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2 de jul. de 2024 · Also in 1722 the Whig corporation chose another prominent Whig, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, to succeed Sunderland as recorder. Oughton and Neale were returned unopposed in 1727, but in 1734 Neale lost his seat to John Bird, a Coventry man whose family had introduced the silk trade into the city.
Hace 6 días · Somewhat reduced by grants and sales, the honor remained a Crown estate until 1706, when it passed to the 2nd duke of Grafton in tail male. The duke was also granted the rangership of Whittlewood Forest by the same tenure, thus acquiring the use of Wakefield Lodge, which he and his descendants made their Northamptonshire seat in preference to ...
Hace 4 días · Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519 – 1536) King Charles II (reigned 1660 – 1685) Despite fathering many illegitimate children with his mistresses, Charles II had no children with his wife Catherine of Braganza.
Hace 5 días · At birth, Charles automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, and the possessor of several other associated titles. At or around his eighth birthday, he was designated Prince of Wales, though he was never formally invested.
14 de jun. de 2024 · Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683 – 1757), married Lady Henrietta Somerset, had seven children. Henry was raised as a sailor and was well-suited to military life. He was appointed Colonel of the Grenadier Guards in 1681 and served as Vice-Admiral of England from 1682 to 1689.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton. The arms of King Charles II with the difference of a sinister baston gobony argent and azure. In 1592 or 1593 the site of the manor was granted to Thomas Andrew of Charwelton, whose grandson Thomas was living there in 1618.
Hace 2 días · The reversionary interest belonging to the Crown was granted to Isabella, Countess of Arlington, wife of Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton, a son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. She died on 7th February, 1722–3, and her son Charles, 2nd Duke of Grafton, obtained from the Prebendary on 18th July, 1723, a fresh lease ...
