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See also:LEICESTER, EARLS OF . The first holder of this See also:English earldom belonged to the See also:family of See also:Beaumont, although a certain
See also:Robert de Beaumont (d. 1118) is frequently but erroneously considered to have received the earldom from 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 I., about 1107; he had, however, some authority in the See also:county of Leicester and his son Robert was undoubtedly See also:earl of Leicester in 1131. The 3rd Beaumont earl, another Robert, was also steward of See also:England, a dignity which was attached to the earldom of Leicester from 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 until 1399. The earldom reverted to the See also:crown when Robert de Beaumont, the 4th earl, died in See also:January 1204.
In 1207 See also:Simon IV., See also:count of See also:Montfort (q.v.), See also:nephew and See also:heir of Earl Robert, was confirmed in the See also:possession of the earldom by 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 See also:John, but it was forfeited when his son, the famous Simon de Montfort, was attainted and was killed at See also:Evesham in See also:August 1265. Henry III.'s son See also:Edmund, earl of See also:Lancaster, was also earl of Leicester and steward of England, obtaining these offices a few months after Earl Simon's See also:death. Edmund's sons, 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 and Henry, both earls of Lancaster, and his See also:grandson Henry, See also:duke of Lancaster, in turn held the earldom, which then .passed to a son-in-See also:law of Duke Henry, 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 V., count of 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 (c. 1327–1389), and then to another and more celebrated son-in-law, John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. When in 1399 Gaunt's son became king as Henry IV. the earldom was merged in the crown.
In 1564 See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth created her favourite, See also:Lord Robert See also:Dudley, earl of Leicester. The new earl was a son of John Dudley, duke of See also:Northumberland; he See also:left no See also:children, or rather none of undoubted See also:legitimacy, and when he died in See also:September 1588 the See also:title became See also:extinct.
In 1618 the earldom of Leicester was revived in favour of Robert See also:Sidney, See also:Viscount See also:Lisle, a nephew of the See also:late earl and a See also:brother of See also:Sir See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip Sidney; it remained in this family until the death of Jocelyn (1682–1743), the 7th earl of this See also:line, in See also:July 1743. Jocelyn left no legitimate children, but a certain John Sidney claimed to be his son and consequently to be 8th earl of Leicester.
In 1744, the See also:year after Jocelyn's death, Thomas See also:Coke, See also:Baron Lovel (c. 1695–1759), was made earl of Leicester, but the title became extinct on his death in See also:April 1759. The next family to hold the earldom was that of See also:Townshend, See also:George Townshend (1755–1811) being created earl of Leicester in 1784. In 1807 George succeeded his See also:father as 2nd See also:marquess Townshend, and when his son George Ferrars Townshend, the 3rd marquess (1778–1855), died in See also:December 1855 the earldom again became extinct. Before this date, however, another earldom of Leicester was in existence. This was created in 1837 in favour of Thomas William Coke, who had inherited the estates of his relative Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester. To distinguish his earldom from that held by the Townshends Coke was ennobled as earl of Leicester of Holkham; his son Thomas William Coke (1822-1909) became 2nd earl of Leicester in 1842, and the latter's son Thomas William (b. 1848) became 3rd earl.
See G. E. C(okayne), See also:Complete See also:Peerage, vol. v. (1893).
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