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WELLESLEY |
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| 2 Oct 1760 |
V[I] |
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Garret Wellesley,Baron Mornington |
19 Jul 1735 |
22 May 1784 |
48 |
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Created Viscount Wellesley and Earl |
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of Mornington 2 Oct 1760 |
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| 2 Dec 1799 |
M[I] |
1 |
Richard Colley Wellesley |
20 Jun 1760 |
26 Sep 1842 |
82 |
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Created Baron Wellesley 20 Oct 1797 |
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and Marquess Wellesley 2 Dec 1799 |
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See "Mornington" - peerages extinct on |
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his death |
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WELLINGTON |
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| 11 May 1814 |
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Arthur Wellesley |
1 May 1769 |
14 Sep 1852 |
83 |
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Created Baron Douro and Viscount |
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Wellington 4 Sep 1809,Earl of |
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Wellington 28 Feb 1812,Marquess of |
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Wellington 3 Oct 1812 and Marquess |
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of Douro and Duke of Wellington |
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11 May 1814 |
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MP for Rye 1806, St.Michaels 1807 and |
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Newport 1807-1809. Chief Secretary for |
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Ireland 1807-1809. Field Marshal 1813. |
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Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1820-1852 and |
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Tower Hamlets 1826-1852. Commander in |
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Chief 1827 and 1842-1852. Prime Minister |
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1828-1830. Lord Warden of the Cinque |
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Ports 1829-1852. Foreign Secretary 1834- |
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1835. PC 1807 PC [I] 1807
KG 1813 |
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| 14 Sep 1852 |
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Arthur Richard Wellesley |
3 Feb 1807 |
13 Aug 1884 |
77 |
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MP for Aldborough 1829-1832 and Norwich |
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1837-1852. Lord Lieutenant Middlesex |
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1868-1884. PC
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| 13 Aug 1884 |
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Henry Wellesley |
5 Apr 1846 |
8 Jun 1900 |
54 |
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MP for Andover 1874-1880 |
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| 8 Jun 1900 |
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Arthur Charles Wellesley |
15 Mar 1849 |
18 Jun 1934 |
85 |
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KG 1902 |
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| 18 Jun 1934 |
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Arthur Charles Wellesley |
9 Jun 1876 |
11 Dec 1941 |
65 |
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| 11 Dec 1941 |
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Henry Valerian George Wellesley |
14 Jul 1912 |
16 Sep 1943 |
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| 16 Sep 1943 |
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Gerald Wellesley |
21 Aug 1885 |
4 Jan 1972 |
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Lord Lieutenant London 1944-1949 and |
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Hampshire 1949-1960.
KG 1951 |
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| 4 Jan 1972 |
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Arthur Valerian Wellesley |
2 Jul 1915 |
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| 10 May 1965 |
B[L] |
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Reginald Alfred Wells-Pestell |
27 Jan 1910 |
17 Jan 1991 |
80 |
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Created Baron Wells-Pestell for life |
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| 17 Jan 1991 |
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10 May 1965 |
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WEMYSS |
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| 25 Jun 1633 |
E[S] |
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Sir John Wemyss,1st baronet |
1586 |
22 Nov 1649 |
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Created Lord Wemyss 1 Apr 1628 |
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and Lord Elcho and Methell and Earl |
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of Wemyss 25 Jun 1633 |
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| 22 Nov 1649 |
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David Wemyss |
6 Sep 1610 |
Jul 1679 |
68 |
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| Jul 1679 |
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Margaret Mackenzie |
1 Jan 1659 |
11 Mar 1705 |
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| 11 Mar 1705 |
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David Wemyss |
29 Apr 1678 |
15 Mar 1720 |
41 |
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| 15 Mar 1720 |
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James Wemyss |
30 Aug 1699 |
21 Mar 1756 |
56 |
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attainder and the peerage was therefore |
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forfeited |
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David Wemyss |
30 Jul 1721 |
29 Apr 1787 |
65 |
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Francis Charteris |
21 Oct 1723 |
24 Aug 1808 |
84 |
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Francis Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas |
15 Apr 1772 |
28 Jun 1853 |
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He succeeded as 4th Earl of March 23 Dec 1810 |
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Created Baron Wemyss [UK] 17 Jul 1821 |
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He obtained a reversal of the attainder |
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in 1826 |
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Lord Lieutenant Peebles 1821-1853 |
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Francis Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas |
14 Aug 1795 |
1 Jan 1883 |
87 |
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Lord Lieutenant Peebles 1853-1880 |
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| 1 Jan 1883 |
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Francis Charteris |
4 Aug 1818 |
30 Jun 1914 |
95 |
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MP for Gloucestershire East 1841-1846 |
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and Haddingtonshire 1847-1883 |
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| 30 Jun 1914 |
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Hugo Richard Wemyss Charteris |
25 Aug 1857 |
12 Jul 1937 |
79 |
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MP for Haddingtonshire 1883-1885 and |
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Ipswich 1886-1895. Lord Lieutenant |
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Haddington 1918-1937 |
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| 12 Jul 1937 |
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Francis David Charteris |
19 Jan 1912 |
12 Dec 2008 |
96 |
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KT 1966. Lord Lieutenant East Lothian |
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1967-1987 |
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| 12 Dec 2008 |
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James Donald Charteris |
22 Jun 1948 |
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WENDOVER |
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| 16 Jul 1895 |
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Charles Robert Carington |
16 May 1843 |
13 Jun 1928 |
85 |
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Created Viscount Wendover and Earl |
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| 13 Jun 1928 |
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Carrington 16 Jul 1895 and Marquess |
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of Lincolnshire 1912 |
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These creations extinct on his death |
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WENLOCK |
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| 26 Jul 1461 |
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John Wenlock |
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Wenlock 26 Jul 1461 |
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KG 1461 |
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| 10 Sep 1831 |
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Sir Robert Lawley,6th baronet |
1768 |
10 Apr 1834 |
65 |
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Created Baron Wenlock 10 Sep 1831 |
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MP for Newcastle 1802-1806 |
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| 13 May 1839 |
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Paul Beilby Lawley-Thompson |
1 Jul 1784 |
9 May 1852 |
67 |
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Created Baron Wenlock 13 May 1839 |
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MP for Wenlock 1826-1832 and East Riding |
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of Yorkshire 1832-1837. Lord Lieutenant |
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| 9 May 1852 |
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Beilby Richard Lawley |
21 Apr 1818 |
6 Nov 1880 |
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MP for Pontefract 1851-1852. Lord |
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Lieutenant E Riding Yorkshire 1864-1880 |
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| 6 Nov 1880 |
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Beilby Lawley |
12 May 1849 |
15 Jan 1912 |
62 |
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| 15 Jan 1912 |
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Richard Thompson Lawley |
21 Aug 1856 |
25 Jul 1918 |
61 |
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Algernon George Lawley |
25 Dec 1857 |
14 Jun 1931 |
73 |
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| 14 Jun 1931 |
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Arthur Lawley |
12 Nov 1860 |
14 Jun 1932 |
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Governor of Western Australia 1901-1902, |
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Transvaal 1902-1905 and Madras 1906-1911 |
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| 30 Jul 1628 |
V[I] |
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Sir Richard Wenman |
1573 |
3 Apr 1640 |
66 |
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Created Baron and Viscount Wenman |
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30 Jul 1628 |
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Thomas Wenman |
1596 |
25 Jan 1665 |
68 |
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Philip Wenman |
17 Aug 1610 |
20 Apr 1686 |
75 |
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In 1683,he obtained letters patent which stated |
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that,in the event of his dying without male issue, |
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the titles would be granted to his nearest relative, |
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his great-nephew,Sir Richard Wenman. Some |
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peerage references treat this as being a fresh |
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grant of the peerage and commence a new |
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numbering sequence; I have shown both sequence |
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Sir Richard Wenman,2nd baronet |
1657 |
1 Mar 1690 |
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MP for Brackley 1679-1690 |
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Richard Wenman |
29 Jan 1688 |
28 Nov 1729 |
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Philip Wenman |
23 Nov 1719 |
16 Aug 1760 |
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MP for Oxford 1749-1754 and Oxfordshire |
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Philip Wenman |
18 Apr 1742 |
26 Mar 1800 |
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| 3 Jun 1834 |
B |
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Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham |
10 Jun 1790 |
9 Aug 1870 |
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| 9 Aug 1870 |
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| 16 Jan 1856 |
B[L] |
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Sir James Parke |
22 Mar 1782 |
25 Feb 1868 |
85 |
| 23 Jul 1856 |
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PC 1833 |
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| 19 Dec 1900 |
B |
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Sir Matthew White Ridley,5th baronet |
25 Jul 1842 |
28 Nov 1904 |
62 |
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Ridley 19 Dec 1900 |
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| 2 Dec 1529 |
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Sir Thomas Wentworth |
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3 Mar 1551 |
49 |
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Wentworth 2 Dec 1529 |
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Thomas Wentworth |
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13 Jan 1584 |
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Henry Wentworth |
1558 |
16 Aug 1593 |
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Thomas Wentworth |
1591 |
25 Mar 1667 |
75 |
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Thomas Wentworth |
2 Feb 1613 |
1 Mar 1665 |
52 |
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He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of |
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Acceleration as Baron Wentworth Oct 1640 |
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Henrietta Maria Wentworth |
11 Aug 1660 |
23 Apr 1686 |
25 |
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Anne Lovelace |
29 Jul 1623 |
7 May 1697 |
73 |
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Martha Johnson |
c 1667 |
18 Jul 1745 |
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Sir Edward Noel,6th baronet |
30 Aug 1715 |
31 Oct 1774 |
59 |
| 5 May 1762 |
V |
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Created Viscount Wentworth |
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5 May 1762 |
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Thomas Noel |
18 Nov 1745 |
17 Apr 1815 |
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On his death the Viscountcy became |
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| 19 Nov 1856 |
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Anne Isabella Byron |
17 May 1792 |
26 May 1860 |
68 |
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Byron Noel King-Noel |
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1 Sep 1862 |
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2 Jul 1829 |
28 Aug 1906 |
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Ada Mary Milbanke |
26 Feb 1871 |
18 Jun 1917 |
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Judith Anne Dorothea Blunt-Lytton |
1873 |
8 Aug 1957 |
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Noel Anthony Scawen Lytton,Earl of |
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Thomas Wentworth |
13 Apr 1593 |
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48 |
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17 Sep 1672 |
15 Nov 1739 |
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HRH Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis |
10 Mar 1964 |
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KG 2006 |
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Sir Thomas West |
1365 |
17 Apr 1405 |
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Thomas West |
1392 |
30 Sep 1415 |
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Reginald West,Lord de la Warr |
7 Sep 1395 |
27 Aug 1450 |
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Richard West,Lord de la Warr |
28 Oct 1430 |
10 Mar 1476 |
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Thomas West,Lord de la Warr |
c 1455 |
11 Oct 1525 |
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Sir Alan William John West |
21 Apr 1948 |
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Created Baron West of Spithead 9 Jul 2007 |
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Sir Richard Bethell |
30 Jun 1800 |
20 Jul 1873 |
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Richard Augustus Bethell |
11 Mar 1830 |
28 Mar 1875 |
45 |
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Richard Luttrell Pilkington Bethell |
25 Apr 1852 |
21 Feb 1930 |
77 |
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Richard Morland Tollemache Bethell |
9 Oct 1914 |
26 Jun 1961 |
46 |
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David Allan Bethell |
16 Jul 1922 |
12 Oct 2001 |
79 |
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Richard Nicholas Bethell |
29 May 1950 |
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William Henry Lyttelton |
24 Dec 1724 |
14 Sep 1808 |
83 |
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Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss |
12 Apr 1864 |
24 May 1933 |
69 |
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18 Nov 1919 |
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Admiral of the Fleet 1919 |
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Charles Callis Western |
9 Aug 1767 |
4 Nov 1844 |
77 |
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MP for Maldon 1790-1806 and 1807-1812 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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Richard Nugent,Baron Delvin |
1583 |
1642 |
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Richard Nugent |
c 1622 |
Feb 1684 |
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Richard Nugent |
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Thomas Nugent |
1669 |
30 Jun 1752 |
82 |
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John Nugent |
1671 |
3 Jul 1754 |
83 |
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Thomas Nugent |
Apr 1714 |
7 Sep 1792 |
78 |
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PC [I] 1758 KP
1783 |
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George Frederick Nugent |
18 Nov 1760 |
30 Dec 1814 |
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George Thomas John Nugent |
17 Jul 1785 |
5 May 1871 |
85 |
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M[I] |
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Created Marquess of Westmeath |
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Lord Lieutenant Westmeath 1831-1871 |
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Anthony Francis Nugent |
1 Nov 1805 |
12 May 1879 |
73 |
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William St.George Nugent |
28 Nov 1832 |
31 May 1883 |
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Anthony Francis Nugent |
11 Jan 1870 |
12 Dec 1933 |
63 |
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Gilbert Charles Nugent |
9 May 1880 |
20 Nov 1971 |
91 |
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William Anthony Nugent |
21 Nov 1928 |
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Robert Grosvenor,Earl Grosvenor |
22 Mar 1767 |
17 Feb 1845 |
77 |
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Created Marquess of Westminster |
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Richard Grosvenor |
27 Jan 1795 |
31 Oct 1869 |
74 |
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1832 and Cheshire South 1832-1835. Lord |
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KG 1857 |
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Hugh Lupus Grosvenor |
13 Oct 1825 |
22 Dec 1899 |
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Created Duke of Westminster |
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Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor |
19 Mar 1879 |
19 Jul 1953 |
74 |
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William Grosvenor |
23 Dec 1894 |
22 Feb 1963 |
68 |
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Gerald Hugh Grosvenor |
13 Feb 1907 |
25 Feb 1967 |
60 |
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Robert George Grosvenor |
24 Apr 1910 |
19 Feb 1979 |
68 |
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Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor |
22 Dec 1951 |
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21 Oct 1425 |
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Ralph Nevill |
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Ralph Nevill |
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6 Feb 1499 |
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Ralph Nevill |
21 Feb 1498 |
24 Apr 1549 |
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Henry Nevill |
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Aug 1563 |
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Charles Nevill |
1543 |
16 Nov 1601 |
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Sir Francis Fane |
Feb 1580 |
23 Mar 1629 |
49 |
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Mildmay Fane |
24 Jan 1602 |
12 Feb 1666 |
64 |
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Charles Fane |
6 Jan 1635 |
18 Sep 1691 |
56 |
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Vere Fane |
13 Feb 1645 |
29 Dec 1693 |
48 |
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Vere Fane |
13 Apr 1678 |
19 May 1699 |
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Thomas Fane |
3 Oct 1683 |
4 Jul 1736 |
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John Fane |
24 Mar 1686 |
26 Aug 1762 |
76 |
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Northampton 1737-1749 |
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Thomas Fane |
Mar 1700 |
25 Nov 1771 |
71 |
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John Fane |
5 May 1728 |
25 Apr 1774 |
45 |
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John Fane |
1 Jan 1759 |
15 Dec 1841 |
82 |
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John Fane |
2 Feb 1784 |
16 Oct 1859 |
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Francis William Henry Fane |
19 Nov 1825 |
3 Aug 1891 |
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Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane |
16 Aug 1859 |
9 Jun 1922 |
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Vere Anthony Francis St.Clair Fane |
15 Mar 1893 |
12 May 1948 |
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David Anthony Thomas Fane |
31 Mar 1924 |
8 Sep 1993 |
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Anthony David Francis Henry Fane |
1 Aug 1951 |
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Richard Weston |
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Created Baron Weston 13 Apr 1628 |
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Earl Alexander of Hillsborough |
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30 Jan 1963 |
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WESTPORT |
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John Browne,1st Baron Monteagle |
1709 |
4 Jul 1776 |
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Marquess of Sligo (qv) |
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| 29 Jan 1944 |
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William Westwood |
28 Aug 1880 |
13 Sep 1953 |
73 |
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Created Baron Westwood 29 Jan 1944 |
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William Westwood |
25 Dec 1907 |
8 Nov 1991 |
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William Gavin Westwood |
30 Jan 1944 |
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WEYMOUTH |
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| 11 Dec 1682 |
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Sir Thomas Thynne,2nd baronet |
8 Sep 1640 |
28 Jul 1714 |
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Created Baron Thynne and Viscount |
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Weymouth 11 Dec 1682 |
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MP for Oxford University 1674-1679 and |
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Tamworth 1679-1681. President of the |
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Thomas Thynne |
21 Mar 1710 |
13 Jan 1751 |
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Thomas Thynne |
13 Sep 1734 |
19 Nov 1796 |
62 |
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1789 with which title this peerage then |
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WHADDON |
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| 27 Aug 1616 |
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George Villiers |
28 Aug 1592 |
23 Aug 1628 |
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Villiers 27 Aug 1616,Earl of |
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Buckingham 5 Jan 1617,Marquess of |
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Buckingham 1 Jan 1618 and Earl of |
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Coventry and Duke of Buckingham |
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| 26 Apr 1978 |
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John Derek Page |
14 Aug 1927 |
16 Aug 2005 |
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| 12 Jul 1826 |
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James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie |
6 Oct 1776 |
19 Dec 1845 |
69 |
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Created Baron Wharncliffe 12 Jul 1826 |
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MP for Bossiney 1802-1818 and Yorkshire |
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1818-1826. Lord Privy Seal 1834-1835. |
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Lord President of the Council 1841-1846. |
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Lord Lieutenant W Riding Yorkshire 1841-1845 |
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PC 1834 |
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John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie |
20 Apr 1801 |
22 Oct 1855 |
54 |
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MP for Bossiney 1823-1830 and 1831-1832, Perth |
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1830-1831 and W Riding Yorkshire 1841-1845 |
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Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu- |
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Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie |
15 Dec 1827 |
13 May 1899 |
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Created Viscount Carlton and Earl of |
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Wharncliffe 15 Jan 1876 |
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Francis John Montagu-Stuart-Wortley- |
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Mackenzie |
9 Jun 1856 |
8 May 1926 |
69 |
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Archibald Ralph Montagu-Stuart-Wortley- |
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Mackenzie |
17 Apr 1892 |
16 May 1953 |
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Alan James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley- |
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Mackenzie |
23 Mar 1935 |
3 Jun 1987 |
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Richard Alan Montagu Stuart Wortley |
26 May 1953 |
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WHARTON |
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| c Mar 1544 |
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Sir Thomas Wharton |
c 1495 |
23 Aug 1568 |
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Created Baron Wharton c Mar 1544 |
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MP for Appleby 1529-1536 and Cumberland |
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1542-1544 |
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| 23 Aug 1568 |
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Thomas Wharton |
1520 |
14 Jun 1572 |
51 |
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MP for Cumberland 1545 and 1547-1552, |
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Hedon 1554 and Northumberland 1555-1559 |
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Philip Wharton |
23 Jun 1555 |
26 Mar 1625 |
69 |
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Philip Wharton |
8 Apr 1613 |
5 Feb 1696 |
82 |
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Thomas Wharton |
23 Oct 1648 |
12 Apr 1715 |
66 |
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Created Viscount Winchendon and |
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Earl of Wharton 23 Dec 1706,Baron of |
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Trim,Earl of Rathfarnham and |
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Marquess of Malmesbury 15 Feb 1715 |
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MP for Wendover 1673-1679 and |
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Buckinghamshire 1679-1696. Lord Lieutenant |
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Oxford 1697-1702 and Buckingham 1702. |
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1708-1710. |
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Lord Privy Seal 1714-1715. PC 1689 |
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Philip Wharton |
Dec 1698 |
31 May 1731 |
32 |
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Created Duke of Wharton 28 Jan 1718 |
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| 31 May 1731 |
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| 15 Feb 1916 |
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Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte |
18 Sep 1876 |
4 Mar 1934 |
57 |
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Charles John Halswell Kemeys-Tynte |
12 Jan 1908 |
11 Jul 1969 |
61 |
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Elisabeth Dorothy Vintcent |
4 May 1906 |
4 May 1974 |
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| 1990 |
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Myrtle Olive Felix Robertson |
20 Feb 1934 |
15 May 2000 |
66 |
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Myles Christopher David Robertson |
1 Oct 1964 |
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WHEATLEY |
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| 28 Jul 1970 |
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John Wheatley |
17 Jan 1908 |
28 Jul 1988 |
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Created Baron Wheatley 28 Jul 1970 |
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| 28 Jul 1988 |
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MP for Edinburgh East 1947-1954. Lord |
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Advocate 1947-1951.
PC 1947 |
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WHEELER |
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| 20 Jun 2010 |
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Margaret Eileen Joyce Wheeler |
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Created Baroness Wheeler for life 20 Jun 2010 |
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WHITAKER |
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| 5 Aug 1999 |
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Janet Alison Whitaker |
20 Feb 1936 |
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Created Baroness Whitaker 5 Aug 1999 |
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| 10 Dec 1912 |
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Sir Thomas Banks Borthwick,2nd baronet |
21 Aug 1874 |
29 Sep 1967 |
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| 12 Oct 1970 |
B[L] |
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Eirene Lloyd White |
7 Nov 1909 |
23 Dec 1999 |
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| 23 Dec 1999 |
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| 25 Jan 1991 |
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Vincent Gordon Lindsay White |
11 May 1923 |
23 Aug 1995 |
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25 Jan 1991 |
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| 16 Jun 1983 |
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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw |
28 Jun 1918 |
1 Jul 1999 |
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| 1 Jul 1999 |
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15 Jun 1943 |
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Created Baron Whitty 21 Oct 1996 |
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Charles Whitworth |
14 Oct 1675 |
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| 25 Nov 1815 |
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Sir Charles Whitworth |
29 May 1752 |
13 May 1825 |
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21 Mar 1800,Viscount Whitworth |
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1813-1817 |
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Ralph Howard |
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26 Jun 1789 |
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Alice Howard |
1736 |
7 Mar 1807 |
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Robert Howard |
7 Aug 1757 |
23 Oct 1815 |
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William Forward-Howard |
Jan 1761 |
27 Sep 1818 |
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William Howard |
13 Feb 1788 |
22 Mar 1869 |
81 |
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Charles Francis Arnold Howard |
5 Nov 1839 |
20 Jun 1881 |
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Cecil Ralph Howard |
26 Mar 1842 |
24 Jul 1891 |
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Ralph Francis Howard |
24 Dec 1877 |
11 Oct 1946 |
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William Cecil James Philip John Paul Howard |
30 Oct 1902 |
8 Feb 1978 |
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WIDDRINGTON |
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Sir William Widdrington,1st baronet |
11 Jul 1610 |
3 Sep 1651 |
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William Widdrington |
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William Widdrington |
26 Jan 1656 |
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William Widdrington |
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WIDGERY |
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John Passmore Widgery |
24 Jul 1911 |
26 Jul 1981 |
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WIGAN |
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James Lindsay,Earl of Crawford |
27 Apr 1783 |
15 Dec 1869 |
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| 27 Nov 1967 |
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George Edward Wigg |
28 Nov 1900 |
11 Aug 1983 |
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General 1964-1967.
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Charles Stuart |
4 Jul 1666 |
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| 16 May 1974 |
B[L] |
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Basil Thomas Wigoder |
12 Feb 1921 |
12 Aug 2004 |
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| 25 Jun 1935 |
B |
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Clive Wigram |
5 Jul 1873 |
3 Sep 1960 |
87 |
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Created Baron Wigram 25 Jun 1935 |
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George Neville Clive Wigram |
2 Aug 1915 |
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Sir Malcolm Fleming |
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Thomas Fleming |
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E[S] |
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John Fleming |
1567 |
Apr 1619 |
51 |
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and Earl of Wigtoun 19 Mar 1606 |
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John Fleming |
Dec 1589 |
7 May 1650 |
60 |
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John Fleming |
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John Fleming |
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William Fleming |
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John Fleming |
c 1673 |
10 Feb 1744 |
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Charles Fleming |
c 1675 |
22 May 1747 |
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| 1 Oct 1964 |
B[L] |
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Richard Orme Wilberforce |
11 Mar 1907 |
15 Feb 2003 |
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PC 1964 |
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| 16 Jan 1996 |
B[L] |
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Judith Ann Wilcox |
31 Oct 1940 |
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Created Baroness Wilcox 16 Jan 1996 |
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John de Wilington |
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Wilington 14 Jun 1329 |
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Ralph de Wilington |
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| 30 Jul 1999 |
B[L] |
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Rosalie Catherine Wilkins |
6 May 1946 |
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Created Baroness Wilkins 30 Jul 1999 |
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| 24 Jun 1948 |
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Thomas Edward Williams |
26 Jul 1892 |
18 Feb 1966 |
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B[L] |
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Michael Charles Williams |
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Created Baron Williams of Baglan for life |
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| 2 Feb 1961 |
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Thomas Williams |
18 Mar 1888 |
29 Mar 1967 |
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2 Feb 1961 |
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MP for Don Valley 1922-1959. Minister of |
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Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Williams |
27 Jul 1930 |
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Created Baroness Williams of Crosby |
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1 Feb 1993 |
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MP for Hitchin 1964-1974, Hertford and |
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Stevenage 1974-1979 and Crosby 1981-1983. |
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Minister of State,Education and Science |
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1967-1969. Minister of State,Home Office |
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1969-1970. Secretary of State for Prices |
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Secretary of State for Education and |
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Charles Cuthbert Powell Williams |
9 Feb 1933 |
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Gareth Wyn Williams |
5 Feb 1941 |
20 Sep 2003 |
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30 Jul 1992 |
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PC 1999. Attorney General 1999-2001. Lord |
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Sir John Williams |
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Williams de Thame 17 Feb 1554 |
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Thomas Williamson |
2 Sep 1897 |
27 Feb 1983 |
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Created Baron Williamson 15 May 1962 |
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David Francis Williamson |
8 May 1934 |
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Freeman Freeman-Thomas |
12 Sep 1866 |
12 Aug 1941 |
74 |
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Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas |
25 Jul 1899 |
19 Mar 1979 |
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13 Jan 1918 |
22 Dec 1992 |
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George Philip Willis |
30 Nov 1941 |
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Created Baron Willis of Knaresborough for life |
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18 Jun 2010 |
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MP for Harrogate & Knaresborough 1997-2010 |
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Sir Robert Willoughby |
c 1452 |
23 Aug 1502 |
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KG c 1488 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Willoughby de Broke 12 Aug 1491 |
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Robert Willoughby |
1472 |
10 Nov 1521 |
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Elizabeth Greville |
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Fulke Greville |
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Fulke Greville |
c 1554 |
30 Sep 1628 |
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Margaret Verney |
c 1561 |
26 Mar 1631 |
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Greville Verney |
c 1586 |
12 May 1642 |
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Greville Verney |
1619 |
9 Dec 1648 |
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Greville Verney |
26 Jan 1649 |
23 Jul 1668 |
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William Verney |
12 Jun 1668 |
23 Aug 1683 |
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Richard Verney |
28 Jan 1621 |
18 Jul 1711 |
90 |
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MP for Worcestershire 1685 and 1688 |
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George Verney |
20 Mar 1659 |
26 Dec 1728 |
69 |
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Richard Verney |
1693 |
11 Aug 1752 |
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John Peyto-Verney |
4 Aug 1738 |
15 Feb 1816 |
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John Peyto-Verney |
28 Jun 1762 |
1 Sep 1820 |
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Henry Peyto-Verney |
5 Apr 1773 |
16 Dec 1852 |
79 |
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Robert John Verney |
17 Oct 1809 |
5 Jun 1862 |
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Henry Verney |
14 May 1844 |
19 Dec 1902 |
58 |
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Richard Grenville Verney |
28 Mar 1869 |
16 Dec 1923 |
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John Henry Peyto Verney |
21 May 1896 |
25 May 1986 |
90 |
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Leopold David Verney |
14 Sep 1938 |
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c 1255 |
1316 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Willoughby de Eresby 26 Jul 1313 |
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John Willoughby |
6 Jan 1304 |
13 Jun 1349 |
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John Willoughby |
Jan 1329 |
29 Mar 1372 |
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Robert Willoughby |
c 1349 |
9 Aug 1396 |
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William Willoughby |
c 1370 |
30 Nov 1409 |
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Robert Willoughby |
1385 |
25 Jul 1452 |
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Joan Willoughby |
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peerage forfeited 1469. He was born c 1425 |
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Richard Hastings who was summoned to |
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died Sep 1503 |
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William Willoughby |
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Katharine Bertie |
22 Mar 1519 |
19 Sep 1580 |
61 |
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Peregrine Bertie |
12 Oct 1555 |
25 Jun 1601 |
45 |
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Robert Bertie,Earl of Lindsey |
17 Dec 1582 |
23 Oct 1642 |
59 |
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Montagu Bertie,Earl of Lindsey |
c 1608 |
25 Jul 1666 |
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Acceleration as Baron Willoughby de Eresby |
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3 Nov 1640 |
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Robert Bertie,Earl of Lindsey |
c 1630 |
8 May 1701 |
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Robert Bertie,Duke of Ancaster |
30 Oct 1660 |
26 Jul 1723 |
62 |
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19 Apr 1690 |
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Peregrine Bertie,Duke of Ancaster |
29 Apr 1686 |
1 Jan 1742 |
55 |
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16 Mar 1715 |
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Peregrine Bertie,Duke of Ancaster |
1714 |
12 Aug 1778 |
64 |
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Robert Bertie,Duke of Ancaster |
17 Oct 1756 |
8 Jul 1779 |
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Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Burrell |
15 Feb 1761 |
29 Dec 1828 |
67 |
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Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell,Baron |
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Gwydyr |
19 Mar 1782 |
22 Feb 1865 |
82 |
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PC 1821 Lord
Lieutenant Caernarvon 1828-1851 |
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Alberic Drummond-Willoughby,Baron |
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Gwydyr |
25 Dec 1821 |
26 Aug 1870 |
48 |
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Clementina Elizabeth Heathcote |
2 Sep 1809 |
13 Nov 1888 |
79 |
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Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond- |
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Willoughby,Earl of Ancaster |
1 Oct 1830 |
24 Dec 1910 |
80 |
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Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, |
29 Jul 1867 |
19 Sep 1951 |
84 |
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Earl of Ancaster |
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Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond- |
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Willoughby,Earl of Ancaster |
8 Dec 1907 |
29 Mar 1983 |
75 |
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He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of |
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16 Jan 1951 |
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on 19 Sep 1951 |
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Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond- |
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Willoughby |
1 Dec 1934 |
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Sir William Willoughby |
c 1515 |
Aug 1574 |
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Created Baron Willoughby of Parham |
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20 Feb 1547 |
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Charles Willoughby |
1537 |
1603 |
66 |
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William Willoughby |
1584 |
28 Aug 1617 |
33 |
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Henry Willoughby |
c 1612 |
c 1618 |
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Francis Willoughby |
1614 |
23 Jul 1666 |
52 |
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William Willoughby |
c 1616 |
10 Apr 1673 |
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George Willoughby |
18 Mar 1638 |
1674 |
36 |
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John Willoughby |
16 Jul 1669 |
early 1678 |
8 |
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John Willoughby |
29 Dec 1643 |
Sep 1678 |
34 |
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Charles Willoughby |
6 Oct 1650 |
9 Dec 1679 |
29 |
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Henry Willoughby |
Nov 1626 |
26 Nov 1685 |
59 |
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Henry Willoughby |
13 Apr 1665 |
22 Oct 1722 |
57 |
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Henry Willoughby |
14 May 1696 |
29 Jun 1775 |
79 |
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George Willoughby |
24 Apr 1742 |
29 Oct 1779 |
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| 10 Jul 2010 |
B[L] |
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Michael David Wills |
20 May 1952 |
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Created Baron Wills for life 10 Jul 2010 |
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MP for Swindon North 1997-2010. Minister of |
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State for Justice 2007-2010. PC 2008 |
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Byron Noel King-Noel, 12th Baron Wentworth |
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Under the entry for the Earldom of Lovelace in
'Burke's Peerage' the reader will find an entry |
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relating to Byron Noel King-Noel, 12th Baron
Wentworth, who is described as becoming 'an |
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out-and-out radical.' |
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Wentworth, who was better known by the courtesy
title of Viscount Ockham, was the son |
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of Augusta Ada Byron, daughter of the famous
poet Lord Byron. She married, in 1835, William |
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King, 8th Baron King of Ockham, who was created
Earl of Lovelace in 1838. Ada has achieved |
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fame after her death, since she is now regarded
as being the forerunner of all computer |
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programmers. |
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The following report is taken from 'The Ipswich
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'Noel Byron, Lord Ockham, the grandson of the
poet, is dead. He was an inoffensive young man, |
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who inherited the eccentricity of his
illustrious ancestor, without the genius, and some of the |
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tastes without the libertinage. His home was
not happy. He quitted it abruptly, and entered the |
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Royal Navy as a midshipman; left the service
after two or three weeks, and went before the |
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mast in a common trading vessel. Sick of this
pursuit he next became a common workman in the |
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shipyard of Mr Scott Russell, in the Isle of
Dogs. Subsequently he served in Woolwich Arsenal, |
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and was distinguished for his attention to his
duties and his general steadiness. In appearance |
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(we speak from personal recollection of him) he
had the air of a gentlemanly son of Wapping |
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out for a holiday, proud of his clothing and
not ashamed of his calling. In manners he was quiet, |
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and if his life was wild his disposition was
harmless. As an instance of the transmission of |
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hereditary qualities, he was a curious object
of contemplation. He had Byron's love of the sea, |
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his hatred of discipline, his proud
independence, his contempt for humbug. He felt, we may |
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justly suppose, unfitted for his position as a
peer of the realm, and he straightway went and did |
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what he was capable of doing. For his
grandmother, the widow of the poet, he retained a |
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strong affection, and during her lifetime he
used frequently to make the walk from Esher to |
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Woolwich, in time to be at his post when the
morning call was sounded……..' |
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According to other contemporary newspapers, the
cause of the young peer's death was a |
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ruptured blood vessel. |
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Sir Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury |
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After graduating from Oxford University,
Richard Bethell entered the legal profession, steadily |
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working his way to its highest rank. In 1851 he
entered the House of Commons as member for |
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Aylesbury, for which he sat until 1859, when he
became MP for Wolverhampton. During this |
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period, he was Solicitor General between 1852
and 1856, and Attorney General from 1856 to |
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1858 and again from 1859 to 1861. On the death
of Baron Campbell in 1861, Sir Richard Bethell |
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was appointed Lord Chancellor and created a
peer as Baron Westbury. |
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In an obituary published in 'Trewman's Exeter
Flying Post' on 23 July 1873, it is stated that:- |
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'Everything promised for him a protracted
tenure of the Chancellorship. His party was in a |
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considerable majority. His own capacity for the
post was undisputed. His zeal as a law reformer |
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had been evidenced by constant although not
always successful efforts to deal with difficult |
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and important subjects, but his comparative
failures did not materially lessen the confidence |
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with which his great ability and manifest
earnestness inspired the public. Early in 1865, however, |
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a dark cloud gathered which soon burst with
terrible force over him. Unpleasant rumours got |
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abroad as to the manner in which some of his
appointments were made, and the means by |
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which his favour might be secured. A
Parliamentary inquiry into the circumstances was held , in |
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the course of which the Lord Chancellor was
cross-examined by the present Chief Justice of the |
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Common Pleas [Sir William Bovill]. The inquiry
exculpated Lord Westbury from personal |
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corruption, but it proved that he had shown a
lamentable lack of caution in discharging such of |
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the duties of his high office as related to the
patronage with which he was entrusted for public |
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purposes………….' |
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A motion condemning Lord Westbury was
subsequently passed in the House of Commons and |
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Lord Westbury was left with no choice other
than to resign his position. What, then, was the |
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background to this story? The following is
extracted from an article which appeared in the 'New |
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York Tribune' of 18 July 1865:- |
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'There have been two investigations - one known
as the Edmunds case, the other and later as |
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the Leeds bankruptcy scandal. In the former the
Lord Chancellor was shown to have |
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recommended or acquiesced in the recommendation
of a retiring pension to an officer of the |
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House of Lords, who made way for a son of Lord
Westbury, and whom he knew at the time to |
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be guilty of peculation and other crimes in
office. But this offense in the Lord Chancellor, though |
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unsparingly denounced in the Times,was condoned in
Parliament. The Leeds case stood on a |
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different ground. It was distinctly proved that
the Chancellor himself caused a pension to be |
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conferred upon the Registrar of the Leeds Court
of Bankruptcy, although charges of malfeasance |
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were pending against him at the time. It was
proved also that the office Mr. Wilde thus vacated |
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was sought for by Mr. Welch, who had paid Mr.
Richard Bethell, the son of the Chancellor, |
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£1,050 for his influence, and that immediately
upon the resignation of Mr. Wilde, Mr. Welch |
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was appointed. And the vote of the House [of
Commons] was equivalent to a declaration of its |
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belief that the corrupt practices of the
Chancellor's son, though they may not have been |
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actually known to his father, were assisted by
the criminal carelessness of the Chancellor in the |
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administration of his duties. That Mr. Richard
Bethell was a rascal, that his father knew that he |
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was a rascal, and that nevertheless he allowed
his recommendation to influence his own |
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official action, was admitted even by the
partisans of Lord Westbury.' |
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From all accounts, Lord Westbury possessed an
extremely caustic tongue. When he first |
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entered the House of Lords, the Prime Minister,
Lord Derby, had to remind him to tone down his |
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language, after Lord Westbury had addressed his
fellow peers as 'your lordships, who are still by |
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courtesy called learned.' On another occasion,
it is reported that, when addressing the Duke of |
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Somerset, Lord Westbury commented that 'The
Noble Duke has been turning over in what he is |
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pleased to call his mind.' Once, when an earl
asked him for some explanation on a particular |
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point, Lord Westbury is reputed to have replied
that 'it would have required more time than I |
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can spare and, perhaps, greater effort than I
can employ, to render the judgment of the Privy |
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Council intelligible to the noble Earl.' |
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Richard Luttrell Pilkington Bethell, 3rd Baron
Westbury |
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Lord Westbury committed suicide on 21 February
1930, by jumping from a seventh-story |
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window in his flat. The following report is
taken from 'The Times' of 22 February 1930:- |
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'Lord Westbury was found dead in the street
early yesterday morning, having fallen from a |
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window of his flat in St.James's Court, S.W.,
where he had been living in order to be near his |
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doctor. He was 77. He had been ill for some
considerable time, and was attended by day and |
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night nurses. At an inquest held later in the
day a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind" |
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was recorded. |
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'Mr. Ingleby Oddie held the inquest, which took
place at the Westminster Coroner's Court. |
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Evidence of identification was given by Mr.
Ernest Charles Daintrey, solicitor, of Essex-street, |
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Strand, who stated that Lord Westbury had been
ill for a long time. |
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'The Coroner - At times was he mentally
affected? - I have never seen him so, but I have seen |
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him somewhat sleepy and confused. He has had
day and night nurses for months. |
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'Has he ever threatened to take his life that
you know of? - I think about five years ago I heard |
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him say something of the sort, but I took it as
a joke. I have not heard him say anything |
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certainly for five years. |
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'Mr. Daintry produced teo letters written on
black-edged notepaper, which were difficult to |
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decipher. Of one he said, "I cannot read
it all. It begins 'Dearest' something." |
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'A police officer interposed to say that the
letter appeared to commence "Dearest George." |
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'Mr. Daintry - It goes on, "I really can't
stand any more horrors" - the word may be "horrors." |
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'Mr. Oddie - It is very difficult to make it
out, but that is obviuosly a farewell letter? - Yes |
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'Is the other one the same, to his wife? - It
is in an envelope to Lady Westbury. The other one |
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was apparently to a Mrs. White Forwood, or a
similar name. |
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'Another passage in the letters read: "You
overwhelm with kindnesses. As I am off where I hope |
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to meet you again." |
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'A police officer said that he thought it was
the housekeeper who was referred to. |
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'The letter ended: "Will say no more. Au
revoir. Affectionately yours, Westbury." |
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'Miss Mary Terras, a nurse, of
Gloucester-place, said that he had nursed Lord Westbury and had |
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been with him 10 weeks on night duty. He did
not have great difficulty in sleeping unless he had |
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something worrying him. He usually had a
[sleeping] draught. |
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'Mr. Oddie - He lost a son not very long ago,
did he not? - Yes, sir. That upset him more than |
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anything. |
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'Miss Terras said that on Thursday night she
gave Lord Westbury a dram and a half of bromide |
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at 8.30, and 1-24th of a grain of heroin. He
slept very well on that, and about 12 woke up for a |
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little time, had a drink of barley water, and
said it was too early to have his Ovaltine. He went |
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off to sleep again until 2.30 a.m. He had some
Ovaltine and 1-24th of a grain of heroin at 3 |
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o'clock. He settled down to sleep again after
that. Later he woke up and was very quiet, |
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comfortable, and drowsy. At 7 o'clock he asked
the time, has a glass of barley water, and she |
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shook his pillows and he turned on his side,
said he was very comfortable, and thanked her. A |
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little later he said it was too early to wake
up, and told her to go out of his room and not wake |
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him till 8 o'clock. As she had different things
to do, she put some coal on his fire about 7.10, |
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put on his coffee, and came back to see to the
milk and things for breakfast. Then she heard |
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the awful crash. |
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'Nurse Terras continued: - "I heard a
noise and ran to his room, thinking he had dropped |
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something. I heard a crash of glass. I found
his bed empty and the window open. It had been |
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closed. The washing-stand had been moved and
the curtains dislodged. The letters produced |
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were found on the dressing table. I ran
downstairs at once, but they would not let me go |
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farther." |
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'The Coroner - Did you know he was likely to
commit suicide? - No. He often thought he was ill |
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and that he was going to die, but never
anything like that. |
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'Cyril Evans, a valet at King's House, which is
two doors away, described Lord Westbury's fall. |
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"Roughly about 7.25 this morning," he
said, "as I was going into the court I saw a felt slipper |
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fall into the courtyard at the staff entrance.
I looked up about 30ft. and saw, coming through |
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the air, the body of Lord Westbury. |
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'Evans said the body turned a complete
somersault before touching a glass canopy. Before he |
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had time to shout Lord Westbury had fallen on
top of the glass, and a woman was just in time |
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to throw herself clear. He crashed through the glass. |
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'Evans added that he went to Lord Westbury, who
was very badly injured. He was certainly |
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unconscious. He just gave a couple of groans
and a slight spasmodic heave. He was gone within |
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about a minute after that. |
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'Sergeant Nicholls, the Coroner's officer, said
it was about 72ft. from the ground to the window |
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on the seventh floor, which was open. To get
out Lord Westbury would have had to go over the |
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sill, which was 2ft. 3in. Then there was a sill
about 8in. in width and a gutter, 2ft. 6in. There |
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was also a parapet 13in. wide. |
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'The Coroner said that one of the letters left
by Lord Westbury read: - "I really cannot stand |
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any more horrors, and I hardly see what good I
am going to do here, so I am going to make my |
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exit. Good-bye, and if you are right all will
be well. Your affectionate………." |
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'The rest of the letter, the Coroner said, was
difficult to make out, but he wrote something |
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about Sister Catherine, a nurse, having £100,
and thanking his housekeeper for her |
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overwhelming kindness. The letter ended up with
"I am off." |
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'The Coroner added, "No doubt poor Lord
Westbury had been suffering very much and had great |
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difficulty in sleeping. He also was old and
depressed, and lost his son not very long ago. He |
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appears to have kept his feelings very much to
himself, as one would have expected." The |
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Coroner then recorded a verdict of
"Suicide while of unsound mind." |
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Lord Westbury's son, Richard, to whom reference
is made in the report above, was secretary to |
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Howard Carter, the man who first opened the
tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. While 'The Times' |
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limited its reporting to the facts of Lord
Westbury's death, newspapers in America indulged in |
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an orgy of speculation that his death was
caused by the "Curse of Tutankhamen." |
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The following report in the 'New York Times' on
22 February 1930 is typical:- |
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'The superstition that a "curse"
follows all those connected with the opening of King Tut-ankh- |
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Amen's tomb in Egypt was revived today when
Lord Westbury, 78-year-old peer, leaped from a |
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seventh-story window near Buckingham Palace and
plunged through a glass roof to his death. |
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'He had been grieving over the strange death of
his son, the Hon. Richard Bethell, who was |
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Howard Carter's secretary during the
excavations in the Valley of the Kings and who was found |
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dead in the Mayfair Club last year. Ever since
Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb was opened Egyptians |
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have been repeating the ancient malediction,
"Death shall come on swift wings to him that |
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toucheth the tomb of a Pharaoh." |
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The American newspaper reports then generally
proceed to catalogue the list of deaths of |
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those people associated with the opening of the
tomb. For a good discussion of these deaths, |
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see "The World's Strangest Mysteries"
by Rupert Furneaux [Odhams, London 1961]. As a final |
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postscript to Lord Westbury's death, when the
hearse bearing his body was en route to the |
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crematorium, it knocked down and killed an
8-year-old boy named Joseph Greer - he too is |
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counted by the superstitious as being another
victim of the "Curse." |
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Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath |
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On the death of the Marquess of Westmeath in
1871, the marquessate became extinct, but |
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the earldom of Westmeath was inherited by a
distant relation, Anthony Francis Nugent, who |
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became the 9th Earl. However, before he could
claim to be the rightful heir, Anthony Francis |
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Nugent had to petition the House of Lords
Committee for Privileges, claiming the right to vote |
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at the election of representative peers for
Ireland. As only Irish peers could vote in such |
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elections, he was effectively seeking
confirmation of his right to the earldom. |
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The following report appeared in 'Freeman's
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on 7 July 1871:- |
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'The Committee of Privileges of the House of
Lords assembled today to hear the case of the |
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Earldom of Westmeath. This was the case of
Anthony Francis, Earl of Westmeath in the peerage |
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of Ireland, claiming the right to vote at the
election of representative peers for Ireland. It |
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appeared that the title was originally created
in the person of Sir Richard Barron, of Delvin [I |
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think this should read 'Sir Richard, Baron of
Delvin'], by letters patent of James I,in the year |
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1621. The eighth earl was advanced to the
dignity of the Marquis of Westmeath in the peerage |
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of Ireland, with limitation to heirs male of
his body, in 1822. He was married three times - first |
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to Lady Anne Bennett Elizabeth Cecil, daughter
of James, Marquis of Salisbury, by whom he had |
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issue William, Lord Delvin, who died in
infancy, and Lady Rosa, now rge wife of Foulke |
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Southwoode, Lord Greville; second, to Mary
Jaevis; and third, to Elizabeth Charlotte, daughter |
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of Davis Verner, Esq., by neither of whom he
had issue. He died on the 18th of May, 1871 [sic - |
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he died on 5 May 1871], without leaving male
issue, whereupon the Marquisate of Westmeath |
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