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BRUCE |
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24 Jun 1295 |
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Robert de Bruce |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord Bruce |
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24 Jun 1295 |
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1304 |
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Robert de Bruce,4th Earl of Carrick |
11 Jul 1274 |
6 Jun 1329 |
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Robert I in 1306. On the death of his son |
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David II of Scotland in 1371,the peerage |
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21 Dec 1663 |
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Robert Bruce,2nd Earl of Elgin |
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20 Oct 1685 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Skelton, |
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Viscount Bruce of Ampthill and Earl of |
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Ailesbury 18 Mar 1664 |
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See "Ailesbury" - extinct 1747 |
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19 Oct 2015 |
B[L] |
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Sir Malcolm Gray Bruce |
17 Nov 1944 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Bennachie for life |
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19 Oct 2015 |
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MP for Gordon 1983-2015. PC 2006 |
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BRUCE OF DONINGTON |
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20 Jan 1975 |
B[L] |
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Donald William Trevor Bruce |
3 Oct 1912 |
18 Apr 2005 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Donington for life |
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18 Apr 2005 |
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20 Jan 1975 |
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MP for Portsmouth North 1945-1950 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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BRUCE OF KINLOSS |
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8 Jul 1604 |
B[S] |
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Edward Bruce |
c 1549 |
14 Jan 1611 |
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3 May 1608 |
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Created Lord Bruce
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8 Jul 1604 and 3 May 1608 |
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14 Jan 1611 |
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Edward Bruce |
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Aug 1613 |
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Aug 1613 |
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Thomas Bruce |
2 Dec 1599 |
21 Dec 1663 |
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Created Lord Bruce of Kinloss |
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and Earl of Elgin 21 Jun 1633,and Baron |
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Bruce of Whorlton 30 Jul 1641 |
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21 Dec 1663 |
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Robert Bruce,2nd Earl of Elgin |
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20 Oct 1685 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Skelton, |
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Viscount Bruce of Ampthill and Earl of |
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Ailesbury 18 Mar 1664 |
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20 Oct 1685 |
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Thomas Bruce,2nd Earl of Ailesbury |
1656 |
16 Dec 1741 |
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16 Dec 1741 |
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Charles Bruce,3rd Earl of Ailesbury |
29 May 1682 |
10 Feb 1747 |
64 |
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On his death the creations of 1604 and 1633 |
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passed to the Earl of Elgin (qv) and the |
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creation of 1608 passed to the Barons of |
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Kinloss (qv) |
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BRUCE OF MELBOURNE |
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18 Mar 1947 |
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce |
15 Apr 1883 |
25 Aug 1967 |
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Created Viscount Bruce of Melbourne |
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25 Aug 1967 |
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18 Mar 1947 |
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Prime Minister of Australia 1923-1929 |
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PC 1923, CH 1927 |
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BRUCE OF SKELTON |
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21 Dec 1663 |
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Robert Bruce,2nd Earl of Elgin |
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20 Oct 1685 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Skelton, |
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Viscount Bruce of Ampthill and Earl of |
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Ailesbury 18 Mar 1664 |
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See "Ailesbury" - extinct 1747 |
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BRUCE OF TORRY |
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26 Dec 1647 |
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Edward Bruce |
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Created Lord Bruce of Torry and Earl |
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of Kincardine 26 Dec 1647 |
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See "Kincardine" |
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BRUCE OF TOTTENHAM |
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17 Apr 1746 |
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1 |
Charles Bruce,3rd Earl of Ailesbury |
29 May 1682 |
10 Feb 1747 |
64 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Tottenham |
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17 Apr 1746 |
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For details of the special remainder included |
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in this creation, see the note at the foot of |
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10 Feb 1747 |
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2 |
Thomas Bruce Brudenell-Bruce |
30 Apr 1729 |
19 Apr 1814 |
84 |
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He was subsequently created Earl of |
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Ailesbury in 1776 (qv) |
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10 Jul 1838 |
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George Brudenell-Bruce |
20 Nov 1804 |
6 Jan 1878 |
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He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of |
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Acceleraion
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10 Jul 1838 |
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He succeeded as Marquess of Ailesbury (qv) in
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BRUCE OF WHORLTON |
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30 Jul 1641 |
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Thomas Bruce,1st Earl of Elgin |
2 Dec 1599 |
21 Dec 1663 |
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Created Baron Bruce of Whorlton |
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30 Jul 1641 |
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29 Dec 1711 |
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Charles Bruce |
1682 |
10 Feb 1747 |
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He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of |
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Acceleration as Baron Bruce of Whorlton |
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29 Dec 1711 |
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He succeeded as 4th Earl of Elgin (qv) in 1741 |
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BRUCE-GARDYNE |
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7 Oct 1983 |
B[L] |
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John Bruce-Gardyne |
12 Apr 1930 |
15 Apr 1990 |
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Created Baron Bruce-Gardyne for life |
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15 Apr 1990 |
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7 Oct 1983 |
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MP for Angus
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Knutsford 1979-1983 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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BRUCE-LOCKHART |
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9 Jun 2006 |
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Sir Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart |
4 May 1942 |
14 Aug 2008 |
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Created Baron Bruce-Lockhart for life |
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14 Aug 2008 |
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9 Jun 2006 |
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17 Oct 1780 |
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James Brudenell |
20 Apr 1725 |
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Created Baron Brudenell of Deene |
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24 Feb 1811 |
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17 Oct 1780 |
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of Cardigan in 1790 (qv) |
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25 Feb 1628 |
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Created Baron Brudenell of Stonton |
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25 Feb 1628 |
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Cardigan in 1661 (qv) |
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BRUN |
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8 Jan 1313 |
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Maurice le Brun |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Brun 8 Jan 1313 |
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17 Mar 1355 |
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William le Brun |
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Ingelram le Brun |
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Maurice le Brun |
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9 Mar 1942 |
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Warrender,8th baronet |
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Created Baron Bruntisfield 9 Mar 1942 |
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John Robert Warrender |
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Michael John Victor Warrender |
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25 Nov 1350 |
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Guy Bryan |
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Bryan 25 Nov 1350 |
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Pauline Christina Bryan |
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28 Jan 1914 |
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James Bryce |
10 May 1838 |
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22 Jan 1922 |
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Aberdeen
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the Duchy of
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President of the Board of Trade 1894-1895. |
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B[S] |
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Sir Walter Scott |
1565 |
15 Dec 1611 |
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18 Mar 1606 |
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15 Dec 1611 |
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Walter Scott |
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20 Nov 1633 |
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Francis Scott |
21 Dec 1626 |
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Mary Scott |
31 Aug 1647 |
12 Mar 1661 |
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Anne Scott |
11 Feb 1651 |
6 Feb 1732 |
80 |
20 Apr 1663 |
D[S] |
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Created Lady Scott of Whitchester, |
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Countess of Dalkeith and Duchess of |
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6 Feb 1732 |
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Francis Scott |
11 Jan 1695 |
22 Apr 1751 |
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Scott of Tindal and Earl of Doncaster |
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Henry Scott |
2 Sep 1746 |
11 Jan 1812 |
65 |
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24 May 1772 |
20 Apr 1819 |
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Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
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25 Nov 1806 |
16 Apr 1884 |
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16 Apr 1884 |
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William Henry Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
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9 Sep 1831 |
5 Nov 1914 |
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Lieutenant Dumfries 1858-1914. KT 1875
KG 1897 |
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PC 1901 |
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John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
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30 Mar 1864 |
19 Oct 1935 |
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MP for Roxburghshire 1895-1906 KT 1917 |
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Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
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30 Dec 1894 |
4 Oct 1973 |
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Lord Lieutenant Roxburgh 1932-1973. |
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PC 1937 KT 1949 |
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Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
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[later Scott]
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28 Sep 1923 |
4 Sep 2007 |
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Lord Lieutenant Roxburgh 1974-1975, Selkirk 1975 |
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KT 1978. MP for Edinburgh North 1960-1973 |
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4 Sep 2007 |
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Richard John Walter Montagu Douglas Scott |
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(also 12th Duke of Queensberry) |
14 Feb 1954 |
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BUCHAN |
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Gartnach |
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Witness to the Charter of Scone in |
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1115 as Earl of Buchan |
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Buchan in her right |
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Roger |
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Fergus |
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of Buchan in her right |
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John Comyn |
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Henry Beaumont |
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Buchan 22 Jan 1334 |
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Sir Alexander Stewart |
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Created Earl of Buchan c 1382 |
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4th son of Robert II of Scotland |
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Robert Stewart |
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3 Sep 1420 |
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He resigned the peerage 1406 in favour of - |
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1406 |
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John Stewart |
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Robert Stewart |
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Sir James Stewart |
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Buchan 1469 |
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c 1495 |
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Alexander Stewart |
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John Stewart |
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c 1555 |
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Christian Stewart |
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James Douglas |
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26 Aug 1601 |
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Mary Douglas |
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Earl of Buchan in her right |
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James Erskine |
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William Erskine |
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1695 |
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1695 |
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David Erskine,4th Lord Cardross |
1672 |
14 Oct 1745 |
73 |
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Lord Lieutenant Stirling and Clackmannan |
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PC 1697 |
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14 Oct 1745 |
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Henry David Erskine |
17 Apr 1710 |
1 Dec 1767 |
57 |
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1 Dec 1767 |
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David Steuart Erskine |
1 Jun 1742 |
19 Apr 1829 |
86 |
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19 Apr 1829 |
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Henry David Erskine |
Jul 1783 |
13 Sep 1857 |
74 |
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13 Sep 1857 |
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David Stuart Erskine |
6 Nov 1815 |
3 Dec 1898 |
83 |
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note at the foot of this page. |
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3 Dec 1898 |
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Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine |
27 Feb 1850 |
16 Apr 1934 |
84 |
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16 Apr 1934 |
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Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar Erskine |
6 Apr 1878 |
18 Dec 1960 |
82 |
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18 Dec 1960 |
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Donald Cardross Flower Erskine,7th Baron Erskine |
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of Restormel Castle |
3 Jun 1899 |
26 Jul 1984 |
85 |
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26 Jul 1984 |
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Malcolm Harry Erskine |
4 Jul 1930 |
11 Sep 2022 |
92 |
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11 Sep 2022 |
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Henry Thomas Alexander Erskine |
31 May 1960 |
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8 Jun 1567 |
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Thomas Sackville |
1527 |
19 Apr 1608 |
80 |
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Created Baron Buckhurst 8 Jun 1567 |
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27 Apr 1864 |
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Elizabeth Sackville-West |
11 Aug 1795 |
9 Jan 1870 |
74 |
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Created Baroness Buckhurst |
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27 Apr 1864 |
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to this peerage, see the note at the foot of |
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this page. |
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9 Jan 1870 |
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Reginald Windsor Sackville |
21 Feb 1817 |
5 Jan 1896 |
78 |
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He succeeded as 7th Earl de la Warr in 1873 |
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when the peerages were merged and still remain so |
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c 1097 |
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Walter Giffard |
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Created Earl of Buckingham c 1097 |
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15 Jul 1102 |
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Walter Giffard |
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Richard de Clare
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1176 |
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15 Jul 1377 |
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Thomas Plantagenet |
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Created Earl of Buckingham 15 Jul 1377 |
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Youngest son of Edward III. Created Duke |
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of Gloucester 1385 (qv) |
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8 Sep 1397 |
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Humphrey Plantagenet |
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14 Sep 1444 |
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Humphrey Stafford |
15 Aug 1402 |
10 Jul 1460 |
57 |
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Created Duke of Buckingham 14 Sep 1444 |
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KG 1429 |
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10 Jul 1460 |
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Henry Stafford |
4 Sep 1454 |
2 Nov 1483 |
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2 Nov 1483 |
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1486 |
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Edward Stafford |
3 Feb 1478 |
17 May 1521 |
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17 May 1521 |
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1 Jul 1618 |
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1 |
Dame Mary Compton |
1570 |
19 Apr 1632 |
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19 Apr 1632 |
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1 Jul 1618 |
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18 May 1623 |
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George Villiers |
28 Aug 1592 |
23 Aug 1628 |
35 |
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Created Baron Whaddon and Viscount |
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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
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Coventry and
Duke of Buckingham |
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18 May 1623 |
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Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1618. |
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Lord Lieutenant Kent 1620 and Middlesex |
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1622. KG 1616 |
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23 Aug 1628 |
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George Villiers |
30 Jan 1628 |
16 Apr 1687 |
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16 Apr 1687 |
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He had by 1663 succeeded to the Barony of |
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de Ros. On his death that barony fell into |
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abeyance. All of his other peerages became |
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extinct on his death |
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4 Dec 1784 |
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George Nugent-Temple-Grenville,3rd Earl Temple |
17 Jun 1753 |
11 Feb 1813 |
59 |
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Created Marquess of Buckingham |
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4 Dec 1784 |
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MP for Buckinghamshire 1774-1779. Lord |
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Lieutenant Buckinghamshire 1782-1813. Lord |
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Lieutenant of Ireland 1782-1783 and 1787- |
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1789. Secretary of
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Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos- |
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4 Feb 1822 |
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Grenville |
20 Mar 1776 |
17 Jan 1839 |
62 |
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of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham |
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MP for Buckinghamshire 1797-1813. Vice |
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President of the Board of Trade 1806-1807 |
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Lord Lieutenant Buckinghamshire 1813-1839 |
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PC 1806, KG 1820 |
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17 Jan 1839 |
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2 |
Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent- |
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Brydges-Chandos-Grenville |
11 Feb 1797 |
29 Jul 1861 |
64 |
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MP for Buckinghamshire 1818-1839. Lord |
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Privy Seal 1841-1842. PC 1841, KG 1842 |
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29 Jul 1861 |
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3 |
Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent- |
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10 Sep 1823 |
26 Mar 1889 |
65 |
26 Mar 1889 |
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MP for Buckinghamshire 1846-1857. Lord |
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President of the Council 1866-1867. |
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8 Sep 1647 |
24 Feb 1721 |
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Edmund Sheffield |
3 Jan 1716 |
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5 Sep 1746 |
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Sir John Hobart,5th baronet |
11 Oct 1693 |
22 Sep 1756 |
62 |
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Created Baron Hobart 28 May 1728 |
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22 Sep 1756 |
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John Hobart |
1 Aug 1723 |
3 Aug 1793 |
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MP for Norwich
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Lieutenant of Ireland 1776-1780. PC 1756 |
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George Hobart |
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6 May 1760 |
4 Feb 1816 |
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MP for Bramber 1788-1790 and Lincoln |
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1790-1796. Governor of Madras 1793-1797. |
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4 Feb 1816 |
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George Robert Hobart-Hampden |
1 May 1789 |
1 Feb 1849 |
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MP for St Michaels 1812-1813 |
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Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden |
1 Nov 1793 |
29 Oct 1885 |
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29 Oct 1885 |
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Sidney Carr Hobart-Hampden |
14 Mar 1860 |
15 Jan 1930 |
69 |
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15 Jan 1930 |
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John Hampden Mercer-Henderson |
16 Apr 1906 |
2 Jan 1963 |
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2 Jan 1963 |
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Vere Frederick Cecil Hobart-Hampden |
17 May 1901 |
19 Apr 1983 |
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George Miles Hobart-Hampden |
15 Dec 1944 |
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16 Jul 1926 |
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Henry Seymour Berry |
17 Sep 1877 |
23 May 1928 |
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23 May 1928 |
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BUCKMASTER |
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24 Feb 1933 |
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Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster |
9 Jan 1861 |
5 Dec 1934 |
73 |
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Created Baron Buckmaster 14 Jun 1915 |
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and Viscount Buckmaster 24 Feb 1933 |
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MP for Cambridge 1906-1910 and Keighley |
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1911-1915. Solicitor General 1913-1915, |
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Lord Chancellor 1915-1916. PC 1915 |
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5 Dec 1934 |
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Owen Stanley Buckmaster |
24 Sep 1890 |
25 Nov 1974 |
84 |
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Martin Stanley Buckmaster |
11 Apr 1921 |
8 Jun 2007 |
86 |
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8 Jun 2007 |
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Adrian Charles Buckmaster |
2 Feb 1949 |
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BUCKTON |
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16 Jun 1966 |
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Sir Samuel Storey,1st baronet |
18 Jan 1896 |
17 Jan 1978 |
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17 Jan 1978 |
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MP for Sunderland 1931-1945 and |
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Stretford 1950-1966 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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BULKELEY |
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19 Jan 1644 |
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Thomas Bulkeley |
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Created Viscount Bulkeley 19 Jan 1644 |
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c 1659 |
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Robert Bulkeley |
c 1630 |
18 Oct 1688 |
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MP for Anglesey 1660-1661 and 1685-1689, |
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and Caernarvonshire 1675-1679 |
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18 Oct 1688 |
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Richard Bulkeley |
c 1658 |
9 Aug 1704 |
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MP for
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1680-1704 |
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9 Aug 1704 |
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Richard Bulkeley |
19 Sep 1682 |
4 Jun 1724 |
41 |
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MP for Anglesey 1704-1715 and 1722-1724 |
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4 Jun 1724 |
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Richard Bulkeley |
8 Apr 1707 |
15 Mar 1739 |
31 |
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MP for Beaumaris 1730-1739 |
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15 Mar 1739 |
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James Bulkeley |
17 Feb 1717 |
23 Apr 1752 |
35 |
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MP for Beaumaris 1739-1753 |
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12 Dec 1752 |
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Thomas James Bulkeley |
12 Dec 1752 |
3 Jun 1822 |
69 |
14 May 1784 |
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Created Baron Bulkeley 14 May 1784 |
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Lord Lieutenant |
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3 Jun 1822 |
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Caernarvon 1781-1822 |
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BULL |
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11 Jul 2018 |
B[L] |
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Deborah Clare Bull |
22 Mar 1963 |
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Created Baroness Bull for life 11 Jul 2018 |
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BULLOCK |
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30 Jan 1976 |
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Sir Alan Louis Charles Bullock |
13 Dec 1914 |
2 Feb 2004 |
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2 Feb 2004 |
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25 Feb 1342 |
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Ralph de Bulmer |
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1357 |
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Bulmer 25 Feb 1342 |
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BURDEN |
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1 Feb 1950 |
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Thomas William Burden |
29 Jan 1885 |
27 May 1970 |
85 |
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MP for Park 1942-1950 |
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27 May 1970 |
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Philip William Burden |
21 Jun 1916 |
25 Jun 1995 |
79 |
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25 Jun 1995 |
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Andrew Philip Burden |
20 Jul 1959 |
23 Apr 2000 |
40 |
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23 Apr 2000 |
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Fraser William Elsworth Burden |
6 Nov 1964 |
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9 Jun 1871 |
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Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts |
25 Apr 1814 |
30 Dec 1906 |
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30 Dec 1906 |
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9 Jun 1871 |
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particular her battle against her stalker, Richard |
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27 Dec 1676 |
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Charles Beauclerk |
8 May 1670 |
10 May 1726 |
56 |
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Burford 27 Dec
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Thomas Burgh |
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Edward Burgh |
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Thomas Burgh |
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William Burgh |
1522 |
10 Sep 1584 |
62 |
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Thomas Burgh |
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14 Oct 1597 |
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14 Oct 1597 |
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Robert Burgh |
1594 |
26 Feb 1602 |
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Alexander Henry Leith |
27 Jul 1866 |
19 Aug 1926 |
60 |
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Alexander Leigh Henry Leith |
16 May 1906 |
26 May 1959 |
53 |
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Alexander Peter Willoughby Leith |
20 Mar 1935 |
14 Jul 2001 |
66 |
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16 Mar 1958 |
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24 May 1784 |
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James Lowther |
5 Aug 1736 |
24 May 1802 |
65 |
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Barony of Kendal,Baron of the Barony |
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3 Aug 1895 |
B |
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Herbert Coulston Gardner |
9 Jun 1846 |
6 May 1921 |
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6 May 1921 |
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MP for Saffron Walden 1885-1895. President |
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Robert de Burghersh |
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1306 |
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Bartholomew de Burghersh |
before 1304 |
Aug 1355 |
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Bartholomew de Burghersh |
before 1329 |
5 Apr 1369 |
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Elizabeth Despencer |
1342 |
Aug 1409 |
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Richard Despencer |
1400 |
7 Oct 1414 |
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Isabel Beauchamp |
26 Jul 1400 |
Jan 1440 |
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Henry Beauchamp,Earl of Warwick |
c 1423 |
11 Jun 1445 |
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Ann Beauchamp |
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25 Feb 1571 |
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Sir William Cecil |
13 Sep 1521 |
4 Aug 1598 |
76 |
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Secretary of State 1548-1549,1551 and |
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4 Aug 1598 |
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Thomas Cecil |
5 May 1542 |
8 Feb 1623 |
80 |
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BURLINGTON |
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20 Mar 1664 |
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Richard Boyle,2nd Earl of Cork |
20 Oct 1612 |
15 Jan 1698 |
85 |
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Lanesborough 4 Nov 1644 and Earl of |
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Burlington 20 Mar 1664 |
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MP for Appleby 1640-1644. Lord Lieutenant |
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W Riding Yorkshire 1667 and 1679-1688 |
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15 Jan 1698 |
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Charles Boyle |
30 Oct 1660 |
9 Feb 1704 |
43 |
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Clifford of Lanesborough 20 Nov 1694 |
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MP for Appleby 1690-1694. Lord Lieutenant |
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W Riding Yorkshire 1699-1704. PC [I] 1695 |
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PC 1702 |
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9 Feb 1704 |
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Richard Boyle |
25 Apr 1694 |
15 Dec 1753 |
59 |
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3 Dec 1753 |
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10 Sep 1831 |
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George Augustus Henry Cavendish |
21 Mar 1754 |
4 May 1834 |
80 |
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4 May 1834 |
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William Cavendish |
27 Apr 1808 |
21 Dec 1891 |
83 |
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BURLISON |
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21 Oct 1997 |
B[L] |
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Thomas Burlison |
23 May 1936 |
20 May 2008 |
71 |
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20 May 2008 |
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BURNELL |
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19 Dec 1311 |
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Edward Burnell |
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1315 |
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Burnell 19 Dec 1311 |
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25 Nov 1350 |
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Nicholas Burnell |
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19 Jan 1383 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Burnell 25 Nov 1350 |
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19 Jan 1383 |
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Hugh Burnell |
1347 |
27 Nov 1420 |
73 |
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27 Nov 1420 |
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BURNETT |
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31 May 2006 |
B[L] |
1 |
John Patrick Aubone Burnett |
19 Sep 1945 |
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Created Baron Burnett for life 31 May 2006 |
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MP for Devon West and Torridge 1997-2005 |
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BURNETT OF MALDON |
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30 Oct 2017 |
B[L] |
1 |
Ian Duncan Burnett |
28 Feb 1958 |
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Created Baron Burnett of Maldon for life |
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30 Oct 2017 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 2014-2017. Lord Chief |
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Justice of
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PC 2014 |
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BURNHAM |
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31 Jul 1903 |
B |
1 |
Sir Edward Levy-Lawson,1st baronet |
28 Dec 1833 |
9 Jan 1916 |
82 |
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Created Baron Burnham 31 Jul 1903 |
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9 Jan 1916 |
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Harry Lawson Webster Lawson |
18 Dec 1862 |
20 Jul 1933 |
70 |
16 May 1919 |
V |
1 |
Created Viscount Burnham 16 May 1919 |
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20 Jul 1933 |
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Cirencester 1893-1895 and Mile End |
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1905-1906 and 1910-1916. CH 1917 |
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On his death the Viscountcy became extinct |
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but the Barony passed to - |
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20 Jul 1933 |
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3 |
William Arnold Webster Levy Lawson |
19 Mar 1864 |
14 Jun 1943 |
79 |
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14 Jun 1943 |
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4 |
Edward Frederick Lawson |
16 Jun 1890 |
4 Jul 1963 |
73 |
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4 Jul 1963 |
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5 |
William Edward Harry Lawson |
20 Oct 1920 |
18 Jun 1993 |
72 |
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18 Jun 1993 |
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6 |
Hugh John Frederick Lawson |
15 Aug 1931 |
1 Jan 2005 |
73 |
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[Elected hereditary peer 1999-2005] |
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1 Jan 2005 |
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7 |
Harry Frederick Alan Lawson |
22 Feb 1968 |
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BURNS |
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20 Jul 1998 |
B[L] |
1 |
Sir Terence Burns |
13 Mar 1944 |
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Created Baron Burns for life 20 Jul 1998 |
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BURNTISLAND |
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15 Apr 1672 |
B[S] |
1 |
Sir James Wemyss |
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Dec 1685 |
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Created Lord Burntisland for life 15 Apr 1672 |
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Dec 1685 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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BURNTWOOD |
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21 Sep 1970 |
B[L] |
1 |
Julian Ward Snow |
24 Feb 1910 |
24 Jan 1982 |
71 |
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Created Baron Burntwood for life |
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24 Jan 1982 |
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21 Sep 1970 |
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MP for Portsmouth Central 1945-1950 |
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and Lichfield and Tamworth 1950-1970 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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BURT OF SOLIHULL |
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9 Oct 2015 |
B[L] |
1 |
Lorely Jane Burt |
10 Sep 1954 |
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Created Baroness Burt of Solihull for life |
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9 Oct 2015 |
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MP for Solihull 2005-2015 |
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BURTON |
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1 Jan 1712 |
B |
1 |
Henry Paget |
c 1665 |
30 Aug 1743 |
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Created Baron Burton 1 Jan 1712 |
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He subsequently succeeded as 7th Lord Paget de |
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Beaudesert in 1713 and was created Earl of |
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Uxbridge in 1714. The Barony became extinct in |
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1769 |
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13 Aug 1886 |
B |
1 |
Sir Michael Arthur Bass,1st baronet |
12 Nov 1837 |
1 Feb 1909 |
71 |
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Created Baron Burton 13 Aug 1886 |
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1 Feb 1909 |
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and again 29 Nov 1897 |
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29 Nov 1897 |
B |
1 |
For details of the special remainder included in the |
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creation of the
Barony of 1897,see the note at the |
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foot of this page |
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MP for Stafford 1865-1868, Staffordshire |
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East 1868-1885 and Burton 1885-1886. |
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On his death the creation of 1886 became |
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extinct whilst the creation of 1897 |
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passed to - |
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1 Feb 1909 |
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2 |
Nellie Lisa Melles |
27 Dec 1873 |
28 May 1962 |
88 |
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28 May 1962 |
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3 |
Michael Evan Victor Baillie |
27 Jun 1924 |
30 May 2013 |
88 |
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30 May 2013 |
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4 |
Evan Michael Ronald Baillie |
19 Mar 1949 |
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BURTON OF COVENTRY |
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12 Apr 1962 |
B[L] |
1 |
Elaine Frances Burton |
2 Mar 1904 |
6 Oct 1991 |
87 |
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Created Baroness Burton of |
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6 Oct 1991 |
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Coventry for life 12 Apr 1962 |
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MP for Coventry South 1950-1959 |
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Peerage extinct on her death |
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BURY |
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10 Feb 1697 |
V |
1 |
Arnold Joost van Keppel |
1670 |
30 May 1718 |
47 |
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Created Baron Ashford,Viscount Bury |
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and Earl of Albemarle 10 Feb 1697 |
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See "Albemarle" |
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23 Jul 1998 |
B[L] |
1 |
Peta Jane Buscombe |
12 Mar 1954 |
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Created Baroness Buscombe for life |
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23 Jul 1998 |
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14 Apr 1703 |
E[S] |
1 |
Sir James Stuart,4th baronet |
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Created Lord Mount Stuart,Cumra and |
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Inchmarnock,Viscount of Kingarth and |
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Earl of Bute 14 Apr 1703 |
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4 Jun 1710 |
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James Stuart |
1689 |
28 Jan 1723 |
33 |
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28 Jan 1723 |
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John Stuart |
25 May 1713 |
10 Mar 1792 |
78 |
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Secretary of State 1761-1762. Prime |
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Minister 1762-1763. KT 1738, KG 1762 |
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10 Mar 1792 |
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John Stuart |
30 Jun 1744 |
16 Nov 1814 |
70 |
21 Mar 1796 |
M |
1 |
Created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff |
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Castle 20 May 1776,and Viscount |
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Mountjoy,Earl of Windsor and Marquess |
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of the County of Bute 21 Mar 1796 |
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in 1794 |
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MP for Bossiney 1766-1776. Lord |
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Lieutenant Glamorgan 1772-1793 and |
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1794-1814. Lord Lieutenant Bute 1794-1814 |
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PC 1779 |
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16 Nov 1814 |
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2 |
John Crichton-Stuart |
10 Aug 1793 |
18 Mar 1848 |
54 |
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He had previously [1803] succeeded as 7th |
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Earl of Dumfries |
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Lord Lieutenant Bute and Glamorgan 1815-1848 |
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KT 1843 |
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18 Mar 1848 |
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3 |
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart |
12 Sep 1847 |
9 Oct 1900 |
53 |
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Lord Lieutenant Bute 1892-1900. KT 1875 |
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9 Oct 1900 |
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4 |
John Crichton-Stuart |
20 Jun 1881 |
25 Apr 1947 |
65 |
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Lord Lieutenant Bute 1905-1920. KT 1922 |
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25 Apr 1947 |
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5 |
John Crichton-Stuart |
4 Aug 1907 |
16 Aug 1956 |
49 |
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16 Aug 1956 |
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6 |
John Crichton-Stuart |
27 Feb 1933 |
21 Jul 1993 |
60 |
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Lord Lieutenant Bute 1967-1974 and Argyll and |
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Bute 1990-1993 |
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21 Jul 1993 |
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7 |
John Colum Crichton-Stuart |
26 Apr 1958 |
22 Mar 2021 |
62 |
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22 Mar 2021 |
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John Bryson Crichton-Stuart |
21 Dec 1989 |
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Theobald Butler |
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James Butler |
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Charles Ernest Alfred French |
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Somerset Butler,7th Earl of Carrick |
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3 Jan 1938 |
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BUTLER OF CLOUGHGRENAN |
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Lord Richard Butler |
15 Jun 1639 |
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Cloughgrenan,Viscount Tullogh and |
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Earl of Arran 13 May 1662 |
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BUTLER OF LANTHONY |
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James Butler,1st Marquess of Ormonde |
19 Oct 1610 |
21 Jul 1688 |
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Walter Butler,11th Earl of Ormonde |
4 Feb 1770 |
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BUTLER OF MOORE PARK |
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Thomas Butler |
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James Butler |
29 Apr 1665 |
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BUTLER OF SAFFRON WALDEN |
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19 Feb 1965 |
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Richard Austen Butler |
9 Dec 1902 |
8 Mar 1982 |
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Walden for life 19 Feb 1965 |
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MP for Saffron Walden 1929-1965. Minister |
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for Education 1941-1945, Minister for |
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Secretary 1957-1962, First Secretary of |
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1954 KG 1971 |
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BUTLER OF TULLEOPHELIM |
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Theobald Butler |
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BUTLER OF WESTON |
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27 Aug 1673 |
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Lord Richard Butler,1st Earl of Arran |
15 Jun 1639 |
25 Jan 1686 |
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1 |
Charles Butler,1st Earl of Arran |
4 Sep 1671 |
17 Dec 1758 |
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17 Dec 1758 |
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BUTLER-SLOSS |
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13 Jun 2006 |
B[L] |
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Dame Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss |
10 Aug 1933 |
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13 Jun 2006 |
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Justice
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BUTTERFIELD |
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10 Aug 1988 |
B[L] |
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William John Hughes Butterfield |
28 Mar 1920 |
22 Jul 2000 |
80 |
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22 Jul 2000 |
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10 Aug 1988 |
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BUTTERWORTH |
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15 May 1985 |
B[L] |
1 |
John Blackstock Butterworth |
13 Mar 1918 |
19 Jun 2003 |
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19 Jun 2003 |
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15 May 1985 |
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BUXTON |
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8 Nov 1920 |
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Sydney Charles Buxton |
25 Oct 1853 |
15 Oct 1934 |
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15 Oct 1934 |
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MP for Peterborough 1883-1885 and |
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of Trade 1910-1914. Governor General of |
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11 May 1978 |
B[L] |
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Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton |
15 Jul 1918 |
1 Sep 2009 |
91 |
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1 Sep 2009 |
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11 May 1978 |
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BYERS |
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22 Dec 1964 |
B[L] |
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Charles Frank Byers |
24 Jul 1915 |
6 Feb 1984 |
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6 Feb 1984 |
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15 Oct 1996 |
B[L] |
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Dame Hazel Byford |
14 Jan 1941 |
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21 Sep 1721 |
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Sir George Byng |
27 Jan 1664 |
17 Jan 1733 |
68 |
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12 Jan 1928 |
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11 Sep 1862 |
6 Jun 1935 |
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Governor General of Canada 1921-1926 |
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24 Oct 1643 |
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John Byron |
1599 |
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Richard Byron |
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4 Oct 1679 |
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William Byron |
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13 Nov 1695 |
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William Byron |
4 Jan 1669 |
8 Aug 1736 |
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William Byron |
5 Nov 1722 |
19 May 1798 |
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George Gordon Byron |
22 Jan 1788 |
19 Apr 1824 |
36 |
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George Anson Byron |
8 Mar 1789 |
1 Mar 1868 |
78 |
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George Anson Byron |
30 Jun 1818 |
28 Nov 1870 |
52 |
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George Frederick William Byron |
27 Dec 1855 |
30 Mar 1917 |
61 |
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Frederick Ernest Charles Byron |
26 Mar 1861 |
6 Jun 1949 |
88 |
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Rupert Frederick George Byron |
13 Aug 1903 |
1 Nov 1983 |
80 |
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Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron |
3 Nov 1899 |
15 Jun 1989 |
89 |
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Robert James Byron |
5 Apr 1950 |
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The special remainder to the Barony of Bruce of
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'The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity
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Earl of Aylesbury and Elgin, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Bruce, of
Tottenham |
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in the County of Wilts, to him and the Heirs
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Bruce Brudenell, Esq; Brother to George Earl of
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Isabella
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Isabella was the daughter of Duncan MacDuff,
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was a strong supporter of Robert the Bruce. She was betrayed to the
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whereupon Edward I of England sentenced her to
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record of crimes, judgements, providences and calamities" |
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'In 1306, the Countess of Buchan, who had been
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even placed the crown on his head, was, by the
command of King Edward [I], shut up in a |
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wooden cage in one of the towers of Berwick
Castle; as was Mary, sister to Bruce, in the castle |
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of Roxburgh. The order to the Chamberlain of
Scotland, or his lieutenant in Berwick, for making |
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the cage for the Countess of Buchan, was by
writ of privy seal; by which he was directed to |
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make in one of the turrets of Berwick upon
Tweed, which he should find most convenient, a |
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strong cage of lattice work, constructed with
posts and bars, and well strengthened with iron. |
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This cage was to be so constructed that the
Countess might have therein necessary |
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conveniences, proper care being taken that it
did not lessen the security of her person; that |
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the said Countess being put in this cage,
should be so carefully guarded, that she should not |
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by
any means go out of it: that a woman or two of the town of Berwick, of
unsuspected |
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character, should be appointed to administer
her food and drink, and attend her on other |
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occasions; and that he should cause her to be
so strictly guarded in the said cage, as not to |
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be permitted to speak to any person, man or
woman, of the Scottish nation, or any other, |
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except the woman or women assigned to attend
her, and her other guards. |
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'Matthew
of Westminster, a contemporary writer, says, that the king declared, that as
she |
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did not strike with a sword, she should not die
with the sword, but ordered her to be shut up |
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in a habitation of stone and iron, shaped like
a crown, and to be hung out at Berwick in the |
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open air, for a spectacle and everlasting
reproach, while living and dead, to all that passed by.' |
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Isabella was imprisoned in the cage for four
years, and then transferred to a Carmelite friary. |
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He subsequent fate is uncertain, but she
probably died about 1314. |
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David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan |
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The following article was published in 'The
Washington Post' of 9 December 1898:- |
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''Some considerable time is likely to elapse
before the eldest son of the old Earl of Buchan….. |
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is permitted to assume full-fledged possession
of the peerage, or to take part in those elections |
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of Scotch representative Peers which take place
in the Palace of Holyrood at Edinburgh at the |
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outset
of each new Parliament. For the old Earl, who was a most eccentric and
cranky |
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individual, distinguished himself some six or
seven years ago by indicting a remarkable letter |
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to the London newspapers, announcing that he
had appealed to the committee of |
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privileges of the House of Lords to take note
of the fact that his first marriage to the mother |
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of his eldest son was not legal. |
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'The late Lord Buchan, there is every reason to
believe, made these allegations from a feeling of |
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revenge, being exceedingly embittered against
his son because of the latter having refused to |
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avert his bankruptcy a short time previously.
The old Lord spent nearly his entire life in hot |
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water
and in the early portion of his career earned a precarious livelihood as a
professional |
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jockey.
His first wife found life so unbearable that she left him, and died when her
eldest boy |
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was
twenty-five years of age. A few months afterward Lord Buchan married again,
this time a |
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widow.
But the match was not a happy one, and she soon parted from him. He likewise
figured |
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as
co-respondent in a couple of divorce cases, and what with these and
ridiculous lawsuits |
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which
he was constantly bringing against people he managed to keep his name pretty
well |
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before the public. |
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'About twenty years ago [actually in 1872] he
surrendered the whole of his heavily-mortgaged |
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estates to his eldest son, Lord Cardross, who
had some money of his own by his mother and |
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through his wife, in consideration of Lord
Cardross paying his debts and settling upon him an |
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annuity [of £500 p.a.]. Subsequently, oil was
discovered on the estates which, consequently, |
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largely increased in value, whereupon the old
Earl regretted his bargain, and tried to get them |
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back again. Failing in this, he went in for all
sorts of extravagance, largely exceeding his annuity. |
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He not only went to the extent of indorsing
other people's notes, but actually, in spite of his |
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age, got himself heavily mulcted in damages as
a co-respondent in a divorce case, and then |
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borrowed money at extravagant interest from the
notorious money-lender, Jay, in London, in |
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order to meet this liability. |
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'Small wonder if his eldest son, who had never
forgotten or forgiven the manner in which his |
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mother
had been maltreated by the old Earl, permitted his father to be made a
bankrupt [in |
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1894]
rather than to pay his debts [£388] afresh. It was in consequence of this
that the Earl |
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wrote
the letter….insisting that his first marriage to the mother of his eldest son
was illegal, and |
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that Lord Cardross was therefore illegitimate. |
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'The Lords of Buchan…..have always been
eccentric. The eleventh Earl of Buchan, for instance, |
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when appointed by Prime Minister Pitt as
Secretary to the British Embassy in Spain, calmly |
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declined to proceed to Madrid because the
Ambassador, Sir James Gray, was a person of too |
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low social rank and too plebeian ancestry.' |
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The author of this article adds, as a
delightful postscript, that 'the new Earl of Buchan, until |
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now known as Lord Cardross, is celebrated as
possessing the smallest head in point of size of |
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any man in London.' |
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The Buckhurst Peerage remainder |
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From the "London Gazette" of 26 April
1864 (issue 22848, page 2280):- |
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"The Queen has been pleased to direct
letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
granting the dignity of a Baroness unto Elizabeth, |
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Countess De La Warr, by the name, style, and
title of Baroness Buckhurst, in the county of |
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Sussex, during her life, with remainder after
her decease, of the dignity of Baron Buckhurst, of |
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Buckhurst, in the county of Sussex, unto the
Honourable Reginald Windsor Sackville West, now |
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now second surviving son of the said Elizabeth,
Countess De La Warr, and the heirs male of his |
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body lawfully begotten,
with other remainders over." |
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The other remainders referred to were that
failing the heirs male of Reginald Windsor Sackville |
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West, a special remainder to her 3rd, 4th, and
5th surviving sons by her husband in like manner |
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respectively; and with a proviso that if any
person taking under these letters patent "shall |
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succeed to the Earldom of De la Warr, and there
shall upon, or at any time after, the occurrence |
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of
such an event be any younger son or any heir male of the body of any such
other son, then |
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then and so often as the same shall happen the
succession to the Honours and dignities thereby |
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created shall devolve upon the son of the said
Elizabeth, Countess De la Warr, or the heir who |
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would next be entitled to succeed to the said
dignity of Baron Buckhurst, if the person so |
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succeeding to the Earldom of De la Warr was
dead without issue male." |
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That is to say that, following the death of
Baroness Buckhurst, the peerage would descend to |
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her second surviving son and the heirs male of
his body, and contained a proviso that, in the |
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event of such second son becoming Earl de la
Warr, the peerage would then devolve upon her |
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next youngest son. This remainder was designed
so as to attempt to ensure that the barony of |
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Buckhurst would 'jump' to an heir who was not
the direct heir to the earldom of de la Warr, but |
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what it failed to do was to take into account
the possibility that the barony might jump from |
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one holder to another during the lifetime of
the then current Earl de la Warr, with the result that |
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the earldom became inherited by persons nearer
and nearer in blood to the holder of the barony. |
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At the time of the creation of this peerage,
Baroness Buckhurst had five surviving sons. The |
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eldest surviving son, Charles, inherited the
Earldom of de la Warr on the death of his father in |
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1869. On the death of his mother in January
1870, the Barony of Buckhurst was inherited by |
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Charles's next brother, Reginald, since he was
the second surviving son of the Baroness. |
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When the 6th Earl de la Warr died in 1873, the
earldom was inherited by his next brother, |
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Reginald,
who had previously inherited the barony of Buckhurst. Under the remainder to
the |
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peerage, it would seem that, when Reginald
succeeded to the earldom, the barony should then |
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have passed to the next youngest son, Mortimer. |
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Mortimer claimed the barony of Buckhurst under
the terms of the remainder, but Reginald argued |
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that the Crown did not have the power to divest
him of an hereditary dignity he had once |
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enjoyed. The case was heard by the House of
Lords Committee for Privileges in July 1876. It |
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was held that the proviso outlined above was
incapable of operating so as to give the barony to |
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Mortimer. Reginald, having succeeded to the
barony, could not have it taken away from him and |
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given to another. The Committee found that, if
the object of the proviso was to prevent the |
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dignity of Earl de la Warr and Baron Buckhurst
being held together by the same person, then the |
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Crown had no power to grant a dignity with such
a shifting and transferrable quality. They were |
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therefore of the opinion that the barony of
Buckhurst, having been inherited by Reginald, did not |
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transfer to Mortimer once Reginald had
succeeded to the earldom of de la Warr. As a result, the |
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barony of Buckhurst has remained since that
time as a subsidiary title of the Earls de la Warr. |
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Mortimer, however, did not have to endure his
disappointment for very long, as less than three |
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months later, he was created Baron Sackville as
a consolation prize. |
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For another example of a 'jumping' remainder,
see the earldom of Selkirk. |
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Augustus Charles Hobart ["Hobart
Pasha"], 3rd son of the 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire |
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The following biography of Hobart Pasha
appeared in the October 1955 issue of the Australian |
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monthly magazine "Parade":- |
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'A
rocket, soaring high in the darkness, threw a glow over the Danube one
moonless night in |
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April, 1877, revealing a tiny Turkish gunboat
slipping like a phantom down the broad surface of |
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the
river. War had just flared between Turkey and Russia. The river was the
frontier between |
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opposing
armies. With shots hurling spouts of water all round it, the venomous little
craft |
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steamed
on to the safety of the open waters of the Black Sea. On the bridge was the
defiant |
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bearded
figure of Hobart Pasha, rebellious son of an English earl, whose family gave
its name to |
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the
thriving city of Hobart, in Tasmania. |
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'Hobart Pasha, Admiral of the Sultan's fleet,
was one of the most astonishing sailors of fortune |
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of the 19th century. The Hobart family had been
producing wealthy and sober English squires |
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for centuries, when the stormy petrel Augustus
Charles Hobart was born third son of the sixth |
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Earl of Buckinghamshire, at Walton,
Leicestershire, on April Fool's Day, 1822. He was the dunce |
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of his school, and, at the tender age of 14,
was shipped to sea as midshipman in the 18-gun |
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frigate, Rover. |
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'His early experiences bred a hatred of
cast-iron navy discipline. Hobart's first captain was a |
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sadistic bully who flogged his steward because
the pea-soup was lukewarm, and once had his |
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entire boat's crew lashed because they kept him
waiting five minutes on Devonport's pier-head. |
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Hobart left the ship after one voyage to study
at the Naval College. In 1842 he was lieutenant |
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in the squadron cruising off South America. The
squadron's task was to hunt slave traders in |
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the South Atlantic. Scores of fast sailing
ships, their holds crammed with half-starved negroes, |
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ferried the wretched slaves from Africa to
Brazil, the Argentine and Central America. |
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'Young Augustus Hobart became feared as the
most daring officer in the anti-slavery service. |
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Cutlass in hand, he led his boat crews into
uncharted inlets on the South American coast, |
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forcing the slavers to burn, abandon or run
their ships aground. Hobart's gallantry was as |
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notorious ashore as afloat. At a ball in Buenos
Aires he fell in love with a 16-years-old Spanish |
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beauty,
eloped with her to a country estate, where they were pursued and caught by
her |
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furious
parents. At Rio de Janeiro, Hobart acted as second to a fellow-officer who
killed in a |
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pistol duel a Brazilian rival for the hand of
another senorita. In British Guiana he landed in more |
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serious trouble. Complaining that life in
Demerara, the capital, was "so damned, dismally dull," he |
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fell in love with the Governor's daughter. He
challenged her official suitor to a duel by flinging a |
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pack of cards in his face and shot him through
the leg. The Governor kept his daughter prisoner |
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in
her room, and angrily demanded that Hobart be sent back to Britain under
arrest. Hobart had |
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to leave his
squadron in disgrace. |
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'Back in London, the youthful Earl's son found
his anti-slaving triumphs had made him a popular |
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hero.
Young Queen Victoria read of his exploits and had him transferred to the
Royal Yacht |
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where he served for a year. Hobart, however,
was itching for more active service than piloting |
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royalty. After serving at Malta and in the
North Sea, he had his chance with the outbreak of |
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the
Crimean War in 1854. He was given command of a ship in the Baltic Fleet,
which was |
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designed to batter its way past the great fort
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expedition, led by the timid Admiral [Sir Charles] Napier, was a fiasco. The
fleet scurried |
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off from Kronstadt after firing a few salvoes,
and contented itself with leisurely shelling Helsinki |
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and
other ports in the Gulf of Finland. Hobart led a daring raid of small ships
on the Åland |
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Islands [during this campaign, a young sailor
named Charles Davis Lucas threw a live enemy shell |
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overboard
before it could explode, a deed for which he was awarded the first ever
Victoria |
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Cross.] |
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'Peace found Hobart discontented by slow
promotion and the "spit-and-polish" routine of navy |
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life. When, in 1862, he gained the rank of
captain, he asked to be placed on the navy reserve |
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on
half pay. Adventure was beckoning from across the Atlantic. The Northern and
Southern |
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States
of America were locked in bloody civil war. From the Chesapeake to New
Orleans, |
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Abraham Lincoln's Northern navy had proclaimed
a blockade of the Southern coasts. |
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'Every article on which the South depended had
to run the gauntlet of the blockade - from |
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muskets and gunpowder for the grey-clad armies
to fashions for the Southern Belles. Southern |
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cotton to pay for the imports was piling up on
the quays of Charleston and Savannah. Nassau, |
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in the British Bahamas, was the headquarters of
the blockade runners. Here, in the booming |
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town thronged with rich merchants, Yankee
spies, Southern agents and escaped slaves, they |
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fitted out the fast ships that darted in and
out of the Southern ports under the noses of the |
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Northern cruisers. |
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'To Nassau came Captain Augustus Hobart R.N.
(retd.), bringing with him a handpicked crew and |
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the 400-tons steamer Don, chartered in
Liverpool, and the fastest ship on the American coast. |
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'In her holds was a strange but profitable
cargo. It comprised 1000 pairs of women's corsets, |
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bought in Glasgow for 1s 1d each and sold in
Charleston, South Carolina for 12s each. There |
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were crates of toothbrushes, "Cockle's
antibilious pills," blankets, shoes and hardware - none of |
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which brought a profit of less than 700 per
cent. In return, Hobart and other blockade-runners |
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bought cotton in the Southern ports for 3d a
lb., and sold it to the Lancashire spinning mills for |
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'Often Hobart eluded capture by daredevil
navigation. Twice he tried to steam up-river to |
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Savannah,
Georgia, where £50,000 worth of cotton was piled up. The first time, he
passed |
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enemy forts only to run full speed into
treacherous shoals and sandbanks. Three days later he |
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made another attempt. This time he almost
collided with a waiting Northern cruiser and had to |
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run for the Bahamas. For two days the ships
raced through a hurricane. When the Don's coal |
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was exhausted, Hobart and his crew hacked cabin
fittings, spars, oars and hemp cable to feed |
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the furnaces. The Don limped into the safety of
Nassau with her engines dying only a few |
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hundred yards ahead of the enemy cruiser. |
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'A year later Hobart was back in England. His
crew was riddled with yellow fever. The Southern |
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cause was collapsing. General Sherman's famous
march had cut the Confederate states in half. |
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Though Hobart had salted away a handsome
fortune, he was soon wandering restlessly again. |
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In 1867, he set out on a European tour, during
which he visited Constantinople with a letter of |
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introduction
to Fuad Pasha, Grand Vizier of Turkey. It was the turning point of his
life. |
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'The
island of Crete, long groaning under Turkish oppression, was wracked by
rebellion, aided |
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and supplied by sympathisers in Greece. Hobart
told the distracted Grand Vizier: "Give me a |
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command in the Turkish fleet and I'll break the
revolt in a month." Hobart got the job. Hoisting |
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his flag on an ancient wooden frigate, he
arrived off Suda Bay and took command of a Turkish |
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squadron of six ironclads. With them he hunted
the ships running arms from Greece. His blockade |
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was
so effective that, within a month, the starving and unarmed Cretan rebels
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the mountains to surrender. Defying
international law, Hobart chased the blockade runners |
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right into Greek harbours, ignoring the Grand
Vizier's frightened protests that he would provoke |
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war with Greece. |
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'His
outrageous actions staggered the British Admiralty. As a Reserve List
officer, he was |
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peremptorily
ordered to return to Britain, or his name would be erased from the Navy
List. |
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Hobart telegraphed the Admiralty: "Erase
and be damned." The name of Captain Hobart promptly |
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disappeared from the rolls. He delighted Sultan
of Turkey, however, raised Hobart to the rank of |
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Pasha and "Naval Adviser." Within a
few years he was an Admiral, Chief of Staff of the Turkish |
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Navy, and special A.D.C. to the Sultan himself. |
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'With fiery energy, he reorganised the Sultan's
decrepit navy. He founded a naval college and |
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gunnery school and ordered new ships from
British yards. To the corrupt bureaucrats of |
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Constantinople, the bearded Briton was a
strange demon of honesty, efficiency and hard work. |
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They hated him and intrigued ceaselessly to
oust him from the Sultan's favour. Gradually the |
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value of his work filtered through to
Whitehall. In 1874, the Foreign Secretary, Lord Derby |
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Whitehall. In 1874, the Foreign Secretary, Lord
Derby, asked the Admiralty to restore Hobart's |
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name
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'Three years later in 1877, the
long-smouldering war between Russia and Turkey in the Balkans |
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burst into open flame. The Turkish army
occupied Bulgaria; the Russians marched into Romania |
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and threatened to sweep over the Danube. Hobart
Pasha was at Galatz, 100 miles upstream |
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from the Black Sea mouth of the Danube, when
war broke out. He had been sent there to |
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reorganise the feeble Turkish river defences.
He was at once recalled to take personal command |
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of the fleet. The war ended in Turkish defeat
on land. Hobart could do nothing to redress the |
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balance on sea for the Russian Admiral refused
to leave Odessa and risk battle with him. |
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The scapegrace son of English earls however,
still dreamed of a crushing counter-attack on |
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Russia with Britain as an ally. He visited
London in 1880 and tried to open negotiations with |
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Whitehall.
Gladstone's Government, stirred by the Turkish atrocities in Armenia,
abruptly |
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rejected his proposals. For the second time,
Hobart's name was struck off the Navy List. It was |
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not restored till the year of his death. |
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'In 1881 Hobart was appointed Marshal of the
Turkish Empire - the first Christian ever to hold |
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the position. He continued to work untiringly
for his cherished plan for a British alliance, but his |
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health was failing rapidly. He spent the winter
of 1885-6 on the French Riviera, and died on the |
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way home at Milan, Italy, on June 19, 1886. The
Sultan sent a warship to bring his body from |
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Genoa. He was buried with magnificent pomp on
Turkish soil at Scutari.' |
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Henry Seymour Berry, 1st and only Baron
Buckland |
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Lord
Buckland was killed in May 1928 while riding his horse. The following report
on the |
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subsequent inquest appeared in "The
Scotsman" on 25 May 1928:- |
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'A verdict of accidental death was returned
yesterday at the inquest on Lord Buckland, the |
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Welsh Peer, who was killed on Wednesday
morning when he came into collision
with a telephone |
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post while out riding with his groom. |
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'Harry
J. Weaver, an elderly stud groom, said Lord Buckland started out on his usual
morning |
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gallop over the estate. "Lord Buckland was
talking to me about his horses as we went along. We |
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were then galloping round a meadow. I had
replied to a question. Lord Buckland was looking over |
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his
shoulder at me, and said - "What's that?" At that moment I noticed
that his mare was |
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making straight for the telephone post, and I
called out an once, "Mind the pole, my Lord." The |
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next thing that happened was that the mare
swerved. My master seemed to lose his balance, |
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and he collided head first with the post. He
was hurled to the ground, and the mare galloped |
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onwards. I rode up to him and dismounted. Lord
Buckland was lying motionless on his back." |
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'The Coroner - Was he conscious? - He never
breathed a word, and made no movement. He |
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seemed to have died instantly. I went to loosen
his collar, but I saw that he was dead. |
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'The Coroner - Was there anything peculiar
about the mare? - No. She was perfectly quiet, |
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and Lord Buckland had her under perfect control. |
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'Was Lord Buckland an experienced horseman? -
Yes. |
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'Weaver said the accident was due to the fact
that Lord Buckland had turned his head over |
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his shoulder, and did not see the telephone
post in his path. |
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'A doctor said death, which must have been
instantaneous, was caused by a compound fracture |
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of the skull.' |
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Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness
Burdett-Coutts |
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The activity commonly known as stalking first
came to the attention of the general public during |
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the 1980s when a series of well-known
celebrities suddenly found themselves the target of one |
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or more adoring, but obsessed, fans. In general
terms, stalking involves one person's obsessive |
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behaviour
toward another person, motivated by either intense affection or intense
hatred. |
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Stalkers exhibit an irrational mania to pursue
their quarry and, in extreme cases, the stalker's |
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behaviour may turn to violence, generally
without warning or apparent reason. Stalking can be a |
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terrifying experience for victims, leading to
psychological trauma and possible physical harm. |
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The subject of stalking has been the central
theme of a number of famous films and books, |
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including 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Fatal
Attraction', 'Les Miserables' and 'The Cable Guy.' |
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In England, the act of stalking was
criminalised in 1997 by the Protection from Harassment Act. |
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Notwithstanding
the apparent rise in stalking in recent years, stalking has been practised
for |
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centuries, one of its earlier victims being
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, later Baroness |
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Burdett-Coutts. |
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In 1837, at the age of 23, Angela became the
wealthiest woman in England when she inherited |
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the estate of her grandfather. Not
surprisingly, she became a notable subject of public |
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curiosity, and received numerous offers of
marriage. Unfortunately for Angela, one particular |
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man went further. |
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Richard Dunn was a lawyer who, around 1838,
became infatuated with Angela who, at the time, |
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was single and had no knowledge of or interest
in Dunn. He initially wrote to Angela a letter |
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in which the language used was later described
in court as 'strange.' Angela simply threw the |
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letters
out, on the basis that they appeared to have been written by someone who
was |
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apparently insane. Over the next two years,
Dunn escalated his campaign; he followed Angela |
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whenever she left her house, he attempted to
commence conversations with her and continually |
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wrote
letters to her. Finally, in June 1840, Angela took action against Dunn,
charging him with |
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breach
of the peace. Dunn was forced to enter into a £500 surety to keep the peace
and stay |
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away from Angela. |
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However, Dunn continued unabashed. He wrote
further letters and started to follow her again. |
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A second surety was sought and obtained, but
this time Dunn became violent and had to be |
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restrained by court officials. He was sent to
prison, but was later released because of a defect |
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in the committal warrant. Again, he harassed
Angela, accosting her while out walking. A servant |
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was summoned to protect her and Dunn followed
her to the house where she had taken refuge. |
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The police were called in and Dunn was
arrested, but to no avail, as Dunn immediately sought a |
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writ of habeas corpus. |
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In a most unjust decision, Dunn's application
was successful. The court refused to draw any |
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inferences from the evidence presented to it.
Their argument was that the evidence in the case |
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did not allege any threats against Angela and
that it was not their role to infer such a threat. |
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This is equivalent to saying that, because Dunn
had not physically threatened Angela, nothing |
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could be done until he did so, surely a
remarkably short-sighted interpretation of the law. |
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In June 1846, Dunn was charged with perjury,
based on an alleged false affidavit made in the |
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Court of Bankruptcy by Dunn which stated that
Angela Burdett-Coutts owed Dunn £100,000. |
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In February 1847, Dunn was found guilty and
sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. |
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The special remainder to the Barony of Burton |
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From the "London Gazette" of 30
November 1897 (issue 26915, page 7172):- |
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"The Queen has been pleased to direct
Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United |
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Kingdom unto Michael Arthur, Baron Burton, and
the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, |
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by the name, style, and title of Baron Burton,
of Burton-on-Trent and of Rangemore, both in the |
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county
of Stafford, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten;
and, in |
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default of such issue male, to hold the name,
style, and title of Baroness Burton, of Burton-on- |
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Trent
and of Rangemore, to Nellie Lisa Baillie, wife of James Evan Bruce Baillie,
of Dochfour, in |
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the
county of Inverness, Esquire, only daughter of the said Michael Arthur, Baron
Burton, and |
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after her decease to hold the name, style, and
title of Baron Burton, of Burton-on-Trent and |
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of Rangemoor aforesaid, to, the heirs male
lawfully begotten of the body of the said Nellie Lisa |
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Baillie." |
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William Byron, 5th Baron Byron |
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Byron
was known as 'the Wicked Lord' or 'Devil Byron.' In the mid-1760s, when aged
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40s,
Byron began to spiral downwards into constant scandal and eventual
madness. |
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On 26 January 1765, after an argument as to the
best method to preserve game, Byron killed his |
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cousin, William Chaworth, in a duel which took
place at the Star and Garter Tavern in Pall Mall |
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in
London. Byron and Chaworth duelled with swords in an empty and dimly-lit room
at the |
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tavern, where Byron ran his sword through
Chaworth's stomach, causing Chaworth's death the |
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next
day. Byron was subsequently tried by his peers on 16 and 17 April 1765 and
found guilty of |
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manslaughter
'and as, by an old statute, peers are, in all cases where [benefit of] clergy
is |
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allowed, to be dismissed without burning in the
hand, loss of inheritance, or corruption of blood, |
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his
Lordship was immediately dismissed on paying his fees.' For a full account of
the duel, see |
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'The Annual Register……for 1765' on pages 208-212. |
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After
this let-off, Byron became increasingly eccentric. On one occasion, while out
driving, he |
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is reported to have became embroiled in an
argument with his coachman. The story goes that |
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Byron shot him and took over the reins himself. |
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The
event which appears to have finally tipped Byron over the edge of insanity
was the |
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elopement of his son, also William, with his
cousin Juliana, daughter of Lord Byron's younger |
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brother,
Admiral John Byron. The 5th Baron felt
that the marriage of the cousins would |
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produce
insane children and, as a result, he strongly opposed the marriage. When his
son |
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defied his wishes, the 5th Baron set out to
ruin his son's inheritance; he laid waste to his |
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property, let his house fall into disrepair,
cut down all the timber on the property and killed all |
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and when his grandson was killed in Corsica in
1794, the 5th Baron's legacy of poverty was |
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inherited by the eventual 6th Baron, the famous
poet Lord Byron. |
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The Byron family lived at Newstead Abbey, near
Nottingham. According to local tradition, the |
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owner
of Newstead Abbey was cursed, in that he would never have a son to inherit
the |
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property.
The tradition states that the 5th Baron, while carrying out some building
operations at |
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Newstead
Abbey, happened to come upon the remains of one of the former Abbots of
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Abbey.
He permitted the Abbot's bones to be re-interred, apart from the skull, which
he had |
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converted
into a drinking-cup. As a result, a curse was passed upon him to the effect
that he |
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would die without leaving any male issue to
inherit the estate, and it was further added that, as |
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long
as the skull remained unburied, there would never be any direct male heir to
inherit |
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Newstead Abbey. The 5th Baron's son and
grandson both predeceased him and Newstead Abbey |
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passed
to the poet and distant relative, the 6th Baron Byron. In November 1817, the
6th Baron |
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sold
Newstead Abbey to Thomas Wildman, who died childless in 1859. The property
was then |
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sold
to William Frederick Webb, who, shortly after taking possession of the
property, found the |
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drinking-cup
in a silversmith's shop in London. Being aware of the story of the curse,
he |
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immediately
purchased the cup and caused it to be reverently re-interred within the
precincts |
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of
the Abbey. It is interesting to note that, prior to purchasing the Abbey,
Webb had become |
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the
father of four daughters and that it was only after the cup had been
re-interred that his |
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two sons were born. |
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