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See also:PETERBOROUGH AND See also:MONMOUTH, See also:CHARLES MORDAUNT, See also:EARL OF (C. 1658-1735) , See also:English soldier and statesman, was See also:born about 1658. His See also:father, See also:John Mordaunt, was created See also:Viscount Mordaunt of See also:Avalon and See also:Baron Mordaunt of See also:Reigate, See also:Surrey, in 1659;1 his See also:mother was See also:Elizabeth, the daughter and See also:sole heiress of 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 See also:Carey, the second son of See also:Robert Carey, 1st earl of Monmouth? He matriculated at See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, on the nth of See also:April 1674. When about sixteen years of See also:age he joined See also:Sir John See also:Narborough's See also:fleet in the Mediterranean, and won his first distinction in arms in the destruction of the See also:dey's fleet under the very guns of See also:Tripoli. His father died on the 5th of See also:June 1675, and Charles Mordaunt succeeded to the See also:peerage as Viscount Mordaunt. On his return from the second expedition to See also:Tangier he plunged into active See also:political See also:life as a zealous Whig and an unswerving opponent of the See also:duke of See also:York. But his continued hostility to 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 II. forced him to repair to 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 in 1686, when he proposed to 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 of See also:Orange to invade See also:England. The disposition of the See also:cold and cautious William had little in See also:common with the fierce and turbulent Mordaunt. His See also:plan was rejected, though the prudent See also:prince of Orange deemed it judicious to retain his services. When William sailed to Torbay his friend accompanied him, and when the Dutch prince was safely established on the See also:throne of England honours without stint were showered upon See also:Lord Mordaunt. He was sworn of the privy See also:council on the 14th of See also:February 1689, on the 8th of April of the same See also:year appointed first lord of the See also:treasury, and a See also:day later advanced in the peerage by creation as earl of Monmouth.
In less than a year he was out of the treasury, but he still remained by the See also:person of his monarch and was with him in his dangerous passage to Holland in See also:January 1691. He was one of the eighteen peers who signed the protest against the rejection, on the 7th of See also:December 1692, of the See also:motion for the See also:appointment of a See also:committee to inquire into the conduct of the See also:war, and although William had refused his consent to a See also:bill for triennial parliaments in the previous session, Lord Monmouth did not shrink from reintroducing it in December 1693. This led to a disagreement with the See also:court, though the final See also:breach did not take See also:place until January 1697, when Monmouth was accused of complicity in Sir John See also:Fenwick's See also:conspiracy and of the use of " undutiful words " towards 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. He was committed to the See also:Tower, staying in confinement until the 3oth of See also:March 1697, and deprived of his employments. Some See also:consolation for these troubles came to him on the 19th of June of the same year, when he succeeded to the earldom of 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-See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, by the See also:death of his See also:uncle 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 Mordaunt, 2nd earl.
The four years after his See also:release from the Tower were mainly passed in retirement, but on the See also:accession of See also:Anne he plunged into political life again with avidity. His first See also:act was to draw down on himself in February 1702 the censure of the See also:House of See also:Commons for the See also:part which he took in the See also:attempt to secure the return of his nominee for the borough of See also:Malmesbury. Through the fear of the See also:ministry that his restless spirit would drive him into opposition to its See also:measures if he stayed at See also:home, he was appointed See also:early in 1705 to command an expedition of
' A See also:barony of Mordaunt by See also:writ had existed in the See also:family since 1529, and the viscount was the second son of the fifth of these barons, who in 1628 was created earl of Peterborough, the See also:elder son Henry being second earl.
2 Cr. 1626. This peerage became See also:extinct in 1661 on the death of the 2nd earl.
English and Dutch troops in See also:Spain. He was created the sole See also:commander of the See also:land forces in April 1705 and See also:joint-commander with Sir Cloudesley See also:Shovel of the fleet on the 1st of May, after he had been reinstated a member of the privy council on the 29th of March. He arrived at See also:Lisbon on the loth of June 1705, sailed for See also:Barcelona (Aug. 1705) on an expedition for the See also:conquest of See also:Catalonia, and began to besiege that See also:town. For some See also:weeks the operations were not prosecuted with vigour and Peterborough urged that the fleet should transport the troops to See also:Italy, but the energetic counsels of the See also:Archduke Charles at last prevailed and by the 14th of See also:October the See also:city See also:fell into his hands. On the 24th of January 1706 he entered See also:Valencia in See also:triumph, but these movements had weakened the See also:garrison at Barcelona, which was now besieged by a See also:superior See also:French force under Tesse. The garrison, commanded by the archduke, defended their positions with See also:great bravery, but would have been obliged to surrender had not the fleet of Sir John See also:Leake, answering the appeals of Charles but contrary to the See also:original orders of Peterborough, come to their assistance on the 8th of May, whereupon the French raised the See also:siege on the 11th of May. It is difficult to understand the See also:action of Peterborough during this See also:campaign, unless on the supposition that he was out of sympathy with the See also:movement for placing an See also:Austrian prince on the throne of Spain. When Charles deter-See also:mined upon uniting with Lord See also:Galway's troops and marching to See also:Madrid, the See also:advice of Peterborough again hindered his progress. At first he urged an advance by Valencia as supplies had there been collected, then he withdrew this statement; afterwards he delayed for some weeks to join Galway, who was in need of succour, but ultimately reached the See also:camp on the 6th of See also:August. The leaders of the See also:army differed in their views, and Lord Peterborough was recalled to England to explain his conduct (March 1707).
On his return to England in August he allied himself with the Tories, and received his See also:reward in being contrasted, much to his See also:advantage, with the Whig See also:victor of See also:Blenheim and See also:Malplaquet: The See also:differences between the three peers, Peterborough, Galway and Tyrawley, who had served in Spain, formed the subject of angry debates in the Lords, when the See also:majority declared for Peterborough; after some fiery speeches the See also:resolution that he had performed many great and eminent services was carried, and votes of thanks were passed to him without any See also:division (January and February 1708). His new See also:friends were not desirous of detaining him See also:long on English See also:soil, and they sent him on a See also:mission to See also:Vienna, where he characteristically engaged the ministry in pledges of which they disapproved. His resentment at this disagreement was softened by the command of a See also:cavalry See also:regiment, and by his appointment as a See also:Knight of the Garter (Aug. 3 and 4, 1713). With the accession of See also:George I. Lord Peterborough's See also:influence was gone. Worn out with suffering, he died at Lisbon on the 25th of October
1735. His remains were brought to England, and buried at Turvey in See also:Bedfordshire on the 21st of See also:November.
Lord Peterborough was See also:short in stature and spare in See also:habit of See also:body. His activity knew no See also:bounds. He was said to have seen more See also:kings and postilions than any See also:man in See also:Europe, and the whole point of See also:Swift's lines on " Mordauto " consisted in a description of the See also:speed with which he hastened from See also:capital to capital. He was eloquent in debate and intrepid in war, but his influence in the See also:senate was ruined through his inconsistency, and his vigour in the 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 was wasted through his want of See also:union with his colleagues. His first wife, Carey, daughter of Sir See also:Alexander See also:Fraser of Dores, See also:Kincardineshire, died on the 13th of May 1709, and was buried at Turvey. Some years later (1722) he secretly married Anastasia See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson (c. 1695-1755), a famous dramatic See also:singer (from 1714) of great beauty and sweetness of disposition, daughter of Thomas Robinson (d. 1722), a portrait painter; but she was at first unrecognized as his wife, and lived apart from him (regarded merely as his See also:mistress) with her two sisters at See also:Parson's See also:Green. She remained on the operatic See also:stage, till 1724. It was only a few months before his death that (after a second See also:marriage ceremony) she
was introduced to society as the countess of Peterborough. He had a son John (1681–171o) who predeceased him, and was therefore succeeded in the See also:title by his See also:grandson Charles (1710–1779), whose son Charles Henry (1758–1814), 5th earl, died unmarried, the honours becoming extinct, except for the barony of Mordaunt, which passed to a See also:collateral See also:branch and fell into See also:abeyance in 1836.
End of Article: PETERBOROUGH AND MONMOUTH, CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF (C. 1658-1735)
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