See also:MARQUESS AND See also:DUKE OF See also:EARL See also:EXETER
.
These See also:English titles have been See also:borne at different times by members of the families of Holand or See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, See also:Beaufort, See also:Courtenay and See also:Cecil
.
The earls of See also:Devon of the See also:family of de Redvers were sometimes called earls of See also:Exeter; but the 1st See also:duke of Exeter was See also:JOHN (c
.
1355-1400), a younger son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Holand, See also:earl of See also:Kent (d
.
136o)
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John's See also:mother, See also:Joan (d
.
1385), a descend-See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
ant of See also:Edward I., married for her third See also:husband Edward the See also:Black See also:Prince, by whom she was the mother of See also:Richard II., and her son John was thus 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's See also:half-See also:brother, a relationship to which he owed his high station at the English See also:court
.
He married See also:Elizabeth (d
.
1426), a daughter of John of Gaunt, duke of See also:Lancaster, and was constantly in Richard's See also:train until 1385, when his See also:murder of See also:Ralph See also:Stafford disturbed these friendly relations
.
John then went to See also:Spain as See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of the English See also:army under John of Gaunt; but after his return to See also:England in 1387 he was created earl of See also:Huntingdon, was made See also:admiral of the See also:fleet and See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain of England, and was again high in the king's favour
.
He was Richard's See also:chief helper in the proceedings against the lords appellant in 1397, was created duke of Exeter in See also:September of this See also:year, and went with the king to See also:Ireland in 1399
.
After the See also:accession of his brother-in-See also:law, 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 IV., Holand was tried for his See also:share in the events of 1397, and was reduced to his earlier See also:rank of earl of Huntingdon
.
He was soon plotting against Henry's See also:life, and after the projected rising in 1400 had failed he was captured and was probably beheaded at Pleshey in See also:Essex on the 16th of See also:January 14001 He was afterwards attainted and his titles and lands were forfeited
.
In 1416 THOMAS BEAUFORT, earl of See also:Dorset, was created duke of Exeter; but this dignity was only granted for his life, and consequently it expired on his See also:death in 1426
.
In 1416 JOHN (1395-1447), son of John Holand, the former duke of Exeter, was allowed to take his See also:father's earldom of Huntingdon
.
This nobleman rendered See also:great assistance to Henry V. in his See also:conquest of See also:France, fighting both on See also:sea and on See also:land
.
He was See also:marshal of England, admiral of England and See also:governor of See also:Aquitaine under Henry VI.; was one of the king's representatives at the See also:conference of See also:Arras in 1435; and in 1443 was created duke of Exeter
.
When he died on the 5th of See also:August 1447 his titles passed to his son HENRY (1430-1473), who; although married to See also:Anne (d
.
1476), daughter of Richard, duke of See also:York, fought for Henry VI. during the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses
.
After having been imprisoned by York at See also:Pontefract, he was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Towton, sailed with Henry's See also:queen, See also:Margaret of See also:Anjou, to See also:Flanders in 1463, and was wounded at See also:Barnet in 1471
.
In 1461 he had been attainted and his dukedom declared forfeited, and he died without sons, probably in 1473
.
Coming to the family of Courtenay the See also:title of See also:marquess of Exeter was borne by HENRY COURTENAY (c
.
1496-1538), earl of Devon, who was made a marquess in 1525
.
A See also:grandson of Edward IV., Courtenay was a prominent figure at the court of Henry VIII. until Thomas See also:Cromwell See also:rose to See also:power, when his high See also:birth, his great See also:wealth and his See also:independent position made him an See also:object of suspicion
.
Some slight discontent in the See also:west of England gave the occasion for his See also:arrest, and he was tried and beheaded on the 9th of See also:December 1538
.
A few days later he was declared a traitor and his titles were forfeited; although his only son, EDWARD (c
.
1526-1556), who was restored to the
' There is some difference of See also:opinion about the See also:place and manner of the earl's death, and this question has an important bearing upon the See also:privilege of trial by peers of the See also:realm
.
See L
.
W
.
See also:Vernon-See also:Harcourt, His See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers (1907).earldom of Devon in 1553 and was a suitor for the See also:hand of Queen See also:Mary, is sometimes called marquess of Exeter
.
The title of earl of Exeter was first bestowed upon the Cecils (see CECIL: Family) in 16o5 when THOMAS, and See also:Lord See also:Burghley (1542-1623), the eldest son of 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 Cecil, Lord Burghley, was made earl of Exeter by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I
.
Thomas had been a member of See also:parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who knighted him in 1575, and had fought under the earl of See also:Leicester in the See also:Netherlands
.
After his father's death in 1598 he became See also:president of the See also:Council of the See also:North and was made a See also:knight of the Garter
.
He died on the 7th or 8th of See also:February 1623
.
His See also:direct descendants continued to See also:bear the title of earl of Exeter, and in 18o1 HENRY (1754-1804), the loth earl, was advanced to the dignity of marquess of Exeter, the present marquess being his lineal descendant
.
It may be noted that the 1st marquess is See also:Tennyson's " lord of Burghley."
See G
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E
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C(okayne), See also:Complete See also:Peerage (1887-1898)
.
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