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HERBERT, William (c. 1661-1745)
Family and Education
b. c. 1661, o.s. William Herbert, later mq. of Powis, and Elizabeth, da. Edward Somerset, 2nd mq. of Worcester. educ. unknown. m. c. Aug. 1685 (with £30,000?), Add. 70127, K. Bromfield to Abigail, Lady Harley, 25 July 1685. Mary (d. 8 Jan. 1724), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd bt. of Furness, Lancs., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 2 July 1696. d. 22 Oct. 1745; will 6 Apr. 1742, pr. 1748. TNA, C54/5739; CP, x. 649, note k.
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Dep. lt. Wales (Anglesey, Brec., Caern., Card., Carm., Denb., Flint, Glam., Merion., Mont., Pemb., Rad.), Mon. 26 Feb.-25 Dec. 1688.
Col., regt. of ft. 1687 – 88.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Powis Castle, Mont.; Hendon, Mdx.; Lincoln’ Inn Fields, Mdx. (to 1705); Powis House, Great Ormond Street, Mdx (from 1705).E. Hatton, New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39; Survey of London, iii. 114-16; Wheatley, London Past and Present, iii. 118-19.;
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attrib. Francois de Troy, oil on canvas, 1700-45, National Trust, Coughton Court, Warws.
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Lords 1660-1715
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CARTERET, John (1690-1763)
Family and Education
b. 22 Apr. 1690, 1st s. George Carteret, Bar. Carteret and Lady Grace Granville, later suo jure Countess Granville. educ. Westminster 1700–5; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 15 Jan. 1706, DCL 1756. m. (1) 17 Oct. 1710 (with £12,000), Frances (d.1743), HMC Portland, iv. 537. da. of Sir Robert Worsley‡, 4th bt. of Appuldurcombe, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 14 Apr. 1744, Lady Sophia Fermor (d.1745), da. Thomas Fermor, earl of Pomfret, 1da. A. Collins, History of the Noble Family of Carteret (1756), 107–9. KG 1749. d. 2 Jan. 1763; will 19 Sept. 1757–8 Sept. 1762, pr. 7 Jan. 1763. TNA, PROB 11/883.
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Gent. of the bedchamber 1714 – 21; PC 1721; amb. Sweden 1719 – 21, France 1724 (did not go); sec. of state (South) 1721 – 24, (North) 1742 – 44; ld. lt. of Ireland 1724 – 30; ld. pres. of the Council 1751 – 63.
Palatine of the Carolinas 1695–1744;
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Associated with: Hawnes (Haynes), Beds.; Arlington Street, Westminster.Gent. Mag. xxxiii (1763), 144.;
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oil on canvas, studio of W. Hoare, c.1750, NPG 1778.
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Lords 1660-1715
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CAPELL, Arthur (1632-83)
Family and Education
bap. 28 Jan. 1632, 1st. s. and h. of Arthur Capell†, Bar. Capell of Hadham, Essex and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison‡, bt. of Cassiobury, Herts. educ. privately (Abraham Woodhead) 1648-52. Oxford DNB (sub Woodhead). m. 19 May 1653, Elizabeth (1636-1718), 5th da. Algernon Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland, and 1st w. Anne, da. of William Cecil, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 6s. (5 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1812 edn) iii. 483. d. 13 July 1683; will 28 Feb. 1681, pr. 4 Apr. 1684. CTB, 1681-5, p. 920; TNA, PROB 11/375.
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Ld. lt. Herts. 1660 – 81, Wilts. 1668–72; custos rot. St. Albans ?1660–82.
Amb. extraordinary to Denmark 1669 – 70; PC 1672 – 81; ld. lt. Ireland 1672 – 77; cttee of the privy council for trade and plantations 1675 – 81; first ld. treasury Mar. – Nov. 1679; commr. Tangier 1680–d.
Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ co., 1670.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Hadham Hall, Essex (to c. 1668); Cassiobury House, Herts (from c. 1668).Minet, Hadham Hall, 13-14.;
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oil on canvas, by Sir P. Lely (double portrait with his wife) c. 1655-60, NPG 5461; oil on canvas, circle of Sir P. Lely, 1672, Watford Museum.
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Lords 1660-1715
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