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See also:KENT, EARLS AND See also:DUKES OF . The first holder of the See also:English earldom of Kent was probably See also:Odo, See also:bishop of See also:Bayeux, and the second a certain 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 de See also:Ypres (d. 1162),, both of whom were deprived of the dignity. The See also:regent See also:Hubert de See also:Burgh obtained this See also:honour in 1227, and in 1321 it was granted to See also:Edmund See also:Plantagenet, the youngest See also:brother of See also:Edward II. Edmund (1301-1330), who was See also:born at See also:Woodstock on the 5th of See also:August 1301, received many marks of favour from his brother 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, whom he steadily supported until the last See also:act in Edward's See also:life opened in 1326. He fought in See also:Scotland and then in See also:France, and was a member of the See also:council when Edward III. became king in 1327. Soon at variance with See also:Queen See also:Isabella and her See also:lover, See also:Roger See also:Mortimer, Edmund was involved in a See also:conspiracy to restore Edward II., who he was led to believe was still alive; he was arrested, and beheaded on the 19th of See also:March 1330. Although he had been condemned as a traitor his See also:elder son Edmund (c. 1327-1333) was recognized as See also:earl of Kent, the See also:title passing on his See also:death to his brother See also:John (c. 1330-1352).
After John's childless death the earldom appears to have been held by his See also:sister See also:Joan, " the See also:fair maid of Kent," and in 136o Joan's See also:husband, See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas de Holand, or See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, was summoned to See also:parliament as earl of Kent. See also:Roland, who was a soldier of some repute, died in See also:Normandy on the 28th of December136o, and his widow married Edward the See also:Black See also:Prince, by whom she was the See also:mother of See also:Richard II. The next earl was Holand's eldest son Thomas (1350-1397), who was See also:marshal of See also:England from 138o to 1385, and was in high favour with his See also:half-brother, Richard II. The 3rd earl of Kent of the Holand See also:family was his son Thomas (1374-1400). In See also:September 1397, a few months after becoming earl of Kent, Thomas was made See also:duke of See also:Surrey as a See also:reward for assisting Richard II. against the lords appellant; but he was degraded from his dukedom in 1399, and was beheaded in See also:January of the following See also:year for conspiring against 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 IV. However, his brother Edmund (1384-1408) was allowed to succeed to the earldom, which became See also:extinct on his death in See also:Brittany in September 1408.
In the same See also:century the title was revived in favour of William, a younger son of See also:Ralph See also:Neville, 1st earl of See also:Westmorland, and through his mother Joan See also:Beaufort a See also:grandson of John of Gaunt, duke of See also:Lancaster. William (c. 1405-1463), who held the See also:barony of Fauconberg in right of his wife, Joan, gained fame during the See also:wars in France and fought for the Yorkists during the Wars of the See also:Roses. His prowess is said to have been chiefly responsible for the victory of Edward IV. at See also:Towton in March 1461, and soon after this event he was created earl of Kent and See also:admiral of England. He died in January 1463, and, as his only legitimate issue were three daughters, the title of earl of Kent again became extinct. Neville's natural son Thomas, " the See also:bastard of Fauconberg" (d. 1471), was a follower of See also:Warwick, the "Kingmaker."
The See also:long connexion of the family of See also:Grey with this title began in 1465, when Edmund, See also:Lord Grey of See also:Ruthin, was created earl of Kent. Edmund (c. 1420-1489) was the eldest son of Sir John Grey, while his mother, See also:Constance, was a daughter of John Holand, duke of See also:Exeter. During the earlier See also:part of the Wars of the Roses Grey fought for Henry VI.; but by deserting the Lancastrians during the See also:battle of See also:Northampton in 146o he gave the victory to the Yorkists. He was treasurer of England and held other high offices under Edward IV. and Richard III. His son and successor, See also:George, 2nd earl of Kent (c. 1455-1503), also a soldier, married See also:Anne Woodville, a sister of Edward IV.'s queen, See also:Elizabeth, and was succeeded by his son Richard (1481-1524). After Richard's death without issue, his half-brother and See also:heir, Henry (c. 1495-1562), did not assume the title of earl of Kent on See also:account of his poverty; but in 1572 Henry's grandson Reginald (d. 1573), who had been member of parliament for See also:Weymouth, was recognized as earl; he was followed by his brother Henry (1541-1615), and then by another brother, See also:Charles (c. 1545-1623). Charles's son, Henry, the 8th earl (c. 1583-1639), married Elizabeth (1581-1651), daughter of See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Talbot, 7th earl of See also:Shrewsbury. This See also:lady, who was an authoress, took for her second husband the jurist John See also:Selden. Henry died without See also:children in See also:November 1639, when the earldom of Kent, separated from the barony of Ruthin, passed to his See also:cousin See also:Anthony (1557-1643), a clergyman, who was succeeded by his son Henry (1594-1651), Lord Grey of Ruthin. Henry had been a member of parliament from 164o to 1643, and as a supporter of the popular party was See also:speaker of the See also:House of Lords until its abolition. The 11th earl was his son Anthony (1645-1702), whose son Henry became 12th earl in August 1702, lord chamber-lain of the royal See also:household from 1704 to 1710, and in 17o6 was created earl of Harold and See also:marquess of Kent, becoming duke of Kent four years later. All his sons predeceased their See also:father, and when the duke died in See also:June 1740, his titles of earl, marquess and duke of Kent became extinct.
In 1799 Edward See also:Augustus, See also:fourth son of George III., was created duke of Kent and Strathearn by his father. Born on the 2nd of November 1767, Edward served in the See also:British See also:army in See also:North See also:America and elsewhere, becoming a See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field marshal in 18o5. To quote Sir See also:Spencer See also:Walpole, Kent, a stern disciplinarian, " was unpopular among his troops; and the See also:storm which was created by his well-intentioned effort at See also:Gibraltar to check the licentiousness and See also:drunkenness of the See also:garrison compelled him finally to retire from the governorship of this See also:colony." Owing to pecuniary difficulties his later years were mainly passed on the See also:continent of See also:Europe. He died at See also:Sidmouth on the 23rd
of January 1820. In 1818 the duke married Maria Louisa ' See also:Victoria 0786-1861), widow of Emich Charles, prince of See also:Leiningen (d. 1814), and sister of See also:Leopold I., king of the Belgians; and his only See also:child was Queen Victoria (q.v.).
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