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NORTH, William (1678-1734)
Family and Education
b. 22 Dec. 1678, 1st s. and h. Charles North, 5th Bar. North and Bar. Grey of Rolleston and Katherine (d. c.1695), da. of William Grey* [1777], Bar. Grey of Warke. educ. Magdalene, Camb. matric. 22 Oct. 1691; Foubert's Military Academy, Leicester Fields, 1694-6; Bodl. North c.8, f. 5; c.10, f. 74. travelled abroad (Patrick Withrington, tutor), 1697-8 (Italy), Padua Univ. 30 Apr. 1697; North, Lives, iii. 240-4; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 41. m. bef. 11 Oct. 1705, Add. 70269, Harley’s accounts, 11 Oct. 1705. Maria Margareta (d. 8 June 1762), da. of Cornelius de Jonge, Vrijheer van Ellemeet, Recr.-Gen. of the States of Holland, d.v.p. 1s. illegit. J.H. Holmes, ‘Epping Place’, Essex Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. xxv. 339. d. 31 Oct. 1734. will 20 Apr. 1731, pr. 2 Apr. 1735. TNA, PROB 11/670.
Offices Held
PC 13 Dec. 1711 – Sept. 1714.
Capt. and lt.-col. 1st Ft. Gds. 14 Mar. 1702 – 15 Jan. 1703; col. 10th Regt. of Ft. 15 Jan. 1703 – 23 June 1715; brig.-gen., June 1706 – Apr. 1709; maj.-gen. Apr. 1709 – 1 Jan. 1710; lt.-gen. 1 Jan. 1710 – 23 June 1715; lt.-gen. (Spanish army), 3 Apr. 1728–d.
Ld.-lt. Cambs. 6 Dec. 1711 – 28 Oct. 1715; burgess, Portsmouth, 3 Sept. 1712. 5 Sept. 1712 – 27 Sept. 1714
FRS 30 June 1720.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Associated with Kirtling Hall, Kirtling [Catlidge], Cambs. 1691–1724;Bodl. North c.10, f. 74; c.8, f. 7. ; Epping Place, Epping, Essex 1706–24;Bodl. North a.3, ff. 217, 221. , Queen’ Sq. Westminster 1708;E. Hatton, A New View of London, ii. 628. ; Rivers House, Westminster c.1715–24;Survey of London, v. 70; Bodl. North c.9, f. 155. ; Bond St, Westminster c.1712–1715;Bodl. North a.3, f. 223. ; Poland St, Westminster c.1715–24.HMC Stuart, i. 444; HMC Cowper, iii. 117.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas, attrib. J. Closterman (sold by Christies 2008); mezzotint, aft. Sir G. Kneller, NPG D20013.
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CONWAY, Francis Seymour (1679-1732)
Family and Education
b. 28 May 1679, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Edward Seymour‡, 4th bt. and Laetitia Popham, da. of Alexander Popham‡. educ. Eton c.1691; W. Sterry, Eton College Register 1441–1698, p. 301. Christ Church, Oxf. 1698. m. (1) 17 Feb. 1704, Mary (d.1709), Boyer, Anne Annals, 364. da. Laurence Hyde, earl of Rochester, 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) aft. Jan. 1709, Jane (d.1716), da. of one Bowden, of Drogheda, co. Meath, 1s. d. v.p., 1da.; (3) July 1716, Charlotte (1734), da. of Sir John Shorter of Bybrook, Kent, lord mayor of London (1687), 4s. (2 v.p.), 3da. (2 v.p.). Collins, Peerage, ii. 560–3; Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire, ii. 851; Country Journal or the Craftsman, 19 Feb. 1732. suc. bro. as h. to estates Edward Conway, earl of Conway, assuming surname Conway 1699. Add. 70126, copy of earl of Conway’s will, 8 Aug. 1683. d. 3 or 4 Feb. 1732; London Evening Post, 12–15 Feb. 1732; Daily Courant, 15 Feb. 1732; London Journal, 19 Feb. 1732. will 8 July 1727, pr. 1732 (Ireland), 1 Mar.–12 Apr. 1733 (England). TNA, PROB 11/657; Add. 34738, ff. 127–45.
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High steward Chipping Campden, Glos. (?-d.);
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Ragley, Warws.;VCH Warws. iii. 29.; Sandywell, Glos.;VCH Glos. ix. 57.; Lisburn, co. Antrim; Dover Street, Westminster.Edward Hatton, A New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39.;
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CONWAY, Edward (c. 1623-83)
Family and Education
b. c. 1623, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Conway†, 2nd Visct. Conway, and Frances, da. of Sir Francis Popham‡, of Wellington, Som. educ. privately (Mr Garrard); travelled abroad (France) 1640. Conway Letters: the correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and their friends, ed. M. Hope Nicolson, rev. ed. S. Hutton (1992), 15, 29; HMC Hastings, ii. 351. m. (1) 11 Feb. 1651, Anne (d.1679), da. of Sir Heneage Finch‡, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Cradok, sis. Heneage Finch, earl of Nottingham, 1s. d. v.p.; Conway Letters, 6, 168; CSP Dom. 1679-80, p. 118. (2) bef. Oct. 1680 Elizabeth (1681), da. George Booth, Bar. Delamer, and Elizabeth Grey, s.p.; Add. 28053, f. 197; Conway Letters, 468. (3) bef. 30 Aug. 1681 (with £30,000), Ursula ( 1697), da. of Col. George Stawell, of Cothelstone, Som., s.p. HMC Rutland, ii. 56; Conway Letters, 469; Hatton Corresp. ii (Cam Soc. n.s. xxiii), 7. 11 Aug. 1683; will 9 Aug. 1683, pr. 11-14 Aug. 1683. TNA, PROB 11/374.
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PC [I] 19 Dec. 1660–d.;
Commr, assessment, Warws. 1657, militia, Warws. Mar. 1660;
Col., regt.of ft. [I], 1642–?49;
FRS 1668.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Ragley, Warws.;VCH Warws. iii. 27n.; Skinner Row, Dublin, [I];Rawdon Pprs. 163n.; Portmore, [I];Marshall, Hist. of Charlemont Fort and Borough, 45.; Queen St, London;Conway Letters, 240.; St James's Square, Westminster.Dasent, Hist. St James Sq. app. A.;
Likenesses
none found. The miniature by Hoskins in the Wallace Collection described as a likeness of the 3rd Viscount appears to depict his father.
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NORTH, Dudley (1602-77)
Family and Education
b. c. 4 Nov. 1602, Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 169–70. 1st s. Dudley North, 3rd Bar. North, and Frances, da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket‡, of Brocket Hall, Herts. educ. St John’s, Camb. by 1619; G. Inn 1619; I. Temple by 1622; travelled abroad (Italy, France, Spain), 1623–4, Padua 1624. m. 24 Ap. 1632 (with £4,000), Anne (bur. 15 Feb. 1681), da. and coh. of Sir Charles Montagu‡, of Cranbrook, Essex, 7s. (1 d.v.p.), 7da. (4 d.v.p.). KB 3 Nov. 1616. d. 24 June 1677; will 18 May 1675–22 Sept. 1676, pr. 30 Oct. 1677. TNA, PROB 11/354.
Offices Held
Commr. relief of the king’s army and northern counties 1641, raising and levying money for the defence of England and Ireland 1642, regulating excise 1645, scandalous offences 1646, 1648, removing obstructions to sale of bishops’ lands 1648.
Dep. lt. Cambs. 1639 – 40, 1642 – 49; commr. disarming recusants, Cambs. 1641, subsidy, Cambs. 1642, assessment, Cambs. 1643 – 48, 1657, sequestration, Cambs. 1643, levying money, Cambs. 1643, defence, Eastern Assoc. 1643, New Model Ordinance, Cambs. 1645, militia, Cambs. Isle of Ely and Suff. 1648, 1660, drainage, Bedford Level 1649, pontage, Cambridge 1663, complaints, Bedford Level 1663; freeman, Cambridge 1660 – d.
Lt. Palatinate c. 1620 – 22; capt. coy. of ft. Netherlands 1624 – 27.
Mbr. Guiana Co. 1627.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Kirtling [Catlidge] Hall, Kirtling, Cambs.; Tostock Hall, Tostock, Suff.
Likenesses
watercolour on vellum, J. Hoskins, c.1628 (NPG 6303); oil on canvas, C. Johnson, Waldershare Park, Kent.
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NORTH, Dudley (1582-1667)
Family and Education
bap. 18 Sept. 1582, 1st s. of John North‡ and Dorothy, da. and h. of Valentine Dale‡ of Fyfield, Hants. educ. Trinity, Camb. matric. 1597; travelled abroad, 1602–4?. m. c. 25 Nov. 1600, Frances (d. Feb. 1677), da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket‡ of Brocket Hall, Herts. 4s. (3 d.v.p.); 2da. (1 d.v.p.). North, Lives, i. 3–8. d. c. 5 Jan. 1667; Bodl. North mss c.4, ff. 120–5. will 17 Mar. 1636–7 Apr. 1662, pr. 31 Jan. 1667. TNA, PROB 11/323.
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Commr. to treat with king 1644, court martial 1644, Admiralty 1645, excise 1645, relief of Ireland 1645, Westminster College rents 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, sale of bishops’ lands 1646, compounding 1647, visitation of Oxf. Univ. 1647, Ordinance for Indemnity 1647, navy and customs 1647, scandalous ministers, 1648,
Ld. lt. Cambs. (Charles I) 1640 – 42, (Parliament) 1642–8;
Associated with: Kirtling [Catlidge] Hall, Kirtling, Cambs.VCH Cambs. x. 57-59.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas by unknown artist, c.1615, V&A Museum; oil on panel by Cornelius Johnson, c.1615, National Trust, The Vyne, Hants.
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COMPTON, James (1687-1754)
Family and Education
b. 2 May 1687, 1st s. George Compton, 4th earl of Northampton, and 1st w. Jane, da. of Sir Stephen Fox‡; bro. George Compton, later 6th earl of Northampton. educ. Eton c.1696–1700; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 8 June 1703; travelled abroad (Holland, Germany, Italy) 1707–9. m. 3 Mar. 1716, Elizabeth (1694–1741), suo jure Baroness Ferrers, da. and h. of Hon. Robert Shirley and Anne Ferrers, 3s. d.v.p. 5da. (4 d.v.p.). W.B. Compton, History of the Comptons of Compton Wynyates,169. suc. unc. Spencer Compton* [1635], earl of Wilmington 1743. d. 3 Oct. 1754; will 21 Aug. 1751–31 Aug. 1754, pr. 11 Oct. 1754. TNA, PROB 11/811.
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Mbr. merchant adventurers (Hamburg Co.) 1707.
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Associated with: Castle Ashby, Northants.; Compton Wynyates, Warws.; Brook St. Westminster.Compton, Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 169, 173.;
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BERTIE, James (1653-99)
Family and Education
bap. 16 June 1653, 6th s. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey, being 1st s. with 2nd w. Bridget, suo jure Baroness Norreys, da. and h. of Edward Wray of Rycote, Oxon.; bro. of Henry Bertie‡, half-bro. of Charles‡, Peregrine‡, Richard‡ Robert Bertie, 3rd earl of Lindsey. educ. Magdalene Coll., Camb. (matric. 1667). m. (1) 1 Feb. 1672 (with £8,000), TNA, C104/20, pt. 2. Eleanor (1658-91), da. of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd bt. of Quarrendon, and Anne Danvers, 6s. 3da.; (2) lic. bp. of Lond. 15 Apr. 1698, Katherine (d.1742), dowager Visctss. Wenman [I], wid. of Richard Wenman‡, Visct. Wenman [I], da. of Sir Thomas Chamberlain, 2nd bt. and Margaret Prideaux, s.p. d. 22 May 1699; will 27-28 July 1683, pr. 3 Feb. 1700. TNA, PROB 11/ 458.
Offices Held
High steward Oxford 1687, 1688–?d.;
Col. Oxon. militia ft. 1687–9.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Rycote, Oxon.; West Lavington, Wilts.;Morrice, Ent'ring Bk. iv. 365.; Lindsey House, Westminster.TNA, PROB 11/458.;
BARTIE
Likenesses
oil on canvas by M. Dahl, 1682, Oxford Examination Schools; oil on canvas by circle of John Riley, Oxford Town Hall.
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HOWARD, Thomas (1683-1732)
Family and Education
b. 11 Dec. 1683, s. and h. of Lord Thomas Howard of Worksop, Notts. and Mary Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Savile, bt. educ. travelled abroad (inc. Italy), 1703-5. CSP Dom. 1704-5, p. 250 and n. 86; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 72, 557, 610, vi. 78; HMC Buccleuch, ii. 773. m. 26 May 1709 (with £30,000), Mary Winifreda Francisca, da. of Sir Nicholas Shireburn (Sherborne) bt., of Stonyhurst, Lancs., s.p. d. 23 Dec. 1732; will 26 May – 6 June 1730, pr. 27 Jan. 1733. TNA, PROB 11/656.
Offices Held
Grand master, Grand Lodge of England 1729 – 30.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: St Germain, France; Worksop Manor, Notts.; Cleveland House St James’ Square, London (1706–15); Norwich, Norf.; Norfolk House, St James’ Square, London (c.1711–32);Dasent, Hist. of St. James’ Sq. App. A; Bodl. Rawl. Q b 7, f. 40v.; Arundel, Suss.
Likenesses
Oil on canvas by Richard van Bleeck, 1725, Burton Constable Hall, E. Yorks.
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