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ROBSON OF KIDDINGTON |
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| 14 May 1974 |
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Inga-Stina Robson |
20 Aug 1919 |
9 Feb 1999 |
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Created Baroness Robson of Kiddington |
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| 9 Feb 1999 |
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14 May 1974 |
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Peerage extinct on her death |
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ROCHDALE |
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| 14 Feb 1913 |
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George Kemp |
9 Jun 1866 |
24 Mar 1945 |
78 |
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Created Baron Rochdale 14 Feb 1913 |
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MP for Lancashire SE 1895-1906 and |
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Manchester NW 1910-1912. Lord Lieutenant |
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Middlesex 1929-1945 |
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| 24 Mar 1945 |
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John Durival Kemp |
5 Jun 1906 |
24 May 1993 |
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| 20 Jan 1960 |
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| 24 May 1993 |
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St.John Durival Kemp |
15 Jan 1938 |
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ROCHE |
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| 29 Dec 1299 |
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Thomas de la Roche |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Roche 29 Dec 1299 |
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John de la Roche |
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Thomas de la Roche |
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c 1324 |
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William de la Roche |
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c 1370 |
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John de la Roche |
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Mary de la Roche |
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Margaret Fleming |
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| 9 Sep 1382 |
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| 14 Oct 1935 |
B[L] |
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Adair Roche |
24 Jul 1871 |
22 Dec 1956 |
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Created Baron Roche 14 Oct 1935 |
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| 22 Dec 1956 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1934-1935. Lord of |
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Appeal in Ordinary 1935-1938 |
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ROCHESTER |
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| 3 Nov 1613 |
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Robert Carr |
c 1587 |
Jul 1645 |
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Created Viscount Rochester 25 Mar |
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1611, and Baron Brancepeth and Earl |
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of Somerset 3 Nov 1613 |
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| 13 Dec 1652 |
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Henry Wilmot |
2 Nov 1612 |
19 Feb 1658 |
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Created Baron Wilmot 29 Jun 1643 and |
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Earl of Rochester 13 Dec 1652 |
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MP for Tamworth 1640-1643 |
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| 19 Feb 1658 |
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John Wilmot |
10 Apr 1648 |
26 Jul 1680 |
32 |
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| 26 Jul 1680 |
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Charles Wilmot |
2 Jan 1671 |
12 Nov 1681 |
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| 29 Nov 1682 |
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Laurence Hyde |
15 Mar 1642 |
2 May 1711 |
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Created Baron Wotton Basset, |
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Viscount Hyde of Kenilworth and Earl |
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of Rochester 29 Nov 1682 |
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MP for Newport 1660, Oxford University |
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1661-1679 and Wootton Basset 1679-1681. |
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First Lord of the Admiralty 1679-1684 and |
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1685-1687. Lord President of the Council |
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1684-1685. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
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1700-1703. Lord Lieutenant Hertford 1686- |
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1688. Lord President of the Council 1710- |
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1711. PC
1679 KG 1685. Lord Lieutenant |
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Cornwall 1710-1711 |
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| 2 May 1711 |
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Henry Hyde |
Jun 1672 |
10 Dec 1753 |
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He succeeded to the Earldom of Clarendon |
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(qv) in 1723 with which title this peerage |
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then merged until its extinction in 1753 |
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| 23 Jan 1931 |
B |
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Ernest Henry Lamb |
4 Sep 1876 |
13 Jan 1955 |
78 |
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Created Baron Rochester 23 Jan 1931 |
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MP for Rochester 1906-1910 and 1910-1918. |
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Paymaster General 1931-1935. |
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| 13 Jan 1955 |
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Foster Charles Lowry Lamb |
7 Jun 1916 |
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ROCHFORD |
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| 14 Oct 1495 |
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Thomas Butler,Earl of Ormonde |
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Created Lord Rochford 14 Oct 1495 |
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| 18 Jun 1525 |
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Thomas Boleyn |
1477 |
13 Mar 1539 |
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Created Viscount Rochford 18 Jun |
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1525, and Earl of Wiltshire and Earl |
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of Ormond 8 Dec 1529 |
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| 5 Jan 1533 |
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George Boleyn |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Rochford 5 Jan 1533 |
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| 6 Jul 1621 |
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Henry Carey,Baron Hunsdon |
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13 Apr 1666 |
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Created Viscount Rochford 6 Jul 1621 |
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and Earl of Dover 8 Mar 1628 |
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See "Dover" - extinct 1677 |
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| 10 May 1695 |
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William Henry Nassau-de-Zulestein |
7 Oct 1649 |
2 Jul 1708 |
58 |
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Created Baron Enfield,Viscount |
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Tunbridge and
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10 May 1695 |
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| 2 Jul 1708 |
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William Henry Nassau-de-Zulestein |
9 Jul 1682 |
27 Jul 1710 |
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Frederick Nassau-de-Zulestein |
1683 |
14 Jun 1738 |
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William Henry Nassau-de-Zulestein |
17 Sep 1717 |
28 Sep 1781 |
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Secretary of State 1768 and 1770-1775. |
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Lord
Lieutenant Essex 1756-1781. PC 1755 |
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KG 1778 |
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| 28 Sep 1781 |
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William Henry Nassau-de-Zulestein |
28 Jun 1754 |
3 Sep 1830 |
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| 3 Sep 1830 |
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| 29 Jan 1645 |
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Sir Lewis Watson,1st baronet |
14 Jul 1584 |
5 Jan 1653 |
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Created Baron Rockingham 29 Jan 1645 |
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MP for Lincoln 1614,1621-1623 and 1624- |
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| 5 Jan 1653 |
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Edward Watson |
30 Jun 1630 |
22 Jun 1689 |
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| 22 Jun 1689 |
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Lewis Watson |
29 Dec 1655 |
19 Mar 1724 |
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Created Baron Throwley,Viscount |
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Sondes and Earl of Rockingham |
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Lord Lieutenant Kent 1705-1724 |
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| 19 Mar 1724 |
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Lewis Watson |
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4 Nov 1745 |
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Lord Lieutenant Kent 1737-1745 |
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| 4 Nov 1745 |
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Thomas Watson |
30 Dec 1715 |
26 Feb 1746 |
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MP for Canterbury 1741-1745 |
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| 26 Feb 1746 |
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| 26 Feb 1746 |
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Thomas Watson-Wentworth |
13 Nov 1693 |
14 Dec 1750 |
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Created Baron Malton 28 May 1728, |
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Baron Wath,Baron Harrowden, |
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Viscount Higham and Earl of Malton |
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Rockingham 19 Apr 1746 |
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MP for Malton 1715 and 1722-1727 and |
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Yorkshire 1727-1728.
Lord Lieutenant W Riding |
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| 14 Dec 1750 |
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Charles Watson-Wentworth |
13 May 1730 |
2 Jul 1782 |
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Created Baron Malton [I] and Earl |
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Malton [I] 17 Sep
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Prime Minister 1765-1766 and 1782. Lord |
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Lieutenant E and N Ridings Yorkshire 1751- |
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Peerages extinct on his death |
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| 11 Jan 1934 |
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Lord Evelyn Cecil |
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1 Apr 1941 |
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Robert William Evelyn Cecil |
28 Feb 1901 |
6 Jan 1976 |
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James Hugh Cecil |
5 Apr 1934 |
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10 Apr 1827 |
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| 1 Dec 1771 |
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Robert Jocelyn,Viscount Jocelyn |
31 Jul 1731 |
22 Jun 1797 |
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Robert Jocelyn |
26 Oct 1756 |
29 Jun 1820 |
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Robert Jocelyn |
27 Oct 1788 |
20 Mar 1870 |
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PC 1812 KP
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Robert Jocelyn |
22 Nov 1846 |
10 Jan 1880 |
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John Strange Jocelyn |
5 Jun 1823 |
3 Jul 1897 |
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William Henry Jocelyn |
5 Nov 1842 |
23 Jan 1910 |
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Robert Julian Orde Jocelyn |
19 Apr 1845 |
18 Dec 1915 |
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Robert Soame Jocelyn |
8 Sep 1883 |
30 Oct 1956 |
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Robert William Jocelyn |
4 Dec 1909 |
18 Oct 1993 |
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| 18 Oct 1993 |
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Robert John Jocelyn |
25 Aug 1938 |
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| 29 Apr 1992 |
B[L] |
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Alan Ferguson Rodger |
18 Sep 1944 |
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| 12 Feb 1992 |
B[L] |
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William Thomas Rodgers |
28 Oct 1928 |
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Created Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank |
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for life 12 Feb 1992 |
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MP for Stockton on Tees 1962-1983 |
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Minister of State,Board of Trade 1968-1969 |
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Minister
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Minister Of State,Defence 1974-1976. |
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Secretary of State for Transport 1976-1979 |
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PC 1975 |
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RODNEY |
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| 19 Jun 1782 |
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Sir George Brydges Rodney,1st baronet |
13 Feb 1718 |
24 May 1792 |
74 |
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Created Baron Rodney 19 Jun 1782 |
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MP for Saltash 1751-1754, Okehampton |
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1759-1761, Penrhyn 1761-1768, Northampton |
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1768-1774 and Westminster 1780-1782. |
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| 24 May 1792 |
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George Rodney |
25 Dec 1753 |
2 Jan 1802 |
48 |
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MP for Northampton 1780-1784 |
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| 2 Jan 1802 |
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George Rodney |
18 Jun 1782 |
21 Jun 1842 |
60 |
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Thomas James Harley-Rodney |
12 Jun 1784 |
30 Oct 1843 |
59 |
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Spencer Rodney |
30 May 1785 |
15 May 1846 |
60 |
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Rodney Bennett Rodney |
21 May 1820 |
19 Aug 1864 |
44 |
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George Bridges Harley Bennett Rodney |
28 Feb 1857 |
29 Dec 1909 |
52 |
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George Bridges Harley Guest Rodney |
2 Nov 1891 |
18 Dec 1973 |
82 |
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John Francis Rodney |
28 Jun 1920 |
13 Oct 1992 |
72 |
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| 13 Oct 1992 |
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George Brydges Rodney |
3 Jan 1953 |
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| 5 Jan 1917 |
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Thomas Roe |
13 Jul 1832 |
7 Jun 1923 |
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| 7 Jun 1923 |
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MP for Derby 1883-1895 and 1900-1916 |
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ROGAN |
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| 16 Jul 1999 |
B[L] |
1 |
Dennis Robert David Rogan |
30 Jun 1942 |
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Created Baron Rogan 16 Jul 1999 |
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| 17 Oct 1996 |
B[L] |
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Richard George Rogers |
23 Jul 1933 |
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Created Baron Rogers of Riverside |
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17 Oct 1996 |
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CH 2008 |
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ROKEBY |
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| 26 Feb 1777 |
B[I] |
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Richard Robinson |
c 1708 |
10 Oct 1794 |
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Created Baron Rokeby 26 Feb 1777 |
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Archbishop of Armagh 1765-1794 |
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| 10 Oct 1794 |
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Matthew Morris |
12 Apr 1713 |
30 Nov 1800 |
87 |
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MP for Canterbury 1747-1761 |
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| 30 Nov 1800 |
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Morris Robinson |
14 Jul 1757 |
10 May 1829 |
71 |
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| 10 May 1829 |
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Matthew Montagu |
23 Nov 1762 |
1 Sep 1831 |
68 |
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MP for Bossiney 1786-1790, Tregony 1790- |
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1796 and St.Germans 1806-1807 |
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| 1 Sep 1831 |
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Edward Montagu |
6 Jul 1787 |
7 Apr 1847 |
59 |
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| 7 Apr 1847 |
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Henry Montagu |
2 Feb 1798 |
25 May 1883 |
85 |
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| 25 May 1883 |
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ROLL OF IPSDEN |
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| 19 Jul 1977 |
B[L] |
1 |
Eric Roll |
1 Dec 1907 |
30 Mar 2005 |
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| 30 Mar 2005 |
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19 Jul 1977 |
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ROLLE |
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| 8 Jan 1748 |
B |
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Henry Rolle |
7 Nov 1708 |
17 Aug 1750 |
41 |
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| 17 Aug 1750 |
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MP for Devon 1730-1741 and Barnstaple |
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1741-1748 |
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| 20 Jun 1796 |
B |
1 |
John Rolle |
16 Oct 1756 |
3 Apr 1842 |
85 |
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Created Baron Rolle 20 Jun 1796 |
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| 3 Apr 1842 |
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MP for Devon 1779-1796 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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ROLLO |
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| 10 Jan 1651 |
B[S] |
1 |
Andrew Rollo |
1577 |
12 Jun 1659 |
81 |
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Created Lord Rollo 10 Jan 1651 |
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| 12 Jun 1659 |
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James Rollo |
11 Dec 1600 |
12 Jun 1669 |
68 |
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| 12 Jun 1669 |
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Andrew Rollo |
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4 Mar 1700 |
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| 4 Mar 1700 |
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Robert Rollo |
c 1680 |
8 Mar 1758 |
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| 8 Mar 1758 |
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Andrew Rollo |
c 1703 |
2 Jun 1765 |
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| 2 Jun 1765 |
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John Rollo |
6 Feb 1708 |
26 Mar 1783 |
75 |
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| 26 Mar 1783 |
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James Rollo |
8 Mar 1738 |
14 May 1784 |
46 |
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| 14 May 1784 |
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John Rollo |
23 Apr 1773 |
24 Dec 1846 |
73 |
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| 24 Dec 1846 |
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William Rollo |
28 May 1809 |
8 Oct 1852 |
43 |
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| 8 Oct 1852 |
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John Rogerson Rollo |
24 Oct 1835 |
2 Oct 1916 |
80 |
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Created Baron Dunning 29 Jun 1869 |
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| 2 Oct 1916 |
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William Charles Wordsworth Rollo |
8 Jan 1860 |
3 Mar 1946 |
86 |
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| 3 Mar 1946 |
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John Eric Henry Rollo |
8 Jan 1889 |
3 Sep 1947 |
58 |
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| 3 Sep 1947 |
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Eric John Stapylton Rollo |
3 Dec 1915 |
25 Sep 1997 |
81 |
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| 25 Sep 1997 |
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David Eric Howard Rollo |
31 Mar 1943 |
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ROMER |
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| 5 Jan 1938 |
B |
1 |
Mark Lemon Romer |
9 Aug 1866 |
19 Aug 1944 |
78 |
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Created Baron Romer 5 Jan 1938 |
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| 19 Aug 1944 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1929-1938. Lord of |
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Appeal in Ordinary 1938-1944. PC 1929 |
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| 3 Jan 1866 |
B |
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Sir John Romilly |
10 Jan 1802 |
23 Dec 1874 |
72 |
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Created Baron Romilly 3 Jan 1866 |
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MP for Bridport 1832-1835 and 1846-1847, |
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and Devonport 1847-1852. Solicitor General |
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1848-1850. Attorney General 1850-1851. |
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Master of the Rolls 1851-1873. PC 1851 |
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| 23 Dec 1874 |
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William Romilly |
12 Apr 1835 |
23 May 1891 |
56 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 23 May 1891 |
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John Gaspard le Marchant Romilly |
1 Mar 1866 |
23 Jun 1905 |
39 |
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peer,see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 23 Jun 1905 |
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William Gaspard Guy Romilly |
8 Mar 1899 |
29 Jun 1983 |
84 |
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| 29 Jun 1983 |
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| 14 May 1694 |
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Henry Sydney |
c Mar 1641 |
8 Apr 1704 |
63 |
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| 8 Apr 1704 |
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Sydney 9 Apr 1689 and Earl of Romney |
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14 May 1694 |
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Lord Lieutenant Kent 1689-1704 |
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Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports |
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1691-1702. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
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1692-1695. PC
1689 MP for Tamworth 1689 |
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| 22 Jun 1716 |
B |
1 |
Sir Robert Marsham,5th baronet |
17 Sep 1685 |
28 Nov 1724 |
39 |
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Created Baron Romney 22 Jun 1716 |
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MP for Maidstone 1708-1716 |
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| 28 Nov 1724 |
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Robert Marsham |
22 Aug 1717 |
16 Nov 1793 |
76 |
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| 16 Nov 1793 |
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Charles Marsham |
28 Sep 1744 |
1 Mar 1811 |
66 |
| 22 Jun 1801 |
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Romney 22 Jun 1801 |
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1790. Lord Lieutenant Kent 1797-1808 |
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| 1 Mar 1811 |
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Charles Marsham |
22 Nov 1777 |
29 Mar 1845 |
67 |
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MP for Hythe 1798-1802, Downton 1803- |
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1806 and Hythe 1806-1807 |
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| 29 Mar 1845 |
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Charles Marsham |
30 Jul 1808 |
2 Sep 1874 |
66 |
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MP for Kent West 1841-1845 |
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| 2 Sep 1874 |
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Charles Marsham |
7 Mar 1841 |
21 Aug 1905 |
64 |
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| 21 Aug 1905 |
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Charles Marsham |
25 Oct 1864 |
13 Mar 1933 |
68 |
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| 13 Mar 1933 |
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Charles Marsham |
9 Jul 1892 |
6 Sep 1975 |
83 |
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| 6 Sep 1975 |
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Nicholas Henry Marsham |
22 Nov 1910 |
5 Jun 2004 |
93 |
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| 5 Jun 2004 |
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Julian Charles Marsham |
28 Mar 1948 |
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| 28 Oct 1947 |
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Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas |
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Mountbatten |
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Created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
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23 Aug 1946 and Baron Romsey and Earl |
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Mountbatten of Burma 28 Oct 1947 |
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| 22 Aug 1892 |
M |
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Lawrence Dundas,Earl of Zetland |
16 Aug 1844 |
11 Mar 1929 |
84 |
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Created Earl of Ronaldshay and |
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Marquess of Zetland 22 Aug 1892 |
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| 16 Jun 2001 |
B[L] |
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Jeffrey William Rooker |
5 Jun 1941 |
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| 15 Jun 1892 |
B |
1 |
Sir Henry John Selwin-Ibbetson,7th baronet |
26 Sep 1826 |
15 Jan 1902 |
75 |
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| 15 Jan 1902 |
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MP for Essex South 1865-1868, Essex West |
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1868-1885 and Epping 1885-1892. Financial |
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Secretary to the Treasury 1878-1880 |
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Francis Manners,Earl of Rutland |
1578 |
17 Dec 1632 |
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ROOS OF BELVOIR |
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| 17 Jun 1896 |
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John James Robert Manners,7th Duke of Rutland |
13 Dec 1818 |
4 Aug 1906 |
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Created Baron Roos of Belvoir 17 Jun 1896 |
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ROOTES |
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| 16 Feb 1959 |
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William Edward Rootes |
17 Aug 1894 |
12 Dec 1964 |
70 |
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Created Baron Rootes 16 Feb 1959 |
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| 12 Dec 1964 |
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William Geoffrey Rootes |
14 Jun 1917 |
17 Jan 1992 |
74 |
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Nicholas Geoffrey Rootes |
12 Jul 1951 |
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ROPER |
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| 12 May 2000 |
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John Francis Hodgkess Roper |
10 Sep 1935 |
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Created Baron Roper 12 May 2000 |
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MP for Farnworth 1970-1983. PC 2005 |
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ROS |
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| 27 Jan 1332 |
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John de Ros |
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Ros 27 Jan 1332 |
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| 24 Jun 1295 |
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Robert Ros |
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Ros de Werke 24 Jun 1295 |
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ROSCOMMON |
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| 5 Aug 1622 |
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James Dillon |
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Robert Dillon |
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James Dillon |
c 1605 |
Oct 1649 |
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Wentworth Dillon |
c 1630 |
18 Jan 1685 |
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Carey Dillon |
1 Jul 1627 |
25 Nov 1689 |
62 |
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Robert Dillon |
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14 May 1715 |
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Robert Dillon |
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9 Jan 1721 |
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James Dillon |
1702 |
20 Aug 1746 |
44 |
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Robert Dillon |
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25 Mar 1770 |
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John Dillon |
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27 Aug 1782 |
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Patrick Dillon |
15 Mar 1769 |
17 Nov 1816 |
47 |
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Michael James Robert Dillon |
2 Oct 1798 |
15 May 1850 |
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ROSEBERY |
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| 10 Apr 1703 |
E[S] |
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Archibald Primrose |
18 Dec 1664 |
20 Oct 1723 |
58 |
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Viscount Primrose 1 Apr 1700,and Lord |
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Dalmeny and Primrose,Viscount |
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Inverkeithing and Earl of Rosebery |
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James Primrose |
1691 |
26 Nov 1755 |
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Dalmeny,see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 26 Nov 1755 |
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Neil Primrose |
1729 |
25 Mar 1814 |
84 |
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KT 1771 |
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| 25 Mar 1814 |
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Archibald John Primrose |
14 Oct 1783 |
4 Mar 1868 |
84 |
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Rosebery [UK] |
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26 Jan 1828 |
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MP for Helston 1805 and Cashel 1806. |
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Lord Lieutenant Linlithgow 1843-1863, |
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PC 1831 KT 1840 |
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| 4 Mar 1868 |
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Archibald Philip Primrose |
7 May 1847 |
21 May 1929 |
82 |
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Created Baron Epsom,Viscount |
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Mentmore and Earl of Midlothian |
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3 Jul 1911 |
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Lord Privy Seal 1885. Foreign Secretary |
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1886 and 1892-1894. Prime Minister 1894- |
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1895. KG 1892 KT
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Linlithgow 1873-1929 and Midlothian 1884- |
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| 21 May 1929 |
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Robert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald |
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Primrose |
8 Jan 1882 |
31 May 1974 |
92 |
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MP for
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Lieutenant Midlothian 1929-1964. Secretary |
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of State
for Scotland 1945. PC 1945 |
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KT 1947 |
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| 31 May 1974 |
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Neil Archibald Primrose |
11 Feb 1929 |
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ROSEHILL |
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| 1 Nov 1647 |
B[S] |
1 |
Sir John Carnegie |
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18 Jan 1667 |
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Created Lord Lour 20 Apr 1639 and |
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Lord Lour and Egglismadie and Earl of |
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Ethie 1 Nov 1647 |
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Northesk and Barony of Rosehill in 1662 - |
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see "Northesk" |
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ROSENHEIM |
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| 31 Jul 1970 |
B[L] |
1 |
Max Leonard Rosenheim |
15 Mar 1908 |
2 Dec 1972 |
64 |
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| 2 Dec 1972 |
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31 Jul 1970 |
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ROSKILL |
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| 15 Apr 1980 |
B[L] |
1 |
Eustace Wentworth Roskill |
6 Feb 1911 |
4 Oct 1996 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1971-1980. Lord of |
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Appeal in Ordinary 1980- PC 1971 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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ROSMEAD |
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| 11 Aug 1896 |
B |
1 |
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,1st baronet |
19 Dec 1824 |
28 Oct 1897 |
72 |
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Created Baron Rosmead 11 Aug 1896 |
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Governor of Hong Kong 1859-1865, Ceylon |
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1875-1872, New South Wales 1872-1879, |
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New Zealand 1879-1880 and Cape of Good |
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Hope 1880-1889 and 1895-1897. PC 1883 |
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| 28 Oct 1897 |
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Hercules Arthur Temple Robinson |
6 Nov 1866 |
26 May 1933 |
66 |
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| 26 May 1933 |
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| 4 Jan 1772 |
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1 |
Sir Ralph Gore,6th baronet |
23 Nov 1725 |
Sep 1802 |
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Viscount Belleisle 25 Aug 1768 and |
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Earl of Ross 4 Jan 1772 |
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| 1157 |
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Malcom Mac Heth |
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Created Earl of Ross 1157 |
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1 |
Ferquhard |
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Created Earl of Ross 1215 |
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William |
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May 1274 |
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William |
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28 Jan 1333 |
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Hugh |
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20 Feb 1334 |
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William |
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Euphemia Leslie |
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Alexander Leslie |
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8 May 1402 |
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Euphemia Leslie |
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Margaret Macdonald |
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c 1429 |
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Alexander Macdonald |
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4 May 1448 |
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John Macdonald |
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| 29 Jan 1488 |
D[S] |
1 |
James Stewart |
Mar 1476 |
17 Jan 1504 |
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Ardmannoch
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of Edirdale,Marquess of Ormond and |
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Duke of Ross 29 Jan 1488 |
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Second son of James III of Scotland |
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1 |
Alexander Stewart |
30 Apr 1514 |
18 Dec 1515 |
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Fourth son of James IV of Scotland |
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B[S] |
1 |
Sir John Ross |
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1501 |
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Created Lord Ross 1499 |
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John Ross |
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Ninian Ross |
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James Ross |
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2 Apr 1581 |
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Robert Ross |
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Oct 1595 |
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James Ross |
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17 Dec 1633 |
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James Ross |
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17 Mar 1634 |
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William Ross |
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Aug 1640 |
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Robert Ross |
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Aug 1648 |
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William Ross |
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1656 |
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| 1656 |
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11 |
George Ross |
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Apr 1682 |
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12 |
William Ross |
c 1656 |
15 Mar 1738 |
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Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1715 |
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George Ross |
c 1682 |
17 Jun 1754 |
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| 17 Jun 1754 |
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14 |
William Ross |
1721 |
19 Aug 1754 |
33 |
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| 11 Aug 1815 |
B |
1 |
George Boyle,Earl of Glasgow |
26 Mar 1766 |
6 Jul 1843 |
77 |
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Created Baron Ross of Hawkhead |
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11 Aug 1815 |
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| 24 Jul 1979 |
B[L] |
1 |
William Ross |
7 Apr 1911 |
10 Jun 1988 |
77 |
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Stephen Sherlock Ross |
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MP for Isle of Wight 1974-1987 |
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Sir Richard Parsons,3rd baronet |
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Rosse 2 Jul 1681 |
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Richard Parsons |
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Lawrence Harman Parsons |
26 Jul 1749 |
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Sir Lawrence Parsons,5th baronet |
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William Parsons |
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Lawrence Parsons |
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William Edward Parsons |
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Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons |
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Matthew Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby |
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The following is extracted from "The
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Magnificent British Eccentrics" by
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Mr
Robinson, as he was until he inherited his uncle's title in 1793 at the age
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singularly high-principled person. He resigned
after two terms as Member of Parliament because |
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of his disgust with the corruption of party
politics. He himself voted independently. As a result |
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he had enemies in both parties, though he was
popular with the people. To his sister, the |
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bluestocking, Mrs Montagu [wife of Edward
Montagu and one of the wealthiest women of her |
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time],
who reproached him for some social solecism shortly after his elevation to
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he shrugged, 'You know I was born a democrat.' |
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Robinson had strong views on the subjects of
fresh air and exercise. He walked everywhere, |
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although he often took a carriage along for his
servants, who had less stamina than he did |
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and, as he remarked, finer clothes that were
worth protecting from bad weather. At home, the |
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windows were perpetually open and he seldom lit
a fire. He spurned alcohol and believed that |
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English countryside produced sufficient to support the English people and
that it was |
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wicked
to eat 'exotics' such as wheat. Robinson's diet consisted mainly of beef tea,
but, |
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because of his democratic beliefs, guests at
his table could order whatever they liked. |
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Robinson was a good and popular landlord. He
never raised rents and he practised a peculiar |
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system of land management, based on his
political and philosophical principles, at Mount Morris, |
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his 800-acre estate in east Kent. There were no
fences, gates or stiles; trees were never |
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felled, nothing was planted, and the gardens
were returned to nature. But Robinson knew a |
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great deal about grazing, so the black sheep
and cattle that roamed freely on his land did well. |
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Robinson's
appearance was striking, largely due to his simple dress and a beard which,
by the |
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end of his life, reached to his knees. His
moustache was long enough for him to be able to tuck |
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the ends behind his ears. Country people often
took him for a Turk and his friends felt, rather |
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sadly, that his strange looks and odd manners
detracted from the seriousness of his philosophy. |
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He had several pet hates, notably doctors and
the Bank of England. The latter he believed was |
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certain sooner or later to fail. He made a £10
bet to that effect with a Canterbury alderman and |
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bound his heirs to continue the wager after his
death. Robinson was a great believer in the |
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beneficial effects of water. He installed
drinking fountains all along the roads of his property and |
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always
stopped to give a few coins to anyone he saw drinking from them. Every
morning he |
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bathed his eyes in salt water and that was just
the beginning of his regimen. Robinson spent |
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hours
on end completely immersed in water, often until he fainted. He had a special
bathing |
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house built at Mount Morris with a glass front
and a thatched roof. Here, sitting up to his neck |
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in his favourite liquid, he ate his meals,
received visitors, worked on his political pamphlets and |
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planned the management of the estate. |
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Robinson's
sister told of how she learned of a trip her brother had made to a
fashionable |
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watering-place. She was taking a tour of the
resort when her guide pointed out where Mr |
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Robinson had bathed with a roast loin of veal
floating at his side. 'The Quality', Mrs Montagu |
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reported her guide as saying, 'did make a great
wonderment at it, but it was nice veal and he |
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gave what he did not eat of it to her and some
others; to be sure he was the peculiarest |
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gentleman she had ever heard of, but he was
very good-natured.' |
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William Romilly, 2nd Baron Romilly |
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The 2nd Baron Romilly was the grandson of Sir
Samuel Romilly, who committed suicide in 1818 |
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in a fit of grief following the death of his
wife. For further information, see the note under |
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"Queenborough" in the House of
Commons pages. In 1891, the 2nd Baron was suffocated as |
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a result of a fire at his house. The following
report of the subsequent inquest appeared in the |
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Daily Post' of 28 May 1891:- |
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'The
inquest on the bodies of Lord Romilly and Emma Lovell, a domestic servant,
who were |
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suffocated
during the calamitous fire which occurred at 38, Egerton Gardens, Brompton
Road, on |
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Saturday night last, was opened yesterday
afternoon. |
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'Thomas
Hayter, butler to the deceased baron, stated that his lordship was fifty-six
years of |
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age. On Saturday last, at 11.15 pm.m., witness
was in the pantry in the basement. The drawing |
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room bell rang, and witness went up. Lord
Romilly was standing on the landing on the first |
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floor, and said that he had tipped the lamp
over. The drawing-room was well alight, the curtains |
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being ablaze. Witness suggested the fire
brigade being called, and then shut the drawing-room |
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door. He and Lord Romilly then went down to the
dining-room together, and witness gave the |
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alarm to a cabman. He then lighted the hall gas, and blew up the whistle to the
top floor. That |
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should have awakened the servants at the top.
Witness tried to get up the staircase, but was |
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unable
on account of the flames. The drawing-room door was then open, but witness
did not |
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see Lord Romilly whom he had left in the
dining-room. Witness then waited for the brigade to |
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arrive. There were three women servants and one
male servant at the top of the house. |
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Witness did not see what became of any of them.
It seemed a long time to witness before the |
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brigade arrived. The lamp in question was a
duplex lamp. When witness last saw it it was on a |
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small chippendale table, where witness placed
it at eight o'clock. It was not quite full of oil, but |
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there was nearly a quart of the best crystal
oil in it. There was no other light in the room beside |
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the lamp. There had never been an accident with
the lamp before to witness's knowledge. |
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There was an accident two years ago with a lamp
that had a glass reservoir; but the lamp in |
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question had a bronze reservoir. By the jury:
His lordship was perfectly sober on the night in |
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question. |
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'Witness
called the brigade before he attempted to arouse the servants. He thought the
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thing to do was to shut the door of the
drawing-room, as that was done on the occasion of the |
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last accident. Lord Romilly must have gone
upstairs again and left the door open. |
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'John
Lovell, 150, Morning Road, Kentish Town, a pianoforte maker, identified the
body of Emma |
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Annie Lovell, aged 43, as his sister. She was
cook and housekeeper to Lord Romilly. |
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'Engineer
James Morris, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, stated that he arrived at the fire
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p.m., from Knightsbridge Station. A woman was
calling for help from the third floor window. |
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A hydrant was got to work and the escape placed
in position. Fireman Byne mounted the |
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escape, from which witness was playing with the
hydrant hose, and rescued the woman. The |
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door was then broken open with a large axe and
a branch got to work in the house. Lord |
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Romilly was found in the front room on the
first floor, the sitting-room. He was near the |
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window, lying on the floor. He appeared to be
alive, and witness used artificial respiration |
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until a cab was called, and he was taken to the
hospital. He was unconscious the whole of |
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the time. The house was well alight back and
front when witness got there, and after Lord |
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Romilly had been removed the brigade got to
work right through the house. Wintess found the |
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body
of Miss Lovell in a back room on the third floor. She was lying near the
window, and, |
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seeing that there was still life witness used
artificial respiration until the woman was removed. |
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The fire had passed the woman and caught the
bed. The body of Mary Nippard was found in |
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a front room on the third floor. The whole of
the house was well alight from the first to the |
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fourth floor, The drawing-room was completely
burnt out. The fire alarm is not visible from |
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the house, but it was in a prominent position.
Witness saw the butler outside the house, but |
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not in it. |
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'By
the Jury: If the women had been awake in time they could have escaped by the
roof. If the |
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drawing-room door had been kept closed the fire
would have probably been confined to the |
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drawing-room. |
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'George
William Byne, whose hands were enveloped in surgical bandages, a fireman,
stated that |
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he was in charge of the escape, and was called
at 11.30. He at once proceeded to the fire, and |
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found a woman at the third-floor window
screaming for help. The flames were coming out of the |
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second-floor window. Witness fixed the escape
and extension ladder, and ascended and rescued |
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the
woman. He made a second attempt, but was forced to return. He got burny
himself in |
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passing the second-floor window. |
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Alfred Spencer, an inspector under the Petroleum Act, stated that he had made
experiments |
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with the oil used, and found it to be the
highest known test oil, which was usually known as |
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"safety" oil. The lamp was not a
safety lamp, and had one great defect, the burner being locked, |
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and not screwed, to the neck of the reservoir,
so that in a case such as this, where the lamp |
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fell, the burner would be jerked off and the
oil escape. Mr. B. Redwood, analyst, confirmed the |
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previous witness's evidence. |
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'William
John Andrews, who volunteered his evidence and was sworn, said that at 11.45
he saw |
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the fire, and went with another man to Egerton
Gardens. A fire escape was in position, and he |
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alleged that the fireman in charge said he was
afraid to ascend it, and the witness thereipon |
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went up, got into the third-floor window, and
found a young woman. Two firemen then came up |
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and took the body away. The coroner's officer
said a constable was present at the fire, but did |
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not see this witness. |
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Coroner summed up, and in doing so paid a high compliment to the fireman
Byne, who, he |
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said,
had acted in a most heroic manner. The jury endorsed the coroner's remarks,
and returned |
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a verdict of "Accidental death." |
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John Gaspard le Marchant Romilly, 3rd Baron
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In August 1894, the engagement was announced of
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Egerton,
daughter of Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, 11th baronet. However, the marriage
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engagement did not take place, since Violet transferred her affections to a
young man |
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named Waldron to whom she became engaged. Once
again, this engagement was called off by |
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Violet. She then became engaged, for the third
time in three years, to Ernest Cunard. |
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This time it seemed that the engagement would
result in marriage. According to the story, all |
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had been arranged, including the purchase of
the trousseau and the issuing of the invitations. |
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However, when the guests arrived at St. Peter's
Church, in Eaton Square in London, where the |
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ceremony
was to take place, they were greeted with the news that Violet had been
married |
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on the previous day to her original fiancee,
Lord Romilly, at St. George's, in Hanover Square. |
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The Dublin paper 'Freeman's Journal' reported
in its issue of 7 August 1897 that "the marriage |
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of Miss Grey Egerton and Lord Romilly has
excited an extraordinary amount of interest. It took |
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place under exceptionally romantic not to say
sensational circumstances. The bride had been |
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engaged three times in three years, to Lord
Romilly, among others, but the engagement lasted |
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only a couple of weeks. After a time Miss Grey
Egerton became engaged to Mr. Cunard, a |
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cousin of Sir Bache Cunard [3rd baronet and
member of the family which founded the famous |
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shipping line]. Their marriage was arranged to
take place on Thursday, but on Wednesday |
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the lady bestowed her hand and heart on Lord
Romilly at St. George's, Hanover Square. The |
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bride was given away by her maid, and Lord
Romilly's solicitor acted as best man. The |
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announcement was made to Mr. Cunard by telegram
immediately after the ceremony. Since |
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the famous elopement of the Marquis of Hastings
with Mr. Henry Chaplin's betrothed the day |
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before their intended wedding [see the note
under 'Hastings'] there has been no case of this |
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kind." |
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The 'Pall Mall Gazette,' also on 7 August 1897,
contented itself with a somewhat briefer |
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report - "The marriage of Miss Grey
Egerton to Mr. Ernest Cunard will not take place." |
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Both parties died young - Lord Romilly in June
1905, aged only 39. His wife survived him by |
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John
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Rosebery (1725-11 Aug 1755) |
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John Primrose, Lord Dalmeny, is shown in
peerage reference works as having died unmarried in |
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August 1755. While this is correct in a
strictly legal sense, Dalmeny's 'marriage' provides a |
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romantic story. The following edited account of
this 'marriage' is taken from 'Chapters from |
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Family Chests' by Edward Walford [2 vols, Hurst
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'The
young lady to whom Lord Dalmeny….became allied was named Kate, or, as she was
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called, 'Kitty' Cannon, and her parents were
substantial yeomen, occupying a large farm in the |
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parish of Thorpe, which lies at the extreme
north-east end of Essex, jutting out far into the |
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German
Ocean [i.e.the North Sea]……..When she was just twenty, she gave her hand, and
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to be presumed) her heart also, to the rector
of Thorpe, a Reverend Mr. Gough. |
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quiet and remote parsonage, however, was not exactly suited to the taste of a
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who had once sipped the cup of flattery from
gentlemen who belonged to the clubs about St. |
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James's, and who moved in courtly circles.
Accordingly, one evening when she was staying in |
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London, being present at a ball in the
neighbourhood of the then fashionable district of Covent |
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Garden, she managed to slip out, unobserved by
her husband, and to run away with John, Lord |
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Dalmeny, who was only a few years older than
herself. She had no children, and doubtless his |
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lordship was led to believe that she was a
widow, and quite at her own disposal. [In 'The |
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Complete Peerage' her name is given as Kitty
Canham, and it is stated that he was baptised |
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in February 1720, thus making her five years
older than Lord Dalmeny.] |
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'The
pair went abroad, and remained for two or three years travelling in the sunny
south; but |
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in
the early summer of 1752 Kitty Cannon, or Kitty Gough, was taken seriously
ill at Florence. |
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Her
illness turned into a galloping consumption, and in the May or June of that
year she died. |
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A few hours only before her death, she wrote
upon a scrap of paper, "I am really the wife of |
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the Revenrend Mr. Gough, vicar of Thorpe, near
Colchester, Essex; my maiden name was Kitty |
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Cannon, and my family belong to the same
parish. Bury me there." |
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'Lord
Dalmeny's young wife, as he always thought her to be, was gone before he was
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realize
the full meaning of the lines which she had written. At first he was disposed
to reject |
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them, as a creation of her sick brain; it was
impossible for him to believe that the dear |
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companion of his last few years was guilty of
bigamy. But, whether true or false, he at once |
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resolved, as she lay in her coffin at Florence,
to give effect to her last wish, and he |
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instantly prepared to carry her remains over to
England. |
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body of this lovely woman was embalmed, and secured in 'a very firm oaken
coffin, |
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decorated with six large silver plates, and it
was then put into a strong outer case of common |
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deal, which concealed the ominous shape of its
contents. The jewelry and wardrobe of the lady |
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were packed in other chests, and with this
cumbersome baggage Lord Dalmeny set out upon |
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his melancholy journey by land to the south of
France. At Marseilles he was able to engage a |
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vessel for carry him and his packages by sea
round to Dover, under the assumed name of Mr. |
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Williams,
a merchant of Hamburg; and on landing at Dover he transferred his belongings
to a |
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small coaster, which he hired to carry him to
Harwich, then a busy and bustling port, only a |
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few miles distant from Thorpe. The vessel,
however, was forced by contrary winds to make |
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for
Colchester instead, where the Custom House officers came down to the 'Hythe'
to examine |
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the freight before they would allow it to be
landed. They could not recognize in the elegant |
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and polished gentleman, whom they saw dressed
in the deepest of black and bowed down |
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by grief, a common business man from Hamburg;
and they very naturally thought, as only seven |
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years had passed since the rebellion of 1745,
that he was some emissary of the Pretender. So |
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their
loyalty took the alarm. It certainly was the plain duty of Custom House
officials to see |
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that no French tobacco, gloves, lace, or
brocade was brought over in those large boxes |
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without
paying duty to King George. Accordingly, without giving any attention to the |
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remonstrances of Mr. Williams, they were about
to plunge their knives into the larger case, |
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when the Hamburg merchant drew his sword and
told them to desist. He at once made a clean |
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breast of the affair, telling them that he was
an Englishman, and, what was more, an English |
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nobleman, and that the chest upon the wharf
contained the body of his dead wife. But this |
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explanation
did not satisfy the officers, who were not sure that there was not a murder
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bottom of the transaction. They therefore at
once broke the outer chest, tore open the coffin |
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lid, and lifted the cere-cloths from the face
of the embalmed corpse. Lord Dalmeny was taken. |
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along with the coffin, to a church near at
hand, where he was detained until he could prove |
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the truth of his story. |
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'The
news soon spread about, and crowds of the neighbouring villagers came to see
the fair |
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lady's face as she lay in her coffin. Many of
these identified her features as those of the Kitty |
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Cannon
who had spent her childhood at Thorpe, and who had disappeared soon after her
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marriage with the vicar of that parish. |
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'But
here was a further difficulty for his lordship; for, though the rest of his
staory was |
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transparently true, it was clear that the lady
was not really his lawful wife. A
communication |
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was at once forwarded to the vicar, who lost no
time in coming over to the 'Hythe' and |
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recognizing the corpse as that of his vanished
partner. But what a mystery the whole affair was |
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to him as well as to Lord Dalmeny, to whom at
first, as may be supposed, he entertained and |
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expressed no very friendly feelings. But he was
soon pacified. Possibly he had preached but |
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lately
a sermon enforcing forgiveness of even intended wrongs, and here was a wrong
which |
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clearly was not intended. Accordingly as soon
as he was able to contemplate the matter in |
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all its bearings - the deception which had been
practiced on the poor young nobleman, and the |
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passionate constancy which had borne him up
through his toilsome journey by land and voyage |
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by sea in order to gratify his supposed wife's
last prayer, and the faithfulness with which, like a |
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dog, he watched beside her coffin in the church
- he felt that he could not refuse to forgive |
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the wrong, and he consented to meet Lord
Dalmeny on a friendly footing. |
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'The
interview between the two rival husbands is said in a family record to have
been very |
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moving, and no doubt must have been touching in
the extreme…..I am not able to tell my |
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readers the exact words in which Lord Dalmeny
assured the husband of his entire innocence of |
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fraud, and of the honest intentions with which
he had acted throughout. Even the discovery of |
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the long-lost Kitty's deceit and guilt did not
put his love to shame, or shake his determination |
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to
follow her to her last resting-place. And the same was the feeling of his
lordship. The next |
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day,
as soon as the magistrates were satisfied that the law had not been broken,
both |
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husbands accompanied the loved remains to
Thorpe Church, where the poor frail lady was |
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buried with all the pomp and show which could
have been accorded a real peeress. Which of the |
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two
paid the undertaker's bill is not stated; but I have every reason to believe
that the cost |
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was
paid by Lord Dalmeny, or amicably settled between them. It was said that the
funeral |
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cortege was stopped for a few minutes at the
gates of the vicarage, and that the young |
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nobleman walked into the house, from which he
presently came forth arm-in-arm with Mr. Gough, |
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who was clothed in mourning as deep as his own,
and with scarf and headband to match. This |
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happened on July 9, 1752. |
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'After
the funeral ceremony, Lord Dalmeny departed from the scene in great grief and
to all |
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appearance quite inconsolable, declaring that
he should leave not only the shores of Essex, but |
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those of England, for ever. Whether he kept his
word in this respect is more than I can tell; but |
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the
tragical occurrence would seem to have shortened his days, for he survived
his beloved |
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Kitty
little more than three years, dying at the age of thirty on August 11, 1755,
in the lifetime |
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of his father the earl, over whom the grave
closed in the November following.' |
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Richard Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (first
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Rosse was one of the founders of the Irish
Hell-Fire Club and a noted libertine. |
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One story concerning him is that he received a
letter from a neighbouring cleric upbraiding |
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him for his many and varied sins. Unperturbed,
Rosse, having noted that the letter was |
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addressed only to 'My Lord', immediately
forwarded the letter to the Earl of Kildare, a man |
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famous for his virtue and piety. |
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Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (second
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The 4th Earl's father, the 3rd Earl of Rosse,
was one of the world's leading astronomers during |
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the nineteenth century. In 1845, the 3rd Earl
completed construction of what was then the |
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world's
largest telescope, a six-foot reflecting telescope known as the
"Leviathan of |
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Parsonstown" which revealed the existence
of spiral nebulas. |
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The 4th Earl inherited his father's scientific
interests. By all accounts, the Earl was somewhat |
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careless regarding his clothing. According to
one anecdote, he once was discovered in the |
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engine room of a large manufacturing concern
and was challenged by the chief engineer, who |
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demanded to know his business there. The Earl
calmly replied that he was waiting for the |
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boiler to explode, at which the engineer
prepared to throw him out, believing that the Earl was |
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a dangerous lunatic. The Earl pointed out that
unless the engineer tightened a certain screw, |
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the boiler was bound to explode within the next
ten minutes. When the engineer checked, he |
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discovered that the Earl was correct, and
demanded to know why he had not said anything |
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sooner, to which the Earl responded that he had
never had the opportunity of seeing a boiler |
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explode. |
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