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WEST, Charles (1626-87)

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b. 30 Jan. 1626, TNA, WARD 7/78/95. o. s. of Henry West† (1603–28), 4th Bar. De la Warr, and Isabella (1607–79), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Edmondes‡, treas. of the household. m. 15 Sept. 1642, Anne (d.1703), da. of John Wilde‡ of Droitwich, Worcs., sjt.-at-law, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) ?3da. Berry, Hants Gen. 202–3. d. 22 Dec. 1687; admon. 2 Jan. 1688.
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Capt. Lord Gerard’s regt. of Horse 1666. CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 557.

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WEST, Charles (1626-87)
Associated with: Wherwell, Hants.
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Handley, Stuart
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SYDNEY, Henry (1641-1704)

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b. c. Mar. 1641, 4th s. Robert Sydney, 2nd earl of Leicester, and Dorothy, da. of Henry Percy†, 3rd earl of Northumberland; bro. of Algernon Sydney‡ and Philip Sydney, 3rd earl of Leicester. educ. travelled abroad 1658-64 (Spain, Italy). unm. 1s. with Grace Worthley. d. 8 Apr. 1704; will 12 Apr. 1699 – 21 July 1702, pr. 18 May 1704. TNA, PROB 11/477.
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Groom of the bedchamber to James, duke of York, 1665; master of the horse to duchess of York 1665; envoy to France 1672, Hague 1679–81; Bodl. Carte 222, f. 314. master of the robes 1679–85; Kent HLC (CKS), U1475/O102. PC 1689; Bodl. Carte 79, f. 743. gent. of the bedchamber 1689 – ?1702; sec. of state (north) 1690 – 92; ld. justice [I] 1690; ld. lt. Ireland 1692 – 95; ld. justice 1697, 1698; groom of the stole 1700 – 02.

Ld. lt. Kent 1689–92, Kent HLC (CKS), U1475/O103. 1694 – d.; v.-adm. Kent 1689–1702; Kent HLC (CKS), U1475/O104. ld. warden of the Cinque Ports 1691–1702; Kent HLC (CKS), U1475/O107. kpr. of Greenwich Palace and Park 1697–d. CSP Dom. 1697, p. 68.

Capt. Holland regt. (the Buffs); gen. of British regts. in Dutch service 1681 – 85; col. 1st regt. of foot 1689 – 90, 1693–d.; CSP Dom. 1693, p. 404. maj.-gen. 1691; lt.-gen. 1694; master-gen. of the Ordnance 1693–1702. CTB, 1693–96, p. 1322.

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SIDNEY (SYDNEY), Hon. Henry (1641-1704), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Elverton, Stone, Kent.
SIDNEY
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oil on canvas, by ?Sir G. Kneller, 1700, NPG 1722; oil on canvas by Sir J.B. de Medina, Government Art Collection.

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Eagles, Robin
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GORDON, John (1661-1733)

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bap. 2 Mar. 1661, 1st s. of George Gordon, 15th earl of Sutherland [S], and Jean, da. of David Wemyss, 2nd earl of Wemyss [S]. m. (1) 28 Apr. 1680 (with £30,000 Scots), Helen (d.1690), da. of William, Ld. Cochrane [S], 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Catherine (d.1705), da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd bt., of Helmingham, Suff., wid. of James Stuart, Ld. Doune [S] (1st s. d.v.p. of Alexander Stuart, 5th earl of Moray [S]), s.p.; (3) contr. 11 Aug. 1727, Frances (d.1732), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Hodgson of Bramwith, Yorks., and wid. of Sir Thomas Travell‡ of Milborne Wick, Som., s.p. KT 1716. d. 27 June 1733; Douglas, Scots Peerage, viii. 353-5, where he is misidentified as the 15th earl of Sutherland, owing to the title’s tenure in the 16th century by Elizabeth, suo jure countess of Sutherland. will intestate, admon. 3 Oct. 1733 to grandson William Sutherland†, 17th earl of Sutherland [S]. Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/96, 102.
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PC [S] 1687 – 88, 1690 – 1708; commr. union [S] 1706, justiciary, Highlands [S] 1697, 1701, police [S] 1714; pres. bd. of trade [S] 1715; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 462; CSP Dom. 1696, p. 168; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 405; CSP Dom. 1702–3, pp. 571–2; NAS, GD 86/852; P.W.J. Riley, Eng. Ministers and Scotland, 258. PC 3 Jan. 1721 – d.

Sheriff, Sutherland 1681 – d.; commr. supply, Sutherland 1685, 1689, 1690, 1704, Inverness 1704; ld. lt. Caithness, Cromarty, Moray, Nairn, Ross and Sutherland 1715 – 25, stewartry of Orkney 1716 – 25; chamberlain, Ross 1721.

Col. regt. of ft. 1689 – 90, 1693 – c.1701; lt.-gen. 1715.

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GORDON, John (1661-1733)
Associated with: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie; Chelsea, Mdx.
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Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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SAVILE, James (1647-71)

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b. ?1647, only s. and h. of Thomas Savile†, earl of Sussex, and Anne, only da. of Christopher Villiers†, earl of Anglesey. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France) 1662. m. Anne, da. and coh. of Robert Wake of Antwerp and London, merchant. 1s. d.v.p. bur. 11 Oct. 1671 11 Oct. 1671; admon. 17 Oct. 1671. Borthwick, 17 Oct. 1671.
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SAVILE, James (1647-71)
Associated with: Howley Hall, Yorks.
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Adams, Beverly
Paley, Ruth
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BOOTH, Henry (1652-94)

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b. 13 Jan. 1652, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Booth, 2nd bt. (later Bar. Delamer) and Elizabeth (d. 4 Jan. 1691), da. Henry Grey, earl of Stamford; bro. of George Booth‡. educ. unknown. m. 7 July 1670 (with £20,000), Mary (d. 23 Mar. 1691), da. and h. of Sir James Langham‡, 2nd bt. of Cottesbrooke, Northants. 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. d. 2 Jan. 1694; will 16 Oct. 1688, admon. 1 Mar. 1694 (revoked), pr. 15 July 1698. JRL, Dunham Massey mss, EGR 3/6/2/1/10; TNA, PROB 11/446; PROB 6/70, f. 47.
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PC 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; chan. and under-treas., exch. 1689 – 90; commr. treasury 1689 – 90.

Commr. recusants, Lancs. 1675, wharves, London 1690; custos rot. Cheshire 1673 – 80, 1681 – 82, 1689 – d.; ld. lt. Cheshire 1689 – d.; alderman, Chester 1689 – d., mayor 1691 – 92; master forester, Quernmore, Mirescough, Amounderness, Bleasdale and Wyersdale, Lancs. (‘the five forests’) 1690 – d.; steward, Quernmore, Myerscough, hundred of Amounderness, Lancs. 1690 – d.

Col. regt. of horse 1688 – 90.

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BOOTH, Hon. Henry (1652-94), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1690, Government Art Collection.

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Littleton, Charles
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SPENCER, Charles (1675-1722)

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b. 23 Apr. 1675, 3rd but 1st surv. s. Robert Spencer, 2nd earl of Sunderland, and Lady Anne Digby (d.1715). This biography draws heavily on G.M. Townend, ‘The political career of Charles Spencer, 3rd earl of Sunderland 1695-1722’ (Edinburgh Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1984) and H.L. Snyder, ‘Charles Spencer, 3rd earl of Sunderland, as Secretary of State, 1706-1710’ (Univ. of California Ph.D. thesis, 1963). educ. travelled abroad 1689-90 (Holland, Univ. of Utrecht); Kenyon, Sunderland, 239, 241. LLD Camb. 1705. m. (1) 12 Jan. 1695 (with £25,000), Kenyon, Sunderland, 267; Add. 75363, Sunderland to Newcastle, 23 Aug. 1694. Lady Arabella Cavendish (d.1698), da. Henry Cavendish, 2nd duke of Newcastle, 1da.; (2) 2 Jan. 1700 (with ?£20,000), Lady Anne Churchill (d.1716), 2nd da. John Churchill, earl, later duke, of Marlborough, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (3) 5 Dec. 1717 Judith (d.1749), da. and coh. of Benjamin Tichborne of Tichborne, Hants, 2s. (?1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. KG 21 Nov. 1719. d. 19 Apr. 1722; will 15 Aug. 1720, pr. 8 Jan. 1723. TNA, PROB 11/592.
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Sec. of state (S) 1706 – 10, (N) 1717 – 18; commr. for union with Scotland 1706; PC 3 Dec. 1706; ld. lt. Ireland 1714 – 15; ld. privy seal Aug. 1715 – Dec. 1716; jt. v.-treas. [I] Mar. – July 1716, sole treas. July 1716 – May 1717; first ld. of the treasury 1718 – 21; ld. justice 1719, 1720; groom of the stole 1719 – d.

Envoy extraordinary Vienna 1705.

Recorder Coventry 1710–11; HMC Portland, iv. 614; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 634. gov. Charterhouse 1716–d. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 354–5.

FRS 1698.

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SPENCER, Charles, Lord Spencer (1675-1722).
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, Blenheim; Kenyon, Sunderland, frontispiece, pp. 164-5. line engraving by J.S. Muller, after Kneller, NPG D8043.

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Eagles, Robin
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SPENCER, Robert (1641-1702)

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b. 1641, 1st s. of Henry Spencer†, earl of Sunderland, and Dorothy, da. Robert Sydney, 2nd earl of Leicester. This biography is based substantially on J.P. Kenyon, Robert Spencer, earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702. educ. privately (Dr. Thomas Pierce); travelled abroad 1658, 1661-3 (France), 1663-5 (Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy).Kenyon, Sunderland, 6-7. m. 10 June 1665 (with £10,000) Sherborne Castle, Digby mss, vol. ii. ff. 269-70. Anne (d.1715), 2nd da. George Digby, 2nd earl of Bristol, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. (2 d.v.p.). KG May 1687. d. 28 Sept. 1702; will 14 May 1695, pr. 6 Nov. 1702. TNA, PROB 11/467.
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Extra gent. of bedchamber 1673 – 74; gent. of bedchamber 1674 – 79; sec. of state (N) 1679 – 80, (S) 1680 – 81, (N) 1683 – 84, (S) 1684 – 88; PC 1682 – 88, 1697–?d.; ld. pres. 1685 – 88; ld. chamberlain 1697; ld. justice 1697.

Ld. lt. Staffs. 1679 – 81, Warws. 1683 – 86, 1687 – 89; custos rot. Staffs. 1680 – 81, Warws. 1683 – 89.

Amb. extraordinary to Madrid 1671 – 72; to Paris 1672 – 73, 1678; jt. amb. extraordinary to Cologne 1673.

Capt. tp. of horse, Prince Rupert, duke of Cumberland’s regt. 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 182–3.

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SPENCER, Robert (1641-1702)
Associated with: Associated with Althorp, Northants; Queen Street, Mdx.; St James's Sq., Westminster.Dasent, St James’ Square, 218, 235.;
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oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, 1660s, Althorp House, Northants.; Reproduced in Kenyon, Sunderland, 6. oil on canvas by C. Maratti, 1664, Althorp House, Northants.; Reproduced in Honour, Interest and Power, eds. R. Paley and P. Seaward, 135. oil on canvas by school of Kneller, Blenheim Palace, Oxon.; Reproduced in Kenyon, Sunderland, 164. miniature by N. Dixon, at Boughton House, Northants. Reproduced in Kenyon, Sunderland, 260.

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Eagles, Robin
Seaward, Paul
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Lords 1660-1715
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BOOTH, George (1622-84)

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b. 18 Dec. 1622, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Booth‡ (d. 1636) of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, and Vere (d. 1629), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Egerton‡ of Ellesmere, Salop. educ. I. Temple 1637. m. (1) lic. 30 Nov. 1639, Katherine (d. 5 Aug. 1643), da. Theophilus Clinton, 4th earl of Lincoln, 1da.; (2) lic. 14 Dec. 1644, Elizabeth (d. 4 Jan. 1691), da. Henry Grey, earl of Stamford, 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. grandfa. 24 Oct. 1652 as 2nd bt. d. 8 Aug. 1684; will 1 Aug. 1671, pr. 19 Sept. 1684, 22 Sept. 1698. Chester RO, WS 1698, Delamere, George, of Dunham Massey; TNA, PROB 11/449.
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Commr. militia, Cheshire and Lancs. 1648, Mar. 1660, Cheshire 1655; custos rot. Cheshire 1660 – 73; dep. lt. Cheshire c. July 1660 – Apr. 1661.

Col. of ft. (parliament) by 1644 – 46.

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BOOTH, Sir George, 2nd Bt. (1622-84), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir Peter Lely, c. 1645–7, National Trust, Dunham Massey, Cheshire; ink and gouache by John Bulfinch after Sir Peter Lely, NPG D29970.

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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