The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. 6. Gordon to HustpierpointSt. Catherine Press, Limited, 1926 - Nobility |
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... Charles III of Spain 1887 ; Knight of the Golden Fleece of Spain 1888 ; G.C.B. 25 May 1889. On the death , 22 Aug. 1893 , of his paternal uncle [ Ernst II ] he suc . him ( according to family treaties to that effect ) as REIGNING DUKE ...
... Charles III of Spain 1887 ; Knight of the Golden Fleece of Spain 1888 ; G.C.B. 25 May 1889. On the death , 22 Aug. 1893 , of his paternal uncle [ Ernst II ] he suc . him ( according to family treaties to that effect ) as REIGNING DUKE ...
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... Charles V expressing surprise at the despatch of so stupid and indiscreet a man . For a list of these Garter Missions see vol . ii , Appendix B. V.G. ( e ) In Collins ' Precedents , p . 328 , this title is included among " Instances ...
... Charles V expressing surprise at the despatch of so stupid and indiscreet a man . For a list of these Garter Missions see vol . ii , Appendix B. V.G. ( e ) In Collins ' Precedents , p . 328 , this title is included among " Instances ...
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... CHARLES ( HOWARD ) , EARL OF NOTTING- HAM , and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM , next br . ( of the whole blood ) to the above , being 2nd but 1st surv . s . and h . male of Charles , Earl of Nottingham , and Baron Howard of Effingham ( by ...
... CHARLES ( HOWARD ) , EARL OF NOTTING- HAM , and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM , next br . ( of the whole blood ) to the above , being 2nd but 1st surv . s . and h . male of Charles , Earl of Nottingham , and Baron Howard of Effingham ( by ...
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... Charles I , at Holyrood , 18 June 1633 , he carried " the spurs . " He , however , took an active part with the Parliament party against the King , being popularly called " Grey Steel " on account of his courage ; was a ruling elder of ...
... Charles I , at Holyrood , 18 June 1633 , he carried " the spurs . " He , however , took an active part with the Parliament party against the King , being popularly called " Grey Steel " on account of his courage ; was a ruling elder of ...
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... Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe , in a letter dated Jan. 1838 , writes , " Lord Eglintoune at 70 married a widow aged 96 - I suppose the oldest bride that ever went to church ; they were publicly married in London , where the mob should have ...
... Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe , in a letter dated Jan. 1838 , writes , " Lord Eglintoune at 70 married a widow aged 96 - I suppose the oldest bride that ever went to church ; they were publicly married in London , where the mob should have ...
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Page 25 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.
Page 142 - Thames ! run softly, till I end my song. Yet therein now doth lodge a noble peer, Great England's glory, and the world's wide wonder, Whose dreadful name late through all Spain did thunder, And Hercules' two pillars standing near Did make to quake and fear: Fair branch of honour, flower of chivalry!
Page 755 - ... albeit the issue after dieth or liveth, yet if the wife dies, the husband shall hold the land during his life by the law of England.
Page 148 - The pangs of guilty power or hapless love ; Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more, Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd, within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine ' '.
Page 265 - ... according to a saying that went of her, ' that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better; but if those in petticoats had been in breeches, they would have held faster.
Page 666 - Tommy Townshend was made a peer. Confound the fellow, said I, what right had he to be made a peer I should like to know. Why, I am as rich again as he is, and have a much better right. So I resolved to write to Pitt and tell him so. I wrote, and was made a peer the following week.
Page 108 - I suppose age has not improved him more than it generally does people, — the most brilliant person imaginable ; — quick, vivacious, and sparkling, he spoke so well that I never felt tired of listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all his other friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so fatigued — self. His...
Page 51 - On the bench, it is not to be denied that Lord Ellenborough occasionally suffered the strength of his political feelings to break forth, and to influence the tone and temper of his observations. That he ever, upon any one occasion, knowingly deviated one hair's breadth from justice in the discharge of his office, is wholly untrue.
Page 741 - ... craft and deceyt. The whyle he was thinking of any matter, he dyd contynually byte his nether lyppe, as thowgh that crewell nature of his did so rage agaynst yt self in that lyttle carkase. Also he was woont to be ever with his right hand pulling out of the sheath to the myddest, and putting in agane, the dagger which he did alway were. Trewly he had a sharp witt, provydent and subtyle, apt both to counterfayt and dissemble; his corage also hault and fearce...
Page 726 - And forasmuche as I knew afterward that I hadde do wronge, and taken upon me more than me owght to do, I submettede me to my Lord, and cryed hym mercy and grace, and...