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BROWNE, Francis (1610-82)
Family and Education
b. 2 July 1610, o. s. of Anthony Maria Browne†, 2nd Visct. Montagu, and Jane, da. of Thomas Sackville†, earl of Dorset. educ. ?Eton, c.1621; Eton Coll. Reg. 1441–1698, ed. W. Sterry, 51. travelled abroad (Spain, Italy), 1622–5. M. Questier, Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England, 317–18, 331. m. (lic. 6 July 1637), Elizabeth, da. of Henry Somerset†, mq. of Worcester, 2s. 1da. d. 26 Oct. 1682; will 15 May 1677, pr. 29 Nov. 1682. TNA, PROB 11/1291.
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Associated with: Cowdray House and Park, Suss.
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SCOTT, James (1649-85)
Family and Education
b. 9 Apr. 1649, 1st s. (illegit.) of Charles II with Lucy Walters (d.1658). educ. Thomas Ross, tutor and governor. m. 20 Apr. 1663 Anne (Anna) (1651-1731) suo jure countess of Buccleuch [S], 2nd da. of Francis Scott, 2nd earl of Buccleuch [S] and Margaret, da. of John Leslie, earl of Rothes [S], step-da. of David Wemyss, 2nd earl of Wemyss [S], 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 3da. (2 d.v.p.); 1s. (illegit.) with Elizabeth Waller, da. of Sir William Waller; 4 ch. (illegit.) with Eleanor, da. of Sir Robert Needham; ?1s. with Henrietta Wentworth, suo jure Baroness Wentworth, da. of & Thomas Wentworth, 5th Bar. Wentworth. KG, 28 Mar. 1663. executed 15 July 1685.
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Capt. tp. of horse, 1666, 1st Life Gds. 1668; lt. gen. and cdr. English brig. in French service (Royal English regt.), 1672 – 73
PC 29 Apr. 1670; PC [S] 1674; ld. high chamb. [S] 1673 – d.; commr. admiralty 9 July 1673 – 14 May 1679, surrender of New York 1675
C.j. Trent S., 1672–9.
Ld. lt., Yorks. (E. Riding) and Kingston-upon-Hull, Apr. 1673–1679, Staffs. 1677 – 79; high steward Kingston-upon-Hull 1673–9,
Mbr. Co. Royal fishery of England 1677.
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Associated with: Whitehall; Chiswick; 'John Ashburnham’ House, Chiswick';CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 538.; Moor Park, Rickmansworth, Herts. . 1671–d.CTB iii. 417.;
CROFTS
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miniature by S. Cooper, c.1664-5, Royal Collection; oil on canvas, after Sir P. Lely, National Trust, Chirk Castle; oil on canvas, attrib. M. Beale, Warwick Shire Hall; oil on canvas, after Sir G. Kneller, c.1678, NPG 5225.
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CAREY, Henry (1596-1661)
Family and Education
bap. 27 Jan. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Robert Carey† (later earl of Monmouth) and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Hugh Trevanion, kt. of Caerhayes, Cornw.; bro. of Thomas Carey‡. educ. privately (tutor, Henry Burton); Exeter, Oxf. 1611 (BA 1614); travelled abroad (Low Countries, France, Italy) 1614-16. m. c. 26 Feb. 1620, Martha (d. 10 Apr. 1677), da. of Sir Lionel Cranfield†, later earl of Middlesex, of Wood Street, London and Chelsea, Mdx. 2s. d.v.p., 8 da. (4 d.v.p.). KB 3 Nov. 1616. d. 13 June 1661; will 21 July 1659, pr. 20 June 1661. TNA, PROB 11/304.
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Commr. array, Herts 1642.
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Associated with: Westminster; Rickmansworth, Herts. (to c.1652);VCH Herts. ii. 377.; Kenilworth Castle, Warws. . (to c.1650)
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miniature by Samuel Cooper, 1649, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; line engraving by William Faithorne (after S. Cooper), 1656, NPG D22870; oil on canvas (portrait of 1st earl Monmouth with his family), attrib. Paul van Somer, c. 1617, NPG 5426.
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BRYDGES, James (1642-1714)
Family and Education
b. c. Sept. 1642, o.s. Sir John Brydges bt. of Wilton Castle, Herefs. and Mary Pearle. educ. St John’s, Oxf. (matric. 1657); travelled abroad (France) 1657. TNA, C5/219/4. m. bef. 1673, Elizabeth (d. 16 May 1719), da. and coh. Sir Henry Barnard, mercer and Turkey merchant, of St Dunstan-in-the-East, London and Bridgnorth, Salop, 3s. 5da. (14 other ch. d.v.p.). suc. fa. 21 Feb. 1652. d. 16 Oct. 1714; will 3 June 1713, pr. 4 Dec. 1714. TNA, PROB 11/543.
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Amb. to Turkey, 1680 – 87.
Sheriff, Hereford, 1667 – 68.
Dir. E.I. Co. 1679 – 80, 1688–91;
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Associated with: Dewsall and Aconbury, Herefs.
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BRYDGES, William (1621/2-1676)
Family and Education
b. in 1621 or 1622, 2nd s. of Grey Brydges†, 5th Bar. Chandos and Anne, da. of Ferdinando Stanley†, 5th earl of Derby. educ. priv. tutor (Peter Allen of Christ Church, Oxf.). Wood, Life and Times, ii. 13. m. Susan (d.1672), da. and coh. Garret Kerr (Carr) of London, 1s. d.v.p. 3 da. bur. 22 Aug. 1676 22 Aug. 1676; will, none found.
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