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See also:EDGECUMBE, or EDGECOMBE , the name of a celebrated See also:west of See also:England See also:family, taken from the See also:manor of Edgecumbe in See also:Cornwall. One of its earlier members was See also:Sir See also:Richard Edgecumbe (d. 1489), who was descended from a Richard Edgecumbe who flourished during the reign of See also:Edward I. Richard was a member of See also:parliament in 1467; afterwards he joined 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, See also:earl of See also:Richmond, in See also:Brittany, returned with the earl to England, and fought at See also:Bosworth, where he was knighted. He received See also:rich rewards from Henry, now 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 Henry VII., who also sent him on errands to See also:Scotland, to See also:Ireland and to Brittany, and he died at See also:Morlaix on the 8th of See also:September 1489. His son and successor, Sir Piers Edgecumbe, went to See also:France with Henry VIII. in 1513, and when he died on the 14th of See also:August 1539 he See also:left with other issue a son, Sir Richard Edgecumbe (1499-1562), a cultured and hospitable See also:man, who is celebrated through Richard See also:Carew's Friendly Remembrance of Sir Richard Edgecumbe. Sir Richard's eldest son, Piers or See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Edgecumbe (1536-1607), was a member of parliament under See also:Elizabeth for about See also:thirty years.
Another famous member of this family was Richard, 1st See also:baron Edgecumbe (168o-1758), a son of Sir Richard Edgecumbe. Educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, he was successively member of parliament for St Germans, Plympton and See also:Lostwithiel from 1701 to 1742; on two occasions he served as a See also:lord of the See also:treasury; and from 1724 to 1742 he was paymaster-See also:general for Ireland, becoming See also:chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster in 1743. Edgecumbe was a faithful follower of Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole, in whose interests he managed the elections for the Cornish boroughs, and his See also:elevation to the See also:peerage, which took See also:place in 1742, was designed to prevent him from giving See also:evidence about Walpole's See also:expenditure of the See also:secret service See also:money. He died on the 22nd of See also:November 1758. His son and successor, Richard, the 2nd baron (1716-1761), was See also:comptroller of the royal See also:house-hold, a member of parliament, and a See also:major-general in the See also:army. A wit, a writer of See also:verse, a gambler and an intimate friend of See also:Horace Walpole, " See also:Dick Edgecumbe " died unmarried on the loth of May 1761.
Edgecumbe's See also:brother, See also:George, 1st earl of See also:Mount Edgecumbe (1721-1795), was a See also:naval officer who saw a See also:great See also:deal of service during the Seven Years' See also:War. Succeeding to the See also:barony on the 1st baron's See also:death in 1761 he became an See also:admiral and treasurer of the royal See also:household; he was created See also:Viscount Mount-Edgecumbe in 1781 and earl of Mount-Edgecumbe in 1789. He died on the 4th of See also:February 1795, his only son being his successor, Richard, the 2nd earl (1764-1839), the ancestor of the See also:present earl and the. author of Musical Reminiscences of an Old See also:Amateur. He died on the 26th of September 1839. His son, Ernest See also:Augustus, the 3rd earl (1797-1861), wrote Extracts from See also:Journals kept during the Revolutions at See also:Rome and See also:Palermo.
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