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  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 - 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, a descendant of Edward III.
Henry was a brother of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, who was born in 1619; Algernon Sidney, the Republican martyr, who was born at Penshurst Place in 1622 but was executed, having been found party to the "Rye House Plot" 1683; and Robert Sidney.
Henry Sidney served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1693 to 1702.
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 Encyclopedia: Master-General of the Ordnance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (died February 21, 1589), was the son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and a brother of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 - 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, a descendant of Edward...
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (14 February 1755 - 7 April 1831) was a British statesman and politician.
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 thePeerage.com - George James Cholmondeley and others
Sydney Edward Marsham, son of Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney and Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings, on 2 February 1911.
Reginald Hastings Marsham, son of Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney and Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings, on 4 February 1908.
She was the daughter of Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney and Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings.
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 Encyclopedia: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 – August 4, 1265) was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to king Henry III of England.
Henry Cobham 1st lord Cobham, (1260-1339) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1307, and also held the titles of Sheriff of Kent, Constable of Canterbury, Tonbridge, Dover and Rochester Castles.
Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (June 15, 1519 – June 18, 1536) was the son of Henry VIII and his teenaged mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only bastard that Henry acknowledged.
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 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
(Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, son of Henry III).
Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.
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 Henry Sidney, earl of Romney --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Henry Sidney, earl of Romney --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
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 Encyclopedia: Immortal Seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (24 July 1660 – 1 February 1718), was the only son of Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and his second wife, Anne-Marie Brudenell, a daughter of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan; (she became the notorious mistress of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham...
Henry Compton (1632 - July 7, 1713), English divine, was the sixth and youngest son of the second earl of Northampton.
Earl of Oxford was one of the oldest titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family.
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 Royal-Arse-Wiper
In the early years of Henry VIII's reign, the title was awarded to minions of the King, court companions who spent time with him in the Privy Chamber.
Sir Henry Norreys, a Groom of the Stool under Henry VIII, was executed for an alleged affair with Anne Boleyn.
The holder of the position was the senior Lord of the Bedchamber (the equivalent appointment to the King or Prince-consort of the Queen's Mistress of the Robes); the post was discontinued on the accession of King Edward VII in 1901, to whom one had been appointed while he was Prince of Wales.
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 British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: British Infantry: The First Regiment of Foot Guards
Henry Sydney was born in Paris in 1641, the son of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester of Penshurst Place, Kent.
His brother was Algernon Sydney who was involved with the Duke of Monmouth and executed for his part in the Rye House Plot to kill Charles II.
Henry was opposed to James II and was central in bringing William of Orange to the English throne.
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 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey 1412
Lionel Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset 1708-1712 (served three terms).
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1892-1895
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 Encyclopedia: Prince-George-of-Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
On his death in 1708, Anne was desolate, and although she refused initially to put the Navy into commission she was unable to bring herself to sign papers in George's stead.
King Charles II, his wife's uncle, famously said of Prince George, on the occasion of his marriage to Anne, 'I have tried him drunk, and I have tried him sober; and there is nothing in him'.
Flag of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom.
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 2nd Earl of Leicester
Family tree - Sidney - 2nd Earl of Leicester
Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, born 1619.
Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney, born 1641,
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 eLibrary Project : Immortal Seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
It was carried to William by Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington,Lord Torrington, and identified by a secret code (cryptography),code.
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury,Charles Talbot (Earl of Shrewsbury)
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford,Edward Russell (Earl of Orford)
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 de_ros.htm
Lord Henry Fitzgerald and his elder brother, Charles, who died in 1810, were endowed by their elder brother, William, 2nd Duke of Leinster, with the northern part of the family estates, mainly consisting of the barony of Lecale, Co. Down.
There were counter-petitions by Sir Henry Hunloke (who died in 1804), and the Duke of Rutland, who claimed to hold the barony for historical reasons by virtue of his tenure of Belvoir Castle.
Charlotte Fitzgerald and John Henry, Duke of Rutland, to be presented to the House of Lords, 1804; and the King's patent, 30 July 1806, terminating the abeyance of the barony by declaring Lady Henry Fitzgerald, Baroness Roos.
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 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Edmund Crouchback (Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, son of Henry III)
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> es:1641   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
March - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (d.
April 8 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d.
May 12 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, English statesman (b.
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 Grenadier Guards [UK]
Brig-Gen. Henry (Fitzroy), 1st Duke of Grafton, KG Col. Sir Edward Henry (Lee), Bt, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Brig-Gen. Henry (Fitzroy), 1st Duke of Grafton, KG [reappointed]
HRH William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, KG Sir John Louis (Ligonier), 1st Earl Ligonier, KB HRH William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, KG HRH Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, KG, GCB, GCH
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 MSS - 1st Earl of Portland, University of Nottingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
MSS - 1st Earl of Portland, University of Nottingham
Catalogue of the papers of (Hans) William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
2 ff Pw A 1323 27.9.1690 Letter from Henry Sydney, Viscount Sydney [later 1st Earl of Romney], Dublin [Ireland], to William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland; 27 Sep. 1690 Is enclosing an examination of 'two insolent sea officers' and some proclamations issued that morning.
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 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Henry Sidney served as (additional info and facts about Master-General of the Ordnance) Master-General of the Ordnance from 1693 to 1702.
Dartmouth, which include papers written by Dartmouth during his confinement at the Tower.
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 MSS - 1st Earl of Portland, University of Nottingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The so-called 'Public Miscellanea' section of the 1st Earl of Portland's papers reflects the order in which the collection was removed from Welbeck.
The document is endorsed as having been written by Lord Mulgrave by William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland.
There is an endorsement on the reverse in Dutch, in the hand of the 1st Earl of Portland.
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Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester and Catherine Spencer
Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, son of William
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, son of Arthur Capell, 1st
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 Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
Henry Walton Smith's father is also believed to have been an officer in the Royal Navy and Joshua Reynolds clearly came to know many such officers well - well enough to benefit from the occasional favour.
William, the 3rd Earl of Essex, was a Fellow of the Royal Society (admitted 17/11/1737).
Henry was born in Westcott, Surrey, England 15 Sep 1855.
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 Immortal Seven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was carried to William by Lord Torrington, and identified by a secret code.
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney (who wrote the Invitation)
This page was last modified 13:05, 1 October 2005.
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 colonels of the Guards from 1776
1681 Brigadier-General Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton
1688 Brigadier-General Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton
1770 Field-Marshal HRH William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
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 Conqueror 545556   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Algernon Sydney, Hon., M.P., * 1622, + 1683 executed for suspision of involvement in the Rye House Plot.
Henry Sydney, Maj.Gen. 1st and last Earl of Romney (1694), P.C., * 1641, + 1704.
of Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill of Wychwood (1815).
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 British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: British Infantry: The First Regiment of Foot Guards
1st Duke of Grafton KG 14th Dec 1681
1st Duke of Grafton KG 31 Dec 1688
1st Duke of Marlborough KG 26th Sept 1714
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 thePeerage.com - George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon and others
She was the daughter of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney and Priscilla Pym.
He was the son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards and Elizabeth Powys.
He married, secondly, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements, daughter of Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim and Elizabeth Skeffington, on 27 May 1802.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 86
Seymour, Francis of Hertford I, Marquess of Hertford 1st, b.
Seymour, Henry Jocelyn, Marquess of Hertford 9th, b.
Seymour, Henry, Clerk of Crown and Hanaper, b.
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 Master-General of the Ordnance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick jointly with Sir Philip Sidney 1585-1586
in commission 1664-1670 :: William Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley ::Sir John Duncombe :: Thomas Chicheley
Francis Rawdon Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira 1806-1807
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 thePeerage.com - Place Index 99
Amherst, Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst of Holmesdale  b.
Amherst, William Pitt, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan  b.
Amherst, William Pitt, 2nd Earl Amherst of Arracan  b.
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 British ministries, political parties, etc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
1969) Masters-General of the Ordnance 1693 - 1702 Henry Sydney, Viscount Sydney (from 1694, Henry Sydney, Earl of Romney) (b.
1763) 1763 - 1765 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax (s.a.) 1765 - 1766 Henry Seymour Conway (s.a.) 1766 Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Lennox (b.
Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster 1697 - 1702 Thomas Grey, Earl Stamford (b.
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