Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (11 January 1716 – 30 October 1735) was an English nobleman, styled Marquess of Normanby from 1716 to 1721.
The legitimate son of
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, (7 April 164824 February 1721) was an English poet and Tory politician of the late Stuart period who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. He was also known by his o ...
, he succeeded his father in 1721. He
matriculated
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at
Queen's College, Oxford
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in 1732
and died of
consumption
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in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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in 1735. As he never married and left no issue, the dukedom became extinct upon his death. The family estates, including
Normanby Park, devolved upon his illegitimate half brother
Charles Herbert Sheffield.
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Edmund
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1716 births
1735 deaths
18th-century English nobility
18th-century deaths from tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis deaths in Italy
Infectious disease deaths in Lazio
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