- Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth
Gerald Humphry Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth FCA (26 April 1924-14 December 1997) was a British peer and businessman. Legge was the only son of the 8th Earl of Dartmouth. He was educated at Eton and on leaving there in 1942, he joined the Coldstream Guards as a Captain and served with them until the end of World War II (having been mentioned in despatches). On 1 July 1948, he married Raine McCorquodale, the only child of romance novelist, … - John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
(Edward) John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (24 January 1924-29 March 1992) was born at 24 Sussex Square, London, England. He was the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer and his wife the former Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton, a daughter of James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn. Lord Spencer was educated in Eton College, in the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and in the Royal Agricultural College. - Albert Spencer 7th Earl Spencer
Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (23 May 1892-9 June 1975), known formally as The Hon Albert Spencer until 1910 and from then until 1922 as Viscount Althorp, and less formally as "Jack" Spencer, was a British peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. He was born in London, the son of Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer and his wife, the former Margaret Baring, second daughter of Edward Baring, … - Charles Spencer 9th Earl Spencer
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, DL (born 20 May 1964) is the second and only surviving son of the 8th Earl Spencer by his first wife, the former Frances Burke Roche (later Frances Shand Kydd), daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. The youngest of his three elder sisters was Diana, Princess of Wales. His other sisters are Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes. Lord Spencer is godson of Queen Elizabeth II, and was a Page of Honour from 1977 to 1979. - Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (April 16 1854-October 29 1932) was a British peer, the son of Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue. He married his cousin, Hon. Emily Ormsby-Gore, daughter of William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech, on 15 July 1886. They had three children: *Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (1888-1958) *Geoffrey Faithful Fortescue (1891-1900), died young. *Denzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue (1893-1977) - William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth PC, FRS (June 20 1731 - July 7 1801) was a British statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution. For King George III, Legge was the 2nd Secretary of State for the Colonies, serving from 1772 to 1775. He was a large donor to and the leading trustee for the English trust which would finance the establishment of Dartmouth College, … - Henry Nevill 2nd Earl of Abergavenny
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny KT, MA (22 February 1755 - 27 March 1843) was an British Peer. The eldest son of George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father. He married Mary Robinson on 3rd October 1781, and they had the following children: *Lady Mary Catherine Nevill (1783-1807) *Henry George Nevill, Viscount Nevill (1785-1806) *Captain Ralph Nevill, … - Charles Spencer 6th Earl Spencer
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, KG, GCVO, PC, VRD (30 October 1857 – 26 September 1922) was a British Liberal Party politician. Spencer was born in 1857 in the parish of St. James's, Westminster, the son of the 4th Earl Spencer and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. On 23 July 1887, he married Margaret Baring (14 December 1868 - 4 July 1906), a daughter of the 1st Baron Revelstoke at St James's Church, Piccadilly. - Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 - 18 March 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. This position had no official recognition in law, but Walpole is nevertheless acknowledged as having held the "de facto" office due to the extent of his influence in the Cabinet. However, the term "Prime Minister" was never used officially at this time. - James Graham 8th Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose (b. 1935), is the only duke who has a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer. He takes the Conservative Party whip and is the shadow spokesman for Scotland. The other duke in the House, the Duke of Norfolk, did not have to stand for election as he holds the Royal Office of Earl Marshal. - Horace Walpole 4th Earl of Orford
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September, 1717 - 2 March, 1797), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a politician, writer, architectural innovator and cousin of Lord Nelson. His "Letters" are highly readable, and give a vivid picture of the more intellectual part of the aristocracy of his period. - George Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (June 26, 1866 - April 5, 1923) was an English aristocrat best known as the financier of the excavation of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Born at the family home, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire on June 26, 1866, George Herbert was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding to the Carnarvon title in 1890. - George Herbert 8th Earl of Carnarvon
George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (b. November 10, 1956). The Earl of Carnarvon is the son of Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon and Jean Margaret Wallop. - James Graham 1st Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Duke and 4th Marquess of Montrose (April 1682-7 January, 1742) was a Scottish aristocratic statesman in the early eighteenth century. On 31 March, 1702 he married Christian Carnegie, daughter of David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk. Originally the fourth Marquess of Montrose, James was elevated to a dukedom in 1707, as a reward for his important support of the Act of Union, whilst being Lord President of the Scottish Privy Council. - George Villiers 6th Earl of Clarendon
George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG, PC (June 7, 1877 – December 13, 1955), known as Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1931 to 1937. Clarendon was the only son of Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon and his wife Lady Caroline Elizabeth Agar, daughter of James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton. - John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (December 19 1734 - October 31 1783) was a British peer. Spencer was born in 1734, at his family home, Althorp. He was the son of Hon. John Spencer and a grandson of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland. On December 20 1755, Spencer privately married Margaret Poyntz, daughter of Stephen Poyntz, in his mother's dressing room at Althorp. They had five children: *Lady Georgiana Spencer (1757-1806), married William Cavendish, … - Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer
Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer KG CB PC (April 14 1798 - December 27 1857) was a British peer, the son of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and the younger brother and successor of John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer. Spencer was born in 1798, at the Admiralty Building, London and was baptised in St Martin-in-the-Fields. He was educated at Eton College from 1808 to 1811, then joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman. - William Murray 1st Earl of Mansfield
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (2 March 1705 - 20 March 1793), was a British judge and politician who reached high office in the House of Lords. He was born at Scone in Perthshire, Scotland, a younger son of David Murray, 4th Viscount of Stormont (c. 1665-1731), William Murray was educated at Perth grammar school and Westminster School, of which he was a king's scholar. Entering Christ Church, Oxford, he graduated in 1727. - William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (16 May 1710 - 27 April 1782), known as the Lord Talbot from 1737 to 1761, was an British politician. Talbot was born at Worcester, the son of Charles Talbot, later Baron Talbot. He was educated at Eton from 1725 to 1728 and matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 23 January 1727. He was created DCL (Doctor of Civil Law) on 12 June 1736. He was Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire from 1734 to 1737, … - James Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope
James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope, KG, PC (11 November 1880 - 15 August 1967) was a British politician in the late 1930s as The Earl Stanhope. He married Lady Eileen Browne (1889-1940), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Sligo. In 1952 he succeeded his kinsman the 12th Earl of Chesterfield as 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Baron Stanhope, but never used the more senior Earldom of Chesterfield, … - George Wyndham 3rd Earl of Egremont
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (18 December 1751-11 November 1837) was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 11. He was more famous as a patron of art and an agriculturist than as a politician, although he was not entirely indifferent to politics. For some time the painter Turner lived at his Sussex residence, Petworth House, and in addition to Turner, the painter Leslie, … - John Spencer 3rd Earl Spencer
John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782-1845), known during his father's lifetime by his courtesy title Viscount Althorp, was an English statesman. - James Edward Harris 2nd Earl of Malmesbury
James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (19 August 1778-10 September 1841) was a British peer. Though the son of a great British statesman, James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, the young James Harris did but dabble in politics. His real interests lay in being a sportsman. The second earl was known for his meticulous records of what game he killed as well as his records of local and national British weather. He built up an extensive collection of stuffed game, which, … - Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Effingham
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham married Elizabeth Beckford, daughter of Peter Beckford and sister of William Beckford - Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (22 May 1762 - 27 July 1834), the elder son of the second earl. He was educated at Eton from 1773 to 1778 and then at Christ Church, Oxford. In April 1789 he married Georgiana (d. 1841), daughter of Lord George Henry Lennox, and was member of the British Parliament for Cirencester from 1783 until he succeeded to the earldom in August 1794. Owing mainly to his friendship with William Pitt, … - Hugh Fortescue 3rd Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue (4 April 1818 - 10 October 1905), known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for Plymouth. He lost this seat in 1852, but returned in 1854 for Marylebone, which seat he held until 1859, when he was called up to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration. He succeeded to his father's earldom two years later. - Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (August 18, 1720 - May 5, 1760) was the last aristocrat hanged in England. The 4th Earl Ferrers, descendant of an ancient and noble family, was the eldest son of Hon. Laurence Ferrers, himself a younger son of the 1st Earl Ferrers-a descendant of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. At the age of twenty, he quit his estates and Oxford education, and during the time he spent in Paris he plunged into every kind of excess. - Charles Bennet 6th Earl of Tankerville
Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville, PC (10 January 1810 - 18 December 1899) was a British peer and Conservative politician, known from 1822-1876 as Lord Ossulston. Bennet was the eldest son of the 5th Earl of Tankerville and of Armandine Corisande de Gramont, daughter of the french duke of Gramont and duke of Guiche. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1832, he entered Parliament as MP for North Northumberland. - Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst PC (16 November 1684-16 September 1775), known as the Lord Bathurst from 1712 to 1772, was a British politician. Bathurst was the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, by his wife, Frances, daughter of Sir Allen Apsley, of Apsley, Sussex, and belonged to a family which is said to have settled in Sussex before the Norman Conquest. - Henry Herbert 6th Earl of Carnarvon
Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898 - 1987). Born on 7 November 1898. He was twice married: *1) Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell, by whom he had issue, including the 7th Earl. *2) The ballet dancer and choreographer, Tilly Losch - Robert Henley 1st Earl of Northington
Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington PC (c. 1708 - 14 January 1772), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was the second son of Anthony Henley, a member of a well-to-do family in Hampshire, who was a Whig member of parliament, and a well-known wit and writer. Robert was educated at Westminster School and St John's College, Oxford; and after gaining a fellowship at All Souls he was called to the bar in 1732. In 1747 he was elected member of parliament for Bath, … - Douglas Graham 5th Duke of Montrose
Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose KT (7 November 1852 - 10 December 1925) was a Scottish nobleman. The 3rd son of 4th Duke and Caroline Agnes, youngest daughter of the 2nd Lord Decies, he was educated at Eton College and succeeded his father in 1874. He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1872, transferred to the 5th Lancers, 1874, and retired 1878; late Colonel commanding 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose, KT, PC (16 July 1799 - 30 December 1874) was a British politician. He was the only son of his father's second marriage (to Caroline Marie Montagu, the daughter of the Duke of Manchester). He married Caroline Agnes Beresford, the daughter of Lord Decies. During the mid-nineteenth century he occupied minor positions outside the cabinet in the short-lived governments of Lord Derby. He and his wife had one son, Douglas, … - George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer KG PC FRS FSA (1 September 1758 - 10 November 1834) was an English Whig politician. Spencer, the son of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer was born in 1758 in Wimbledon and was baptised there on the 16 October 1758. His godparents were King George II, Earl Cowper (his grandmother's second husband) and his great-aunt the Dowager Viscountess Bateman. - James Graham 3rd Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT (8 September 1755 - 30 December 1836) was a Scottish nobleman and statesman. Known before his succession to the ducal title in 1790 as Lord Graham, he was Member of Parliament for Richmond from 1780, and for Great Bedwyn from 1784 to 1790. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1783 to 1789, and as co-Paymaster of the Forces from 1789 to 1791. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor and Vice-President of the Board of Trade in 1789. - Henry Bathurst 8th Earl Bathurst
Henry Allen John, 8th Earl Bathurst DL (born 1 May 1927), known as Lord Apsley from 1942 to 1943, is a British Peer, soldier and Conservative politician. He was most recently known for an altercation with Prince William. The eldest son of Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, and his wife Violet (née Meeking), he was educated at Eton College, Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, and Christ Church, Oxford. - Allen Bathurst 6th Earl Bathurst
Allen Alexander Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (19 October 1832-1 August 1892), known as Allen Bathurst until 1878, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament. Bathurst was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Thomas Seymour Bathurst, third son of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. His mother was Julia, daughter of John Peter Hankey. His father, a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, died when Bathurst was one year old. - Edward Harris 4th Earl of Malmesbury
Edward James Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury (April 12 1842-May 19 1899), was a British peer, the son of Admiral Hon. Sir Edward Alfred John Harris and the grandson of James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury. He married Sylvia Georgina Stewart, on 16 November 1870 and they had two children: *James Edward Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872-1950) *Colonel Hon. Alfred Frederick William Harris (1877-1943), died unmarried. - David Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield
David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT (7 March 1777 - 11 February 1840). Married Frederica Markham on 16 September 1797. was buried in St Andrew's Churchyard, Kingsbury, London. He was Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1803 to 1840, and was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1835. - Arthur Hill 8th Marquess of Downshire
The 8th Marquess of Downshire, marksman and musical Marquess who re-settled his landed dynasty in North Yorkshire. The 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort, who died on 18 December aged 74, successfully re-established his once-great Ulster-based landowning family in North Yorkshire after the Irish Land Acts and Bracknell New Town had largely deprived them of their original estates.
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