Ashton, John (c. 1653–1691), official in the royal household and Jacobite conspirator, was the son of Andrew Ashton (d. 1679), of Liverpool, and his wife, Alice. His father was apparently a parliamentarian army officer, though from the royalist family of Ashton of ...
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Ashton, John (c. 1653–1691), official in the royal household and Jacobite conspirator
Paul Hopkins
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Dicconson, William (1654/5–1742), Jacobite courtier and biographer
Paul Hopkins
Dicconson, William (1654/5–1742), Jacobite courtier and biographer, eldest son of Hugh Dicconson (c.1621–1691) of Wrightington Hall near Wigan, and his wife, Agnes (d. 1719), third daughter of Roger Kirkby of Kirkby, came from a Lancashire Roman Catholic gentry family, which occasionally (as in the 1660s) conformed outwardly. He had three brothers (including the Catholic bishop ...
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Gordon, Alexander, second duke of Gordon (c. 1678–1728), Jacobite sympathizer and landowner
Eric Richards
Gordon, Alexander, second duke of Gordon (c. 1678–1728), Jacobite sympathizer and landowner, was the only son of George Gordon, first duke of Gordon (b. in or before 1649, d. 1716), and Lady Elizabeth Howard (d. 1732), eldest surviving daughter of the sixth duke of Norfolk...
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Hay, John, of Cromlix, Jacobite duke of Inverness (1691–1740), Jacobite courtier and army officer
Margaret D. Sankey
Hay, John, of Cromlix, Jacobite duke of Inverness (1691–1740), Jacobite courtier and army officer, was the third son of Thomas Hay, seventh earl of Kinnoull (c.1660–1719), and Elizabeth (1669–1696), only daughter of William Drummond, first viscount of Strathallan. George Hay, eighth earl of Kinnoull...
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Herbert, William, styled first marquess of Powis and Jacobite first duke of Powis (c. 1626–1696), Jacobite courtier
Victor Stater
Herbert, William, styled first marquess of Powis and Jacobite first duke of Powis (c. 1626–1696), Jacobite courtier, was the only son and heir of Percy Herbert, second Baron Powis (1598–1667), and his wife, Elizabeth (bap. 1600, d. 1662), daughter of Sir William Craven (c. 1545–1618)...
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Higgons, Thomas [Jacobite Sir Thomas Higgons] (1668/9–1733), Jacobite court official
Edward Corp
Higgons, Thomas [Jacobite Sir Thomas Higgons] (1668/9–1733), Jacobite court official, was the second of the three sons of Sir Thomas Higgons (1623/4–1691), diplomat and MP, and his second wife, Bridget (d. 1692), daughter of Sir Bevil Granville. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford...
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Howard [née Shireburne], Mary, duchess of Norfolk (1692–1754), Jacobite sympathizer and landowner
John Callow
Howard [née Shireburne], Mary, duchess of Norfolk (1692–1754), Jacobite sympathizer and landowner, was born on 22 November 1692 at Bedford Row, Bloomsbury, the second daughter and third (but second surviving) child of Sir Nicholas Shireburne (1658–1717) and Catherine Charleton (d. 1728)...
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Maitland, Richard, fourth earl of Lauderdale (1653–1695), Jacobite nobleman
Derek John Patrick
Maitland, Richard, fourth earl of Lauderdale (1653–1695), Jacobite nobleman, was born on 20 June 1653, the son of Charles Maitland, third earl of Lauderdale (c. 1620–1691), and Elizabeth, younger daughter and heir of Richard Lauder of Hatton. He was known by the designation ...
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Maxwell [née Herbert], Winifred, countess of Nithsdale (1672–1749), Jacobite courtier
Leigh Eicke
Maxwell [née Herbert], Winifred, countess of Nithsdale (1672–1749), Jacobite courtier, was the last of the six children of William Herbert, marquess and Jacobite duke of Powis (c. 1626–1696), and Lady Elizabeth Somerset (c.1634–1691), daughter of Edward, second marquess of Worcester...
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Maxwell, Winifred, countess of Nithsdale (1672–1749)
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Winifred Maxwell, countess of Nithsdale (1672–1749) by Sir John Baptiste de Medina, before 1710 Traquair House Charitable Trust
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Murray, James, Jacobite first earl of Dunbar (1690–1770), politician and governor of the exiled Stuart princes
Edward Corp
Murray, James, Jacobite first earl of Dunbar (1690–1770), politician and governor of the exiled Stuart princes, was the second of the fourteen children of David Murray, fifth Viscount Stormont (d. 1731), and his wife, Marjory (d. 1746), daughter and heiress of ...
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Nairne, David [Jacobite Sir David Nairne, first baronet] (1655–1740), Jacobite courtier
Edward Corp
Nairne, David [Jacobite Sir David Nairne, first baronet] (1655–1740), Jacobite courtier, was born in August 1655 at Sandford, Fife, and baptized on 7 September 1655 at St Phillins Church in St Andrews. He was the second of the four sons of Thomas Nairne (...
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Strickland [née Trentham], Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725), Jacobite courtier
Edward Corp
Strickland [née Trentham], Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725), Jacobite courtier, was born at Rocester Priory, Staffordshire, in May 1645 and baptized at Rocester on 19 May. She was the daughter of Sir Christopher Trentham (d. c.1649×51), of Rocester Priory, and Winifred...
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Strickland [née Trentham], Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725)
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Lady Winifred Strickland (1645–1725), by Willem Wissing, c. 1680
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