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BENTINCK, Hans Willem (1649-1709)

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b. 10 July 1649, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Bernhard Bentinck (1597-1668), Ld. of Diepenheim [Overijssel, Utd. Provinces], and Anna (1622-85), da. of Hans Hendrik van Bloemendaal; educ. DCL (hon.), Oxford 20 Dec. 1670. m. (1) Feb. 1678 (with £2,000) Anne (?1660-1688), da. of Sir Edward Villiers, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.); Eg. 1708, f. 1. (2) 12 May 1700 (with £20,000) Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 641. Jane Martha (1672-1751), da. of Sir John Temple of East Sheen, Surrey, wid. John Berkeley, 3rd Bar. Berkeley of Stratton, 2s. 4da. cr. ld. of Drimmelen [Brabant, Utd Provinces], 15 Sept. 1676 [n.s.]; Japikse, Correspondentie van Willem III en van Hans Willem Bentinck, I. i. xxxvii; I. ii. 719. ld. of Rhoon and Pendrecht July 1683; Ibid. I. i. xxxvii, 359; II. iii. 47. KG 19 Feb. 1697. d. 23 Nov. 1709; will 30 Apr. 1709, pr. 22 Dec. 1709. TNA, PROB 11/512.
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Page of honour to William, Prince of Orange 1664–72; Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxv. ‘nobleman of the chamber’ (i.e. chamberlain) to William, Prince of Orange 1672–99; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718. verderer (houtvester), Holland and West Friesland, Utd. Provinces 1681–99; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvii; I. ii. 719. PC 14 Feb. 1689 – 8 Mar. 1702; treasurer, privy purse c. 1689 – 99; groom of the stole to William III, 1689 – 99; superintendent, royal gardens 1689–1702; Correspondentie, I. i. pp. xxxvi-xxxvii; I. ii. 721; Huygens, Journaal, I. i. 136. ranger, Windsor Great Park 1697–1702, Correspondentie, I. ii. 721; CTB, xii. 128; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 193. Windsor Little Park 1699–1702; Correspondentie, I. ii. 721. commr. appeals in prizes 1694, 1695, 1697. CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; 1695, pp. 111–12; 1697, pp. 510–11.

Bailiff (drost), Breda, United Provinces 1674, Lingen, Utd. Provinces 1675. Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxvii; I. ii. 718.

Cornet, lord of ’s Graevemoer’s coy [Dutch army], 1668–72; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718. capt., 1672–75; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi. n. 2. coy in William of Orange’s own Regt. of Horse Guards 1675–99; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718. col. Regt. of Dutch Guards [Dutch army], 1674–1700; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718; HMC Lords, iv. 188; n.s. ii. 134; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 686. sgt.-maj.-gen., Horse [Dutch army], 1683; Correpondentie, I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718–19. lt.-gen., Horse and Foot [English Army], 1690, HMC Lords, iv. 187; n.s. ii. 131; Correspondentie, I. ii. 718. Horse [Dutch army], 1691; Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxvii; I. ii. 718–19. gen., Horse [English Army], 1697. Correspondentie, I. ii. 721; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 194.

Commr. to treaty for peace with Maréchal Boufflers June 1697, amb. extraordinary France Jan. – June 1698; plenipotentiary, to treat with the Emperor, France and the States General for a partition of Spanish Empire Aug. 1698; Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxvii. n. 5; I. ii. 91, 96–9; LJ, xvi. 643. to treat with the Emperor, France and the States General for a partition of the Spanish Empire July 1699, HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 272. to treat with France and the States-General for a partition of the Spanish Empire Jan. 1700. Ibid. 252–3, 258, 262–4, 269–70.

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BENTINCK, Hans Willem (1649-1709)
Associated with: The Hague, Zorgvliet, Netherlands (from 1674); Honslaersdijk House (Netherlands); Whitehall Palace (England) (to 1699); Theobalds, Berks. (from 1689); Pall Mall, Westminster (by 1696); Powis House, Westminster 1691-by 1700; Ranger’ Lodge, Windsor, Berks. (1697–1702); Bagshot Park, Surrey (1702–5); Bulstrode Park, Bucks (from 1706).Correspondentie I. i. xxxvii; Eg. 1708, ff. 277-80; CTB, ix. 101-2; xii. 128; Journaal van Constantijn Huygens den zoon [hereafter Huygens, Journaal], I. i. 123; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 50, 193; Survey of London, xlv. 95; VCH Berks. iii. 81; UNL, PwA 218; VCH Bucks. iii. 280.;
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oil on canvas, studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698-9, NPG 1968.

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WESTON, Thomas (1609-88)

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bap. 9 Oct. 1609, 3rd s. of Richard Weston†, earl of Portland, and 2nd w. Frances Waldegrave; bro. Jerome Weston, 2nd earl of Portland, Nicholas Weston‡ and Benjamin Weston‡. educ. Wadham Coll. Oxf. matric. 12 May 1626, MA Camb. 1629. m. 18 July 1667, Verney ms mic. M636/21, Lady A. Hobart to Sir R. Verney, 4 July 1667; Add. 75355, H. Hyde to Burlington, 18 July 1667. Anne (d.1669), da. of John Boteler†, Bar. Boteler, and Elizabeth Villiers, wid. Mountjoy Blount, earl of Newport, s.p. d. May 1688.
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Col. of horse (roy.) 1644. Newman, Royalist Officers, 406.

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WESTON, Thomas (1609-88)
Associated with: Skreens, Essex.Bramston Autobiog. 102.;
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Eagles, Robin
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WESTON, Charles (1639-65)

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bap. 19 May 1639, o. s. Jerome Weston, 2nd earl of Portland, and Frances, da. of Esmé Stuart, 3rd duke of Lennox [S]. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1656. unm. d. 3 June 1665; will 29 May 1665, pr. 23 Feb., 2 Mar., 27 June 1666. TNA, PROB 11/319; PROB 11/322.
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Vol. RN 1665.

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WESTON, Charles (1639-65)
Associated with: Ashley House, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.
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oil on canvas, English school, c.1664-5, NMM.

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WESTON, Jerome (Jeremy) (1605-63)

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b. 16 Dec. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Weston†, earl of Portland, being 1st s. with 2nd w. Frances, da. of Nicholas Waldegrave of Borley, Essex; bro. of Benjamin,‡ Nicholas‡ Thomas Weston, 4th earl of Portland. educ. Trinity, Camb. 1623, MA 1626; M. Temple 1626; travelled abroad 1629; Padua Univ. 1632. H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova dall’anno 1618 sino al 1765, p. 147. m. 18 June 1632 (with £6,000), Frances (d.1694), yst. da. of Esmé Stuart, 3rd duke of Lennox [S], and Katherine, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswald, 1s. 4da. d. 17 Mar. 1663; will 4 Nov. 1657–8 Oct. 1661, pr. 2 Sept. 1663. TNA, PROB 11/312.
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Commr. trade 1660, plantations 1660, loyal and indigent officers 1662; PC 3 Apr. 1662–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 331.

Freeman, Newport, I.o.W. 1631, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 1634, Portsmouth 1635; gov. I.o.W. 1633 – 42, 1660–1; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 491; 1661–2, p. 46. v.-adm. Hants. 1635, 1660; ld. lt. (jt.) Hants 1635 – 42; kpr. Richmond New Park 1637; ld. pres. Munster [I] 1644; steward, Berkhampstead manor 1660. CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 327.

Amb. extraordinary Savoy, Venice, Tuscany, Paris 1631–3. TNA, SP 78/92.

Asst. Royal Fishing Co. 1661.

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WESTON, Jerome (1605-1663), of Roehampton House, Putney, Surr.
Associated with: Roehampton House, Putney, Surr.
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GEORGE, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708)

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b. 2 Apr. 1653, yst. s. of Frederik III, king of Denmark, and Sophie Amalie, da. of Georg, duke of Brunswick-Luneberg. m. 28 July 1683, Anne (1665–1714) (later queen of England), 2nd da. James Stuart, duke of York (later James II of England, James VII [S]); 2s. (d.v.p.), 3da. (d.v.p.) (14 others d.v.p.). KG 1684. d. 28 Oct. 1708; intestate, admon. to John Smith and Sir Charles Hedges‡.
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PC 9 Feb. 1685 – d. PC [S] 1689 – d.

Generalissimo of all the forces; constable Windsor Castle; ld. high adm. ld. warden of the Cinque Ports; capt. gen. Hon. Artillery Coy. 1702 – d.

High steward, Colchester 1703 – d.

FRS 1704.

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GEORGE, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708)
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Paley, Ruth
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