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Seymour of Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Seymour of Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?–1549, English nobleman. After the marriage (1536) of his sister Jane to Henry VIII, he served on various diplomatic missions, was in command of the E...

Norfolk, Hugh Bigod, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Norfolk, Hugh Bigod, 1st earl of: see Bigod, Hugh, 1st earl of Norfolk. ...

Leslie, Alexander, 1st earl of Leven

(Encyclopedia)Leslie, Alexander, 1st earl of Leven: see Leven, Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of. ...

Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of: see Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork. ...

Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of: see Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford. ...

Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of: see Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford. ...

Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of: see Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset. ...

Albany, Robert Stuart, 1st duke of

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

Stuart, James, 1st earl of Murray

(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, James, 1st earl of Murray: see Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of. ...

Ashe, John

(Encyclopedia)Ashe, John, c.1720–1781, American Revolutionary general, b. Brunswick co., N.C. Speaker of the colonial assembly (1762–65) and a leader of the opposition to the Stamp Act, he was important to the ...