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VADERA |
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| 11 Jul 2007 |
B[L] |
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Shriti
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23 Jun 1962 |
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Created Baroness Vadera for life 11 Jul 2007 |
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VAIZEY |
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| 23 Jun 1976 |
B[L] |
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John Ernest Vaizey |
1 Oct 1929 |
19 Jul 1984 |
54 |
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Created Baron Vaizey for life 23 Jun 1976 |
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| 19 Jul 1984 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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| 4 Sep 2020 |
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Edward Henry Bulter Vaizey |
5 June 1968 |
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Created Baron Vaizey of Didcot for Life 4 Sep 2020 |
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VALENCE |
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| 6 Feb 1299 |
B |
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Aymer
de Valence (recognised as 2nd Earl of |
c 1263 |
23 Jun 1324 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Valence 6 Feb 1299 |
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VALENTIA |
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| 24 Jun 1565 |
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Sir Donald Maccarty |
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| 1 Mar 1621 |
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Sir Henry Power |
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| 11 Mar 1622 |
V[I] |
1 |
Sir Francis Annesley,1st baronet |
2 Jan 1586 |
23 Nov 1660 |
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| 23 Nov 1660 |
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Arthur Annesley,later [1661] 1st Earl of Anglesey |
10 Jul 1614 |
6 Apr 1686 |
71 |
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| 6 Apr 1686 |
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James Annesley,2nd Earl of Anglesey |
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James Annesley,3rd Earl of Anglesey |
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21 Jan 1702 |
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John Annesley,4th Earl of Anglesey |
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18 Sep 1710 |
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| 18 Sep 1710 |
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Arthur Annesley,5th Earl of Anglesey |
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1 Apr 1737 |
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Richard Annesley,6th Earl of Anglesey |
c 1690 |
14 Feb 1761 |
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Arthur Annesley,later [1793] 1st Earl of Mountnorris |
7 Aug 1744 |
4 Jul 1816 |
71 |
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George Annesley,2nd Earl of Mountnorris |
4 Dec 1770 |
23 Jul 1844 |
73 |
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| 23 Jul 1844 |
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Arthur Annesley |
30 Nov 1785 |
30 Dec 1863 |
78 |
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| 30 Dec 1863 |
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Arthur Annesley |
23 Aug 1843 |
30 Jan 1927 |
83 |
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Created Baron Annesley of |
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Bletchington 7 May 1917 |
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| 30 Jan 1927 |
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Carlyl Arthur James Annesley |
3 Jul 1883 |
6 Oct 1949 |
66 |
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| 6 Oct 1949 |
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William Monckton Annesley |
23 Jan 1875 |
26 Feb 1951 |
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| 26 Feb 1951 |
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Francis Dighton Annesley |
12 Aug 1888 |
16 Mar 1983 |
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| 16 Mar 1983 |
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Richard John Dighton Annesley |
15 Aug 1929 |
20 Aug 2005 |
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| 20 Aug 2005 |
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Francis William Dighton Annesley |
29 Dec 1959 |
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VALENTINE |
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| 10 Oct 2005 |
B[L] |
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Josephine Clare Valentine |
8 Dec 1958 |
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Created Baroness Valentine for life |
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10 Oct 2005 |
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VALLANCE OF BALHAM |
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| 17 Jul 2024 |
B[L] |
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Patrick John Thompson Vallance, KCB, FRS |
17 Mar 1960 |
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Created Baron Vallance of Balham for life |
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17 Mar 1960 |
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| 22 Jun 2004 |
B[L] |
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Sir Iain David Thomas Vallance |
20 May 1943 |
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Created Baron Vallance of Tummel for life |
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22 Jun 2004 |
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VANE |
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| 13 Sep 1720 |
V[I] |
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William Vane |
17 Feb 1682 |
20 May 1734 |
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Created Baron Vane of Dungannon and |
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Viscount Vane 13 Sep 1720 |
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MP for Durham Co 1708-1710,Steyning 1727- |
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1734 and Kent 1734 |
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| 20 May 1734 |
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William Holles Vane |
4 Feb 1714 |
5 Apr 1789 |
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| 8 Jul 1823 |
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1 |
Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry |
18 May 1778 |
6 Mar 1854 |
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Created Baron Stewart of Stewart's |
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Court 1 Jul 1814,and Viscount Seaham |
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and Earl Vane 8 Jul 1823 |
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| 6 Mar 1854 |
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George Henry Robert
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26 Apr 1821 |
5 Nov 1884 |
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(qv) in 1872, since which time the titles have |
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remained united |
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| 3 Jul 1941 |
B |
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Sir Robert Gilbert Vansittart |
25 Jun 1881 |
14 Feb 1957 |
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Created Baron Vansittart 3 Jul 1941 |
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| 14 Feb 1957 |
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| 30 May 1990 |
B[L] |
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Eric Graham Varley |
11 Aug 1932 |
29 Jul 2008 |
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State,Technology 1969-1970. Secretary of |
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State for Energy 1974-1975. Secretary of |
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| 25 Oct 1643 |
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Created Baron Vaughan of Emlyn |
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25 Oct 1643 |
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John Vaughan |
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6 May 1634 |
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Created Baron Vaughan of Mullengar |
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13 Jul 1621 and Earl of Carbery |
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Sir Nicholas Vaux |
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14 May 1523 |
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Created Baron Vaux of Harrowden |
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Thomas Vaux |
25 Apr 1509 |
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William Vaux |
14 Aug 1535 |
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Edward Vaux |
13 Sep 1588 |
8 Sep 1661 |
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Henry Vaux |
1591 |
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George Charles Mostyn |
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28 Jan 1883 |
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Hubert George Charles Mostyn |
4 Jun 1860 |
24 Oct 1935 |
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Grace Mary Eleanor Gilbey |
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11 May 1958 |
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Peter Hubert Gordon Gilbey |
28 Jun 1914 |
1 Nov 1977 |
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John Hugh Philip Gilbey |
4 Aug 1915 |
31 Aug 2002 |
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Anthony William Gilbey |
25 May 1940 |
16 Dec 2014 |
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Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey |
16 Mar 1965 |
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Sir William le Vavasour |
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Walter le Vavasour |
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7 Dec 1315 |
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Robert le Vavasour |
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Henry le Vavasour |
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1 Dec 1342 |
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Henry le Vavasour |
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Henry Vavasour |
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William Vavasour |
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William Vavasour |
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Henry Vavasour |
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Henry Vavasour |
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William Vavasour |
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Henry Vavasour |
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1 Nov 1515 |
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John Vavasour |
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William Vavasour |
20 Nov 1514 |
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John Vavasour |
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Ralph Vavasour |
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William Vavasour |
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Thomas Vavasour |
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Sir Thomas Mullins,1st baronet |
25 Oct 1736 |
11 Jan 1824 |
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William Townsend Mullins |
25 Sep 1761 |
5 Oct 1827 |
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Thomas Townsend Aremberg de Moleyns |
Jan 1786 |
20 Jan 1868 |
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Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de-Moleyns |
22 Jan 1828 |
8 Feb 1914 |
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11 Dec 1861 |
22 Sep 1923 |
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Arthur William Eveleigh-de-Moleyns |
6 Apr 1864 |
6 Jul 1936 |
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Arthur Frederick Daubeney Olav |
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28 Jul 1898 |
7 Mar 1987 |
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Andrew Harold Wesley Daubeny de Moleyns |
28 May 1943 |
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VERDIRAME |
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Guglielmo Verdirame |
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Created Baron Verdirame for life 2 Nov 2022 |
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VERDON |
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| 24 Jun 1295 |
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Theobald de Verdon |
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| 27 Jan 1332 |
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John de Verdon |
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Verdon 27 Jan 1332 |
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Margaret de Verdon |
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Elizabeth Bradshagh |
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William Harrington |
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James Harrington |
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26 Jun 1497 |
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| 26 Jun 1497 |
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VERE |
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| 6 Feb 1299 |
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Hugh de Vere |
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Vere 6 Feb 1299 |
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VERE OF HANWORTH |
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| 28 Mar 1750 |
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Lord Vere Beauclerk |
14 Jul 1699 |
2 Oct 1781 |
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Created Baron Vere of Hanworth |
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28 Mar 1750 |
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MP for Windsor 1726-1741 and Plymouth |
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1741-1750. Lord Lieutenant Berkshire 1761-1771 |
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Aubrey Beauclerk |
3 Jun 1740 |
9 Feb 1802 |
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VERE OF NORBITON |
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| 30 Aug 2016 |
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Charlotte Sarah Emily Vere |
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Created Baroness Vere of Norbiton for life |
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VERE OF TILBURY |
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| 24 Jul 1625 |
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Sir Horace Vere |
1565 |
2 May 1635 |
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24 Jul 1625 |
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VERJEE |
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| 17 Sep 2013 |
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Rumi Verjee |
26 Jul 1957 |
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Created Baron Verjee for life 17 Sep 2013 |
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VERMA |
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| 2 Jun 2006 |
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Sandip Verma |
30 Jun 1959 |
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Created Baroness Verma for life 2 Jun 2006 |
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VERNEY |
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| 16 Jun 1703 |
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Sir John Verney |
5 Nov 1640 |
23 Jul 1717 |
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Baron Verney and Viscount of |
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the County of Fermanagh 16 Jun 1703 |
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Ralph Verney |
18 Mar 1683 |
4 Oct 1752 |
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| 22 Mar 1743 |
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Created Earl Verney 22 Mar 1743 |
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MP for Amersham 1717-1741 and Wendover |
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| 4 Oct 1752 |
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Ralph Verney |
1 Feb 1714 |
31 Mar 1791 |
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| 31 Mar 1791 |
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VERNON |
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| 12 May 1762 |
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George Venables-Vernon |
9 Feb 1707 |
21 Aug 1780 |
73 |
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Created Baron Vernon 12 May 1762 |
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MP for Lichfield 1731-1747 and Derby |
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George Venables-Vernon |
9 May 1735 |
18 Jun 1813 |
78 |
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MP for Weobly 1757-1761, Bramber 1762- |
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1768 and Glamorganshire 1768-1780 |
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Henry Venables-Vernon |
17 Apr 1747 |
20 Mar 1829 |
81 |
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George Charles Venables-Vernon |
4 Dec 1779 |
18 Nov 1835 |
55 |
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George John Venables-Vernon |
22 Jun 1803 |
31 May 1866 |
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MP for Derbyshire
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Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon |
1 Feb 1829 |
1 May 1883 |
54 |
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George William Henry Venables-Vernon |
25 Feb 1854 |
15 Dec 1898 |
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George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon |
28 Sep 1888 |
10 Nov 1915 |
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Francis Lawrance William Venables-Vernon |
6 Nov 1889 |
18 Mar 1963 |
73 |
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John Lawrence Venables-Vernon |
1 Feb 1923 |
19 Aug 2000 |
77 |
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Anthony William Vernon-Harcourt |
29 Oct 1939 |
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| 11 Jul 1618 |
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Francis Bacon |
22 Jan 1561 |
9 Apr 1626 |
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Verulam 11 Jul 1618 |
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MP for Melcombe Regis 1584-1586, Taunton |
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Lord Chancellor 1618-1621. |
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| 8 Jul 1790 |
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James Bucknall Grimston,3rd Viscount Grimston |
9 May 1747 |
30 Dec 1808 |
61 |
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Created Baron Verulam 8 Jul 1790 |
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MP for St.Albans
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| 24 Nov 1815 |
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James Walter Grimston,4th Viscount Grimston |
26 Sep 1775 |
17 Nov 1845 |
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Created Viscount Grimston and Earl of |
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Forrester (qv) in
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MP for St.Albans 1802-1808. Lord |
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Lieutenant Hertfordshire 1823-1845 |
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| 17 Nov 1845 |
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James Walter Grimston |
22 Feb 1809 |
27 Jul 1895 |
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1831-1832 and Hertfordshire 1832-1845. |
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Lord Lieutenant Hertfordshire 1846-1892 |
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James Walter Grimston |
11 May 1852 |
11 Nov 1924 |
72 |
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James Walter Grimston |
17 Apr 1880 |
29 Nov 1949 |
69 |
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James Brabazon Grimston |
11 Oct 1910 |
13 Oct 1960 |
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John Grimston |
17 Jul 1912 |
15 Apr 1973 |
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John Duncan Grimston |
21 Apr 1955 |
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| 24 Jun 1295 |
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William de Vesci |
19 Sep 1245 |
19 Jul 1297 |
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Vesci 24 Jun 1295 |
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Chief Governor of Ireland 1290-1293 |
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| 8 Jan 1313 |
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William de Vesci |
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24 Jun 1314 |
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Vesci 8 Jan 1313 |
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| 24 Jan 1449 |
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Sir Henry Bromflete |
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Vesci 24 Jan 1449 |
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| 20 Jun 1922 |
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Sir William Vestey, 1st baronet |
21 Jan 1859 |
10 Dec 1940 |
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Samuel Vestey |
25 Dec 1882 |
4 May 1954 |
71 |
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Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, GCVO. |
19 Mar 1941 |
4 Feb 2021 |
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William Guy Vesty |
27 Aug 1983 |
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| 27 Jan 1975 |
B[L] |
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Dame Joan Helen Vickers |
3 Jun 1907 |
23 May 1994 |
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Created Baroness Vickers for life 27 Jan 1975 |
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George Villiers |
28 Aug 1592 |
23 Aug 1628 |
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Villiers 27 Aug 1616,Earl of |
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| 18 Apr 1623 |
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Christopher Villiers |
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| 20 Mar 1691 |
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Edward Villiers |
c 1656 |
25 Aug 1711 |
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Created Baron Villiers and Viscount |
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Villiers 20 Mar 1691, and Earl of Island |
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of Jersey 13 Oct 1697 |
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| 19 Feb 1767 |
V[I] |
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Elizabeth Mason |
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29 May 1782 |
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Created Viscountess Grandison |
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10 Apr 1746 and Viscountess Villiers |
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and Countess Grandison 19 Feb 1767 |
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| 3 Sep 1996 |
B[L] |
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Sir Richard Frederick Vincent |
23 Aug 1931 |
8 Sep 2018 |
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3 Sep 1996 |
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Field Marshal. Chief of the Defence Staff |
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1991-1992 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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| 7 Feb 1985 |
B[L] |
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Nigel Vinson |
27 Jan 1931 |
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| 19 Aug 1841 |
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Sir Richard Hussey Vivian,1st baronet |
28 Jul 1775 |
20 Aug 1842 |
67 |
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Created Baron Vivian 19 Aug 1841 |
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MP for Truro 1820-1826 and 1832-1835, |
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Windsor 1826-1831 and Cornwall East |
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1837-1841. PC [I] 1831
PC 1835 |
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Charles Crespigny Vivian |
24 Dec 1808 |
24 Apr 1886 |
77 |
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MP for Bodmin 1835-1842. Lord Lieutenant |
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Cornwall 1856-1877 |
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note at the foot of this page |
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| 24 Apr 1886 |
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Henry Crespigny Vivian |
19 Jun 1834 |
21 Oct 1893 |
59 |
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PC 1893 |
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George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian |
21 Jan 1878 |
28 Dec 1940 |
62 |
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Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian |
4 Mar 1906 |
24 Jun 1991 |
85 |
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note at the foot of this page |
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| 24 Jun 1991 |
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Nicholas Crespigny Lawrence Vivian [Elected |
11 Dec 1935 |
28 Feb 2004 |
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hereditary peer 1999-2004] |
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| 28 Feb 2004 |
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Charles Crespigny Hussey Vivian |
20 Dec 1966 |
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Francis Dighton Annesley, 14th Viscount Valentia
and the establishment of his claim |
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to the title |
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On the death of the 9th Viscount Valentia in
1844, some peerage reference works considered |
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the title to be dormant. Other works such as
Dod's Peerage and Who's Who continued to show |
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the
Viscountcy in a normal fashion. In any event, the status of the peerage was
resolved in |
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June 1959 as reported in 'The Times' of 11 June:- |
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'Brigadier
Francis Dighton Annesley, of Barton Grange, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire,
has |
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established his claim to the title of Viscount
Valencia in the Irish peerage, which has been |
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considered dormant since 1844. |
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'Yesterday's House of Lords papers stated:
"Viscountcy of Valentia - report made from the Lord |
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Chancellor that Francis Dighton Viscount
Valentia in the peerage of Ireland has established his |
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succession to the Viscountcy of Valentia and his
right to vote at any elections of representative |
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peers for Ireland which may be held in future
under statutes in force relating thereto, to the |
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satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor: read, and
ordered to lie on the table." |
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'Lord Valentia, who is 70, retired in 1948 as a
brigadier of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was |
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awarded
the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre in the First World War and
between |
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the wars served in India and China. He is still
professionally engaged as a doctor. |
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'Our Special Correspondent writes:- |
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'Francis
Annesley was created in 1621 Lord Mountnorris and Viscount Valentia in
reversion, to |
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take effect on the death of the then Viscount,
Sir Henry Power, which occurred in 1642. Both |
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dignities were in the peerage of Ireland. His
eldest son Arthur was created Earl of Anglesey in |
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the peerage of England, and all the dignities
descended together as far as Richard Annesley, |
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who succeeded as sixth Earl and seventh Viscount
in 1737. |
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'After him there was dispute. His eldest son was
the child of his second (acknowledged) wife |
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Juliana Donovan, whom he married as a widower in
1741. But there was still living one Anne |
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Simpson, styled Countess of Anglesey, whom he is
alleged to have married when she was 15, |
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a few days before his wedding to his first
(acknowledged) wife, Ann Prust, in 1715. "Countess" |
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Anne left only daughters. The validity of this
first marriage and the consequent bigamous |
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character of the other two were accepted by the
English and rejected by the Irish House of |
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Lords; so that his son Arthur succeeded as
Viscount Valentia but not as Earl of Anglesey. |
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'The male line of the eldest son of the first
Viscount was believed, but not conclusively proved, |
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to
have become extinct with the death of the first [ninth] Viscount in 1844, and
from then |
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until the present case no one has proved his
right to the dignity. |
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'It was generally supposed that the senior
surviving branch was that originating in Francis, the |
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fourth son of the grantee; and the heirs of this
line have successively assumed the title of |
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Viscount Valentia and been accepted as such by
the courtesy of society and even at Court. |
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To elevate this courtesy into a legal right it
was necessary to prove the extinction of the |
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issue in the male line of all the three eldest
sons of the first Viscount; and this, it is presumed, |
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has now been done to the satisfaction of the
Lord Chancellor. |
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'The usual method of testing a claim to peerage
is for the claimant to petition the Crown for a |
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writ of summons to Parliament. The petition is
then generally referred through the Attorney- |
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General to the House of Lords, which hears
genealogical and other evidence in the Committee |
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for
Privileges, a committee of the whole House, and advises whether the right has
been made |
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out. |
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'This procedure is not available to the claimant
of an Irish dignity, for there is no longer an |
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Irish Parliament to which he can be summoned;
nor can he, like a Scot, claim to be admitted |
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to vote for representative peers, for the
Republican Government of Ireland has not kept up |
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the machinery for election (in fact, the breed
is all but extinct). But it would presumably be |
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open to the Parliament of the United Kingdom to
provide alternate machinery to take its place; |
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and, if ever that is done, the Lord Chancellor's
certificate will no doubt give Lord Valentia an |
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unchallengeable right to record his vote or to
stand for election by his peers.' |
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The special remainders to the Viscountcy of
Seaham and the Earldom of Vane |
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From the "London Gazette" of 29 March
1823 (issue 17909, page 498):- |
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"The King has been pleased to direct
letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting |
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the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Charles |
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William Marquess of Londonderry, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of |
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the Bath, Lieutenant-General of His Majesty's
Forces, and late His Majesty's Ambassador |
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Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor
of Austria, and to the heirs male of his body |
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lawfully
begotten, or to be begotten on the body of his present wife Frances Ann, by
the |
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names, styles, and titles of Viscount Seaham, of
Seaham, in the county palatine of Durham, |
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and Earl Vane." |
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The abeyances of the barony of Vaux of Harrowden |
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The following article appeared in "The
Times" on 13 July 1938:- |
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Last night's London
Gazette announces that the King has been
pleased, by Letters Patent under |
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the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the
8th instant, to declare that Grace Mary Eleanor |
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Gilbey, commonly called the Hon. Grace Mary
Eleanor Gilbey, wife of William Gordon Gilbey, the |
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eldest of the three daughters and co-heirs of
Hubert George Charles, seventh Baron Vaux of |
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Harrowden, deceased, is and shall be Baroness
Vaux of Harrowden, and giving, granting and |
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confirming to the said Grace Mary Eleanor Gilbey
the ancient barony of Vaux of Harrowden, to |
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have and to hold the said Barony together with
all the rights, privileges, pre-eminences, |
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immunities and advantages and the place and
precedence belonging thereto to her and the heirs |
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of her body lawfully begotten and to be begotten
in as full and ample a manner as the said |
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Hubert George Charles, Baron Vaux of Harrowden
or any of his ancestors held and enjoyed the |
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same.' |
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In a footnote, the following history of the
barony is outlined:- |
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'The
Barony with which Sir Nicholas Vaux of Harrowden, Lieutenant of Guisnes
Castle, near |
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Calais,
and poet, was invested by King Henry VIII at Bridewell Palace on April 27,
1523, passed |
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from father to son until Edward, the fourth
lord, died in 1661 and was succeeded by his brother |
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Henry, who died in 1663 without having taken his
seat in the House of Lords. In 1838 the House |
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of Lords decided that this Barony had been
created by writ and that it had in 1663 fallen into |
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abeyance between the fifth lord's second sister
Joyce, at that time a nun at Eye; Elizabeth |
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Viscountess Mountgarret, only child of Mary, his
deceased elder sister; and George Lord |
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Abergavenny, first surviving son and heir of
Catherine, his deceased youngest sister. It was also |
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found
that in 1838 the Barony was in abeyance between three co-heirs - George
Charles |
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Mostyn, who represented a moiety as being
through his mother, the daughter of George Butler |
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of Ballyragget, the heir of Elizabeth
Viscountess Mountgarret, his mother's great-great-great |
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grandmother; and Robert Henry, twelfth Earl of
Pembroke, and Edward Bourchier Hartopp, who |
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were
each representatives of one-fourth of the Barony as heirs respectively of the
two |
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daughters
of Frances Viscount FitzWilliam, granddaughter of George Lord
Abergavenny. |
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Accordingly, on March 12, 1838, Queen Victoria
called the Barony out of abeyance in favour of |
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Mr.
Mostyn, who succeeded as sixth Lord Vaux of Harrowden. He died in 1883 and
was |
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succeeded as seventh lord by his grandson, Mr.
Hubert George Charles Mostyn, who died on |
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October 25, 1935, when, for the second time, the
Barony fell into abeyance between his three |
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daughters. By the recent decision of the House
of Lords, they were found to be co-heirs of the |
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Barony.' |
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Arthur Frederick Daubeney Olav
Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 7th Baron Ventry |
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Ventry
was educated at Wellington College, where he became interested in balloons.
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World War I, he transferred from the Irish
Guards to the County of London Balloon Squadron |
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in the Auxiliary Air Force. In World War II he
served as a Flight Lieutenant in Balloon Command. |
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After the war he became an advocate for the
advantages of balloons over aircraft. A balloon, |
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for instance, would make an ideal observation
post from which to spot the Loch Ness Monster. |
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In 1949, he began to build the Bournemouth, the first airship
to be built in Britain since the |
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crash of the R 101 in 1930. On 19 July 1951 the Bournemouth was ready to take its first flight |
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at
the RAF Balloon Centre at Cardington, Bedfordshire. The flight was reasonably
successful, |
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being
airborne for 18 minutes, although on landing the crew reported that it was
stern-heavy |
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and difficult to get down. After making some
modifications, a second flight occurred on 16 |
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August 1951. As the airship was coming in to
land, it approached a too low a height and one of |
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the guy ropes caught the railings on a workshop
roof, bringing the airship to a sudden halt. |
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balloon's gondola struck the roof, but no-one was injured. |
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Ventry commented 'Perfectly ordinary flight.
Then one of the handling guy ropes caught on the |
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catwalk and there we sat like a broody hen.
Chance in a million.' |
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The 4th Earl died as the result of a car crash.
The proceedings of the inquest into his death were |
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reported in the "Daily Telegraph" on 2
December 1949:- |
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'A
verdict of "death by misadventure" was recorded at the Newmarket
inquest yesterday on the |
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Earl of Verulam, 69, of Gorhambury, St. Albans,
who died in hospital after his car had been in |
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collision with a lorry on Tuesday evening.
Police evidence was given that Lord Verulam's car was |
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found jammed under the rear of the lorry and
that a 64ft long brake-mark led to the rear of the |
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car. |
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'The
lorry driver, John Ambrose Freeman, of Hartley-street, Bethnal Green, said he
was stationary |
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behind
another lorry for what seemed to be about a minute when something hit the
back of his |
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lorry. |
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'Leonard
Vincent Tapscott, of Garage Cottages, Gorhambury, chauffeur to Lord Verulam,
said he |
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was
travelling at about 45 m.p.h. when he saw in front the rear light of a lorry
which he thought |
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was moving. He pulled out to pass and then saw
another car coming in the opposite direction. He |
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also saw two tank transporters in front of the lorry. |
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braked, but the car skidded into the rear of the lorry. Mr. T. Wilson, the
coroner, said there |
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appeared to be no evidence that Lord Verulam's
chauffeur was driving in any dangerous or very |
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fast manner.' |
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Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian |
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The
2nd Baron Vivian was well-known in his day as a result of a remarkable dream
which |
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predicted
the result of a horse race. |
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In April 1879 there occurred the death of
General Richard Taylor, son of the former President |
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of the United States, Zachary Taylor, and a
General in the Confederate cause in the American |
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Civil War. As part of its death notice, the
'Daily Telegraph' included the following story:- |
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'On the morning of the day when the City and
Suburban Handicap was won by Aldrich [on 28 |
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April 1874], a little fancied outsider, it so
chanced that General Taylor travelled down to Epsom |
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in
company with Lord Vivian, and heard from him that it was his intention to
back Lord |
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Rosebery's horse, because he had dreamt that he
saw the primrose and rose hoops borne to |
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victory in the race which they were on their
road to witness. Acting upon this hint, General |
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Taylor took a thousand to thirty about Aldrich,
and was not a little elated at the success of |
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what he justly called "a leap in the
dark." But for the accident which caused Lemnos, another |
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much-backed candidate for the race, to fall at
Tattenham Corner, there is a little probability |
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that the dream of Lord Vivian would have found
the interpretation upon which General Taylor |
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counted.' |
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As a result of General Taylor's death notice,
Lord Vivian wrote to the 'Daily Telegraph' the |
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following letter:- |
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'Sir - In your 'leader' on General Taylor, in
this day's paper, you introduce an anecdote relative |
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to a dream of mine. The facts are these:- I did
dream, on the morning of the race for the City |
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and Suburban Handicap, that I had fallen asleep
in the weighing-room of the Stand at Epsom, |
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prior to that race, and that after it had been
run, I was awakened by a gentleman - the owner |
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of
another horse in the race - who informed me that the Teacher had won. Of this
horse, so |
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far as my recollection serves me, I had never
before heard. On reaching Victoria Station, the |
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first person I saw was the gentleman who had
appeared to me in my dream, and to him I |
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mentioned it, observing that I could not find
any horse so named in the race. He replied, |
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'There is a horse now called Aldrich, who was
previously called the Teacher.' The dream had so |
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vividly impressed me, that I declared my
intention of backing Aldrich for £100, and was in course |
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of doing this when I was questioned by his owner
as to 'why I was backing his horse.' I replied, |
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because I had dreamt he had won the race.' To
this I was answered, 'As against your dream, I |
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will
tell you this fact - I tried the horse last week with a hurdle-jumper, and he
was beaten a |
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distance,' I thanked my informant, and
discontinued backing Aldrich. General Taylor, who had |
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overheard what passed, asked me, if I did not
intend backing the horse again for myself, to |
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win him £1,000 by him. This I did by taking for
him 1,000 to 30 about Aldrich. Such is the true |
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account of my dream, and of General Taylor's
profit from it. - Yours faithfully, VIVIAN' |
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Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron
Vivian |
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The 5th Lord Vivian was at the centre of a
scandal in the latter half of 1954 after he had been |
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shot by his lover. The case featured prominently
in the newspapers, but I have contented |
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myself with the following summary, which
appeared in 'The Washington Post and Times Herald' |
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of 1 May 1955, at the time of Lord Vivian's
lover's release from prison:- |
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'The car stopped in front of a thatched cottage
in the little village of Potterne, England [near |
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Devizes in Wiltshire]. A man and a woman stepped
out and hurried up the walk, as though they |
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were afraid of being observed. The door closed
behind them. They were back once more in the |
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cosy retreat where a pistol shot had first
publicized their defiance of convention. Meanwhile, |
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Britishers
wondered whether the moral code, which they are expected to live by and
which |
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these two, Lord Vivian and his so-called
"Golden Girl" had brazenly flouted, would now destroy |
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the romance a
bullet couldn't kill. |
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'The last time the couple had entered the
cottage together was under different circumstances |
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and in a gayer mood. Lord Vivian, a handsome
48-year-old baron with a wife and family was |
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"somewhat drunk" then and his
companion, Mrs. Mavis Wheeler, a fetching blond divorcee, was |
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"a
bit muzzy." They had been celebrating the start of a country week
end. |
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'The cottage belonged to Mrs. Wheeler. Her first
husband was Horace de Vere Cole [1881-1936], |
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wealthy
brother of Mrs. Neville Chamberlain and a perpetual wit who was called
"King of the |
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Practical
Jokers." After his death in 1936, she was married for three years to
Mortimer Wheeler |
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[1890-1976] who was later knighted for his
research in archaeology. England's best painters vied |
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to paint her
portrait. They called her the Golden Girl. |
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'She met the baron late in 1953. He was Anthony
Crespigny Claude Vivian, Tony to his friends. |
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He had been educated at Eton before going to
Canada as a student farmer. He moved on to San |
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Francisco, became a call boy in a theatre, went
into theatre publicity and finally emerged as a |
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theatrical
producer in London. In 1930 he married Victoria Oliphant, a Navy captain's
daughter, |
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by whom
he had two sons and a daughter. |
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'Despite
all this, it was "love at first sight" for the baron and the Golden
Girl. She sent him back |
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to
his family for the Christmas holidays, but as soon as they were over he
disappeared as quickly |
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as
the tree. He returned to her London apartment and went on living there
illicitly until it was |
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time to
take off for Potterne last July. |
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'No sooner had they unpacked than they walked
down the lane to the George and Dragon tavern |
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for a few drinks. They had some sherry at the
home of friends, returned to the tavern for some |
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stout and finally arrived back at Pilgrim
Cottage about 10 p.m. so hilarious that when the key |
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seemed
hard to locate they laughingly climbed in through a window. |
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'About half an hour later Mrs. Wheeler phoned
hysterically for an ambulance, which arrived to |
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find Lord Vivian lying in the garden, shot in
the stomach. He was hospitalized and she was |
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was
arrested, charged with shooting him in a jealous rage. |
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'When she went on trial two months later, Lord
Vivian had recovered sufficiently to testify. The |
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accounts of both principals agreed up to the
point of the shooting. After they had climbed in |
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in the window, they hugged and kissed and Mrs.
Wheeler went to the kitchen to prepare a meal. |
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The baron, without her knowledge, returned to
the George and Dragon. He reappeared a few |
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minutes later
at the open window. |
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"In a joking voice, I heard him say 'Stick
'em up,' " Mrs. Wheeler testified. "Then he said, 'Look |
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what I've brought you,' and held up two bottles
of stout. He had a pistol in his hand, my pistol, |
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and he was laughing
about it. |
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"I said. 'Oh, it probably won't go off.
It's rusty.' I took it from him and
pointed it at the fireplace |
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and
pulled the trigger. It did go off. I was quite astonished and fired again.
Lord Vivian said, |
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'Stop
it. You are frightening Mr. Pip' (her dog). I said, 'Just one more' and he
tried to take the |
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gun
from me and it went off. I had no idea of shooting him." |
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'Lord Vivian, obviously pained to be disagreeing
with Mrs. Wheeler, had a somewhat different |
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account. When he arrived back at the cottage
with the two bottles of stout, he said, "Darling, |
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I am coming in" and put his leg through the
window. Then there was a shot. I said something to |
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the effect of 'Don't be silly, darling; put that
revolver down.' |
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'Then he heard another report. He thought there
were three shots altogether and the second |
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or third must have
hit him. |
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"I think I pushed myself out of the window
and said, 'Darling, I am in pain; can you call an |
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ambulance?'
She seemed to come from nowhere and did everything possible for me. We |
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comforted each other until the ambulance arrived." |
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'Lady Vivian, accompanied by her 18-year-old
son, Nicholas, was in court to hear her husband |
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say he was dearly in love with Mrs. Wheeler
(courts have to listen to all sorts of nonsense). |
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Mrs. Wheeler's son by her first marriage,
Tristan de Vere Cole, a 19-year-old naval cadet, heard |
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his mother
testify that she truly loved Lord Vivian. |
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'Mrs. Wheeler was acquitted of a deliberate
attempt at murder but convicted of "unlawfully and |
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maliciously wounding" Lord Vivian. She was
sentenced to six months in prison. |
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When
she was released from prison four months later, with time off for good
behaviour - better, |
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in fact, than she had exhibited on the outside -
Lord Vivian was waiting for her. |
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"I think we know each other a good deal
better now," the baron said. "We are eternally in love." |
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'The baron must have been aware that there was
little public sympathy for his troubles and that |
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people frowned on his "romantic"
behaviour. But he didn't seem to mind. The matter of a divorce, |
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he said, was up to
his wife. |
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'And
there his ricochet romance rests at the moment. The whole thing, some of
their |
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acquaintances feel, might have been a tasteless
bit of tomfoolery dreamed up by Mrs. Wheeler's |
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first husband, the practical joker.' |
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