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PIERREPONT, Gervase (1649-1715)
Family and Education
b. 1649, 5th s. of Hon. William Pierrepont‡, of Thoresby, Notts. and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Harris, 1st bt. of Tonge Castle, Salop. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1664; G. Inn 1668. m. lic. 10 Mar. 1680 (with £8,000), Lucy (d.1721), da. of Sir John Pelham‡, 3rd bt., sis. Thomas Pelham, Bar. Pelham of Laughton, and Henry Pelham‡, 1da. d.v.p. d. 22 May 1715; will pr. 23 June 1715. TNA, PROB 11/546.
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TEMPLE, Richard (1675-1749)
Family and Education
b. 24 Oct. 1675, 1st s. of Sir Richard Temple‡, 3rd bt. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1694. m. ?1715, Anne (d.1760), da. of Edmund Halsey‡, s.p. suc. fa. as 4th bt. 10 May 1697. d. 13 or 14 Sept. 1749; will 8 June 1748, pr. 13 Oct. 1749. TNA, PROB 11/773.
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Envoy extraordinary to Vienna Oct. 1714 – May 1715; constable, Windsor Castle 1716 – 23; gov. of Jersey 1723 – d.; PC 6 July 1716.
High steward, Buckingham 1697 – d.; ld. lt. Bucks. 1728 – 38.
Col. of ft. 1702 – 10, 4 Hussars 1710 – 13, 1 R. Drags. 1715 – 21, 1 Drag. Gds. 1721 – 33, 1 tp. horse Grenadier Gds. 1742–?5, 5 Drag. Gds. 1744 – 45, 10 R. Hussars 1745 – d.; brig.-gen. 1706, maj.-gen. 1709, lt.-gen. 1710, gen. 1735, field marshal 1742; comptroller clothing the army 1708, army accts. 1722.
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1710-13, NPG 3198.
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BOYLE, Henry (1669-1725)
Family and Education
b. 12 July 1669, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. Charles Boyle, Visct Dungarvan [I] and Bar. Clifford of Lanesborough, and 1st w. Jane (d. 1679), da. William Seymour, 2nd duke of Somerset; bro. Charles Boyle, 3rd earl of Cork [I], and 2nd earl Burlington; Chatsworth, Cork mss 29 (diary of Elizabeth, Lady Burlington), 65-63 (pages read from end of volume). educ. Westminster, travelled abroad 1685-8, Padua Univ. 1685, Trinity, Camb. 1692, MA 1693, DCL, Oxf. 1720; unm. ; d. 14 Mar. 1725; will 3 Apr. 1723, pr. 17 Mar. 1725. TNA, PROB 11/602.
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Commr, Treasury 1699- 1702, union with Scotland 1706; kpr, royal garden, St James’s Palace 1701; chan., Exch. 1701 – 08; PC 27 Mar. 1701 – d.; ld treas. [I], 1704 – 15; sec. of state [N] 1708 – 10; PC [I] 30 Sept. 1714 – d.; ld pres. of council 1721 – d.
Ld lt and custos rot., Yorks. (W. Riding) and city and ainsty of York 1704 – 15, custos rot. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1704 – 15; v.-adm., Yorks. 1704 – 15.
Cornet, Queen’s Horse (later 1 Drag. Gds) 1685 – 88; coronet and maj., 2 Life Gds by 1691 – 92.
Commr. Q. Anne’s bounty 1704; trustee, Dr Busby’s charity by 1724.
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1703, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.
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