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  George William Frederick Villiers, 4th earl of Clarendon - LoveToKnow 1911
She married Thomas Villiers (1709-1786), second son of the 2nd earl of Jersey, who served with distinction as English minister in Germany, and in 1776 the earldom of Clarendon was revived in his favour.
The 2nd and 3rd earls were sons of the 1st, and, neither of them having sons, the title passed, on the death of the 3rd earl (John Charles) in 1838, to their younger brother's son.
In 1820, as the eldest son of an earl's brother with royal descent, he was enabled to take his M.A. degree under the statutes of the university then in force.
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  George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Thomas Villiers (1709-1786), second son of the 2nd earl of Jersey, who served with distinction as English minister in Germany, and in 1776 the earldom of Clarendon was revived in his favour.
The 2nd and 3rd earls were sons of the 1st, and, neither of them having sons, the title passed, on the death of the 3rd Earl (John Charles) in 1838, to their younger brother's son.
Clarendon's niece Edith Villiers was the wife of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, a Governor-General and Viceroy of India.
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 The Social Character of the Estate: The London Season in 1841 | British History Online
At the end of August both the Earl and Countess of Verulam were in Grosvenor Square, but early in September the Earl and his son Viscount Grimston went off to the Marquess of Abercorn's shooting lodge in Inverness-shire, while the Countess and her youngest daughter went to Gorhambury.
Warde at the Squerryes and Earl Amherst at Knole.
Verulam's real home was evidently at Gorhambury, and as this was little more than twenty miles from London he seems to have spent less time at his house in Grosvenor Square (around seventeen weeks) than did the Earl of Wilton.
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 Parishes: St Michael's | British History Online
Toulmin, J.P. Darrowfield House, the dower house of the earls of Verulam, is a red-brick eighteenth-century house near the church, now the residence of the Rev. the Hon.
Verulam House, near the Pondyards, stood on the Watling Street, close to its junction with the present high road from Dunstable to St. Albans.
The court rolls of the manor between 31 Henry III and 5 Edward III are preserved among the manuscripts of the earl of Verulam at Gorhambury.
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 The young elite 21-30 | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Newport's father, the Earl of Bradford, is a Tory and has the right to appoint priests to several Church of England parishes around the family seat.
The Earl and his heir live in a house on the estate, which is owned by a charitable trust and runs to about 3,000 acres.
Unusually for a hereditary peer, the earl has made a notable success of a new business, Porters restaurant in London, and the family is important historically, having played a major role in the creation of Britain's canal system.
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 List of Earls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This is a list of present Earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Selkirk (1646, presently disclaimed by the Lord Selkirk of Douglas)
The Earl Brooke and of Warwick (1746, known as the Earl of Warwick)
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Earl of Verulam
Earl of Verulam is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1815 for the 4th Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of Ireland.
James Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam (1852-1924)
John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam (b.
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 St. Albans, Hertfordshire
It is skirted by the rivulet Ver, a tributary of the Colne, near the vestiges of the ancient town of Verulam and the line of the Roman Watling Street.
Verulam or Verulaminm, according to the Roman historians, was founded by the Britons at an earlier period than London.
Verulam now gives the title of Earl to the family of Grimston, and Sfc Albans gives that of Duke to the family of Beauclerk.
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 The best 25 paintings in private hands in UK | Breaking News | News | Telegraph
This pair of landscapes was acquired by the 2nd Earl Grosvenor in 1806, and have passed by descent.
Acquired by the 1st Earl of Leicester in the 18th century, it is on public view with other Claude masterpieces in the Landscape Room at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
The painting was acquired in 1776 by the 1st Earl of Charlemont and hung in his house in Dublin.
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 The Traveller, Masonic Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Verulam was constituted in 1871 because the two closest lodges, in Peterborough and Lindsay, required transport by boat and by stagecoach to attend.
Verulam was a moonlight lodge, meeting from its inception on the Friday on or following the full moon.
Verulam, 35 miles northeast of London, was the Latin name for the capital of Britain in ancient times.
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 VERULAM TOWNSHIP HISTORY
Verulam township is named after James Walter Grimston, Earl of Verulam, (1775-1845), who was brother-in-law of Lord Liverpool, the nominal premier of England from 1812 to 1827.
Verulam is bounded on the south by Emily, on the east by Harvey township, (in Peterborough County), on the north by Somerville, and on the west by Fenelon.
The first white child born in Verulam township north of Sturgeon Lake was a daughter of Matthew Ingram.
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CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o), English diplomatist and statesman, was born in London on the 12th of January 'Soo.
In January 184o he entered Lord Melbourne's administration as lord privy seal, and from the death of Lord Holland in the autumn of that year Lord Clarendon also held the office of chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster until the dissolution of the ministry in 1841.
If he had rivals he never ceased to treat them with the consideration anfl confidence of friends, and he cared but little for the ordinary prizes of ambition in comparison with the advancement of the cause of peace and progress.
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 The Verulam Arms
One of the investors in this project was the Earl of Verulam, and the hotel took his arms as its sign.
The "Verulam", as the locals call it, opened in October 1853 and celebrated the occasion by providing for "a numerous and respectable party of the inhabitants of the town," a superior repast" and an evening of "conviviality and harmony".
May is quite firm that the Verulam motto on the sign "mediocrity is safe" will not reflect the standards of her establishment.
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 Forrester: The Scottish Nation
He was soon exchanged, and in 1405 became depute chamberlain of the southern division of the kingdom, under the earl of Buchan, eldest son of the regent Robert duke of Albany.
The earl of Buchan being killed at the battle of Verneuil in Normandy, Sir John was made lord high chamberlain in 1425, and by King james he was continually employed in negociations (sic) with the English.
The elder son, Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, took part with the earls of Douglas in their struggles with the chancellor of Crichton and Livingston, and in 1466 led the troops which besieged and demolished Brankston castle.
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 Baron Verulam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Baron Verulam was created in two separate and unrelated instances, first in the Peerage of England then in the Peerage of Great Britain.
It was firstly created for the English philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (who was later created Viscount St Albans), and secondly created for the Viscounts Grimston (who were in the Peerage of Ireland).
The first creation became extinct upon Bacon's death in 1626, while the second creation is still extant.
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 Victoria county township names
Verulam Township was named in honour of James Walter Grimston, Earl of Verulam, born 1775, died 1845; he married in 1807 Lady Charlotte Jenkinson, daughter of Charles, first Earl of Liverpool.
One of the Earl's daughters, Lady Katherine Grimston; married in 1839 George W.F. Villiers, fourth Earl of Clarendon.
The title of Earl of Verulam is taken from Verulamium or Verulam, the ancient capital of Britain, and afterwards a Roman station, in Hertfordshire in England.
www.ontariogenealogy.com /Victoria/townshipnames.html   (1868 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Roseanna Reitman and others
She married Robert Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke, son of William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke and Pamela Catherine Mabell Kay-Shuttleworth, in 1977.
She was the daughter of James Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam and Margaret Frances Graham.
She was the daughter of Sir John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam and Marjorie Ray Duncan.
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 Verulam Writers' Circle: in their own write
Out of those early evenings the Verulam Writers' Circle was born, its first president the Earl of Verulam.
One of them was Arthur Swinson (see The Quest for Alban), the distinguished St. Albans journalist, novelist, radio and television script writer and former BBC staff man. Until his untimely death, he gave generously of his talent and encouragement, donating prizes for competitions.
He has been Chair of Verulam Writers (2001-2003) and will be remembered for his spectacular fancy dress appearances at certain key meetings, the polar bear outfit being particularly memorable.
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 4TH EARL OF GEORGE WIL... - Online Information article about 4TH EARL OF GEORGE WIL...
death of the 4th earl, his last male descendant.
The 2nd and 3rd earls were sons of the 1st, and, neither of them having sons, the See also:
United States were left to the guidance of Earl Russell.
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 Township of Verulam, Victoria County, Ontario Canada
On the introduction of municipal institutions in 1850, Verulam was associated with Fenelon and Bexley for administrative purposes.
Verulam has no other villages at all comparable to Bobcaygeon in size.
Fairbairn is situated on Lot 25, Concession VI, in the northeast of the township, and is named after Charles W. Fairbairn, a Verulam farmer who represented South Victoria in the House of Commons from 1890 to 1896.
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 Earl of Verulam
Earl of Verulam is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1815.
The Earl holds several other titles, including Lord Forrester (created 1633) in the Peerage of Scotland, Baron Verulam (1790) in the Peerage of Great Britain, Viscount Grimston (1719) and Baron Dunboyne (1719) in the Peerage of Ireland, and Viscount Grimston (1815) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
James Walter Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston (1775-1845) (became Earl of Verulam in 1815)
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 Caledon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
James Alexander First Earl of Caledon, H.E.I.C.S., MP London¬derry 1775 90, Sheriff of co. Tyrone 1780, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland, 6 June, 1790, by the title of BARON CALEDON of Caledon, Co. Tyrone.
Du Pre, 2nd Earl of Caledon, KP, MP Newtownards, In the Irish Parliament 1800, one of the representative peers of Ireland, H.M. Lieutenant Co. Tyrone, and Colonel of the Tyrone Militia.
Eric James Desmond, 5th Earl of Caledon, educated Eton, and Trinity College Cambridge, Major Reserve of Officers, late Life Guards, served in World War 1 1914 18 (wounded), and in Baltic on staff 1919 21, born 9 Aug. 1885; died unmarried 10 July, 1968, and was succeeded by his nephew.
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The younger sons of dukes and marquesses, and the daughters of dukes, marquesses, and earls, have, in the same manner, the prefix of Lord~ and Lady to their names; and the younger sons of earls, and the sons and daughters of viscounts and barons, are styled Honora- ble.
Henry, third Earl of Northumberland, was slain at Towton in 1461, and the fourth Earl was killed by a mob at Thirsk in 1483.
In 1569 Charles, sixth Earl of Westmoreland, and the Earl of North- umberland, concocted at Brancepeth Castle the Rising in the North.
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 Earl of Verulam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Earl of Verulam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Earl of Verulam is a (The peers of a kingdom considered as a group) peerage title in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1815.
The family seat is Gorhambury House in (A county in southern England) Hertfordshire.
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 MarksStock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shaped oblong, the boldly embossed and chased border incurved at the angle, decorated with honeysuckle sprays and grotesque masks below bold gadroons, the central plaque chased with a woodland setting of Adonis leaving Venus, putti and doves in attendance.
The border engraved with the arms of Craven, probably for William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, Recorder of Coventry, and High Steward of Newbury.
He married on 5 September 1835 Lady Emily Mary Grimston (d.1901), second daughter of the 1st Earl of Verulam.
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 Saints & Seasons - The fugitive’s convert (St Alban)
Pretoria’s Anglican cathedral and diocesan college are named for him, as is the chapel at Draaifontein, west of Port Elizabeth, which gave its name first to a railway halt and then to a prison.
The Natal town of Verulam is named for his Roman-British hometown, but that, strangely, has no Anglican church of St Alban.
But Verulam was founded by Methodist settlers sponsored by the Earl of Verulam, so they’re unlikely to have been thinking of Alban at all.
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 Public Houses, Taverns & Inns in Essex, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Verulam, and held since 1921 by the Rev. William Goldsborough Whittam M.A. of Cains College, Cambridge, hon.
There was formerly a family seat belonging to the Luckyns, through whom, from the Chibborne family, the property came to the Earl of Verulam.
Messing Park, the property and residence of Capt. John E. Eaton M.A., D.L. is pleasantly situated in a park of 110 acres a short distance from the village.
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 VOCO: Funeral for Victoria County
Reverend David Reeve then presided over the service, and eulogies were read for each municipality within the County.
Eldon Township was named after John Scott, first Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor of England, 1801 to 1827.
Verulam was possibly named after James Walter Grimstone, the Earl of Verulam.
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 Ancestry.com - Search Ops and Verulam, Victoria County, Ontario Census, 1901   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Verulam was named in 1823 after James Walter Grimston, Earl of Verulam.
This database has over 2100 entries of residents in the census subdistrict of Verulam (G) in the census district of Victoria South (#120) in 1901.
Ops and Verulam, Victoria County, Ontario, Census, 1901.
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