John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (6256 bytes)
1: ...of King [[Charles II of England]], and the writer of much satirical and bawdy [[poetry]].
3: ... change of heart, largely thanks to the influence of Bishop [[Gilbert Burnet]].
5: ...r's most famous verse concerned King [[Charles II of England]], his great friend. In reply to his jes...
11: ...for my words are my own, but my actions are those of my ministers."''
13: ...oad in 1658, two years before the [[restoration]] of [[monarchy]] in [[England]].

Earl of Rochester (871 bytes)
1: ...ated in [[1682]] for [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester|Laurence Hyde]].
3: ..., but it became extinct at the death of the third Earl, there being no male heirs remaining.
5: ==Earls of Rochester, first Creation ([[1652]])==
6: * [[Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester]] ([[1612]]-[[1658]])
7: * [[John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]] ([[1648]]-[[1680]])

Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (5659 bytes)
1: '''Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester''' ([[March]], [[1641]] - [[May 2]], [[1711]]), w...
3: ...ensated with a pension of £4000 a year and a gift of Irish lands.
5: ...-[[1758]]), who in [[1724]] inherited the earldom of Clarendon. When Henry died without issue on [[10 ...
7: ...m and Achitophel]]'', he is " Hushai," the friend of [[David]] in distress.
10: ...orge Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax|The Marquess of Halifax]] | years=1684–1685}}

John Williams (Rochester) (491 bytes)
1: ...rk]]'s 29th district in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congress]] in [[1855]] and [...
7: [[Category:1807 births|Williams, John]]
8: [[Category:1875 deaths|Williams, John]]

John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork (1526 bytes)
1: ...Jonathan Swift]], [[Alexander Pope]] and [[Samuel Johnson]].
3: ...e year, and the ''Memoirs of [[Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth]]''. His ''Letters from Italy'' was pub...
5: ...ldom to John's next son, [[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and Orrey|Edmund]].
9: ...ter"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork|Richard Boyle]]'''
10: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Earl of Cork]]'''

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (5703 bytes)
1: ...ward]], the 3rd [[Earl of Sandwich|Earl]], in the earldom in [[1729]].
3: ...]. He was soon appointed one of the commissioners of the [[Admiralty]] under Bedford and a [[colonel]]...
5: ...itude now in turning against the former companion of his pleasures made him very unpopular, and, from ...
7: ...secution of Wilkes and the corrupt administration of the navy clung to him to the last.
9: ... it is just as likely that it was for the purpose of eating at his desk.

John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (3352 bytes)
1: ...one of the few who remained loyal to [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] to the very end.
3: ...y]]. His mother was the granddaughter and heiress of Ralph de Monthermer.
5: ...d by the Henry Bolingbroke (the future [[Henry IV of England]]).
9: ...al advocates of the king's marriage to [[Isabella of Valois]]. During the trips to France associated w...
11: ...s mother around this time he inherited the barony of Monthermer and its estates.

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (740 bytes)
1: ...s a significant figure in the reign of [[David II of Scotland]], and was joint regent for a short time...
3: ...t regent with the Steward, the future [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]]. However the two men quarre...
5: ...arldom by his sister [[Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray|Agnes]].

John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans (2012 bytes)
1: ...rl of St Germans|Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans]] ([[February 11]] [[1835]] - [[Septem...
3: ...subsequently became a Captain in the 2nd Dragoons of the [[Scots Greys]], and fought in the [[World Wa...
5: ...n Fitzroy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort|9th Duke of Beaufort]], on [[June 11]] [[1918]] in [[London]]...
9: ...hn died on [[March 22]] [[1922]] from the effects of an accident sustained previously at a [[Point-to-...
10: ...Earl of St Germans|Granville John Eliot, 7th Earl of St Germans]] ([[September 22]] [[1867]] - [[Novem...

John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (2550 bytes)
1: ...ies in the [[Tory]] cabinets of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
6: ...94 | after=[[George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer|The Earl Spencer]]}}
7: ...er=[[John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland|The Earl of Westmorland]]}}
8: ...Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|The Duke of Portland]]}}
9: ...awdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings|The Earl of Moira]]}}

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (6966 bytes)
1: ...dest son of the Hon. Henry Wodehouse and grandson of the 2nd Baron Wodehouse (the barony dating from 1...
3: ...th Earl of Aberdeen|Lord Aberdeen's]] and [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Lord Palmerston's...
5: ...n the forlorn hope of finding a peaceful solution of the [[Schleswig-Holstein]] question. The mission ...
7: ... was transferred from that post to be [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]].
9: ...e [[Lord President of the Council|lord presidency of the council]].

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (2875 bytes)
1: ...f bloodshed and destruction, it did result in one of the Beaufort descendants ascending the throne as ...
3: ...V of England|Henry IV]]. In 1404 he was Constable of England.
7: *Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of [[Somerset]] (c. [[1401]] - [[November 25]], [[14...
8: *[[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]] (baptized [[March 25]], [[1404]] - [[M...
9: *Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Perche (c. [[1405]] - [[1432]]).

John Fitzalan, 13th Earl of Arundel (1378 bytes)
1: '''John Fitzalan, 13th Earl of Arundel''' ([[1385]]-[[1421]]) was an [[England|E...
3: ...next year John was summoned to parliament as Earl of Arundel.
5: ...moned to Parliament as Baron Maltravers, not Earl of Arundel.
7: ...ndel]], who eventually made good the claim to the earldom.
11: ..."|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel|Thomas Fitzalan]]'''

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1090 bytes)
1: ...Stewart of Balveny''', was created the 1st [[Earl of Atholl]] in around [[1457]].
3: ...otland]], and Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn.
5: ...et (Beatrix) Douglas also known as the 'fair Maid of Gallowy' with whom he had 2 daughters:
12: # [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl]]
13: # [[Andrew Stewart. the Bishop of Caithness]]

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (1672 bytes)
1: ...9th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as [[Lord Privy Seal]].
7: ...renville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham|The Marquess of Buckingham]]'''
8: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]]'''<br>1789&ndash;1794
9: ...m Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam|The Earl Fitzwilliam]]'''
11: ...:<br>'''[[John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham|The Earl of Chatham]]'''

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (927 bytes)
1: ...the youngest son of [[Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham]].
3: In 1461 he was made a [[Order of the Bath|Knight of the Bath]].
5: ...Chief Butler of England]], and in 1472 a [[Knight of the Garter]].
7: ... of Wiltshire|Edward]], who succeeded him as earl of Wiltshire.
9: ...ry:1420 births|Wiltshire, John Stafford, 1st Earl of]]

John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel (2156 bytes)
1: '''John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel''' (1408 - June 12, 1435) was an Engish n...
3: ...th the [[Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]].
5: ...nry VI of England|Henry VI]]'s coronation as king of France.
7: ...ithin a few weeks. In 1432 he was made a [[Knight of the Garter]].
9: ...33 Parliament recognized his claim to the Earldom of Arundel. Bedford's influence may have been helpfu...

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (2536 bytes)
1: '''John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair''' ([[July 20]], [[1673]] - [[May 9]], [[17...
3: ...the royal family, along with his friend, the Duke of Marlborough.
5: ...ield marshal]] and commanded the "pragmatic" army of [[Flanders]] and [[Germany]].
7: ...ated into the Royal Dragoon Guards), and the Earl of Angus's Regiment (now a disbanded unit, formerly ...
12: ...idth="50%" align="center"|'''[[Commander-in-Chief of the Forces]]'''<br>1744

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (2231 bytes)
1: '''John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury''' (died [[1453]]) was an important [[...
3: ...bot, by Ankaret, heiress of the last Lord Strange of Blackmere.
5: ...y the death of his niece he acquired the baronies of Talbot and Strange. From 1404 to [[1413]] he serv...
7: ...e fighting, and had a sharp quarrel with the earl of Ormonde. Complaints were made against him both fo...
9: ...exploits were those of a good fighter rather than of a general, and it was his stubborn rashness that ...

John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (2053 bytes)
1: ... Ireland]] from [[1846]] to [[1847]] under [[Lord John Russell]].
4: ...urne|The Viscount Melbourne]] | title=[[Secretary of State for the Home Department|Home Secretary]] | ...
5: ...[[George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon|The Earl of Clarendon]]}}
6: ...[[George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon|The Earl of Clarendon]]}}
10: ...] | Next=[[John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby]]}}

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