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PERCY |
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| 5 Feb 1299 |
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Henry de Percy |
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Oct 1315 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Percy 5 Feb 1299 |
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Henry de Percy |
c 1302 |
26 Feb 1352 |
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Henry de Percy |
1322 |
16 Jun 1368 |
45 |
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Henry de
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1342 |
19 Feb 1408 |
65 |
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Henry Percy,2nd Earl of Northumberland |
3 Feb 1393 |
23 May 1455 |
62 |
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Restored to the peerages 1414 |
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| 23 May 1455 |
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Henry Percy,3rd Earl of Northumberland |
25 Jul 1421 |
29 Mar 1461 |
39 |
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| 29 Mar 1461 |
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| 1473 |
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Henry Percy,4th Earl of Northumberland |
c 1449 |
27 Apr 1489 |
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Restored to the peerages 1473 |
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| 27 Apr 1489 |
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Henry Algernon Percy,5th Earl of |
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13 Jan 1478 |
19 May 1527 |
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| 19 May 1527 |
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Henry Percy,6th Earl of Northumberland |
c 1502 |
30 Jun 1537 |
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| 30 Jun 1537 |
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| 30 Apr 1557 |
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Thomas Percy |
10 Jun 1528 |
22 Aug 1572 |
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Created Baron Percy 30 Apr 1557 and Earl |
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| 28 Mar 1626 |
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Algernon Percy |
13 Oct 1602 |
13 Oct 1668 |
66 |
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He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of |
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Acceleration as Baron Percy 28 Mar 1626 |
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He succeeded as Earl of Northumberland (qv) |
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| 23 Nov 1722 |
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Algernon Seymour |
11 Nov 1684 |
7 Feb 1750 |
65 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Percy 23 Nov 1722 |
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He succeeded as 7th Duke of Somerset (qv) |
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in
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| 7 Feb 1750 |
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Elizabeth Percy,Duchess of Northumberland |
26 Nov 1716 |
5 Dec 1776 |
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| 5 Dec 1776 |
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Hugh Percy,later [1786] 2nd Duke of |
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14 Aug 1742 |
10 Jul 1817 |
74 |
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| 10 Jul 1817 |
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Hugh Percy,3rd Duke of Northumberland |
20 Apr 1785 |
11 Feb 1847 |
61 |
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Acceleration as Baron Percy 12 Mar 1812 |
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| 11 Feb 1847 |
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Algernon Percy,4th Duke of Northumberland |
19 Dec 1792 |
12 Feb 1865 |
72 |
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| 12 Feb 1865 |
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John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray |
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7th Duke of Atholl |
4 Aug 1840 |
10 Jul 1917 |
76 |
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John George Stewart-Murray,8th Duke of |
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Atholl |
15 Dec 1871 |
16 Mar 1942 |
70 |
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James Thomas Murray,9th Duke of Atholl |
18 Aug 1879 |
8 May 1957 |
77 |
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Hugh Algernon Percy,10th Duke of |
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6 Apr 1914 |
11 Oct 1988 |
74 |
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| 22 Oct 1766 |
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1 |
Hugh Percy,2nd Earl of Northumberland |
c 1714 |
6 Jun 1786 |
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| 28 Jun 1643 |
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Henry Percy |
c 1604 |
Apr 1659 |
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| Apr 1659 |
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28 Jun 1643 |
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PERCY OF NEWCASTLE |
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| 12 Feb 1953 |
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Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy |
21 Mar 1887 |
3 Apr 1958 |
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12 Feb 1953 |
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MP for Hastings 1921-1937. President of the |
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Board of Education 1924-1929. Minister |
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PERRY |
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| 28 Jan 1938 |
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Sir Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry |
18 Mar 1878 |
17 Jun 1956 |
78 |
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Created Baron Perry 28 Jan 1938 |
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| 17 Jun 1956 |
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PERRY OF SOUTHWARK |
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| 16 Jul 1991 |
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Pauline Perry |
15 Oct 1931 |
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Created Baroness Perry of Southwark for life |
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16 Jul 1991 |
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| 9 Feb 1979 |
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Sir Walter Laing Macdonald Perry |
16 Jun 1921 |
18 Jul 2003 |
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9 Feb 1979 |
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James Drummond,4th Lord Drummond |
c 1580 |
18 Dec 1611 |
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Created Earl of Perth 4 Mar 1605 |
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John Drummond |
c 1598 |
11 Jun 1662 |
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James Drummond |
c 1615 |
2 Jun 1675 |
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James Drummond |
7 Jul 1648 |
11 May 1716 |
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[James Drummond] |
1675 |
17 Apr 1720 |
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[James Drummond] |
11 May 1713 |
13 May 1746 |
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28 Sep 1747 |
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[John Drummond] |
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27 Oct 1757 |
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[James Drummond] |
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7 Feb 1760 |
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[James Drummond] |
6 Nov 1707 |
18 Jul 1781 |
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[James Drummond] |
12 Feb 1744 |
2 Jul 1800 |
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Created Lord
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[James Lewis Drummond] |
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Sep 1800 |
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[Charles Edward Drummond] |
1 Jan 1752 |
9 Apr 1840 |
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George Drummond |
6 May 1807 |
28 Feb 1902 |
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William Huntley Drummond |
5 Aug 1871 |
20 Aug 1937 |
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James Eric Drummond |
17 Aug 1876 |
15 Dec 1951 |
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John David Drummond |
13 May 1907 |
25 Nov 2002 |
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John Eric Drummond |
7 Jul 1935 |
27 Mar 2023 |
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James David Drummond |
24 Oct 1965 |
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| 30 Mar 1785 |
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Edmond Sexton Pery |
8 Apr 1719 |
24 Feb 1806 |
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Created Viscount Pery 30 Mar 1785 |
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Speaker of the House of Commons [I] |
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| 24 Mar 1987 |
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Maurice Harry Peston |
19 Mar 1931 |
23 Apr 2016 |
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John Mordaunt,5th Baron Mordaunt |
18 Jan 1599 |
18 Jun 1644 |
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9 Mar 1628 |
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Henry Mordaunt |
15 Nov 1621 |
19 Jun 1697 |
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and Rutland 1688-1690
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Charles Mordaunt |
1658 |
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77 |
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Lieutenant Northamptonshire 1689-1715 |
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Charles Mordaunt |
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Charles Henry Mordaunt |
10 May 1758 |
14 Jun 1814 |
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Louise Renee de Penancort de Keroualle |
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John Maitland,1st Duke of Lauderdale |
24 May 1616 |
24 Aug 1682 |
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1 |
William Stanhope,1st Baron Harrington |
c 1683 |
8 Dec 1756 |
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| 16 Aug 1945 |
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28 Dec 1871 |
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16 Aug 1945 |
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Franck Robert Marie Petitgas |
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PETRE |
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John Petre |
20 Dec 1549 |
11 Oct 1613 |
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William Petre |
24 Jun 1575 |
5 May 1637 |
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Robert Petre |
22 Jan 1599 |
28 Oct 1638 |
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William Petre |
1626 |
5 Jan 1684 |
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John Petre |
24 Jun 1629 |
22 Jan 1684 |
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Thomas Petre |
5 Dec 1633 |
4 Jan 1706 |
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Robert Petre |
17 Mar 1689 |
22 Mar 1713 |
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Robert James Petre |
3 Jun 1713 |
2 Jul 1742 |
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Robert Edward Petre |
Feb 1742 |
2 Jul 1801 |
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Robert Edward Petre |
2 Sep 1763 |
28 Mar 1809 |
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William Henry Francis Petre |
22 Jan 1793 |
3 Jul 1850 |
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William Bernard Petre |
20 Dec 1817 |
4 Jul 1884 |
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William Joseph Petre |
25 Feb 1847 |
8 May 1893 |
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Bernard Henry Philip Petre |
31 May 1858 |
16 Jun 1908 |
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Philip Benedict Joseph Petre |
21 Aug 1864 |
6 Dec 1908 |
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Lionel George Carroll Petre |
3 Nov 1890 |
30 Sep 1915 |
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Joseph William Lionel Petre |
5 Jun 1914 |
1 Jan 1989 |
74 |
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John Patrick Lionel Petre |
4 Aug 1942 |
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John Baker-Holroyd |
21 Dec 1735 |
30 May 1821 |
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PEYTON OF YEOVIL |
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| 5 Oct 1983 |
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John Wynne William Peyton |
13 Feb 1919 |
22 Nov 2006 |
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5 Oct 1983 |
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| 6 Feb 1299 |
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John Peyvre |
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1316 |
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Peyvre 6 Feb 1299 |
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PHILLIMORE |
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| 2 Jul 1918 |
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Sir Walter George Frank Phillimore,2nd baronet |
21 Nov 1845 |
13 Mar 1929 |
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Godfrey Walter Phillimore |
29 Dec 1879 |
28 Nov 1947 |
67 |
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Robert Godfrey Phillimore |
24 Sep 1939 |
26 Feb 1990 |
50 |
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Claud Stephen Phillimore |
15 Jan 1911 |
29 Mar 1994 |
83 |
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Francis Stephen Phillimore |
25 Nov 1944 |
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PHILLIPS |
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| 21 Dec 1964 |
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Norah Mary Phillips |
12 Aug 1910 |
14 Aug 1992 |
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21 Dec 1964 |
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Lord Lieutenant Greater London 1978-1986 |
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| 14 Jul 1994 |
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David Chilton Phillips |
7 Mar 1924 |
23 Feb 1999 |
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14 Jul 1994 |
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| 25 Jul 1998 |
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Andrew Wyndham Phillips |
15 Mar 1939 |
9 Apr 2023 |
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25 Jul 1998 |
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| 12 Jan 1999 |
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Sir Nicholas Addison Phillips |
21 Jan 1938 |
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Created Baron Phillips of Worth |
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Matravers for life 12 Jan 1999 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1995-1998. Lord of |
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2000-2005. Lord Chief Justice 2005-2008. Senior |
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Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2008-2009. President of |
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Terence O'Dempsey |
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Created Baron of Phillipstown and |
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| 18 Jun 2018 |
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Sir Eric Jack Pickles |
20 Apr 1952 |
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Created Baron Pickles for life 18 Jun 2018 |
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MP for
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Secretary of State for Communities and Local |
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| 8 Oct 2015 |
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Emma Samantha Pidding |
13 Jan 1966 |
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Created Baroness Pidding for life 8 Oct 2015 |
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Caroline Valerie Pidgeon, MBE |
29 Sep 1972 |
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William Piercy |
7 Feb 1886 |
7 Jul 1966 |
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Nicholas Pelham Piercy |
23 Jun 1918 |
22 Mar 1981 |
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19 Jan 1946 |
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6 Aug 1584 |
30 Jul 1643 |
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1 Dec 1680 |
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1 |
Gervase Pierrepont |
1649 |
22 May 1715 |
65 |
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| 23 Jul 1796 |
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Charles Pierrepont |
14 Nov 1737 |
17 Jun 1816 |
78 |
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Sir George Pigot,1st baronet |
4 Mar 1719 |
11 May 1777 |
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B[L] |
1 |
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike |
16 Sep 1918 |
11 Jan 2004 |
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B[L] |
1 |
Sir William Henry Pilkington |
19 Apr 1905 |
22 Dec 1983 |
78 |
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Peter Pilkington |
5 Sep 1933 |
14 Feb 2011 |
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PINKENEY |
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Henry de Pinkeney |
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PINNOCK |
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| 23 Sep 2014 |
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Kathryn Mary Pinnock |
25 Sep 1946 |
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Created Baroness Pinnock for life 23 Sep 2014 |
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PIPARD |
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| 6 Feb 1299 |
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Ralph Pipard |
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20 Jun 1303 |
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PIRBRIGHT |
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| 15 Nov 1895 |
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Henry de Worms |
20 Oct 1840 |
9 Jan 1903 |
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MP for Greenwich 1880-1885 and East |
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Toxteth 1885-1895. PC 1889 |
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PIRRIE |
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| 9 Jul 1921 |
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William James Pirrie |
31 May 1847 |
6 Jun 1924 |
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Viscount Pirrie 9 Jul 1921 |
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PC [I] 1897. KP 1908
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Belfast 1911-1924 |
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PITKEATHLEY |
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| 6 Oct 1997 |
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Jill Elizabeth Pitkeathley |
4 Jan 1940 |
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6 Oct 1997 |
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PITT |
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William Pitt |
15 Nov 1708 |
11 May 1778 |
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Chatham 4 Aug 1766 |
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PITT OF HAMPSTEAD |
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| 3 Feb 1975 |
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David Thomas Pitt |
3 Oct 1913 |
18 Dec 1994 |
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3 Feb 1975 |
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PITTENWEEM |
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| 26 Jan 1609 |
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Frederick Stewart |
c 1590 |
16 Dec 1625 |
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PLANT |
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| 9 May 1978 |
B[L] |
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Cyril Thomas Howe Plant |
27 Aug 1910 |
9 Aug 1986 |
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PLANT OF HIGHFIELD |
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| 24 Jul 1992 |
B[L] |
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Raymond Plant |
19 Mar 1945 |
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Created Baron Plant of Highfield for life |
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24 Jul 1992 |
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PLATT |
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| 16 Jan 1967 |
B[L] |
1 |
Robert Platt |
16 Apr 1900 |
30 Jun 1978 |
78 |
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| 30 Jun 1978 |
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PLATT OF WRITTLE |
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| 28 May 1981 |
B[L] |
1 |
Beryl Catherine Platt |
18 Apr 1923 |
1 Feb 2015 |
91 |
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Created Baroness Platt of Writtle for life |
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| 1 Feb 2015 |
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28 May 1981 |
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PLAYFAIR |
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| 3 Sep 1892 |
B |
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Sir Lyon Playfair |
21 May 1818 |
29 May 1898 |
80 |
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Created Baron Playfair 3 Sep 1892 |
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MP for Edinburgh
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Universities 1868-1885 and Leeds South |
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1885-1892. Postmaster General 1873-1874. |
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| 29 May 1898 |
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George James Playfair |
31 Mar 1849 |
25 Dec 1939 |
90 |
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| 25 Dec 1939 |
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PLAYZ |
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| 20 Nov 1317 |
B |
1 |
Richard de Playz |
1 Aug 1296 |
Aug 1327 |
31 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Playz 20 Nov 1317 |
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| Aug 1327 |
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Giles de Playz |
1320 |
16 Jul 1334 |
14 |
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Richard Playz |
21 Sep 1323 |
Oct 1359 |
36 |
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John de Playz |
1341 |
2 Jun 1389 |
47 |
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Margaret Howard |
1367 |
Aug 1391 |
24 |
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John Howard |
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Elizabeth de Vere |
11 Jun 1410 |
c 1470 |
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John de Vere,4th Earl of Oxford |
1443 |
10 Mar 1513 |
69 |
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John de Vere,5th Earl of Oxford |
14 Aug 1499 |
15 Jul 1526 |
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| 14 Jul 1526 |
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abeyance |
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PLENDER |
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| 20 Jan 1931 |
B |
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Sir William Plender,1st baronet |
20 Aug 1861 |
19 Jan 1946 |
84 |
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Created Baron Plender 20 Jan 1931 |
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| 19 Jan 1946 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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PLESSETS |
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| 6 Feb 1299 |
B |
1 |
Hugh de Plessets |
c 1267 |
1301 |
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| 1301 |
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Plessets 6 Feb 1299 |
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PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE |
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| 31 Oct 1765 |
B |
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William Bouverie,2nd Viscount Folkestone |
26 Feb 1725 |
28 Jan 1776 |
50 |
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Created Baron Pleydell-Bouverie and |
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Earl of the County of Radnor |
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31 Oct 1765 |
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PLOWDEN |
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| 17 Feb 1959 |
B[L] |
1 |
Sir Edwin Noel Plowden |
6 Jan 1907 |
15 Feb 2001 |
94 |
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Created Baron Plowden for life 17 Feb 1959 |
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| 15 Feb 2001 |
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PLUGENET |
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| 24 Jun 1295 |
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Alan de Plugenet |
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Plugenet 24 Jun 1295 |
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| 1299 |
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Alan Plugenet |
1277 |
by 1326 |
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PLUMB |
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| 6 Apr 1987 |
B[L] |
1 |
Sir Charles Henry Plumb |
27 Mar 1925 |
15 Apr 2022 |
97 |
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Created Baron Plumb for life 6 Apr 1987 |
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| 15 Apr 2022 |
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| 24 Jun 1929 |
V |
1 |
Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer |
13 Mar 1857 |
16 Jul 1932 |
75 |
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and Viscount Plumer 24 Jun 1929 |
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Field Marshal 1919. Governor of Malta |
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1919-1924. High Commissioner of Palestine |
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Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer |
17 May 1890 |
24 Feb 1944 |
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| 10 May 1965 |
B[L] |
1 |
Beatrice Plummer |
14 Apr 1903 |
13 Jun 1972 |
69 |
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10 May 1965 |
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| 29 May 1981 |
B[L] |
1 |
Sir (Arthur) Herne Desmond Plummer |
25 May 1914 |
2 Oct 2009 |
95 |
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for life 29 May 1981 |
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| 1 May 1827 |
B |
1 |
William Conyngham Plunket |
1 Jul 1765 |
5 Jan 1854 |
88 |
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Created Baron Plunket 1 May 1827 |
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MP for Midhurst 1807 and Dublin University |
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Thomas Span Plunket |
27 Jun 1792 |
19 Aug 1866 |
74 |
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Bishop of Tuam. PC [I] 1846 |
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John Span Plunket |
10 Jul 1793 |
16 Apr 1871 |
77 |
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William Conyngham Plunket |
26 Aug 1828 |
1 Apr 1897 |
68 |
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Bishop of Meath 1876-1885. Archbishop of |
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Dublin 1885-1897 |
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William Lee Plunket |
19 Dec 1864 |
24 Jan 1920 |
55 |
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Terence Conyngham Plunket |
12 Jul 1899 |
24 Feb 1938 |
38 |
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Patrick Terence William Span Plunket |
8 Sep 1923 |
28 May 1975 |
51 |
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Robin Rathmore Plunket |
3 Dec 1925 |
16 Nov 2013 |
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Tyrone Shaun Terence Plunket |
5 Feb 1966 |
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PLURENDEN |
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| 28 Jan 1975 |
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Sir Rudy Sternberg |
17 Apr 1917 |
5 Jan 1978 |
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Created Baron Plurenden for life 28 Jan 1975 |
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| 5 Jan 1978 |
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PLYMOUTH |
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1 |
Charles FitzCharles |
1657 |
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Totness and Earl of
Plymouth |
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28 Jul 1675 |
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Illegitimate son of Charles II |
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| 6 Dec 1682 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Windsor Hickman-Windsor,7th Lord Windsor |
c 1627 |
3 Nov 1687 |
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Created Earl of Plymouth 6 Dec 1682 |
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Lord Lieutenant Worcester 1660-1662 and 1663- |
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1687. Governor of Jamaica 1661-1663. PC 1685 |
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2 |
Other Windsor |
27 Aug 1679 |
26 Dec 1725 |
46 |
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Lord
Lieutenant Cheshire,Anglesey,Denbigh and |
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Flint 1713-1714 |
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Other Windsor |
30 Jun 1707 |
23 Nov 1732 |
25 |
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Other Lewis Windsor |
12 May 1731 |
21 Apr 1771 |
39 |
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Lord Lieutenant Glamorgan 1754-1771 |
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Other Hickman Windsor |
30 May 1751 |
12 Jun 1799 |
48 |
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Other Archer Windsor |
2 Jul 1789 |
20 Jul 1833 |
44 |
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Andrews Windsor |
12 May 1754 |
19 Jan 1837 |
82 |
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Henry Windsor |
1 Feb 1768 |
8 Dec 1843 |
75 |
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| 18 Dec 1905 |
E |
1 |
Robert George Windsor-Clive,14th Lord |
27 Aug 1857 |
6 Mar 1923 |
65 |
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Windsor |
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Created Viscount Windsor and Earl of |
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Plymouth 18 Dec 1905 |
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Paymaster General 1891-1892. First |
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Commissioner of Works 1902-1905. Lord |
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Lieutenant Glamorgan 1890-1923. PC 1891 |
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2 |
Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive |
4 Feb 1889 |
1 Oct 1943 |
54 |
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MP for Ludlow 1922-1923. Lord Lieutenant |
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Glamorgan 1923-1943.
PC 1929 |
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| 1 Oct 1943 |
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3 |
Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive |
9 Oct 1923 |
7 Mar 2018 |
94 |
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| 7 Mar 2018 |
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4 |
Ivor Edward Other Windsor-Clive |
19 Nov 1951 |
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| 16 Nov 1767 |
B[I] |
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Catherine Beresford, Dowager Countess of Tyrone |
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Created Baroness [La] Poer 16 Nov 1767 or |
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19 Dec 1767 |
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For further information on this creation see the |
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note at the foot of this page |
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| 27 Jul 1769 |
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2 |
George de la Poer Beresford |
8 Jan 1735 |
3 Dec 1800 |
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He had previously [1763] succeeded his father as |
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2nd Earl of Tyrone and was subsequently [1789] |
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created 1st Marquess of Waterford with which |
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title this peerage remains merged |
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POLAK |
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| 2 Oct 2015 |
B[L] |
1 |
Stuart Polak |
28 Mar 1961 |
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Created Baron Polak for life 2 Oct 2015 |
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POLLINGTON |
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| 11 Feb 1766 |
V[I] |
1 |
John Savile |
Dec 1719 |
17 Feb 1778 |
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Created Baron Pollington 8 Nov 1753, |
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and Viscount Pollington and Earl of |
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Mexborough 11 Feb 1766 |
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See "Mexborough" |
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POLTIMORE |
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| 10 Sep 1831 |
B |
1 |
Sir George Warwick Bampfylde,6th baronet |
23 Mar 1786 |
19 Dec 1858 |
72 |
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Created Baron Poltimore 10 Sep 1831 |
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2 |
Augustus Frederick George Warwick |
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Bampfylde |
12 Apr 1837 |
3 May 1908 |
71 |
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PC 1872 |
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3 |
Coplestone Richard George Warwick |
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Bampfylde |
29 Nov 1859 |
2 Nov 1918 |
58 |
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George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde |
23 Sep 1882 |
13 Jul 1965 |
82 |
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5 |
Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfylde |
29 Nov 1883 |
10 Jun 1967 |
83 |
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6 |
Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde |
25 Mar 1888 |
27 Mar 1978 |
90 |
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| 27 Mar 1978 |
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7 |
Mark Coplestone Bampfylde |
8 Jun 1957 |
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The barony of Percy created in 1722 |
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This peerage is one of several created in error.
For similar cases see the notes relating to the |
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peerages of Strange and Clifford, both of which
were created in error in 1628. |
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The original barony of Percy was created in
February 1299 when Henry de Percy was summoned |
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by writ to attend Parliament. The barony
thereafter descended through the Percy family until the |
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death of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland,
in 1537. On his death, the barony of Percy |
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would normally have descended to his nephew and
heir, Thomas Percy, but according to the law |
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of that time, he could not inherit the title,
since he was the son of Sir Thomas Percy, who had |
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been
attainted. The peerage was therefore considered to have become forfeited. The
law |
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relating to such instances was subsequently
amended in 1764 as a result of the claim made by |
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John Murray to the dukedom of Atholl where it was
held that, if the attainted person died during |
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the
lifetime of the person who held a dignity, the issue of such an attainted
person could |
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succeed to the title in question. |
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In any event, the nephew and heir of the 6th Earl
of Northumberland, Thomas Percy, who is |
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referred to above, was created Baron Percy on 30
April 1557, and Earl of Northumberland on |
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the following day. Both peerages were created
with a special remainder which provided that, |
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failing heirs male of his body, the peerages
would pass to his brother, Henry Percy. In 1572, |
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the Earl was himself attainted and executed. In
normal circumstances his hereditary dignities |
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would have again been forfeited, but the special
remainders of the creations of 1557 meant |
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that
they were immune from the attainder. |
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Accordingly, the barony of Percy continued to be
united with the Earldom of Northumberland |
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until
the death of the 5th Earl (creation of 1557) in 1670, when both the earldom
and the |
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barony created in 1557 became extinct. |
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The 5th Earl of Northumberland's daughter,
Elizabeth Percy, married Algernon Seymour, 6th |
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Duke of Somerset. She died 23 November 1722. On
her death, it was mistakenly believed that |
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she had been entitled to the ancient (i.e. 1299)
barony of Percy, but, as outlined above, this |
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peerage had been forfeited in 1537.
Notwithstanding this forfeiture, her son, Algernon Seymour, |
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later 7th Duke of Somerset in 1748, was summoned
to the House of Lords as Lord Percy, and |
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was wrongly placed in the order of precedence as
if his peerage had been created in 1299, |
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whereas the writ of summons had actually created
an entirely new peerage. |
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George Henry Charles Francis Malcolm Drummond,
styled Viscount Forth, |
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son of the 5th Earl of Perth, and his son, styled
Lord Drummond |
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On the death of the 4th Earl of Perth in May
1716, his son and heir, James Drummond, who |
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had commanded the Jacobite cavalry at the Battle
of Sheriffmuir on 13 Nov 1715, was unable |
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to inherit the peerage, since he had been
attainted on 17 Feb 1716 for his role in the Jacobite |
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Rebellion. The peerage remained forfeited until
1853, when George Drummond obtained a |
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reversal of the attainder on both this peerage
and also the Earldom of Melfort and its subsidiary |
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titles. |
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Forth
was born in Naples on 13 May 1834, second (but oldest surviving son) of the
George |
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Drummond mentioned above. When George Drummond
became the 5th Earl in 1853, his son |
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became styled Viscount Forth, one of the
subsidiary titles of the Earldom of Melfort. |
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Forth enlisted in the 42nd Highlanders in
December 1853 and was posted to the Crimea, where |
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he arrived on 14 September 1854, just prior to
the Battle of Alma. At that battle, Forth carried |
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the regimental colours. |
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One version of what happened next is described in
a letter written by his father to 'The Times' |
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and published in that newspaper on 23 April 1855:- |
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'Various unpleasant allusions having been made in
the newspapers regarding the conduct of my |
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son, Lord Forth (late of the 42nd Regiment), in
the Crimea, I shall feel much obliged if you will |
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have
the kindness to insert this letter in one of the next numbers of your paper,
and I beg to |
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add that it was out of my power to make this
request before, in consequence of the necessity |
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of having several communications on the subject
with officers in the Crimea. |
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'My
son obtained his commission in October, 1853, and joined the 42nd Regiment in
the |
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following December. In May, 1854, he accompanied
his regiment to Varna, and landed in the |
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Crimea on the 14th of September, and carried the
colours of the regiment at the battle of the |
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Alma, on the 20th. Immediately after the battle
Colonel Cameron, commanding the 42nd |
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Regiment, addressed my son and said, "I am
glad to hear that you have been present in one of |
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the most severe actions ever known; you carried
the colours, did you not?" My son's reply was, |
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"Yes;" and Colonel Cameron continued,
"It was a very honourable post, and a good thing for a |
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young man to have seen such service." The
above conversation is stated by Colonel Cameron |
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to
have been correctly reported to me, and this is all that took place regarding
the battle of |
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the
Alma, the only battle in which the 42nd Regiment has been engaged since it
left England, |
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that regiment not having been present either at
Balaklava or Inkermann. |
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'After having been some time before Sebastopol,
and having done his duty regularly in the |
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trenches, on picket, etc., my son, being very
unwell, the result of the great hardships he had |
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undergone,
resolved to retire from the service, on account of his bad state of health,
as soon |
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as
Sebastopol was taken, and he sent in his papers requesting leave to sell out
as soon as that |
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object
was attained; but he continued to do his duty in the trenches, etc., until
one day, |
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having
only returned at noon, after having been 24 hours in the trenches, he was
much |
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exhausted,
and as soon as he reached his tent rested for a couple of hours, without
having |
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taken
any food. At 3 o'clock he went off to dine with a friend at the Commissariat
quarters, |
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and
a few minutes after he had got there, and before dinner began, he was sent
for to go with |
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a
covering party; he took his cloak to start at once, but was prevailed upon to
drink some wine |
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before
he started, and to take some bread with him. When he reached his quarters,
finding the |
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covering
party had gone, and that his place was taken by another officer, he resolved
to go |
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back and have his dinner, and afterwards to join
the men at the halt. On being subsequently |
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desired
by his colonel to go at once, he stubbornly refused, stating that he had had
no dinner, |
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that
he had plenty of time to dine, and overtake the men before they got to the
trenches, and |
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that
he would not go without his dinner. This insubordinate refusal to obey his
colonel's orders |
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caused
an altercation, and the colonel, finding him so stubborn (and being much
irritated, no |
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doubt,
at his determination not to go before he had had his dinner), said to him, to
rouse him, |
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"If you do not go at once, I will not
believe it is for want of your dinner that you refuse to go, |
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but
I will attribute it to fear, or, at all events, to gross
insubordination." After some |
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consideration,
my son made up his mind to go without his dinner, and he joined the men at
the |
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halt,
reported himself to the officer in command, and relieved the officer who had
taken his |
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place. It was after waiting a considerable time
at the halt that it became sufficiently dark for |
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the
covering party to enter the trenches. Having considered what had taken place,
the next |
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morning,
on his return to his quarters, my son sent in his immediate resignation, but
he |
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continued
to do his duty in the trenches, etc., for several days and nights more, until
one |
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morning,
on his return from the trenches, he received his leave of absence from Lord
Raglan to |
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return
to England, to retire from the service, as he had requested, and he only then
ceased |
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doing duty, and left the camp for Balaklava to
embark. |
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'This most unfortunate altercation, arising, I
deplore to say, from my son's inattention to his |
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military duty and want of subordination to the
orders of Colonel Cameron, has been the |
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foundation of many anonymous, slanderous and
absurd falsehoods which have been so |
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uncharitably set about regarding him, and which
it was out of my power to deny until I had |
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ascertained from various persons who were on the
spot, and from Colonel Cameron himself, |
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the truth of this most painful affair. |
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I have
the honour to be, Sir |
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Your
most obedient, humble servant, |
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PERTH AND MELFORT' |
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On 29 May 1855, Colonel Cameron's response to the
above letter was published in 'The Times.' |
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'Sir - as the last paragraph in the letter from
the Earl of Perth which appeared in The Times |
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of the 23rd of April may have led the public to
infer that the account therein given of his son's |
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conduct in the 42nd Regiment before Sebastopol
was derived from information furnished by me, |
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I
think it right to state that his Lordship's letter, besides omitting some
important facts, |
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contains may statements not authorised by any
information ever given by me to his Lordship.' |
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According to Forth's entry in the Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, 'detrimental versions |
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of
this incident circulated widely.' Shortly after his return from the Crimea,
when his name |
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appeared
in one newspaper, he is described as being "Lord Forth, of Crimean
notoriety." |
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American
newspapers, which were less concerned about being sued for libel, described
him as |
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"the
valiant Lord Forth, who was kicked out of the British camp in the Crimea for
cowardly |
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conduct."
Other reports which appeared in 'The Chicago Daily Tribune' on 19 August 1887
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11 October 1899 were far more direct in their
accusations against Viscount Forth, as interested |
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readers can discover for themselves if they look
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Forth married, on 24 October 1855, Harriet Mary
Capell, niece of the 6th Earl of Essex. After |
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one child, a son, styled Lord Drummond, had been
born, the couple separated in 1858. In |
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April
1861, the Divorce Court heard her petition for a divorce from Viscount Forth,
based on |
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his wife's allegations of adultery and cruelty.
It was shown in evidence that Forth was an |
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habitual drunkard, often in a state of delirium tremens, and often
physically assaulted his |
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wife. It was alleged that, on one occasion, he
threatened to "contract a certain disease |
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[syphilis?]
and infect both her and the child with it." In any event, it seems that
Harriet's |
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reputation had been somewhat tarnished by her
relationship with a Captain Theophilus Blakely, |
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inventor of the Blakely gun used in the American
Civil War. |
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Shortly after the divorce case, in July 1861,
Forth moved to the Spa Hotel in Gloucester. Here |
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he lived under the name of Captain Drummond,
together with a lady whom he passed off as his |
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wife.
On 19 September 1861, this woman gave birth to a baby girl, but the
woman |
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unfortunately died on 8 October 1861. In a report
in 'The Times' of 11 October 1861, '[Lord |
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Forth]
was with her at the time of his death, was very much grieved, and wept
bitterly. |
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Soon afterwards he commenced drinking brandy, and
appeared like a madman. In this |
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distracted
state he continued for several hours, after which he commenced packing his
own |
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and the deceased lady's clothes……He then left
that room (in which were the nurse and |
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landlady) and proceeded to another opposite,
followed by the nurse, whose suspicions were |
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excited by his conduct. He asked what was the
matter, at the same time putting a bottle to |
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his mouth. The nurse exclaimed, "Good God!
He's got hold of the laudanum bottle!" The landlady |
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seized the bottle and succeeded in wresting it
from him, but not until he had drunk nearly half. |
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He said, "It's only a little port
wine," and descended to the sitting room. A doctor was sent for |
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and
soon arrived; he found his Lordship walking up and down in the room, and was
just in time |
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to prevent him from cutting his throat with a
knife. The deceased nobleman continued to walk |
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up and down in the room, until at last he
exclaimed, "Oh! how funny I feel," and became |
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insensible. The stomach pump was used, but
without success; it was found impossible to |
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restore him.' |
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The fates of Forth's ex-wife and son were equally
melancholy. His ex-wife is reported to have |
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died from yellow fever, in a destitute state, in
Lima, Peru in April 1868. His son, Lord Drummond, |
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died in New York in August 1887 at the age of 30,
apparently from consumption. He is reported |
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to have earned a living as a ticket checker on
the New York elevated railway and as a night |
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porter at a New
York newspaper. |
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Upon
his death, the following article appeared in 'The Illustrated Police News' on
20 August |
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1887, under the heading of "A Romance of the
Peerage" :- |
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'Some strange particulars are given of the life
of George Montifex, Lord Drummond, who died |
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a few days ago in the United States. He was born
in 1856, and, upon becoming an orphan, was |
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entrusted to the guardianship of his maternal
grandmother, the Honourable Mrs. Capel, who |
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resided
at Folkestone. Here, it is stated, he associated with fishermen, and assumed
their |
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dress. His tutor tried in vain every inducement
to wean him from this company. He was a most |
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handsome
lad and of the utmost daring. Fishermen of Folkestone narrate many
stories |
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illustrative of his intrepid courage, for it was
his great delight to be on the sea, and the more |
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boisterous the weather the greater his pleasure.
Of course, the companionship of one so well |
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known
was eagerly sought after amongst the class he favoured, and although as far
as |
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education went he was comparatively ignorant,
nothing offended him more, or more aroused his |
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indignation, than any reference to his title or
rank. Amongst the fisher-lads - for he frequented, |
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unfortunately, the public-houses in the east
quarters of the town - he mixed on equal terms as |
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their boon companion. His purse seemed open to
all, and his generosity may be judged from |
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the following circumstance. A fisherman, having
been laid up with illness, came into a certain |
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place, after a long absence, where his lordship
was. A subscription to assist the man was |
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suggested, when Lord Drummond, emptying his
pockets, produced £1 and 5s., and, giving it to |
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the
man, said, "Here's all I've got, and I'd give you more if I had
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'He
made the acquaintance of Miss Eliza Harrison, who was five years his senior;
and |
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immediately
after the death of his grandmother, in 1871, he married her. Apprehensive of
the |
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disapproval of his grandfather, the Earl of
Perth, whose heir he was, he engaged a steerage |
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passage for himself and his wife to New York,
where he obtained a situation as porter to a |
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commission agent, and upon the failure of his
first employer supported himself for a time by |
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fishing and duck shooting on Long Island. A son
was there born to him, but the child died, and |
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the father, growing dissatisfied with his
precarious mode of life, shipped in 1877 as a common |
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sailor. Later he secured a post as packer in a
wholesale clothing house in New York, and |
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remained there until the firm failed. A second
child, a girl, still living, was born in 1881; and, |
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having no employment, Lord Drummund found himself
reduced to most painful straits, for |
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remittances from England were scanty and
uncertain. After some months of almost absolute |
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poverty he obtained an engagement as night
gateman on the Elevated Railway, and in 1884 |
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became a clerk in a clothing manufactory. During
all this trying period, and indeed until the |
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close of his life, Lord Drummond was a model
husband and father; but his health was not good |
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enough to enable him to continue the struggle
indefinitely; and at last he became a chronic |
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invalid. Lady Drummond from that time forward
supported him by her needle, and did all that |
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lay in her power to persuade her husband's
relatives to recognise the marriage, which they |
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always regarded as a mesalliance.' |
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Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough |
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The
following article on the life of the 3rd Earl of Peterborough appeared in the
Australian |
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monthly magazine "Parade" in its issue
for May 1955:- |
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'On an afternoon in 1723 a dignified and
fashionable audience at Bath was attending an opera |
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performance.
On stage a bulky Italian tenor, Signor Senesino, was giving his considerable
all to |
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his
art - when suddenly out of the wings sprang the well-known, wiry little
figure of the old Earl |
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of
Peterborough wielding a cane, with which, like a skinny David assaulting a
fat Goliath, he |
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proceeded to belabour the singer. After the first
startled yells the audience rocked with laughter |
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as the fiery little peer thrashed the mountainous
tenor to his knees and demanded an apology for |
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the insult he had tendered the young prima donna
that morning. |
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'It was common gossip that the eccentric old
soldier, peer and politician was the insulted Miss |
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Anastasia Robinson's lover, though she was in her
twenties and he nearly 40 years older; but for |
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once gossip was wrong. |
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The
fact of the matter was that the young prima donna and her aged defender were
married, |
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though for some reason known only to himself
Peterborough rather caddishly chose to let the |
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world think she was only his mistress. |
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'Perhaps he feared the disclosure would adversely
affect his ambitions for royal advancement, or |
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my
be he thought it would put a stopper on his ardent secret wooing of Mrs.
Howard, the |
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mistress of the Prince of Wales (later King
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'The
royal mistress, whom he cascaded with love letters, conveying such sentiments
as "I |
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tremble
when I approach your door," was also less than half his age; but
throughout his lifetime |
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Peterborough was never one to say die whether in
the intrigues of war, politics, or love. |
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'Born Charles Mordaunt, son of Viscount Mordaunt,
in 1658, he gathered a string of titles through |
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following that policy in a number of tight
corners and so outliving titled relatives. |
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The tempestuous nobleman was an enigma to his
contemporaries. The Duchess of Marlborough |
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called him a man who "in violence of soul
joined a sort of knight-errantry." An enthusiastic |
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admirer called him "a hangdog he dearly
loved" and "the ramblingest, lying rogue on earth." |
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'Perhaps the chief quality that made him a
puzzling mixture of good and bad to his contemporaries |
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was
his complete, and reckless, indifference to public opinion - except, it
seems, in his marriage |
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to the fair Anastasia. |
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'As a youth he had been something of a rebel. He
refused to adopt his father's allegiance to the |
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restored
Stuarts, scorned the playboy goings-on of King Charles II, and was outspoken
in his |
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praise of the "good old days" of the
dead and gone Cromwell. |
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'To express his scorn of religious intolerance,
he founded with his brother Philip, the first of the |
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notorious Hellfire Clubs, and his defiance of
social conventions was witnessed by his penchant |
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for taking the stiff and stodgy down a peg or
two, as was instances by one of his practical jokes, |
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for which he became notorious. |
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'One day in the Strand he saw an actor or dancing
master mincing along in pearl-coloured silk |
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stockings. It had been raining and the dandy was
daintily avoiding the puddles. Something in his |
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behaviour
aroused Peterborough's ire, and leaping from his coach with drawn sword, he
chased |
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the dandy, pricking him in the calves and driving
him hopping and squealing into the puddles. In |
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desperation the dandy closed with him, and
dragged him, too, into the mud. When he shook |
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himself free from the scrimmage, the earl
returned laughing and spattered to his carriage. |
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'His contempt for public opinion is perhaps best
instanced by his conduct at the fashionable |
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resort of Bath. Priding himself on his cooking,
he would often withdraw from his guests, don a |
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chef's cap and cook the dinner, trusting his
servants to serve it while he entertained his guests |
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with witty roars from the kitchen. Because of his
pride in his cooking he liked to do his own |
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household marketing. "It is a comical sight
to see him, decked in blue ribbon and star, clasping |
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a cabbage under each arm or a chicken in his hand
which he has purchased at market and carries |
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home for his dinner," the Lady Hervey once
wrote to her friend, Mrs. Howard. |
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'So
reckless was his conduct and outspokenness at times that it is difficult to
see how he |
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escaped the attentions of Judge Jeffreys in the
pogrom of "The Bloody Assizes" in James', the |
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last
of the Stuarts, reign. Even the "Hanging Judge" was not exempt from
Peterborough's |
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practical joking. The story is told that Judge
Jeffreys once had an assignation with a domestic |
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servant, Sophie Crowe, whom he had arranged to
have picked up in a carriage from near her |
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place of employment and conveyed to his chambers.
Peterborough, it is said, heard of it and |
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substituted himself for the girl, decking himself
in a veil and woman's clothes. Jeffreys would |
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have hanged him with the greatest pleasure there
and then, when, after chasing his "charmer" |
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around the room for a kiss, he tore off the veil,
and gazed into the quizzical, laughing face of |
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Mordaunt. Fortunately, however, for the practical
joker, Jeffreys was not then Lord Chief Justice, |
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nor plagued with the painful disease that made
him unable to take a joke in his later life. |
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'Born the eldest of 11 children, Mordaunt ran
away to sea at an early age, and at 16 was a |
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volunteer in an expedition against the Corsair
pirates of Algiers. Unfortunately little is known |
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of his early adventures, as he was persuaded to
burn his autobiography before he died. It was |
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rumoured that in it he had confessed to the
commission of three capital crimes before was 20. |
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'At that age he was back in England, heir the
year before to his father's title and estates as |
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viscount [Mordaunt]. The income was scarcely
sufficient to support the reckless style of living |
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he adopted, and he was soon in sore financial
straits. His careless conduct of his affairs, it was |
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said, provided an excellent example to dishonest
stewards of methods by which they could rob |
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their masters. His wooing cost him money too. In
one affair he joined a band of strolling players |
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to make love to a pretty married woman of the
company named Barton, living apart from her |
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husband. After stumping around the countryside
with her his passion waned. So he gave the |
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lady's husband £500 so that he could set up a
home for her and withdraw her from the company. |
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'Later,
to win favour in the eyes of another fair charmer, he is said to have had her
and a |
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companion held up by a highwayman, whom he hired
for the occasion so that he might rescue |
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the maiden under circumstances most conducive of
his robbing her, himself, of her virtue. |
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'In the intervals between those affairs he sailed
in other forays against the Barbary pirates and |
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married [in 1678] a winsome Scottish lass, a
Carey Fraser, daughter of a Highland knight. She |
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was to bear him three children, but the union
does seem to have caused him to be any the less |
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reckless or indiscreet in his peccadilloes. |
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'His amatory exploits, added to the fame he
acquired as a fighter of Barbary pirates, made him a |
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notable figure in society, but his undisguised
contempt for the Stuart monarchy barred him from |
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political or martial advancement. Accordingly,
when the "Glorious Revolution" to oust King James |
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and
put William of Orange on the throne was first mooted, he dashed off to
Holland to urge |
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William to take up the offer. |
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'He was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel of Horse
in the army of rebellion, and reaped a rich |
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harvest of rewards when William and Mary came to
the throne, being appointed Privy Councillor, |
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Gentleman of the Bedchamber, First Lord of the
Treasury (for which his conduct of his own |
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financial affairs seems scarcely to have been a
recommendation) and created Earl of Monmouth. |
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'His
careless tongue soon made him suspect in the eyes of the new monarch. In
spite of the |
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favours
he had gained, he complained that William had been ungrateful. He was
already |
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suspected of being the author of "the lemon
letters," written in invisible ink composed of lemon |
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juice, conveying information to the French, and
was hauled before the House, adjudged guilty |
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of "uttering undutiful words," and
committed to the Tower. However, he was shortly released, |
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and, what is more, granted a pension of £2,000 a
year, and went off soldiering in Flanders till |
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a temporary peace with the French was signed. |
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'When war with France broke out again in the
reign of Anne he once more incurred the dis- |
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pleasure
of the Commons and was sent off in command of an expeditionary force to drive
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French
out of Spain. Matching cunning against great odds, he penetrated Barcelona in
disguise, |
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surveyed
the defences, and then led an attack that forced the city's surrender. Later,
in |
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in
Valencia, he drove out an enemy army numbering over 10,000 with a force of
only 1,320, by |
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sending
a small party ahead to be captured, "turn traitor," and cause the
French to retire by |
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"warning" them that Peterborough's
force was but the advance guard of a great English army. |
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'His exploits won him fame in England but his
unorthodox tactics and careless comments on the |
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efforts
of less successful officers brought him into non-speaking terms with fellow
generals. |
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Inevitably
he was recalled but took his time obeying the summons, and junketed about
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the Netherlands, Italy, and Austria before
embarking for England in 1707. He there found himself |
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Marlborough's rival in military glory, the pet of
the Tories and the despair of the Whigs. |
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'In the spring of 1709 Lady Peterborough died
"of a quinsy" [acute inflammation of the tonsils]. |
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The following year both his sons succumbed to
smallpox. He was stunned by the disasters, but |
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still had the spirit to keep up a running quarrel
with the Marlboroughs. They were dropped from |
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Queen Anne's favour that year, and the Tories
came into their own. Somewhat embarrassed by |
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Peterborough, the Tories appointed him ambassador
abroad [to Vienna] to get rid of him. Before |
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he
sailed he was accosted by a London mob which mistook him for the unpopular
Marlborough, |
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who gossip said had lined his pockets with war
profits. But the earl's quips to the crowd and |
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scattering five sovereigns among them soon
convinced them of his identity, and he was cheered |
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'In Verona the aging and still tempestuous earl
met Anastasia Robinson, who was then living with |
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her family there. He travelled back with the
Robinsons to England at the beginning of 1713. |
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'On the death of Queen Anne, the Whig government
of her successor, King George I, had no use |
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for
him. For years he was abroad rushing from place to place although no records
of his |
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adventures have been preserved, except his
imprisonment by Papal guards for suspicious conduct |
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in 1717. His blazing anger was only appeased when
the British government was given a reluctant |
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apology by the Pope. |
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'Since the loss of official employment
Peterborough had been paying court to Anastasia Robinson. |
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Her father was a painter of good family who had
settled in Italy to study art. After their return to |
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England in 1713 his sight had failed and
Anastasia had become a concert singer of considerable |
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acclaim. She insisted that her favours could only
be won via the altar. For a long time he could |
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not
bring himself to marry, but in the spring of 1722 he proposed. She accepted,
even on his |
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condition that their marriage should not be
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'For a year or more she continued on the stage
and thereafter patiently bore the ignominy of |
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being counted his mistress. It was only shortly
before his death at Lisbon in 1735, at 77, that he |
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allowed her to reveal the secret of their marriage.' |
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Three further anecdotes relating to Peterborough
are to be found in "Chambers's Book of Days" |
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under October 25th:- |
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'He was courting a young lady who was remarkably
fond of birds, and had taken a fancy to an |
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uncommonly fine canary which belonged to a widow,
the keeper of a coffee house at Charing |
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Cross. She besought Peterborough, then Lord
Charles Mordaunt [sic], to procure for her, as a |
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pledge of his affection, this unrivalled songster. |
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'He offered, accordingly, an enormous sum to its
owner, who, however, was so much attached |
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to it, that she refused to part with it at any
price. Determined to gain the prize, he contrived to |
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obtain another bird, of the same size and colour,
but a hen, and totally tuneless. The coveted |
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bird was almost never allowed out of sight of its
mistress, who sat behind the bar of the coffee |
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house; but one day Peterborough succeeded in
getting her out of the way on some pretext, |
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and made use of the opportunity to effect an
exchange of the canaries. This was about the time |
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of James II's expulsion. After the Revolution,
Peterborough happened to be visiting the coffee |
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house where he had committed the fraud, and
ventured to remark to the landlady: "I would have |
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bought that bird of yours, and you refused my
money for it; I daresay you are by this time sorry |
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for it." "Indeed, sir," she
replied, "I am not, nor would I now take any money for him; for would |
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you believe it? From the time that our good king
was forced to go abroad and leave us, the dear |
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creature has not sung a note!" |
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'When
stationed at the town of Huete, he learned that a very beautiful young lady
had just |
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taken
refuge there, in a convent. Peterborough was determined to get a sight of
this celebrated |
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fair one, but he was well known as a gay
Lothario, and the strictness of the lady abbess would |
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have opposed an effectual bar to the
gratification of his wishes. Procuring the attendance, then, |
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of an engineer officer, he proceeded with him to
the convent, and demanded admission, for the |
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purpose of tracing out a line of defences in the
garden, preparatory to converting the place into |
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a fort for protecting his position at Huete. The
lady abbess and her nuns, including the object of |
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Peterborough's
curiosity, rushed out in an agony of terror, and besought him to spare
their |
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convent. It would seem that the great general was
not inexorable, and the construction of the |
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fort was indefinitely postponed. Whether the real
purpose of the ruse was ever discovered by the |
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fair nun whose beauty prompted the act, or how
far she appreciated it, history does not record. |
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'A
strong antipathy existed between Peterborough and the Duke of Marlborough. On
one |
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occasion, the former was surrounded by an angry
mob who took him for the Duke, at that time |
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rather
unpopular. He ran a chance of receiving some violent usage, when he
exclaimed |
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"Gentlemen, I shall convince you by two good
and sufficient reasons that I am not the Duke of |
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Marlborough. First, I have only five guineas in
my pocket; and, second, here they are at your |
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service," suiting his action at the same
time to the word, by scattering the money amongst the |
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crowd. He was then allowed to depart amid loud
huzzas, after having thus hurled an ingenious |
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satire both at the wealth and avarice of the
great commander.' |
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Philip Benedict Joseph Petre, 15th Baron Petre |
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After succeeding to the title in June 1908, the
15th Baron enjoyed it for less than six months. |
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The following report appeared in the Adelaide
'Advertiser' on 12 January 1909:- |
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'The tragic death of Lord Petre, in modest
apartments in North London, was disclosed on |
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Monday by a notification to the Coroner for
Central London. Lord Petre, who only came into |
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the title last June, has a country seat at
Ingatestone Hall, Ingatestone, Essex, and another |
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at Brentwood, but he had somewhat eccentric
ideas, and since he succeeded his brother
in |
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the title he occupied two rooms in
Huntingdon-street, Barnsbury, a little distance off the |
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Caledonian-road. It was in one of those rooms
that he was found unconscious on Sunday |
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afternoon shortly after midday. Dr. Jackson, who
lives opposite, was at once brought over, |
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but found his patient already dead from heart
failure. A press representative obtained some |
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interesting particulars of Lord Petre's obscure
life in Barnsbury. |
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'The
handsome, middle-aged gentleman, with the moustache turning grey (he was 45
years |
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old) was known at the Huntingdon-street address
simply as "Mr. Petre," and the people of |
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the house only discovered by accident about a
fortnight ago his real identity. A letter arriving |
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by
post addressed to "Lord Petre" gave the startling secret away. From all others, however, |
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the fact was kept a profound secret. Nevertheless, a great deal of curiosity was
felt about |
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"Mr. Petre" in the neighbourhood,
gossip being chiefly stimulated by the magnificent motor |
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landau that called regularly for him every
morning at half-past 10. It is not customary for |
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Barnsbury
boarders to keep big motor cars on daily hire. Where he went in the motor
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sometimes accompanied by his valet and a friend
and sometimes alone - none knew, but he |
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generally remained away for the best part of the
day. |
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'Another thing that aroused comment was the daily
call of a local hairdresser to shave him in |
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his own rooms. "Mr. Petre" was also
addicted to extravagant acts of generosity. It was no |
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uncommon thing for him to stop his car at sight
of a poor woman, with a baby, selling matches |
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in the gutter, astonish her with a present of a
£5 note, and drive away without waiting to be |
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thanked. Naturally the discovery of his secret,
which has followed the announcement of his |
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death, has created a great sensation in
Huntingdon-street and the neighbourhood, a typical |
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inner-London
boarding-house district of small houses and little shops. |
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'The late peer has had a romantic career. He
married twenty years ago a daughter of the late |
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Mrs. Cavendish Taylor, once a famous American
hostess in London, but some years ago he |
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renounced Society, severing himself from all his
old friends, and spending a roving life in |
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England and America. It was in the West Indies
that he caught the malarial fever that left |
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him with the weak heart which caused his sudden
death, and when he unexpectedly came |
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into the barony last June his whereabouts were
for some time undiscoverable by the family |
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lawyers. The family is one of the oldest in
England, sharing with the Duke of Norfolk the |
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headship
of the Catholic Church in England. The barony was created in 1603. The new
peer |
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is deceased's son, the Hon. Lionel George Carroll
Petre, a lad of 17.' |
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At the subsequent inquest into Lord Petre's
death, evidence was given that 'on Sunday last |
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he rose as usual and went to the lavatory, taking
with him a glass of whisky and soda. Half an |
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hour later his hairdresser, who attended him
every day, arrived. As Lord Petre did not appear |
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the
door of the lavatory was forced, and he was found dead.' The inquest returned
a verdict |
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of death from natural causes, the immediate cause
being a blood-clot on the brain. |
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Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket |
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Plunket, together with his wife and the pilot,
died in a plane crash on 24 February 1938. The |
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following edited report appeared in the 'Los
Angeles Times' of 25 February 1938:- |
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'Lord Terence Conyngham Plunket [sic],
38-year-old member of the Irish Parliament, and his |
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wife, Lady Plunket, lady-in-waiting to Queen
Elizabeth of England and [illegitimate] daughter |
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of actress Fanny Ward [by the 7th Marquess of
Londonderry], were killed instantly last night |
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at San Simeon when a private airplane in which
they rode crashed and burned. |
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'Pilot Tex Phillips, thrown clear of the
wreckage, also died when the ship he sought to guide |
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into
the fog-bound airport at William Randolph Hearst's seacoast ranch smashed to
earth a |
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mile south of the
landing field. |
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'[The]
only one of four [on board] to escape instant death, James Lawrence,
34-year-old son of |
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Sir
Walter Lawrence of London, suffered serious burns and a broken leg. He was
taken to San |
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Luis Obispo Sanatorium, where surgeons said his
condition is serious. |
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'The
large, all-metal monoplane burst into roaring flames the moment it struck the
ground, |
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according to witnesses. Roy Summers, postmaster
at San Simeon, heard the noise of the impact |
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and rushed to the scene. He found Phillips dead,
Lawrence staggering about in a daze, and the |
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Plunkets
trapped in the blazing cabin. Both, apparently, were killed instantly. |
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'In good weather and carrying instruments for
blind-flying, the aircraft, which belongs to the |
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newspaper publisher's aerial fleet, left Union
Air Terminal, Burbank, at 2.40 p.m. with Phillips |
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at the controls. The 150-mile flight took them
slightly more than an hour. |
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'Apparently, reports indicated, Phillips was
attempting the hazardous job of setting the metal- |
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cabin monoplane down on the ranch airport in a
blinding fog when the crash occurred.' |
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The Barony of [La] Poer, a subsidiary title of
the Marquess of Waterford |
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This peerage, although it certainly exists to the
present day, appears to have been granted |
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following
an erroneous report from the Attorney General and Solicitor General of
Ireland which |
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considered that the Barony of La Poer was one
created by writ. |
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Catherine, Dowager Countess of Tyrone (widow of
the 1st Earl) presented a claim on 4 April |
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1763 to the Barony of La Poer. The Irish House of
Lords on 9 November 1767 decided that she |
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"had fully proved her claim to the Barony of
La Poer in fee and hath a
right to the said Barony |
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in fee" (my emphasis).
This resolution was confirmed by King George III on 19 December 1767. |
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Peerage works now consider that an entirely new
peerage was created on either 9 November |
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or 19 December 1767. |
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The two following paragraphs appear in Cokayne's
"Complete Peerage" under this title. |
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'Of this extremely anomalous Peerage (one which
in point of fact could never have existed), viz, |
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an Irish Barony "in fee," it is
difficult to give any account other than it was allowed, 19 Dec. |
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1767, to the Dowager Countess of Tyrone and her
heirs, as the "Barony of La Poer in fee by |
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descent from her grandfather, Richard, who sat
and voted in Parl. as Baron La Poer till 25 Car. II." |
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'From the Journals of the Irish House of Lords it
appears that (1) that on 9 Nov. 1767, the claim |
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was received "for the ancient Barony of La
Poer" which the King on the 3rd of March previous |
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had directed the Lord Lieutenant [I] to refer to
the House, together with the report of the |
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Attorney
General and the Solicitor General thereon; (2) that on 16 Nov. 1767, it was
"resolved |
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that the Rt. Hon. Countess Dowager of Tyrone hath
fully proved her claim to the Barony of La |
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Poer and hath a right to the said Barony in fee;
(3) that a letter, dated 19 Dec. 1767, from the |
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Earl of Shelburne, one of the principal
Secretaries of State, in respect to Lady Tyrone's "claim |
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to the Barony of La Poer in fee, by descent from
her grandfather Richard, who had sat and voted |
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in Parl. As Baron La Poer till 25 Car, II [when]
he was advanced to the title and dignity of Earl of |
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Tyrone"
confirms their Lordships' resolution thereon, and orders "that the said
Catherine, |
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Countess
Dowager of Tyrone and her heirs, be allowed to enjoy all the rights and
privileges |
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belonging to the said Barony of La
Poer." [It should be noted that
the numbering of the regnal |
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years of Charles II commence from the date of
death of his father, Charles I, in 1649, rather |
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than from the Restoration in 1660]. |
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However,
the Barony referred to above in which the Dowager Countess's grandfather sat
and |
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voted was that of "Power" created by
patent in 1535 (qv). The date usually assigned to the |
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earlier
so called Barony of La Poer is 23 November 1375, being the date on which
Nicholas |
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Poer
was first summoned to attend the Irish Parliament. Although such a writ of
summons |
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was sufficient to create a peerage in England,
this writ did not create a peerage in Ireland. |
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