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RICH, Charles (1616-73)
Family and Education
b. 1616, 2nd s. of Robert Rich†, 2nd earl of Warwick and Frances, da. of Sir William (Newport) Hatton‡ of Holdenby, Northants. educ. G. Inn 1662. m. 21 July 1641 (with £7,000), Mary (d.1678), da. of Richard Boyle, earl of Cork [I] and Catherine Fenton, 1s. d.v.p., 1da. d.v.p. Add. 27357. d. 24 Aug. 1673; will 14 Apr. – 20 Aug. 1673, pr. 30 Aug. 1673. TNA, PROB 11/341.
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Custos rot. Essex 1660 – d.; gov. Landguard Fort, 1660 – 62.
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Associated with: Leighs, Essex and Warwick House, High Holborn, Mdx.
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BOOTH, George (1675-1758)
Family and Education
b. 2 May 1675, 2nd but 1st surv. s. Henry Booth, Bar. Delamer (later earl of Warrington) and Mary (d. 23 Mar. 1691), da. of Sir James Langham‡, 2nd bt.; bro. of Hon. Langham Booth‡. educ. private (tutor, Mr. Delaheuze). JRL, EGR 3/6/2/2/5. m. 9 Apr. 1702 (with £24,000), BJRL, lxv. 22 n38. Mary (d. 3 Apr. 1740), da. of John Oldbury of London, 1da. d. 2 Aug. 1758; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 534, 525-6. will 22 July 1754 – 8 Sept. 1757, pr. 17 Aug. 1758. TNA, PROB 11/840.
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Commr. sewers, Lancs. and Cheshire 1706.
Dep. lt., Lancs. 1714–?
Freeman, Chester 1689–d.
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Associated with: Dunham Massey, Cheshire; Suffolk Street, Mdx. (to ?1717);JRL, EGR 3/6/2/1/11; Verney ms mic. M636/54, G. Merry to Fermanagh, 11 Apr. 1717.; Poland/ Great Marlborough Street, Mdx (from 1717).BJRL, lxv. 23 n41.;
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oil on canvas, attrib. Godfrey Kneller, 1700-10, National Trust, Lanhydrock, Cornwall; oil on canvas by Michael Dahl, 1720-30, National Trust, Dunham Massey, Cheshire; oil on canvas by Michael Dahl, 1727, National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire.
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WARD, Edward (1631-1701)
Family and Education
b. 1631, s. and h. Humble Ward, Baron Ward, and Frances (1611–97), da. of Sir Fernando Sutton or Dudley, kt., later suo jure 6th Baroness Dudley. educ. unknown. m. c.1651, VCH Worcs. iii. 94. Frances (d.1676), da. of Sir William Brereton‡, 1st bt., of Handford, Cheshire, and sis. and coh. of Sir Thomas Brereton, 2nd bt. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1779 edn) vi. 264. d. 3 Aug. 1701; will 23 June 1701 –2 Aug., pr. 2 Nov. 1704. TNA, PROB 11/479.
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Dep. lt. Staffs. 1677, 1680, 1685.
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Associated with: Himley, Staffs.; Dudley Castle, Worcs.
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WARD, Humble (1613-70)
Family and Education
bap. 31 Oct. 1613, Regs. of St Vedast, Foster Lane and St Michael le Querne, London, i. 37. o. s. of William Ward of Cheapside, London, goldsmith, and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Richard Humble of Goosehays, Essex, vintner. educ. privately. m. settlement 17 Feb. 1628, Frances (d.1697) (later suo jure Baroness Dudley), da. and h. of Sir Ferdinando Sutton and Honora, da. of Edward Seymour, styled Ld. Beauchamp, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. TNA, PROB 11/334; Colls. for a Hist. of Staffs. ix. pt. 2, p. 120. kt. 1643. d. 14 Oct. 1670; will 1 July 1655, pr. 11 Nov. 1670. PROB 11/334.
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High sheriff, Staffs. 1658–9.
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Associated with: Himley Hall, Staffs. and Dudley Castle, Staffs.
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Lords 1660-1715
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WALDEGRAVE, Henry (1661-90)
Family and Education
b. 1661, 1st s. of Sir Charles Waldegrave, 3rd bt. and Helen, da. of Sir Francis Englefield, 2nd bt. educ. unknown. m. 29 Nov. 1683, Henrietta Fitzjames (d. 3 Apr. 1730), illegit. da. James Stuart, duke of York, and Arabella Churchill, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1684. d. 14 Jan. 1690; will 29 Dec. 1689; pr. 2 Dec. 1691. TNA, PROB 11/407.
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Comptroller of household, 1687-Dec. 1688 (Whitehall), Dec. 1688–d. (court of St Germain); envoy extraordinary (court of St Germain) to France Nov. 1688 – d.
Ld. lt. Som. July 1687 – Nov. 1688; recorder, Taunton Sept. – Dec. 1688; high steward, Bath Aug.-Dec. 1688.
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VILLIERS, Edward (c. 1655-1711)
Family and Education
bap. 18 Nov. 1655, s. of Sir Edward Villiers (1620–89) and Frances, da. of Theophilus Howard†, 2nd earl of Suffolk. educ. St John’s, Camb. matric. 1671; DCL Oxf. 1702. m. lic. 8 Dec. 1681 (with £10,000), Verney ms mic. M636/36, Lady P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 12 Nov. 1681. Barbara (d.1735), da. of William Chiffinch‡ 3s. (?1 d.v.p.) 1da. d. 26 Aug. 1711; TNA, E 134/5 Geo 1/Mich 38. bur. 10 Sept. 1711 Westminster Abbey; admon. 10 Sept. 1711 to wid. TNA, PROB 6/87, f. 98v.
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Master of the horse to Queen Mary 1689 – 95; kt. marshal 1689 – 1700; kpr. of Hyde Park 1692;
Envoy extraordinary at the Hague 1695 – 97; amb. to France 1698 – 99.
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Associated with: Squerries Court, Kent; St James’ Street, Westminster; Duke Street, Westminster; Hyde Park.E 134/5 Geo 1/Mich 38; Add. 22267, ff. 164-71; Daily Courant, 19 Apr. 1707.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1699, St John’s, Camb.
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VAUX, Henry (c. 1591-1663)
Family and Education
b. c.1591, Cath. Rec. Soc. xxxvii. 159. ?3rd but 2nd surv. s. of George Vaux (d. 13 July 1594), of Harrowden Hall, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. John Roper†, Bar. Teynham; bro. Edward Vaux, 4th Bar. Vaux. educ. English College, Rome, 1610–18. unm. d. 20 Sept. 1663; will 11 Sept. 1661–19 Sept. 1663, pr. 12 Oct. 1663. TNA, PROB 11/312.
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