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FERMOR, Thomas (1698-1753)

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b. 23 Mar. 1698, s. William Fermor, Bar. Leominster, and Sophia, da. Thomas Osborne, duke of Leeds. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. (MA 1717). m. (settlement 13 July 1720) Henrietta Louisa, da. John Jeffreys, 2nd Bar. Jeffreys, and Charlotte, da. Philip Herbert, 7th earl of Pembroke, 4s. (at least 2 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1812 edn), iv. 206-7. KB 27 May 1725. d. 8 July 1753; Public Advertiser, 9 July 1753; Read’s Weekly Journal, 14 July 1753. will 23 Jan. 1752, pr. 20 July 1753. TNA, PROB 11/803.
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Master of the horse to Queen Caroline, 1727 – 37.

Gov. of Guernsey, 1740–42; London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 11 July 1740. ranger, St James’s Park and Hyde Park, 1751–d. London Evening Post, 12–14 July 1753.

Col. regt. of dragoons, 1740. Daily Gazetteer (Country edition), 30 Jan. 1741.

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FERMOR, Thomas (1698-1753)
Associated with: Easton Neston, Northants. and New Bond St, Westminster.Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal, 17 Oct. 1741.;
FARMER
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oil on canvas (with Henrietta, countess of Pontefract), by Thomas Bradwell, c. 1721, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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GEORGE AUGUSTUS (GEORG AUGUST), Prince (1683-1760)

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b. 10 Nov. 1683 [NS], o.s. of Georg Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, prince of Calenberg (later elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. educ. privately (Johann Hilmar Holsten, Phillip Adam von Eltz). m. 2 Sept. 1705 [NS] Wilhemine Caroline von Ansbach-Bayreuth (als. Brandenburg-Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth) (d.1737), da. of Johann Friederich, margrave of Ansbach, and Eleonore von Sachsen-Eisenach, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (3 d.v.p.); ?1da. illegit. with Henrietta Howard, countess of Suffolk; 1s. illegit. with Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, countess of Yarmouth. KG 4 Apr. 1706. d. 25 Oct. 1760.
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PC 1714; British Mercury, 22–29 Sept. 1714. guardian of the kingdom 1716–17. London Gazette, 3–7 July 1716.

Capt.-gen. Artillery co. of the City of London 1715. London Gazette, 7–10 May 1715.

High steward of Scotland, 1714 – 27; freeman Glasgow 1714; NAS, Campbell of Shawfield corresp. (microfilm), NLS 15526, f. 688. high steward, Exeter 1715. London Gazette, 12–15 Nov. 1715.

Gov. S. Sea Co. 1715 – 18, 1727–60. J. Carswell, The South Sea Bubble, 278; Weekly Packet, 29 Jan.-5 Feb. 1715.

FRS 15 May 1727.

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GEORGE AUGUSTUS (GEORG AUGUST), Prince (1683-1760)
Associated with: Hanover; Richmond Lodge, Surr.; Leicester House, Westminster; St James’ Palace, Westminster; Kensington Palace; Hampton Court, Surr.
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(as prince of Wales) enamel, by Christian Friedrich Zinke, 1717, Royal Collection, RCIN 421777; (as prince of Hanover) mezzotint, by William Faithorne jr after Georg Wilhelm Lafontaine, c.1700-10, NPG D 7906.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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Religion

NOEL, Baptist (1708-51)

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b. 1708, 1st s. Baptist Noel, 3rd earl of Gainsborough, and Lady Dorothy Manners; bro. of James Noel‡. educ. Eton 1718; St John’s, Camb. 1724. m. 1728 Elizabeth (d. 1771), da. of William Chapman, gamekeeper, 2s., 8da., 1 posth. ch.. d. 21 Mar. 1751; will pr. 17 June 1751. TNA, PROB 11/788.
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NOEL, Baptist (1708-51)
Associated with: Exton, Rutland.
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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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