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GREY, Thomas (c. 1653-1720)

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b. 1653/4, o.s. of Thomas Grey‡, styled Ld. Grey of Groby (1622-57) and Dorothy (1626-aft. 1660), da. of Edward Bourchier†, 4th earl of Bath. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1 July 1667, aged 13, MA 1668. m. (1) c.1672-3 (with £10,000) Elizabeth (d. 7 Sept. 1687), da. of Sir Daniel Harvey‡, of Combe Nevill, Surr. 2s. d.v.p. 1da. CSP Dom. 1685, p. 306. d.v.p.; (2) 10 Mar. 1691, Morrice, Ent’ring Bk, v. 566. Mary (d. 9 Nov. 1722), da. of Joseph Maynard‡, of Gunnersbury, Mdx. 2s. d.v.p. Verney ms mic. 636/46, J. to Sir R. Verney, 7 Dec. 1692; CTB, xii. 90. d. 31 Jan. 1720; will 10 Sept. 1719, pr. 11 Feb. 1720 and 16 Jan. 1731. TNA, PROB 11/573.
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Custos rot. Leics. 1689 – 1702, Devon 1696 – 1711; ld. lt. Devon 1696 – 1702; high steward, honour of Leicester 1689 – 97; chan. duchy of Lancaster 1697–1702. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office-holders, 4, 179.

PC 10 May 1694–1714; commr. appeals in prizes 1694, 1695, 1697; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; CSP Dom. 1695, p. 112; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 511. first commr. trade and plantations June 1699 – June 1702, Apr. 1707 – June 1711.

Commr. Greenwich Hospital 1695; R. Greaves, Secrets of the Kingdom, 353. relief of Vaudois and French refugees in Germany 1699–1701; CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 93; CSP Dom. 1700–02, p. 242. Savoy Hospital by 1702; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 498. trustee poor Palatines 1709. London Gazette, 5–7 July 1709.

Freeman, Leicester 1681; Reg. Leicester Freemen, i. 165. mbr., New England Company 1697–d. W. Kellaway, New England Co. 301.

FRS 1708.

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GREY, Thomas (c. 1653-1720)
Associated with: Bradgate Park, Leics.; King Square, Westminster 1683–4.Survey of London, xxxiii. 44.;
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oil on canvas by J. Richardson (the Elder), c.1700/1705, National Trust, Dunham Massey.

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Littleton, Charles
Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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GREY, Henry (c. 1600-73)

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b. c.1600, HMC Hastings, ii. 62. 1st s. of Sir John Grey‡ of Pirgo, Essex (1576–1611), and Elizabeth (1577–1642), da. of Edward Nevill†, 8th Bar. Abergavenny. educ. matric. Trinity, Cambridge 1615, MA 1615; Padua 1618; S.L. Andrich, De natione Anglica et Scota juristarum Universitarum Patavinae, 138. G. Inn 1632. m. lic. 19 July 1620, Anne (d. c.Oct. 1676), da. and coh. of William Cecil†, styled. Ld. Burghley, later 2nd earl of Exeter, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. d. 21 Aug. 1673; admon. 2 Oct. 1673 to wid. TNA, PROB 6/48, f. 118.
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Ld. lt. Leics 1642 – 49; commr. maintenance of Somerset forces 1643, militia, Leics. Mar. 1660; A. and O. ii. 1434; A Perfect List of all such Persons … as are now … justices of the peace (1660), 27. custos rot. Leics. Mar. – Aug. 1660.

Col. regt. of foot (parl.) 1642 – 43; capt. tp. of horse (parl.) 1642; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 366; LJ, vi. 284; HMC 5th Rep. 46. gov. (parl.), Hereford Oct.-Dec. 1642; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 398, 400. c.-in-c. (parl.), Heref., Glos., Salop., Worcs. and Wales Dec. 1642-Sept. 1643, LJ, v. 488. Devon and Cornw. Jan. – Sept. 1643.

Commr. excise 1645, to treat with Scotland 1645, 1646, 1648, exclusion from sacrament 1646, sale of bishops’ lands 1646, compounding 1647, visitation of Oxford Univ. 1647, indemnity ordinance 1647, navy and customs 1647, scandalous offences 1648. A. and O. i. 691, 853, 905, 914, 927, 937, 1047, 1208; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 23, 499; HMC 6th Rep. 158, 164; LJ, x. 4, 7, 239.

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GREY, Henry (c. 1600-73)
Associated with: Bradgate House, Leics.Nichols, Hist. of Leics. iii. 680-1.;
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oil on canvas by C. Johnson, 1638, National Trust, Dunham Massey Hall; oil on canvas by J-B. Gaspars, c. 1665, National Trust, Dunham Massey Hall; Wenceslaus Hollar, etching, late 1640s, NPG D28239.

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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DALRYMPLE, John (1673-1747)

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b. 20 July 1673, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Dalrymple, earl of Stair [S], of Carscreugh Castle, Old Luce, Wigtown, Stair House, Stair, Ayr and Castle Kennedy and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Dundas of Newliston, Linlithgow; bro. of Hon. William Dalrymple‡. educ. private tutor 1682-5; Leiden Univ. 1685, 1692; Edinburgh Univ. 1688/90; travelled abroad 1701-2. m. 1 Mar. 1708, Eleanor, da. of James Campbell, 2nd earl of Loudoun [S], sis. Hugh Campbell, 3rd earl of Loudoun, and wid. of James, 1st Visct. Primrose [S], bro. Archibald Primrose, earl of Rosebery [S], s.p. KT 25 Mar. 1710; kt. banneret 1743. d. 9 May 1747; will pr. 1747.
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Gent. of bedchamber to Geo. I, 1714 – 27; PC 1714.

Commr. supply, Ayr and Wigtown 1695, 1704; burgess, Edinburgh 1710. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 191.

Vol., 26 Ft. (Cameronians) 1692; lt.-col. Scots Ft. Gds. 1702; a.d.c. to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, 1703; col. Scots coy. Ft. (Dutch service) 1703–6, Scot. Rec. Soc. xxxv. 34, 36, 38. 26 Ft. 1706, 2 Drags. (Scots Greys) 1706 – 14, 1745 – d., 6 Drags. (Inniskilling) 1715 – 34, 1743 – 45; brig.-gen. 1706, maj.-gen. 1709, lt.-gen. 1710, gen. 1712, field marshal 1742; lt.-gen. ft. [S], 1714, v. adm. [S] 1729 – 33; c.-in-c. Flanders 1742, S. Britain 1744 – 45; gov. Minorca 1742; gen. Marines 1746 – d.

Envoy extraordinary Poland 1709 – 10, France 1714 – 15; amb. extraordinary, France 1715 – 20, United Provinces 1742 – 43.

Parlimentarian
DALRYMPLE, John (1673-1747)
Associated with: Castle Kennedy.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, by school of G. Kneller, Govt. Art. Coll.; oil on canvas, by W. Aikman, c.1727, Glasgow Museums; oil on canvas by A. Ramsay, oils, c.1742 Newhailes, National Trust for Scotland.

Author
Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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DARCY, Conyers (1599-1689)

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bap. 24 Jan. 1599, 1st s. of Conyers Darcy†, 7th Bar. Darcy of Knaith and 4th Bar. Conyers and Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse, bt.; bro. of Hon. James Darcy‡ and Hon. Marmaduke Darcy‡. educ. unknown. m. 14 Oct. 1616, Grace, da. of Thomas Rokeby of Skiers, Yorks., 6s. (5 d.v.p.), 7da. (3 d.v.p.). Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 81. d. 14 June 1689.
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Constable, Middleham Castle 1660 – 71; bailiff and steward, liberty of Richmond, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660 – 71; kpr., Richmond Forest, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660–71. Eg. 3402, ff. 54v-55; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 213; CSP Dom. 1671, p. 158.

Col. regt. of ft 1642–3; Newman, Royalist Officers, 103. capt. tp. of ind. horse 13 June-16 Aug. 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 182, 393.

Parlimentarian
DARCY, Conyers (1599-1689)
Associated with: Hornby Castle, Hornby, Yorks. (N. Riding); Aston Hall, Aston, Yorks. (W. Riding).
Likenesses

oils on canvas by E. Mascall, 1640s, York Museums Trust; oil on canvas, aft. Robert Walker, 1650s, sold by Bonhams 15 Jan. 2008.

Author
Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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STAFFORD-HOWARD, Henry (c. 1648-1719)

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b. c. 1648, 1st s. William Howard, Visct. Stafford, and Mary, da. of Edward Stafford. educ. unknown. m. 3 or 6 Apr. 1694, Claude Charlotte (d. 1739), da. of Philibert, count de Gramont and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Hamilton, bt. s.p. d. 27 Apr. 1719; will 2 Feb 1700–22 Mar. 1716, pr. 2 July 1719. TNA, PROB 11/569.
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Col. regt. of ft. 1688.

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STAFFORD-HOWARD, Henry (c. 1648-1719)
HOWARD
Author
Paley, Ruth
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Lords 1660-1715
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HOWARD, William (1612-80)

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b. 30 Nov. 1612, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Howard†, earl of Arundel and Aletheia, 3rd da. and coh. of Gilbert Talbot†, 7th earl of Shrewsbury; uncle Thomas Howard, 5th duke of Norfolk, and Henry Howard, 6th duke of Norfolk; and gt.-uncle Henry Howard, (later 7th duke of Norfolk). educ. privately (Samuel Harsnett) 1620–3; St John’s, Camb. 1624. m. 22 Oct. 1637, Add. 15390, f. 458. Mary, da. of Edward Stafford†, Bar. Stafford, 3s. 6da. KB 1626. Executed 29 Dec. 1680.
Offices Held

Commr. ecclesiastical jurisdiction, 1633.

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HOWARD, William (1612-80)
Associated with: Stafford House, Staffs. and Tart Hall, Westminster.
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miniature, watercolour on vellum, by unknown artist, NPG 2015.

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Paley, Ruth
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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FITZROY, Charles (1662-1730)

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bap. 18 June 1662, 1st illegit. s. of King Charles II and Barbara Palmer, suo jure duchess of Cleveland; bro. George Fitzroy, duke of Northumberland, Henry Fitzroy, duke of Grafton. educ. matric. Christ Church, Oxf. Dec. 1675; travelled abroad (France) 1677. Verney ms mic. M636/30, P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 20 June 1677. m. (1) ?1 Jan. 1672 Verney ms mic. M636/24, Sir R. to E. Verney, 4 Jan. 1672. (confirmed 29 June 1677 PA, HL/PO/JO/10/3/185/20; HL/PO/JO/10/3/183/34.), Mary (d. 1680), da. of Sir Henry Wood‡, bt., clerk of the Green Cloth, s.p.; (2) Nov. 1694 (with ?£7,000), Add. 61455, ff. 181–2. Anne, da. of Sir William Pulteney‡ of St. James’s, Westminster, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. Verney ms mic. M636/48, A. Nicholas to J. Verney, 13 Nov. 1694; Hist. Reg. xv (1730), 58; London Evening Post, 8–10 Sept. 1730. KG 1673. d. 9 Sept. 1730; will 24 Dec. 1716, pr. 17 Nov. 1730. TNA, PROB 11/640.
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Ch. butler of England 1716–d. Weekly Journal, 7 July 1716.

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FITZROY, Charles (1662-1730)
Associated with: Bond Street, Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71; London Top. Rec. xxix, 53-57.; St. James’ Sq. Westminster.Daily Courant, 31 Aug. 1730.;
PALMER
Likenesses

oil on canvas (with his mother) by Sir P. Lely, NPG 6725; miniature, gouache on ivory, attrib. to W. Faithorne, National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambs.

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Eagles, Robin
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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WRIOTHESLEY, Thomas (1608-67)

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b. 10 Mar. 1608, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Henry Wriothesley†, 3rd earl of Southampton and Elizabeth (d. c.1655), da. of John Vernon of Hodnet, Salop. educ. Eton 1613-19; St John’s, Cambs. 1625-6; travelled abroad (France, Low Countries). m. (1) 18 Aug. 1634, Rachel (d.1640), da. of Daniel de Massue, seigneur de Ruvigny, wid. of Elysée de Beaujeu, seigneur de la Maisonfort in Perche, 2s. d. v.p., 3da. (1 v.p.); (2) c.24 Apr. 1642, Elizabeth (1658), da. of Francis Leigh†, earl of Chichester, 4da. (3 v.p.); (3) settlement 7 May 1659, Frances (1680), da. William Seymour, marquess of Hertford (later 2nd duke of Somerset), wid. of Richard Molyneux, 2nd Visct. Molyneux [I], s.p. KG 1661. d. 16 May 1667; will 11 July 1666, pr. 22 May 1667. TNA, PROB 11/323.
Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber 1642; PC 1642, 1660 – d.; cllr. to Prince of Wales 1645; ld. high treas. 1660 – d.; chan. of the exch. 1660–1; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 253. commr. trade and foreign plantations 1660 – d.; Royal Fishery 1661. CCSP, v. 128.

Warden of New Forest 1629 – 46, 1660 – d.; high steward Univ. of Cambs. 1642 – d.; ld. lt., Hants 1641 (jt.), 1660–d. (sole), Norf. 1660–1, Wilts. 1661 – d., Worcs. 1662 – 63, Kent 1662 – d.; recorder Lichfield 1664–d. VCH Staffs. xiv, 81.

RISLEY
Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, NPG 681.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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SEYMOUR, Charles (1662-1748)

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b. 13 Aug. 1662, Coll. Top. and Gen. v. 346. 6th but 2nd surv. s. Charles Seymour, 2nd Bar. Seymour of Trowbridge, being 3rd s. of 2nd w. Elizabeth (1635-91), da. of William Alington, Bar. Alington [I]; bro. Francis Seymour, 5th duke of Somerset. educ. Harrow c.1675-8; Harrow Reg. 24; Verney ms mic. 636/31, J. to Sir R. Verney, 9 May 1678. Trinity, Camb.; tutor, Edward Chamberlayne 1679; travelled abroad 1679-81, gov. Alexander de Rasigade; CSP Dom. 1679-80, p. 352; 1680-1, p. 292; HMC Portland, iv. 225. DCL Oxf. 27 Aug. 1702. m. (1) 30 May 1682, Elizabeth Percy (1667-1722), styled. countess of Ogle, da. and h. Josceline Percy, 5th earl of Northumberland, wid. of Henry Cavendish, styled. earl of Ogle, and Thomas Thynne‡, 4s. (3 d.v.p.), 4 da. (d.v.p). Collins Peerage, i. 185. (2) 4 Feb. 1726, Charlotte (d.1773), da. Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, 2da. Collins Peerage, i. 185. KG 1684. d. 2 Dec. 1748; will 5 July 1748, pr. 19 Dec. 1748. TNA, PROB 11/766.
Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber May 1685 – July 1687; temp. Speaker of the Lords, 11 May 1689, 1 Mar. 1693; PC 28 June 1701; ld. justice 1701; CSP Dom. 1700–2, pp. 392–3. ld. pres. Jan. – July 1702; master of the horse July 1702 – June 1712, Sept. 1714 – Dec. 1715.

Ld. lt. Yorks. (E. Riding) Nov. 1682 – Oct. 1687; Som. July 1683 – Aug. 1687; common councillor, Chichester 1685, Hay, Chichester, 589. high steward, by 1691; W. Suss. RO, Add. 8935, arbitration award, 30 Oct. 1691. common councilman, Berwick-upon-Tweed Aug. 1686; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 231. kpr. of the new park, Hampton Court, Sept. 1710. CTB, xxiv. 449–50.

Col. Queen’s drag. regt. 1685-July 1687. Verney ms mic. 636/40, J. to Sir R. Verney, 7 Aug. 1685.

Chan. Camb. Univ. 1689 – d.

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SEYMOUR, Charles (1662-1748)
Associated with: Petworth, Suss.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by N. Dance-Holland, Trinity, Cambridge; oil on canvas by J. Closterman, c.1690-92, Petworth; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1703, NPG 3224.

Author
Handley, Stuart
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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SEYMOUR, John (c. 1633-75)

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b. c. 1633, 5th but o. surv. s. William Seymour, 2nd duke of Somerset, and 2nd w. Frances Devereux (d. 1674), da. of Robert Devereux†, 2nd earl of Essex. educ. travelled abroad 1653–5; G. Inn 1666, bencher 1667. m. 5 Dec. 1661 (with £10,000), Sarah (d.1692), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Alston, FRCP, of Great St Helens, London, wid. of George Grimston of Gormanbury, Herts., s.p. d. 29 Apr. 1675; will 17 June 1674, pr. 14 Dec. 1676. TNA, PROB 11/351.
Offices Held

Ld. lt. and custos rot. Som. 1672 – d.; ld. lt. Wilts. 1672 – d.; recorder, Lichfield 1672 – d.

Parlimentarian
SEYMOUR, John (c. 1633-75)
Associated with: Amesbury House, Amesbury, Wilts.; Essex House, London; Gray’ Inn, London.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, Salisbury Guildhall; oil on canvas, St John’s, Cambridge.

Author
Creighton, Anne
Handley, Stuart
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
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Oxford 1644
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