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TOWNSHEND, Horatio (1630-87)

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bap. 16 Dec. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Roger Townshend‡, bt. (d.1637) of Raynham, Norf. and Mary (1611-69), da. and coh. of Horace Vere†, Bar. Vere of Tilbury. This biography is based on James Rosenheim, The Townshends of Raynham (1989), chs. 1 (principally) and 2. educ. St John's, Camb. 1644, MA 27 Nov. 1645; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Switzerland) 1646-8. m. (1) October 1649 Mary (1634-73), da. and coh. of Edward Lewkenor of Denham, Suff., s.p.; (2) 27 Nov. 1673 (with £9,575) Rosenheim, Townshends, 66-67; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 599. Mary (d. 17 Dec. 1685), da. of Sir Joseph Ashe‡, bt, of Twickenham, Mdx. 3s. 1da. d.v.p. HMC Portland, iii. 359; Add. 70012, f. 284. suc. bro. as 3rd bt. bef. 13 July 1648. d. 1 Dec. 1687; will 16 Mar. 1687 -26 Nov., pr. 7 Dec. 1687. TNA, PROB 11/389.
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Cllr. of State 17 May – 1 Dec. 1659.

Commr. militia, Norf. 1659, 1660, A and O, ii. 1329, 1439. corporations, Norwich 1662; gov., King's Lynn 1660; dep. lt. Norf. c. 1660 – 61; col. militia horse, Norf. 1660 – 76; ld. lt. Norf. 1661 – 76; v.-adm. Norf. 1663 – 76; high steward, King's Lynn 1664 – 84; alderman, Thetford by 1669 – ?82.

Col. regt. of ft. 1667.

Asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664. Select Charters of Trading Companies (Selden Soc. xxviii), 128.

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TOWNSHEND, Sir Horatio, 3rd Bt. (1630-87), of Raynham, Norf.
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oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1665, National Museum Wales; oil on canvas, attrib. R. Cole, National Trust, Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.

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RADCLYFFE, Edward (1655-1705)

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b. 9 Dec. 1655, 1st s. Francis Radclyffe, later earl of Derwentwater, of Dilston, Northumb. m. 18 Aug. 1687 (with £15,000), HMC Downshire, i. 258. Mary Tudor (d.1726), illegit. da. of Charles II with Mary Davies, 3s. 1da. d. 29 Apr. 1705; will 14-23 Apr., pr. 24 May 1705. TNA, PROB 11/482.
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Dep. lt., Northumb. June 1688-Jan. 1689. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 220.

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RADCLYFFE, Edward (1655-1705)
Associated with: Arlington St., Westminster and Dilston Hall, Northumb.
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Edward Radclyffe, 2nd earl of Derwentwater, by Johann Closterman (oil on canvas, private collection).

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RADCLYFFE, Francis (1625-96)

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b. 1625, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Edward Radclyffe, 2nd bt., of Dilston, Northumb. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Barton of Wenby, Yorks. m. 7 May 1656, Catherine (d. bef. 1696), da. and coh. of Sir William Fenwick, bt., of Meldon, Northumb., wid. of Henry Lawson (d.1644) of Brough, Yorks., 5s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 18 Dec. 1663. d. Apr. 1696; will 20 Apr. 1696, pr. 4 Oct. 1698. TNA, PROB 11/447.
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RADCLYFFE, Francis (1625-96)
Associated with: Dilston Hall, Northumb. and Castlerigg, Cumb.C. Hampson, Book of the Radclyffes, 233-4.;
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HERBERT, Arthur (c. 1648-1716)

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b. c.1648, 3rd s. of Sir Edward Herbert‡ (c.1591-1657), of Aston, Mont. and Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Smith‡ of Parson’s Green, Mdx.; bro. of Charles‡ and Sir Edward Herbert‡. educ. ?abroad (Brussels and Paris) 1650-59?; ?m. (1) lic. 2 Nov. 1672 Anne (d. c.1703), da. of George Hadley, of Southgate, Mdx., wid. of Walter Pheasant of Upwood, Hunts., s.p.; (2) c.1 Aug. 1704 (with £30,000?) Add. 70075, newsletter, 1 Aug. 1704. Anne (d. Apr. 1719), da. and coh. of Sir William Armine‡, 2nd bt., of Osgodsby, Lincs., wid. Thomas Crew, 2nd Bar. Crew, and of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, of Kimberley, Norf., s.p. d. 14 Apr. 1716; will 30 Mar. 1716, pr. 19 Apr. 1716. TNA, PROB 11/553.
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Commr. admiralty 1683 – 84; groom of bedchamber to James, duke of York, 1684 – 85; master of the robes 1685 – 87; PC 26 Feb. 1689 – 23 June 1692; first ld. admiralty 1689 – 90.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1675, 1689, Dover 1684, Guildford 1691; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 292. conservator, Bedford level 1694 – 1700, bailiff 1700 – d.

Lt., RN Mar. 1666; capt. Nov. 1666; v.-adm. 1678 – 80; adm. 1680 – 83, r.-adm. 1684 – 87; col. regt. of ft (later 15th Regt. of Ft.) 1686 – 87; lt.-adm.-gen., Dutch navy Oct. – Dec. 1688, adm., Anglo-Dutch fleet 1689 – 90; col. 1st Regt. of Marines 1690 – 91.

Mbr. R. Fisheries 1677; elder bro., Trinity House 1689 – d., master 1689 – 90.

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HERBERT, Arthur (c.1648-1716), of Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surr.
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oil on canvas by J. Closterman, c.1700, N. Lincs. Museum Service.

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