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Sir George Osborn, 6th Baronet
Sir George Robert Osborn, 6th Baronet Justice of the Peace, JP Deputy Lieutenant, DL (29 October 1813 – 11 January 1892), of Chicksands Priory in Bedfordshire, was an English politician. Early life Osborn was born on 29 October 1813 in London, England. He was the son of Augusta Frederica Louisa Valentina Davers and Sir John Osborn, 5th Baronet, MP for Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency), Cockermouth, Queenborough (UK Parliament constituency), Queenborough, Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Bedfordshire, and Wigtown (UK Parliament constituency), Wigtown Burghs. His father was the only son of Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, and Elizabeth Bannister (daughter of John Bannister). After his grandmother's death, his grandfather married Lady Heneage Finch, the daughter of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea. His mother was one of three illegitimate daughter of Frances Treice and Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet, an MP for Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet
Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet (4 June 1737 – 4 June 1806) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1802. Early life and military career Davers was the second surviving son of Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet, MP and Margaretta Green.William Betham, ''The Baronetage of England'' (1803), p.58. He was brought up at Rushbrooke Hall in Suffolk and educated at King Edward VI School (Bury St Edmunds) and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1755. He then undertook the Grand Tour. Davers became an officer in the British Army in 1758, being commissioned into the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot. He served in North America during the Seven Years' War. In January 1761 he was promoted to the rank of Captain while in the service of the 99th Regiment of Foot. He was garrisoned in Ireland in 1766 and was promoted to Major. Political career In 1763 Davers inherited his brother's baronetcy and estates. In the 1768 general electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the List of municipalities in Delaware, most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish colonization of the Americas, Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area (which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading, Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage and landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. His first publication, a ''Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom'', was updated sporadically until 1847, when the company began publishing new editions every year as ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' (often shortened and known as ''Burke's Peerage''). Other books followed, including ''Burke's Landed Gentry'', '' Burke's Colonial Gentry'', and '' Burke's General Armory''. In addition to its peerage publications, the ''Burke's'' publishing company produced books on Royal families of Europe and Latin America, ruling fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess Of Antrim
Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim KB PC (Ire) (4 November 1749 – 29 July 1791) was an Irish peer. Early life He was born on 4 November 1749, the only son and heir of Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim by his second wife Anne Plunkett, daughter of Charles Patrick Plunkett. From his father's first marriage to Elizabeth Pennefather (a daughter of Matthew Pennefather), he had a half-sister who died in infancy. From his parents' marriage, he had two sisters, Lady Rachel MacDonnell (who married Joseph Sanford) and Lady Elizabeth Helena MacDonnell (who married, as his third wife, Col. Sir James Campbell). After his mother's death in 1755, his father married Catharine Meredyth (a daughter of Thomas Meredyth), on 5 July 1755. His paternal grandparents were Randal MacDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim and Hon. Rachael Skeffington (a daughter of the 3rd Viscount Massereene). His maternal grandparents were Charles Patrick Plunkett and Elizabeth Stratford (a daughter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Fortescue
Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lothian ( Fortescue; 3 April 1745 – 30 September 1780) was a noblewoman in the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. She was a daughter of Chichester Fortescue (1718–1757), High Sheriff of County Down in what is now Northern Ireland. Around 1769 she was painted by Joshua Reynolds. On 15 July 1762, she married William John Kerr (1737-1815), who was then styled Lord Newbottle or Newbattle and Earl of Ancram. After the death of Kerr's father in 1775, he inherited the Marquisate of Lothian, making Elizabeth a marchioness by marriage. He and Elizabeth Kerr had nine children, the last of which was Lord Robert Kerr, born on 14 September 1780. She died in Marylebone 16 days later. Styles *1745–1762: Miss Elizabeth Fortescue *1762–1767: Elizabeth, Lady Newbattle *1767–1775: Elizabeth, Countess of Ancrum *1775–1780: Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lothian References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortescue, Elizabeth category:1745 births category:1780 deaths Lothian E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Kerr, 5th Marquess Of Lothian
General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian, (13 March 1737 – 4 January 1815), styled Lord Newbattle until 1767 and Earl of Ancram from 1767 to 1775, was a British soldier and peer. Early life He was the son of William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Caroline D'Arcy (daughter of the Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, 3rd Earl of Holderness and a scion of the House of Schomberg). Career He succeeded to the title in 1775. Personal life He married Elizabeth Fortescue, daughter of Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken, County Louth, and Elizabeth (née Wesley), on 15 July 1762. They had nine children: * William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (4 October 1763 – 27 April 1824) * Lady Elizabeth Kerr (2 September 1765 – 13 August 1822), married John Dormer, 10th Baron Dormer, without issue * Lady Caroline Sidney Kerr (8 September 1766 – 24 January 1829) * Lady Mary Kerr (5 December 1767 – 6 February 1791), married Gen. Frederick St John (British Army officer), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Mark Kerr (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice-Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr (12 November 1776 – 9 September 1840) was an officer of the Royal Navy. Early life Lord Mark Robert Kerr was born on 12 November 1776. He was the third son of William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian, by his wife, Elizabeth Fortescue. Among his siblings were William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, Lady Elizabeth Kerr (who married John Dormer, 10th Baron Dormer), Lady Mary Kerr (who married Gen. Hon. Frederick St John), and Lady Louisa Kerr (who married Arthur Atherley). His paternal grandparents were William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Caroline D'Arcy (a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Holderness and a scion of the House of Schomberg). His maternal grandparents were Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken, who represented Trim in the Irish House of Commons, and the Hon. Elizabeth Colley Wesley (a daughter of 1st Baron Mornington and sister of the 1st Earl of Mornington). Among his maternal family was his uncle, Thomas Fortes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)
A vice-admiral (VAdm) is a flag officer rank of the Royal Navy and equates to the NATO rank code OF-8. It is immediately superior to the Rear admiral (Royal Navy), rear admiral rank and is subordinate to the Admiral (Royal Navy), full admiral rank. The equivalent rank in the British Army and Royal Marines is Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), lieutenant-general; and in the Royal Air Force, it is air marshal. History The Royal Navy has had vice-admirals since at least the 16th century. When the fleet was deployed, the vice-admiral would be in the leading portion or Vanguard, van, acting as the deputy to the admiral. The rank of Vice-Admiral evolved from that of Lieutenant of the Admiralty (1546–1564) that being an officer who acted as secretary to the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, Lord Admiral of England and lapsed in 1876 but was revived in 1901 by Edward VII, King Edward VII. Prior to 1864 the Royal Navy was divided into coloured squadrons which determined his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
