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WADDINGTON |
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4 Dec 1990 |
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David Charles
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2 Aug 1929 |
23 Feb 2017 |
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Created Baron Waddington for life 4 Dec 1990 |
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MP for Nelson and Colne 1968-1974, |
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Clitheroe
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Valley 1983-1990. Minister of State,Home |
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Office 1983-1987. Parliamentary Secretary |
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to the Treasury 1987-1989. Home Secretary |
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1989-1990. Lord Privy Seal 1990-1992 |
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Governor of Bermuda 1992-1997 PC 1987 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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WADE |
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28 Dec 1964 |
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Donald William Wade |
16 Jun 1904 |
6 Nov 1988 |
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Created Baron Wade for life 28 Dec 1964 |
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6 Nov 1988 |
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MP for Huddersfield West 1950-1964 |
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WADE OF CHORLTON |
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16 May 1990 |
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Sir (William) Oulton Wade |
24 Dec 1932 |
7 Jun 2018 |
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7 Jun 2018 |
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16 May 1990 |
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WAKE |
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1 Oct 1295 |
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John Wake |
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10 Apr 1300 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Wake 1 Oct 1295 |
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10 Apr 1300 |
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Thomas Wake |
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31 May 1349 |
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31 May 1349 |
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Margaret Plantagenet |
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29 Sep 1349 |
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John Plantagenet,3rd Earl of Kent |
7 Apr 1330 |
22 Dec 1352 |
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Joan de Holand |
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8 Jul 1385 |
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8 Jul 1385 |
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Thomas de Holand,2nd Earl of Kent |
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25 Apr 1397 |
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25 Apr 1397 |
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Thomas de Holand,3rd Earl of Kent |
1374 |
6 Jan 1400 |
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6 Jan 1400 |
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Edmund de Holand,4th Earl of Kent |
8 Jan 1384 |
18 Sep 1408 |
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18 Sep 1408 |
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WAKEFIELD |
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28 Jun 1934 |
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Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield,1st baronet |
12 Dec 1859 |
15 Jan 1941 |
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Created Baron Wakefield 20 Jan 1930 |
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15 Jan 1941 |
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and Viscount Wakefield 28 Jun 1934 |
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WAKEFIELD OF KENDAL |
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15 Nov 1963 |
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Sir William Wavell Wakefield |
10 Mar 1898 |
12 Aug 1983 |
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12 Aug 1983 |
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15 Nov 1963 |
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MP for Swindon
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St.Marylebone 1945-1963. |
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WAKEHAM |
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24 Apr 1992 |
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John Wakeham |
22 Jun 1932 |
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Created Baron Wakeham for life 24 Apr 1992 |
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MP for Maldon 1974-1983 and Colchester |
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South and Maldon 1983-1992. Minister of |
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State,Treasury 1982-1983. Parliamentary |
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Secretary
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Lord Privy Seal 1987-1988 and 1992-1994 |
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Lord President of the Council 1988-1989 |
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Secretary of State for Energy 1989-1992 |
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PC 1983 |
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WAKEHURST |
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29 Jun 1934 |
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Gerald Walter Erskine Loder |
23 Oct 1861 |
30 Apr 1936 |
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Created Baron Wakehurst 29 Jun 1934 |
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MP for Brighton 1889-1905 |
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30 Apr 1936 |
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John de Vere Loder |
5 Feb 1895 |
30 Oct 1970 |
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MP for
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Lewes 1931-1936. Governor of New South |
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Wales 1937-1946 and Northern Ireland |
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1952-1964. KG 1962 |
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30 Oct 1970 |
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John Christopher Loder |
23 Sep 1925 |
29 Jul 2022 |
96 |
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29 Jul 2022 |
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Timothy Walter Loder |
28 Mar 1958 |
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WALBERTON |
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9 Jan 1956 |
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Frederick James Marquis,1st Viscount Woolton |
24 Aug 1883 |
14 Dec 1964 |
81 |
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Created Viscount Walberton and Earl of |
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Woolton 9 Jan 1956 |
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WALDEGRAVE |
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20 Jan 1686 |
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Sir Henry Waldegrave,4th baronet |
1661 |
24 Jan 1689 |
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Created Baron
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20 Jan 1686 |
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Lord Lieutenant Somerset 1687-1689 |
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24 Jan 1689 |
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James Waldegrave |
1684 |
11 Apr 1741 |
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13 Sep 1729 |
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Waldegrave 13 Sep 1729 |
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PC 1735 KG 1738 |
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11 Apr 1741 |
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James Waldegrave |
4 Mar 1715 |
28 Apr 1763 |
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28 Apr 1763 |
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John Waldegrave |
28 Apr 1718 |
22 Oct 1784 |
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1754-1763. Lord Lieutenant Essex 1781-1784 |
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22 Oct 1784 |
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George Waldegrave |
23 Nov 1751 |
22 Oct 1789 |
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MP for Newcastle 1774-1780 PC 1782 |
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22 Oct 1789 |
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George Waldegrave |
13 Jul 1784 |
29 Jun 1794 |
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29 Jun 1794 |
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John James Waldegrave |
31 Jul 1785 |
31 Jul 1835 |
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31 Jul 1835 |
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George Edward Waldegrave |
8 Feb 1816 |
28 Sep 1846 |
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28 Sep 1846 |
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William Waldegrave |
27 Oct 1788 |
24 Oct 1859 |
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24 Oct 1859 |
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William Frederick Waldegrave |
2 Mar 1851 |
12 Aug 1930 |
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12 Aug 1930 |
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William Edward Seymour Waldegrave |
2 Oct 1882 |
30 Jan 1933 |
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30 Jan 1933 |
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Henry Noel Waldegrave |
14 Oct 1854 |
30 Dec 1936 |
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Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave |
21 Nov 1905 |
23 May 1995 |
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James Sherbrooke Waldegrave |
8 Dec 1940 |
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28 Jul 1999 |
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William Arthur Waldegrave |
15 Aug 1946 |
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Created Baron Waldegrave of North |
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Hill for life 28 Jul 1999 |
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MP for Bristol West 1979-1997. Secretary of |
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State for Health 1990-1992. Chancellor of the |
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Duchy of Lancaster 1992-1994. Minister for |
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Agriculture,Fisheries & Food 1994-1995. Chief |
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Secretary to the Treasury 1995-1997. PC 1990 |
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John Hay,2nd Earl of Tweeddale |
1626 |
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Created Lord Hay of Yester,Viscount |
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of Walden,Earl of
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Sir William Hood Walrond,2nd baronet |
26 Feb 1849 |
17 May 1925 |
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MP for Devonshire East 1880-1885 and |
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Tiverton 1885-1906. Chancellor of the |
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17 May 1925 |
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William George Hood Walrond |
30 Mar 1905 |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Richard de Waleys |
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Waleys 15 May 1321 |
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Stephen de Waleys |
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Elizabeth Neville |
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either extinct or dormant |
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Alexander George Walkden |
11 May 1873 |
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MP for
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Sir Michael John Dawson Walker |
7 Jul 1944 |
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Created Baron Walker of Aldringham for life |
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Sir Harold Walker |
12 Jul 1927 |
11 Nov 2003 |
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11 Nov 2003 |
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26 Sep 1997 |
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MP for Doncaster
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1 Oct 2002 |
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Sir Robert Walker |
17 Mar 1938 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1997-2002. Lord of |
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25 Mar 1932 |
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5 Feb 1976 |
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15 Feb 1913 |
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29 Dec 1980 |
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10 Jun 2004 |
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Margaret Mary Wall |
14 Nov 1941 |
25 Jan 2017 |
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25 Jan 2017 |
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2 Feb 1828 |
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Thomas Wallace |
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23 Feb 1844 |
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MP for Grampound 1790-1796, Penryn |
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28 Jun 1974 |
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George Wallace |
13 Feb 1915 |
23 Dec 1997 |
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23 Dec 1997 |
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28 Jun 1974 |
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WALLACE OF COSLANY |
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17 Jan 1975 |
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George Douglas Wallace |
18 Apr 1906 |
11 Nov 2003 |
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11 Nov 2003 |
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17 Jan 1975 |
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MP for Chislehurst 1945-1950 and Norwich |
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WALLACE OF SALTAIRE |
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19 Dec 1995 |
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William John Lawrence Wallace |
12 Mar 1941 |
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Created Baron Wallace of Saltaire for life |
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19 Dec 1995 |
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17 Oct 2007 |
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James Robert Wallace |
25 Aug 1954 |
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Created Baron Wallace of Tankerness for life |
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17 Oct 2007 |
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MP for Orkney and Shetland 1983-2001. PC 2000 |
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Advocate General for Scotland 2010-2015 |
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William Knollys |
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25 May 1632 |
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25 May 1632 |
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Viscount Wallingford 7 Nov 1616 and |
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Earl of Banbury 18 Aug 1626 |
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legitimate heirs |
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WALLOP |
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11 Jun 1720 |
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John Wallop |
15 Apr 1690 |
22 Nov 1762 |
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Lymington 11
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Portsmouth 11 Apr 1743 |
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WALLSCOURT |
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31 Jul 1800 |
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1 |
Joseph Henry Blake |
5 Oct 1765 |
28 Mar 1803 |
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28 Mar 1803 |
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remainder,in default of heirs male of his body,to |
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difficulties subsequently caused by the wording of |
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this remainder,see the note at the foot of this page |
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On his death the peerage was suspended |
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until 1806 |
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1806 |
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Joseph Henry Blake |
23 Jul 1795 |
11 Oct 1816 |
21 |
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11 Oct 1816 |
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Joseph Henry Blake |
2 Jun 1797 |
28 May 1849 |
51 |
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28 May 1849 |
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Erroll Augustus Blake |
22 Aug 1841 |
22 Jul 1918 |
76 |
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22 Jul 1918 |
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Charles William Joseph Henry Blake |
12 Jan 1875 |
27 May 1920 |
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27 May 1920 |
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5th Baron in particular,see the note at the foot |
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of this page |
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WALMSLEY |
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15 May 2000 |
B[L] |
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Joan Margaret Walmsley |
12 Apr 1943 |
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Created Baroness Walmsley for life |
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15 May 2000 |
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WALNEY |
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4 Sep 2020 |
B[L] |
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John Zak Woodcock |
14 Oct 1978 |
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Created Baron Walney for life |
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4 Sep 2020 |
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WALPOLE |
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6 Feb 1742 |
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Robert Walpole |
26 Aug 1676 |
18 Mar 1745 |
68 |
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Created Baron Houghton,Viscount |
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Walpole and Earl of Orford 6 Feb 1742 |
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1 Jun 1723 |
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Robert Walpole |
1701 |
31 Mar 1751 |
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Created Baron Walpole of Walpole 1 Jun 1723 |
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failing heirs male of his body,to his brothers, |
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Edward and Horatio,and to his father Sir Robert, |
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with remainder finally to the heirs male of the |
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body of his granfather Robert Walpole |
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He succeeded to the Earldom of Orford and |
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the Viscountcy of Walpole (qv) in 1745 |
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31 Mar 1751 |
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George Walpole,3rd Earl of Orford |
2 Apr 1730 |
5 Dec 1791 |
61 |
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5 Dec 1791 |
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Horatio Walpole,4th Earl of Orford |
5 Oct 1717 |
2 Mar 1797 |
79 |
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extinct
but the Barony of 1723 passed to |
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Horatio Walpole (see below under 4th baron) |
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4 Jun 1756 |
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Horatio Walpole |
8 Dec 1678 |
5 Feb 1757 |
78 |
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Created Baron Walpole of Wolterton 4 Jun 1756 |
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MP for Lostwithiel 1710, Castle Rising |
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1713-1715, Bere Alston 1715-1717, East |
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Looe 1718-1722, Yarmouth 1722-1734 and |
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Norwich 1734-1756. Chief Secretary Ireland |
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1720. PC [I] 1720
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5 Jan 1757 |
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Horatio Walpole,later [1806] 1st Earl of Orford |
12 Jun 1723 |
24 Feb 1809 |
85 |
2 Mar 1797 |
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MP for Kings Lynn 1747-1757 |
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24 Feb 1809 |
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Horatio Walpole,2nd Earl of Orford |
13 Jun 1752 |
15 Jun 1822 |
70 |
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15 Jun 1822 |
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Horatio Walpole,3rd Earl of Orford |
14 Jun 1783 |
29 Dec 1858 |
75 |
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29 Dec 1858 |
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Horatio Walpole,4th Earl of Orford |
18 Apr 1813 |
7 Dec 1894 |
81 |
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7 Dec 1894 |
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Robert Horace Walpole,5th Earl of Orford |
10 Jul 1854 |
27 Sep 1931 |
77 |
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27 Sep 1931 |
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Robert Henry Montgomerie Walpole |
25 Apr 1913 |
25 Feb 1989 |
75 |
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25 Feb 1989 |
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Robert Horatio Walpole
[Elected hereditary |
8 Dec 1938 |
8 May 2021 |
82 |
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peer 1999-2017] |
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8 May 2021 |
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Jonathan Robert Hugh Walpole |
16 Nov 1967 |
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Melusina von der Schulenberg |
c 1693 |
16 Sep 1778 |
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16 Sep 1778 |
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Countess of Walsingham for life 7 Apr 1722 |
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17 Oct 1780 |
B |
1 |
Sir William de Grey |
7 Jul 1719 |
9 May 1781 |
61 |
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Created Baron Walsingham 17 Oct 1780 |
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MP for
Newport 1761-1770 and Cambridge |
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University 1770-1771 Lord Chief Justice of the |
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Common Pleas 1771-1780
PC 1771 |
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9 May 1781 |
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Thomas de Grey |
14 Jul 1748 |
16 Jan 1818 |
69 |
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and Lostwithiel 1780-1781. Postmaster |
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General 1787-1794.
PC 1783 |
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16 Jan 1818 |
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George de Grey |
11 Jun 1776 |
26 Apr 1831 |
54 |
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26 Apr 1831 |
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Thomas de Grey |
10 Apr 1778 |
8 Sep 1839 |
61 |
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8 Sep 1839 |
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Thomas de Grey |
6 Jul 1804 |
31 Dec 1870 |
66 |
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31 Dec 1870 |
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Thomas de Grey |
29 Jul 1843 |
3 Dec 1919 |
76 |
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MP for Norfolk West 1865-1871 |
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3 Dec 1919 |
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John Augustus de Grey |
21 Mar 1849 |
21 Mar 1929 |
80 |
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21 Mar 1929 |
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George de Grey |
9 May 1884 |
29 Nov 1965 |
81 |
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29 Nov 1965 |
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John de Grey |
21 Feb 1925 |
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10 Feb 1961 |
B[L] |
1 |
Henry David Leonard George Walston |
16 Jun 1912 |
29 May 1991 |
78 |
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Created Baron Walston for life 10 Feb 1961 |
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29 May 1991 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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22 Jun 1762 |
B[I] |
1 |
John Olmius |
18 Jul 1711 |
5 Oct 1762 |
51 |
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Created Baron Waltham 22 Jun 1762 |
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MP for Weymouth 1737-1741 and 1761-1762 |
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and Colchester 1741-1742 and 1754-1761 |
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5 Oct 1762 |
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2 |
Drigue Billers Olmius |
12 Mar 1746 |
10 Feb 1787 |
40 |
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10 Feb 1787 |
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24 Jul 1989 |
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Sir John Nicholas Walton |
16 Sep 1922 |
21 Apr 2016 |
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21 Apr 2016 |
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24 Jul 1989 |
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WANDESFORD |
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15 Mar 1707 |
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Sir Christopher Wandesford |
19 Aug 1656 |
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15 Sep 1707 |
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Christopher Wandesford |
2 Mar 1684 |
23 Jun 1719 |
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Secretary at War 1717
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23 Jun 1719 |
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Christopher Wandesford |
1717 |
10 May 1736 |
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10 May 1736 |
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George Wandesford |
22 Sep 1687 |
25 Jun 1751 |
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25 Jun 1751 |
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John Wandesford |
24 May 1725 |
12 Jan 1784 |
58 |
15 Aug 1758 |
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Created Earl Wandesford 15 Aug 1758 |
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12 Jan 1784 |
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WANDSWORTH |
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19 Jul 1895 |
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Sydney James Stern |
1845 |
10 Feb 1912 |
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10 Feb 1912 |
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MP for Stowmarket 1891-1895 |
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WANTAGE |
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23 Jul 1885 |
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Sir Robert James Loyd-Lindsay VC |
16 Apr 1832 |
10 Jun 1901 |
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10 Jun 1901 |
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MP for Berkshire 1865-1885. Lord |
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Lieutenant Berkshire 1886-1901 |
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winner, see the note at the foot of this page |
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23 Mar 1644 |
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Sir Humble Ward |
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Created Baron Ward 23 Mar 1644 |
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14 Oct 1670 |
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Edward Ward,later [1697] 11th Lord Dudley |
1631 |
3 Aug 1701 |
70 |
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3 Aug 1701 |
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Edward Ward,12th Lord Dudley |
20 Dec 1683 |
28 Mar 1704 |
20 |
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28 Mar 1704 |
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Edward Ward,13th Lord Dudley |
16 Jun 1704 |
6 Sep 1731 |
27 |
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6 Sep 1731 |
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William Ward,14th Lord Dudley |
16 Oct 168- |
20 May 1740 |
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20 May 1740 |
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John Ward,later [1763] 1st Viscount Dudley and |
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6 May 1774 |
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6 May 1774 |
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John Ward,2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley |
22 Feb 1725 |
10 Oct 1788 |
63 |
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10 Oct 1788 |
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William Ward,3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley |
21 Jan 1750 |
25 Apr 1823 |
73 |
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25 Apr 1823 |
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John William Ward,4th Viscount Dudley and Ward |
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of Dudley,later [1827] Earl of Dudley |
9 Aug 1781 |
6 Mar 1833 |
51 |
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6 Mar 1833 |
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William Humble Ward |
9 Jan 1781 |
6 Dec 1835 |
54 |
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6 Dec 1835 |
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William Ward |
27 Mar 1817 |
7 May 1885 |
68 |
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WARD OF NORTH TYNESIDE |
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23 Jan 1975 |
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Dame Irene Mary Bewick Ward |
23 Feb 1895 |
26 Apr 1980 |
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Created Baroness Ward of North Tyneside |
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26 Apr 1980 |
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for life 23 Jan 1975 |
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MP for Wallsend 1931-1945 and Tynemouth |
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1950-1974 CH 1973 |
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WARD OF WITLEY |
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11 Nov 1960 |
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George Reginald Ward |
20 Nov 1907 |
15 Jun 1988 |
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Created Viscount Ward of Witley |
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15 Jun 1988 |
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11 Nov 1960 |
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MP for Worcester 1945-1960. Secretary |
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of State for Air 1957-1960. PC 1957 |
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WARDINGTON |
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17 Jul 1936 |
B |
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John William Beaumont Pease |
4 Jul 1869 |
7 Aug 1950 |
81 |
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Created Baron Wardington 17 Jul 1936 |
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7 Aug 1950 |
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Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease |
22 Jan 1924 |
6 Jul 2005 |
81 |
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6 Jul 2005 |
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William Simon Pease |
15 Oct 1925 |
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WARGRAVE |
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22 Nov 1922 |
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Sir Edward Alfred Goulding,1st baronet |
5 Nov 1862 |
17 Jul 1936 |
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Created Baron Wargrave 22 Nov 1922 |
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17 Jul 1936 |
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MP for Devizes 1895-1906 and |
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Worcestershire 1908-1922
PC 1918 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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WARING |
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18 Jul 1922 |
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Sir Samuel James Waring,1st baronet |
19 Apr 1860 |
9 Jan 1940 |
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Created Baron Waring 18 Jul 1922 |
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9 Jan 1940 |
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WARKWORTH |
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2 Oct 1749 |
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Algernon Seymour,7th Duke of Somerset |
11 Nov 1684 |
7 Feb 1750 |
65 |
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Created Baron Warkworth and Earl of |
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Northumberland 2 Oct 1749 |
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WARNER |
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29 Jul 1998 |
B[L] |
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Norman Reginald Warner |
8 Sep 1940 |
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Created Baron Warner for life 29 Jul 1998 |
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PC 2006 |
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WARNOCK |
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6 Feb 1985 |
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Dame Helen Mary Warnock |
14 Apr 1924 |
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Created Baroness Warnock for life 6 Feb 1985 |
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CH 2016 |
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WARRINGTON |
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17 Apr 1690 |
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Henry Booth,2nd Baron Delamer |
13 Jan 1652 |
2 Jan 1694 |
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MP for Cheshire 1678-1681. Lord Lieutenant |
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Cheshire 1689-1694.
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2 Jan 1694 |
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George Booth |
2 May 1675 |
2 Aug 1758 |
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2 Aug 1758 |
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22 Apr 1796 |
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George Harry Gray,5th Earl of Stamford |
1 Oct 1737 |
23 May 1819 |
81 |
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23 May 1819 |
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George Harry Gray,6th Earl of Stamford |
31 Oct 1765 |
26 Apr 1845 |
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26 Apr 1845 |
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George Harry Gray,7th Earl of Stamford |
7 Jan 1827 |
2 Jan 1883 |
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2 Jan 1883 |
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25 Oct 1926 |
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Sir Thomas Rolls Warrington |
29 May 1851 |
26 Oct 1937 |
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26 Oct 1937 |
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25 Oct 1926 |
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Lord Justice of Appeal 1915-1926. PC 1915 |
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11 Oct 2007 |
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Sayeeda Warsi |
28 Mar 1971 |
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Created Baroness Warsi for life 11 Oct 2007 |
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Henry de Newburgh |
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20 Jun 1123 |
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Created Earl of Warwick 1088 |
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20 Jun 1123 |
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Roger de Newburgh |
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William de Newburgh |
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Waleran de Newburgh |
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12 Dec 1204 |
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Henry de Newburgh |
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10 Oct 1229 |
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Thomas de Newburgh |
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26 Jun 1242 |
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26 Feb 1263 |
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William Mauduit |
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8 Jan 1268 |
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8 Jan 1268 |
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William de Beauchamp |
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9 Jun 1298 |
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9 Jun 1298 |
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Guy Beauchamp |
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10 Aug 1315 |
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Thomas Beauchamp |
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12 Nov 1369 |
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12 Nov 1369 |
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Thomas Beauchamp |
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8 Apr 1401 |
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8 Apr 1401 |
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Richard Beauchamp |
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30 Apr 1439 |
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30 Apr 1439 |
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Henry Beauchamp |
21 Mar 1425 |
11 Jun 1446 |
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5 Apr 1445 |
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Created Duke of Warwick 5 Apr 1445 |
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11 Jun 1446 |
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11 Jun 1446 |
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Anne Beauchamp |
Feb 1443 |
3 Jan 1449 |
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23 Jul 1449 |
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Richard Nevill |
22 Nov 1428 |
14 Apr 1471 |
42 |
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Created Earl of Warwick 23 Jul 1449 |
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14 Apr 1471 |
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Edward Plantagenet,1st Earl of Salisbury |
21 Feb 1475 |
24 Nov 1499 |
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18 Feb 1547 |
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John Dudley,1st Viscount Lisle |
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22 Aug 1553 |
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Created Earl of Warwick 18 Feb 1547 |
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5 Jan 1553 |
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John Dudley |
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21 Oct 1554 |
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Acceleration as Earl of Warwick 5 Jan 1553 |
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26 Dec 1561 |
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Ambrose Dudley |
c 1528 |
21 Feb 1590 |
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Robert Rich,3rd Baron Rich |
Dec 1559 |
24 Mar 1619 |
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24 Mar 1619 |
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Robert Rich |
May 1587 |
19 Apr 1658 |
70 |
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19 Apr 1658 |
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Robert Rich |
28 Jun 1611 |
29 May 1659 |
47 |
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29 May 1659 |
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Charles Rich |
1616 |
24 Aug 1673 |
57 |
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Robert Rich,2nd Earl of Holland |
c 1620 |
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Edward Rich,3rd Earl of Holland |
1673 |
31 Jul 1701 |
28 |
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Edward Henry Rich,4th Earl of Holland |
20 Jan 1698 |
16 Aug 1721 |
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16 Aug 1721 |
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Edward Rich,5th Earl of Holland |
1695 |
7 Sep 1759 |
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Francis Greville,1st Earl Brooke |
10 Oct 1719 |
6 Jul 1773 |
53 |
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10 Jul 1999 |
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Diana Warwick |
16 Jul 1945 |
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Created Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe |
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11 Jan 2011 |
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Gordon Joshua Wasserman |
26 Jul 1938 |
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Creared Baron Wasserman for life 11 Jan 2011 |
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17 Jul 1446 |
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John Talbot,1st Earl of Shrewsbury |
1390 |
17 Jul 1453 |
63 |
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19 Aug 1789 |
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George de la Poer Beresford,2nd Earl of |
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Tyrone |
8 Jan 1735 |
3 Dec 1800 |
65 |
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Created Marquess of Waterford |
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19 Aug 1789 |
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3 Dec 1800 |
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Henry de la Poer Beresford |
23 May 1772 |
16 Jul 1826 |
54 |
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PC [I] 1801 KP
1806 |
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16 Jul 1826 |
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Henry de la Poer Beresford |
26 Apr 1811 |
29 Mar 1859 |
47 |
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at the foot of this page |
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29 Mar 1859 |
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John de la Poer Beresford |
27 Apr 1814 |
6 Nov 1866 |
52 |
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6 Nov 1866 |
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John Henry de la Poer Beresford |
21 May 1844 |
23 Oct 1895 |
51 |
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MP for Waterford 1865-1866. Lord |
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Lieutenant Waterford 1874-1895. KP 1868 |
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23 Oct 1895 |
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Henry de la Poer Beresford |
28 Apr 1875 |
1 Dec 1911 |
36 |
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KP 1902 |
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1 Dec 1911 |
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John Charles de la Poer Beresford |
6 Jan 1901 |
25 Sep 1934 |
33 |
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25 Sep 1934 |
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John Hubert de la Poer Beresford |
14 Jul 1933 |
11 Feb 2015 |
81 |
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11 Feb 2015 |
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Henry Nicholas de la Poer Beresford |
23 Mar 1958 |
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15 Jun 1792 |
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Sarah Cavendish |
1 Apr 1740 |
4 Aug 1807 |
67 |
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Created Baroness
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15 Jun 1792 |
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4 Aug 1807 |
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Sir Richard Cavendish,3rd baronet |
13 Jul 1765 |
1 Jun 1830 |
64 |
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1 Jun 1830 |
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Henry Manners Cavendish |
8 Nov 1793 |
31 Mar 1863 |
69 |
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Knaresborough 1830-1832, |
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Derbyshire South 1832-1835 and Lichfield |
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1854-1856 |
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31 Mar 1863 |
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Henry Anson Cavendish |
14 Apr 1839 |
3 Aug 1912 |
73 |
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3 Aug 1912 |
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Charles Frederick Cavendish |
11 May 1883 |
27 Jan 1932 |
48 |
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27 Jan 1932 |
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Henry Sheppard Hart Cavendish |
18 May 1876 |
26 Nov 1948 |
72 |
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26 Nov 1948 |
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Frederick Caryll Phillip Cavendish |
6 Oct 1926 |
16 Oct 2013 |
87 |
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16 Oct 2013 |
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Roderick Alexander Cavendish |
10 Oct 1959 |
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3 Dec 1326 |
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Sir Robert de Watevyll |
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6 May 1330 |
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Watevyll 3 Dec 1326 |
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19 Nov 1733 |
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Thomas Watson-Wentworth |
13 Nov 1693 |
14 Dec 1750 |
57 |
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Baron Wath,Baron Harrowden, |
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Viscount Higham and Earl of Malton |
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10 May 1972 |
B[L] |
1 |
Tudor Elwyn Watkins |
9 May 1903 |
2 Nov 1983 |
80 |
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2 Nov 1983 |
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2 Nov 2015 |
B[L] |
1 |
Mary Jane Watkins |
5 Mar 1955 |
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Created Baroness Watkins of Tavistock for life |
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2 Nov 2015 |
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26 Jun 1964 |
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Harold Arthur Watkinson |
25 Jan 1910 |
19 Dec 1995 |
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Watkinson |
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19 Dec 1995 |
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26 Jun 1964 |
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MP for Woking 1950-1964. Minister of |
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Transport and Civil Aviation 1955-1959. |
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Minister of Defence 1959-1962. PC 1955 |
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28 Apr 1880 |
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William Watson |
25 Aug 1827 |
14 Sep 1899 |
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14 Sep 1899 |
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MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities |
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1876-1880. Solicitor General [S] 1874-1876 |
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Lord Advocate 1876-1880. Lord of Appeal |
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in Ordinary 1880-1899.
PC 1878 |
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6 Nov 1997 |
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Michael Goodall Watson |
1 May 1949 |
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Created Baron Watson of Invergowrie |
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for life 6 Nov 1997 |
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MP for Glasgow Central 1989-1997 |
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23 Jul 1999 |
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Alan John Watson |
3 Feb 1941 |
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Created Baron Watson of Richmond for life |
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23 Jul 1999 |
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21 Nov 2022 |
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Tom Anthony Watson |
8 Jan 1967 |
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Created Baron Watson of Wyre Forest for life |
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21 Nov 2022 |
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23 Oct 2015 |
B[L] |
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David Leonard Watts |
26 Aug 1951 |
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Created Baron Watts for life 23 Oct 2015 |
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MP for St Helens North 1997-2015 |
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22 Jul 1943 |
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Sir Archibald Percival Wavell |
5 May 1883 |
24 May 1950 |
67 |
1 May 1947 |
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Viscount Keren and Earl Wavell 1 May 1947 |
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24 May 1950 |
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Archibald John Arthur Wavell |
11 May 1916 |
24 Dec 1953 |
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10 Apr 1873 |
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Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair,2nd baronet |
25 Aug 1811 |
15 Feb 1886 |
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Sir John Anderson |
8 Jul 1882 |
4 Jan 1958 |
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Seal 1938-1939. Home Secretary 1939-1940. |
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Lord President of the Council 1940-1942. |
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Chancellor of the Exchequer 1943-1945. |
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David Alastair Pearson Anderson |
18 Feb 1911 |
21 Feb 1990 |
79 |
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21 Feb 1990 |
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John Desmond Forbes Anderson [Elected hereditary |
31 Oct 1949 |
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27 Oct 1919 |
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William Hall Walker |
25 Dec 1856 |
2 Feb 1933 |
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2 Feb 1933 |
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10 Jan 1906 |
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Philip James Stanhope |
8 Dec 1847 |
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1 Mar 1923 |
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MP for Wednesbury 1886-1892, Burnley |
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1893-1900 and Harborough 1904-1905 |
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15 Jul 1992 |
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Bruce Bernard Weatherill |
25 Nov 1920 |
6 May 2007 |
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Created Baron Weatherill for life 15 Jul 1992 |
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6 May 2007 |
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MP for Croydon Northeast 1964-1992 |
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Speaker of the House of Commons 1980-1992 |
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WEBB JOHNSON |
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22 Jun 1948 |
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Sir Alfred Edward Webb-Johnson,1st baronet |
4 Sep 1880 |
28 May 1958 |
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28 May 1958 |
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22 Jun 1948 |
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20 Jul 1977 |
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Kenneth William Wedderburn |
13 Apr 1927 |
9 Mar 2012 |
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Created Baron Wedderburn of Charlton |
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9 Mar 2012 |
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21 Jan 1942 |
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Josiah Clement Wedgwood |
16 Mar 1872 |
26 Jul 1943 |
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Created Baron Wedgwood 21 Jan 1942 |
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MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1906-1942. |
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
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26 Jul 1943 |
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Francis Charles Bowen Wedgwood |
20 Jan 1898 |
22 Apr 1959 |
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22 Apr 1959 |
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Hugh Everard Wedgwood |
20 Apr 1921 |
25 Apr 1970 |
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Piers Anthony Weymouth Wedgwood |
20 Sep 1954 |
29 Jan 2014 |
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Antony John Wedgwood |
31 Jan 1944 |
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9 Jul 1956 |
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Sir Ronald Morce Weeks |
13 Nov 1890 |
19 Aug 1960 |
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Created Baron Weeks 9 Jul 1956 |
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19 Aug 1960 |
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28 May 2010 |
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Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei |
19 Jan 1977 |
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Created Baron Wei for life 28 May 2010 |
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13 Aug 1677 |
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John Campbell,Earl of Caithness |
1635 |
28 Mar 1717 |
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Viscount of Tay and Paintland,and |
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25 Jun 1976 |
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Sir Arthur George Weidenfeld |
13 Sep 1919 |
20 Jan 2016 |
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20 Jan 2016 |
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17 Jul 1980 |
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Sir Arnold Weinstock |
29 Jul 1924 |
23 Jul 2002 |
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23 Jul 2002 |
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25 Jun 1938 |
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Sir William Douglas Weir |
12 May 1877 |
2 Jul 1959 |
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Secretary of State for Air 1918. PC 1918 |
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2 Jul 1959 |
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James Kenneth Weir |
10 Sep 1905 |
16 Aug 1975 |
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William Kenneth James Weir |
9 Nov 1933 |
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16 Nov 2022 |
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Peter Weir |
21 Nov 1968 |
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Created Baron Weir of Ballyholme for life 16 Nov 2022 |
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16 Apr 1894 |
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Sir Reginald Earle Welby |
3 Aug 1832 |
30 Oct 1915 |
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30 Oct 1915 |
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6 Feb 1299 |
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Sir Adam de Welles |
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Welles 6 Feb 1299 |
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Robert de Welles |
1 Jan 1297 |
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Adam de Welles |
22 Jul 1304 |
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John de Welles |
23 Aug 1334 |
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John de Welles |
20 Apr 1352 |
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Lionel de Welles |
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Richard de Welles |
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Thomas Knox |
20 Apr 1729 |
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Lady
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The following biography of Lady Henrietta
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"Parade":- |
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'Between 1734 and 1737 London devotees of the
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riotous
and quarrelsome factions in one of the bitterest little wars in theatrical
history. Idol of |
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one
party was Signor Buonocini's company at the Haymarket whose resplendent star
was the |
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famous "castrate," Farinelli, brought
at vast expense from his native Italy. On the other hand |
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was Mr Handel's troupe at Covent Garden,
dominated by the handsome, robust and swaggering |
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figure of the English tenor John Beard.
"That vile race of operatic eunuchs" was how Beard's |
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admirers contemptuously described his
falsettovoiced rivals whose piercing notes delighted the |
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fashionable Haymarket audiences. And any
possible doubts about John Beard's complete |
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masculinity were soon dispelled when he became
the centre of one of the most startling amorous |
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scandals of the
18th century. |
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'In
those days it was regarded as perfectly natural if any well-bred gentleman
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his leisure hours by keeping a stage player as
a mistress. But when an aristocratic young widow, |
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bearing one of the noblest names in Britain,
ran off with an actor it was a different kettle of fish |
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altogether. However, the moralists were
eventually consoled by the fact that the bewitching, |
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beautiful and sensuous Lady Henrietta Herbert
paid a heavy price for her romance with John |
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Beard.
Ruined, disgraced and condemned to years of poverty and degradation, she was
dead |
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at the age of 35, "sunk into the grave
under the weight of her woes." |
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'No one could have prophesied such a dismal
fate when Henrietta Waldegrave, daughter of the |
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first Earl Waldegrave, was born in a manor
house in Essex in 1717. Her mother died when she |
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an infant and she saw little of her father, who spent most of his life as a
diplomat abroad |
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and was for 10 years English Ambassador in
Paris. As it was, the earl's children, Henrietta and |
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her
two young brothers, had plenty of influential kinsmen who were prepared to
take care of |
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in their father's absence. Until the age of 13
Henrietta lived in the household of her grandmother, |
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the eccentric, painted and spendthrift old
dowager Lady Waldegrave [Henrietta FitzJames 1667- |
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1730]
who was the illegitimate daughter of King James II and Arabella Churchill.
When the |
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died, leaving a mass of debts owing to dancing masters, dressmakers and
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merchants,
Henrietta was transferred to the custody of her maternal grandparents, Sir
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Lady Webb. |
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'In her teens the girl was already a celebrated
beauty with a small, delicate figure, slender waist, |
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sparkling
black eyes and "the air of an accomplished coquette." Because of
her amorous |
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disposition,
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speedily as possible. Fortunately she had no
lack of suitors. For two years the Webbs conducted |
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negotiations with various potential husbands
until finally in the autumn of 1733 they received an |
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offer that satisfied their demands for wealth
and nobility. An envoy arrived from the aged Marquis |
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of Powis seeking Henrietta as a bride for his
younger son, Lord Edward Herbert, in exchange for a |
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marriage
settlement of £25,000. |
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Powis's
elder son was a middle-aged roué who showed no inclination to take a wife and
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before
he died. Henrietta, aged 17, almost fainted from disgust when she curtseyed
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betrothed
as he stepped from the coach that drove him up to the Webbs' mansion in
London. |
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Lord Edward was a dull, sickly, pompous man of
46, prematurely aged by debauchery, suffering |
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from gout and dropsy and obviously with one
foot in the grave. Nevertheless, consoled by the |
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thought that she would soon be a wealthy widow,
Henrietta accepted him, and in July 1734 she |
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became Lady
Henrietta Herbert. |
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'Four months later Edward considerately died
while taking the waters at Bath leaving his widow |
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pregnant and old Powis jubilant at the prospect
of a grandson at last. However, to the fury of |
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the marquis, the child was a girl - a
circumstance that was to have a disastrous effect on the |
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future of its wayward mother. In his rage of
frustration Powis refused to hand over Henrietta's |
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promised marriage settlement, starting a bitter
and costly legal dispute that dragged through the |
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courts for years afterwards. At first the loss
of the money meant little, for Lady Henrietta had |
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her own family resources and the lovely, gay
young widow cut a dashing figure at the court of |
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King George II. King George himself
"delighted in her conversation" and she had many suitors who |
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would have been only too glad to share the
nuptial bed vacated by Lord Edward Herbert. |
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'Then one fateful evening, probably late in
1736, Henrietta was one of a court party visiting the |
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Covent Garden opera, and for the first time she
laid eyes on the rising singer John Beard. Beard |
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was then barely 20, one year older than
Henrietta. He was a fine actor and an impressive stage |
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figure,
standing over six feet tall, with a voice "of such power and sweetness
as the English |
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theatre had never known." |
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'He had begun his career as a poor tradesman's
son singing in the choir of the Chapel Royal where |
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King
George and his family attended services. There he was discovered by George
Frederick |
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Handel, the German composer who had settled in
London, and at 18 he made his operatic debut |
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in Handel's Pastor Fido at Covent Garden.
Within a few years Beard was the rage of the faction |
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supported Handel's English singers against the Italian "castrati"
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company. |
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'Lady
Henrietta became one of Beard's most enraptured admirers. Night after night
she appeared |
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a box at Covent Garden until her infatuation was the joke of the fashionable
world. It was |
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even reported that she helped finance the paid
"claques" of ruffians who often set the Haymarket |
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audiences in uproar by hooting and brawling
during the Italians' performance. Yet, after she |
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first saw Beard on the stage, 18 months were to
pass before Lady Henrietta met her idol in the |
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flesh. How she contrived the meeting remained a
mystery. According to one story she made an |
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assignation through the help of an actress, who
was the mistress of a court acquaintance. |
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Another rumour claimed that she brazenly
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to sing at a private concert staged by Handel
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'Whatever the truth, by the summer of 1738
London society was buzzing with the sensational |
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story that the aristocratic widow and the
handsome player were lovers. The acid-tongued Lady |
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Mary Wortley-Montagu commented that "since
my lady was capable of such low amours she |
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would doubtless bestow her favours next on a
good-looking porter or hackney coachman." |
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Henrietta's brother, John, a young officer in
the Foot Guards, reacted even more savagely to |
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the
news of his sister's degrading liaison. John Beard, he told Henrietta
angrily, already |
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notoriously kept a common actress as a mistress
and "lay with her every night in a bawdy house |
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20 paces from Covent Garden Theatre." When
this brotherly advice was rejected, Lieutenant |
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Waldegrave philosophically added, "Well, I
see there is no prudence to be expected below the |
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girdle," [this remark is also attributed
to Lord Egmont] and declared he would have nothing to do |
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with her in future. Most of Henrietta's friends
charitably hoped that her amorous adventure would |
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be of fleeting duration, but an even more
shocking surprise awaited them. |
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'By early in 1738 the cutthroat competition
between the rival opera companies had ended in both |
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crashing into bankruptcy and Beard's operatic
career had come to an end. Handel turned to the |
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composition of his famous oratorios. Beard
remained his favourite tenor and, since, the singer was |
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also
an accomplished actor, he found additional work on the dramatic stage. |
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'Saturday, January 8, 1739, was a particularly
busy day for John Beard. In the afternoon he sang |
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a leading role in Handel's new oratorio Saul.
In the evening he appeared in a play at Drury Lane. |
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At midnight he married Lady Henrietta Herbert.
The parson had been bribed to silence. The |
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The
ceremony took place in an obscure suburban church and several months elapsed
before |
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Henrietta dared disclose the secret marriage.
Then in the hope that the scandal would die down, |
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the pair fled to Lille in France from where
Henrietta sent a stream of letters to her father in Paris |
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begging for his help and forgiveness. Earl Waldegrave ignored every plea. A year
later when, a |
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dying man he was recalled from his ambassador's
post he went to his deathbed still refusing to |
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see or listen to her. |
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'Back in England, Henrietta found herself
ostracised by court and society and within a few years |
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sickness
and poverty added to the misfortunes of the ill-starred lovers. Through
Handel's |
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patronage Beard continued his career as a
singer and actor, appearing in the first productions of |
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The Messiah, Samson, Belshazzar and the
master's other famous oratorios. But his salary was |
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meagre and as his popularity waned a swarm of
creditors descended on the lodgings he occupied |
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with
Henrietta in the dingy purlieus of Holborn. Henrietta's efforts to extort her
marriage |
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settlement from the Powis family were fruitless
and she was forced to hand over her infant |
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daughter to guardians appointed by the
unrelenting marquis. |
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'In 1750 the couple's fortunes suffered another
blow when Beard was beaten up by thugs on his |
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way home from the theatre and incapacitated for
months from appearing on the stage. A year |
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later they drifted into a worse slum district
near Covent Garden after Henrietta had pawned the |
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sole
remaining relics of the jewels and fine dresses that had once dazzled the
court of King |
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George.
And there - worn out by illness, debts, despair and the loss of her beauty -
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forgotten
Lady Henrietta died on May 31, 1753, on the eve of her 36th birthday. Her
lover |
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survived
her by nearly 40 years [he died 5 February 1791] - ending his days in modest
prosperity |
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after
taking as his second wife the daughter of the manager of Drury Lane Theatre.
Lady |
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Henrietta's
epitaph was spoken by one of her friends of happier days: "She made a
sacrifice of |
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reputation, riches, beauty and life itself upon
the altar of Venus." |
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George Waldegrave, 5th Earl Waldegrave |
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The 5th Earl drowned in the Thames shortly
before his 10th birthday. 'The Times' of 2 July |
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1794 reported his death:- |
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'On Sunday afternoon,
about four o'clock, the Earl of Waldegrave, a youth about ten years |
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of age, was unfortunately drowned while he was
bathing in the Thames, near a field called |
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the Brocas, in the parish of Eton. His Lordship
was educating at Eton school, and going out |
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with two of his companions, the latter were
induced, from the heat of the day, to bathe, but |
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desired his Lordship. As the water was deep,
and he not an expert swimmer, not to venture |
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in. Lord Waldegrave however jumped into the
river, and was never perceived to rise, as it is |
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supposed he got entangled among the weeds. The
body was not found till Monday morning, |
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and was taken up close by the place where he sunk.' |
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George Edward Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave |
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Waldegrave appears to have been a wild young
man, who was constantly in the news for all |
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the wrong reasons. His most serious brush with
the law occurred on 5 June 1840, Waldegrave, |
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Captain William Duff and two other men became
involved in a scuffle with Police Constable |
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Charles Wheatley in a street at Hampton, now a
south-western suburb of London, and close |
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to Twickenham. Wheatley was badly beaten about
the head with a bludgeon and Waldegrave |
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and his friends fled the scene, with Waldegrave
and Duff being subsequently arrested and |
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charged with assault. |
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The following account of this affair is taken
from 'The Examiner' of 21 February 1841:- |
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'On Friday, the 5th of June [1840], at past
midnight, a hired fly, containing four persons, drove |
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into the quiet town of Hampton. The oaths and
vociferations of the party were described as |
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profane and obscene in the extreme. On being
spoken to by the horse-patrol, they became yet |
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more violent; and on a policeman coming up they
assaulted him in a most brutal manner, one |
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of them striking him on the head with a
bludgeon, or 'life preserver.' Leaving him on the ground |
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in that state, they drove off furiously, having
alarmed the inhabitants by their yells and |
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vociferations. |
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'By the number of the fly, which the patrol
succeeded in taking, the owner was traced. It was |
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ascertained that the vehicle was hired in the
name of the Earl of [sic] Waldegrave; and that |
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his Lordship, with three others - one of whom,
Captain Duff, was also identified - were taken |
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up at his Lordship's villa at Twickenham - the
whole party being attired in masquerade dresses - |
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that they proceeded to Kingston, where there
was a fair; and that after amusing themselves |
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by annoying the quietly-disposed part of the
company, and aiding the swell mob by creating |
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confusion in the fair, of which the pickpockets
took the advantage, they returned yelling like |
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infernals, and fright[en]ing the sleeping
inhabitants of the villages through which they passed.' |
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When the matter came before the Courts, the
Chief Justice, Lord Denman, suggested, as |
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punishment,
that Waldegrave and Duff make a payment in compensation to the injured |
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policeman. A storm immediately broke in the
newspapers, with furious editorials being published, |
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roundly condemning Lord Denman for applying one
law for the rich and another for the poor. |
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The papers delighted in pointing out that a
working man had been sentenced to 15 years' |
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transportation for a far lesser assault on a
policeman. The public's perception of 'one law for |
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the rich and another for the poor' had, no
doubt, been recently confirmed by the acquittal |
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of the notorious Earl of Cardigan for fighting
a duel with Harvey Tuckett. |
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Public opinion finally swayed the authorities
to try Waldegrave and Duff in May 1841. This |
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time, both were found guilty and sentenced to
six months' imprisonment. His life in prison |
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does not appear to have been too harsh, since
his wife and servants were allowed to live |
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with him until his release in November 1841. He
died 5 years later, on 28 September 1846, |
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aged only 30. |
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The barony of Wallscourt |
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This peerage was created on 31 July 1800, one
of 16 peerages created on that day. The |
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patent creating the peerage included a special
remainder "in default of the issue male of his |
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body, to the heirs male of the body of his father." |
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The peerage appears to have been created in
recognition of the first Baron's father, who, since |
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he was a Catholic in a time prior to Catholic
emancipation, was not able to be granted any |
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honours or office. His son, however, was a
convert to Anglicanism, although some cynics believed |
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his
conversion to be somewhat of a sham, and that he converted so as to place
himself in a |
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position where a peerage could be granted to him. |
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The
potential situation that the special remainder failed to take into account
was what would |
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happen
if the first Baron Wallscourt died without male issue during the lifetime of
his father. |
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This is exactly what happened, since when the
1st Baron died on 28 March 1803, his father was |
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still alive, and he remained alive until 19
January 1806. |
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On
the death of the 1st Baron therefore, it could be argued that the peerage had
become |
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extinct,
since at that point there were no heirs in existence. The peerage was,
however, treated |
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as being in suspense until the death of the 1st
Baron's father, when the peerage was claimed by |
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the 1st Baron's nephew, the son of the 1st
Baron's deceased younger brother. On the death of |
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the 2nd Baron, the peerage passed to his
cousin, who was the son of the youngest brother of |
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the first peer. It is worth noting that none of
the subsequent Barons Wallscourt ever dared to |
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draw
any attention to the legitimacy of their peerage by seeking election as an
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representative peer, nor did they ever seek to
vote in any such elections. |
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While the holders of the peerage sought to
avoid publicity, the younger generations of the family |
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seemed
unable to avoid it - unfortunately, all the publicity they received was of a
negative |
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nature.
The youngest daughter of the 4th Baron, Margaret Phyllis Farrington, died in
July 1910, |
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when
she died following an overdose of the chloroform which she habitually used to
help her |
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sleep. But it was the 5th and last Baron
Wallscourt who generated the worst publicity. He |
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married,
in 1897, Ellen Mayo, widow of P. Boisset. Before he succeeded to the peerage
in 1918, |
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he
had often graced the police courts for various offences, and had been
convicted of gross |
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brutality and cruelty to his wife. In October
1915, when he was a lieutenant in the Royal |
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Welsh Fusiliers, he was court-martialled for
drunkenness and being absent without leave. He was |
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bankrupted on at least two occasions. |
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After his death in 1920, his long-suffering
widow committed suicide in February 1921. The report |
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on her death which appeared in 'The Times' on 9
February 1921 reads:- |
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'Ellen
Lady Wallscourt, widow of the fifth Baron Wallscourt, to whom she was married
in 1897, |
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was found dead on Monday evening at her flat in
Marine-square, Brighton. |
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'As there was no response to repeated knockings
at the front door, which was locked, Constable |
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Edwards,
who had been called to the house, entered the next house and forced the
balcony |
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window of the flat. He found Lady Wallscourt
lying dead in bed dressed in her night attire. Her |
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right arm was supporting her head, and the left
arm was lying across the body. |
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'On a table beside the bed was a small bottle
containing white powder and an empty glass. There |
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was also a black-edged envelope addressed to
the coroner. On a piece of paper was written, "My |
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name is Elinor Lady Wallscourt." There was
also a note: "Mr. Donne [a local solicitor] will tell you |
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why I had to put an end to my awful misery." |
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The de Grey family (Barons Walsingham) and the
"Babes in the Wood" |
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The
story of the "Babes in the Wood" is one of the most enduring of all
English traditions. It is |
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based on the story of two Norfolk children
whose cruel uncle caused them to be abandoned in |
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the woods, where the children died. Their story
was first told in a ballad published in 1595, and |
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modern scholarship indicates that the story is
based on factual events. |
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The
following [edited] article relating to the de Grey family and the Babes in
the Wood appeared |
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in the Wellington, New Zealand "Evening
Post" of 28 March 1930:- |
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'John de Grey, Baron Walsingham, recently died,
leaving large estates in the County of Norfolk. |
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His family was an ancient one. But of all his
possessions and claims to distinction there was none |
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which
he valued more highly than the fact that he owned the wood where the
"Babes of the |
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Wood" of the famous nursery and pantomime
tale were left to die by their wicked uncle. |
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'One
of Lord Walsingham's ancestors was, it is asserted, the father of the
unfortunate babes, |
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and another ancestor was the unspeakable uncle.
That his family were involved in the crime did |
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not
embarrass Lord Walsingham in the least, for the legend has become hallowed by
the |
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centuries. Few old stories are more familiar
than the "Babes in the Wood," but it will probably |
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come as a surprise to many to hear that these
children and their heartless uncle were real |
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people, related to some of the great families
in the peerage. |
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'Lord Walsingham's principal country seat was
Morton Hall, Thetford. Upon this estate is a place |
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called Wayland Wood, and near the wood is a
very ancient house called Griston Hall, reputed to |
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be "the cruel uncle's house." It was
here, according to tradition, that the babes were left by |
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their uncle before they were taken out by his
hired ruffians into the wood to die. The locality |
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is wild and lonely, and one feels that an
atmosphere of sorrow and mystery still haunts the place. |
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'The great oak under which the dead babies were
said to have been found covered with leaves |
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was destroyed by lightning in 1879. Many people
came to gather chips from the tree. Today |
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visitors frequently ask permission to cut a
stick of the wood as a souvenir. |
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'The tragedy is believed to have occurred about
1562, soon after the reign of Henry VIII, who |
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had
close relations with the de Grey family. The story was first published in
1595 under the |
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title, "Babes in the Wood," with the
sub-title, "The Norfolk Gent, His Will and Testament and |
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Howe he Commytted the Keeping of His Children
to His Owne Brother, Who Delte Most Wickedly |
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with Them and howe God Plagued Him for It." |
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'In
the original version the name of the father was given as Arthur Truelove,
obviously an |
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invention. According to tradition he was a
member of the de Grey family. The author dared not |
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venture to make dangerous statements about the
powerful de Grey family under their right name. |
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'The boy was called Cassander, and the girl
Jane.......the first Jane mentioned in the de Grey |
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pedigree
was Jane Bennett, who lived about 1560, and was the wife of William de Grey,
who |
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owned Griston Hall, Merton, "the wicked
uncle's house." She was presumably the mother of the |
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babes. |
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'The story is that the Norfolk gentleman died
as a young man, leaving a son, aged three, and a |
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daughter, aged two. Their mother died at nearly
the same time, and the two children were placed |
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in a dangerous position in that turbulent age.
To each child the father left a handsome fortune, |
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but he provided that if they died during their
minority the money was to go to their uncle. |
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'The dying father entrusted the two children to
the care of his brother with solemn and earnest |
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prayers to protect them Soon after his
brother's death the uncle hired two ruffians to murder the |
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children.
One of the men relented and quarrelled with the other, whom he killed. The
survivor, |
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instead
of murdering the children, left them in Wayland Wood, a gloomy place, where
little |
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children might easily be lost. |
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'They wandered about, trying to satisfy their
hunger with blackberries, the juice of which they |
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mistook for blood. Finally they died at night
of cold and terror. The story was put in ballad form |
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soon
after its first publication. According to a passage in the ballad, the robin
red-breasts |
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covered the children with leaves. |
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'After describing the tragedy, the narrative
goes on to tell how everything went wrong with the |
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uncle after his wicked deed:- |
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"His barns
were fired, his goods consumed, |
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His cattle
died within the field, |
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And nothing
with him staid." |
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'The uncle's two sons deserted him and went
privateering in the Spanish Main. In the end:- |
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"He
pawned and mortgaged all his land, |
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Ere seven
years came about." |
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'The bad man was thrown in prison for debt, and
there died in misery. Before he died the ruffian |
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he had employed and who left the children in
the wood confessed. The ballad concludes with a |
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warning to those who are made guardians of
fatherless children to be faithful to their trust. |
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'It has now been proved that there was at about
this time a Robert de Grey who was much hated |
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and got into many mysterious difficulties.
There is little doubt that he was the model for "the |
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Wicked Uncle." The records show that
Edmund de Grey bought Griston Hall in 1541. |
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'The little boy's uncle was Robert de Grey, to
whom the estate would descend in case the life |
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owner died without children. There had been a
quarrel between Robert and his older brother, |
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William, who nevertheless entrusted his
children to him and left him a legacy on condition, as his |
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will of 1562 says, "that he confesseth he
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'An old document states that the little boy was
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This fact was perhaps embellished with romantic
and tragic details to make up the popular story |
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and ballad. |
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'The facts prove that Robert de Grey was much
disliked among the country people, both because |
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he was suspected of doing away with this nephew
and for other reasons. He was several times |
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imprisoned in Norwich and in London, and was
heavily fined. He died a bankrupt. |
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'From
the time of his death the tragic legend became fixed on Wayland Wood. Robert
de Grey, |
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"the Wicked Uncle," abandoned Griston
Hall as his residence and set about rebuilding Merton Hall, |
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which is still the chief seat of the de Greys. |
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"The fact remains that the legend has been
passed down from generation to generation, and in |
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the summer time this wood is visited by many
anxious to see the spot where the Wicked Uncle |
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lost the Babes in the Wood and to view the old
house in which he lived," said the present Lord |
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Walsingham. "It has a great fascination
for children, and older persons are nearly as much |
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interested in it." |
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'Merton
Hall has also many strange legends connected with it. An ancient castle stood
on the |
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spot long before "the Wicked Uncle"
began the present building with his presumably ill-gotten |
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wealth. |
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'Merton Park is a place alleged to be haunted
by ghosts and goblins, witches and fairies. Recently |
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there
was found here a human skeleton without a head buried with ancient coins and
weapons. |
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is supposed that this was some unfortunate member of the family whose head
had been |
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removed on the block and whose body alone could
be recovered. Some people declare that the |
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headless ghost haunts the park at night calling
for its lost head. |
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'The lives of two children seem but a trifle in
all the bloodshed and tragedies that have happened |
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in this historic region, but the art of an old
country ballad writer has made their story immortal.' |
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George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham and his
wife |
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Lord and Lady Walsingham both died as a result
of a fire in their residence on 26 April 1831. The |
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following account appeared in "The Times'
of 28 April 1831:- |
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'This morning [26 April 1831] a fire, dreadful
rather in its consequences to human life than for the |
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ravages of the flames, broke out at the
residence of Lord Walsingham, at No. 55, Upper Harley |
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Street, Cavendish Square. Many versions are
given of the origin of the melancholy accident. The |
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fire was first discovered by Wm. Wigram, Esq.,
the bank director, who resides in the next house |
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to that of Lord Walsingham, and who was on his
return from a party. Mr. Wigram instantly |
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communicated
the alarm to the constable on duty, and sent his own servants to knock at
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door. They had some difficulty in alarming the
family, the servants all sleeping in the back part |
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of
the house. The flames were at this time bursting out of the bedroom window of
the Noble |
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Lord, the front room of the second pair. |
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'As
soon as the servants could be alarmed, they proceeded to the room of the
Noble Lord, and |
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found
it completely one mass of flame and smoke, through which it was impossible to
proceed so |
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as to ascertain what had become of his
Lordship. A party of police, under the orders of Scholfield, |
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who had been attending at a rout in Manchester
Square, arrived; and the whole neighbourhood |
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being
at this time alarmed, the streets were much crowded.; the activity of the
officers, |
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however,
preserved order for the working of the fire-engines, which rapidly arrived;
those of the |
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Royal
Exchange, the County, and the Sun, in which office the premises were, we
hear, insured to |
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insured
to a very considerable amount, were soon in attendance, having observed the
flames |
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from the Hampstead road, where they had been
endeavouring to extinguish a fire that had broken |
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out at an earlier hour in the morning on the
premises of Mr. Baylis, an extensive pawnbroker, at |
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the corner of Eden Street. |
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'They
commenced playing on the upper part of the house, which was now one volume of
vivid |
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flame; and others which also came up directed
their exertions to the safety of the adjoining |
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houses. The furniture in these last was hastily
removed, and by the exertions used by the |
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firemen, who obtained a speedy supply of water,
the flames were prevented from spreading. |
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'Mr.
Braithwaite's fire-engine, worked by steam, was also in attendance, and
serviceable after it |
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had been got to work. |
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'The
servants of the house proceeded to the apartment of Lady Walsingham, who
slept in a back |
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room on the same floor with his Lordship, and
communicated the alarm of fire; it is to be |
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regretted that, instead of opening her door and
going down stairs with the servants, she did not |
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adopt the certainty of security which it
afforded. In the agitation and hurry of mind consequent |
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upon
the alarm, she attempted to escape by jumping out of the window into a back
yard, where |
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she was found soon after lying in an outhouse,
in the most shocking state of mutilation; both |
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her thighs were fractured and her arms broken.
She was immediately after being found conveyed |
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with
all care into a stable in Devonshire Mews. Dr. Clarke, his Lordship's medical
adviser, and |
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some
other professional gentlemen who had learned the dismal tidings, were in
constant |
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attendance upon the unfortunate lady, until
death released her from her sufferings, about half- |
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past five o'clock. |
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'It
renders the death of Lady Walsingham the more melancholy, to think that her
life could have |
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been saved had she opened the door and
descended the staircase with the servants, all of |
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escaped with safety. |
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'As
soon as the flames were partially subdued, the drawing-room and lower part of
the house |
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having remained comparatively uninjured, the
servants and officers proceeded to the apartments |
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of the Noble Lord, and found his remains in a
state of almost entire destruction, the extremities, |
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hands and feet, were literally consumed to
ashes, and the head and skeleton of the body alone |
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remained presenting any thing like an
appearance of humanity. It was impossible to recognise the |
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melancholy remnant of mortality, so entirely
had the flames wrought the work of destruction. The |
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remains
were removed to the stable in which the mangled body of Lady Walsingham lay,
and |
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there a Coroner's inquest was to have been held
this day, before the Coroner for Middlesex. |
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'The
origin of the fire cannot as yet be ascertained, but from its having broken
out in the |
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sleeping-room of the deceased Peer, shortly
after his Lordship, who had, it was stated, been |
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out at a party, retired to rest, it is
conjectured he left the taper lighted by the bed side, and |
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having fallen asleep without extinguishing it,
the flames were thereby communicated. |
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Mr. Lazenby, the superintendent, and Inspectors
Stride and Adamson, of the D division, were on |
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the spot soon after the fire broke out, and by
the exertions of the men under their command, |
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succeeded in saving the greater part of the
valuable property, which was removed to the |
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adjoining houses and watch house. |
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'Yesterday,
at 11 o'clock, a jury, consisting of the most respectable inhabitants of the
parish, |
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sat at the Weymouth Arms, Weymouth-street, on
the bodies of Lord Thomas and Lady Matilda |
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Mary
Walsingham. Sir Peter Laurie was present, and interested himself in the
melancholy |
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investigation. [Laurie was Lord Mayor of London
1832-1833] |
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'Mary Rolfe stated that she was lady's-maid to
the deceased, and was with her ladyship on |
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Tuesday night, about 10 o'clock, when her
ladyship retired to bed. She left her ladyship in bed |
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without
fire or candle. Lord Walsingham slept in another apartment on the second
floor, on the |
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opposite
side of the staircase. Witness slept in a spare room on the stor[e]y over
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Walsingham's
room. She went to bed about 11 o'clock, and awoke about 2, when she was |
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alarmed by the noise of water running. She
opened her bed-room window, and called fire. She |
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ran down stairs in her night clothes and
escaped; but she could not tell how, she was in such |
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a state of terror…….There were 4 rooms on the
second floor, and witness did not see the fire |
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in his lordship's room till some time
afterwards. She saw Lady Walsingham after she leapt from |
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the window in dreadful agony, and observed that
she [Lady Walsingham] believed her lord was |
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burnt. She did not state why she leapt from the
window instead of going down the staircase. |
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'John Richard Ellmore, of New Cavendish-street,
surgeon, stated that he was called in soon after |
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2
o'clock that morning, to attend Lady Walsingham. He found her ladyship
dreadfully wounded in |
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a loft over the coachman's stable. On
examination found a cut on the forehead, another over the |
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eye, the nose broken, and both thigh bones
fractured; the greater part of the bone of one |
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protruded just above the knee joint three of
four inches. The right arm was broken, the elbow of |
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which was literally crumbled to pieces.
Notwithstanding these numerous severe injuries, her |
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ladyship was perfectly sensible, expressed
strong anxiety for the fate of Lord Walsingham, |
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continually
exclaiming that "he must be lost," and wished to know if anything
had been heard of |
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him.
Archdeacon de Grey, the brother-in-law of Lord [Lady?] Walsingham, was
present, and |
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asked
if her ladyship had any wish respecting the execution of a testamentary
paper, and she |
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replied
she was so confused and agonized, as to be incapable. She was in a dying
state, and a |
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clergyman
was introduced who prayed with her, and a little before 6 o'clock she emitted
from her |
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stomach
a great quantity of blood; she was suffocated. Before she expired, she stated
that she |
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was
awoke by the smoke, which filled her room, and she opened the window and
threw herself |
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on
the leads below. She said she believed the fire had broke out in Lord
Walsingham's room, and |
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she
had previously expressed to Dr. Clarke her fear that some serious accident
would occur |
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through his lordship's carelessness. |
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'Jane Mills, housemaid to the deceased, was
awoke by the ringing of bells, about 2 o'clock, in |
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either her lord or lady's bed-room. Got up
instantly, and Lady Walsingham's maid said the house |
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was on fire. Witness said,
"nonsense," but ran downstairs on observing smoke, and opened Lord |
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Walsingham's room-door. Observed the bed
drapery and the clothes in flames; the smoke and |
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heat were so oppressive she could only call
out, and receiving no answer, she ran through Lady |
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Walsingham's room, and she [Lady Walsingham]
asked what was the matter? Witness replied his |
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lordship's bed-curtains were on fire. She ran
to another room to get water, but before she |
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could het it, and return to his lordship's room
with the water, a voice called to her to escape, |
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and she put the water down, and escaped
downstairs. There was no fire then in her ladyship's |
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room,
and she might have escaped with ease if she had had presence of mind. His
lordship |
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always had a candle and fire in his room. |
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'A fireman deposed to finding his lordship's
body, burnt to a cinder, in the ruins of the drawing- |
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room, at 6 o'clock that morning. |
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'Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, summed up, and the
jury returned a verdict - "That the deaths of the |
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deceased were caused accidentally, and by
misfortune." |
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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay VC, 1st Baron Wantage |
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Lindsay
(he added the additional name of Loyd in 1858) was a Senior Subaltern and
Captain |
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in
the Scots Fusilier Guards during the Crimean War. Following his actions at
the Battle of the |
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Alma (20 September 1854) and the Battle of
Inkerman (5 November 1854), Lindsay was |
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awarded the Victoria Cross. |
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Although the order of the Victoria Cross was
not established until 1856, it was backdated to |
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1854 so as to recognise acts of valour
performed during the Crimean War. |
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Lindsay's award was gazetted on 24 February
1857, the citation reading as follows:- |
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'When the formation of the line of the regiment
was disordered at Alma, Captain Lindsay |
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stood firm with the colours, and by his example
and energy greatly tended to restore order. |
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At Inkerman, at a most trying moment, he, with
a few men, charged a party of Russians, |
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driving them back, and running one through the
body himself.' |
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William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward |
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According to a report in the 'Chicago Daily
Tribune' of 7 September 1902, which reports upon |
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the appointment of the 2nd Earl of Dudley as
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the 2nd Earl's |
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grandfather,
the 10th Baron Ward "was in holy orders [and] displayed towards the
latter |
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portion of his life such an unconquerable
aversion not merely to ecclesiastical vestments but |
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even to ordinary clothes that he used
constantly to be found wandering about the country |
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roads and lanes in the garb of Adam prior to
the fall. Indeed, whenever he could manage to |
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escape his keepers he would at once proceed to
dispense with his attire, no matter what the |
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condition of the weather or where he happened
to be." |
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Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick (creation of
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Warwick was tried in the House of Lords on 28
March 1699 for the murder of Richard Coote. The |
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following
account of the events which led up to his trial was written by Martin Hume
and |
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published in 'The English Illustrated Magazine'
for November 1898:- |
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'It
was a dark, rainy night at the end of October 1698. In an upper room of the
Greyhound |
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Tavern
in the Strand, hard by Charing Cross, there sat drinking deeply a roistering
crew of fine |
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gentlemen
in flowing periwigs and gold-laced coats. Among them were the Earl of Warwick
and |
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Holland,
a very great personage indeed; Lord Mohun, the famous duellist, who six years
before |
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had
been an accessory to the murder of Mountfort, the actor, in Howard Street,
Strand; and |
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three
other gentlemen bearing the King's commission. Most of them had wandered from
tavern to |
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tavern
all the afternoon, and at eight o'clock in the evening had settled down at
the Greyhound |
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to
make a night of it. While the carouse was in full swing the company was
joined by a bosom |
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friend
of the Earl's, called by courtesy Captain Richard Coote, whose ensign's
commission in the |
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Guards, which two months before had cost four
hundred guineas, had been partly paid for with |
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money lent by the Earl. |
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'Coote was a quarrelsome young swashbuckler in
his cups, and at one o'clock in the morning took |
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umbrage at something that Captain French had
said or done. As a quarrel seemed brewing, the |
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reckoning was called for and paid, and the six
gentlemen trooped downstairs to the tavern bar, |
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there to take a parting glass. Tapsters and
porters were sent shouting down the Strand for |
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coaches, but the night was tempestuous and the
hour late, and no coaches were to be had. In |
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the meanwhile Coote had again fallen out with
French. "Damn ye, sirrah," he shouted, "I shall |
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smile when I like and frown when I like!"
"Nay, Dick," said Mohun, "there shall be no fighting |
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tonight!" And Lord Warwick, more sober
than the rest, also sought to appease the rising storm. |
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But when the porters came back to say that they
could find no coaches, but that two chairs |
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were
at the door, they heard the clash of arms, and found Lords Warwick and Mohun
with Coote, |
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outside the bar, their swords drawn, facing
French, James, and Docwra, who were behind the bar |
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flourishing their weapons. But soon the arms
were sheathed, and the company wended their way |
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to the door, while the attendants shouted for
more chairs to take them home. |
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'Into
the two chairs that were standing there Coote and French entered. "We
will settle this |
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business at once," said the former. But
Mohun interfered. "Whither go ye, Dick?" said he to Coote. |
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"Where
but to Leicester Fields to settle with this rogue?" was the reply.
"That shall ye not," said |
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Mohun. "There shall be no fighting
tonight, and I will pink the first man who tries it." Then he |
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invited his friends to come to his lodgings to
crack another bottle or two. But the would-be |
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combatants
threatened the poor chairmen to stick them through if they did not trot off
to |
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Leicester Fields; and only when Warwick and
Mohun talked of calling the watch and the Guard |
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from Whitehall, did Coote and French leave the
sedan chairs and re-enter the tavern. Soon six |
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chairs
were collected at the door. The Lords put Coote into the first one, and
themselves |
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entered the next two, ordering the three to go
towards Westminster. But when they reached the |
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corner
of St.Martin's Lane, where the post-office now stands, Coote directed his
chairmen to |
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turn
up the lane. The two noblemen behind him called to them to stop, and brought
their chairs |
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abreast.
There again in the road they renewed their entreaties that Coote would defer
his quarrel |
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and
accompany them to Westminster; but as they were reasoning with him, the
chairs containing |
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the
three other gentlemen swung past them up St. Martin's Lane, just visible
through the night |
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by
the dim lanterns they carried. At the sight of them Coote whipped out his
sword, and swore |
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that he would stick it into his front chairman
if he did hurry on to overtake them. "Well," said |
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Mohun,
"if ye will, ye will, and I will see ye through with it," and up
St.Martin's Lane trotted the |
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chairmen at their best pace, after those who
had passed them on the way. |
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'Through the mire and slush, by narrow
Hemming's Row and Green Street, all deserted and silent |
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at
this hour of the morning, they reached the lower corner of Leicester Fields,
where the |
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chairmen were bidden to halt and set down their
passengers. The neighbourhood was a quiet and |
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aristocratic one, the field around it only just
developing the streets. At the upper side of the |
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square
was the great mansion of the Earls of Leicester, occupying the site of the
present |
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Leicester Place. To the west of this, where the
Empire now stands, was the stately Savile House, |
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and beyond it, a tavern called the Standard;
and other fine mansions were arising on the other |
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sides of the square, among them being the house
of the Marquis of Carmarthen, who only a few |
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months before had entertained there his
boon-companion, the great Czar Peter. The centre of |
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the fields was enclosed by an iron railing,
with an entrance to each of the sides, wide enough |
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only for a foot-passenger to pass through. |
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'The three leading chairs had set down their
passengers at the upper end of the square; and as |
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their chairmen plodded their way back again to
Charing Cross, glad to be free to go home for |
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the
night, they passed the chairs that had brought Warwick, Mohun, and Coote,
still standing |
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at the corner of Green Street. In answer to
inquiry as to why they waited there, the bearers |
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said they only tarried to light their pipes;
but it may be questioned whether curiosity or the |
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chance of a profitable job had not a share in
their delay. In any case, the statements of those |
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men throw the only impartial light that exists
upon the event that followed. Warwick, Mohun, and |
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Coote wended their way up the square past where
the Alhambra now stands, and entered the |
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so-called fields in the centre, where,
doubtless, French, James, and Docwra awaited them. |
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'According to their own statement, the three
chairmen at the corner of Green Street very shortly |
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afterwards heard excited cries of "Chairs!
Chairs!" from the fields, and hurried up to the railings |
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at the upper end, where Lord Warwick excitedly
begged the first comers to life the sedan over |
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the rails. The men demurred at this, as they
said they could not lift it back again with a man |
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inside. While they were arguing thus, Captain
French staggered out of the nearest passage with |
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his sword in his hand. "I am a dead
man," he groaned; "take me to the Bagnio in Long Acre!" And |
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with this he entered the chair and was carried
off. Next Lord Warwick issued from the fields |
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bleeding copiously from a wound in his right
hand, his sword covered with blood from hilt to point, |
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and entering the second chair, called for a
handkerchief to bind up his hand, and ordered the |
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bearers to take him also to the Bagnio to have
his wounds dressed. When the third chairman |
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entered the fields with a lantern they found
two gentlemen, whom they professed to be unable |
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to identify, holding up Coote, who was mortally
wounded. The gentlemen, they said, seemed |
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greatly distressed at Coote's condition, and
earnestly begged the men to lift their chair over the |
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rails that the dying man might be carried away.
Who was to pay, the men asked, for the damage |
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that would be done to the vehicle by the blood?
Besides, if they lifted it over how could they get |
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it back again? Promises of lavish reward - a
hundred guineas, if needful - at last prevailed upon |
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them to do as they were asked, the chair being
broken in the process. With the unconscious man |
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huddled up bleeding to death in their broken
chair, the bearers soon found themselves alone, for |
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the two gentlemen sought safety in flight. In
dire distress the men clamoured for the watch; but |
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one guardian of the peace came after the other,
and sagely shook his head. This was a serious |
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business, and great gentlemen were mixed up in
it. It was safer to let it alone - besides, they |
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belonged to another ward. At last, when Captain
Coote was dead in real earnest, a posse bolder |
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than
the rest marched the unoffending chairmen to the lock-up, and carried the
corpse of |
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Captain Coote to the Round House in St.
Martin's Lane. |
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'In
the meanwhile, Lord Warwick and French were being cared for by the surgeon at
the Bagnio. |
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The Earl on his arrival was intensely agitated,
and showed deep concern for the condition of |
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French, a fact which was afterwards used to his
disadvantage at his trial. He had begged the |
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servants who had admitted him to the Bagnio to
deny his presence to any person who might |
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inquire there for him; and when, some half-hour
later, a loud knocking was heard at the door, |
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the Earl himself insisted on going down and
reconnoitring through the spyhole in the door. When |
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he found it was James and Docwra, he
unhesitatingly welcomed them, another point which went |
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against him. Attention was called to the fact
that while the Earl's sword was red - he said from |
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the wound in his hand, which had filled the
hilt and sheath with blood - and Coote's sword, which |
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had been brought in by James, was slightly
stained, the weapons of the other three gentlemen |
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had no marks of blood upon them. At three
o'clock in the morning, the whole company, except |
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French,
who was too ill to be moved, left the Bagnio, and the Earl appears to have
made |
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immediate arrangements for flight. Mohun's
share in the affray is not certainly known. On his |
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trial before his peers for manslaughter, when
he was acquitted, he asserted that he had been |
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wounded
in the hand during the preliminary affray at the tavern, and at the fatal
fight was |
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unable to draw his sword. |
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'The next day, Oct. 30, all fashionable London
was astir with the news of the encounter. It was |
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found that Coote had two wounds, either of
which would have been mortal, both on the left side; |
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and
it was contended that these, from their position, could hardly have been
dealt by an |
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adversary in front of him. Warwick asserted
that he had stood by his friend Coote's side, to |
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defend him against his assailants, and told the
story of the fight next day to some friends at the |
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Ship
and Castle Tavern on Cornhill, that French had killed Coote, whilst he,
Warwick, was |
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engaged
with James. But news reached him in the City from the Court end of the town
that |
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public
gossip spoke already of him as the homicide. His sword, it was said, was
alone stained with |
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blood;
he had shown more concern for French's hurt than was likely if he knew that
the latter |
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had
killed his dear friend Coote; he had sought concealment at the Bagnio, and
his agitation was |
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marked;
he welcomed James and Docwra with effusion, though, according to his version,
they |
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had
sided against him; he had spoken of flight to the country as soon as he
entered the Bagnio. |
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The
King was in Holland and Parliament was not sitting. Warwick had no relish for
languishing in a |
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gaol
until he could claim the privileges of his peerage, and when he learnt that
all fingers pointed |
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to
him as the murderer of his friend while pretending to defend him, he fled to
the coast and |
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thence
to France; and Mohun also placed the sea between himself and pursuit. The
three |
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commoners
were in due course arrested and put upon their trial for manslaughter at the
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Bailey.
They were found guilty and adjudged light sentences, French escaping
punishment by |
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pleading
clergy, in which cases burning in the hand was nominally substituted for
imprisonment, |
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but was usually remitted by the King. |
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'When Parliament met early in the following
year, 1699, the two peers surrendered themselves to |
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be
tried by the House of Lords. A Royal Commission was issued by the King, a
special court |
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erected
in Westminster Hall, and, under the Presidency of the Lord Steward (Somers),
with all |
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the
pomp and ancient circumstance usual at the trial of a peer, the Earl of
Warwick was |
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arraigned
for murder. It is difficult at this time to understand why this was done, as
the three |
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commoners
concerned in the affair had only been indicted and convicted of manslaughter;
and |
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the
evidence against the Earl was purely presumptive and circumstantial. He
contended that the |
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blood
on his sword came from his own wounded hand, that the dead man was his
dearest friend, |
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that
far from gaining by his death, he had lent him large sums of money; that from
the very |
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beginning
of the quarrel, he (the Earl) had acted the part of peacemaker, and only when
he saw |
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his
friend assailed by superior numbers had he drawn to defend, not to injure
him. The |
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prosecutors
- the law officers if the Crown - tried their hardest to prove that the
wounds of the |
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dead
man were such as would be made by the Earl's sword, which was stated to be a
broad one; |
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but they had to deal with a stolid surgeon who
made the post mortem
examination. He knew |
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nothing;
was unable to judge; could not say; refused to commit himself, and so on,
until the Lord |
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Steward
had firmly to rebuke him for his obvious unwillingness. A grave
Constitutional question |
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arose
during the Earl's defence. The remission of French's penalty of burning on
the hand was |
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signed
by the King during the peer's trial; and Warwick asked for permission to call
French to |
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testify
that he himself had killed Coote in fair fight. At great length it was
argued, and finally |
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decided,
that remission of punishment did not necessarily carry with it the King's
pardon; and |
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that
French, still being an unpunished criminal, could not be called as a witness.
For some reason |
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or
another, it is evident that the Crown was anxious to secure the Earl's
conviction for murder; |
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but
as each peer in his turn - nearly a hundred of them in all - was called upon
for his verdict he |
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gave
his vote for manslaughter, and refused to convict on the graver charge. When
the final |
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verdict of manslaughter was pronounced the
Earl, of course, did what in the good old days he |
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was
entitled to do - he pleaded privilege of peerage, and walked out a free man;
but with the |
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indelible
stain upon him of having killed his friend while fighting by his side. The
evidence against |
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him
seems strangely inconclusive now, and leads to the opinion that there were
political reasons |
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for
seeking to fasten upon him the odium of murder. It was some hours after the
fight that |
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French
ostentatiously called the attention of the servant at the Bagnio to the fact
that, |
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although
his sword was dirty, it had no blood upon it; but Coote's wounds, though
fatal, were |
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only a few inches deep, and French's sword
might have cleaned of blood by thrusting it into the |
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wet
ground immediately after the wound was given. The share in the affray of the
fire-eating |
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Mohun,
moreover, was not satisfactorily defined. He disappeared immediately after
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encounter, and was subsequently acquitted even
of manslaughter by the House of Lords.' |
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The number of violent deaths in the Waterford
family is traditionally attributed to a curse uttered |
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against one of the earlier Marquesses during
the agrarian troubles in the 19th century. Popular |
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belief
has it that the curse would always remain on the family until seven
Beresfords had died. |
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The curse may or may not be related to the
'Black Ribbon' worn by the wife of Sir Tristram |
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Beresford, 3rd baronet (qv). |
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Whatever
the origin of the curse, there seems to be little doubt that the Beresford
family |
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suffered more than their fair share of violent
deaths. Attached below are the details
of seven of |
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such deaths:- |
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Lord James Beresford (6 Oct 1816-27 Apr 1841) -
Lord James was the 5th son of the 2nd |
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Marquess of Waterford, and thus younger brother
of the 3rd Marquess, of whom more below. He |
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committed
suicide in April 1841 by cutting his throat while aboard a ship in which he
was |
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travelling home to England from Colombo, and
was consequently buried at sea. |
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The following rather gruesome account appeared
in 'The Times' of 17 May 1841:- |
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'......It appears that Lord James Beresford,
who was only in the 25th year of his age, embarked |
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passenger
on board the Tigris for England, and that it was remarked at the time, and at
a |
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subsequent period during the voyage, that his
Lordship appeared to be labouring under slight |
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symptoms of insanity, and that his servant was
in consequence ordered to pay more than usual |
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care and attention to his Lordship, which he
did. On the night of Tuesday, the 27th of April, his |
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Lordship was in his own cabin, and did not
evince to the servant or to the passengers during the |
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day
anything particularly remarkable in his usually somewhat eccentric manners.
The servant, |
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before going to lie down in his settee for the
night, went to his Lordship's cabin for the purpose |
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of
inquiring whether his Lordship needed any further attendance that evening,
and having |
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repeatedly knocked at his state-room door
without receiving any answer, the servant opened it, |
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and discovered the cabin floor partly covered
with blood, and on proceeding to the water-closet |
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adjoining the apartment he found his master
reclining over the seat, with his head nearly severed |
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from his body, and quite dead. The rash act was
committed with a razor, and so determined had |
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been his Lordship to effect his dreadful
purpose, that only a small portion of skin at the back part |
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of the neck attached the head to the body.....' |
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Henry de la Poer Beresford, 3rd Marquess of
Waterford - as a young man, the 3rd Marquess |
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was
notorious for his wild behaviour. After being educated at Eton, he was sent
down from |
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Oxford. His name often appears in the
newspapers of the 1830s, usually in connection with |
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the racetracks, the hunting fields or the
police-courts. His companions were generally young |
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men
of wealth such as the 7th Earl Waldegrave, prostitutes and
prize-fighters. |
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Waterford's pranks were the stuff of legend. On
one occasion he arranged for a donkey to be |
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placed in the bed of a sleeping stranger at an
inn at Melton Mowbray; with his pistol, he shot |
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out the eyes of the family portraits hanging on
the walls of the ancestral home; he smeared |
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aniseed
on the hooves of the local parson's horse, and then hunted the terrified
cleric with a |
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pack of hounds, and he was greatly disappointed
with the attitude of the Great Western |
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Railway
when it refused his request to start two locomotives from opposite directions
on a |
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single line so that he could witness the
resulting crash, even though he offered to pay all |
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costs. |
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Given the Marquess's nature, it is not
surprising that he was invited to the Eglinton Tournament |
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in 1839 [see the note under 'Eglinton' for
further information on this tournament]. Here he met |
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and fell in love with Louisa Stewart, daughter
of the 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay. They were |
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married in June 1842, after which the Marquess
gave up his wild ways and settled down to live |
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happily on his estates, where he became
somewhat of a model landlord, working hard to reduce |
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the effects of the Great Famine on his tenants
and neighbours. He remained devoted to |
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hunting,
however, and it was on the hunting-field that he met his death when he was
thrown |
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from his horse, breaking his neck. |
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John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess
of Waterford - about 12 years before his |
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death, the 5th Marquess suffered a severe back
injury which caused him to be in constant pain. |
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In the year before his death, he underwent an
operation which considerably relieved his pain, |
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but a few months before his death he tripped on
a carpet at the family seat at Curraghmore, |
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which aggravated his old injury, causing the
pain to return. On 23 October 1895, the Marquess |
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committed suicide by shooting himself through
the head with a revolver. |
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Lord Delaval James de la Poer Beresford,
brother of the 5th Marquess - Lord Delaval was |
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born
19 January 1862. At some point around
1890 he migrated to America, where he is |
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reported
to have owned a large ranch in the Mexican state of Chihuahua and another
property |
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at
Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada. He was travelling between his two properties
on the |
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Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
Railroad on 22 December 1906. The train was running |
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two
hours late, and the driver was running at high speed in an attempt to make up
some of the |
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lost time when, at Enderlin in North Dakota,
the train ran into a switch engine and the carriages |
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were
derailed before bursting into flames. Nine passengers were killed, including
Lord Delaval. |
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Charles Claudius de la Poer Beresford, kinsman
of the 5th Marquess - Charles was a |
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Captain in the Army, commanding the 1st Field
Troop, Royal Engineers. On 30 May 1910, at |
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6.30
a.m., Captain Beresford was with his troop when a horse being exercised on
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near where he was, in turn, seated on his
horse, suddenly bolted with its rider. Beresford |
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attempted to check the other horse's flight,
with the result that a collision occurred and |
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both horses and riders were thrown to the
ground. When he was taken to hospital, Beresford |
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was found to have a fractured skull, from which
he died later that day. |
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Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of
Waterford - on 1 December 1911 the 6th |
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Marquess was drowned when he fell into a small
river which ran through his estate. At the |
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subsequent inquest, evidence was given that he
was last seen talking with one of his |
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gardeners before returning to his house. At the
time it was dark, and it appears that the |
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Marquess had wandered off the path and fallen
down a steep slope into the river, where his |
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body was found early the following morning. |
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John Charles de la Poer Beresford, 7th Marquess
of Waterford - in April 1923, the Marquess |
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was being driven home to his house at
Curraghmore when someone fired a shot at his car, |
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wounding his driver in the head. In December
1927, he was nearly killed when the car he was |
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driving skidded and overturned in a ditch. His
luck finally ran out on 25 September 1934 when |
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he saw a hare of his front lawn and, after
picking up a rifle in his gun-room, he slipped and the |
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gun accidentally discharged, shooting him
through his right temple. |
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The claimant in this case was a gardener named
George Tooth who claimed to be the son of |
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the fifth Marquess of Waterford. His case was
that, on 29 March 1873, the wife of the fifth |
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Marquess gave birth to a still-born child. The
Marchioness died a week later, on 4 April 1873, |
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and the mother and child were buried together.
At that time, Lady Waterford had a cook |
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whose sister had given birth to an illegitimate
child at a workhouse. Lady Waterhouse, out of |
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sympathy, had taken the child from the
workhouse and had it educated, and Lord Waterford |
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continued to do so after her death. |
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Tooth alleged that he was the child that was
supposed to have been still-born. He began to |
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make
this claim about 1893, and, as time passed and the witnesses were reaching
old age, |
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he commenced an action to perpetuate their
testimony. The chief witnesses were Mrs. |
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Priscilla White who, as Miss Priscilla
Kynaston, had been a maid companion to the Marchioness, |
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and Mrs. Price (now Mrs. Vivian) who had been a
personal friend of the Marchioness. The |
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testimony of these two witnesses was taken in
July 1913. Both witnesses denied that Tooth |
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was
the son of the Marquess, and confirmed that the child had been still-born and
buried |
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with his mother. |
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In
March 1914, Tooth commenced an action for slander against Mrs. White for
having stated |
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that he was not the son of the fifth Marquess.
This case was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, |
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but immediately afterwards, Tooth began to send
abusive letters and postcards to Mrs. White, |
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accusing her of being part of a conspiracy and
of being a murderess. He was arrested and |
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charged with criminal libel, and, after
pleading guilty, was bound over to keep the peace for |
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twelve months. |
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Tooth's claim to be the son of the fifth
Marquess was heard in the Probate, Divorce and |
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Admiralty Division of the High Court in January
1918. The claim was made in the form of a |
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petition by "George Beresford, sometimes
known as George Tooth," a gardener, for a |
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declaration under the Legitimacy Declaration
Act that he was the lawful son of John Henry |
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de la Poer, fifth Marquess of Waterford. The
petition was opposed by the current Marquess, |
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who was then a minor, whose mother appeared as
guardian. |
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The
following extract from 'The Times' of 1 February 1918 gives the judgment of
the presiding |
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judge (Lord Coleridge):- |
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'In this case the petitioner claims real and
personal property, and applies by petition to this |
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Court for a declaration that he is the
legitimate child of the fifth Marquess of Waterford, born |
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on March 29, 1873, in lawful wedlock. The
respondent says that the petitioner is the child of |
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one Georgina Tooth, and was born in the Holborn
Workhouse on January 25, 1872. |
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'On August 9, 1872, Mrs. Vivian, the divorced
wife of a Captain Vivian, was married to Lord |
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Waterford. At that time she was living at 7,
Upper Brook-street, Mayfair, but in the autumn of |
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1872 she moved to 27, Chesham-place. There, on
March 29, 1873, she was confined. There |
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was
a doctor in attendance, named Gream, a man of high repute, and I have before
me a |
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signed certificate by him that Lady Waterford
was delivered of a stillborn child. Lord Waterford, |
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Doctor Gream, and Lady Waterford's maid,
Priscilla Kynaston, and, possibly, other persons were |
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present at the birth, and their account is that
the infant was born, and that it cried, but that |
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after a short time it died. The little dead
body was handed to Priscilla Kynaston by Dr. Gream. |
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All the household knew of its death. |
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'His Lordship referred to the burial of the
child at Brompton Cemetery on April 1, and continued: |
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Three days later Lady Waterford died, and it
was decided that, in the sad circumstances, the |
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little thing which had been born of her body
should be buried with its mother at Curraghmore, |
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the family seat. Mr. Pitney has proved the
exhumation and the making of another coffin, which |
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was somewhat more elaborate than the original
one, and which was also encased in blue |
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velvet. That coffin was taken by Mr. Pitney to
Ireland. He travelled with it, and did not lose |
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sight of it, and I have the most conclusive
evidence of its interment in Ireland. The family |
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vault was either full or its was thought
advisable not to bury the two coffins in it, and, |
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therefore, a brick grave, or vault, had been
prepared. A great many members of the family |
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attended the funeral, and in that new brick
grave at Curraghmore were placed the body of |
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Lady Waterford in her coffin and, alongside it,
the body of the stillborn infant. No one doubted |
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these facts at the time; no one thought of
doubting them. There was a tomb erected with an |
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inscription on it that Lady Waterford had died
and was buried with her stillborn child. Later, in |
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the church, an exquisite monument was placed to
the memory of Lady Waterford showing her |
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robed, with her infant nestling at her side. |
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'These facts have been proved before me. I am
asked by the petitioner to pronounce, in face |
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of these facts, that the child was born alive,
and that it survived; that it was smuggled out |
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of the house, 27 Chesham-place, without the
knowledge of any of the servants, no one knows |
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whither; and that some dead body was smuggled
into the house without the knowledge of any |
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of the servants, no one knows whence; that Dr.
Gream knowingly gave a false certificate; that |
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Priscilla Kynaston, now Mrs. White, was privy
to this conspiracy, and that her account of what |
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occurred is a tissue of lies; and that Lord
Waterford, who had had a son and heir born to him |
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and members of his family were privy to this
conspiracy. All I can say is that I should be |
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credulous indeed if I were to adopt so
incredible a story based on nothing but insinuation. |
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'His
Lordship asked:- Who, then, is the claimant? He referred to the birth, on
January 25, 1872, |
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in the Holborn Workhouse, of the son of
Georgina Tooth, a servant in the service of Mrs. |
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Vivian, and the death of the mother nine days
later. He continued:- The death of
this |
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friendless and deserted girl and the survival
of the little, derelict infant were brought to the |
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knowledge of Mrs. Vivian. Mrs. Vivian, whatever
may have been her frailties, seems to have |
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been a very warm-hearted woman. Mrs. Vivian was
at that time, at the convent, no doubt |
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an occasion in the life of anyone which would
enlist sober and humane thoughts. |
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'The child of Georgina Tooth had no lawful
claim on Mrs. Vivian. Compassion alone determined |
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her to provide for it. She sent Priscilla
Kynaston to the guardians of Holborn Workhouse to |
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take the child to the convent, and on February
21, 1872, it was christened in the name of |
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"George Tooth." By that name the
claimant has since been known, and in that name he now |
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brings his suit. A kindly, respectable woman of
middle age, Mrs. Duncan, was found to take |
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charge
of this little, derelict orphan. It cannot be denied that the child handed to
Mrs. |
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Duncan was the claimant. As George Tooth was
living, and was shown at 7, Upper Brook-street, |
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where his maintenance was paid for, in the
autumn of 1872, he could not be the child of Lord |
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and Lady Waterford which was born at 27,
Chesham-place, dead or alive, on March 29, 1873. |
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The petitioner attempts to combat that by
urging that Mrs. Duncan did not take charge of the |
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child before April, 1873. That is merely pure
contradiction. The petitioner himself was too |
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young to know, and the evidence on this point
which has been presented to me I entirely |
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decline to accept. |
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'Further, the claimant urges that his
upbringing was paid for by Lord Waterford after Lady |
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Waterford's death, and that that was suspicious
conduct on the part of Lord Waterford |
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and ground for supposing that he must have been
his father. The real truth is this. Lord |
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Waterford was undoubtedly deeply moved by the
tragedy of his wife's death. It was natural, |
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it was very creditable, that he should wish to
continue the maintenance of the little orphan, |
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the subject of such disinterested charity on
the part of his dead wife. I find that it has |
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been conclusively proved before me that Lady
Waterford was, on March 29, 1873, confined |
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of a stillborn child, and that she and her
little one sleep together in Curraghmore Churchyard. |
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It has also been proved before me, and I also
find, that the claimant is the son of Georgina |
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Tooth, and was born in the Holborn Workhouse on
January25, 1872, and that he has not, and |
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never has had, any connexion, legitimate or
illegitimate, with any member of the Waterford |
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family.' |
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Archibald John Arthur Wavell, 2nd and last Earl
Wavell |
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Wavell was killed while leading a patrol
against Mau Mau guerrillas in Kenya in December 1953, as |
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reported in the Perth "Mirror" of 26 December
1953:- |
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'Mau
Mau terrorists shot and killed Major Earl Wavell, 37, only son of the late
Field Marshal, in |
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a nightlong battle on Christmas Eve in the
Thaika area, 25 miles north of Nairobi. |
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'Wavell,
who was leading the Black Watch Regiment was killed instantly by a burst of
terrorist |
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fire which also wounded a non-commissioned
officer and an assistant police inspector when the |
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Mau Mau gang fled from the cover of the copse. |
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'During
the 10-hour battle several African police Askari [soldier or police officer]
and two |
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European police officers were killed and 4
African Askaris wounded. Mau Mau casualties were 5 |
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killed and 4 captured. |
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'British
headquarters in Nairobi said that the engagement began after a force of Black
Watch |
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troops and police led by Wavell chased the gang
of about 60 which had beheaded a local Kikuyu |
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tribesman in the Thaika area. [The] force
trapped about 20 in a gang in the copse. [The] |
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terrorists were armed with automatic weapons,
rifles, pistols, and shot guns and opened heavy |
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fire from a wood, inflicting the first casualties. |
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'Police
reinforcements rushed up and surrounded the copse under [a] hail of
terrorists' fire. Battle |
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raged in light burning trees which were fired
in an attempt to burn out the gang. Fire spread |
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through the wood and at dawn a number of
trapped Mau Mau burst from cover, trying to break |
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through the troop cordon. |
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'At
first light security forces moved into the burning copse, killing 5
terrorists and wounding 4. |
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They were patrolling the area on Christmas Day
with armoured cars and tracker dogs, hunting |
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the remaining members of the gang in a nearby
forest. |
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'One
armed Major Archibald Wavell [he lost his left hand fighting against the
Japanese in Burma in |
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June 1944] succeeded his one-eyed father [he
had lost his left eye in the Second Battle of Ypres |
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in 1915], who was the famous wartime commander
of the North African campaign and former |
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Viceroy of India in 1950, 3 years after the
title was created. He was holder of the Military Cross. |
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Recently he ended a year's leave from the army,
when he was collecting papers for a biography |
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of his father. He was unmarried and there is no heir.' |
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Philip James Stanhope, Baron Weardale |
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Lord Weardale was a son of the 5th Earl
Stanhope, and had sat in the House of Commons for |
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Wednesbury 1886-1892, Burnley 1893-1900 and
Harborough 1904-1905, in the following year |
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being created Baron Weardale, |
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In March 1912, Weardale became joint president
(with Lord Curzon) of the National League for |
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Opposing Woman Suffrage, an organisation
devoted to opposing the extension of the right to |
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vote to women. Needless to say, this position
did not endear him to members of the Suffragette |
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movement. |
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On 18 February 1914, Lord Weardale was attacked
at Euston Station, as reported in 'The Times' |
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of the following day:- |
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'A violent attack was made on Lord Weardale at
Euston Station just before 10 o'clock yesterday |
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morning. His assailant was a young woman armed
with a dog-whip, who apparently mistook him |
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for the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith]…….Lord
Weardale had just alighted from his motor-car |
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and was walking towards the train when the
young woman rushed at him. The first blow struck |
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knocked his hat off, and further blows caused
him to fall. The suffragist was immediately seized |
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by members of the London and North-Western
Railway Police.' |
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Although the woman initially refused to divulge
her name, by the time she appeared before the |
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Clerkenwell Police Court on 25 February 1914,
she had been identified as Mary Lindsay, aged 24. |
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'The Times'
reported:- |
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'At Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday Mary
Lindsay, 24, of Harvard Court, West Hampstead, |
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was charged, on remand with assaulting Lord
Weardale by striking him on the head with a dog- |
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whip at Euston Station. |
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'At a previous hearing a solicitor had appeared
on behalf of Miss Lindsay and had stated that |
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she
struck Lord Weardale in mistake for Mr. Asquith and that an apology would be
tendered. |
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When asked yesterday by Mr. Bros [the
Magistrate] if she wished to say anything, she replied, |
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"I
did make a mistake in taking Lord Weardale for Mr. Asquith. At the same time,
I cannot |
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possibly offer an apology. Although Lord
Weardale was not so much power for torturing women |
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as Mr. Asquith, I hold him in just as much
contempt." |
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'Mr. Bros -You were remanded to see whether you
were really of sound mind. The doctor who |
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has had you under his care says he is of
opinion that, although you are of highly-strung nerves |
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and impulsive, there is no evidence to justify
him saying you are insane. It occurred to me that |
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it was the act of an insane person. |
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'The accused - Not at all. |
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'The Magistrate - You understand your act? -
Yes, absolutely. I think men who torture women |
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in the 20th century should be thrashed. |
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'This old gentleman had not tortured women. -
It was quite enough that he is president of the |
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Anti-Suffrage Society. |
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'Here is an old man, 70 years of age, nearly -
All the more shame. |
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'You seem to me really to have no respect for
age. - I don't see that age comes into it. It is not |
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a question of age at all. |
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'But here is a harmless old gentleman going
about his business, and he is suddenly attacked by a |
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wild woman, who hits him on the head with a
dog-whip, a most offensive weapon. Had you been |
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insane, there would have been some excuse. But
you knew what you were doing, and you must |
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pay the penalty. Forty shillings or 14 days. |
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'The fine was paid.' |
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