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DORMER, Rowland (1651-1712)

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b. c. 1651, 1st s. and h. of Robert Dormer of Grove Park, Warws. and Anne, da. of Rowland Eyre of Hassop, Derbys. educ. privately. unm. d. 27 Sept. 1712; admon. 26 June 1713 to sis. Lady Anne Curson. TNA, PROB 6/89, ff. 108v.
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DORMER, Rowland (1651-1712)
Associated with: Grove Park, Warws.
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Adams, Beverly
Paley, Ruth
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PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-80)

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b. Mar. 1607, 1st s. of Robert Pierrepont† (later earl of Kingston-upon-Hull) of Holme Pierrepont, Notts., and Gertrude (d.1649), da. and coh. of Hon. Henry Talbot‡ of Burton Abbey, Yorks.; bro. of Hon. Francis‡ and Hon. William Pierrepont‡. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1624; MA, Oxf. 1642; G. Inn 1651, called 1652, bencher 1658. m. (1) by 1630 Cecilia (d. 19 Sept. 1639), da. of Paul Bayning†, Visct. Bayning, 2s. d.v.p., 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Sept. 1652 Katherine (d. c.14 Jan. 1679), da. of James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 1s. d.v.p., 1da. d.v.p. d. 8 Dec. 1680; will 22 Mar. 1680, pr. 1 Feb. 1681. TNA, PROB 11/365.
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Mbr. council of war (roy.) 1642 – 46; commr. (roy.) treaty of Uxbridge 1645, defence of Oxford 1645 – 46; PC 1 Mar. 1645-by 5 May 1646, 27 Aug. 1660 – 21 Apr. 1679; commr. coronation claims 1661, earl marshal 1662, 1673. CSP Dom. 1673, pp. 413–14.

Commr. array, Notts. and Nottingham 1642; recorder, Nottingham 1666–d. Nottingham Bor. Recs. v. 435, 438.

Bencher, G. Inn 1658.

Fell. R. Coll. Physicians 1658; FRS 1663.

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PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-1680), of Holme Pierrepont, Notts. and Dean’s Yard, Westminster; later of Worksop Manor, Notts. and Charterhouse Yard, London
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oil on canvas by unknown artist, 1691, R. Coll. Physicians.

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Littleton, Charles
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CAVENDISH, William (1672-1729)

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b. 1672, 2nd but 1st surv. s. William Cavendish, styled Lord Cavendish (later duke of Devonshire) and Mary, da. James Butler, duke of Ormond [I] (and earl of Brecknock); bro. of Lord Henry Cavendish‡ and Lord James Cavendish‡. educ. privately; travelled abroad (Austria, Germany, Low Countries, Italy) 1690-1; Camb. LL.D 16 Apr. 1705. m. 21 June 1688 (with £25,000), Rachel (1674-1725), da. of William Russell‡, styled Lord Russell, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. (2 d.v.p.). TNA, PROB 11/630; Collins, Peerage (1710 edn), 112. KG 22 Mar. 1710. d. 4 June 1729; will 8 Jan. 1726 – 5 Sept. 1727, pr. 12 June 1729. TNA, PROB 11/630.
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Capt., yeomen of gd. 1702 – 07; commr. union with Scotland 1706; ld. steward 1707 – 10, 1714 – 16; PC 8 Sept. 1707 – d.; ld. pres. 1716 – 17, 1725 – d.; ld. justice 1714, 1720 – 25, 1727.

Freeman, Beverley 1703, Winchester by 1701; ld. lt. and custos rot., Derbys. 1707 – 11, 1714 – d.; c. j. in eyre, north of Trent 1707 – 11; steward, honour of Tutbury 1707 – d., High Peak 1708 – d., Derby by 1712.

Col. regt. of horse (10th Horse) 1688 – 90.

Gov. Charterhouse 1727 – d.

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CAVENDISH, William, Mq. of Hartington (1672-1729).
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oil on canvas by G. Kneller, c.1710-16, NPG 3202.

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Littleton, Charles
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CAVENDISH, William (1641-1707)

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b. 25 Jan. 1641, 1st and o. surv. s. William Cavendish, 3rd earl of Devonshire and Elizabeth (1620-89), da. of William Cecil†, 2nd earl of Salisbury; educ. privately (tutors, Dr Henry Killigrew, Henry Oldenburg, Francois du Prat), W. Kennett, A Sermon Preach'd at the Funeral of … William duke of Devonshire … with some Memoirs of the Family of Cavendish (1708), 117. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1657-60, HMC 15th Rep. VII, 161; Pepys Diary, i. 134. MA, Oxford 28 Sept. 1663, LLD, Cambridge 16 Apr. 1705; m. 26 Oct. 1662 (with £6,000) Bodl. Carte 32, f. 131, Carte 215, f. 385. Mary (1646-1710), da. James Butler, duke of Ormond [I], 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da.; Kennett, Mems. 119-20. 5ch. (of which 2da. surv.) illegit. with Mary Heneage; ?ch. (of which 1da. surv.) illegit. with Katharine Jones; 1da. illegit. with Mary Anne Campion; TNA, PROB 11/496; Hazard of a Death-bed Repentance Fairly Argued (1708), 23-26. KG 3 Apr. 1689; d. 18 Aug. 1707; will 15-17 Aug. 1707, pr. 28 Oct. 1707. TNA, PROB 11/496.
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PC 22 Apr. 1679 – 31 Jan. 1680, 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; ld. steward 1689 – d.; commr. reforming abuses in the army 1689, CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 97. inspection of hospitals 1691, CSP Dom. 1690–91, pp. 240, 473–4. appeals in prizes 1694, 1695, 1697, CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; CSP Dom. 1695, pp. 111–12; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 510–11. relief of Vaudois 1699, CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 92. union with Scotland 1706; CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 110; Boyer, Anne Annals, v. 12. ld. justice 1690 – 1701.

Steward, honour of High Peak ?1685 – d., Tutbury (Needwood Forest) 1692–d. Duchy of Lancaster Officers, ed. Somerville, 162, 170; CTB, x. 273. Kingston-upon-Thames 1689–d.; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 342. ld. lt. Derbys. 1689 – d., Som. (jt.) 1690 – 91, Notts. 1692 – 94; custos rot. Derbys. 1689 – d.; c.j. in eyre (north of Trent) 1690 – d.; recorder, Nottingham 1690–d. CSP Dom. 1690–91, p. 163; Nottingham Bor. Recs. vi. 36.

Col. regt. of horse (later 7th Drag. Gds.) 1688–90 CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 372; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 71.

FRS ?1660–85. Hunter, Royal Society, 86–87, 140–41.

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CAVENDISH, William, Lord Cavendish (1641-1707), of Chatsworth, Derbys.
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oil on canvas by John Michael Wright, 1660s, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by Godfrey Kneller, 1690s, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by John Closterman, 1697, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.

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Littleton, Charles
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CAVENDISH, William (1617-84)

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b. 10 Oct. 1617, 1st s. of William Cavendish†, 2nd earl of Devonshire, and Christian (1595–1675), da. of Edward Bruce, Ld. Kinloss [S], and Baron Bruce of Kinloss [S]. educ. St John’s, Camb. matric. 1631–2, MA 1637; travelled abroad (France and Italy, with Thomas Hobbes) 1634–7. W. Kennet, Memoirs of the Family of Cavendish (1737), 11; F. Bickley, The Cavendish Family, 45. m. 4 Mar. 1639, Elizabeth (1619–89), da. William Cecil, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. KB 1 Feb. 1626. d. 23 Nov. 1684; will 25 July 1683–21 Nov. 1684, pr. 10 Apr. 1685. TNA, PROB 11/379.
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Commr. Board of Trade 1669–72. CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 224.

Ld. lt. Derbys. 1638 – 42, 1660 – d.; commr. array, Leics. 1642; steward, Tutbury, Derbys. 1660 – d., High Peak, Derbys. 1661–d. Bickley, Cavendish Family, 60.

FRS 1663.

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CAVENDISH, William (1617-84)
Associated with: Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; Chatsworth, Derbys.; Latimers, Bucks.;VCH Bucks. iii. 209.; Roehampton House, Surr 1650–d.Lysons, Environs of London, i. 430-3.;
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oils on canvas, Anthony Van Dyck, 1638, Chatsworth, Derbys.; oils on canvas, studio of Peter Lely, c.1660, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.

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Littleton, Charles
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TREVOR, Thomas (1658-1730)

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b. 14 Sept. 1658, Add. 61684, f. 51. 2nd s. of Sir John Trevor‡ (1624–72) of Trevalyn, Denb. and Westminster, sec. of state 1668–72, and Ruth (1628–87), da. of John Hampden‡ of Great Hampden, Bucks. educ. Shilton, Burford, Oxon. (Samuel Birch, ejected minister); ?travelled abroad (France) 1671; HMC 6th Rep. 368. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1673; adm. I. Temple 1672; called to the bar 1680; bencher 1689. m. (1) 5 June 1690, Elizabeth (c.1672–1702), da. and coh. of John Searle of Finchley, Mdx. 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 25 Sept. 1704, cos. Anne (d.1746), da. of Robert Weldon of St Lawrence Jewry, London, wid. of Sir Robert Bernard (Barnard), 3rd bt. of Brampton, Hunts. HMC Portland, iv. 114. 3s. (1 d.v.p.). Add. 61684, f. 51. Kntd. 21 Oct. 1692. d. 19 June 1730; will 23 Dec. 1723–3 Jan. 1724, pr. 16 July 1730. TNA, PROB 11/639.
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KC, Duchy of Lancaster 1683, 1685 – 89; queen’s attorney and KC 1689; solicitor-gen. 1692 – 95; attorney-gen. 1695 – 1701; serjeant-at-law 1701; l.c.j.c.p. 1701 – 14.

Commr. rebuilding St Paul’s, 1692, CSP. Dom. 1691–2, pp. 266–7. 1711, Add. 72500, ff. 63–64. Greenwich Hosp. 1695; J. Cooke and J. Maule, An Historical Account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (1789), 8–30. union with Scotland 1702 – 03; PC 1702 – 14, 1726 – d.; 1st commr. of gt. seal Sept. – Oct. 1710; lord privy seal 1726 – 30; ld. justice (regency) 1727; ld. pres. of council 1730.

Freeman, Bedford 1714

Treas. I. Temple 1689 – 90; FRS 1707; gov. Charterhouse ?-d. London Journal, 4 July 1730.

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TREVOR, Sir Thomas (1658-1730), of Peckham, Surr. and the Inner Temple
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oil on canvas, c.1705, Government Art Collection; line engraving by R. White after T. Murray, 1702, NPG D39289.

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Adams, Beverly
Eagles, Robin
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RADCLYFFE, James (1689-1716)

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b. 28 June 1689, 1st s. Edward Radclyffe, (later 2nd earl of Derwentwater), and Maria Tudor, illegit. da. of Charles II. educ. St Germain en Laye, France 1702-5; travelled abroad 1705-8. L. Gooch, Desperate Faction, 17, 23. m. 10 July 1712, Anna Maria (d.1723), da. of Sir John Webb, 3rd bt., of Odstock, Wilts., 1s. 1da. exec. 24 Feb. 1716; estate forfeit to crown.
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RADCLYFFE, James (1689-1716)
Associated with: Dilston Hall, Northumb.
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James Radclyffe, 3rd earl of Derwentwater, engraving by George Vertue after Sir Godfrey Kneller, bt., 1716.

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Littleton, Charles
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TOWNSHEND, Charles (1675-1738)

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b. 18 Apr. 1675, 1st s. Horatio Townshend, Visct. Townshend, and 2nd w. Mary (d. 17 Dec. 1685), da. of Sir Joseph Ashe‡, bt. of Twickenham, Mdx.; bro. of Hon. Horatio Townshend‡ and Hon. Roger Townshend‡. educ. Eton 1686-?91; King’s, Camb. 1691; travelled abroad 1694-97 (Holland, France, Italy). J.M. Rosenheim, Townshends of Raynham, 108-11. m. (1) 3 July 1698, Elizabeth (d.1711), da. Thomas Pelham, later Bar. Pelham of Laughton, half-sis. of Pelham Holles, later duke of Newcastle, 7s. (4 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) ?6 July 1713, Dorothy (d.1726), da. of Robert Walpole‡ of Houghton, Norf., sis. of Robert Walpole†, later earl of Orford, 4s. 2da. Collins, Peerage (1756), iv. 368-70; HMC Townshend, 340. KG 1724. d. 21 June 1738; will 1 Feb. 1737, pr. 10 July 1738. TNA, PROB 11/690.
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Commr. Union 1706; CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 110; Post Man, 11–13 Apr. 1706. capt. yeomen of the guard 1707–11; London Gazette, 13–17 Nov. 1707; Verney ms mic. M636/53, J. Verney, Viscount Fermanagh [I], to Sir T. Cave, 18 Nov. 1707. PC 20 Nov. 1707–d., Add. 70284, Godolphin to R. Harley, 19 Nov. 1707; London Gazette, 20–4 Nov. 1707. ld. pres. 11 June 1720–25 June 1721; London Gazette, 11–13 June 1720, 24–7 June 1721. amb. extraordinary and plenip. (jt.), United Provinces, 1709–11; Post Man, 8–10 Mar. 1711. ld. regent 1 Aug.-18 Sept. 1714; Post Boy, 31 July-3 Aug. 1714. sec. of state (N.) 1714 – 16, 1721 – 30; ld. lt. [I] 24 Feb.-16 Apr. 1717. London Gazette, 23–6 Feb. 1717, 16–20 Apr. 1717.

High steward, Lynn 1701–d., CUL, Ch(H), Corr. 129. Norwich cathedral 1701 – d.; ld. lt. Norf. 1701 – 13, 1714–30; CUL, Ch(H), Corr. 135; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 310; CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 389. freeman, Gt. Yarmouth, Norwich 1701. P. Gauci, Pols. and Soc. in Great Yarmouth, 206; HP Commons, 1690–1715, ii. 420.

FRS 1706.

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TOWNSHEND, Charles (1675-1738)
Associated with: Raynham, Norf.; Soho Sq. Westminster, Albemarle Street, Westminster;Original Weekly Journal, 8 Nov. 1718.; Bond Street, Westminster.Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1690, NPG 1363; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, ?1704, NPG 3623; oil on canvas aft. Sir G. Kneller, c.1715-20, NPG 1755.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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