James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed (1733 bytes)
1: ...imate son of King [[James II of England]] and VII of Scotland by [[Arabella Churchill]].
3: ...n [[1687]], as well as Baron of Bosworth and Earl of Tinmouth.
5: ... but was killed by a [[cannon ball]] at the siege of [[Philippsburg]].
7: ...es of FitzJames]] and the [[Spain|Spanish]] Dukes of [[Liria]].
9: ...{PeerNavbox | Prev=New Creation | Title=[[Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed]] | Next=Forfeit}}

James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (2042 bytes)
1: ... before succeeding his father as twentieth [[Earl of Kildare]] in [[1744]].
3: ...tween [[1758]] and [[1766]], becoming [[Colonel]] of the Royal Irish Artillery in [[1760]].
5: ...uke]], [[marquess]] and [[earl]] in the [[Peerage of Ireland]].
7: The Duke died aged 51 at [[Leinster House]], [[Dublin]], a...
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James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (16609 bytes)
1: '''James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde''' ([[October 19]], [[1610]] - [[1688]]) ...
3: ...d united their estates. In [[1632]], on the death of his grandfather, he succeeded to the earldom.
5: ...620. On [[15 April]] [[1642]] he won the [[battle of Kilrush]] against Lord Mountgarret. On [[30 Augus...
7: ...d was appointed in January 1644 [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], with special instructions to do all in...
9: ...r. He assisted [[Randall Macdonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim|Antrim]] in his unsuccessful expedition in...

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1598 bytes)
1: ...death, was created [[Viscount Wilton]] and [[earl of Carnarvon]].
3: ... was created [[marquess of Carnarvon]] and [[duke of Chandos]].
5: ... by [[Hogarth]] for his supposed servility to the duke.
7: ...nd [[Radnor]], and chancellor of the [[university of St Andrews]], became involved in financial diffic...
9: ...as succeeded by his son [[Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos]].

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (4311 bytes)
1: ...ke of Abercorn.jpg|thumb|250px|His Grace The Duke of Abercorn]]
3: ...n''' (inherited in 1818), and finally '''The Duke of Abercorn''' (so created in 1868).
5: ...d]], with whom he had fourteen children, thirteen of whom survived infancy.
7: ...n [[1881]], and died four years later at his home of Baronscourt, [[County Tyrone]].
9: ...y-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne|Marquess of Lansdowne]].

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (7307 bytes)
1: ...tal exile after the execution of King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]].
5: ... to the throne, [[James II of England|James, Duke of York]], was a [[Catholic]].
7: ... Monmouth gained a considerable reputation as one of England's finest soldiers.
9: ...th was regarded by many as preferable to the Duke of York.
11: ...ower Hill]]. It is said that it took eight blows of the axe to sever his head.

James Fitzjames Stephen (9838 bytes)
1: ..., created 1st Baronet Stephen by Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]].
3: ...his senior, and then newly appointed to the chair of civil law at Cambridge. Although their temperamen...
5: ... from the evangelical traditions of the first Sir James Stephen's household.
7: ...uch training as he could get, rather than because of it, he became a moderately successful advocate an...
9: ...an Evidence Act]]. In [[1879]] he became a judge of the High Court.

Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed (1587 bytes)
1: ... that the title thus remains extant, in the hands of the Spanish Duque de Penaranda.
3: ==Dukes of Berwick-upon-Tweed ([[1687]])==
4: *[[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed]] ([[1670]]-[[1734]]) (forfeit 1695)
6: ==Possible ''de jure'' Dukes of Berwick==
7: *Jacopo Fitzjames-Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick, 1st Duque de Liria y Xérica ([[1718]]-[[1785]])

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (11338 bytes)
1: ...of the Lady Anne Cunningham, daughter of the earl of [[Glencairn]], was born on [[19 June]] [[1606]].
3: ...l of Denbigh|William Feilding]], later 1st [[Earl of Denbigh]], and was educated at [[Exeter College, ...
5: ...ter of the horse and was also appointed gentleman of the bedchamber and a [[privy council]]lor.
7: ...se and starvation, and after the complete failure of the expedition Hamilton returned to [[England]] i...
9: ...t]]ing leaders and persuaded of the impossibility of resisting their demands, finally returning to Cha...

Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford (3049 bytes)
1: '''Henry James''' was an English lawyer and statesman.
3: ...as made postman of the [[Exchequer of pleas|Court of Exchequer]], and in 1869 became a [[Queen's Couns...
5: ... [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]], by the unseating of Mr Serjeant Cox on a scrutiny in March 1869. He k...
7: ...esponsible for carrying the Corrupt Practices Act of 1883.
9: ...e Tariff Reform movement, adhering to the section of Free Trade Unionists.

Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1556 bytes)
1: ...d 4th [[Earl Grosvenor]] in [[1869]]. By the time of his elevation the family's real estate holdings h...
3: ...ter served as Lord-Lieutenant of [[Cheshire]] and of [[London]].
5: ... and the second to fifth dukes were all grandsons of his through three different sons.
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13: after=[[Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Hugh Grosvenor]] |

Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (1945 bytes)
1: ...y right of his mother, Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Stafford.
3: Knight in 1421, he was made a knight of the Garter (KG) in 1429, and became a Privy Counc...
5: ... leading supporters during the English occupation of France.
7: ...[Dover Castle]] (and Queensborough, on the [[Isle of Sheppey]]), in 1450.
9: ...tle fighting against the Yorkists at the [[Battle of Northampton]].

Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany (2684 bytes)
1: ...), in addition to his [[1398]] creation as [[Duke of Albany]].
3: ...bany]]; his sister-in-law's claim to the Earldoms of Menteith and Fife allowed him to assume those tit...
5: ... Albany served as regent to [[James I of Scotland|James I]].
14: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Duke of Albany]]'''
15: ...r"|Followed by:<br>'''[[Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany|Murdoch Stewart]]'''

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (8207 bytes)
1: ...II of England|Richard III]] in person on [[Battle of Bosworth Field|Bosworth Field]].
3: ...nd conformity of disposition to King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], "with whom he became a grea...
6: ... who, however, refused to marry him when she came of age.
8: ...Austria (1480-1530)|Margaret of Savoy]], governor of the [[Netherlands]], writing from before Thérouan...
10: ... Margaret to marry Lisle, whom he created '''Duke of Suffolk''', though he was careful to disclaim ([[...

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (10271 bytes)
1: ...[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|2nd Duke of Buckingham]], who killed Charles' father in a due...
3: ...hn Tillotson]] he became a member of the [[Church of England]].
5: ...ar. He contributed towards defraying the expenses of the projected invasion, and having crossed to Hol...
7: ...ntered upon with William's connivance for reasons of policy.
9: ... again professing his anxiety to resign. His plea of ill-health was a genuine one, and in [[1700]] the...

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1507 bytes)
1: ...iers]], Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland.
3: ...rl of Euston]]; in [[1675]] he was created [[Duke of Grafton]].
5: ...ll]], and joined [[William III of England|William of Orange]] to overthrow the King in [[1688]].
7: He died of a wound received at the storming of [[Cork (city)|Cork]], while leading William's for...
9: ...e of Grafton]] | Next=[[Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton|Charles FitzRoy]]}}

Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll (1385 bytes)
1: ...[peerage|peer]]. He was formerly the '''10th Earl of Argyll''', but was promoted in [[1701]].
3: ...sacre of Glencoe|massacre]] of the [[MacDonald]]s of [[Glen Coe]]; however, it is unlikely that he was...
8: <td width = 40% align = center>'''[[Duke of Argyll]]'''
9: ...nter>Followed by:<br>'''[[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll|John Campbell]]'''</td>
12: ...:1658 births|Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of]]

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (10676 bytes)
1: ...cian, executed for high treason by Queen [[Mary I of England]].
3: ...hamp, 13th Earl of Warwick]], John was the eldest of [[Edmund Dudley]]’s sons. Jerome, Oliver, William...
5: ...the North Sea), who were then taken into the home of Sir Richard Guilford. In 1520, this ward, John D...
7: ...ted by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Mortimer of Mortimer's Hall, Essex.
9: Dudley claimed the manor of Halden, and other lands in Kent and Sussex, despi...

Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (2027 bytes)
1: ...on [[28 April]] [[1719]] he was created '''[[Duke of Manchester]]'''. He died on [[20 January]] [[1722...
5: |width = 30% align = center|Preceded by:<br>'''[[James Vernon]]'''
6: |width = 40% align = center|'''[[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]]'''<br>1702
7: ...''[[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham|The Earl of Nottingham]]'''
13: |width = 40% align = center|'''[[Duke of Manchester]]'''

Robert de Vere, 1st Duke of Ireland (1374 bytes)
1: ... thus the first marquess, and the first non-royal Duke in England.
3: ...e had finished raising his troops, he was accused of treason by the [[Lords Appellant to Richard II]],...
5: ...the family titles and estates, becoming 10th earl of Oxford.
10: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Duke of Ireland]]'''
13: ...er"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford|Thomas de Vere]]'''

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