John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk - John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk John Howard (1430-1485) was a descendant of Thomas Mowbray and was created 1st Duke of Norfolk (of the 2nd creation) in 1483, the title having fallen into abeyance upon the death of John Mowbray (1444-1476), who had been 4th Duke of Norfolk (of the 1st creation) from 1461 until 1476. John Howard was known as "Jack (or "Jock," hence: "Jockey") of Norfolk". He had the support of Edward IV of England who made him constable of Norwich Castle, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, treasurer of the Royal Household. For his support of Richard III during the desposition of Edward V in 1484, he was created Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, and Lord Admiral of all England, Ireland, and.
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443-1524) and 1st Earl of Surrey, fought for King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, following which he was imprisoned for several years before having his titles and estates restored. He continued in the service of the Tudor dynasty and was Lieutenant General of the North and largely responsible for the defeat of the Scots at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He was the father of the more famous Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Preceded by: John Howard Duke of Norfolk Followed by: Thomas Howard.
Duke of Norfolk - Duke of Norfolk The Duke of Norfolk is the Premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the Premier Earl. He also holds the hereditary position of Earl Marshal, which has the duty of organizing state openings of parliament. For the last five centuries, save some periods when it was under attainder, both the Dukedom and the Earl-Marshalship have been in the hands of the Howard family. According to The House of Lords Act 1999, Norfolk is one of only two hereditary peers automatically admitted to the House of Lords, without being elected by the general body of hereditary peers, due to his duties as Earl Marshal. The present Duke of Norfolk holds the several subsidiary titles: Earl of Arundel (created.
Earl of Norfolk - Earl of Norfolk Earl of Norfolk is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title was held in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Bigod family, and then was later held by the Mowbrays, who were also made Dukes of Norfolk. Due to the Bigod's descent in the female line from William Marshal, they inherited the hereditary office of Earl Marshal, still held by the Dukes of Norfolk today. The present title was created in 1644 for Thomas Howard, 18th Earl of Arundel, the heir of the Howard Dukedom of Norfolk which had been forfeit in 1572. Arundel's grandson, the 20th Earl of Arundel and 3rd Earl of Norfolk, was restored to the Dukedom as 5th Duke upon the.
Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - 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 Devonshire, Lord President of the Council (1710) John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1710) Henry Somerset,.
Knights of the Garter (1349-1699) - highest 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.
Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Before 1904 - Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). After 1904 - date of appointment William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1900) Queen 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,.
Henry Fitzalan, 19th Earl of Arundel - to England to assume the earldom, and was made a Knight of the Garter. War with France soon brought him back to Continent, where he spent much of 1544. He then returned to England, where the king appointed him Lord Chamberlain. After Henry's death in 1547, Arundel was high constable at Edward VI's coronation. He continued as Lord Chamberlain, and in addition by the terms of Henry's will was designated one of the council of 12 assistant executors. The advent of the new king's uncle Edward Seymour (later Duke of Somerset) as Lord Protector negated Arundel's influence, however, and he soon became a prominent advocate of Seymour's removal in favor of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick (later Duke of Northumberland). Seymour was in fact deposed and sent to the Tower of.
United Kingdom Postmaster General - telecommunications and broadcasting. The title of "Postmaster General" was abolished under the Post Office Act of 1969. A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office." The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with "Minister of Posts and Telecommunications". Former holders of this post: Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester 1823-1826 Lord Frederick Montagu 1826-1827 William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester 1827-1830 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond 1830-1834 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham 1834 Lord Maryborough 1834-1835 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham 1835 Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield 1835-1841 William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 1841-1845 Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans 1845-1846 Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde 1846-1852 Charles Philip Yorke, 4th.
Earl Marshal - "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 disappeared, and the Earl Marshal became the head of the College of Arms, the body concerned with all matters of genealogy and heraldry, although the Earl Marshal's connection with heraldry came about almost accidentally. In conjunction with the Lord High Constable.
Earl of Derby - Henry III 3 The Stanley Creation 4 Earls of Derby, first Creation (1138) 5 Earls of Derby, second Creation (1337) 6 Earls of Derby, third Creation (1485) The Ferrers Creation "Ferrer" is Norman French and means "to bind with iron" or " to shoe a horse". Ferrières in Normandy, the hometown of the de Ferrers family, was an important centre for ironwork. The Ferrers coat of arms shows six black horseshoes on a silver background. They were descended from Henry de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Ferrières, Lord of Longueville, Normandy, and a Domesday Commissioner; he built Tutbury Castle and Duffield Castle and had large holdings in Derbyshire as well as 17 other counties. Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Ferrières (1062-1139) was created Earl of Derby by King Stephen in 1138.
Earl of Arundel - oldest extant title) in the English peerage is the Earldom of Arundel currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and used as a courtesy title by his heir. The title of Earl of Arundel was first created in 1138 for the Norman baron William d'Albini. The earlier earls were frequently also known as Earl of Sussex, until the mid 13th century, when this title fell into disuse. At about the same time, the Earldom fell to the originally Breton Fitzalan family, a younger branch of which went on to become the Stewart family which later ruled Scotland. A tradition arose that the holder of Arundel Castle should automatically be Earl of Arundel, and this was formally confirmed by king Henry VI. However this had not always been consistently adhered to. Some.
Admiralty - Sea Lords) and civilian lords, normally politicians. The professional head of the Royal Navy was (and still is) known as the First Sea Lord. The civilian minister and president of the Board was known as the First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1831 the Navy Board was abolished as a separate entity and its duties and responsibilities were given over to the Board of Admiralty. In 1964 the Admiralty was subsumed into the Ministry of Defence along with the War Office and the Air Ministry. Within the expanded Ministry of Defence are a new Admiralty Board, Army Board and Air Force Board, each headed by the Secretary of State for Defence. (The new Admiralty Board was to have been called the Navy Board but for an amendment in the House of.
Baron Mowbray - very old one in the Peerage of England. It was held for a long time by the Mowbray and Howard Dukes of Norfolk. The title was united with the Barony of Segrave in 1368, and with the Barony of Stourton since the 19th century, when it and Segrave were brought out of the abeyance they had fallen into at the death of the 9th Duke of Norfolk. Barons Mowbray (1283) Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray (d.1297) John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray (d.1321) John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray (1310-1361) John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (1340-1368) John Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 5th Baron Mowbray (1365-1379) Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 6th Baron Mowbray (1366-1399) Thomas Mowbray, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, 7th Baron Mowbray (1385-1405) John Mowbray, 2nd.
Richard III (play) - of our discontent... The speech reveals Richard's jealousy and ambition, as his brother, Edward IV of England, rules the country successfully. With little attempt at chronological accuracy, Richard is shown ingratiating himself with "the Lady Anne" -- Anne Neville, widow of the Lancastrian Prince of Wales. Despite her prejudice against him, Anne is won over by his pleas and agrees to marry him. Richard, in collaboration with his friend Buckingham (Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham), plots to be the next king, and presents himself to the other lords as a modest, devout man with no pretensions to greatness. This causes them to select him as king after Edward IV's death, putting aside the claims of his innocent young nephews (the Princes in the Tower). Richard's crimes go from bad to worse..
Queen Catherine - of Egypt and King Costis of Egypt, son of Constantius Chlorus Katherine Plantagenet (or Catalina de Lancaster) (1372-1418), queen consort of Castile & Leon (Spain): daughter of John of Gaunt; sister of Henry IV of England; wife of Henry III of Castile; mother of John II of Castile Catherine of Valois (1401-1437), queen consort of England: daughter of Charles VI of France; wife of Henry V of England and Owen Tudor; mother of Henry VI of England Catherine of Bosnia (or Katarina Kosaca) (142x-1478), queen consort of Bosnia: daughter of Stephen Vukcic Kosaca; wife of Stephen Thomas of Bosnia Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), queen consort of England: daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile; 1st wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Mary I of England.
List of Lord Treasurers - March, 1240: William Haverhill, Canon of Lichfield (d. August 23, 1252) August 27, 1252: Philip Lovel, Archdeacon of Coventry (rem. October, 1258) November 2, 1258: John Crakehall, Archdeacon of Bedford (d. September 10, 1260) October 28, 1260: John of Caux, Abbot of Petersborough (d.March 1263)) May 6, 1263: Nicholas of Ely (vac. July 19, 1263) July 1263: Henry, Prior of St. Radegund, Bradsole, Kent November 1263: John Chishull, acting November 30, 1263: Roger de la Leye, acting November 3, 1264: Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (to summer 1265) October 23, 1265: Thomas Wymondham, Preceptor of Lichfield February 6, 1270: John Chishull (vac. June 9, 1271) October 16, 1271: Philip of Eye, Canon of St. Paul's October 2, 1273: Sir Joseph Chauncy, Prior of the Knights of St. John in England June.
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Lord Steward - Board of Green Cloth under him. First, the lord steward’s court, superseded in 1541 by - second - the Marshalsea court, a court of record having jurisdiction, both civil and criminal within the verge (the area within 1 radius of 12 m. from where the sovereign is resident), and originally held for the purpose of administering justice between the domestic servants of the sovereign, "that they might not be drawn into other courts and their service lost." Its criminal jurisdiction had long fallen into disuse and its civil jurisdiction was abolished in 1849. Third, the palace court, created by letters patent in 1612 and renewed in 1665 with jurisdiction over all personal matters arising between parties within 12 miles of Whitehall (the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea court, the City of London,.
Lord High Steward - most powerful men of the kingdom. From the late 12th century, the office was considered to be bound with the Earldom of Leicester. When the House of Lancaster ascended the throne in 1399, Henry IV made his second son, Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, Lord High Steward, but following the latter's death in 1421 the office has generally remained vacant, except at coronations and during the trial of peers, when the Lord High Steward presides. In general, the Lord Chancellor was appointed to act as Lord High Steward in the latter situation. This right of the Lord High Steward was taken away following the Second World War. In Scotland, the hereditary position of High Steward was given in the 12th century to Walter Fitzalan, whose descendants became the Stewart family..
