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CECIL, John (1628-78)

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b. aft. July 1628, bap. 26 Oct. 1628, s. of David Cecil, 3rd earl of Exeter† (c.1604-43) and Elizabeth, da. of John Egerton†, earl of Bridgwater. educ. unknown. m. (1) 8 Dec. 1646, Frances (d.1669), da. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland, 2s. (1d.v.p.) 1da; (2) 24 Jan. 1670, Mary (1639-81), wid. of Francis Palmes, da. Mildmay Fane, 2nd earl of Westmorland, ?s.p. d. 1 Feb. 1678; will 23 Dec. 1677, pr. 20 Mar. 1678. TNA, PROB 11/356.
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Ld. high almoner 1661. CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 585.

Kpr., West Hay Walk, Rockingham Forest 1660; Eg. 2549, f. 62; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 368. recorder, Stamford 1660 – 76; custos rot. Rutland, Peterborough 1660; LJ, xi. 38. ld. lt., Northants. (jt.) 1660 – 66, (sole) 1666, (jt.) 1666 – 73, E. Northants. 1673 – 78.

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CECIL, John (1628-78)
Associated with: Burghley House, Lincs.
Author
Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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EURE, Ralph (c. 1625-1707)

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b. c. 1625, 3rd surv. s. of Horatio Eure, of Easby, Yorks. and Deborah, da. and coh. of John Brett, of Romney Marsh, Kent; bro. George Eure, 6th Bar. Eure. educ. unknown. unm. d. 27 Apr. 1707; admon. 16 May 1707 to niece, Bathshua Lister, wid. TNA, PROB 6/83, ff. 79v.
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EURE, Ralph (c. 1625-1707)
Associated with: Easby, Yorks. (N) and Gatley Park, Herefs.
EWER
Author
Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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EURE, George (c. 1620-72)

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b. c.1620, TNA, C 142/558/89 (based on the age of his elder brother, 20, at time of their father’s death in 1637). 1st surv. s. of Horatio Eure (bur. 9 Jan. 1637) of Easby, Yorks. (N. Riding), and Deborah, da. and coh. of John Brett, of Romney Marsh, Kent; bro. Ralph Eure, 7th Bar. Eure. educ. adm. L. Inn 27 Feb. 1672. unm. suc. bro. 18 Aug. 1643. d. by 25 Oct.; will 15 Oct. 1970, pr. 25 Oct. 1672. TNA, PROB 11/340.
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Cllr. of state 1 Nov. – 12 Dec. 1653; commr. security of the Protector, England and Wales 1656–8. A. and O. ii. 1039.

Commr. assessment, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1647, 1648, 1649, 1657, 1660; commr. Yorks. 1650, 1652; Ibid. i. 965, 1082; ii. 33, 297, 662, 1067, 1367. commr. militia, Yorks. 1648, 1655, 1659, 1660. Ibid. i. 1141, 1245; ii. 1323, 1446; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78; A Perfect List of all such Persons … are now confirmed to be … Justices of the Peace (1660), 63. Commr. scandalous ministers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1654; A. and O. ii. 971. commr. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1664. TNA, C 181/7, p. 248.

Capt. coy. of ft. (Parl.) by 1643–1646; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 164. maj. coy. of militia ft. Yorks. 1648–9; Ibid. capt. coy. of militia horse, Yorks. 1650-aft. 1651; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 434. col. regt. of militia horse, Yorks. by 1656–1660? CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 120; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 16.

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EURE, George (c. 1620-72)
Associated with: Easby, Yorks. (N. Riding).
EWER
Author
Littleton, Charles
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
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CAPELL, Algernon (1670-1710)

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b. 28 Dec. 1670, 5th but 1st surv. s. Arthur Capell, earl of Essex and Elizabeth, da. Algernon Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland. educ. ?Foubert’s Academy 1680; Evelyn Diary, iv. 201. travelled abroad (Italy, Geneva, France, Low Countries) 1687-9. Add. 40629, ff. 199-218. m. 28 Feb. 1692 (with £10,000), Herts. ALS, DE/P/F97, earl of Portland’s case. Mary (d.1726), da. of Willem Bentinck, earl of Portland, and 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir Edward Villiers, 1s. 2da. d. 10 Jan. 1710; will 2 Aug. 1709, pr. 20 June 1710. TNA, PROB 11/516.
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Gent. of the bedchamber 1691 – 1702; PC 1708 – d.

Ld. lt. Herts. 1692 – d., Tower Hamlets 1707 – d.; high steward, Tewkesbury1698; Add. 72483, f. 166. freeman and free burgess, Tewkesbury, 1699; Glos. Archives, D747/5. constable of the Tower 1707–d. CTB, 1706–7, p. 253.

Col. dragoons 1693 – d.; brig.-gen. 1702; maj.-gen. 1704; lt.-gen. 1707. Herts. ALS, DE/M/269–70.

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CAPELL, Algernon (1670-1710)
Associated with: Cassiobury House, Herts.; Hadham Hall, Herts.; Pall Mall., Whitehall.
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oil on canvas after Sir G. Kneller, c.1700, NPG 143; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1705, NPG 3207.

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Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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MONTGOMERIE, Alexander (c. 1660-1729)

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b. c. 1660, 1st. s. of Alexander Montgomerie, 8th earl of Eglinton [S], and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of William Crichton, 2nd earl of Dumfries [S]. educ. Culross sch. 1669–73; St Andrews Univ. 1673–6. m. (1) contr. 7–16 Dec. 1676, Margaret (d. by 1704), da. of William Cochrane, styled. Ld. Cochrane (s. d.v.p. of William Cochrane, earl of Dundonald [S]), sis. of William Cochrane‡ of Kilmaronock, Dunbarton, 3s. d.v.p. 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) by 1704, Anne (bur. 16 Dec. 1708), da. of George Gordon, earl of Aberdeen [S], 1da. surv. (3) bef. May 1709, Susanna (d. 18 Mar. 1780), da. of Sir Archibald Kennedy, bt. of Culzean, Ayrshire, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. d. 18 Feb. 1729. Sir W. Fraser, Mems. Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton, i. 100, 102-7.
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PC [S] Mar. – July 1692, 1696 – 1704; commr. auditing treasury accts. [S] 1698, treasury [S] 1702 -4, commr. of chamberlainry [S] 1711–14. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 167, 367; CSP Dom. 1696, p. 168.

Sheriff, Renfrew; commr. supply, Lanark 1704.

Parlimentarian
MONTGOMERIE, Alexander (c. 1660-1729)
Associated with: Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning.
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oil on canvas by unknown artist, sold by Doyle, New York, 19 May 2010.

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Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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Lords 1660-1715
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DURAS, Louis Durfort de (c. 1640-1709)

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b. c.1640, Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana 1700-15, pp. 165-66; Westminster Abbey Reg. 355. 6th but 3rd surv. s. of Guy-Aldonce Durfort de Duras, mq. de Duras and comte de Rauzan [France] (d. 8 Jan. 1665) and Elizabeth (d. 1 Dec. 1685), da. of Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, duc de Bouillon [France]. m. c. 9 Mar. 1676 Mary (d. 31 Dec. 1676), HMC Rutland, ii. 35. da. of George Sondes, (later earl of Feversham), s.p. KG 30 July 1685. d. 8 Apr. 1709; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 428; An Elegy on the much lamented death of the … Lord Feversham (1709). will 18 July 1701–6 Apr. 1709, pr. 3 May 1709. TNA, PROB 11/506.
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Kpr. of privy purse to James Stuart, duke of York, 1667 – 1970; amb. extraordinary, France 20 Oct. – 2 Dec. 1677, 10 Aug. – 15 Sept. 1682; master of horse to Catherine of Braganza, Dec. 1679 – Sept. 1680; ld. chamberlain, Catherine of Braganza, Sept. 1680–1705; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 30, 54; Bodl. Carte 39, f. 198. extra gent. of the bedchamber 1682 – May 1685; gent. of bedchamber May 1685 – Feb. 1689.

Master forester, honour of Grafton, Northants., c.1682–d.; VCH Northants, v. 303. ld. lt. Kent Oct. 1688 – May 1689.

Capt. coy. in duke of York’s Life Gds, 1665 – 67; col. duke of York’s Life Gds June 1667–85; 1st tp., R. Life Gds, 1685 – 89; R. regt. of drags., 1678 – 83; lt.-gen., English forces in Netherlands, 1678 – 79; R. Army, 1685 – Dec. 1688.

Master, St Katherine’s Hospital, London, 1698–d. Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 444.

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DURAS, Louis Durfort de (c. 1640-1709)
Associated with: St James’ Square 1676–96;Survey of London, xxix. 189; HMC Ormonde, n.s. vi. 337-40. , Somerset House 1685–d.;London Top. Rec. xxix, 56; E. Hatton, A New View of London. ii. 626.; Holdenby, Northants.
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mezzotint by I. Beckett aft. J. Riley, 1681-88, NPG D11658.

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Littleton, Charles
Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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MURRAY, John (1685-1752)

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b. 31 Oct. 1685, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Charles Murray, earl of Dunmore [S] (2nd s. of John Murray, mq. of Atholl [S]), and Catherine, da. of Richard Watts of Great Munden, Herts.; bro. of Robert Murray‡. unm. d. 18 Apr. 1752; will 6 Sept.–10 Oct. 1751; pr. 23 Apr.–4 June 1752. TNA, PROB 11/794.
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Gent. of bedchamber, 1731 – d.

Ens. 1704, capt. 1705–13 R. regt. of ft.; col. 3rd Ft. 1713; maj.-gen. 1735; lt.-gen. 1739; gen. of ft. and c.-in-c. allied armies in Austrian Netherlands 1745; kt. banneret 1743; gov. Plymouth and St Nicholas Island, Devon 1745.

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MURRAY, John (1685-1752)
Associated with: Hanover Sq., Westminster.London Evening Post, 18-21 Apr. 1752.;
Author
Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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Lords 1660-1715
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COCHRANE, John (1687-1720)

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b. 4 July 1687, 2nd s. of John Cochrane, 2nd earl of Dundonald [S], and Susannah, da. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S] and earl of Selkirk [S]. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1701. m. (1) 4 Apr. 1706, Anne (d.1710), da. of Charles Murray, earl of Dunmore [S], sis. John Murray, 2nd earl of Dunmore [S], 1s. 3da.; (2) 15 Oct. 1715, Mary (d.1722), da. Peregrine Osborne, 2nd duke of Leeds, and wid. Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort, s.p. d. 5 June 1720. Douglas, Scots Peerage, iii. 354.
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Ld.-in-waiting to George Augustus, prince of Wales, c.1715-c.1718. NLS, ms 14419, f. 48; Douglas, iii. 354.

Col. 4th tp. Horse Gds. 1714 – 19.

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COCHRANE, John (1687-1720)
Associated with: Paisley, Renfrew.
Author
Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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WARD, Edward (1683-1704)

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bap. 20 Dec. 1683, o. s. and h. of William Ward (d.1692) and Frances, da. of William Dilke of Maxstoke Castle, Warws. educ. Rugby 1695; Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 1702. m. 9 Apr. 1703, Diana, da. and h. of Thomas Howard‡ of Ashtead, Surr. 1s. d. 28 Mar. 1704; will 19 Jan. 1704, pr. 29 Mar. 1704 and 10 July 1718. TNA, PROB 11/475.
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WARD, Edward (1683-1704)
Associated with: Himley, Staffs.
Author
Adams, Beverly
Paley, Ruth
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
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