Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish- [known as Lord William Bentinck] (1774–1839), army officer, diplomatist, and governor-general of India, was born on 14 September 1774 at Burlington House in London, the second son of William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, third duke of Portland (1738–1809)...
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Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish- [known as Lord William Bentinck] (1774–1839), army officer, diplomatist, and governor-general of India
Douglas M. Peers
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Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan (1671/2–1726), army officer and diplomat
James Falkner
Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan (1671/2–1726), army officer and diplomat, was born at Liscarton, co. Meath, the eldest son of Henry Cadogan (d. 1715), barrister, and his wife, Bridget, daughter of Sir Hardress Waller. His grandfather was Major William Cadogan, governor of Trim...
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Montagu [Mountagu], Edward, first earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), army and naval officer and diplomat
J. D. Davies
Montagu [Mountagu], Edward, first earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), army and naval officer and diplomat, was born at Barnwell, Northamptonshire, on 27 July 1625, the second but eldest surviving son of Sir Sydney Montagu (c.1571–1644) of Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, MP for Huntingdonshire, master of requests, and groom of the bedchamber to ...
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Mordaunt, Charles, third earl of Peterborough and first earl of Monmouth (1658?–1735), army officer and diplomatist
John B. Hattendorf
Mordaunt, Charles, third earl of Peterborough and first earl of Monmouth (1658
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Rose, Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn (1801–1885), army officer and diplomatist
Brian Robson
Rose, Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn (1801–1885), army officer and diplomatist, was born on 6 April 1801, in Berlin, the third son of Sir George Henry Rose (1770–1855) and his wife, Frances (d. 12 Oct 1861), the daughter of Thomas Duncombe of Duncombe Park...
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Spears [formerly Spiers], Sir Edward Louis, baronet (1886–1974), army officer and diplomatist
Max Egremont
Spears [formerly Spiers], Sir Edward Louis, baronet (1886–1974), army officer and diplomatist, was born in the Passy district of Paris, at 7 Chaussée de la Muette, on 7 August 1886, the only son and elder child of Charles McCarthy Spiers (1858–1912), commission agent, and his wife, ...
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Stanhope, James, first Earl Stanhope (1673–1721), army officer, diplomat, and politician
A. A. Hanham
Stanhope, James, first Earl Stanhope (1673–1721), army officer, diplomat, and politician, was born in Paris, the eldest of the seven children of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope (1638–1707), himself the youngest son of Philip Stanhope, first earl of Chesterfield, and his wife, Katherine (...
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Vane [formerly Stewart], Charles William, third marquess of Londonderry (1778–1854), army officer and diplomatist
E. M. Lloyd
revised by A. J. Heesom
Vane [formerly Stewart], Charles William, third marquess of Londonderry (1778–1854), army officer and diplomatist, was the only son of Robert Stewart, first marquess of Londonderry (1739–1821), and his second wife, Frances (d. 18 January 1833, aged eighty-two), eldest daughter of Charles Pratt, ...
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Vere [de Vere], Sir Francis (1560/61–1609), army officer and diplomat
D. J. B. Trim
Vere [de Vere], Sir Francis (1560/61–1609), army officer and diplomat, was the second son of Geoffrey Vere (c.1525–1572?) and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1615), daughter of Richard Harkyns (or Hardekyn) of Colchester, Essex. He was born in 1560 or early in 1561, at either ...
