The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... earl of ( b . c . 1527 - d . July 18 , 1585 , London ) , Protestant supporter of Queen Elizabeth I of England . Only son of the 1st earl , he took his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Russell in 1552 . Russell was in sympathy with the ...
... earl of ( b . c . 1527 - d . July 18 , 1585 , London ) , Protestant supporter of Queen Elizabeth I of England . Only son of the 1st earl , he took his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Russell in 1552 . Russell was in sympathy with the ...
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... earl of ( d . before July 1614 , Naples ) , nephew of the 4th earl ; by his dissolute and proud be- haviour he caused King James VI of Scotland ( afterward James I of Great Britain ) gradually to consider him a rival and a threat to the ...
... earl of ( d . before July 1614 , Naples ) , nephew of the 4th earl ; by his dissolute and proud be- haviour he caused King James VI of Scotland ( afterward James I of Great Britain ) gradually to consider him a rival and a threat to the ...
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... EARLS OF , titled English nobility of two creations , in the families Digby and Her- vey , grouped below chronologically and indi- cated by the symbol .. • Bristol , John Digby , 1st earl of ( b . Febru- ary 1580 - d . Jan. 16 , 1653 ...
... EARLS OF , titled English nobility of two creations , in the families Digby and Her- vey , grouped below chronologically and indi- cated by the symbol .. • Bristol , John Digby , 1st earl of ( b . Febru- ary 1580 - d . Jan. 16 , 1653 ...
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John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
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