Palmer, Roger, earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705), diplomatist and Roman Catholic apologist, was born on 3 September 1634, the second son of Sir James Palmer (d. 1657), of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, being the son of Sir James's second marriage, to Catherine, daughter of ...
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Palmer, Roger, earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705), diplomatist and Roman Catholic apologist
R. A. P. J. Beddard
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Robinson, John (1650–1723), bishop of London and diplomatist
John B. Hattendorf
Robinson, John (1650–1723), bishop of London and diplomatist, was born in Cleasby in the North Riding of Yorkshire on 7 November 1650, according to his monumental inscription. He was the second surviving son and namesake of John Robinson, a cooper who died the following year, and his wife, ...
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Tunstal [Tunstall], Cuthbert (1474–1559), bishop of Durham and diplomat
D. G. Newcombe
Tunstal [Tunstall], Cuthbert (1474–1559), bishop of Durham and diplomat, was born near Hornby Castle in Hackforth, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Tunstal, later a squire of the body to Richard III, and of his future second wife, a daughter of Sir John Conyers...
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Wotton, Nicholas (c. 1497–1567), diplomat and dean of Canterbury and York
Michael Zell
Wotton, Nicholas (c. 1497–1567), diplomat and dean of Canterbury and York, was the fourth child and second son of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe, Kent (c.1463–1524), administrator, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Belknap. Sir Edward Wotton (1489?–1551)...
