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The English title of earl of Nottingham has been held by different families, notably by the Mowbrays (1377 to 1475; merged in the Norfolk title from 1397), the Howards (1596-1681), and the Finches (168,; since 1729 united with that of Winchilsea).
He was created Baron Finch in 1674, and earl of Nottingham in May 1681.
DANIEL FINCH (1647-1730), second earl, son of the preceding, entered parliament for Lichfield in 1679.
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The information about the Earl of Oxford's life that is currently in print is highly incomplete, given the available records, and a new material is becoming available, largely thanks to Prof.
In 1599, newly arrived in Ireland, Southampton was decidedly in the Queen's disfavor owing to his begetting a child by one of her maids of honor, whom he secretly married, but he still received four out of nine votes.
One of the remaining ten, the fifth Earl of Derby, died a few months after inheriting his title, and there was no election during his short period as an earl.
In 1138 Robert De FERRERS, Earl of Ferrers, was created Earl of Derby, for his valiant conduct at the battle of Northallerton, in which William PEVEREL (the second or third) also greatly distinguished himself as the commander of a large division.
According to some authorities, John was the first Earl of Nottingham, the creation of Robert de FERRERS by Stephen being unacknowledged.Others do not even admit John's title to be more than nominal.
Created Earl of Nottingham by Richard III., he subsequently espoused the cause of Henry, Duke of Buckingham, who afterwards constituted him Earl Marshal of England and a marquess.
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According to Peacham (1622), these arms were borne on a lozenge shield by Lady Mary Sidney, late wife of Sir Robert Wroth and daughter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Lisle, Lord Sidney of Penshurst, and Companion of the Garter; she was the author of Urania.
His elder daughter Anne married Edmund Stafford, Earl of Stafford, and their son Humphrey succeded as Earl of Stafford and Buckingham and Constable of England, and was created Duke of Buckingham in 1444.
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Appointed (1585) lord high admiral, he commanded the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada (1588) and shared command (with the 2d earl of Essex) of the expedition against Cádiz (1596).
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The best physical description of Daniel Defoe comes to us, fittingly, from a wanted poster: “a middle siz'd spare man, about 40 years old, of a brown complexion, and dark brown—coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes and a large mole near his mouth.”
This unappealing description was issued by the Earl of Nottingham in 1702 against “Daniel de Foe, alias De Fooe,” sought for “high crimes and misdemeanour” for publishing an anonymous parody of Tory religious invective.
Yet Defoe was also a devout Presbyterian, faithful husband, doting father, and genius of the first order, a man who invented both modern journalism and the modern novel in his furious forty—year career.
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This William Herbert was father of Henry Herbert (1534-1600), second earl Pembroke, who married a third wife, Mary Sydney, daughter of a "henchman" of Henry VIII, Henry Sydney, president of Council of Wales.
(5) Anne, Countess of Hertford, was: Anne Stanhope, second wife of the Earl of Hertford, Lord Admiral/Lord Protector, Duke of Somerset, Edward Seymour (died 1556/1552).
Sir William in 1549 was appointed Master of Ordnance by John Dudley, earl of Northumberland, an extreme Protestant.
