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HASTINGS, Theophilus (1696-1746)

Family and Education
b. 12 Nov. 1696, 2nd surv. s. Theophilus Hastings, 7th earl of Huntingdon, being 1st s. with his 2nd w. Frances (d.1723), da. of Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage Grange, Salop; half-bro. George Hastings, 8th earl of Huntingdon. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 10 Oct. 1712. m. 3 June 1728, Selina (1707-91), da. and coh. of Washington Shirley* [1618], 2nd Earl Ferrers, 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 13 Oct. 1746; admon. 4 Nov. 1746 to wid. TNA, PROB 6/122, f. 238v.
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Gov. Foundling Hospital 1739–d. History of the Foundling Hospital, 345; HMC Hastings, iii. 22–23.

Associated with: Donington Park, Leics.;HMC Hastings, iii. 38, 44. ; Chelsea Farm, Chelsea;Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 91.; The Grove, Enfield Chase, Mdx. (from 1731);HMC Hastings, iii. 19, 43, 61, 64.; no. 2 Savile Row, Westminster (1735–40);Survey of London, xxxii. 566-72; Nicholas and Wray, History of the Foundling Hospital, 345.; no. 12 Downing St., Westminster (from 1744).Survey of London, xiv. 154-9; HMC Hastings, iii. 41-42.;
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mezzotint by John Faber, aft. Sir G. Kneller, 1733, NPG D30852.

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ARUNDELL, John (1678-1706)

Family and Education
b. 25 Feb. 1678, s. and h. John Arundell 2nd Bar. Arundell of Trerice, and Margaret Acland. educ. unknown. m. Jane (d.1744), 6th da. of William Beaw, bishop of Llandaff, and Frances Bowsie, at least 2s. d. 24 Sept. 1706; will 13 July 1706, pr. 3 Dec. 1706. TNA, PROB 11/490.
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Dep. lt. Cornw. bef. 1702–d. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 391.

Associated with: Trerice, Cornw.
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HASTINGS, Theophilus (1650-1701)

Family and Education
b. 10 Dec. 1650, 4th but o. surv. s. of Ferdinando Hastings, 6th earl of Huntingdon and Lucy (1613-79), da. of Sir John Davies of Englefield, Berks; educ. private (tutors, Jean Gailhard 1657-60, John Davys 1660-66, Howard Beecher 1666-?71). m. (1) 19 Feb. 1672 (with £4,000) Elizabeth (1654-88), da. of Sir John Lewis, bt. of Ledstone, Yorks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 6da. (5 d.v.p.), HEHL, HAG, Box 1 (32); Bodl. Carte 78, ff. 201, 412, 415-16. (2) 8 May 1690 Frances (d.1723), da. of Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage Grange, Salop., wid. of Thomas Needham, 6th Visct. Kilmorey [I], 2s., 5da. (1 d.v.p.). Henry Nugent Bell, The Huntingdon Peerage, 140-1. d. 30 May 1701; will 18 Apr. 1698 – 13 Mar. 1700, pr. 19 June 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.
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Capt., gent. pens. 1682–9; CSP Dom. 1684–5, pp. 47, 74; CSP Dom. 1685, pp. 35, 40. PC 28 Feb. 1683 – 24 Dec. 1688; commr. claims at coronation of James II 1685, HEHL, HAG, Box 1 (32). ecclesiastical causes 1687–8; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 338; HEHL, HAG, Box 1 (32); HA Religious [hereafter HAR], Box 2 (5); HA Parliament [hereafter HAP], Box 4 (9); HMC Hastings, iv. 354–5. c.j. in eyre, south of Trent 1686–9; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 421; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 315. groom of stole to Prince George of Denmark, later duke of Cumberland, 1687–9. Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 42, f. 326; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 425.

Custos rot., Leics. 1675 – 80, 1681 – 89; recorder, Leicester 1684–9; Recs of the Borough of Leicester, iv. 563, 571, 597; CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 263. steward, honour of Leicester 1685–9; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office-holders, 179. ld. lt., Leics. 1687 – 89, Derbys. 1687–9. CSP Dom. 1687–9, pp. 47, 111.

Col., regt. of ft. (later 13th Regt) 1685–9. CSP Dom. 1685, p. 215.

Associated with: Donington Park, Leics. (to 1677); Gerard Street, Westminster (from 1677).HEHL, HA Genealogy [hereafter HAG], Box 1 (32); HLQ, xv. 386-8, 391; HMC Hastings, ii. 181-6.;
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mezzotint by Robert Williams, aft Sir Godfrey Kneller, c.1687, NPG D30851.

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ARUNDELL, John (1649-98)

Family and Education
bap. 1 Sept. 1649, o. surv. s. and h. Richard Arundell, Bar. Arundell of Trerice, and Gertrude, da. of Sir James Bagge of Saltram, and widow of Sir Nicholas Slanning (d. 1643); half-bro. of Sir Nicholas Slanning bt. educ. Wadham, Oxf. matric. 13 June 1667. m. (1) lic. 10 May 1675 (with £8,000), Margaret (d.1691), da. of Sir John Acland, 3rd bt. of Killerton, Devon, sis. and h. of Sir Arthur Acland, 4th bt., 1s. 1da.; (2) 14 Feb. 1693, Barbara (d.1722), da. of Sir Thomas Slingsby2nd bt. of Scriven, Yorks., wid. of Sir Richard Mauleverer, 4th bt. of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorks., 1s. d. 1698, bef. 21 June 1698; will 1 Dec. 1695, pr. 27 June 1698. Cornw. RO, X1005/1/1; TNA, PROB 11/446.
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Ensign, Pendennis Castle 1666 – 81, capt. lt. and dep. gov. 1681 – 87, gov. 1689 – d.; lt. col. militia ft. Cornw. by 1679; capt. earl of Bath’s Regt. (later 10th Ft.) 1686 – Apr. 1688.

Commr. assessment, Cornw. 1667 – 80, recusants, Cornw. 1675; alderman, Tregony and Truro 1685 – 87; freeman, Bodmin, Liskeard, Mitchell and Penryn 1685 – Sept. 1688.

Associated with: Trerice, Cornw.; St James’, Westminster.
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CAREY, William Ferdinand (1684-1765)

Family and Education
bap. 14 Jan. 1684, o.s. of William Carey (d. 7 Nov. 1683), capt. Army of the States General, and Gertrude (d.1688), da. of Cornelius van Oudtshoorn, heer van Oudtshoorn-Gnephoek, chief burgomaster of Amsterdam. educ. unknown. m. 11 Jan. 1718, Grace (d. 9 May 1729), da. of Sir Edward Waldo, of Pinner, Mdx., wid. of Sir Nicholas Wolstenholme (d.1717), 4th bt., of Forty Hall, Mdx. s.p. d. 12 June 1765; will 23 Apr. 1763, pr. 15 Aug. 1765. TNA, PROB 11/911.
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Associated with: St. James’ Square, Westminster (by 1716);HMC Cowper, iii. 116.; Cannons Farm, Pinner, Mdx. (from 1718);VCH Mdx. iv. 179-80.; Alphen (from c.1748).
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ARUNDELL, Richard (c. 1616-87)

Family and Education
b. c. 1616, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Arundell of Trerice (d. 1654) and Mary, da. of George Cary of Clovelly, Devon; bro. of John Arundell and Nicholas Arundell, bro.-in-law of John Trevanion, stepfa. of Sir Nicholas Slanning, 1st bt. educ. L. Inn 16 Nov. 1633, called 18 Nov. 1640. m. c. 1645, Gertrude (d. 1691) wid. of Sir Nicholas Slanning of Marystow, Devon, da. of Sir James Bagge of Saltram, Devon, and Grace Fortescue, 2s. (1 d.v.p.). d. Sept. 1687; Bodl. Carte 228, f. 209. admon. Anthony Trethewy, June 1688, Aug. 1692. TNA, PROB 6/64, f. 83r.
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Master of horse to the queen mother by 1665–9. CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 423.

Lt. col. of ft. (royalist) by 1646; col. of militia ft. Dec. 1660 – d.

Gov. Pendennis Castle Sept. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment 1661 – 65; dep. lt. Cornw. 1662 – d.; commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1665; stannator of Tywarnwhaile 1663; freeman, Plymouth 1684, Liskeard, Bodmin, Mitchell and Penryn 1685.

Associated with: Walkhampton, Devon; Trerice, Cornw.
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CAREY, Robert (c. 1645-1702)

Family and Education
b. c. 1645, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Col. Ernestus Carey (d.1680) of Great Shelford, Cambs. and 1st w. St. John (d.1649), da of Thomas Salveyn of Croxdale, co. Dur. educ. unknown (apprenticeship?). unm. d. 11 Sept. 1702.
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Capt., coy of foot ?-1692. Boyer, Anne Hist. App. ‘Annual List of the Most Eminent Persons who died’, 34; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 537.

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HOWARD, Thomas (1627-77)

Family and Education
b. 9 Mar. 1627, 1st s. of Henry Frederick Howard, styled. Lord Mautravers, (later 22nd or 15th earl of Arundel, and Surrey) and Elizabeth, da. of Esme Stuart, 3rd duke of Lennox [S]; bro. Henry Howard, later 6th duke of Norfolk. educ. Utrecht. unm. d. Dec. 1677.
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Associated with: Padua, Italy.
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BENNET, Henry (1618-85)

Family and Education
bap. 6 Sept. 1618, 2nd s. of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Harlington, Mdx. and Dorothy, da. of Sir John Crofts of Little Saxham, Suff.; bro. John Bennet, Bar. Ossulston. educ. Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. 1635, BA 1639, MA 1642, DCL 1663; Camb. LLD. m. 16 or 17 Apr. 1666 (with at least £10,000), Bodl. Carte 34, f. 673; Carte 222, f. 81. Isabella (d.1718), da. of Lodewyck (Ludwig) van Nassau, Bar. of Leck and Beverwaert, 1da. Kntd. Mar. 1657; Shaw, Knights, ii. 225. KG 15 June 1672. d. 28 July 1685; will 25 July 1685, pr. 6 Nov. 1685. TNA, PROB 11/381.
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Sec. to James, duke of York, 1648 – 57; gent. of the privy chamber 1656 – 61; kpr. of the privy purse 1661 – 62; PC 15 Oct. 1662 – d.; sec. of state (South) 1662 – 74; comptroller of prizes 1664 – 67; postmaster gen. (jt.) 1665–6 (sole) 1667–77; V. Barbour, Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington Secretary of State to Charles II, 101; CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 5. commr. trade 1668–72; Bodl. Carte 72, f. 615. Admiralty commr. 9 July 1673 – 14 May 1679; commr. Tangier 1673, 1680–4; Williamson Letters (Cam. Soc. n.s. viii. ix) i. 149. ld. chamberlain 1674 – d.; ld. steward to Queen Catharine of Braganza 1680 – d.

Resident amb. Madrid 1657 – 61; amb. extraordinary France and Low Countries June – July 1672; special amb. (jt.) Low Countries 10 Nov. 1674 – 7 Jan. 1675.

Commr. assessment, Mdx. 1661 – 65, Westminster 1663 – 65, loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; freeman, Portsmouth 1665; gov. Charterhouse 1667; steward, Norwich Cathedral 1668; gov. Deal castle 1668; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 593. alderman, Thetford by 1669 – d.; steward of the manor of Higham Ferrers aft. Sept. 1669; high steward, Wallingford 1670 – d.; Kingston-upon-Thames 1683 – d.; custos. rot. and ld. lt. Suff. 1681 – d.

Asst. Roy. Adventurers into Africa by 1664 – 67, 1669 – 71, Roy. Fishing Co. 1664, Roy. Africa Co. 1673; Grandmaster of freemasons, 1679–d. M.K. Schuchard, Restoring the Temple of Vision, 722, 746.

Associated with: Euston Hall, Suff. and Goring House (later Arlington House), Mdx.Bodl. Carte 72, f. 194; Old and New London, iv. 61-74; HMC Le Fleming, 65; HMC Portland, iii. 306.;
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Oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1655-70, NPG 1853; oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1676, Christ Church, Oxf and National Trust, Kedleston Hall.

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CAREY, Robert (c.1640-92)

Family and Education
b. c. 1640, o. s. of Sir Horatio Carey, of Sockburn, Yorks. and Petronilla, da. of Robert Harrington, of Durham. educ. unknown. m. c.1660 Margaret (bur. 14 Feb. 1698), da. of Sir Gervase Clifton, bt., of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts., wid. of (1) Sir John South (d. Nov. 1648) of Kelstern, Lincs. and (2) Sir William Whichcote (d. c.1657) of Dunstan, Lincs., s.p.; kt. bef. 31 Jan. 1671. CTB, iii. 775. d. bet. 29 May-6 June 1692. Herald and Genealogist ed. J.G. Nichols, iv. 32.
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Marshall, King’s Bench prison 1686–8; CSP Dom. 1686–7, pp. 138, 143, 184. commr. inquiry into recusancy fines, City of London 1687–8; CTB, viii. 1695, 1803; Morrice, Ent’ring Bk. iv. 210–11. dep.-lt. Essex 18 June-Dec. 1688. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 216.

Capt., Col. Fitzgerald’s Rgt. of Ft. 1672–7; CSP Dom. 1671–2, pp. 492, 558; 1672, pp. 85, 181; 1677–8, pp. 19, 74. lt.-col., ‘Holland’ Rgt. of Ft. 1685 – 88; col. 12th Rgt. of Ft., 30 Nov. – 11 Dec. 1688.

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