- Frederick Marquis 1st Earl of Woolton
Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton CH, PC (1883-1964) was a British businessman and politician. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University (where he was a Research Fellow) Woolton was an active member of the Unitarian Church. In the 1930s he built up the department store Lewis's (not to be confused with the John Lewis department stores), of which he became Managing Director. - Roger Marquis 2nd Earl of Woolton
Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton (16 July 1922 - 1969) was the son of the 1st Earl Woolton. His first wife was Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson the daughter of Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham. They were divorced in 1953. In 1957 he married Cecily Josephine Gordon-Cumming the daughter of Major Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet. The second Lady Woolton bore His Lordship two children: *Simon Frederick Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (24 May 1958) *Hon. - Simon Marquis 3rd Earl of Woolton
Simon Frederick James Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 24 May 1958) is the son of Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton and Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson. In 1987 he married Hon. Sophie Birdwood, daughter of the 3rd Baron Birdwood. In 1999 he married Carol Davidson. The couple have three daughters. There is no current heir to the title. - Marquis de Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a "Condorcet method". Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated a liberal economy, free and equal public education, constitutionalism, and equal rights for women and people of all races. His ideas and writings were said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and rationalism, … - Jason Marquis
Jason Scott Marquis (born August 21, 1978, in Manhasset, New York), is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. Marquis pronounces his name with the French pronunciation of "Mar-KEE." Marquis is one of only 5 ballplayers who pitched in the NL in 2006 who won at least 13 games in each year from 2004-06, the others being Carlos Zambrano, Greg Maddux, Chris Carpenter, and Roy Oswalt. - Don Marquis
Don Marquis (July 29, 1878 Walnut, Illinois - December 29, 1937 New York City) was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, cartoonist, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is best remembered for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. - Juliette Marquis
Juliette Marquis (born April, 1980) is a Ukrainian born actress, former model, and former ballerina. - Thomas Guthrie Marquis
Thomas Guthrie Marquis, (1864-1936) was a Canadian author, born at Chatham, New Brunswick, and educated at Queen's University, Kingston, where he graduated in 1889. He became a teacher, but he retired in 1901 to devote himself to literature. He was editorial writer of the Ottawa "Free Press" (1905) and office editor of "Canada and Its Provinces" (1914-15), a publication in 22 volumes on the history of Canada. - André Marquis
André Marquis was a French Vichyst admiral, famous for the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon. Marquis was préfet maritime of Toulon, and as such, responsible for the administration of the city. He was captured by the Germans in the wake of their attempt to capture the French fleet, but his assistant manage to warn other officers and transmit the order to scuttle the fleet. At the Liberation, he was trialed for treason, failure to save his fleet, … - Herman Marquis
Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear - Del Marquis
Del Marquis (born Derek Gruen, August 31 1979, New York) is the lead guitarist for the group Scissor Sisters. He was introduced to the band at the insistence his best friend, David Russell, who was dating Jake at the time. He originally hated the band when he first saw them perform in a gay bar named "The Cock". His current membership of the band is due to his reappraisal of their music when he next came across them some months later, … - Guy Davis
Guy Davis (1966-) is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on "Sandman Mystery Theatre" and various "Hellboy"-related comics. He has also done work for various "White Wolf, Inc." books as well has his own series, "The Nevermen" and "The Marquis". - Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech, Marquis of Pubol (May 11 1904 – January 23 1989), was a Spanish surrealist painter. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, "The Persistence of Memory", was completed in 1931. - Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer who put the final capstone on mathematical astronomy by summarizing and extending the work of his predecessors in his five volume "Mécanique Céleste" (Celestial Mechanics) (1799-1825). This masterpiece translated the geometrical study of classical mechanics used by Isaac Newton to one based on calculus, known as physical mechanics. He also formulated the Laplace's equation. - François-Michel Le Tellier Marquis de Louvois
François Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, was the French Secretary of State for War for most of Louis XIV reign. He and his father, Michel le Tellier, would raise the French Army to 400,000 soldiers; the army would fight four wars between 1667 and 1713. He is commonly known as "Louvois". - Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata (December 6, 1478 - February 2, 1529), was a diplomat and was a very prominent Renaissance author. He was born in Casatico, near Mantua, Italy to an ancient family from Lombardy that had moved to there at the time of marquis Ludovico II Gonzaga, a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione. In 1494, at the age of 16, Castiglione began his humanistic studies in Milan, which would eventually aid him in future writings. - Albert de Dion
Marquis Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. He was born in 1856 and died in 1946. de Dion and his partner, Georges Bouton, founded the de Dion-Bouton automobile company, which became the world's largest automobile manufacturer for a short time. He also founded the Mondial de l'Automobile (Paris Motor Show) in 1898. - Guidobaldo del Monte
Guidobaldo del Monte (11 January 1545 - 6 January 1607, var. Guidobaldi or Guido Baldi), Marquis del Monte, was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and astronomer of the 16th century. - Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is a fashion designer and, as the Marquis de Castelbajac, a french nobleman. He launched his fashion career at the age of 20. He has enjoyed international success with one of his creations, a coat of teddybears, being worn by pop star Madonna_(entertainer) and later by supermodel Helena Christensen in the film Prêt-à-Porter_(film). In 1979 de Castelbajac married fashion journalist and model Katherine Lee Chambers. - Melchior de Vogüé
Eugène-Melchior, comte, later marquis de Vogüé was a French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. - James Sommerville
Toronto-born James Sommerville is the current principal hornist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic, in Hamilton, Canada. Before coming to Boston in 1998, Mr. Sommerville was formerly principal horn of the Canadian Opera Company and Symphony Nova Scotia, acting principal horn of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (1996-1998), and associate principal horn of the Montreal Symphony (1986-1991). - Simon Arnauld marquis de Pomponne
Simon Arnauld, sr and then marquis (1682) de Pomponne (Paris, November 1618 - Fontainebleau, September 26 1699) was a French diplomat and minister. - Leonello D'Este
Leonello d'Este, also spelled Lionello (1407 - 1450) was marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450. - Jean Hotman Marquis de Villers-St-Paul
Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul was a French diplomat. The eldest son of the famous jurist and author François Hotman. He was born in Lausanne because his family was in exile during the Wars of Religion in France. His father, although heir to an estate, did not take the title of Marquis because his adherence to Protestantism distanced him from his extended family. Due in part to the religious conflicts the family moved often. - Henri Coiffier de Ruzé Marquis of Cinq-Mars
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis de Cinq-Mars was a "favourite" of King Louis XIII of France who led the last and most nearly successful of the many conspiracies against the king's powerful first minister, the Cardinal Richelieu. Cinq-Mars was the son of Marshal Antoine Coiffier-Ruzé, marquis d'Effiat, a close friend of Richelieu, who took the boy under his protection on his father's death in 1632. In 1642, Louis had no "favourite" (a close friend, … - Marcel de Sade
Marcel de Sade is the assumed name of Jørgen Vase Larsen, a big-time swindler who passed himself off as a marquis during the 1960s. He was discovered and sentenced to jail. He is a piano player and known for his use of extravagant clothing. He is almost certainly the subject of the 1967 Danish Film Institute comedy film "Jeg - en Marki" ("I, a Marquis"). - Yi Chung
Yi Chung (1936-), is a member of the former Imperial Family of Korea and the geneaological male-line heir of Emperor Gojong. He is the eldest son of Prince Wu of Korea who inherited the title of Prince Heung with the 4th head of Unhyun Palace and his wife Princess Chanju, a granddaughter of Marquis Park Yeonghyo who was a son-in-law of King Cheoljong of Joseon. At the age of nine, he inherited Unhyun Palace, where Emperor Gojong was born, … - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II, Italian Vittorio Amedeo II (May 14 1666 - October 31 1732) was the Duke of Savoy (1675-1730). He also held the titles of marquis of Saluzzo, marquis of Monferrato, prince of Piedmont, count of Aosta, Moriana and Nizza. His mother Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours was the regent from 1675 to 1684. He first became king of Sicily (1713-1718), but he was forced to exchange this title and instead became king of Sardinia (1720-1730). - Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr (April 13, 1764 - March 17, 1830) was a French commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to Marshal of France and Marquis. His nickname was "The Owl". - Fiore Dei Liberi
Fiore dei Liberi (ca. 1350s - 1420s) was a medieval master of arms and the earliest master of the Italian school of swordsmanship from whom we have an extant manual. The Flos Duellatorum is the name given to one of the manuscript versions of Fiore dei Liberi's illuminated manuscript fight book, written in 1410 (dated to 1409 in the old reckoning). There are two other surviving recensions, under the title Fior di Battaglia. - François Barbé-Marbois
François Barbé-Marbois, marquis de Barbé-Marbois, French politician. - Marquis Latoya White
Toyiah Marquis, was born in Chicago, Illinois, She attended Westinghouse Vocational High School; and majored in nursing. She is also apart of the female R&B group "Che"; they have been together for 10 years. Toyiah, started off modeling at an early age. Attending various modeling schools... which peaked her interest more into acting and singing; ever since she's been breaking down barriers and trying to make noise in the entertainment industry. In taking various acting classes at... - Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel II (Italian: "Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia", June 20, 1634 - June 12, 1675) was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine Marie of France until 1663. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Moriana and Nice, as well as claimant king of Cyprus and Jerusalem. - Charles de L'Aubespine marquis de Châteauneuf
Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf was a French diplomat and government official. The marquis de Châteauneuf was the grandson of Claude de l'Aubespine, baron de Châteauneuf. He was French ambassador in Holland (1609), in the Valtellina (1626), and in England (1629-1630). He then served as the Keeper of the Seals (minister of justice) from 1630 to 1633. He conspired with the duchesse de Chevreuse against Richelieu (1633), … - Tōgō Heihachirō
Fleet Admiral Marquis OM, (27 January 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He was termed by Western journalists as the 'Nelson of the East'. - Yang Qiu
Yang Qiu (楊秋) was a warlord joining Ma Chao's rebellion against Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Upon the coalition's defeat in the Battle of Tong Pass, he fled to Anding (安定) but was forced to surrender to Cao Cao the next winter and was awarded a post as a marquis. In the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he was known as one of the eight knights under Han Sui. - Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay was a French governor of the Bastille, the son of a previous governor, and commander of its garrison when it was stormed on July 14, 1789 ("see Storming of the Bastille"). He was dragged away and killed by those who had attacked the prison - he was literally torn to shreds. He was seized and dragged towards the Hôtel de Ville in a storm of abuse. Outside the Hôtel a discussion as to his fate began. - Manuel Pavia Y Lacy 1st Marquis de Novaliches
Manuel Pavia y Lacy, 1st Marquis de Novaliches (July 6, 1814 in Granada-October 22, 1896 in Madrid), Spanish marshal, was born at Granada on the 6th of July 1814. He was the son of Colonel Pavia, and after a few years at the Jesuit school of Valencia he entered the Royal Artillery Academy at Segovia. In 1833 he became a lieutenant in the guards of Queen Isabella II, … - Trophime-Gérard marquis de Lally-Tollendal
Trophime-Gérard, marquis de Lally-Tollendal, was a French politician. - Diego Colón
Diego Colón, also, in, (1479/1480, Porto Santo, Portugal - February 23, 1526, Montalbán, Spain) was the firstborn son of Christopher Columbus (and his wife, the Portuguese noblewoman Filipa Moniz) and the second Viceroy of the Indies. Diego was made a page at the Spanish court in 1492, when his father embarked on his first voyage.
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