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DOUGLAS, Charles (1663-1739)

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b. 3 Feb. 1663, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas) (d.1694), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S], and Anne (d.1716), da. of James Hamilton, duke of Hamilton [S] and suo jure duchess of Hamilton [S]; bro. James Hamilton, 4th duke of Hamilton [S] George Hamilton, earl of Orkney [S], and Ld. Archibald Hamilton‡. educ. travelled abroad, France 1682-4. unm. d. 13 Mar. 1739; will 4 May 1734, pr. 27 June 1739. TNA, PROB 11/697.
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Gent. of bedchamber 1689 – 1702, 1714 – d.; PC [S] 1696 – 1702, 1704–?5; CSP Dom. 1696, pp 167–8; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 405; CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 464; Lockhart Letters ed. Szechi, 6. ld. clerk reg. [S] 1696 – 1702, 1733 – d.; ld. of treasury [S] 1704 – 05; PC 1 Nov. 1733 – d.

Amb. extraordinary Denmark 1691, 1699.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1693; sheriff principal, Lanark 1694 – d.; gov. Edinburgh castle 1737 – 38.

Col. 6th regt. of horse Nov.-Dec. 1688. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 366.

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DOUGLAS, Charles (1663-1739)
Associated with: Crawford Douglas, Lanark; Crawford John, Lanark.
HAMILTON
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1700, Lennoxlove, Haddington, E. Lothian.

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Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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OGILVY, James (1663-1730)

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b. 11 July 1663, 2nd s. of James Ogilvy, 3rd earl of Findlater [S], and Anna, da. of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th earl of Eglinton [S]; bro. of Hon. Patrick Ogilvy‡. educ. privately (Patrick Innes); Aberdeen Univ. (Marischal Coll.) 1675, MA 1681; travelled abroad (Holland) 1682–3; adv. 16 Jan. 1685. m. June 1688, Anne (d. 14 Aug. 1708), da. of Sir William Dunbar, of Durn House, Portsoy, Banff, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. 1689; KT 17 Feb.1704. d. 15 Aug. 1730. Seafield Corresp. xiv–xxi, 42; Recs. Marischal Coll. (Spalding Club), ii. 246, 247, 249; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxvi. 166.
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King’s solicitor [S] 1693 – 96; commr. auditing accts. of treasury [S] 1695, exch. [S] 1696, 1698, justiciary for Highlands [S] 1697, visitation univs. [S] 1697, treasury [S] 1702 – 07, union with England 1702 – 03, 1706, equivalent 1707; jt. sec. of state [S] 1696 – 1702, 1704 – 05; PC [S] 1696 – 1708; pres. of parl. [S] 1698; ld. high commr. gen. assembly Ch. of Scotland 1700, 1703, 1724, 1727; ld. chan. [S] 1702 – 04, 1705 – 08; ld. treas. [S] 1705 – 07; PC 1707 – 14; ld. chief baron of exch. [S] Mar. – Dec. 1708; kpr. gt. seal [S] 1713–14. Seafield Corresp. 97, 181–4, 256, 260; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 445; CSP Dom. 1696, pp. 35, 168, 171, 195; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 79, 538; CSP Dom. 1698, pp. 323, 405, 407; CSP Dom. 1702–3, pp. 461, 474; HMC Laing, ii. 114; CTB, 1706–7, p. 445; CTB, xxii. 119, 369; Post Man, 17–19 Oct. 1704; TNA, SP 54/3/23.

Commissary, Edinburgh, 1689 – 91; burgess, Edinburgh 1698; sheriff, Banff 1692–?1714. CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 275; CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 44, 261, 535; CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 467; Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 444; Seafield Corresp. 81, 94.

FRS 1698.

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OGILVY, James (1663-1730)
Associated with: Cullen House, Banff; Pall Mall, Westminster.CTB, xvi. 418; London Jnl. xviii. 27; NAS, GD248/561/49/6, Bellenden to Findlater, 3 Jan. 1713.;
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oil on canvas by J.B. De Medina, 1695, National Galleries of Scotland, PG1064; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1700, R. Coll. of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

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Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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SCHOMBERG, Meinhard (1641-1719)

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b. 30 June 1641, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Herman Schomberg, later duke of Schomberg, and Johanna Elizabeth, da. of Heinrich Dietrich, count of Schönberg auf Wesel; bro. Charles Schomberg, 2nd duke of Schomberg. educ. ?Academy of Saumur. m. (1) 3 Aug. 1667, Barbara Luisa, da. of Giovanni Girolamo Rizzi, s.p.; (2) 4 Jan. 1683, Raugräfin Caroline Elizabeth (d.1696), da. of Charles Louis, Elector Palatine, 5s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). J.F.A. Kazner, Leben Friedrichs von Schomberg, i. 370-1. suc. bro. (Frederick) 1700 as count of Schönberg [Holy Roman Empire]; count of Mertola [Portugal]; marquis of Coubert [France]; KG, 12 Aug. 1703. d. 5 July 1719; admon. 29 July 1719 to das. Frederica, countess of Holdernesse, and Mary, Countess Degenfeld. TNA, PROB 6/95, f. 98.
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PC 5 May 1695 – Sept. 1714; commr. appeals in Admiralty 1697. CSP Dom. 1697, p. 510.

Col., 8th Regt. of Horse (7th Dragoon Gds.) 1690 – 1711; gen. of Horse 1690 – d.; c.-in-c., forces in London and Westminster during the king’s absence 1691, forces in Scotland 1691 – 92, forces in England during the king’s absence 1695; forces in Portugal 1703 – 04.

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SCHOMBERG, Meinhard (1641-1719)
Associated with: St James’; Pall Mall, Westminster (to 1698); Schomberg House, 80-82 Pall Mall (from 1698); Hillingdon House, Uxbridge (by 1698).Survey of London, xxix. 368-78; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 393.;
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mezzotint, aft. Sir G. Kneller, c.1690, NPG D5918.

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Littleton, Charles
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SCHOMBERG, Charles (1645-93)

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b. 5 Aug. 1645, 5th and yst. surv. s. of Herman Schomberg, later duke of Schomberg, and Johanna Elizabeth, da. of Heinrich Dietrich, count of Schönberg auf Wesel; bro. Meinhard Schomberg 3rd duke of Schomberg. educ. ?Academy of Saumur; private tutor, Paris, c.1660-5. J.F.A. Kazner, Leben Friedrichs von Schomberg, i. 353-5. unm. d. 16 Oct. 1693; will 14 Oct, pr. 13 Nov. 1693. TNA, PROB 11/417.
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Col., 1st regt. of ft. gds. 1690 – d.; lt.-gen., allied army serving in Savoy and Piedmont, 1690–d. Dalton, Army Lists, iii. 3, 136, 214; CSP Dom. 1690–1, pp. 23, 196.

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SCHOMBERG, Charles (1645-93)
Associated with:, ; ?Whitehall.
SCHÖNBERG
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Associated with: ?Whitehall.

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Littleton, Charles
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SCHOMBERG, Frederick Herman (1615-90)

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b. c. 26 Dec. 1615, o. s. of Hans Meinhard von Schönberg, Ct. Marshal to Frederick V, Elector Palatinate, and Anne, da. of Edward Sutton†, 5th Bar. Dudley. educ. Academy of Hanau 1625-6; Academy of Sedan 1626-30; Paris 1630; Univ. of Leiden, 1631-3. J.F.A. Kazner, Leben Friedrichs von Schomberg, i. 4-7. m. (1) 30 Apr. 1638, Johanna Elizabeth (d.1664), da. of Heinrich Dietrich, count of Schönberg auf Wesel, 6s. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 14 Apr. 1669, Susanne (d.1688), da. of Daniel d’Aumale, Seigneur d’Harcourt, s.p. suc. fa. 3 Aug. 1616 (a minor) as Count Schönberg [Holy Roman Empire]; cr. count of Mertola [Portugal], 1663, comte de Coubet [France], 1668; KG 3 Apr. 1689. d. 1 July 1690; admon. 19 Nov. 1690.
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PC 25 Apr. 1689 – 1 July 1690.

Recorder, Harwich, 1689 – 90.

Maréchal-de-Camp [French Army], 1652; lt.-gen. [French Army], 1655; c.-in-c. [Portuguese Army], 1663 – 68; col., regt. of Horse [Portuguese Army]1664–8; J. Childs, Army of Charles II, 235. capt.-gen., Anglo-French forces against United Provinces 1673; marshal of France 1675 – 85; generalissimo, forces of elector of Brandenburg 1687; lt.-gen., Prince of Orange’s forces for invasion of England 1688 – 89; col., 1st Ft. Royal Scots 1688 – d.; master-gen. of ordnance 1689 – d.; gen. allied forces 1689–d. 1689 – d. Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 467, 517, 504; Ailesbury Mems. 244–5. col., regt. of Horse [Huguenot],; capt.-gen., English and allied forces in Ireland 1689 – d.

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SCHOMBERG, Frederick Herman (1615-90)
Associated with: St James’.Ailesbury Mems. 244.;
SCHÖNBERG
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after Sir G. Kneller, bt., mezzotint, c.1689, NPG D1338.

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Littleton, Charles
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LEKE, Nicholas (1682-1736)

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b. 6 Nov. 1682, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton Par. Reg. 1662-1837 ed. P. Kettle and P. Riden, (Derbys. Rec. Soc. xviii), 65. 1st s. of Hon. Richard Leke and Mary, 2nd da. of Sir John Molyneux‡, 3rd bt., of Teversall, Notts. educ. travelled abroad (Austria, Germany and Italy) 1702-3; Beinecke Lib. OSB mss 2, box 9, folder 182, no. 137, George Stepney to Blathwayt, 2 Dec. 1702; UNL, Portland mss PwA/113. ?Oxf. DCL 26 Apr. 1706. unm. d. 17 July 1736; will 30 Aug. 1734, pr. 7 Dec. 1736. TNA, PROB 11/678.
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Ld. lt. Derbys. 1711 – 14.

Amb. to Vienna 1712 (did not go). Stowe 750, f. 42.

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LEKE, Nicholas (1682-1736)
Associated with: Sutton-in-Scarsdale, Derbys. and Duke Street, Westminster.London Mag. 1736, 400.;
LEAK
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Eagles, Robin
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LEKE, Nicholas (1612-81)

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bap. 1 Oct. 1612, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Leke†, bt., later earl of Scarsdale, and Anne, da. of Sir Edward Carey‡ of Aldenham, Herts., sis. of Adolphus Carey‡, Sir Henry Carey‡, Visct. Falkland [S], and Sir Philip Carey‡. educ. unknown. m. c.1653, Frances (d.1692), da. of Robert Rich†, 2nd earl of Warwick, and 1st w. Frances Hatton, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. Sutton-cum-Duckmanton Par. Reg. 1662-1837 ed. P. Kettle and P. Riden (Derbys. Rec. Soc. xviii), 58, 60, 65. d. 27 Jan. 1681; admon. 10 Feb. 1681.
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J.p. Derbys. 1650, 1661, Notts. 1661. Doyle, Official Baronage, iii. 286–7.

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LEKE, Nicholas (1612-81)
Associated with: Sutton-in-Scarsdale, Derbys. and Pall Mall, Westminster.Derbyshire Hearth Tax Assessments ed. D.G. Edwards, 169; Add. 36916, f. 221.;
LEAK
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Eagles, Robin
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