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23 mag 2024 · Biographical Summary. " Sir Alexander MacDonald, Baronet [S 1625] of Slate, son and heir by 1st wife, born 1711; succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1723. He was almost the only person of consideration in that district, who, in 1745, supported the Government, and was consequently in great favour with the Duke of Cumberland.
1 giorno fa · Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promotion as a young Conservative member of Parliament, he became foreign secretary aged 38 ...
5 giorni fa · Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet, JP (Monday, 19 January 1852 – Friday, 19 December 1941), was a British art dealer, publisher and Liberal politician. Early life. He was the eldest son of William Agnew and his wife Mary née Kenworthy. The Agnew family had been prominent in the municipal life of Salford for generations.
1 giorno fa · Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration . Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo ...
10 giu 2024 · Sir William Booth was the son and heir apparent to Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet (1566–1652), of the ancient family settled at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, by his wife Vere Egerton, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Egerton. He took an active part in the Civil War alongside his grandfather, Sir George Booth, on the Parliamentarians' side.
4 giorni fa · Morice, of Werrington, April 20. 1661. — William, elder son of Sir William Morice, principal Secretary of State to King Charles II., who was a native of the city of Exeter, and of Welch origin, was created a baronet in 1661. The title became extinct on the death of Sir William, the third baronet, in 1749.
28 mag 2024 · Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, 1st Bt. was born circa 1550.2 He was the son of Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy and Catherine Ruthven.2 He married by contract, firstly, Lady Jean Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl and Margaret Fleming, on 18 November 1573.2 He married by contract, secondly, Elizabeth Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 5th Lord Sinclair and Elizabeth ...
