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  Earl of Kildare -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Earl of Kildare is an Irish (The peers of a kingdom considered as a group) peerage title.
The tenth Earl was (additional info and facts about attained) attained and his honours were forfeit in 1537.
In 1554, the individual who would have been the earl but for the attainder was created Earl of Kildare; he was restored to the original earldom in 1569.
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 England GenWeb Project - Lincolnshire, Ancaster
The village of Ancaster is east of the A607 trunk road at Honington.
The Ancaster Valley grasslands at SK 9843 are a preserve of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
The title of Earl of Ancaster was conferred in 1892 on Gilbert Henry, 22nd Baron Willoughby de ERESBY.
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 DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN - LoveToKnow Article on DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, DUKE OF, an English title borne by the well-known Lincolnshire family of Bertie from 1715 to 1809.
The fourth duke was ROBERT (1756-1779), son of the third duke, who died in July 17 7 9, when his barony of Willoughby de Eresby and the hereditary office of lord great chamberlain fell into abeyance until 1780.
The dukedom, however, and other honors came to his uncle BROWNLOW (1729-1809), on whose death in February 1809 the dukedom of Ancaster and Kesteven became extinct; but the earldom of Lindsey descended to a distant kinsman, Albemarle Bertie (1744-1818).
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 Earl of Ancaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl of Ancaster was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892.
The Earls held the subsidiary titles of Baron Aveland and Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
The title became extinct in 1983, but the 3rd Earl's daughter inherited the Willoughby de Eresby barony.
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 Earl of Aldborough -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The title of Earl of Aldborough was created in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Ireland) Peerage of Ireland in 1777 and became extinct in 1875.
The earls held the subsidiary titles of Baron of Baltinglass (1763), Viscount Aldborough (1776) and Viscount Amiens (1777), all in the Peerage of Ireland.
Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough (d.
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 Earl of Bothwell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The title Earl of Bothwell has been created twice in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland.
It was first created for (additional info and facts about Patrick Hepburn) Patrick Hepburn in 1488, and was forfeited in 1567.
The title Duke of Orkney was created in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland in 1567 for (additional info and facts about James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell) James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, with the subsidiary title Marquess of Fife.
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 Encyclopedia: Baron Willoughby de Eresby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (20 October 1660 – 26 July 1723) was a British statesman and nobleman.
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (29 April 1686 - 1 January 1742), also known as Peregrine Bertie (1686-1701), Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1701-1715) and Marquess of Lindsey (1715-1723), was a British nobleman and statesman.
The Most Noble General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC (1714–August 12, 1778) was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baron-Willoughby-de-Eresby   (1977 words)

  
 Ancaster, Lincolnshire
Ancaster, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire.
The chief residences are Ancaster Hall, the seat of the Lucas Calcraft family, and West Willoughby Hall, the seat of the Allix family.
The church is a building of Ancaster stone in the Norman, Early English, and Decorated styles.
www.uk-genealogy.org.uk /england/Lincolnshire/towns/Ancaster.html   (250 words)

  
 Analysis
A scion of the Atholl Murrays is the Earl of Mansfield whose sister is married to the 20th Earl of Moray.
The 16th Earl of Dalhousie’s cousin is Captain Ramsay of Mar and his late mother was Lady Mary Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ancaster.
The son and heir of the Marquess is the Earl of Shelbourne whose brother is Lord Robert Mercer-Nairne.
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 A Short History of Clan Drummond
James Drummond, the 4th Earl of Perth, married Lady Jane Douglas, the daughter of the 1st Marquess of Douglas, on January 18, 1670.
With him ended all male descendants of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth; the chiefship of Clan Drummond passed to descendants of the Earl of Melfort.
George Drummond, 14th Earl of Perth and 6th Earl of Melfort in Scotland and 6th Duc de Melfort in France, established before the Conseil d'Etat in France, and the Tribunal de la Seine, his lineage from the earls and dukes of Perth and Melfort.
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 Drummond Formal Gardens and visitor attraction
The 2nd Earl, a Privy Councillor to James VI and Charles I, succeeded in 1612 and is credited with transforming both the gardens and the castle.
The keep still stands but the rest of the castle was restored and largely remodelled by the 1st Earl of Ancaster in 1890.
This bold step was taken by Phyllis Astor, wife of the 3rd Earl of Ancaster.
www.drummondcastlegardens.co.uk /history.html   (517 words)

  
 Lord Great Chamberlain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The position is an hereditary one, and was originally held by Robert Malet, a sonof one of the leading companions of William theConqueror.
Thus, the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth Earls of Oxford held the position on a hereditary basis until 1626, when the eighteenth Earl died, again leaving a distant relative as a male heir, but a closerone as a female heir.
In 1779, however, the fourth Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven died,leaving two sisters as female heirs, and an uncle as a male heir.
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 Drummond Castle Muthill Crieff Perthshire Scotland
Mary Queen of Scots stayed at the castle, by then seat of the Drummond Earl of Perth, with Bothwell and hunted locally.
The 6th Earl of Perth commanded the left wing of Bonnie Prince Charlie's doomed army at Culloden.
A Victorian mansion was added and the Castle is the seat of the Earls of Ancaster (descendants from the female line of Drummonds).
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 Lord Great Chamberlain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The position is hereditary, and was held by the de Vere Earls of Oxford until 1626, when it passed to Lord Willoughby de Eresby.
In 1779, upon the death of the 4th Duke of Ancaster, the office was split among his daughters, who shared it jointly, appointing a deputy to fulfill its functions when necessary, and the office has continued split - among more and more candidates - since that time.
The 2nd Earl of Ancaster exercised the office for the reign of King George VI until resigning it to his son in 1951, and died later that year; Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd and last Earl of Ancaster, exercised the office for the remainder of the reign of King George VI.
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 ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, DUKE OF - Online Information article about ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, DUKE OF
February 18o9 the dukedom of Ancaster and Kesteven became See also:
joint hereditary lord great chamber-lain, was created earl of Ancaster in 1898.
ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, DUKE OF
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 The Darby & Joan Hall, Bourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The date over the entrance suggests that it was opened in 1959 but this is incorrect although building work did start in that year and the official opening took place on Tuesday 12th July 1960 and was performed by the Earl of Ancaster, accompanied by the Countess.
The bronze plaque on the wall at the entrance to the hall (left) commemorates King George VI (1895-1952) and the fund in his memory that contributed £1,000 towards the building costs.
The date on the stone tablet over the entrance (right) is incorrect because the hall was actually opened by the Earl of Ancaster in July 1960.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2625
     Sir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster was born on 1 October 1830 in Portman Square, Marylebone, London, England.
Sir Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster+ b.
She married Sir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster, son of Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland and Clementina Elizabeth Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, Baroness Willoughy de Eresby, on 14 July 1863 in St.
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 Callander in the 20th Century
A site was the first point to be discussed and it is interesting to note that the place suggested included the ground behind the passenger station, the ground south of Aveland Road and the ground to the north side of Ancaster Road.
After long negotiations with Lord Ancaster, agreement was reached on a further site, then known as the Acrelands.
At last radical remedies were undertaken and on 18th May 1932, the Earl of Ancaster opened the new water supply up in the hills north of the town at Arivurichardich.
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 GLOSSARY - BURKE'S GUIDE TO BRITISH TITLES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Lord Great Chamberlain is the holder of a hereditary ceremonial post concerned with the sovereign's attendance at Parliament and great state occasions such as the lying in state of a recently deceased sovereign and the coronation of the new one.
As with an earl, a marquess's title may derive from a place name, in which case it carries an 'of, or be a personal one, such as 'Conyngham', in which case it does not.
The term peerage derives from the Latin word for equal (par) and to the extent that all peers with seats in the House have tended to be summoned to it irrespective of their relative rank, importance or wealth, the term still has some relevance.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2883
He was the son of George William Finch, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and Georgiana Charlotte Graham.
She married George William Finch, 10th Earl of Winchilsea, son of George Finch-Hatton and Elizabeth Mary Murray, on 26 July 1814.
He was the son of Sir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster and Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon.
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 The Historic House of Stobhall Perthshire Scotland
The Drummonds were ardent and active Jacobites (supporters of the exiled Stuart monarchs, who had been overthrown in a coup in 1688.) and the Earl of Perth was created a Jacobite Duke in 1689.
The Perth estates became separated from the Earldom of Perth and the last Drummond daughter of the line which received the estates married the family of the Baron Willougby De Eresby, later created Earls of Ancaster.
It had been looked after sensitively by the Ancaster Drummond family, and the Chapel and Castle were re-roofed in the 1880’s.
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 The Civic Society, Bourne
Despite the failure of this campaign, the joint endeavour sparked an appreciation of the richness of the urban environment and the society vowed to help enhance our old buildings, through persuasion and criticism, to plant and landscape unattractive areas and so preserve the heritage of the town.
The society invited the Earl of Ancaster to be their president and he continued in office until his death in March 1983 when he was succeeded by his daughter, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, who remains in office today.
The inaugural meeting also voted to produce a regular newsletter and to bring guest speakers to the town to talk on environmental issues and both of these objectives have been achieved in the years since.
homepages.which.net /%7Erex/bourne/civicsociety.htm   (813 words)

  
 Crieff Highland Games Chieftains of the Gathering since 1870
1920 Col The Rt Hon The Earl of Ancaster TC, Drummond Castle.
1930 Rt Hon The Earl of Ancaster TD, Drummond Castle.
1970 The Rt Hon The Earl of Ancaster, TD, LLD, Drummond Castle.
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 Dolwyddelan, page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Historic 18th century hotel, situated 5 miles from the Victorian honeymoon village of Betws-y-Coed, in the shadow of the Snowdonia national park and mountain range.
Dating back to the early 18th Century, Elens Castle Hotel was originally part of the Earl of Ancaster's Welsh Estate.
In later years it became a village beer house and coaching stop, and today retains much of this historic character as a small private hotel.
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 A Pair of George II mahogany side chairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thence by descent at Grimsthorpe to Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Ancaster (1867-1951), until after 1928.
The similarity between the legs of the two pairs of chairs are very striking indeed and it would seem probable that they are by the same maker.
The set of chairs was probably provided by William Hallett, jokingly identified by Horace Walpole as his ‘Mongrel Chinese’, for a chinoiserie tea room at the Duke of Ancaster’s great house, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire.
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Earl BROWNLOW, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire from 1867, 3rd Earl, created 1815.
the Earl of Ancaster, 1st Earl, Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond WILLOUGHBY The Right Hon.
the Earl of Londesborough and Viscount Raincliffe of Raincliffe, 2nd Earl, William Francis Henry DENISON The Right Hon.
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 Drummond Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Drummond, who succeeded his brother James as the 2nd Earl of Perth, is credited with transforming the gardens and the castle.
He was a Privy Councilor to James VI and Charles I. James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, built the beautiful mansion house next to the old castle.
After the Revolution of 1688 that forced King James VII to flee to France, Perth first fled to Drummond Castle, his ancestral home.
www.clandrummond.com /drummcastle.htm   (131 words)

  
 Earl de Ancaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
El título del earl de Ancaster fue creado en el peerage del Reino Unido en 1892.
Los earls llevaron a cabo los títulos subsidiarios el barón Aveland y barón Willoughby de Eresby.
English version: Earl of Ancaster Next: Gleicheniopsida Up
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 Earl of Ancaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The holder wasthe senior holder of the Lord Great Chamberlainship.The Earls held the subsidiary titles of Baron Aveland and Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earlof Ancaster (1830 - 1910)
Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earlof Ancaster (1907 - 1983)
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 NPG 4712; Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster
NPG 4712; Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster
2 of 2 portraits of Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster (1830-1910), Politician.
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