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Lancaster, Henry, earl of

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

Lancaster, Thomas, earl of

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

Richard, earl of Cornwall

(Encyclopedia)Richard, earl of Cornwall, 1209–72, second son of King John of England and brother of Henry III. In 1227, following an expedition to Gascony and Poitou, Richard forced Henry to grant him the land an...

Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl of

(Encyclopedia)Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl of ŏsˈərē [key], 1634–80, Irish nobleman; son of James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde. Created earl of Ossory in 1662, he was made (1665) lieutenant genera...

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...

Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Douglas, James, 4th duke of Hamilton

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, James, 1658–1712: see Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of. ...

Stanhope, James Stanhope, 1st Earl

(Encyclopedia)Stanhope, James Stanhope, 1st Earl, 1673–1721, English general and statesman. During the War of the Spanish Succession he participated in the capture (1705) of Barcelona, was appointed (1706) minist...

Lucan, Patrick Sarsfield, earl of

(Encyclopedia)Lucan, Patrick Sarsfield, earl of: see Sarsfield, Patrick, earl of Lucan. ...

Ker, Robert, earl of Somerset

(Encyclopedia)Ker, Robert, earl of Somerset: see Somerset, Robert Carr, earl of. ...