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See also:PORTLAND, See also:EARL OF , an See also:English See also:title held by the See also:family of See also:Weston from 1633 to 1688, and by the family of See also:Bentinck from 1689 to 1716, when it was merged in that of See also:duke of See also:Port-See also:land. See also:Sir See also:Richard Weston (1577-1635), according to See also:Clarendon " a See also:gentleman of very See also:ancient extraction by See also:father and See also:mother," was the son and See also:heir of Sir See also:Jerome Weston (c. 1550-1603) of Skreens, in Roxwell, See also:Essex, his grandfather being Richard Weston (d. 1572) See also:justice of the See also:common pleas. A member of See also:parliament during the reigns of 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 I. and See also:Charles I., Sir Richard was sent abroad by James on two occasions to negotiate on behalf of the elector See also:palatine See also:Frederick V.; after the See also:murder of the duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham, he became the See also:principal counsellor of Charles I. In 1628 he was created See also:Baron Weston of Neyland and in 1633 earl of Portland. Having in 1625 and 1626 had experience in the difficult task of obtaining See also:money for the royal needs from the See also:House of See also:Commons, Weston was made See also:lord high treasurer in '628. His own inclinations and the obstacles in the way of raising money made him an See also:advocate of a policy of See also:peace and See also:neutrality. His conduct was frequently attacked in parliament, but he retained both his 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 and the confidence of 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 until his See also:death on the '3th of See also:March 1635. His son Jerome, the 2nd earl (1605-1663), was imprisoned for plotting in the interests of Charles I. in 1643, and was nominally See also:president of See also:Munster from 1644 to 1660. He sat in the See also:convention parliament of , 166o. He was succeeded by his son Charles (1639-'665), who was killed in a See also:sea-fight with the Dutch off the Texel, and then by his See also:brother 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 (1609-1688), who died in poverty at See also:Louvain, when the title became See also:extinct. In '689 it was revived by 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 III., who bestowed it upon his favourite William Bentinck (see below.)
Sir Richard Weston must be distinguished from a contemporary and namesake, Sir Richard Weston (c. 1579-1652), baron of the See also:exchequer. Another Sir Richard Weston (c. 1466-1542) was a courtier and a diplomatist under 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 VIII.; his son was Sir See also:Francis Weston (c. 1511-1536), who was beheaded for his alleged See also:adultery with See also:Anne See also:Boleyn. This Sir Richard had a brother, Sir William Weston (d. '540), who distinguished himself at the See also:defence of See also:Rhodes in 1522, and was afterwards See also:prior of the Knights of St See also:John in See also:England. A third Sir Richard Weston (1591-1652), was mainly reponsible for introducing locks on the Wey and thus making this See also:river navigable.
Another family of Weston produced See also:Robert Weston (c. 1515-1573), lord See also:chancellor of See also:Ireland from '566 until his death on the
loth of May 1573. Other famous Westons were See also:Stephen Weston (1665-1742) See also:bishop of See also:Exeter from 1724 until his death, and his son See also:Edward Weston (17o3-r77o) the writer.
Much of the earl of Portland's See also:correspondence is in the Public See also:Record Office, See also:London. For his See also:political career see S. R. See also:Gardiner, See also:History of England (1883-1884), and L. von See also:Ranke, Englische Geschichte (Eng. trans., 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, 1875).
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