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BUCKINGHAM, See also:HENRY See also:STAFFORD, 2ND See also:DUKE OF3 (1454-1483) , was the son of See also:Humphrey Stafford, killed at the first See also:battle of St Albans in 1455, and See also:grandson of Humphrey the 1st duke (cr. 1444), killed at See also:Northampton in 146o, both fighting for See also:Lancaster. The 1st duke, who See also:bore the See also:title of See also:earl of Buckingham in right of his See also:mother, was the son of See also:Edmund, 5th earl of Stafford, and of See also:Anne, daughter of See also:Thomas, duke 2 From his See also:Common See also:place See also:Book (Quarterly Rev. vol. 187, p. 87). 2 i.e. in the Stafford See also:line; see above. of See also:Gloucester, youngest son of See also:Edward III.; Henry's mother was See also:Margaret, daughter of Edmund See also:Beaufort, 2nd duke of See also:Somerset, grandson of See also:John of Gaunt. Thus he came on both sides of the See also:blood royal, and this, coupled with the vastness of his See also:inheritance, made the See also:young duke's future of importance to Edward IV. He was recognized as duke in 1465, and next See also:year was married to See also:Catherine Woodville, the See also:queen's See also:sister. On reaching manhood he was made a See also:knight of the Garter in 1474, and in 1478 was high steward at the trial of See also:George, duke of See also:Clarence. He had not otherwise filled any position of importance, but his fidelity might seem to have been secured by his See also:marriage. However, after Edward's See also:death, Buckingham was one of the first persons worked upon by See also:Richard, duke of Gloucester.

It was through his help that Richard obtained See also:

possession of the young See also:king, and he was at once rewarded with the offices of See also:justiciar and See also:chamberlain of See also:North and See also:South See also:Wales, and See also:constable of all the royal castles in the principality and Welsh See also:Marches. In the proceedings which led to the deposition of Edward V. he took a prominent See also:part, and on the 24th of See also:June 1483 he urged the citizens at the See also:Guildhall to take Richard as king, in a speech of much eloquence, " for he was neither unlearned and of nature marvellously well spoken " (More). At Richard's See also:coronation he served as chamberlain, and immediately afterwards was made constable of See also:England and confirmed in his See also:powers in Wales. Richard might well have believed that the duke's support was secured. But See also:early in See also:August Bucking-See also:ham withdrew from the See also:court to See also:Brecon. He may have thought that he deserved an even greater See also:reward, or possibly had dreams of establishing his own claims to the See also:crown. At all events, at Brecon he See also:fell somewhat easily under the See also:influence of his prisoner, John See also:Morton (q.v.), who induced him to give his support to his See also:cousin Henry Tudor, earl of See also:Richmond. A widespread See also:plot was soon formed, but Richard had early warning, and on the 15th of See also:October, issued a See also:proclamation against Buckingham. Buckingham, as arranged, prepared to enter England with a large force of Welshmen. His advance was stopped by an extraordinary See also:flood on the See also:Severn, his See also:army melted away without striking a See also:blow, and he himself took See also:refuge with a follower, See also:Ralph See also:Bannister, at Lacon See also:Hall, near See also:Wem. The See also:man betrayed him for a large reward, and on the 1st of See also:November, Buckingham was brought to the king at See also:Salisbury. Richard refused to see him, and after a See also:summary trial had him executed next See also:day (2nd of November 1483), though it was a See also:Sunday.

Buckingham's eldest son, Edward (1478-1521), eventually succeeded him as 3rd duke, the See also:

attainder being removed in 1485; the second son, Henry, was afterwards earl of See also:Wiltshire. The 3rd duke played an important part as See also:lord high constable at the opening of the reign of Henry VIII., and is introduced into See also:Shakespeare's See also:play of that king, but he fell through his opposition to See also:Wolsey, and in 1521 was condemned for See also:treason and executed (17th of May); the title was then forfeited with his attainder, his only son Henry (1501-1563), who in his See also:father's lifetime was styled earl of Stafford, being, however, given back his estates in 1522, and in 1547 restored in blood by See also:parliament with the title of See also:Baron Stafford, which became See also:extinct in this line with See also:Roger, 5th Baron in 164o. In that year the See also:barony of Stafford was granted to See also:William See also:Howard (1614-168o), who after two months was created See also:Viscount Stafford; he was beheaded in 168o, and his son was created earl of Stafford in 1688, a title which became extinct in 1762; but in 1825 the descent to the barony of 1640 was established, to the See also:satisfaction of the See also:House of Lords, in the See also:person of See also:Sir G. W. Jerningham, in whose See also:family it then continued. The See also:chief See also:original authorities for the See also:life of the 2nd duke of Buckingham are the Continuation of the Croyland See also:Chronicle; Sir Thomas More's Richard III. ; and See also:Fabyan's Chronicle. Amongst See also:modern authorities consult J. See also:Gairdner's Richard III. ; and Sir. J. See also:Ramsay's Lancaster and See also:York.

(C. L.

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