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PETRE, William (1626-84)

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b. Dec. 1626, 1st s. of Robert Petre†, 3rd Bar. Petre, and Mary, da. of Anthony Browne†, 2nd Visct. Montagu; bro. John Petre, 5th Bar. Petre Thomas Petre, 6th Bar. Petre. educ. privately in Oxford; travelled abroad (France) 1642. m. (1) (with £5,000, settlement 15 May 1649), Essex RO, D/DP/F47. Elizabeth (d.1665), da. of John Savage†, 2nd Earl Rivers, sep. c. Jan. 1652; TNA, C10/18/105. (2) (settlement 29 Nov. 1672), Essex RO, D/DP/F64. Bridget (d.1695), coh. of John Pincheon of Writtle, Essex, 1da. d. 5 Jan. 1684; will 20 Dec. 1683, pr. 14 June 1684. TNA, PROB 11/375.
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PETRE, William (1626-84)
Associated with: Thorndon (also known as West Horndon) Hall, Essex and Petre House, Aldersgate St., London . (until 1663)
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Paley, Ruth
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Lords 1660-1715
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FITZROY, Charles (1683-1757)

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b. 25 Oct. 1683, o.s. Henry Fitzroy, duke of Grafton, and Isabella, da. Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington. educ. travelled abroad (Low countries, France, Italy) 1698-1700, Padua Univ. 17 Feb. 1701; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 465; Post Boy, 24-27 Feb. 1700; H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’universita di Padova, 182. LLD Camb. 1705. Al. Cant. m. 30 Apr. 1713, Lady Henrietta Somerset (d.1726), da. of Charles Somerset‡, styled mq. of Worcester, sis. of Henry Somerset* [289], 2nd duke of Beaufort, 5s. d. v.p. 4da. (2 v.p.); 1 illeg. s. KG 1721. d. 6 May 1757; will 15 Apr. 1756, pr. 16 May 1757. TNA, PROB 11/830.
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Master of horse, duke of Gloucester 1698; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 360. gent. of the bedchamber, King George I 1714 – 17; ld. high steward, coronation of George I, 1714; ld. justice [I] 1715 – 17; PC 1715; ld. lt. of Ireland 1720 – 24; ld. justice [GB] 1720, 1723, 1725, 1727, 1740, 1743, 1745, 1748, 1750, 1752, 1755; ld. chamberlain. 1724 – d.

Ranger, Whittlewood forest 1705 – d.; ld. lt., Suff. 1705 – d.; v.-adm., Suff. 1705–d. recorder, Coventry 1724; gov. Charterhouse 1734.

Capt. tp. of horse 1703. CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 267; Marlborough-Godolphin Corresp. 162 n.8.

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FITZROY, Charles (1683-1757)
Associated with: Euston, Suff.; Wakefield Lodge, Northants.;VCH Northants. v. 18-37.; Bond Street, Westminster;Daily Courant, 7 June 1707; British Mercury, 9-11 Jan. 1712.; Golden Square Westminster.Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1703-5, NPG; oils on canvas, attrib. to W. Hoare, 1735-45, NPG; oil on canvas by Sir J. Reynolds (Ashmolean).

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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LEVESON GOWER, John (1675-1709)

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b. 7 Jan. 1675, o. surv. s. of Sir William Leveson Gower‡, 4th bt., of Stittenham, Yorks. and Jane, da. John Granville, earl of Bath. educ. James Linfield’s sch., Westminster 1690-1. m. Sept. 1692 (with £15,000), Katherine (d.1722), da. John Manners, 9th earl (later duke) of Rutland, 4s. (inc. William Leveson Gower,‡ and Thomas Leveson Gower‡), 2da. suc. fa. 22 Dec. 1691. d. 31 Aug. 1709; will 28 Aug. 1709, pr. 27 Feb. 1710. TNA, PROB 11/513.
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PC 21 Apr. 1702 – 20 May 1707; chan. of the duchy of Lancaster 1702 – 06; commr. union with Scotland 1702, 1706.

Steward, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1694 – 98; freeman, Preston 1702.

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LEVESON GOWER, Sir John, 5th Bt. (1675-1709), of Trentham, Staffs.
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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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