| | | Queen Anne (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) became the chief of the Pamunkey tribe when her aunt Cockacoeske died. Colonial Governor William Berkeley... | | Electress Sophia of Hanover was the youngest daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, of the House of Wittelsbach, the "Winter King" of Bohemia,... | | Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1687 - June 17 1740), English politician, was the only son of Sir Edward Wyndham, Bart., a grandson of William... | | Allan Ramsay (October 15, 1686 - January 7, 1758) was a Scottish poet. | | Edward Young (1683 - April 5, 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for "Night Thoughts". He was the son of Edward Young, afterwards dean of... | | Charles Johnson was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's. He was a dedicated Whig who allied himself with the Duke... | | Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (29 May, 1660 - 18 October, 1744) rose to be one of the most influential women in British history, as a... | | John Sharp (February 16, 1643 - February 2, 1714), English divine, archbishop of York, was born at Bradford, and educated at Christ's College,... | | Joseph Dudley (September 23 1647 - April 2 1720), colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1715, the son of Thomas Dudley, was born and died... | | John Potter (c. 1674 - 10 October 1747) was Archbishop of Canterbury. He was the son of a linen-draper at Wakefield, Yorkshire. At the age of... | |