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}}

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (6653 bytes)
1: '''Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon''' ([[February 18]], [[1609]] - [[Decem...
3: ...of eminent scholars and writers than to the study of [[law]] treatises.
5: ...as in him to the friendships and conversation ... of the most excellent men in their several kinds tha...
7: ...mon pleas; while his able conduct of the petition of the London merchants against Portland earned [[Wi...
9: ...Following the [[Grand Remonstrance]] of [[1641]], Hyde became an informal advisor to the King.

Earl of Rochester (871 bytes)
1: ...r [[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 Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (3037 bytes)
1: '''Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers''' ([[August 18]], [[1720]] - [[May 5]], ...
3: ...], the prominent [[Methodist]] lady and supporter of [[George Whitefield]], though he was not involved...
5: ...mily, and that he had himself always been ashamed of such a defence.
7: ...s a concession to his order the [[rope]] used was of [[silk]].
10: ...newgate/ng284.htm The Newgate Calendar: LAURENCE, EARL FERRERS]

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (4883 bytes)
1: ..., [[1661]] - [[March 31]], [[1723]]) was Governor of New York and New Jersey and perhaps best known fo...
5: ... England|James II]] at his Coronation. He was one of the first commanders to desert the king in 1688, ...
7: ...er mother's death in 1702 became Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold, died in New York [[August 11]...
9: ...John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley]], he is ancestor of many alive today, including actor [[Cary Elwes]].
11: ... have misappropriated £1500 meant for the defense of New York Harbor, and, scandalously, to have dress...

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]].

1st Earl of Clanricarde (723 bytes)
1: ...tion, was [[Richard Sassanach Burke]], [[2nd Earl of Clanricarde]].

1st Earl of Clarendon (149 bytes)
1: There have been two "'''1st Earl of Clarendon'''":
3: *[[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]]
4: *[[Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon]]

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1787 bytes)
1: ... also frequently refers to the historian [[Robert_of_Gloucester]]''
3: ...y I of England]], and one of the dominant figures of the English [[the Anarchy|Anarchy]] period.
5: ...ough recent scholarship suggests she was a member of the Gay family, minor nobility in [[Oxfordshire]]...
7: ... [[Robert Fitzhamon]], thereby receiving lordship of [[Gloucester]] and [[Glamorgan]].
9: About 1121, he was created Earl of Gloucester.

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (6827 bytes)
2: ...onservative]] [[statesman]] and [[lawyer]] of the early [[Twentieth Century]]. He was a skilled [[orator...
4: ... soon a prominent leader of the [[Unionist]] wing of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]...
6: ...nor, [[Frederick Winston Furneaux-Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead|Frederick]] and Pamela.
8: ... he worked to secure the conviction and execution of the Irish nationalist [[Roger Casement|Sir Roger ...
10: ...ns (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], angered some of his former Unionist associates, notably [[Edward ...

Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton (2255 bytes)
1: ...(d. [[1076]]) was the last of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] earls, remaining in [[England]] for a decade after the...
3: ...ece, Judith, and in [[1072]] was appointed [[Earl of Northampton]].
5: ... part of the city of [[Sheffield]], in the county of [[South Yorkshire]]).
7: ...altheof's grandsons was Waltheof (d. 1159), abbot of Melrose.

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (12875 bytes)
1: ...don]], [[England]]), also known as the Great Earl of Cork.
5: ... books which mention him, are also themselves out of print, which is perhaps even worse).
7: ...st influences on family, friends and enemies, all of which were very numerous.
9: ...eland at 22 with next to nothing and becoming one of the richest people on the planet, through means w...
11: ...e of his descendants appearing in the direct line of ancestry to the current British Queen, makes abun...

James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (4759 bytes)
1: ...es Harris (Grammarian)|James Harris]], the author of ''Hermes''.
3: ...anuary 1772 minister plenipotentiary to the court of [[Prussia]].
5: .... He was made a [[knight of the Bath]] at the end of 1778, but in 1782 he returfied home owing to ill-...
7: ...the Prussian eagle on his arms, and by the prince of Orange to use his motto "''Je maintiendrai''".
9: ...e of Brunswick|Princess Caroline]] for the prince of Wales, to marry her as proxy, and conduct her to ...

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (3817 bytes)
1: ...rst wife Frances, daughter of Sir [[Edmund Bell]] of Beauprh Hall, [[Norfolk]].
3: ...on]] one year later, and was buried in the church of Ravenstone in Bucks.
5: ...9); ''Speech at the Sentence of [[William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford|Viscount Stafford]]'' (1680). H...
15: ...eded by:<br>'''[[Geoffrey Palmer (attorney)|Sir Geoffrey Palmer]]'''
17: ...lign="center"|Followed by:<br>'''[[Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford|Sir Francis North]]'''

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (1599 bytes)
1: ..., 2nd Earl of Arran]]), and of Margaret, daughter of [[George Seton, 5th Lord Seton]].
3: ...eing a prominent Unionist politician and chairman of the [[British South Africa Company]].
8: ...h="40%" align="center"|'''[[Duke of Abercorn|Earl of Abercorn]]'''
9: ...1"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn|James Hamilton]]'''
14: [[Category:Peers|Abercorn, Earl 01-001]]

Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (3835 bytes)
1: ...d, in [[1743]], Jane, daughter of Sir John Huband of Ipsley, [[Warwickshire]], by whom he had three so...
6: ...align="center"|'''[[Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England|Lord Keeper]]'''<br>1757&ndash;1761<br>''...
7: ... by (Lord Chancellor):<br>'''[[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden|The Lord Camden]]'''
9: ...''[[Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea|The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham]]'''
10: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Lord President of the Council]]'''<br>1766&ndash;1767

William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (2355 bytes)
1: ... Bilson-Legge]], who later served as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]].
5: ...[Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland|The Earl of Sunderland]]'''
6: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]]'''<br>1710&nd...
7: ...lign="center"|Followed by:<br>'''[[Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke|The Viscount Bolingbroke]]''...
11: ...mas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton|The Marquess of Wharton]]'''

George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (3953 bytes)
1: ...urviving son, William, succeeding him as 2nd earl of [[Aberdeen]].
8: ...center"|'''[[Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair|Earl of Aberdeen]]'''
9: ...r"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen|William Gordon]]'''
12: ...ory:1637 births|Aberdeen, George Gordon, 1st Earl of]]
13: ...ory:1720 deaths|Aberdeen, George Gordon, 1st Earl of]]

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (7352 bytes)
1: ...the [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk|4th Duke of Norfolk]].
3: ...nity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], where he obtained his MA d...
5: ... work entitled ''A Defensative against the Poyson of supposed Prophecies'', an ostensible attack upon ...
7: ...he latter's accession Howard received a multitude of favours.
9: ...me year he was appointed one of the Commissioners of the Treasury.

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]]).

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