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See also:HOLDERNESSE, See also:EARL OF , an See also:English See also:title See also:borne by See also:Sir See also:John See also:Ramsay and later by the See also:family of See also:Darcy. John Ramsay (c. 158o-1626), a member of the Scottish family of Ramsay of See also:Dalhousie, was knighted for his See also:share in rescuing 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 VI. from the hands of John See also:Ruthven, earl of See also:Gowrie, in See also:August 1600. In 16o6 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 created him See also:Viscount See also:Haddington and See also:Lord Ramsay of Barns, and in 1621 made him an English peer as earl of Holdernesse. Ramsay died without surviving issue in See also:February 1626, when his titles became See also:extinct. In 1644 See also:Charles I. created his See also:nephew, See also:Prince See also:Rupert, earl of Holdernesse, but when the prince died unmarried in See also:November 1682 the earldom again became extinct. Conyers Darcy (1599–1689), who was made earl of Holdernesse in 1682 only a few days after the See also:death of Rupert, was the son and See also:heir of Conyers Darcy, Lord Darcy and Conyers (c. 1571–1654), and succeeded his See also:father in these baronies in See also:March 1654. He was succeeded as 2nd earl by his only son Conyers (c. 162o—,692), who was member of See also:parliament for See also:Yorkshire during the reign of Charles II. In his turn he was succeeded by his See also:grandson See also:Robert (1681–1722). Robert's only son, Robert Darcy, 4th earl_ of Holdernesse (1718–1778), was a diplomatist and a politician. From 1744 to 1746 he was See also:ambassador at See also:Venice and from 1749 to 1751 he represented his See also:country at the See also:Hague. In 1751 he became one of the secretaries of See also:state, and he remained in 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 until March 1761, when he was dismissed by See also:George III. From 1771 to 1776 he acted as See also:governor to two of the king's sons, a " See also:solemn phantom " as See also:Horace See also:Walpole calls him. He See also:left no sons, and all his titles became extinct except the See also:barony of Conyers, which had been created by See also:writ in 1509 in favour of his ancestor Sir 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 Conyers (d. 1525). This descended to his only daughter Amelia (1754-1784), the wife of See also:Francis See also:Osborne, afterwards 5th See also:duke of See also:Leeds, and when the 7th duke of Leeds died in 1859 it passed to his nephew, See also:Sackville George See also:Lane-See also:Fox (1827–1888), falling into See also:abeyance on his death. See also:Hornby See also:castle in Yorkshire, now the See also:principal seat of the See also:dukes of Leeds, came to them through See also:marriage of the 5th duke with the heiress of the families of Conyers and of Darcy.
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