Burke [de Burgh], Ulick, marquess of Clanricarde (1604–1658), landowner and politician, was the only son of Richard de Burgh, fourth earl of Clanricarde (1572–1635), and his wife, Frances (d. 1632), daughter and heir of Sir Francis Walsingham and widow of Sir Philip Sidney...
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Burke [de Burgh], Ulick, marquess of Clanricarde (1604–1658), landowner and politician
Jane Ohlmeyer
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Dudley, Sir Robert (1574–1649), mariner and landowner
Simon Adams
Dudley, Sir Robert (1574–1649), mariner and landowner, was born at Sheen House, Richmond, Surrey, on 7 August 1574, the son of Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588), and Douglas Sheffield (née Howard), Lady Sheffield (1542/3–1608). The status of his birth, which was to become the leading obsession of his life, is still debated, as are the circumstances of his early life, due in part to his own deliberate exaggerations and falsifications. Despite his mother's later claim that she refused to surrender him to ...
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Fraser, Simon Christopher Joseph, fifteenth Lord Lovat and fourth Baron Lovat (1911–1995), army officer and landowner
Philip Warner
Fraser, Simon Christopher Joseph, fifteenth Lord Lovat and fourth Baron Lovat (1911–1995), army officer and landowner, was born in Scotland on 9 July 1911, the elder son and oldest of the five children of Simon Joseph Fraser, fourteenth Lord Lovat and third Baron Lovat...
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Fraser, Simon Joseph, fourteenth Lord Lovat and third Baron Lovat (1871–1933), army officer and landowner
John Martin
Fraser, Simon Joseph, fourteenth Lord Lovat and third Baron Lovat (1871–1933), army officer and landowner, was born at his ancestral home, Beaufort Castle, Beauly, Inverness-shire on 25 November 1871, the second son of Simon Fraser, thirteenth Lord Lovat and second Baron Lovat (1828–1887)...
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Hungerford, Robert, second Baron Hungerford (c. 1400–1459), landowner
Michael Hicks
Hungerford, Robert, second Baron Hungerford (c. 1400–1459), landowner, was the eldest son and heir of Walter Hungerford, first Baron Hungerford (1378–1449), and his first wife, Katherine Peverel or Peverell. Another son, Sir Walter (d. 1432), was destined for the church in 1415 and was therefore presumably younger. As his parents' marriage agreement dates from 1396 and he was of age by 1423, he was presumably born about 1400. By Michaelmas 1421 he married ...
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Lennox, Charles, first duke of Richmond, first duke of Lennox, and duke of Aubigny in the French nobility (1672–1723), landowner
Timothy J. McCann
Lennox, Charles, first duke of Richmond, first duke of Lennox, and duke of Aubigny in the French nobility (1672–1723), landowner, natural son of Charles II (1630–1685) and Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, duchess of Portsmouth (1649–1734), was born in London on 29 July 1672. On 9 August 1675 he was created ...
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Luttrell, Sir Geoffrey (1276–1345), landowner and patron of the Luttrell psalter
Janet Backhouse
Luttrell, Sir Geoffrey (1276–1345), landowner and patron of the Luttrell psalter, lord of Irnham, Lincolnshire, was the son of Sir Robert Luttrell of Irnham (c.1255–1297) and his wife, Joan. Her parentage is unknown; she was still living in June 1320. Luttrell...
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Mordaunt, John, second Baron Mordaunt (1508–1571), landowner and administrator
C. S. Knighton
Mordaunt, John, second Baron Mordaunt (1508–1571), landowner and administrator, was the eldest son of John Mordaunt, first Baron Mordaunt (c. 1480x85–1562), and his wife, Elizabeth Vere. He married, before 24 February 1526, Ela, daughter of John FitzLewis (son and heir of Sir Richard FitzLewis...
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O'Neill, Sir Phelim Roe [Felim Ruadh] (1603–1653), landowner and insurgent
Jerrold I. Casway
O'Neill, Sir Phelim Roe [Felim Ruadh] (1603–1653), landowner and insurgent, was the eldest son of Tirlough Oge O'Neill (d. 1608), landowner and heir to Sir Henry Oge O'Neill of Kinnard from co. Tyrone, and Catherine, daughter of Tirlough McHenry O'Neill of the ...
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Tichborne, Sir Henry, third baronet (bap. 1624, d. 1689), landowner
John Walter
Tichborne, Sir Henry, third baronet (bap. 1624, d. 1689), landowner, was baptized on 24 May 1624 at Winchester Cathedral, the son of Sir Richard Tichborne, second baronet (d. 1657), and Helen, the daughter and coheir of Robert White of Aldershot. The Tichbornes...
