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Lancaster, Thomas, earl of

(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, Thomas, earl of: see Lancaster, house of. ...

Pym, John

(Encyclopedia)Pym, John pĭm [key], 1583?–1643, English statesman. A Puritan opposed equally to Roman Catholicism and to Arminianism in the Anglican church, Pym early became prominent in the parliamentary opposit...

Côte-d'Or

(Encyclopedia)Côte-d'Or kōt-dôr [key], department, E France, largely in Burgundy, partly in Champagne. ...

Churchill, John

(Encyclopedia)Churchill, John: see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of. ...

Gloucester, Robert, earl of

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Robert, earl of, d. 1147, English nobleman; illegitimate son of Henry I. Henry created (c.1121) the earldom of Gloucester for him. After his father's death (1135), Robert appeared to accep...

Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st marquess of kro͞oˌmĭlzˈ [key], 1858–1945, British statesman. He succeeded (1885) his father as Baron Houghton and was created earl (1895) and lat...

Albany, Robert Stuart, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Albany, Robert Stuart or Stewart, 1st duke of: see Stuart, Robert, 1st duke of Albany. ...

Tiptoft, John

(Encyclopedia)Tiptoft, John: see Worcester, John Tiptoft, earl of. ...

Wilmot, John

(Encyclopedia)Wilmot, John: see Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of. ...

Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of, c.1366–1399, English nobleman. He was created earl of Nottingham in 1383, and in 1385 he was made earl marshal of England for life. He joined Thomas of Woodstoc...