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See also:LEXINGTON, See also:BARON , a See also:title See also:borne in the See also:English See also:family of See also:Sutton from 1645 to 1723. See also:Robert Sutton (1J94-1668), son of See also: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 Sutton of Averham, See also:Nottinghamshire, was a member of See also:parliament for his native See also:county in 1625 and again in 164o. He served See also:Charles I. during the See also:Civil See also:War, making See also:great monetary sacrifices for the royal cause, and in 1645 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 Baron Lexington, this being a variant of the name of the Nottinghamshire See also:village of Laxton. His See also:estate suffered during the 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 of the See also:Commonwealth, but some See also:money was returned to him by Charles II. He died on the 13th of See also:October 1668. His only son, Robert, the 2nd baron (1661-1723), supported in the See also:House of Lords the See also:elevation of William of See also:Orange to the See also:throne, and was employed by that king at See also:court and on See also:diplomatic business. He also served as a soldier, but he is chiefly known as the See also:British See also:envoy at See also:Vienna during the conclusion of the treaty of See also:Ryswick, and at See also:Madrid during the negotiations which led to the treaty of See also:Utrecht. He died on the 19th of See also:September 1723. His letters from Vienna, selected and edited by the Hon. H. M. Sutton, were published as the Lexington Papers (1851). Lexington's See also:barony became See also:extinct on his See also:death, but his estates descended to the younger sons of his daughter See also:Bridget (d. 1734), the wife of See also:John See also:Manners, 3rd See also:duke of See also:Rutland. See also:Lord See also:George Manners, who inherited these estates in 1762, is the ancestor of the family of Manners-Sutton. An earlier member of this family is See also:Oliver Sutton, See also:bishop of See also:Lincoln from 1280 to 1299.
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