Benolt, Thomas (d. 1534), herald and diplomat, may have been born at Rouen; his mother's maiden name was Meautis, but his father's identity is not known. It was with Calais, however, that the family had its strongest links; Benolt is generally thought to have been a native of ...
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Benolt, Thomas (d. 1534), herald and diplomat
Robert Yorke
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Bernstorff, Andreas Gottlieb von, Baron Bernstorff in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1649–1726), politician and diplomat
Andrew C. Thompson
Bernstorff, Andreas Gottlieb von, Baron Bernstorff in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1649–1726), politician and diplomat, was born on 2 March 1649 ns in Ratzeburg, then in the duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, in northern Germany, the second son of Andreas von Bernstorff (1604–1655)...
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Boleyn, George, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504–1536), courtier and diplomat
Joseph S. Block
Boleyn, George, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504–1536), courtier and diplomat, was the only son of Thomas Boleyn, earl of Wiltshire (1476/7–1539), and Elizabeth Howard (d. 1538), eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, earl of Surrey and later second duke of Norfolk (1443–1524). He first appears in the public record participating in the Christmas revels of 1514, and he signalled his father's success when he became a royal page in 1516. His earliest recorded grants resulted from his father's service to the crown and his sister ...
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Bothmer, Hans Kaspar [Johann] von, Count Bothmer in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1656–1732), courtier and diplomat
Andrew C. Thompson
Bothmer, Hans Kaspar [Johann] von, Count Bothmer in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1656–1732), courtier and diplomat, was born on 10 April 1656 ns in Lauenbrück, in the Celle portion of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, northern Germany, the eldest son of ...
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Brandon, Sir Thomas (d. 1510), courtier and diplomat
S. J. Gunn
Brandon, Sir Thomas (d. 1510), courtier and diplomat, was the third son of Sir William Brandon of Southwark (d. 1491) and his wife, Elizabeth Wingfield (d. 1497). With his eldest brother, William, who had been attainted for his part in the rebellion against ...
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Brooke, William, tenth Baron Cobham (1527–1597), nobleman and diplomat
Julian Lock
Brooke, William, tenth Baron Cobham (1527–1597), nobleman and diplomat, was born on 1 November 1527, the eldest of seven surviving sons (there were also four daughters) of George Brooke, ninth Baron Cobham (c. 1497–1558), soldier and landowner, and his wife, Anne (c...
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Brooke, William, tenth Baron Cobham (1527–1597)
Maker: the Master of the Countess of Warwick
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William Brooke, tenth Baron Cobham (1527–1597) attrib. the Master of the Countess of Warwick, 1567 [with his second wife, Frances Newton (right), six of their children, and Frances's sister Johanna (left)] reproduced by permission of the Marquess of Bath, Longleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain
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Brugge, Lodewijk van [Louis de Bruges; Lodewijk van Gruuthuse], earl of Winchester (c. 1427–1492), courtier and diplomat
Livia Visser-Fuchs
Brugge, Lodewijk van [Louis de Bruges; Lodewijk van Gruuthuse], earl of Winchester (c. 1427–1492), courtier and diplomat, was the only son of Jan van Brugge and Margaretha van Steenhuyse. The name Gruuthuse, by which he is commonly known, refers to his family's property in and around ...
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Capel, William, third earl of Essex (1697–1743), diplomatist and courtier
T. F. Henderson
revised by Philip Carter
Capel, William, third earl of Essex (1697–1743), diplomatist and courtier, was the eldest son of Algernon Capel, second earl of Essex (1670–1710), and Lady Mary (d. 1726), the eldest daughter of William Bentinck, first earl of Portland. Nothing is known of his education, but in 1718 he was appointed gentleman of the bedchamber to the ...
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Carew, Sir Nicholas (b. in or before 1496, d. 1539), diplomat and courtier
Stanford Lehmberg
Carew, Sir Nicholas (b. in or before 1496, d. 1539), diplomat and courtier, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Carew (d. 1520) of Beddington, Surrey, and Maline, daughter of Robert Oxenbridge (d. 1488) of Ford Place in Brede, Sussex. The main line of his ancient family had settled at ...
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Carew, Sir Nicholas (b. in or before 1496, d. 1539)
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Sir Nicholas Carew (b. in or before 1496, d. 1539) by unknown artist in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT
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Cecil, William, sixteenth Baron Ros (1590–1618), courtier and ambassador
Alastair Bellany
Cecil, William, sixteenth Baron Ros (1590–1618), courtier and ambassador, was born in May 1590 and baptized the following month, on 4 June, at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire. He was the eldest son of William Cecil (1566–1640), Lord Burghley from 1605 until he succeeded as ...
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Clarke, Edward (d. 1630), courtier and diplomat
Sean Kelsey
Clarke, Edward (d. 1630), courtier and diplomat, appears in the state papers as Ned; his family origins and details of his early life are unknown. His career at court appears to have begun in the post of groom in the bedchamber of James VI and I...
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Cornwallis, Sir Charles (c. 1555–1629), courtier and diplomat
Chris R. Kyle
Cornwallis, Sir Charles (c. 1555–1629), courtier and diplomat, was the second son of Sir Thomas Cornwallis (1518/19–1604), and his wife, Anne (d. 1581), daughter of Sir John Jerningham or Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suffolk. Cornwallis's father was a noted Catholic who had taken part in the coup which gave ...
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Dayrolles, Solomon (d. 1786), courtier and diplomat
W. P. Courtney
revised by S. J. Skedd
Dayrolles, Solomon (d. 1786), courtier and diplomat, was the nephew and heir of James Dayrolles (d. 1739), British resident at Geneva, and at The Hague from 1717 to 1739. Nothing is known of his early life until 1730, when his godfather, Lord Chesterfield...
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Dethick, Sir Gilbert (1499/1500–1584), herald and diplomat
Anthony R. J. S. Adolph
Dethick, Sir Gilbert (1499/1500–1584), herald and diplomat, was the grandson of Robert Derrick (d. 1525) of the king's armoury at Greenwich, a German armourer brought to England by Erasmus Kyrkener, and Agatha, daughter of Matthis Leyendecker, a barber of Aachen. His grandparents had three sons, ...
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Fitzalan, Richard, third earl of Arundel and eighth earl of Surrey (c. 1313–1376), soldier, diplomat, and royal councillor
C. Given-Wilson
Fitzalan, Richard, third earl of Arundel and eighth earl of Surrey (c. 1313–1376), soldier, diplomat, and royal councillor, known as ‘Copped Hat’, was the son of Edmund Fitzalan, second earl of Arundel (1285–1326), and Alice, sister of John de Warenne, seventh earl of Surrey...
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Fleming, Sir Oliver (d. 1661), courtier and diplomat
Timothy Venning
Fleming, Sir Oliver (d. 1661), courtier and diplomat, was a younger son of Sir Thomas Fleming MP (c.1572–1624) of Haseley and North Stoneham, Hampshire, and Dorothy (bap. 1582), fifth daughter of Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdonshire, and grandson of ...
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Goring, George, first earl of Norwich (1585–1663), courtier and diplomat
Barbara Donagan
Goring, George, first earl of Norwich (1585–1663), courtier and diplomat, born on 28 April 1585, was the son of George Goring (d. 1602) of Danny, Sussex, and Anne, daughter of Henry Denny of Waltham Abbey, Essex, and sister of Edward Denny, earl of Norwich...
