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Hyde, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Hyde, Edward: see Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl of. ...

Stanley, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Thomas: see Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of. ...

Bentinck, William

(Encyclopedia)Bentinck, William: see Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of. ...

Wentworth, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Wentworth, Thomas: see Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of. ...

Bennet, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Bennet, Henry: see Arlington, Henry Bennet, 1st earl of. ...

Cecil, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Cecil, Robert: see Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of. ...

Brookeborough, Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Brookeborough, Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount bro͝okˈbərə [key], 1888–1973, Northern Irish politician. After serving in the cavalry in World War I he was elected to the Senate of the first ...

Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, duke and earl of

(Encyclopedia)Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, duke and earl of tôlˈbət, tərkŏnˈəl [key], 1630–91, Irish Jacobite. He escaped from Ireland after Oliver Cromwell's punitive campaign there (1649) and was party to ...

Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of: see Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham. ...

Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis

(Encyclopedia)Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis: see Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of. ...