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DUCHESS OF (1648–1702) , daughter of See also:Walter See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, or See also:Stuart, a physician in the See also:household of See also:Queen Henrietta Maria when in See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile after 1649, was See also:born in 1648 and was brought up in See also:France. Notwithstanding the See also:desire of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. to keep her at his See also:court, she was sent to See also:England by Henrietta Maria in '683, when she was appointed maid of See also:honour to See also:Catherine of See also:Braganza, Queen of See also:Charles II. See also:Pepys describes her at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time as the greatest beauty he had ever seen, and Henrietta Maria called her the prettiest girl in the See also:world. Charles II., who is said to have first seen " La belle Stewart " in the apartments of his See also:mistress See also:Lady See also:Castlemaine (afterwards duchess of See also:Cleveland), quickly became enamoured of her; but for some
time See also:Miss Stewart resisted 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 importunities, though her behaviour was far from modest and " she had no aversion to See also:scandal." She had numerous suitors, including the See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham and See also:Francis See also:Digby, son of the See also:earl of See also:Bristol, whose unrequited love for her was celebrated by. See also:Dryden. Her beauty appeared to her contemporaries to be only equalled by her childish silliness; but her letters to her See also:husband, preserved in the See also:British Museum, are not devoid of See also:good sense and feeling. The king's infatuation was so See also:great that when the queen's See also:life was despaired of in 1663, it was reported that he intended to marry Miss Stewart, and • four years later he was considering the possibility of obtaining a See also:divorce to enable him to make her his wife. This was at ,a time when Charles feared he was in danger of losing her as his mistress, her See also:hand being sought in See also:marriage by Charles Stuart, duke of See also:Richmond and See also:Lennox. The duchess of Cleveland, who was losing her hold on the king's affections, is reported by See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton to have led the king to Miss Stewart's apartment at midnight when Richmond was closeted with her, and the duke was immediately expelled from court. In See also:March 1667 the lady eloped from See also:Whitehall with Richmond and married him secretly in the See also:country. The king, who was greatly enraged, suspected See also:Clarendon of being privy to the marriage, and, according to See also:Burnet, deprived him of See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office for this offence. The duchess of Richmond, however, soon returned to court, where she remained for many • years; and. although she was disfigured by small-pox in 1668, she retained her hold on the king's affections. Her husband was sent as See also:ambassador to See also:Denmark, where he died in 1672. The duchess was See also:present at the See also:birth of the See also:prince of See also:Wales, son of 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 II., in 1688, being one of those who signed the certificate before the See also:council. She died in 1702, leaving a valuable See also:property to her See also:nephew the earl of See also:Blantyre, whose seat was named Lennoxlove after her.
End of Article: DUCHESS OF (1648–1702)
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