Edmund Sheffield, 2nd

Earl of Mulgrave The title Earl of Mulgrave has been created twice. The first time as a title in the Peerage of England and the second time as a Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1626 for Edmund Sheffield, 3r ...

(December 161124 August 1658) was an English peer who supported the

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cause during the

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period. His father was Sir John Sheffield (drowned in 1614), heir to Lord Sheffield, and his mother was Grizel Anderson, daughter of Sir Edmund Anderson, chief justice of common pleas.Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 52, p. 11. As grandson of the First Earl, Mulgrave succeeded to his title in October 1646, and also succeeded his grandfather as Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire. He sat in the

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until its abolition, and was a member of the

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during the Commonwealth. In 1658 he was nominated as a member of

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, but, like most of the other peers summoned, declined to serve. He died later the same year. Mulgrave married Elizabeth Cranfield, daughter of the

Earl of Middlesex Earl of Middlesex was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1622 for Lionel Cranfield, 1st Baron Cranfield, the Lord High Treasurer. He had already been created Baron Cranfield, of Cranfield in the C ...

. Their son,

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, who succeeded to the earldom, was later created

Marquess of Normanby Marquess of Normanby 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 1694 in the Peerage of England in favour of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulg ...

and Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, and was Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council during the reign of Queen Anne.

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'' *''Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803'' (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808

House of Lords Journal, 12 November 1646

, - 1611 births 1658 deaths 17th-century English nobility

Edmund Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

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