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THOMPSON, Maurice (1675-1745)
Family and Education
b. 1675, o. surv. s. John Thompson, Bar. Haversham, and Frances (d.1705), da. Arthur Annesley, earl of Anglesey, and wid. of John Windham of Felbrigg, Norf. educ. L. Inn 1692; travelled abroad (Holland) 1693. m. (1) 18 Oct. 1703 (with £10,000), Elizabeth (d.1712), da. and h. of John Smith of Herts. 2s. d.v.p. Verney, ms. mic. M636/54, Fermanagh to R. Verney, 28 Feb. 1712. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 16 Aug. 1737, Elizabeth (d.1772), da. of Richard Annesley, 3rd Bar. Altham [I], sis. of Richard Annesley* [127], 6th earl of Anglesey, and wid. of William Green, s.p. d. 11 Apr. 1745; will 19 Mar. 1745, pr. 11 Apr. 1745. TNA, PROB 11/739.
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Page to Sophia, Electress of Hanover; recvr. gen. excise 1717–18.
Capt. 1st Ft. Gds. 1695, Coldstream Gds. 1697 – 1702; brevet lt. col. 1697.
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THOMPSON, John (1648-1710)
Family and Education
bap. 31 Aug. 1648, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Maurice Thompson, merchant, of Worcester House, Mile End Green, and Bishopsgate Street, London and 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of John Vaux of Pemb. educ. Lee, Kent (Mr. Watkin); L. Inn 1664; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1664, B.A. 1667; travelled abroad 1670. m. (1) 14 July 1668, Lady Frances (d. 3 Mar. 1705), da. Arthur Annesley, earl of Anglesey, wid. of John Windham of Felbrigg, Norf., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 8da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 10 May 1709, Martha Graham, wid. (d.1724), s.p. suc. fa. 1676; cr. Bt. 12 Dec. 1673. d. 1 Nov. 1710; will 21 Sept. 1710, pr. 11 Dec. 1710. TNA, PROB 11/518.
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Commr. for public accounts 1695 – 96.
Sheriff, Bucks. 1669 – 70; dep. lt. Surr. Feb. – Oct. 1688.
Ld. of Admiralty 1699 – 1701.
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HATTON, William Seton (c. 1690-1760)
Family and Education
bap. 7 Feb. 1690, 1st s. Christopher Hatton, Visct. Hatton, and 3rd w. Elizabeth Haslewood. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. MA 1708; travelled abroad (Italy) 1710. Add. 61533, f. 130; Leics. RO, DG 7 box 4950, bundle 23, letter D31. unm. d. 8 Sept. 1760; will 13 Aug. 1760, pr. 30 Dec. 1761. PROB 11/871.
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Associated with: Kirby, Northants. and Great Queen Street, Mdx.TNA, PROB 11/871.;
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HATTON, Christopher (1632-1706)
Family and Education
bap. 6 Nov. 1632, 1st s. Christopher Hatton, Bar. Hatton, and Elizabeth (d.1672), da. of Sir Charles Montagu‡. educ. (Peter Gunning, later successively bishop of Chichester and Ely); travelled abroad (France) 1654-6; DCL Oxf. 1683. m. (1) 12 Feb. 1667 (with £5,000), Northants. RO, FH 2010. Cicely [Cecilia] (d. 30 Dec. 1672), da. John Tufton, 2nd earl of Thanet, 3da. (2 d.v.p.); Add. 29555, f.13. (2) 21 Dec. 1675 (with £6,000), Northants. RO, FH 3101. Frances (d. 15 May 1684), da. of Sir Henry Yelverton‡, 1s. d. v.p. 1da. v.p.; Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed.D.J.H. Clifford (revised edn. 2003) 241. (3) Aug. 1685, Elizabeth (1706), da and coh. of Sir William Haslewood (Hazelwood), wid. of Francis Polsted, 3s. 3da. by 24 Sept. 1706; will 7 May 1695, pr. 19 Feb. 1707. TNA, PROB 11/492.
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Gent. of privy chamber 1662 – ?70.
Steward, Higham Hundred, Northants. 1660 – 97, 1702 – d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circuit 1662, assessment, Mdx. and Northants. 1663 – 69; dep. lt. 1670 – ?78, custos rot. 1681 – Feb. 1689, Sept. 1689 – d.; freeman, Portsmouth 1680; dep. gov. Guernsey 1664–70,
Capt. of ft. (Guernsey) 1664; capt. Lord Chamberlain’s Ft. 1667; capt. of grenadiers, earl of Huntingdon’s Ft. 1687 – Dec. 1688.
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Sir P. Lely, oils, private collection.
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HATTON, Christopher (1605-70)
Family and Education
b. 28 June 1605, 1st surv. s. of Sir Christopher Hatton‡ and Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Fanshawe‡ of Ware Park, Herts. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1620, MA 1622; G. Inn 1620; Oxf. DCL 1642. m. 8 May 1630 (with £2,400), Elizabeth (d.1672), 1st da. and coh. of Sir Charles Montagu‡, of Cranbrook, Barking, Essex, 2s. 3da. KB 1 Feb. 1626. d. 5 July 1670; W. Dugdale, Diary and Correspondence, 132. admon. 21 July 1670.
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PC 1643 – 46, 1662 – d.; comptroller of the household 1643 – 46.
Commr. of array, Northants. and Rutland 1642; steward, Higham Ferrers 1637 – 49; gov. Guernsey 1662 – d.
FRS 1661.
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HARCOURT, Simon (1661-1727)
Family and Education
b. ?Dec. 1661, o. s. Sir Philip Harcourt‡ of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon. and Anne, da. of Sir William Waller‡ of Osterley Park, Mdx. educ. Shilton, Oxon. (Samuel Birch) to 1677; I. Temple 1676, called 1683, bencher 1702, treasurer 1702; Pembroke, Oxf. matric. 30 Mar. 1677, aged 15, BA 1679, DCL 1702. m. (1) 18 Oct. 1680, Rebecca (d.1687), da. of his fa.’s chaplain, Rev. Thomas Clarke, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) aft. 1695, Elizabeth (d.1724), da. of Richard Spencer, Vintner, of Berry Street, Aldgate, London and Newington, Surr., wid. of Richard Anderson‡, of Pendley, Herts. s.p.; (3) 30 Sept. 1724, Elizabeth (d.1748), da. of Sir Thomas Vernon of Twickenham Park, Mdx., wid. of Sir John Walter‡, 3rd bt. s.p. suc. fa. 1688; Kntd. 1 June 1702. d. 28 July 1727; will 30 May 1727; pr. 14 Nov. 1727 and 19 Mar. 1745.
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Solicitor-gen. 1702 – Apr. 1707; attorney-gen. Apr. 1707–1708, Sept. – Oct. 1710; ld. kpr. Oct. 1710 – Apr. 1713; ld. chan. Apr. 1713 – Sept. 1714; PC 19 Oct. 1710 – Sept. 1714, 25 Aug. 1722 – d.; ld. justice 1723, 1725, 1727.
Commr. Union with Scotland 1706.
Recorder of Abingdon June – Dec. 1687, Oct. 1689 – Apr. 1711; clerk of the iter to c.j. in eyre south of the Trent 1695–?9; steward, Woodstock manor and hundred of Wootton, Oxon. 1705 – 09; freeman, Ludlow 1707, Hereford 1710.
Commr. rebuilding St Paul’s 1702 – 07, Q. Anne’s bounty 1704, building 50 new churches 1712 – 15; gov. Charterhouse 1711.
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, aft. 1710, Pembroke, Oxf.
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PRIMROSE, Archibald (1664-1723)
Family and Education
b. 18 Dec. 1664, 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Archibald Primrose, bt. (d.1679) of Carrington, Midlothian (Ld. Carrington s.c.j.), being o. s. by 2nd w. Agnes, da. of Sir William Gray of Pittendrum, Sandhaven, Aberdeen., and wid. of Sir John Dundas of Newliston, Linlithgow. educ. travelled abroad 1680–7. m. lic. 3 Feb. 1691, Dorothea (d. aft. 1724), da. and h. of Everingham Cressy (d.1679) of Birkin, Yorks., 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.). d. 20 Oct. 1723; admon. 3 June 1724 to John Campbell, guardian of James Primrose, 2nd earl of Rosebery [S]. TNA, PROB 6/100, f. 85.
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Gent. of the bedchamber to George, of Denmark, 1688 – 1708; PC [S] 1701 – 08; commr. treasury [S] 1701 – 02, exch. [S] 1703–?8, union with England 1702 – 03, 1706.
Commr. supply Midlothian 1690; chamberlain, Fife and Strathearn 1703 – 09, Fife 1709 – 14; provost, Inverkeithing, by 1708–1720.
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Associated with: Dalmeny, Midlothian.
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oil on canvas by J.B. Medina, National Galleries of Scotland; line engraving by P. Vanderbank, after J. Riley, c.1680-8, BM.
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HAMILTON, James (1658-1712)
Family and Education
b. 11 Apr. 1658, 1st s. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas) (d.1694), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S], and Anne (d.1716), da. of James Hamilton, duke of Hamilton [S] and suo jure duchess of Hamilton [S]; bro. Charles Douglas, 2nd earl of Selkirk [S] George Hamilton, earl of Orkney [S], and Ld. Archibald Hamilton‡. educ. Hamilton sch.; Glasgow g.s.; Glasgow Univ. 1671-5; travelled abroad (France, Italy; John Bannantyne and James Forbes, governors) 1675–8; Mr Foubert’s acad. Paris 1676-7. NAS, GD 406/1/5997. m. (1) 10 Jan. 1688 (with £10,000), NAS, GD 406/1/7807, 7808. Anne (d. 2 July 1690), da. Robert Spencer, 2nd earl of Sunderland, 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 17 July 1698, Elizabeth (d.1744), da. and h. Digby Gerard, 5th Bar. Gerard of Gerards Bromley, 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.); 1s. 2da. illegit. (bef. 1683) with mother(s) unknown; 1s. illegit. (1691) with Lady Barbara Fitzroy, da. of Charles II and Barbara Palmer, duchess of Cleveland. KT 29 May 1687; nom. KG 25 Oct. 1712, never installed. d. 15 Nov. 1712; will 6 Apr. 1702; pr. 24 Sept. 1716. TNA, PROB 11/556.
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Gent. of bedchamber 1679–85 (extra), 1685–88;
Burgess, Edinburgh 1682;
A.d.c. to Louis XIV of France 1684; col., 6th Regt. of Horse (cuirassiers) 1685–8,
Amb. extraordinary France 1683 – 85, Sept. 1686;
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Associated with: Kinneil Castle, Linlithgow; Hamilton Palace, Hamilton, Lanark; Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh; Sandon Hall, Staffs.; St James’ Sq., Westminster.London Jnl. xviii. 27; Dasent, History of St James’ Sq. App. A.;
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1700, Lennoxlove, Haddington, E. Lothian; oil on canvas, copy of preceding, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 840; oil on canvas by J.B. de Medina, 1703, R. Coll. Surgeons, Edinburgh.
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MONTAGU, Charles (1661-1715)
Family and Education
b. 16 Apr. 1661, 6th but 4th surv. s. of Hon. George Montagu‡ of Horton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Irby‡ of Whaplode, Lincs; bro. of Christopher‡, Edward‡, Irby‡ and James Montagu‡. educ. Westminster 1675; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1679, fell. 1683-8, MA 1689, LL.D. 1705. m. c. Feb. 1688 Beinecke Lib. OSB mss 1, box 2, folder 76, newsletter, 17 Feb. 1688; Add. 70149, A. Pye to A. Harley, 6 Mar. 1688. Anne (d.1698), Eg. 929, f. 14. da. of Sir Christopher Yelverton‡, bt. wid. Robert Montagu, 3rd earl of Manchester, s.p. KG 1714. d. 19 May 1715; will 10 Apr. 1706 – 1 Feb. 1713, pr. 18 June 1715. TNA, PROB 11/546.
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Clerk to PC Feb. 1689-Mar. 1692;
Envoy to Hanover 1706.
Commr. preventing export of wool 1689, appeals for prizes 1694, trade and plantations 1696, union with Scotland 1706; trustee, receiving loans to Emperor 1706.
High steward Camb. Univ. 1697 – d. ranger Bushy pk. 1709; ld. lt. Surrey 1714 – d.
FRS 1695, president 1695 – 98.
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MOUNTAGUE
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1690-95, NPG 800; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1701-3, NPG3211; oil on canvas attrib. to M. Dahl, 1715, Royal Society.
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