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DURFORT , a See also:village of See also:south-western See also:France, formerly in the See also:province of See also:Guienne, now in the See also:department of See also:Tarn-et-See also:Garonne, 18 m. N.W. of See also:Montauban by road. It was at one 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 the seat of a feudal lordship which gave its name to a See also:family distinguished in See also:French and See also:English See also:history. Though earlier lords are known, the See also:pedigree of the family is only clearly traceable to See also:Arnaud de Durfort (fl. 1305), who acquired the See also:fief of Duras by his See also:marriage with a niece of See also:Pope See also:Clement V. His descendant, See also:Gaillard de Durfort, having embraced the See also:side of 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 of See also:England, went to See also:London in 1453, and was made See also:governor of See also:Calais and a See also:knight of the Garter.
The greatness of the family See also:dates, however, from the 17th See also:century. See also:Guy Aldonce (1605–1665), See also:marquis de Duras and See also:comte de Rozan, had, by his wife See also:Elizabeth de la Tour d'See also:Auvergne, See also:sister of See also:Marshal See also:Turenne, six sons, three of whom played a distinguished See also:part. The eldest, Jacques See also:Henri (1625–1704), was governor of Franche Comte in 1674 and was created a marshal of France for his See also:share in the See also:conquest of that province (1675). The second, Guy Aldonce (1630–1702), comte de Lorges and duc de Quintin (known as the duc de Lorges), became a marshal of France in 1676, commanded the See also:army in See also:Germany from 1690 to 1695, and captured See also:Heidelberg in 1693. The See also:sixth son, 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 (1640?–1709), marquis de Blanquefort, came to England in the See also:suite 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, See also:duke of See also:York, in 1663, and was naturalized in the same See also:year. On the 19th of See also:January 1672–1673 he was raised to the English See also:peerage as See also:Baron Duras of Holdenby, his See also:title being derived from an See also:estate in See also:Northamptonshire bought from the duke of York, and in 1676 he married See also:Mary, daughter and See also:elder co-heiress of See also:Sir See also:George Sondes, created in that year Baron Throwley, See also:Viscount Sondes and See also:earl of See also:Fever-sham. On the See also:death of his See also:father-in-See also:law (16th of See also:April 1677), Duras succeeded to his titles under a See also:special See also:remainder. He was appointed by See also:Charles II. successively to the command of the third and second troops of See also:Horse See also:Guards, was sent abroad on several important See also:diplomatic See also:missions, and became See also:master of the horse (1679) and See also:lord 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 to the See also:queen (1680). In 1682 he was appointed a lord of the See also:bed-chamber, and was See also:present at the king's deathbed reconciliation with the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. Under James II. Feversham became a member of the privy See also:council, and in 1685 was given the See also:chief command against the rebels under See also:Monmouth (q.v.), in which he mainly distinguished himself by his See also:cruelty to the vanquished. He was rewarded with a See also:knighthood of the Garter and the colonelcy of the first See also:troop of See also:Life Guards, and in 1686 he was appointed to the command of the army assembled by King James on See also:Black-See also:heath to overawe the See also:people. On James's See also:flight, Feversham succeeded in making his See also:peace with 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, on the intercession of the queen See also:dowager, at whose instance he received the master-See also:ship of the Royal See also:Hospital of St See also:Catherine near the See also:Tower (1698). He died without issue on the 8th of April 1709. [See G. E. C(ockayne), See also:Complete Peerage, and See also:art. in Dict. Nat. Biog.]
See also:Jean See also:Baptiste (1684–1770), duc de Duras, son of Jacques Henri, was also a marshal of France. In 1733 he resigned the dukedom of Duras to his son, See also:Emmanuel Felicite, himself receiving the See also:brevet title of duc de Durfort. Emmanuel Felicite (1715–1789), duc de Duras, took part in all the See also:wars of Louis XV. and was made a marshal of France in 1775. His See also:grandson, Amedee Bretagne Maio (1771–1838), duc de Duras, is mainly known as the See also:husband of Claire See also:Louise See also:Rose Bonne de Coetnempren de See also:Kersaint (1778–1828), daughter of Armand Guy See also:Simon de Coetnempren Kersaint (q.v.), who, as duchesse de Duras, presidedover a once celebrated See also:salon and wrote several novels once widely read.
The family of Durfort is represented in France now by the See also:branch of Durfort-Civrac, dating from the 16th century. Jean See also:Laurent (1746–1826), marquis de Civrac, married his See also:cousin, the daughter of the duc de Lorges; his son, Guy See also:Emeric See also:Anne (1767–1837), duc de Civrac, became afterwards duc de Lorges. Henri, marquis de Durfort-Civrac (1812–1884), was a well-known politician, and was several times elected See also:vice-See also:president of the chamber of deputies.
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