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See also: English title See also: borne by the families of See also: Fitzwilliam and Wriothesley
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In 1537 See also: Sir See also: William Fitzwilliam (c
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1490-1542),
See also: lord high See also: admiral of See also: England, was created See also: earl of Southampton
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A son of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, near Rotherham, Fitzwilliam was a companion in boyhood of See also: Henry VIII., and was knighted for his services at the siege of
See also: Tournai in 1513
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Later he was treasurer of See also: Cardinal See also: Wolsey's See also: household, and was sent several times to See also: France on See also: diplomatic business
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As See also: vice-admiral he commanded a See also: fleet when England and France were at war in 1523
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He was See also: comptroller of the royal household, chancellor of the duchy of See also: Lancaster, and keeper of the privy See also: seal
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He went to See also: Calais to conduct See also: Anne of See also: Cleves to England and wrote in flattering terms to Henry about his bride
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While marching with the English army into Scotland he died at See also: Newcastle in See also: October 1542
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He See also: left no sons and his titles became See also: extinct
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In 1547 See also: Thomas Wriothesley (1505-1550) was created earl of Southampton
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Entering the service of Henry VIII. at an early age, Wriothesley soon made himself very useful to his royal master, and he was richly rewarded when the monasteries were dissolved, obtaining extensive lands between Southampton and Winchester
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Having been on errands abroad, he was made one of the See also: king's
See also: principal secretaries in 1540, and was knighted in the same See also: year; in spite of the fall of his See also: patron, Thomas See also: Cromwell, he See also: rose higher and higher in the royal favour, and in 1542 it was said that he almost governed everything in England
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He sought to bring about an See also: alliance between England and
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See also: Spain in 1 J43, and was created Baron Wriothesley of Titchfield in 1544
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Having been lord keeper of the privy seal for a few months, he became lord high chancellor in 1544, in which capacity he became notorious by his proceedings against Anne See also: Askew
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He was one of the executors of Henry's will, and in accordance with the dead king's wishes he was created earl of Southampton in See also: February 1 547
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However, he had committed an offence in appointing four persons to relieve him of his duties as lord chancellor and See also: advantage was taken of this to deprive him of his office in See also: March, when he also ceased to be a member of the privy council
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Again in the council Southampton took a leading
See also: part in bringing about the fall of See also: Somerset, but he had not regained his former position when he died on the 3oth of See also: July 155o
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His successor was his son, Henry (1545—1581), the 2nd earl, one of the See also: Roman Catholic nobles who conspired for the See also: release of Mary See also: Queen of Scots
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He died on the 4th of October 1581 and was succeeded by his son, Henry, the 3rd earl (see below)
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For the career of the 1st earl see Lord See also: Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors; E
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See also: Foss, See also: Judges of England; and the various See also: state papers and letters of the reign of Henry VIII
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The 3rd earl was succeeded by his son Thomas (1607—1667) as 4th earl
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When the dispute began between the king and the parliament he took the See also: side of the latter, but soon the violence of its leaders drove him into the arms of See also: Charles, one of whose most loyal advisers he remained thenceforward
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He was however very anxious for
See also: peace, and treated on behalf of the king with the representatives of the parliament in 1643, and again at See also: Uxbridge in 1645
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Having paid over £6000 to the state, Southampton was allowed to live unmolested in England during the See also: Common-See also: wealth See also: period, and on the restoration of Charles II. he was made lord high treasurer
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As treasurer he was remarkable for his freedom from any taint of corruption and for his efforts in the interests of See also: economy and See also: financial See also: order
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He died without sons on 'the 16th of May 1667, when his titles became extinct
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Much of his See also: property passed to his eldest daughter See also: Elizabeth (d
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1693), wife of
See also: Edward Noel, 1st earl of Gainsborough (1641—1689)
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The name of the earl is perpetuated in See also: London in Southampton See also: Row and Southampton Street, See also: Holborn, where his London residence stood
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After the See also: death of Lady Gainsborough the London property of the earl passed to her See also: sister See also: Rachel, wife of William, Lord See also: Russell, the patriot, and later to the See also: dukes of See also: Bedford
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In 167o the See also: mistress of Charles II., See also: Barbara, countess of See also: Castlemaine, was created duchess of See also: Cleveland and countess of Southampton
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Her son, Charles See also: Fitzroy (1662—1730), was created duke of Southampton in 1675, this title becoming extinct when his son William died in May 1774
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The See also: barony of Southampton was created in 1780 in favour of Charles Fitzroy (1737—1797), a See also: grandson of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd duke of Grafton, he being thus, like the holders of the dukedorn of Southampton, descended from Charles II. and the duchess of Cleveland
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The title is still held by his descendants
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