spending the then enormous sum of £15,000 entertaining Charles I in 1634, he failed to gain a significant political post. In the early stages of the First English Civil War, he was appointed Royalist Captain-General in Northern England; he financed much of the war effort himself, later claiming this totalled in excess of £1,000,000. After the defeat at Marston Moor in July 1644, a battle fought against his advice, he went into exile in Europe. He returned to England after the Stuart Restoration in 1660, and although created Duke of Newcastle in 1665, he remained on the fringes of the court, and became critical of Charles II. He died in 1676, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Personal details ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custos Rotulorum Of Nottinghamshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Nottinghamshire. * Michael Stanhope bef. 1544–1552 * Sir John Byron, Sr. by 1562–1567. * Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland bef. 1573–1587 * John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland 1587–1588 * Sir Thomas Stanhope bef. 1594–1596 * William Sutton 1597–1600 * William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter 1600–1640 * William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1640–1646 * ''Interregnum'' * William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1660–1676 * Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1677–1688 * William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull 1689–1690 * ''vacant'' * John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1694–1711 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. References Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl Of Elgin
Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss (2 December 1599 – 21 December 1663), of Houghton House in the parish of Maulden in Bedfordshire, was a Scottish nobleman. Early life Born in Edinburgh in 1599, Thomas Bruce was the second son of Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss by his wife Magdalene Clerk. He succeeded to the Scottish peerage title as 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss in August 1613, aged 13, on the death of his elder brother, Edward Bruce, 2nd Lord Kinloss, killed in a duel with Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset. The family estates included Whorlton Castle and manor given to his father by King James I of England in 1603. The King granted the wardship of Thomas and the estates to his mother Magdalene, until he came of age at 21. In 1614 Viscount Lisle acknowledged Thomas Bruce as a matchmaker in a marriage planned between his son, Robert Sidney, and Elizabeth Cecil. Instead she married Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire. In 1624, King James I granted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry De Vere, 18th Earl Of Oxford
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