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Hace 6 días · From 1700 to 1802. During the eighteenth century there were four Dukes of Bedford. In 1694 the fifth Earl had been raised to the dukedom as a mark of honour for his eldest son, William, Lord Russell, who had been beheaded in 1683 for his supposed complicity in the Rye House Plot.
Hace 4 días · He became master carpenter at the Office of Works and was also surveyor to the first Duke of Bedford. His son, Richard Ryder (III), succeeded him as surveyor for the Bedford estate. As a preliminary step before building, speculators evidently entered into pre-lease contracts with the Earl.
Hace 2 días · His eldest son, Francis, the seventh Duke, held the title from 1839 until 1861, when he was succeeded by his only son, William, who in his later years became a complete recluse, 'never leaving his London house except to drive in a carriage with wooden shutters.'
Hace 2 días · In 1552 King Edward VI granted it to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, his late father's trusted adviser. The Russell family, who in 1694 were advanced in the peerage from Earl to Duke of Bedford, held the land until 1918.
Hace 1 día · After Bedford’s death in 1435, Penshurst Place became the property of his younger brother, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. Gloucester owned it until his death in 1447, when it passed to the 1st Duke of Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, who was killed during the Wars of the Roses at the Battle of Northampton in 1460.
Hace 1 día · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
24 de jun. de 2024 · While Charles hesitated, Pym struck first; on 11 November Strafford was impeached, arrested, and sent to the Tower. Other targets, including John Finch , fled abroad; Archbishop William Laud was impeached in December 1640, and joined Strafford in the Tower.
