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5 giorni fa · On 8 February 1915, the collieries were inherited from the sixth marquess by his thirty-six-year-old son, Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart. The seventh marquess would be the last of his line to have an active role in the coal trade—he narrowly outlived the nationalisation of his collieries in 1947—and that denouement inevitably ...
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5 giorni fa · It followed the descent of Wynyard in Grindon parish (q.v.) till 1823, when the Marquess of Londonderry sold part to the Rev. Daniel Mitford Peacock, of whom it was purchased in 1835 by John Lord Eldon, who had in 1826 acquired the rest of the estate at Great Stainton of the Marquess of Londonderry.
3 giorni fa · Noble Families Extinct. Holland, Duke of Exeter. — John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, (third son of Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent, by the heiress of Edmund de Woodstock, Earl of Kent,) was created Duke of Exeter, in 1388. He had two seats in this county, Exeter castle, and Dartington. The title was forfeited by his attainder, in 1399; but ...
4 giorni fa · The fifth Marquess of Anglesey became notorious in the late 1800s for squandering his inheritance on a lavish social life and accumulating massive debts. Dubbed the ‘Dancing Marquess’ for his voluminous silk robes (which, incidentally, served as an inspiration to designer Harris Reed for his 2020 collection), Paget existed for extravagance, until his untimely death at the age of just 29.
5 giorni fa · , 'Index of officials', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 9, Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1815-1870, (London, 1984) pp. 92-105.
3 giorni fa · Londonderry, city and former district, now in Derry City and Strabane district, northwestern Northern Ireland. Steeped in political turmoil, controversy surrounds the name of Northern Ireland’s second biggest city.
2 giorni fa · James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury: 1861–1947 1917 Former Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 859 Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath: 1862–1946 1917 Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 860 Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland: 1852–1925 1918 Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire 861 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry ...
