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BLOUNT, Henry (1641-79)

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bap. 4 Mar. 1641, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 3rd. s. Mountjoy Blount, earl of Newport and Anne, da. of John Boteler†, Bar. Boteler of Brantfield. m. 1678, Susanna, da. of John Briscoe of Grafton, Kent and wid. of Edmund Mortimer of Derbys., s.p. d. Sept. 1679. R.E.C. Waters, Genealogical Mems. of the Family of Chester of Chicheley, i. 151-2.
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Associated with: Newport House, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
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BLOUNT, Charles (Thomas) (1634-75)

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bap. 10 Jan. 1634, Reg. St. Martin-in-the-Fields 1619-1636 (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 100. s. Mountjoy Blount, earl of Newport and Anne da. of John Boteler‡, Bar. Boteler. unm. d. ?May 1675.
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BLOUNT, Charles (Thomas) (1634-75)
Associated with: Newport House, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.
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BLOUNT, Mountjoy (c. 1597-1666)

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b. c. 1597, 1st. of 3 illegit. s. of Charles Blount†, later earl of Devonshire and Penelope, Lady Rich, da. of Walter Devereux†, earl of Essex and w. of Robert Rich† (later earl of Warwick). educ. G. Inn 5 Aug. 1624; MA (Cantab) 1629. m. 7 Feb. 1627, Anne (with £2,000), CSP Dom. 1637, p. 556. da. of Sir John Boteler†, Bar. Boteler of Brantfield; 3s. (3da. d.v.p.). TNA, PROB 11/319; Reg. St Martin-in-the-Fields 1619-36 (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 87, 100, 260. d. 12 Feb. 1666; will 8 Feb. 1666, pr. 26 Feb. 1666. PROB 11/319.
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PC Sept. 1638; gent. of the bedchamber to Charles I, bef. 1642 and to Charles II, 1661 – d.

Capt. tp. of Horse at La Rochelle 1627; rear adm. in command of the St. Andrew 1628; col. regt. of ft. 1639; gen. of artillery in the North 1639; lt. gen. in the north 1642.

Master Gen. of Ordnance, 1634 – 61; mbr. Council of York, 1639; constable Tower of London, 1641.

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BLOUNT, Mountjoy (c. 1597-1666)
Associated with: Newport House, St Martin-in-the-Fields; Fotheringhay, Northants.; Wanstead, Essex.
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oil on canvas by A. Van Dyck, oils, c.1635-40 (with Bar. Goring), National Trust, Petworth House, West Suss.

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CAVENDISH, Henry (1630-91)

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b. 24 June 1630, 4th but o. surv. s. William Cavendish, earl of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 1st w.; bro. of Charles Cavendish‡, Visct. Mansfield. educ. privately; travelled abroad 1644-7. m. c.1652, Frances (d. 23 Sept. 1695), da. of Hon. William Pierrepont‡ of Thoresby, Notts., 4s. d.v.p. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1812 edn.) i. 319. KG 17 Feb. 1677. d. 26 July 1691; will 26 May 1691, confirmed 1694. UNL, Pw1/285-89; Notts. Arch. DD/P/6/1/19/33-6; DD/4P/35/73-76.
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Master of the robes 1660 – 62; gent. of the bedchamber 1662 – 85; PC 15 June 1670 – Dec. 1688; gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1666–?74, Dalton, English Army Lists, i. 73, 141; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 384; 1673, p. 112; Bodl. Carte 72, f. 113. Berwick 1666–86; Dalton, ii. 37; CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 450. commr. for sewers, Hatfield Chase Aug. 1660, ?for recusants, Derbys. 1675, for Tangiers 1680; CTB, 1672–5, p. 792. steward of roy. manor of Newark, 10 Aug. 1670. CTB, 1669–72, p. 498.

Ld. lt. Northumb. (jt.) 1670 – 76, (sole) 1676 – 89, Notts. 1677 – 89, Yorks. 1688 – 89; custos rot. Northumb. 1675 – 89, Derbys. and Notts. 1677 – 89; c.j. in eyre (Trent North) 1677–89; CSP Dom. 1676–7, p. 574. recorder, Nottingham, 1682–8, Recs. of the Bor. of Nottingham 1625–1702 ed. W.T. Baker, 66–67, 80–81, 326. Berwick-upon-Tweed 1685–6, CSP Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685, p. 67; 1686–87, pp. 231, 263. Newcastle upon Tyne 1685–8, CSP Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685, pp. 54, 81–82; June 1687-Feb. 1689, p. 238. East Retford 1685–8. CSP Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685, p. 86.

Capt. indep. tp. 1666; col. of ft. 1667, 1673–4, Dalton, i. 134; HMC Portland, ii. 149. 1688–9. Dalton, ii. 174–5; UNL, Pw1/161.

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CAVENDISH, Henry, Visct. Mansfield (1630-91), of Bolsover, Derbys. and Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
Associated with: Welbeck Abbey, Notts.; Bolsover Castle, Derbys. and Newcastle House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.HMC Buccleuch, i. 340.;
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Oil on canvas, attrib. to Mary Beale, 1676, English Heritage, Kenilworth Castle.

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CAVENDISH, William (1593-1676)

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bap. 16 Dec. 1593, Handsworth, Yorks., 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. of Sir Charles Cavendish‡, of Welbeck Abbey, Notts. and Katherine (later suo jure Baroness Ogle), da. and coh. of Cuthbert Ogle†, 7th Baron Ogle; bro. of Sir Charles Cavendish‡. educ. household of Gilbert Talbot†, 7th earl of Shrewsbury; St. John’s, Camb. MA 1608; embassy, Savoy 1612. M. Cavendish, Life of William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle, ed. C.H. Firth, 2–3. m. (1) by 24 Oct. 1618, Elizabeth G. Trease, Portrait of a Cavalier, 45. (d.1643), da. and h. of William Bassett of Blore, Staffs., wid. of Hon. Henry Howard, s. of Thomas Howard†, earl of Suffolk, 6s. (5 d.v.p.), 4da. (3 d.v.p.); Cavendish, Life of Newcastle, 115–16. (2) Dec. 1645, Margaret (d. 1673), da. of Thomas Lucas of Colchester, Essex, sis. John Lucas, Baron Lucas of Shenfield, s.p. suc. fa. 4 Apr. 1617. KB 2 June 1610; KG 12 Jan. 1650, installed 15 Apr. 1661. d. 25 Dec. 1676; will 4 Oct. 1676, pr. 24 Feb. 1677. TNA, PROB 11/353.
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Constable and high steward of Pontefract ?1626 – 44; jt. ld. lt. Derbys. 1628 – 38, ld. lt. Notts. 1626 – 42, 1660 – d., jt. ld. lt. Northumb. 1670 – d.; custos rot. Northumb. 1628 – 44, Derbys. and Notts. 1640 – 44, 1660 – d.; steward and warden of Sherwood forest 1641; c.j. in eyre, north of Trent 1661 – d.

Gov. to Prince of Wales 1638 – 41; PC 29 Nov. 1639, Apr. 1650 – d.; gent. of the bedchamber 1660 – d.

Capt. Prince of Wales tp. of horse 1639; gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1642; col. of horse, ft. and dgns. (roy.) 1642–4; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 418. cmmdr.-in-chief armies north of the Trent (roy.) 1643–5. Newman, Royalist Officers, 66. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland and Oxford circuits 1626–42, HP Commons 1604–29, iii. 468. for supply of lead Derbys. 1627. CSP Dom. 1626–7, p. 307.

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CAVENDISH, Sir William II (1593-1676), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts. and Clerkenwell, Mdx.
Associated with: Bolsover Castle, Derbys.; Ogle, Northumb.; Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
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oil on canvas, after W. Dobson, Kirklees Museums and Galleries; engraving by G. Vertue after painting by Sir A. van Dyck, NPG D 28179.

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HYDE, Edward (1691-1713)

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bap. 6 Oct. 1691, o.s. Edward Hyde, 3rd earl of Clarendon, and Katherine O’Brien, suo jure Baroness Clifton. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1707; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1712. Add. 22211, ff. 41, 43, 45. unm. d. 12 Feb. 1713; will 25 May 1710, pr. 17 June 1713-8 Feb. 1723. TNA, PROB 11/533.
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HYDE, Edward (1691-1713)
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