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4 giorni fa · The grant of the reversionary freehold to William III's favourite, William Bentinck, first Earl of Portland, was in preparation in December 1697, shortly before the Earl's departure for France as ambassador extraordinary to Louis XIV.
3 giorni fa · MARYBONE. Name and ancient situation. The name of this place was anciently called Tiburn, from its situation near a small bourn, or rivulet, formerly called Ayebrook, or Eye-brook, and now Tybourn-brook (fn. 1).
3 giorni fa · Madame de Querouaille, created Duchess of Portland, mother of the Dukes of Richmond, was the spy of Louis XIV. of France, sent expressly to keep Charles to his obedience, and for this service Louis gave her a French title and estate.
5 giorni fa · By Annabel Sampson. It seems Winkleman shares all the social graces of the Duchess of Rochester, her character in Belgravia: The Next Chapter, the second series of ITV’s costume drama based on the novel by Julian Fellowes. Its opening scenes show the duchess as a perfect hostess, faultlessly oiling the wheels.
4 giorni fa · Vane Wright & Drimmer (2010) suggest that the L. dispar specimens in the Jones collection may have been bought at the sale of the Henry Seymer or Duchess of Portland's collections. The Duchess of Portland's collection was sold at her Whitehall residence from 24 April to 3 July 1786 and the Seymer collection the same year (Wright ...
1 giorno fa · Later Duchess of Edinburgh; Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom 902 Philip Mountbatten: 1921–2021 1947 Later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 903 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland: 1893–1977 1948 Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 904 William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech: 1885–1964 1948
6 giorni fa · Prince William and the Royal Family packed on the PDA at Royal Ascot yesterday, with Carole Middleton, Zara Tindall and Sophie Wessex 'mothering' the prince, according to an expert.
