Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, (1392/3 - 1455) was the son of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy. He was restored to favor by Henry V, receiving his grandfather's estates and re-creation of the earldom. Percy was on the regency council in the early years of the reign of Henry VI. He was killed fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of St Albans. Percy married Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and was succeeded as earl by his eldest son. { border="2" align="center" - width="30%" align="center"Preceded by: New Creation width="40%" align="center"Earl of Northumberland width="30%" align="center"Followed by: Henry Percy }.
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, (1421 - 1461) was the son of the 2nd Earl. He fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Wakefield, and commanded the Lancastrian van at the Battle of Towton, where he was killed. { border="2" align="center" - width="30%" align="center"Preceded by: Henry Percy width="40%" align="center"Earl of Northumberland width="30%" align="center"Followed by: Henry Percy }.
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland - Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-1668) was an English military leader. The son of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, Algernon became a peer in his father's lifetime, as Baron Percy in 1626. During the years immediately preceding the Civil War he served as an admiral, making earnest but unsuccessful efforts to reform the navy, and in 1637 he was made lord high admiral of England. In 1639 King Charles I appointed him general of the forces north of the Trent, and a member of the council of regency. Northumberland played a distinguished and honourable part in the troubled times of the Civil War. He was a friend of Strafford, and gave evidence at his trial which, though favourable on.
Henry Percy - Henry Percy Henry Percy was the name of several nobles in the line that produced the earls of Northumberland. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Sir Henry Percy, also called Harry Hotspur (1364 ? - 1403) was the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick. His nickname is suggestive of his impulsive nature. Harry acquired a great reputation as a warrior, fighting against the Scots and the French. He fought against the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. With his father he helped depose Richard II of England, but later with his uncle.
Earl of Northumberland - Earl of Northumberland The title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain. Its most famous holders were the Percies, who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages. The heirs of the Percies were ultimately made Duke of Northumberland in 1766. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Earls of Northumberland, first Creation (1072) 2 Earls of Northumberland, second Creation (1076) 3 Earls of Northumberland, third Creation (1080) 4 Earls of Northumberland, fourth Creation (1086) 5 Earls of Northumberland, fifth Creation (1139) 6 Earls of Northumberland, sixth Creation (1189) 7 Earls of Northumberland, seventh Creation (1377) 8 Earls of Northumberland, eighth Creation (1416) 9 Earls of Northumberland, ninth Creation (1464) 10 Earls.
Earl Marshal - Earl Marshal The Earl Marshal of England is a hereditary Royal officeholder under the King or Queen of the United Kingdom. The title was "Marshal" until William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, whose titles of "Earl" and "Marshal" were separate (although he is often referred to now as "Earl Marshal") made it stand for something. After it came into the family of the Dukes of Norfolk, it evolved into "Earl Marshal". The Earl Marshal is the eighth of the Great Officers of State, with the Lord High Constable above him and only the Lord High Admiral beneath him. In the Middle Ages, the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Constable were the officers of the King's horses and stables. When chivalry declined in importance, the Constable's post.
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March - Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March Edmund Mortimer (1351—1381), 3rd earl of March, was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montacute, 1st earl of Salisbury. Being an infant at the death of his father, Edmund, as a ward of the crown, was placed by Edward III of England under the care of William of Wykeham and Richard Fitzalan, earl of Arundel. The position of the young earl, powerful on account of his possessions and hereditary influence in the Welsh marches, was rendered still more important by his marriage in 1368 to Philippa, only daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, duke of Clarence, third son of Edward III. Lionel’s wife was Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William de Burgh, 6th Lord of.
Duke of Northumberland - Duke of Northumberland The title Duke of Northumberland was created in 1551 for John Dudley. He supported the claim of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, to the English throne, but when she was deposed by Queen Mary, Dudley was convicted of high treason and executed. George Fitzroy was awarded the title in 1674, but it became extinct as Fitzroy left no heirs. The title was created for the third time in 1766, and it has been in the Percy family ever since. The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Northumberland are: Earl of Northumberland (created 1749), Earl Percy (1766), Earl of Beverley (1790), Baron Warkworth (1749) and Baron Lovaine of Alnwick (1784). All titles are in the Peerage of Great Britain. The courtesy title of the eldest.
Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, Lord High Admiral, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1700 Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (1700) Elector George Louis of Hanover, later King George I (1703) James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Lord Privy Seal (1701) Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (1702) John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1703) Meinhard de Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and 1st Duke of Leinster (1703) Sidney Godolphin1st Earl of Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer (1704) Electoral Prince George Augustus of Hanover, Duke of Cambridge (1710) William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of.
Knights of the Garter (1349-1699) - order of chivalry in the British honours system. Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). Sir William FitzWaryne (app c.1359) Robert Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk (c.1348) William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (1349) Reginald Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham of Sterborough (app c.1352) Sir Richard de la Vache (app c.1356) Thomas Ughtred, Lord Ughtred (1358) Sir Walter Manny (1359) Sir Frank van Hale (app c.1359) Sir Thomas Ufford (1360) Lionel of Antwerp, later Duke of Clarence, 3rd son of King Edward III (1360) John of Gaunt, later Duke of Lancaster, 4th son of King Edward III (1360) Edmund of Langley, later Duke of York, 5th son of King Edward III (app c.1360) Edward le Despencer, 5th Lord le Despencer (1361) Sir John Sully.
Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, 1st woman appointed to the order since the end of the creation of "Ladies of the Garter" in 1488, although obviously Queens Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, and Victoria had been ex officio members (1901) Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1901) Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, great grandson of Queen Victoria (1901) King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1902) Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1902) Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1902) Grand Duke Michael of Russia, brother of Emperor Nicholas II (1902) Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, presumptive heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne (1902) Prince Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1902) Crown Prince Luis Filipe of Portugal (1902) Charles.
University of Durham - University 2 Colleges 2.4 Bailey 2.5 Hill 2.6 Queen's Campus 2.7 Others 3 Constitution 3.8 The Visitor 3.9 The Chancellor 3.10 The Vice-Chancellor 3.11 Convocation 3.12 Council 3.13 Senate 3.14 Colleges 3.15 Faculties 4 Alumni 5 External Links History The strong tradition of theological teaching in Durham gave rise to various attempts to form a university there, notably under King Henry VIII and Oliver Cromwell, who actually issed letters patent for the establishment of a college in 1657. However it was not until 1832, when Parliament passed an Act allowing the Dean and Chapter to Durham to fund a new University, that Durham University was actually started. The Act received Royal Assent and became law on the fourth of July, 1832. The University's Royal Charter was granted on the first of.
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham - 1477/8 - May 17, 1521) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. His father was attainted and executed for rebelling against King Richard III of England when Stafford was five. When Henry VII ascended the throne, the attainder was reversed and the wardship of the young duke was given to the king's mother Margaret Beaufort. As a young man, Stafford was made a Knight of the Garter (1495), and had various ceremonial roles at the royal court. This continued in an even grander way with the accession of Henry VIII: Stafford became lord high constable, and was lord high steward at Henry's coronation in 1509, where he also carried the king's crown. Yet the real power in Henry VIII's court was not with.
Duke of Somerset - son and heir of the Duke. Thus, the Duke of Somerset's heir has the lowest courtesy title; aside from the Duke of Manchester, who holds only a subsidiary Viscounty, all other Dukes have a subsidiary Earldom or Marquessate that is used as a courtesy title. Several other titles have been held by the Duke of Somerset, but have become extinct. These include: Earl of Kendal (created 1443; extinct 1444), Viscount Rochester (created 1611; extinct 1645), Viscount Beauchamp of Hache (created 1536; extinct 1750), Earl of Hertford (created 1537, 1559; extinct 1750), Marquess of Hertford (created 1640; extinct 1675), Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (created 1641; extinct 1750), Baron Percy (created 1722; extinct 1750), Baron Cockermouth (created 1749; extinct 1750), Earl of Egremont (created 1749; extinct 1750), and Earl St. Maur (created 1863;.
Admiralty - and First Lords of the Admiralty, 1628-1709 4 First Lords of the Admiralty, 1709-1964 5 Admirals of the Fleet, 1795-1827 6 First Sea Lords, 1828-Present History The office of Admiral of England, or Lord Admiral and later Lord High Admiral was created in approximately 1400. In 1546 King Henry VIII established the Council of the Marine later to became the Navy Board to oversee administrative affairs of the naval service. Operational control of the Navy remained the responsibility of the Lord High Admiral, who was one of the nine Great Officers of State. In 1628, Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission and control of the Royal Navy passed to a committee in the form of the Board of the Admiralty. Control of the Navy was passed.
Anne Boleyn - - May 19, 1536) was the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Henry's marriage to her was the cause of considerable political and religious upheaval. Childhood Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, and Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Norfolk. The year of Anne's birth is uncertain but in the range 1499 to 1507 and probably 1502, with 1507 being the second most likely. Anne's father secured a place with Margaret, Archduchess of Austria and daughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, for Anne to be educated in the Netherlands where she lived from the spring of 1513 to the autumn of 1514. This was followed by some years in France, until 1521, initially.
Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (1-500) - Simon Reuben (Property and metal trading) - £2,100m 6. Philip Green (Retailing) - £1,850m 7. Sri and Gopi Hinduja (Industry and finance) - £1,836m 8. Joseph Lewis (Finance) - £1,800m 9. Kirsten Rausing (Inheritance and bloodstock) - £1,600m 10. David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville and family (J Sainsbury Supermarkets) - £1,500m 11. Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan and family (Property) - £1,425m 12. Lakshmi Mittal (Steel) - £1,310m 13. Eddie and Malcolm Healey (Property and kitchens) - £1,260m 14. Betty, Lady Grantchester (daughter of the late Sir John Moores, widow of Kenneth Suenson-Taylor, 2nd Baron Grantchester) and the Moores family (Retailing and football pools) - £1,255m 15. Sir Richard Branson (Transport and mobile phones) - £1,250m 16. Philippe Foriel-Destezet (Recruitment services) - £1,164m 17. Mary Czernin and.
Owen Glendower - the claimant through his mother to the lands of Rhys ap Gruffydd. He is believed to have studied law in London before serving with the forces of Henry Bolingbroke, an opponent of King Richard II of England, who later seized the throne and became King Henry IV. On his return to Wales, he found that England's oppressive rule had paralysed the Welsh economy and aroused popular resentment. He married Margaret Hanmer, whose father, Sir David Hanmer, a judge, came of an English family that was totally integrated with the local population. They settled down to a peaceful and prosperous family life, but Owen was regarded by many as the man most likely to revive Welsh hopes of self-government. In September 1400, a year after Bolingbroke usurped the throne, Glendower's feud with.
November 10 - resolution creating the Continental Marines (later renamed the United States Marine Corps) to serve as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy (the Marines were disbanded at end of war in April of 1783 but were reformed on July 11, 1798). 1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 1919 - The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota (convention ended on November 12). 1926 - In San Francisco, California, a necrophiliac serial killer named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then rapes his 9th victim, a boardinghouse landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds. 1928 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan 1938 -.
List of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland - in brackets. Though the office existed earlier, because of difficulty in getting clear information this list begins in 1529. In the earlier years, there were frequently long vacancies, during which a Lord Deputy or Lord Justice would act as chief governor. Kingdom of Ireland Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ossory (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1528 Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset: 22 June 1529 William Skeffington (Lord Deputy): 30 July 1534 Leonard Grey, Lord Grey: 23 February 1536 Lords Justices: 1 April 1540 Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy): 7 July 1540 Edward Bellingham (Lord Deputy): 22 April 1548 Lords Justices: 27 December 1549 Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1550 James Crofts (Lord Deputy): 29 April 1551 Lords Justices: 6 December 1552 Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy): 1 September.
