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KERR, William (1661-1722)
Family and Education
bap. 27 Mar. 1661, 1st s. of Robert Kerr, mq. of Lothian [S], and Jean, da. of Archibald Campbell, mq. of Argyll [S]. m. contract 30 June 1685, 1st cos. Jean (d. 31 July 1712), da. of Archibald Campbell, 9th earl of Argyll [S], 1s. 4da. KT 30 Oct. 1705. d. 28 Feb. 1722; will 14 Oct. 1719, pr. 29 Mar. 1722.
Offices Held
PC [S] 1698–1702.
Commr. supply, 1685, 1686, 1702, 1704; burgess, Edinburgh 1694.
Capt. ind. tp. horse [S] 1689 – 91; lt.-col. drags. 1691 – 96; col. 7 Drags. 1696 – 1707, 3 Ft. Gds. 1707 – 13; brig.-gen. 1702, maj.-gen. 1704, lt.-gen. 1708, maj.-gen. [S] 1715.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian.
Likenesses
wash drawing by W.N. Gardiner (after J.B. Medina), Ashmolean Mus. Oxf.; oil on canvas by J. Scougal?, Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian.
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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LOWTHER, Henry (1694-1751)
Family and Education
bap. 13 Aug. 1694, 4th but 2nd surv. s. Add. 34516, f. 55; EHR, xxx. 91. of John Lowther, 2nd bt., (later Visct. Lonsdale), of Lowther and Katherine, da. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne of Kempsford, Glos.; bro. Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale and Anthony Lowther‡. educ. Lowther Sch., Lowther Hall; travelled abroad (Netherlands) 1713-15; Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Arch. and Antiq. Soc. n.s. iv. 70; Add. 61463, f. 135-6. Cambridge LLD 1717. unm. d. 7 Mar. 1751; will 27 May 1747 – 8 June 1749, pr. 28 Mar. 1751. TNA, PROB 11/786.
Offices Held
Gent. of the bedchamber 1717 – 27; PC 4 Nov. 1726; ld. privy seal 1733 – 35.
Custos rot. Westmld. 1715 – d.; ld. lt., Tower Hamlets 1726 – 31, Cumb. and Westmld 1738 – d.; constable, Tower of London 1726 – 31.
FRS 1742.
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Associated with: Lowther Hall, Westmld.HMC Lonsdale, 121, 123-4, 126-7.;
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LOWTHER, Richard (1692-1713)
Family and Education
b. 13 Mar. 1692, 3rd but 1st surv. s. Add. 34516, f. 55; EHR, xxx. 91. of John Lowther, 2nd bt. (later Visct. Lonsdale), of Lowther and Katherine, da. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne of Kempsford, Glos.; bro. Henry Lowther, 3rd Visct. Lonsdale, and Anthony Lowther‡. educ. ?Lowther Sch., Lowther Hall; travelled abroad (Netherlands, Germany, Italy) (tutor, Alexander Cunningham) 1710-12. unm. d. 24 Dec. 1713; will 5 May 1710, pr. 10 Mar. 1714. TNA, PROB 11/539.
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Associated with: Lowther Hall, Westmld.
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Lords 1660-1715
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LOWTHER, John (1655-1700)
Family and Education
b. 25 Apr. 1655, 1st s. of Col. John Lowther‡ of Lowther (d.1668) and 1st w. Elizabeth (d.1661), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st bt. of Hilsington, Westmld.; half-bro. of William Lowther‡. educ. Kendal g.s. 1668; Sedbergh sch. Yorks. 1669; Queen’s, Oxf. matric. 1670; travelled abroad (France) 1672–3; I. Temple c.1675, called 1677. m. 3 Dec. 1674 (with £5,000), Catherine (d.1713), da. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne of Kempsford, Glos. 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 9da. (4 d.v.p.). suc. grandfa. 30 Nov. 1675 as 2nd bt. [Nova Scotia]. d. 10 July 1700; will 16 Sep. 1698–8 Mar. 1699, pr. 18 Oct. 1700. TNA, PROB 11/457.
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PC 19 Feb. 1689 – d.; v.-chamberlain 1689 – 94; first ld. of treasury Mar. – Nov. 1690, ld. of treasury Nov. 1690–2; commr. inspecting hospitals and houses of charity 1691, appeals for prizes 1694, 1695, 1696, of appeals in admiralty cases 1697; ld. privy seal 1699 – d.; ld. justice 1699, 1700.
Custos rot. Westmld. 1678 – May 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., Cumb. 1689 – d.; v.-adm. Cumb. and Westmld. 1686–d.;
Gov. Ironmakers’ Co. 1693, Charterhouse by 1700; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695. FRS 1699 – d.
Associated with: Lowther Hall, Westmld.; Hackthorpe Hall, Westmld.
Likenesses
oils on canvas by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c.1690, Government Art Collection; oil on canvas, attrib. Mary Beale, 1677?, Longleat, Wilts.
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Lords 1660-1715
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YELVERTON, Talbot (1690-1731)
Family and Education
b. 2 May 1690, 1st s. Henry Yelverton, Visct. Longueville, and Barbara, da. of Sir John Talbot‡ of Lacock, Wilts. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1705–7; travelled abroad (Italy) 1709–11. Eg. 1695, ff. 45, 47, 48–49; Add. 61533, f. 33. m. bef. 1 Nov. 1726, Lucy (d.1731), da. of Henry Pelham‡ of Lewes, Suss. clerk of the pells, 2s. suc. fa. 24 Mar. 1704 as 4th bt.; KB 1725. d. 27 Oct. 1731; will 5 June 1730, pr. 25 June 1732. TNA, PROB 11/652.
Offices Held
Gent. of the bedchamber, 1722 – 27; dep. earl marshal, 1725 – 31; PC 1727; commr. of claims for coronation of King George II 1727.
FRS 1722; FSA 1725.
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Associated with: Easton Maudit, Northants.VCH Northants. iv. 14; J. Bridges, Northants. ii. 163.;
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MORDAUNT, Henry (1623-97)
Family and Education
Bap. 18 Oct. 1623, 1st s. of John Mordaunt‡, 5th Bar. Mordaunt (later earl of Peterborough), and Elizabeth, da. of William Howard‡, Bar. Howard of Effingham. educ. Eton 1635–8; travelled abroad (France) 1641–2. m. winter 1644–5 (?with £2,500), TNA, C 6/40/99. Penelope (d. 1702), da. of Barnabas O’Brien, 5th Earl Thomond [I]; 2 da (1 d.v.p.). d. 19 June 1697; will 14 Oct. 1688, pr. 2 July 1697. TNA, PROB 11/439.
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Groom of the stole to James, duke of York, 1665 – 85; dep. earl marshal 1673; amb. extraordinary 1673; PC 1674 – 79, 1683 – 89; groom of the stole 1685 – 88; high steward and chief bailiff to the queen 1686.
Ld lt. Northants. 1666 – 73, W. Division, Northants. 1673 – 78, Northants. 1678 – 88, Rutland 1688 – 90; recorder, Northampton 1671 – 72, 1682 – 88.
Gov. Tangier 1661 – 63; capt. gen. Tangier forces and col. Tangier Regt. 1661 – 63; capt. in the Unicorn 1665, of troop of horse 1666, in the Prince 1672, duke of York’s Regt. of Horse 1678 – 79; col. regt of ft. 1673 – 74, regt. of horse 1685 – 88.
FRS 1663.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Drayton, Northants.
Likenesses
oil on canvas, by unknown artist, The 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards Heritage Trust.
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Lords 1660-1715
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LIVINGSTON, James (c. 1688-1723)
Family and Education
b. c. 1688, o. s. of Alexander Livingston, 3rd earl of Callendar [S] (2nd s. of George Livingston, 3rd earl of Linlithgow [S]), and Anne, da. of James Graham, 2nd mq. of Montrose [S]. educ. travelled in Holland 1706. Bodl. Carte 180, ff. 212–20. m. c. May 1707 (contr. 26 July–7 Sept. 1707), Margaret, da. of John Hay, 12th earl of Erroll [S], 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d. 25 Apr. 1723.
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Hereditary sheriff, Stirling.
Capt. and constable, Blackness Castle Aug. 1712-c.1715.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Callendar, Stirling.
Likenesses
oil on canvas, circle of Alexis Simon-Belle, National Trust for Scotland, Gladstone’s Land, Edinburgh; oil on canvas by unknown painter from original at Woodstock House, Oxon.
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Lords 1660-1715
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BERTIE, Robert (c. 1630-1701)
Family and Education
b. c. 1630 1st s. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey, and 1st w. Martha Cockayne; bro. of Peregrine‡, Richard‡ and Charles Bertie‡; half-bro. James Bertie, earl of Abingdon. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1647-52. HMC Ancaster, 413-28; J. Stoye, English Travellers Abroad 1604-1667, (2nd edn.), 64, 292. m. (1) Dec. 1654, Mary (d. aft. 1655), 2nd da. and coh. of John Massingberd of London, 1da.; (2) 1659, Elizabeth (d.1669), da. Philip Wharton, 4th Bar. Wharton, 5s.; Sawpit Wharton, 149. (3) c.1670, Elizabeth (d.1719), da. of Thomas Pope, 2nd earl of Downe [I], wid. of Sir Francis Henry Lee, bt. 1s. 1da. Verney ms mic. M636/23, note of a deed relating to Lady Lindsey’s jointure, 10 June 1670. d. 8 May 1701; will 8 Feb. 1688, pr. 13 Feb. 1702. TNA, PROB 11/463.
Offices Held
Ld. gt. chamberlain 1666 – d.; PC 1666 – 79, 1682 – 85, 1685 – d.; gent. of the bedchamber 1674 – 85.
Ld. lt. Lincs. 1666 – 1700; warden of Waltham forest 1666?-d.?;
Capt. Earl of Lindsey’s Horse 1666 – 67.
FRS 1666.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Grimsthorpe, Lincs. and Lindsey House, Chelsea, Mdx.Verney ms mic. M636/33, P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 16 Oct. 1679; TNA, C9/445/68.;
BARTIE
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