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Arlington, Henry Bennet, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Arlington, Henry Bennet, 1st earl of, 1618–85, English statesman. He fought for the royalists in the English civil war and, after going into exile, served as an envoy in Spain for the future Charles...Howard of Effingham, Charles Howard, 2d Baron
(Encyclopedia)Howard of Effingham, Charles Howard, 2d Baron: see Nottingham, Charles Howard, 1st earl of. ...Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount: see Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl of. ...Marchmont, Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Marchmont, Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st earl of: see Home of Polwarth, Sir Patrick. ...Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, earl of, pseud. Owen Meredith: see Bulwer-Lytton. ...Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of: see Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2d earl of. ...Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith
(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith: see Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of. ...Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of
(Encyclopedia)Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl of klârˈəndən [key], 1609–74, English statesman and historian. Elected (1640) to the Short and Long parliaments, he was at first associated with the opposition t...Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Murray or Moray, James Stuart, 1st earl of both: mûrˈē [key], 1531?–1570, Scottish nobleman. An illegitimate son of James V by a daughter of the earl of Mar, he was, therefore, half-brother of Ma...Browse by Subject
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