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FEVERSHAM |
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8 Apr 1676 |
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Sir George Sondes |
Nov 1599 |
16 Apr 1677 |
77 |
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Created Baron of Throwley,Viscount |
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Sondes and Earl of Feversham |
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8 Apr 1676 |
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MP for Ashburton 1661-1676 |
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16 Apr 1677 |
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Louis de Duras |
1641 |
19 Apr 1709 |
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Created Baron Duras 29 Jan 1673 |
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19 Apr 1709 |
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KG 1685. Lord Lieutenant Kent 1688-1689 |
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19 Mar 1719 |
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Ermengarde Melusina Schulenberg |
1659 |
10 May 1743 |
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Created Baroness of Dundalk, |
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10 May 1743 |
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Countess and Marchioness of |
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Dungannon and Duchess of Munster for life |
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18 Jul 1716,and Baroness Glastonbury, |
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Countess of Feversham and Duchess |
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of Kendal for life 19 Mar 1719 |
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Mistress of George I |
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23 Jun 1747 |
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Anthony Duncombe |
c 1695 |
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Created Baron Feversham 23 Jun 1747 |
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18 Jun 1763 |
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MP for Salisbury 1721-1734 and Downton |
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1734-1747 |
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14 Jul 1826 |
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Charles Duncombe |
5 Dec 1764 |
16 Jul 1841 |
76 |
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Created Baron Feversham 14 Jul 1826 |
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MP for Shaftesbury 1790-1796, Aldborough |
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1796-1806, Heytesbury 1812-1816 and |
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Newport IOW 1818-1826 |
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16 Jul 1841 |
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William Duncombe |
14 Jan 1798 |
11 Feb 1867 |
69 |
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MP for Grimsby 1820-1826,Yorkshire 1826-1831 |
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Yorkshire West Riding 1832-1841 |
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11 Feb 1867 |
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William Ernest Duncombe |
28 Jan 1829 |
13 Jan 1915 |
85 |
25 Jul 1868 |
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Feversham 25 Jul 1868 |
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MP for East Retford 1852-1857 and |
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N Riding Yorkshire 1859-1867 |
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13 Jan 1915 |
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Charles William Reginald Duncombe |
8 May 1879 |
15 Sep 1916 |
37 |
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MP for Thirsk 1906-1915 |
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15 Sep 1916 |
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Charles William Slingsby Duncombe |
2 Nov 1906 |
4 Sep 1963 |
56 |
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On his death the Earldom and Viscountcy |
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4 Sep 1963 |
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4 Sep 1963 |
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Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe |
3 Jan 1945 |
29 Mar 2009 |
64 |
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29 Mar 2009 |
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Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe |
14 Mar 1968 |
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14 Feb 1798 |
B[I] |
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Dame Rose ffrench |
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Created Baroness ffrench 14 Feb 1798 |
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8 Dec 1805 |
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Sir Thomas ffrench,2nd baronet |
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9 Dec 1814 |
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9 Dec 1814 |
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Charles Austin ffrench |
9 Apr 1786 |
25 Sep 1860 |
74 |
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25 Sep 1860 |
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Thomas ffrench |
13 Sep 1810 |
20 Jan 1892 |
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20 Jan 1892 |
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Marcus Joseph ffrench |
1 Oct 1813 |
2 Nov 1893 |
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2 Nov 1893 |
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Charles Austin Thomas Robert John |
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Joseph ffrench |
20 Jun 1868 |
4 Mar 1955 |
86 |
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4 Mar 1955 |
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Peter Martin Joseph Charles John |
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Mary ffrench |
4 May 1926 |
30 Jan 1986 |
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30 Jan 1986 |
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Robuck John Peter Charles Mario ffrench |
14 Mar 1956 |
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14 Apr 1890 |
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William Ventris Field |
21 Aug 1813 |
23 Jan 1907 |
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Created Baron Field 14 Apr 1890 |
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23 Jan 1907 |
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PC 1890 |
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FIELD OF BIRKENHEAD |
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15 Sep 2020 |
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Frank Ernest Field CH, PC, DL |
16 Jul 1942 |
23 April 2024 |
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Created Baron Field of Birkenhead for life. |
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23 Apr 2024 |
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FIELDHOUSE |
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26 Feb 1990 |
B[L] |
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Sir John David Elliott Fieldhouse |
12 Feb 1928 |
17 Feb 1992 |
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Created Baron Fieldhouse for life 26 Feb 1990 |
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17 Feb 1992 |
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Admiral of the Fleet 1985. Chief of the Defence |
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Staff 1985-1988 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FIFE |
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c 1115 |
E[S] |
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Beth |
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Witness to Charter of Scone as Earl |
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of Fife in 1115 |
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c 1120 |
E[S] |
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Constantine |
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c 1129 |
E[S] |
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Gillemichael Macduff |
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Duncan Macduff |
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Duncan Macduff |
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Malcolm Macduff |
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Malcolm Macduff |
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Colbran Macduff |
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1270 |
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Duncan Macduff |
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25 Sep 1288 |
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25 Sep 1288 |
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Duncan Macduff |
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Isabel [or Elizabeth] Stewart |
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She resigned the peerage in favour of - |
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Robert Stewart |
1340 |
3 Sep 1420 |
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Third son of Robert II of Scotland who |
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was created Duke of Albany 1398 (qv) |
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3 Sep 1420 |
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Murdoch Stewart,Duke of Albany |
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24 May 1425 |
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12 May 1567 |
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1 |
James Hepburn,Earl of Bothwell |
c 1535 |
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26 Apr 1759 |
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William Duff |
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30 Sep 1763 |
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Created Baron Braco of Kilbryde |
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Earl Fife 26 Apr 1759 |
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30 Sep 1763 |
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James Duff |
28 Sep 1729 |
28 Jan 1809 |
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5 Jul 1790 |
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Created Baron Fife [GB] 5 Jul 1790 |
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28 Jan 1809 |
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1784-1790. Lord Lieutenant Banff 1794-1809 |
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On his death the Barony became extinct |
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28 Jan 1809 |
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Alexander Duff |
1731 |
17 Apr 1811 |
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James Duff |
6 Oct 1776 |
9 Mar 1857 |
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28 Apr 1827 |
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Lieutenant Banff 1813-1856. KT 1827 |
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James Duff |
6 Jul 1814 |
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Alexander William George Duff |
10 Nov 1849 |
29 Jan 1912 |
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Created Earl of Fife 13 Jul 1885, |
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16 Oct 1899 |
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For information on the shipwrecking of the Duke |
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MP for Elgin and Nairnshires 1874-1879. |
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Lord Lieutenant Elgin 1872-1902 and |
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dormant,the Earldom of 1885 and the Marquessate |
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and the Dukedom of 1889 became extinct whilst |
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29 Jan 1912 |
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Princess Alexandra Victoria Alberta |
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Edwina Louise of Connaught |
17 May 1891 |
26 Feb 1959 |
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James George Alexander Bannerman |
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Carnegie |
23 Sep 1929 |
22 Jun 2015 |
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David Charles Carnegie |
3 Mar 1961 |
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29 Jul 1999 |
B[L] |
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David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin |
1 Jul 1944 |
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Created Baron Filkin for life 29 Jul 1999 |
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16 Aug 1686 |
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1 |
Lord Charles Murray |
28 Feb 1661 |
19 Apr 1710 |
49 |
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Created Lord Murray of Blair,Viscount |
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of Fincastle and Earl of Dunmore |
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Heneage Finch |
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10 Jan 1673 and Earl of Nottingham |
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7 Apr 1640 |
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1 |
John Finch |
17 Sep 1584 |
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Created Baron Finch of Fordwich |
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20 Nov 1660 |
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7 Apr 1640 |
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MP for Canterbury 1614 and 1625-1629. |
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20 Feb 1638 |
E[S] |
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James Ogilvy,2nd Lord Ogilvy of Deskford |
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c 1653 |
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Created Earl of Findlater 20 Feb 1638 |
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c 1653 |
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Patrick Ogilvy |
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30 Mar 1658 |
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30 Mar 1658 |
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James Ogilvy |
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1711 |
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1711 |
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James Ogilvy |
11 Jul 1663 |
19 Aug 1730 |
67 |
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KT 1704 PC 1723 |
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Created Earl of Seafield (qv) 1701 |
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19 Aug 1730 |
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James Ogilvy |
c 1689 |
9 Jul 1764 |
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9 Jul 1764 |
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James Ogilvy |
c 1714 |
3 Nov 1770 |
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3 Nov 1770 |
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James Ogilvy |
10 Apr 1750 |
5 Oct 1811 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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5 Oct 1811 |
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FINGALL |
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26 Sep 1628 |
E[I] |
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Luke Plunkett,10th Baron Killeen |
1589 |
29 Mar 1637 |
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Created Earl of Fingall 26 Sep 1628 |
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29 Mar 1637 |
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Christopher Plunkett |
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18 Aug 1649 |
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18 Aug 1649 |
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Luke Plunkett |
1639 |
c 1684 |
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c 1684 |
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Peter Plunkett |
1678 |
24 Jan 1718 |
39 |
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24 Jan 1718 |
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Justin Plunkett |
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27 Mar 1734 |
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27 Mar 1734 |
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Robert Plunkett |
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31 Jan 1738 |
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31 Jan 1738 |
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Arthur James Plunkett |
Jul 1731 |
21 Aug 1793 |
62 |
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21 Aug 1793 |
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Arthur James Plunkett |
9 Sep 1759 |
30 Jul 1836 |
76 |
20 Jun 1831 |
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Created Baron Fingall [UK] 20 Jun 1831 |
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KP 1821 |
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30 Jul 1836 |
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Arthur James Plunkett |
29 Mar 1791 |
21 Apr 1869 |
78 |
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MP for Meath 1830-1832. PC [I] 1834. Lord |
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Lieutenant Meath 1849-1869. KP 1846 |
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21 Apr 1869 |
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Arthur James Plunkett |
10 May 1819 |
24 Apr 1881 |
61 |
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3 |
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24 Apr 1881 |
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Arthur James Francis Plunkett |
1 Apr 1859 |
12 Nov 1929 |
70 |
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PC [I] 1892 |
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12 Nov 1929 |
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Oliver James Horace Plunkett |
17 Jun 1896 |
5 Mar 1984 |
87 |
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Peerages extinct on his death |
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5 Mar 1984 |
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FINK |
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18 Jan 2011 |
B[L] |
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Stanley Fink |
15 Sep 1957 |
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Created Baron Fink for life 18 Jan 2011 |
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FINKELSTEIN |
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11 Sep 2013 |
B[L] |
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Daniel William Finkelstein |
30 Aug 1962 |
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Created Baron Finkelstein for life 11 Sep 2013 |
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FINLAY |
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27 Mar 1919 |
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Robert Bannatyne Finlay |
11 Jul 1842 |
9 Mar 1929 |
86 |
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Created Baron Finlay 19 Dec 1916 |
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and Viscount Finlay 27 Mar 1919 |
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MP for Inverness 1885-1892 and 1895-1906 |
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and Edinburgh & St.Andrews Universities |
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1910-1916. Solicitor General 1895-1900 |
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Attorney General 1900-1905. Lord |
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Chancellor 1916-1919
PC 1905 |
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9 Mar 1929 |
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William Finlay |
15 Oct 1875 |
30 Jun 1945 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1938-1945. PC 1938 |
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30 Jun 1945 |
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Peerages extinct on his death |
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FINLAY OF LLANDAFF |
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28 Jun 2001 |
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Ilora Gillian Finlay |
23 Feb 1949 |
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Created Baroness Finlay of Llandaff for life |
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28 Jun 2001 |
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FINN |
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14 Oct 2015 |
B[L] |
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Simone Jari Finn |
10 Jun 1968 |
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Created Baroness Finn for life 14 Oct 2015 |
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FINSBERG |
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27 Jun 1992 |
B[L] |
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Sir Geoffrey Finsberg |
13 Jun 1926 |
7 Oct 1996 |
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Created Baron Finsberg for life 27 Jun 1992 |
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7 Oct 1996 |
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MP for Hampstead 1970-1983 and Hampstead & |
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Highgate 1983-1992 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FISHER |
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7 Dec 1909 |
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John Arbuthnot Fisher |
25 Jan 1841 |
10 Jul 1920 |
79 |
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Created Baron Fisher 7 Dec 1909 |
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Admiral of the Fleet 1905
OM 1905 |
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10 Jul 1920 |
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Cecil Vavasseur-Fisher |
18 Jul 1868 |
11 May 1955 |
86 |
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11 May 1955 |
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John Vavasseur Fisher |
24 Jul 1921 |
31 Oct 2012 |
91 |
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31 Oct 2012 |
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Patrick Vavasseur Fisher |
14 Jun 1953 |
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FISHER OF CAMDEN |
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19 Jun 1974 |
B[L] |
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Sir Samuel Fisher |
20 Jan 1905 |
12 Oct 1979 |
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Created Baron Fisher of Camden for life |
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12 Oct 1979 |
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19 Jun 1974 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FISHER OF LAMBETH |
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2 Jun 1961 |
B[L] |
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Geoffrey Francis Fisher |
5 May 1887 |
14 Sep 1972 |
85 |
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Created Baron Fisher of Lambeth for life |
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14 Sep 1972 |
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2 Jun 1961 |
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Bishop of Chester 1932-1939, Bishop of |
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London 1939-1945 and Archbishop of |
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Canterbury 1945-1961.
PC 1939 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FISHER OF REDNAL |
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2 Jul 1974 |
B[L] |
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Doris Mary Gertrude Fisher |
13 Sep 1919 |
18 Dec 2005 |
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Created Baroness Fisher of Rednal for life |
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18 Dec 2005 |
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2 Jul 1974 |
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MP for Ladywood 1970-1974. |
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Peerage extinct on her death |
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FISHERWICK |
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3 Jul 1790 |
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Arthur Chichester,5th Earl of Donegall |
13 Jun 1739 |
5 Jan 1799 |
59 |
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Created Baron Fisherwick 3 Jul 1790 |
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See "Donegall" |
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FISKE |
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18 Sep 1967 |
B[L] |
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Sir William Geoffrey Fiske |
3 Jul 1905 |
13 Jan 1975 |
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Created Baron Fiske for life 18 Sep 1967 |
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13 Jan 1975 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FITT |
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14 Oct 1983 |
B[L] |
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Gerard Fitt |
9 Apr 1926 |
26 Aug 2005 |
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Created Baron Fitt for life 14 Oct 1983 |
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26 Aug 2005 |
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MP for Belfast West 1966-1983 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FITZALAN |
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23 Jun 1295 |
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Brian Fitzalan |
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1 Jun 1306 |
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1 Jun 1306 |
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Fitzalan 23 Jun 1295 |
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On his death the peerage fell into |
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abeyance |
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FITZALAN OF DERWENT |
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28 Apr 1921 |
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Edmund Bernard Fitzalan-Howard |
1 Jun 1855 |
18 May 1947 |
91 |
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Created Viscount Fitzalan of |
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Derwent 28 Apr 1921 |
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MP for Chichester 1894-1921. Viceroy of |
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Ireland 1921-1922.
PC 1918 PC [I] 1921 |
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KG 1925 |
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18 May 1947 |
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Henry Edmund Fitzalan-Howard |
30 Oct 1883 |
17 May 1962 |
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17 May 1962 |
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FITZBERNARD |
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8 Jan 1313 |
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Thomas Fitzbernard |
5 Jan 1289 |
18 Dec 1322 |
33 |
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Fitzbernard 8 Jan 1313 |
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18 Dec 1322 |
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John Fitzbernard |
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4 Apr 1361 |
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4 Apr 1361 |
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FITZCLARENCE |
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4 Jun 1831 |
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George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence |
16 Jan 1794 |
20 Mar 1842 |
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Created Viscount FitzClarence and |
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Earl of Munster 4 Jun 1831 |
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See "Munster" |
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FITZGERALD |
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23 Jun 1882 |
B[L] |
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John David FitzGerald |
1 May 1816 |
16 Oct 1889 |
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16 Oct 1889 |
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MP for Ennis 1852-1860. Solicitor General |
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of Ireland 1855-1856. Attorney General of |
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Ireland 1856-1858 and 1859-1860. Lord of Appeal |
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in Ordinary 1882-1889. PC [I] 1856. PC 1882 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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1176 |
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Maurice FitzGerald |
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Received a grant of the Barony of |
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Offaly 1176 |
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Sep 1177 |
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Gerald FitzGerald |
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1205 |
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1205 |
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Maurice FitzGerald |
1195 |
20 May 1257 |
61 |
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20 May 1257 |
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Maurice FitzGerald |
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1277 |
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1277 |
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Gerald FitzGerald |
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1287 |
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1287 |
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Maurice FitzGerald |
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c 1294 |
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c 1294 |
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John FitzThomas FitzGerald |
c 1250 |
10 Sep 1316 |
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with which title this peerage then merged |
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FITZGERALD AND VESEY |
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31 Jul 1826 |
B[I] |
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Catherine Fitzgerald |
1759 |
3 Jan 1832 |
72 |
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Created Baroness Fitzgerald and |
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Vesey 31 Jul 1826 |
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3 Jan 1832 |
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William Vesey-Fitzgerald |
c 1782 |
11 May 1843 |
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B |
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MP for Clare 1818-1828, Newport 1829-1830, |
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11 May 1843 |
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Lostwithiel 1830 and Ennis 1808-1812,1813-1818 |
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and 1831-1835. President of the Board of Control |
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1841-1843. Lord Lieutenant Clare 1831-1843. |
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PC [I] 1810 PC 1812 |
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Henry Vesey-Fitzgerald |
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30 Mar 1860 |
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6 Jul 1789 |
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John Fitzgibbon |
1748 |
28 Jan 1802 |
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Fitzgibbon [I] 6 Dec 1793,Earl of Clare [I] 12 Jun |
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1795 and Baron Fitzgibbon [GB] 24 Sep 1799 |
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14 Jul 1663 |
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Charles Berkeley |
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Charles Berkeley |
14 Dec 1599 |
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William Fitzhardinge Berkeley |
26 Dec 1786 |
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Castle 10 Sep 1831 and Earl |
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Fitzhardinge 17 Aug 1841 |
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Lieutenant Gloucester 1835-1857 |
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5 Aug 1861 |
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Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley |
3 Jan 1788 |
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MP for Gloucester 1831-1833,1835-1837 |
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Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley |
16 Nov 1826 |
29 Jun 1896 |
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Charles Paget Fitzhardinge Berkeley |
19 Apr 1830 |
5 Dec 1916 |
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FITZHARRIS |
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29 Dec 1800 |
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James Harris,1st Baron Malmesbury |
9 Apr 1746 |
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of Malmesbury 29 Dec 1800 |
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FITZHENRY |
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4 Mar 1309 |
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Aucher Fitzhenry |
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Fitzhenry 4 Mar 1309 |
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10 Apr 1339 |
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Henry Fitzaucher |
1299 |
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FITZHERBERT |
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26 Jun 1660 |
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Heneage Finch,3rd Earl of Winchilsea |
c 1627 |
1 Sep 1689 |
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Created Baron Fitzherbert 26 Jun 1660 |
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FITZHUGH |
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Henry FitzHugh |
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FitzHugh 15 May 1321 |
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1356 |
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Henry FitzHugh |
1338 |
29 Aug 1386 |
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29 Aug 1386 |
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Henry FitzHugh |
1363 |
11 Jan 1425 |
61 |
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KG c 1409 |
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11 Jan 1425 |
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William FitzHugh |
1398 |
22 Oct 1452 |
54 |
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22 Oct 1452 |
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Henry FitzHugh |
1429 |
4 Jun 1472 |
42 |
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4 Jun 1472 |
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Richard FitzHugh |
1457 |
20 Nov 1487 |
30 |
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20 Nov 1487 |
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George FitzHugh |
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28 Jan 1513 |
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FITZJOHN |
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23 Jun 1295 |
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Richard Fitzjohn |
1252 |
5 Aug 1297 |
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5 Aug 1297 |
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Fitzjohn 23 Jun 1295 |
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FITZMAURICE |
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7 Oct 1751 |
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John Petty |
1706 |
10 May 1761 |
54 |
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Fitzmaurice 7 Oct 1751 and Earl of |
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Shelburne 6 Jun 1753 and Baron |
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Wycombe 20 May 1760 |
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9 Jan 1906 |
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Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice |
19 Jun 1846 |
21 Jun 1935 |
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21 Jun 1935 |
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MP for Calne 1868-1885 and Cricklade |
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1898-1905. Chancellor of the Duchy of |
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Lancaster 1998-1909.
PC 1908 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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FITZPAYNE |
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6 Feb 1299 |
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Robert Fitzpayne |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Fitzpayne 6 Feb 1299 |
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22 Aug 1316 |
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Robert Fitzpayne |
1288 |
30 Nov 1354 |
66 |
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30 Nov 1354 |
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until 1450 when it fell into abeyance |
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29 Dec 1299 |
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John Fitzreginald |
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10 Feb 1310 |
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Fitzreginald 29 Dec 1299 |
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10 Feb 1310 |
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Herbert Fitz-John Fitzreginald |
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after 1310 |
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FITZROGER |
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6 Feb 1299 |
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John Fitzroger |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Fitzroger 6 Feb 1299 |
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10 Apr 1299 |
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Andrew Fitzroger |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Fitzroger 10 Apr 1299 |
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Nothing further known of these peerages |
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FITZWALTER |
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23 Jun 1295 |
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Robert FitzWalter |
1247 |
18 Jan 1325 |
77 |
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FitzWalter 23 Jun 1295 |
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18 Jan 1325 |
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Robert FitzWalter |
c 1297 |
6 May 1328 |
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6 May 1328 |
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John FitzWalter |
c 1314 |
18 Oct 1361 |
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18 Oct 1361 |
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Walter FitzWalter |
1345 |
26 Sep 1386 |
41 |
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26 Sep 1386 |
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Walter FitzWalter |
c 1368 |
16 May 1406 |
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16 May 1406 |
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Humphrey FitzWalter |
18 Oct 1398 |
1 Sep 1415 |
16 |
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1 Sep 1415 |
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Walter FitzWalter |
22 Jun 1401 |
25 Nov 1431 |
30 |
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25 Nov 1431 |
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Elizabeth Radcliffe |
28 Jul 1430 |
c 1485 |
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c 1485 |
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John Radcliffe |
1 Jan 1452 |
24 Nov 1496 |
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24 Nov 1496 |
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25 Jan 1506 |
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Robert Radclyffe |
c 1483 |
27 Nov 1542 |
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18 Jun 1525 |
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and Earl of Sussex (qv) 8 Dec 1529 |
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KG 1524 |
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Restored to the peerage 1506 |
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Henry Radclyffe,2nd Earl of Sussex |
c 1507 |
17 Feb 1557 |
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Thomas Radclyffe,3rd Earl of Sussex |
c 1525 |
9 Jun 1583 |
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Acceleration as Baron FitzWalter 24 Aug 1553 |
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Henry Radclyffe,4th Earl of Sussex |
c 1532 |
14 Dec 1593 |
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14 Dec 1593 |
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Robert Radclyffe,5th Earl of Sussex |
12 Jun 1573 |
22 Sep 1629 |
56 |
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On his death the Viscountcy passed to |
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Henry Mildmay |
c 1585 |
1654 |
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Henry Mildmay |
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24 Mar 1662 |
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Benjamin Mildmay |
c 1646 |
1 Jun 1679 |
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1 Jun 1679 |
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Charles Mildmay |
31 Aug 1670 |
16 Feb 1728 |
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16 Feb 1728 |
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Benjamin Mildmay |
27 Dec 1672 |
29 Feb 1756 |
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29 Feb 1756 |
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FitzWalter 14 May 1730 (not 1735
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29 Feb 1756 |
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Lord Lieutenant Essex 1741-1756 PC 1735 |
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extinct and the Barony fell into abeyance |
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30 Sep 1924 |
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Henry Fitzwalter Plumptre |
12 Dec 1860 |
12 Sep 1932 |
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28 May 1953 |
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Fitzwalter Brook Plumptre |
15 Jan 1914 |
14 Oct 2004 |
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Abeyance terminated in his favour 1953 |
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Edward Radclyffe,6th Earl of Sussex |
c 1559 |
Aug 1643 |
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Aug 1643 |
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17 Apr 1868 |
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1 |
Brook William Bridges |
2 Jun 1801 |
6 Dec 1875 |
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6 Dec 1875 |
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Woodham Walter 17 Apr 1868 |
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MP for Kent East 1852 and 1857-1868 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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23 Jun 1295 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Fitzwarine 23 Jun 1295 |
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c 1315 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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1349 |
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1349 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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Mar 1373 |
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Mar 1373 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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1378 |
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1378 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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8 Aug 1391 |
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8 Aug 1391 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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Oct 1407 |
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Oct 1407 |
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Fulke Fitzwarine |
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21 Sep 1420 |
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Elizabeth Hankford |
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On her death the peerage fell into abeyance |
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c 1428 |
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2 Jan 1449 |
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Thomazine Bourchier |
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26 Mar 1467 |
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She married Sir William Bourchier who was |
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summoned to Parliament as Lord Fitzwarine |
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in her right in 1449. He died c 1471 |
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c 1471 |
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Fulke Bourchier |
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12 Sep 1479 |
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12 Sep 1479 |
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John Bourchier |
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30 Apr 1539 |
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He was created Earl of Bath (qv) in 1536 |
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30 Apr 1539 |
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John Bourchier,2nd Earl of Bath |
1499 |
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10 Feb 1561 |
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William Bourchier,3rd Earl of Bath |
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12 Jul 1623 |
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Edward Bourchier,4th Earl of Bath |
Feb 1590 |
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On his death the peerage again fell into |
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2 Mar 1637 |
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abeyance |
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25 Feb 1342 |
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William Fitzwarine |
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28 Oct 1361 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Fitzwarine 25 Feb 1342 |
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28 Oct 1361 |
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Ivo Fitzwarine |
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6 Sep 1414 |
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Thomas ffrench,2nd Baron ffrench |
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Both the title and the family name are spelled
with a lower case double-'f'. |
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The 2nd Baron ffrench committed suicide in the
room of one of his sons at Trinity College, |
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Dublin, on 9 December 1814. The following
account of the inquest held into his death is |
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taken from "The Caledonian Mercury" of
26 December 1814. |
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'On Saturday an inquest was held by Alderman
Bloxham, Coroner, on the body of the late |
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Right Hon. Thomas ffrench. The Jury, after
identifying and examining the body, adjourned to |
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the Medical Lecture Room, in the College, where
the inquest was held. |
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'Surgeon Richard Stanley Ireland, deposed, that
the deceased came by his death by a ball |
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from a gun or pistol, passing through the right
side of his head. |
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'Matthew Rawden, sworn - is servant to Gonville
ffrench, Esq., and other young gentlemen of |
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the College; saw Lord ffrench, for the last time
alive, on Friday, about two o'clock; deceased |
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called witness into the room where the body is,
and told him to sign his name to a paper |
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which lay on the table; witness asked the
contents; deceased said, "no matter, sign your |
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name after mine;" witness did so; deceased
remarked (as witness thought in a jesting tone) |
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"you take up much room;" witness did
not remark any thing unusual, but thought that deceased |
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looked frightened, and paced the room backwards
and forwards very fast; witness remained |
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about five minutes in the room; then went to the
room of Mr Pakenham opposite; heard a shot; |
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did not know from whence it was fired; thought
it not extraordinary, as some young gentlemen |
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might amuse themselves by firing their pistols;
remained about half and hour, when he again |
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entered the room of Mr ffrench, it was full of
smoke; he saw Lord ffrench lying on the carpet, |
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with his face covered with blood; entered the
room by a key in his possession, merely about |
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his business; thinks he heard two shots, almost
at the same moment; is sure he was the first |
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who entered the room; he would have heard if any
other person entered; when he saw the |
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body, he returned immediately to Mr Pakenham's
room, and said there was a shocking sight |
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in the next room; Mr Pakenham, Mr Smyth, and
witness entered the room where the deceased |
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lay, and saw him, apparently dead; witness saw
the deceased at McDonald's Hotel, in Mary |
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Street, the day before; saw him during the day
on which this event happened; heard persons |
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say he appeared deranged; there was no person in
the room when witness signed the paper |
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[apart from Lord ffrench, one assumes]; it was a
printed paper, with the name of ffrench |
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subscribed. |
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'Mr Magrath, the Police Magistrate, here
produced a letter marked "private" directed to the |
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Hon. Thomas ffrench; it was found on the chimney
piece; it was sealed with wax, bearing the |
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impression of a tenpenny bank token. |
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'Counsellor O'Dwyer here said, that he conceived
it his duty to state to the Jury, that they |
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would exceed their duty by opening a letter,
which was the property of the Hon. Thomas |
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ffrench. It would be an outrage on the
sacredness of a seal, which no principle of law |
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authorised. |
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'Alderman Bloxham thought it his duty to submit
any document to the Jury which would tend |
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to satisfy their minds in giving their verdict;
however, he would wait to hear whatever evidence |
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would be produced. He said, that he could call
to mind no instance of Counsel being employed |
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in a case of this nature. |
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'Counsellor O'Dwyer answered, that in the course
of a practice of twenty years he had been |
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frequently heard at inquests. |
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'The letter was not opened. |
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'Christopher Hughes, examined - Knew the
deceased for many years; saw him last on Thursday, |
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in the hall of the Four Courts, between two and
three o'clock; observed that he looked more |
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joyous than a man under pressure of such
misfortunes could be supposed to do. Witness dined |
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with the deceased on Thursday last, at
Radcliffe's tavern; they drank small beer at dinner; had |
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no wine; deceased called for a glass of rum,
part of which he made into punch. Deceased |
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talked very incoherently, so as to impress
witness with a notion that he was insane; deceased |
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talked something of one man being fed on
venison, and another on mutton; but it was so |
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foolish that witness could not understand him;
witness dreaded some misfortune; on his oath |
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he did not consider deceased to be of sound mind. |
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Mr J. Ormsby, sworn - Knew the deceased 25
years; met him on Friday about one o'clock, at |
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the lower end of Nassau Street; he looked gloomy
and heavy; when witness approached, he |
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thought deceased looked wild, he held down his
head without saluting him; thought he must |
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have seen him; was always in the habit of
saluting witness; when he went home, he remarked |
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to his partner that Lord ffrench seemed distracted. |
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'R.B. Foster, Esq., sworn - the daughter of Lord
ffrench is married to the elder brother of |
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witness; he saw the deceased on Wednesday last,
and wished to speak to him; Lord ffrench |
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appeared unusually busy, and did not salute
witness; never passed witness before without |
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saluting him; thought the deceased rather sharp
sighted than otherwise; when he saw |
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deceased in this unusual mood, he was uneasy
lest he might have a duel on his hands; |
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attempted several times to speak to the
deceased, but was always avoided; he mentioned |
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this to a gentleman who was with him; witness
had a conversation with the deceased after- |
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wards; he appeared inconsistent both in mind and
manner; witness remarked the same to his |
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family. |
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'Peter Nugent Daly, Esq., sworn - Is an officer
in the 95th regiment; returned to this country |
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on Monday last; waited on Lord ffrench on
Tuesday; was received in a most friendly manner; |
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witness saw the deceased again on Thursday, in
Henry Street; witness was walking with an |
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officer, to whom he said, "This is Lord
ffrench." The officer remarked that he looked hurried |
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in thought; witness said, "How do you do,
my Lord?" deceased made no answer; he took |
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deceased by the hand, who looked wildly on
witness; asked several questions of deceased, |
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but received no answer; witness thought him mad,
and told his mother when he went home |
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that Lord ffrench would lose his reason. |
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'John Daniel Byrne, Esq., swore - that he and
the deceased were intimately acquainted; he met |
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him on Thursday in Charles Street; deceased
stared at witness without appearing to know him, |
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though he always treated witness with courtesy
and attention; he thought, at the time, that |
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deceased was deranged. |
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'Isaac Cahill, sworn - Is apprentice to Mr
Betagh, attorney; saw Lord ffrench last on Thursday, |
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in the Four Courts; he expressed to his Lordship
that he was glad a certain matter of business |
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had terminated as his Lordship wished; deceased
immediately started off, with seeming to |
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regard him; deceased had always been extremely
polite to him; he had waited on him on |
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Saturday last, to settle some professional
business; deceased began to talk of extraneous |
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matter, which had no relation to the business he
came about; was complaining to witness |
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of some treachery which witness could not
understand; deceased interrupted the business by |
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introducing various other subjects; deceased had
always been a man of uncommon precision |
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in business. |
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'John Ffrench Madden, Esq., sworn - Knew
deceased for many years; saw him last on Thursday; |
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did not consider him sound in mind; he observed
to his partner, Mr Kelly, that there seemed a |
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wonderful alteration of intellect in his Lordship. |
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'Richard Pakenham, Esq., sworn - Is a member of
the University; entered the room where |
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deceased lay, along with Rawden, the first
witness; observed deceased, as before described, |
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with a pistol in his hand; has seen Lord ffrench
often, but did not know him as an |
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acquaintance. |
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'The evidence ended here. |
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'There were two bags of papers found in the
room, which the Jury wished to inspect. To this |
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Counsellor O'Dwyer objected; they had no proof
that these papers were the property of the |
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deceased; they were found in the room of
Gonville ffrench, Esq., and it would be exceeding |
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the limits of their duty to inspect them. He
commented on the evidence which had been given. |
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He hoped that the Jury would not, by returning a
verdict, aggravate the misfortunes of this |
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afflicted family, by which the chattels and
goods of the deceased must revert to the Crown |
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[until 1961 English law considered suicide (or
attempted suicide) to be a crime punishable by |
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forfeiture of goods and property to the Crown
unless the suicide was the result of madness or |
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illness]; of this he had no apprehensions,
satisfied as he was, that their verdict would flow |
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from the evidence before them. |
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'The Jury, after consulting about half an hour,
returned a verdict of Insanity.' |
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Lord ffrench is described as being a 'prominent
banker.' In the Dublin "Freeman's Journal" of |
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9 December 1814, it is stated that "the
perplexities into which his Lordship was plunged, by |
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the unfortunate storm which had so unexpectedly
overtaken the great banking concern with |
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which he once had a connection, is the only
cause to which this melancholy catastrophe |
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can be traced." |
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The date of the second creation of the Dukedom
of Fife |
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The standard works of reference on the peerage
all state that the second creation of the |
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Dukedom of Fife occurred on 24 April 1900. The
creation was announced in the "London Gazette" |
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on that date (for the wording of the
announcement see the following note). The entry does not |
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include any date of the creation, and it appears
that the standard works of reference have |
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simply adopted the date of the Gazette as being
the date of creation. |
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Another website devoted to the peerage is that
maintained by David Beamish. David's excellent |
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page can be found at http://www.peerages.info/ I noted that his
page shows a date of |
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creation of the 2nd Dukedom of Fife of 16
October 1899. I therefore wrote to David, and he very |
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kindly provided me with additional information
in support of that date. David referred me to |
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C231/19, page 153, of the Crown Office Docket
Books held in the National Archives. Another |
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friend, Richard Rutter, who is also very
interested in matters pertaining to the peerage, has now |
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provided me with a photograph of the relevant
page referred to above. |
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The entry reads "Letters Patent granting
unto His Grace Alexander William George Duke of Fife |
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K.T. the dignities of an Earl and Duke of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the |
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respective names styles and titles of Earl of
Macduff in the County of Banff and Duke of Fife to |
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hold the same to him and the heirs male of his
marriage with Her Royal Highness Princess Louise |
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Victoria Alexandra Dagmar of Wales Duchess of
Fife with remainder to Lady Alexandra Victoria |
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Alberta Edwina Louisa Duff by the respective
names styles and titles of Countess of Macduff |
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aforesaid and Duchess of Fife and her heirs male
and in default of such issue with remainder to |
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Lady Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha
Duff by the same names styles and titles and |
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her heirs male and in default of such issue to
the after born daughters of the said Alexander |
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William George Duke of Fife by his aforesaid
marriage by the same names styles and titles and |
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their respective heirs male. Dated 16th October
1899. By Warrant." |
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My thanks to David and Richard for their
assistance in resolving this question. |
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The special remainders to the Earldom of Macduff
and Dukedom of Fife created in 1899 |
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From the "London Gazette" of 24 April
1900 (issue 27186, page 2605):- |
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"The Queen has been pleased, by Letters
Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of |
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Great Britain and Ireland, to grant the
dignities of Earl and Duke of the said United Kingdom unto |
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unto Alexander William George, Duke of Fife,
K.T., by the names, styles, and titles of Earl of |
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Macduff, in the county of Banff, and Duke of
Fife: With remainder to the heirs male of his body |
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by his marriage with Her Royal Highness Princess
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar of Wales. |
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With remainder in default of such issue to their
elder daughter, Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina |
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Louise Duff, commonly called Lady Alexandra
Victoria Alberta Edwaina Louise Duff, by the names, |
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styles, and titles of Countess of Macduff, in
the county of Banff, and Duchess of Fife: and after |
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her decease with remainder to her heirs male by
the names, styles, and titles of Earl of Macduff |
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and Duke of Fife." |
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The shipwrecking of the Duke of Fife and his
family in December 1911 |
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In late 1911, while on their way to Egypt, the
ship in which the Fife family were travelling was |
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wrecked off the coast of Morocco, near Tangier.
The following edited account of the family's |
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subsequent hardships appeared in "The
Times" on 14 December 1911:- |
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'The P. and O. liner Delhi, with the Duke and
Duchess of Fife and their two daughters, Princess |
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Alexandra and Princess Maud, among her
passengers on board, stranded in dirty weather at 2 |
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o'clock yesterday morning two miles off Cape
Spartel [at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, |
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12 km west of Tangier]. The Royal Party were on
their way to Egypt, where the Princess Royal |
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has wintered of late years. |
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'The fact having been reported by wireless
telegraphy and the ship's position appearing to be |
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critical, the torpedo-boat No. 93 immediately
proceeded at full speed from Gibraltar to the scene |
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of the occurrence, followed by the battleship
London, the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh, and the |
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Admiralty tug Energetic, towing the Gibraltar
lifeboat. Salvage steamers were also sent. Later |
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the cruiser Weymouth also left with an artillery
party and live-saving apparatus on board. The |
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Atlantic Fleet, which was to have left homeward
bound yesterday, was at once detained. |
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'The Royal Party were rescued, and the
passengers are reported to be in safety. Three seamen |
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of the French cruiser Friant, which had a
prominent part in the work of rescue, were drowned. |
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The boat carrying the Princess Royal, her
husband, and two daughters to the shore sank when |
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still some distance from the beach. All were
wearing lifebelts and floated to the surface, but were |
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terribly buffeted by the waves. Princess
Alexandra disappeared for a moment under the sea. |
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After suffering great hardships the party
reached Tangier. |
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'The following Marconi message has been received
from Cadiz:- "Royal party on board s.s. Delhi |
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desire following published in all English
papers:- 'S.s. Delhi to Queen Alexandra, London. All safe - |
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LOUISE' " |
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THE STRANDING OF THE DELHI - THE PRINCESS
ROYAL'S EXCITING EXPERIENCE (From our |
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Correspondent) - The P. and O. Liner Delhi ran
ashore at an early hour some three miles south |
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of Cape Spartel. The night was very black and
stormy with strong westerly winds and torrential |
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rains. It was about 2 a.m. when the vessel
struck and the passengers, amongst whom were the |
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Princess Royal, the Duke of Fife, and the
Princesses Alexandra and Maud, were immediately |
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summoned to the deck saloon. They had not time
even to dress, and some were in nightdresses |
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with such coats as they could pick up in the
hurry of the moment. The vessel took a list shortly |
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after striking, and the water entered the lower
cabins. |
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'Meanwhile, news had reached Tangier and the
French cruiser Friant proceeded to the scene of |
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the wreck. The sea was running very high, and
there was considerable difficulty in communic- |
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ating with the ship. Some women and children,
however, were transhipped safely to the |
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warships London and Duke of Edinburgh, which had
arrived from Gibraltar meanwhile. |
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An accident to Friant's vedette
[small naval launch] caused this transhipment
to be abandoned, |
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and I regret to have to relate that in saving
British passengers in a dangerous sea three French |
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sailors of the vedette lost their lives, being washed into the sea and drowned. |
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'Owing to the heavy sea that was running the
naval authorities decided that the Princess Royal |
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and her party must be landed on the shore, as
that course would be less dangerous than trans- |
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shipment. Shortly before 11 o'clock her Royal
Highness with the Princesses Alexandra and Maud |
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and the Duke of Fife went on board a boat
belonging to the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh, |
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accompanied by Rear-Admiral [Christopher]
Cradock (1862-1914). Very considerable difficulty |
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was experienced in getting into the boat, and
the ladies had literally to be dropped and caught. |
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When the boat was still some way from the shore
the breakers began to fill her, in spite of the |
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fact that the Duke and others bailed as hard as
possible. While the boat was still some distance |
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from the beach she filled and sank. The whole
party were wearing lifebelts, and they floated to |
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the surface of the water, where they were
terribly buffeted by the waves. Princess Alexandra |
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disappeared for a moment under the sea. However,
after great efforts and after the members |
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of the Royal party had been washed off their
feet in the shallower water they were safely |
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landed. |
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'The rain was falling in torrents and the gale
was fierce; and, drenched, cold, and clothed in |
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nightdresses and coats, the Princesses struggled
over the rocky shore to Cape Spartel light- |
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house, some four miles away. The track was only
a rocky path and the sufferings of the party |
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were extreme. On their arrival at the lighthouse
such clothing as could be found was given to |
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them and hot coffee was prepared. Sir Reginald
Lister [son of the 3rd Baron Ribblesdale, 1865- |
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1912], the British Minister, arrived a little
later at the lighthouse with spare horses and such |
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wraps as he had been able hurriedly to get
together. I accompanied him, and on our arrival |
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the Duke of Fife, who was still in his
nightshirt and was wearing a pair of lighthouse-keeper's |
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trousers, informed the Princess that a start
could be made for Tangier. Her Royal Highness, |
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who looked pale but was remarkably calm,
accompanied by the Princesses, came out from a |
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little room in which they had been warming
themselves by a wood fire. |
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'Having mounted mules, in pouring rain the weary
party set out for Tangier, some ten miles |
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distant. It is no exaggeration to say that all
were in a pitiable plight, clothed in such garments |
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as could be found in an African lighthouse,
cold, and wet. But in spite of this her Royal Highness |
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and all the party showed most remarkable courage
and pluck, and, during the long ride of over |
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three hours in pouring rain, concealed the
fatigue from which they were all undoubtedly suffering, |
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talking cheerfully the whole way. |
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'From those who had been with them in the ship
and in the boat when the accident that so |
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nearly proved fatal happened, I hear the same
account of the courage with which the Princess |
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Royal and all the members of the party faced
their great danger. |
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'It was after 6 o'clock this evening when the
Princess Royal, the Duke of Fife, and the two |
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Princesses, drenched with rain, arrived on
muleback, guided by the glimmer of a few native |
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lanterns, at the British Legation, where every
preparation had been made for their reception. |
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Their luggage remains on board the Delhi, and
they have no clothes except the lighthouse- |
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keeper's garments in which they made the journey
from Cape Spartel.' |
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Although he appeared to have survived his ordeal
with no ill-effects, the Duke caught a chill |
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which subsequently turned to pleurisy, and he
died less than two months later at Aswan in |
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Egypt. |
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The claims made for the Fitzwalter barony in
1841-1844 and 1924 |
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The following report appeared in "The
Times" on 19 July 1844:- |
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'Yesterday the House of Lords sat in a committee
for privileges, to hear the further proceedings |
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upon the claim to this barony, on the part of
Sir Brook William Bridges, Bart. |
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'Mr. Wigram [for the claimant] proceeded at
considerable length to sum up the evidence which |
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had been adduced before the committee, from
which it appeared that the barony of Fitzwalter |
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was a barony in fee, and that the first Baron
had been summoned to the Upper House in the |
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reign of Edward I; that in 1670 the barony had
devolved on Benjamin Mildmay, claiming through |
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his father, Robert Mildmay; that this Benjamin
had left issue, but that on the death of his second |
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son, also named Benjamin, in 1756, all issue in
that line had become extinct. The evidence then, |
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continued the learned counsel, had gone on to
establish that, exclusive of the said Benjamin |
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Mildmay, afterwards Lord Fitzwalter, the only
children of Robert Mildmay were an elder son, Henry, |
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who had died without issue, and an only
daughter, who had married Henry Mildmay of Graces; |
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and therefore that upon the extinction of the
descendants of the said Benjamin Mildmay, the |
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title would have fallen upon Mary Mildmay, if
she had been alive. It then appeared, that amongst |
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other children, this Mary Mildmay had had issue
a daughter named Lucy, who married Thomas |
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Gardiner, and a daughter named Frances, who
married Christopher Fowler, and a daughter |
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Catherine, who married Thomas Townsend. All the
children of Mary Mildmay died without ever |
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having had issue, with the exception of the said
Lucy, Frances, and Catherine. Now the present |
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claimant was by lineal descent the heir of
Frances Fowler. The learned counsel next went on to |
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show, that upon the evidence it had been clearly
proved that the descendants of Catherine |
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Mildmay had entirely failed, and that Lucy
Mildmay, afterwards Gardiner, her sister, had left no |
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other descendant than a grand-daughter named
Jemima, who had married one Robert Duke, |
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whose descendants, notwithstanding the most
diligent search and inquiries which had been made, |
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it had been impossible to find, and were
consequently supposed to be extinct. The result of the |
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evidence on the whole case, therefore, was, that
on the death of the last Baron Fitzwalter in |
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1756, the barony had fallen into abeyance
between Fanny Fowler, who married the grandfather |
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of the present claimant (Sir Brook Bridges),
Dame Lucy Bacon, and Jemima Duke, as the then |
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co-heirs of Mary Mildmay; that the said Dame
Lucy Bacon had afterwards died without issue, and |
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that no descendant of the said Jemima Duke could
now be discovered. Upon this state of facts it |
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was humbly submitted to their Lordships that the
barony had now either devolved absolutely on |
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the claimant, or that, if there should chance to
be existing a descendant of Jemima Duke, then |
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that the barony was in abeyance between the
claimant and such descendant, and their Lordships |
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were therefore prayed to report to the House
accordingly. |
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'The Solicitor-General [Sir Frederic Thesiger,
later Baron Chelmsford], who appeared for the first |
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time in this case, said he had carefully looked
through the evidence, which appeared to him to |
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have satisfactorily proved the pedigree which
had been put in. It afforded him pleasure, too, to |
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add that the present Lord Chief Baron [Sir
Jonathan Pollock], who had been Attorney-General |
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while the various witnesses had been undergoing
examination at their Lordships' bar, had enter- |
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tained a similar opinion as to the sufficiency
of proof. There were only two points, therefore, to |
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which he would draw the attention of the
committee - first, that there had not been any |
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evidence offered for the purpose of proving how
it had happened that a period of 88 years [i.e. |
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1756 to 1844] had been permitted to pass without
any attempt to set up a claim to the barony |
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being made; there had in truth been no endeavour
to show how it was that the barony had been |
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allowed to remain dormant for so many years; and
next, as to the insufficiency of evidence in |
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reference to the extinction of the branch of
Gardiner. He could not tell whether the committee |
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would consider the very little evidence, which
had been given upon that point in the case as |
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satisfactory, but at any rate it was his duty to
direct their attention to it. |
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'The Lord Chancellor did not think that there
was sufficient evidence to account for the |
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descendants of Jemima Duke. |
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'The Solicitor-General said, no doubt where a
lady in her station had contracted a marriage, as |
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appeared to have been the case, with a person
who was greatly her inferior, there would be |
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great difficulty in tracing out her descendants,
the moreso, too, as she and her husband and |
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family had gone abroad, and had not since been
heard of. |
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'The Lord Chancellor wished to hear what Mr.
Wigram had to say to these points. |
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'Mr. Wigram did not apprehend that delay would
be held as a bar to the claim. But the truth was |
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that until the present claimant there had not,
since 1756, been any descendant who had been |
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in a position to enable him to aspire to a seat
in their Lordships' House. He was quite aware that |
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with regard to the extinction of the Gardiners'
branch of the descendants, the evidence might |
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not be held to be sufficient, and therefore it
was that he had prayed, that if the committee |
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should not be of opinion that the barony had
devolved absolutely upon the present claimant, |
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then that they would be of opinion that the
barony was in abeyance between the claimant and |
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such descendant of the said Jemima Duke. |
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'The Lord Chancellor considered this last point
to have been clearly made out at all events - |
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namely, that the claimant was co-heir to the
barony. The question in this form was then under- |
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stood to be put by the noble chairman of the
committee, and that a report to that effect be |
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made to the House, and to be unanimously carried.' |
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Sir Brook Bridges had, therefore, been found to
be a co-heir to the barony of Fitzwalter. This |
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was a long way short of being found to be the
sole heir, and he never became the holder of the |
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ancient peerage. However, in 1868, he was
created Baron Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter, but |
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this title became extinct on his death in 1875 |
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More successful was Sir Brook Bridges'
great-nephew, in whose favour the abeyance was |
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terminated in 1924. His petition for the
termination of the abeyance was reported in "The Times" |
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of 27 May 1924:- |
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'A petition has been presented by Henry
Fitzwalter Plumptre, of Goodnestone Park, Canterbury, |
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claiming to be Baron Fitzwalter in the peerage
of England, or in the alternative a co-heir to the |
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barony, and asking that any abeyance in
existence may be determined in his favour. The petition |
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has been referred to the Committee for
Privileges to consider and report. |
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'Unlike many of the baronies by writ which have
been called out of abeyance during the last 100 |
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years, the Barony of Fitzwalter, which dates
from 1295, was actually enjoyed by a number of |
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successive generations of holders who were
summoned to Parliament and sat as lords 1295-1325, |
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1340-1360, 1369-1385, 1390-1404, and 1429-1430.
The widow of the third lord, Philippa de |
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Mohun, married the second Duke of York, who was
killed at Agincourt. The fourth [sixth] lord was |
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carried off as a slave by Barbary pirates. With
the death of the fifth [seventh] lord in 1431 the |
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direct male line of the original Sir Robert
Fitzwalter, of Woodham Walter, came to an end and the |
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barony passed to John Radcliffe, son of
Elizabeth, daughter of the fifth [seventh] lord, who had |
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married the son of Sir John Radcliffe, K.G. He
was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1485 |
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and sat until attainted for high treason in
connexion with Perkin Warbeck's claim to the Throne |
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in 1495. He was beheaded at Calais in 1496. His
son obtained a reversal of his father's attainder |
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in 1506 and was summoned as seventh [tenth] lord
in 1511. He was created Viscount Fitzwalter |
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in 1525 and Earl of Sussex in 1529, and, except
for the years 1553-1557, when the son of second |
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earl was summoned in his father's barony to the
House of Lords, the Barony of Fitzwalter was |
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merged in the Earldom of Sussex until the death
of the fifth earl in 1629, when it passed to the |
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descendants of the Lady Frances, daughter of the
second earl, who had married Sir Thomas |
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Mildmay. |
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'Her son, Sir Henry Mildmay, claimed the barony
in 1641 and 1645, but the times were disturbed |
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and unpropitious for his case [being during the
English Civil War], and his grandson Henry, a |
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minor, who claimed it after the Restoration,
died in 1662, before any decision had been reached. |
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Henry's brother Benjamin renewed the claim and
was summoned to Parliament as Lord Fitzwalter |
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in 1670. The barony was merged in the Viscountcy
of Harwich in 1730 and in the Earldom of |
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Fitzwalter in 1735 [sic - the Earldom was
created at the same time as the Viscountcy in 1730], |
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but when those became extinct in 1756 it fell
into abeyance between the descendants of Mary, |
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sister of Benjamin, the 14th [17th] lord, who
had married her kinsman Henry Mildmay. Their |
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great-great-grandson, Sir Brook William Bridges,
claimed the barony in 1841 and obtained a |
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favourable decision from the Committee for
Privileges in 1844. It was not, however, called out |
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of abeyance, but, by way of consolation, Mr.
Disraeli induced Queen Victoria to confer a Barony |
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of Fitzwalter of Woodham in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom upon the unsuccessful claimant |
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in 1868. The new creation became extinct in
1875, and Mr. Henry Fitzwalter Plumptre, great- |
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nephew of the late peer, is now claiming the
original barony, with its precedence of 1295.' |
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Plumptre's petition was successful, and the
abeyance was terminated on 30 September 1924. |
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