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BERKELEY, George (c. 1627-98)

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b. c. 1627, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Berkeley†, 8th Bar. Berkeley and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudbury, Suff. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1640. m. 11 Aug. 1646, Elizabeth (d.1708), da. and coh. of John Masingberd (Massingberd) of London, merchant, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.). KB 1661. Glos. Archives, MF 1161, Berkeley Castle mss, select letters vol. 2, 91. d. 14 Oct. 1698; will 20 Sept. 1698, pr. 19 Dec. 1698. TNA, PROB 11/448.
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PC 1678 – 79, 1685 – 89.

Custos rot. Glos. 1660 – 89, Surr. 1675 – 89, 1689 – d.; kpr. Nonsuch palace 1660–?d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 359; Morgan Lib. Rulers of England box 9, no. 30. freeman, Gloucester 1674. Gloucester Freemen, (Glos. Rec. Ser. iv), 30.

Mbr. cttee. E.I. Co. 1660 – d.; FRS 1663; mbr. Royal African Co. 1663 – 88, asst. 1674 – 76, 1679 – 81, 1684 – 86; gov. Levant Co. 1673 – 96; mbr. Soc. of Merchant Adventurers 1674; Glos. Archives, MF 1315, Berkeley Castle mss, select chs. 876. elder bro. Trinity House 1680 – d., master 1680–1; Evelyn Diary, iv. 248; Earl of Berkeley’s Speech to the Corporation of Trinity House (1681). stockholder, Hudson’s Bay Co. 1680 – 85; asst. Skinners’ Co. 1685–?d.; gov. Charterhouse 1687–?d. CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 345; Glos. RO, MF 1315, Berkeley Castle mss, select chs. 882.

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BERKELEY, George (c. 1627-98)
Associated with: Berkeley Castle, Glos.; St John Jerusalem, Clerkenwell;W.J. Pinks, Hist. Clerkenwell, 280.; Berkeley House, Westminster;Pepys Diary, vi. 39.; Cranford, Mdx. and Durdens, Surr.Evelyn Diary, iii. 15n.;
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line engraving by David Loggan, NPG D21578.

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Eagles, Robin
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OSBORNE, Peregrine (1659-1729)

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bap. 29 Dec. 1659, Browning, Danby, i. 22. 3rd but o. surv. s. Thomas Osborne, later earl of Danby, marquess of Carmarthen and duke of Leeds and Bridget, da. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey; bro. of Edward Osborne‡, styled Viscount Latimer. educ. travelled abroad France Mar.-Nov. 1671; Browning, Danby, i. 68; HMC 6th Rep. 368. privately, tutor in 1676 Mr Melovera. Eg. 3338, ff. 92-93. m. 25 Apr. 1682, Bridget (1662-1734), da. and h. of Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd bt. of Aldbury, Herts. 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. 1s. illegit. d. 25 June 1729.
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Capt. Louis Dufort de Duras, earl of Feversham’s ft. 1685; HP Commons 1660–90, iii. 184. col. dragoons July 1690; Dalton, English Army Lists 1661–1714, iii. 135. 1 marines 1690–98; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 155; iv. 435; Dalton, iii. 8. capt. RN 1690, rear-adm. red July 1693; rear-adm. blue Oct. 1693; rear-adm. red Jan. 1697; v.-adm. blue Mar. 1702; v.-adm. white May 1702; v.-adm. red Feb. 1703; adm. red Dec. 1708.

Col. of militia ft., E and W. Riding by 1696–?1714. HP, Commons 1660–90, iii. 184.

Freeman, Goldsmiths Co. 1674; Marvell ed. Margoliouth, ii. 315–16; Guildhall Studies, ii. 16. Portsmouth 1677; East, Portsmouth Recs. 362. Poole 1679; Poole archives, B17. York 1689; J. Malden, Reg. of York Freemen 1680 to 1986, p. 361. steward, keeper and warden of Sherwood Forest and Folewood Park, Notts. 1689–99; CTB, xvii. 955. master Fishermen’s Co. by 1699. LJ xvi. 437.

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OSBORNE, Peregrine, Visct. Osborne of Dunblane [S] (1659-1729), of Albury, Herts.
Associated with: Aldbury, Herts.
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oil on canvas, attrib. M. Dahl, sold at Christies, 7 July 2010.

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Handley, Stuart
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BELASYSE, Henry (1666-91)

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bap. 6 Aug. 1666, o.s. of Sir Henry Belasyse‡, KB of Worlaby, Lincs. and Susan, da. and coh. of Sir William Armyne‡, 2nd bt. of Osgodby, Lincs. educ. travelled abroad (tutor, Sir John Lethcott). TNA, PROB 11/401. m. c.1689, Anne, da. of Francis Brudenell, styled. Bar. Brudenell, s.p. d. c. 21 Aug. 1691; Add. 61456, ff. 10-11. will 11 May 1691, pr. 13 Sept. 1691. PROB 11/405.
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BELASYSE, Henry (1666-91)
Associated with: Worlaby Hall, Worlaby, Lincs.
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Littleton, Charles
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BELASYSE, John (1615-89)

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b. 24 June 1615, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Belasyse†, 2nd bt. (later Visct. Fauconberg) of Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, Yorks. (N. Riding) and Barbara (d. 18 Mar. 1619), da. of Sir Henry Cholmley‡, of Whitby, Yorks. (N. Riding); bro. of Hon. Henry Belasyse‡. educ. Camb.? admitted c.1627?; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 376. ‘Acad. of Signior Arnolfen’, Paris, France, c.1633-5; Ibid. 377. G. Inn, admitted 16 March 1641. m. (1) by 11 Feb. 1637, Jane (d. bef. 12 Dec. 1657), da. of Sir Robert Boteler, of Watton Woodhall, Herts., 3s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) c. July 1659, Anne (d.1662), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Crane of Chilton, Suff., wid. of Sir William Armyne‡, 2nd bt. s.p; (3) by 18 June 1666, Pepys Diary, vii. 171. Anne (d.1694), da. John Paulet, 5th mq. of Winchester, 2s. d.v.p., 9da. (5 d.v.p.). d. 10 Sept. 1689; will 22 Apr. – 1 May 1689, pr. 7 May 1690. TNA, PROB 11/401.
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Capt. gent. pens. 1667–72; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 61; 1667–8, p. 136; 1671–2, p. 190; Add. 70081, newsletter of 16 Mar. 1672. PC 17 July 1686–?; TNA, PC 2/71, p. 300; HMC Hastings, ii. 202. first ld., of the treasury 4 Jan. 1687–30 Nov. 1688; CSP Dom. 1686–7, pp. 330, 345; HMC Hastings, ii. 202; CTB, 1685–9, p. 1141. chan. (in common), duchy of Lancaster 1687–8. CSP Dom. 1686–7, pp. 386, 389; HMC Hastings, ii. 202.

Commr. array, Yorks., Lincs. 1642, sewers, Lincs. and Newark hundred 1660, 1664, Yorks. (E. Riding), 1664, 1666, Hull 1667; TNA, C181/7, pp. 75, 239, 256, 259, 406, 420. corporations, Hull 1662; J. Tickell, Hist. of Kingston-upon-Hull, 525; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1, 275. ld. lt. Yorks. (E. Riding), 1660 – 73; high steward, Hull 1670–3. CSP Dom. 1670, pp. 388, 588; 1673, p. 480.

Capt., coy of horse 1642 – ?; col., regt. of ft. (roy.) 1642 – 44; gov., York and lt. gen., Yorks. Jan. – Apr. 1644, Newark 1646; capt. gen., King’s Lifeguard of Horse, Sept. 1645-May 1646; Newman, Royalist Officers, 21–22; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 387–8; The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, ed. C.H. Firth, 89. gov., Newark and lt. gen., Notts., Lincs. and Rutland Oct. 1645-May 1646; Clarendon, Rebellion, iv. 214; LJ, vi. 310. col., regt. of ft. July – Oct. 1660, Jan.-May 1673; Firth and Davies, Regimental History of Cromwell’s Army, 416–17; Dalton, Army Lists, i. 134; CTB, 1660–7, p. 67; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 287. gov., Hull 16 Aug. 1660–73; CSP Dom. 1660, p. 429; 1673, p. 194; Dalton, i. 13. gen., capt. gen. and c.-in-c., Tangiers 1665–7. CSP Dom. Addenda, 1660–85, pp. 119, 128–30, 268.

Parlimentarian
BELASYSE, John (1615-89)
Associated with: Worlaby Hall, Worlaby, Lincs.;CSP Dom. 1637-8, pp. 158, 184; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 394-5.; Lincoln’ Inn Fields, Westminster (by 1665);Pepys Diary, vi. 9.; Bloomsbury Square, Westminster (from 1668);Ibid. ix. 202.; St James’ Square, Westminster;Survey of London, xxix. 369; xxx. 546.; Whitton, Mdx.VCH Mdx. iii. 95-96; HMC 7th Rep. 373; Add. 40860, f. 35.;
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oil on canvas by Gilbert Jackson, 1636, NPG 5948; line engraving by Robert White, aft. Sir Anthony van Dyck, late 17th century, NPG D29422; miniature by Samuel Cooper, Victoria and Albert Museum.

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HAMILTON, George (1666-1737)

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bap. 9 Feb. 1666, 5th but 4th surv. s. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas) (d.1694), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S], and Anne (d.1716), da. of James Hamilton, duke of Hamilton [S], and suo jure duchess of Hamilton [S]; bro. James Hamilton, 4th duke of Hamilton [S] Charles Douglas, 2nd earl of Selkirk [S], and Ld. Archibald Hamilton‡. m. 25 Nov. 1695, Elizabeth (d.1733), da. of Sir Edward Villiers of Richmond, Surr. and sis. Edward Villiers, earl of Jersey, 3da. (1 d.v.p.). KT 7 Feb. 1704. d. 29 Jan. 1737; will 29 June 1733 – 23 Jan. 1737, pr. 5 Mar. 1737. TNA, PROB 11/682.
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PC 1 Mar. 1711 – 1 Aug. 1714; gent. of bedchamber 1714–16 (extra), 1716–27.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1687; Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 230. ld. lt, Lanark 1711 – d.

Capt., R. Scots (later 1st Ft.) by 1671; lt. col., Inniskilling Ft. (later 27th Ft.) June 1689-by July 1690; col., Inniskilling Ft. by July 1690 – Jan. 1692, R. Fusiliers (later 7th Ft.) Jan. – Aug. 1692, R. Scots Aug. 1692 – d.; brig.-gen. 1695, maj.-gen. 1702, lt.-gen. 1704, gen. of ft. 1711, gov. and capt. coy. of ft., Edinburgh castle 1714 – d.; field marshal 1736. Douglas, Scots Peerage, vi. 578–9.

Gov.-gen. Virginia 1697 – d.

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HAMILTON, George (1666-1737)
Associated with: Hamilton Palace, Lanark; Cliveden, Bucks.
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1704, Lennoxlove, Haddington, E. Lothian; oil on canvas by unknown artist, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 1017; oil on canvas by unknown artist, c.1710, National Trust, Cliveden; oil on canvas by M. Maingaud, 1724, Gov. Art Coll.

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Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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OSBORNE, Thomas (1632-1712)

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b. 20 Feb. 1632, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Osborne‡, bt. and 2nd w. Anne, da. of Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh, Lancs., wid. of William Middleton. educ. privately (French tutor); ?St Peter’s York; Add. 28051, f. 21. travelled abroad (France and Italy) 1649-50; Evelyn, Diary, iii. 21-2. Oxf. Univ. (DCL) 9 Nov. 1695. m. 1 May 1653, Lady Bridget Bertie (d.1704), da. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 8da. (5 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 9 Sept. 1647 as 2nd bt. KG 24 Mar. 1677. d. 26 July 1712; will 21 Jan. 1712, pr. 20 Apr. 1713. TNA, PROB 11/537.
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Commr. for accounts [I] 1668 – 69, trade 1668 – 72, trade and plantations 1672 – 74, Tangier 1673–9; HEHL, EL 8456. treas. of Navy (jt.) 1668 – 71, (sole) 1671 – 73; commr. for union with Scotland 1670; PC 1672 – 79, 14 Feb. 1689 – d., [S] 1674 – 79; ld. treas. 1673 – 79; ld. of admiralty 1673 – 79; ld. pres. of Council 1689 – 99; ld. high steward 1693; commr. prizes 1694–5; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 61; CSP Dom. 1695, pp. 111–12. commr. for Greenwich hosp. 1695; gov. of mine adventurers' co. 1698 – d.

Dep. lt. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1661–?; TNA, SP 29/42/62. sheriff Yorks. 1661 – 62; freeman, York 1662; ld. lt. (W. Riding) 1674 – 79, 1689 – 99, (E. Riding) 1691 – 99, (N. Riding) 1692 – 99; jt. ld. lt. Som. 1690 – 91; recorder Lichfield ?by 1685–?d.; Add. 75363, Weymouth to Halifax, 10 Jan. 1685; London Gazette, 26–29 July 1712. gov. of Kingston-upon-Hull 1689, CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 48. high steward 1691–99; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 254. high steward, Lichfield 1678 – 86, Oct. 1688 – d., York 1688; ch. justice in eyre (Trent N.) 17 Oct. 1711–?d.

Col. militia (Yorks. W. Riding), ?-1667. Chatsworth, Cork mss, misc. box 2, Burlington diary.

Gov. of royal fisheries co. by 1698. Post Boy, 26–29 Nov. 1698.

Parlimentarian
OSBORNE, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1632-1712), of Kiveton, Yorks.
Associated with: Kiveton, Yorks.; Wallingford House, Westminster;TNA, PRO 30/32/55.; St James's, Westminster;TNA, LC5/201, ff. 76-7.; Duke Street, Westminster;UNL, Pw1, 352.; Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; Wimbledon, Surr.Verney ms mic. M636/40, Lady P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 1 Sept. 1685; Bodl. Carte 79, f. 114.;
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oil on canvas, studio of Sir P. Lely, c.1680, NPG 1472; oil on canvas, by Wolfgang William Claret, 1682, Government Art Collection; oil on canvas, by Johann Kerseboom and Jan van der Vaart, 1704, NPG 5718; oil on canvas, Sir G. Kneller and studio, National Trust, Penrhyn Castle.

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RUSSELL, Wriothesley (1680-1711)

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b. 1 Nov. 1680, o. s. of William Russell‡, styled. Ld. Russell, and Lady Rachel Wriothesley. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 13 May 1696; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands) 1697–9. Post Boy, 2–5 Dec. 1699. m. 23 May 1695 (with £100,000), Add. 70144, Sir E. to A. Harley, 23 May 1695; Verney ms mic. M636/48, C. Gardiner to Sir R. Verney, 24 May 1695. Elizabeth (d.1724), o. da. and h. of John Howland, merchant of Streatham, Luttrell, Brief Relation, iii. 476. 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. KG 1702. d. 26 May 1711; will 24 Feb. 1701–13 May 1706, pr. 15 Aug. 1711. TNA, PROB 11/522.
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Extra gent. of the bedchamber 1701 – 02; high constable of England at coronation of Queen Anne 1702.

Ld. lt. Mdx., Beds. and Cambs. 1700 – d.; recorder, Bedford ?1700–d. Evening Post, 29 Nov.-1 Dec. 1711.

Freeman, Merchant Adventurers (Hamburg) Co. 1698. Add. 28079, ff. 59–60.

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RUSSELL, Wriothesley (1680-1711)
Associated with: Woburn, Beds.; Bloomsbury Sq. Westminster.E. Hatton, A New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39; Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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Mezzotint by Isaac Beckett, aft. Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1681-8, NPG D30859.

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RUSSELL, William (1616-1700)

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b. Aug. 1616, 1st s. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford, and Catharine, da. of Giles Brydges†, 3rd Bar. Chandos. educ. ?Magdalen, Oxf.; State Trials, iii. 646; Clarendon, Rebellion, iii. 155. travelled abroad (Spain) 1635-7. m. 11 July 1637 (with £12,000) Anne (1615-84), da. of Robert Carr† (Ker), earl of Somerset, 6s. (3 d.v.p.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1710), i. 98; G. Scott Thomson, Life in a Noble Household 1641-1700, p. 72; HP Commons, 1690-1715, v. 321, 332-3. KB 1626, KG 1672. d. 7 Sept. 1700; will 22 June 1700, pr. 5 May 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.
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Dep. earl marshal 1673; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 414. PC 14 Feb. 1689 – d.

Ld. lt. Devon, Som. 1642 – 43, Beds., Cambs., 1689 – d., Mdx. 1692 – d.; gov. Plymouth 1671; custos rot., Mdx. 1692 – d.

Gen. of horse (Parliament) 1642–3. Whitelocke Diary, 132.

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RUSSELL, William (1616-1700)
Associated with: Woburn Abbey, Beds.;VCH Beds. iii. 457-62.; Chenies, Bucks. and Bedford House, Strand, London.Survey of London, xxxvi. 205-7.;
Likenesses

line engraving by G. Glover, mid-17th century, NPG D28203; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1672, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1692, NPG 298; chalk on copper by E. Luttrell, 1698, NPG 1824.

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LANGDALE, Marmaduke (c. 1657-1718)

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b. c. 1657 1st and o. surv. s. Marmaduke Langdale, (later 2nd Bar. Langdale) and Elizabeth Savage, da. of Thomas Savage of Beeston Castle, Cheshire. educ. unknown. m. 1676 Frances Draycott, da. of Richard Draycott of Paynesley, Staffs., 1s. 2da. Add. 40135, ff. 10, 16, 25; Hull Hist. Cent. DDHA/16/11-12. d. 12 Dec. 1718; will 4 Dec. 1718, pr. 3 Aug. 1723. Borthwick, Marmaduke, Lord Langdale, York, 3 Aug. 1723.
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Dep. lt., Yorks. (E. Riding) 1688. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 172.

Parlimentarian
LANGDALE, Marmaduke (c. 1657-1718)
Associated with: Holme Hall, Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorks. (E. Riding).
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Littleton, Charles
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