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Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner  

Carole Rawcliffe and Andrew Ayton

Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner, was the son and heir of Sir John Ashton (d. c.1360) of Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, and of Margaret, a daughter of Robert del Leigh of Adlington, Cheshire. His mother's second marriage, to ...

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Brydges, John, first Baron Chandos (1492–1557), landowner and soldier  

M. M. Norris

Brydges, John, first Baron Chandos (1492–1557), landowner and soldier, was born on 9 March 1492 at Coberley, Gloucestershire, the eldest of three sons and three daughters of Sir Giles Brydges (d. 1511), landowner, and his wife, Isabel (fl. c.1475–1511), daughter of ...

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Constable, Henry, first Viscount Dunbar (1588–1645), landowner and royalist army officer  

Jack Binns

Constable, Henry, first Viscount Dunbar (1588–1645), landowner and royalist army officer, was the eldest son of Sir Henry Constable (c.1559–1608) of Burton Constable and Halsham in Holderness, and Margaret Dormer (d. 1637), daughter of Sir William Dormer of Wing, Buckinghamshire...

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Fitzgerald, James fitz Maurice (d. 1579), soldier and landowner  

Anthony M. McCormack

Fitzgerald, James fitz Maurice (d. 1579), soldier and landowner, was the second son of Maurice fitz John Fitzgerald (d. 1564), called Maurice an Tóiteán (Maurice of the Burnings), and Julia, second daughter of Dermot O'Mulryan of Sulloghade, co. Tipperary. He married Katherine...

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Fraser, Simon Christopher Joseph, fifteenth Lord Lovat and fourth Baron Lovat (1911–1995)  

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Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, fifteenth Lord Lovat and fourth Baron Lovat (1911–1995) by unknown photographer, 1944 © reserved / unknown collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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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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Fraser, Simon Joseph, fourteenth Lord Lovat and third Baron Lovat (1871–1933)  

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Simon Joseph Fraser, fourteenth Lord Lovat and third Baron Lovat (1871–1933) by Elliott & Fry © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Hamilton, Sir George, first baronet (c. 1608–1679), soldier and landowner  

See Hamilton, James, first earl of Abercorn

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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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Netterville, John, second Viscount Netterville of Dowth (d. 1659), landowner and army officer  

Pádraig Lenihan

Netterville, John, second Viscount Netterville of Dowth (d. 1659), landowner and army officer, was the eldest son of Nicholas Netterville, first Viscount Netterville of Dowth (1581–1654), and his first wife, Eleanor Bathe (d. 1634) of Drumcondra, co. Dublin. Nicholas Netterville was created viscount during an intermission of relaxation in the official pressure on Irish recusancy; his was one of a number of honours designed to conciliate, and secure Catholic goodwill and financial support. In 1623 ...

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Vaux, Edward, fourth Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1588–1661)  

See Vaux, Thomas, second Baron Vaux