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Brooke, George, ninth Baron Cobham (c. 1497–1558), soldier and landowner  

C. S. Knighton

Brooke, George, ninth Baron Cobham (c. 1497–1558), soldier and landowner, was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Brooke, eighth Baron Cobham (d. 1529), and his first wife, Dorothy Heydon. He accompanied his father in attending Mary Tudor to her marriage with Louis XII of France...

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Leslie, Norman, master of Rothes (d. 1554), landowner and soldier  

Margaret H. B. Sanderson

Leslie, Norman, master of Rothes (d. 1554), landowner and soldier, was the eldest son of George Leslie, fourth earl of Rothes (d. 1558), and Margaret Crichton, natural daughter of William, third Lord Crichton and Princess Margaret, daughter of King James II. Norman, who was regarded as an accomplished young man, was for a time a yeoman of the chamber to ...

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Macpherson of Cluny, Ewen (1804–1884), army officer and landowner  

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Morris, Roger (1727–1794), army officer and landowner  

Philip Carter

Morris, Roger (1727–1794), army officer and landowner, was born in Yorkshire on 28 January 1727, the second son of Roger Morris (1695–1749), an architect of Netherby, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and Mary (d. 1729), the daughter of Sir Peter Jackson...

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Paulet, Sir Amias (c. 1457–1538), landowner and soldier  

D. J. Ashton

Paulet, Sir Amias (c. 1457–1538), landowner and soldier, was the only son of Sir William Paulet (c.1404–1488) of Hinton St George and Elizabeth, daughter of John Deneland of Hinton St George. Paulet was brought up to support the Lancastrian cause. He was attainted after ...