Sir Henry de Vic by Sir Peter Lely Sir Henry de Vic, 1st Baronet (c. 1599 – 20 November 1671) was a

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-born courtier.

Early life

He was born the son of John de Vic of Guernsey and educated at

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and

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, where he was awarded a BA in 1619.

Career

He lived in

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for 20 years where he was the representative of Charles II. Whilst there he had a romantic affair with

Lucy Walter Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...

, the past mistress of Charles II. He was created a baronet in 1649. In 1660 he was appointed Secretary for the French Tongue and

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. In 1662 he became controller of the household to the

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. The same year he was elected a

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Death

On his death in 1671 he was buried in the transept of

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. His gravestone, no longer readable, once read "''Here lys the mortall part of Sr Henry De Vic, Baronet and Chancellor of the noble order of the Garter. He departed this life 20 of Novemb. 1671. He was married to Margaret Carterett, the daughter of Sr Philip Carterett of the Isle of Jerseye. By whome he had Charles De Vic, Baronett, and Anne-Charlotte De Vic married to John Lord Fresheville, Baron of Staveley in the county of Derby, who caused this stone to be layde to the memory of her deare father''"

Personal life

He had married Margaret Carteret, the daughter of Sir Philip Carteret of

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. They had two children. Henry was succeeded by his son Sir Charles de Vic, who died unmarried, whereby the baronetcy became extinct. Their daughter Anna Charlotte married

John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville (4 December 1607 – 31 March 1682) was an English soldier, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1665 when he was created a peer and then sat in the H ...

, as his third wife.

References

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