See also:EDWARD See also:SOMERSET
, 2nd See also:marquess of See also:Worcester (1601–1667), is better known by the See also:title of See also:earl of Glamorgan, this earldom having been conferred upon him, although somewhat irregularly, by See also:Charles I. in 1644
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He became very prominent in 1644 and 1645 in connexion with Charles's See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme for obtaining military help from See also:Ireland and abroad, and in 1645 he signed at See also:Kilkenny, on behalf of Charles, a treaty with the Irish See also:Roman Catholics; but the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king was obliged by the opposition of See also:Ormonde and the Irish See also:loyalists to repudiate his See also:action
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Under the See also:Common-See also:wealth he was formally banished from See also:England and his estates were seized
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At the Restoration his estates were restored, and he claimed the dukedom of See also:Somerset promised to him by Charles I., but he did not obtain this, nor was his earldom of Glamorgan recognized
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He was greatly interested in See also:mechanical experiments, and his name is intimately connected with the See also:early See also:history of the See also:steam-See also:engine (q.v.)
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His See also:Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at See also:present I can See also:call to mind to have tried and perfected (1663) has often been reprinted
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He died on the 3rd of See also:April 1667
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See See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Dircks, See also:Life, Times and Scientific Labours of the 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1865); See also:Sir J
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T
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See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert, History of the Irish See also:Confederation and the See also:War in Ireland (See also:Dublin, 1882–1891)
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His only son HENRY (1629—1700), the 3rd marquess, abandoned the Roman See also:Catholic See also:religion and was a member of one of See also:Cromwell's parliaments
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But he was quietly loyal to Charles II., who in 1682 created him See also:duke of See also:Beaufort
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As the defender of See also:Bristol, the duke took a considerable See also:part in checking the progress of the duke of See also:Monmouth in 1685, but in 1688 he surrendered the See also:city to See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Orange
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He inherited See also:Badminton, still the See also:residence of the See also:dukes of Beaufort, and died there on the 21st of See also:January 1700
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The Worcester title was henceforth merged in that of Beaufort (q.v.)
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Henry, the 7th duke (1792–1853), was one of the greatest sportsmen of his See also:day, and the Badminton See also:hunt owed much to him and his successors, the 8th duke (1824–1899) and 9th duke (b
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1847)
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