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See also:RADNOR, EARLS OF . The 1st See also:earl of Radnor was See also:John Robartes (16o6–1685); who succeeded his See also:father, See also:Richard Robartes, as 2nd See also:baron Robartes of See also:Truro in May 1634, the See also:barony having been See also:purchased under compulsion for £1o,000 in 1625. The See also:family had amassed See also:great See also:wealth by trading in See also:tin and See also:wool. Educated at See also:Exeter See also:College, 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, John Robartes fought on the See also:side. of the See also:Parliament during the See also:Civil See also:War, being See also:present at the See also:battle of Edgehill and at the first battle of See also:Newbury, and was a member of the See also:committee of both kingdoms. He is said to have persuaded the earl of See also:Essex to make his See also:ill-fated See also:march into See also:Cornwall in 1644; he escaped with the earl from See also:Lostwithiel and was afterwards See also:governor of See also:Plymouth. Between the See also:execution of See also:Charles 1. and the restoration of Charles II. he took practically no See also:part in public See also:life, but after 166o he became a prominent public See also:man, owing his prominence partly- to his See also:influence among the Presbyterians, and ranged himself among See also:Clarendon's enemies. He was See also:lord See also:deputy of See also:Ireland in 166o–1661 and was lord See also:lieutenant in 1669–167o; from 1661 to 1673 he was lord privy See also:seal, and from 1679 to 1684 lord See also:president of the See also:council. In 1679 he was created See also:viscount See also:Bodmin and earl of Radnor, and he died at See also:Chelsea on the 17th of See also:July i685. His eldest son, See also:Robert, viscount Bodmin, who was See also:British See also:envoy to See also:Denmark, having predeceased his father, the latter was succeeded as 2nd earl by his See also:grandson, Charles Bodvile Robartes (1660-1723), who was a member of parliament under Charles II. and 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., and was lord lieutenant of Cornwall from 1696 to 1705 and again from 1714 to 1723. 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, the 3rd earl (c. 1690-1741), was also a See also:grand-son of the 1st earl, and John, the 4th earl (c. 1686-1757), was another grandson. When John, whose father was See also:Francis Robartes (c. 1650-1718), a member of parliament for over See also:thirty years and a musician of some repute, died unmarried in July 1757, his titles became See also:extinct.
Lanhydrock, near Bodmin, and the other estates of the Robartes family passed to the earl's nephews, 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 See also:George See also:Hunt. Thomas Hunt's grandson and See also:heir, Thomas James Agar-Robartes (1808–1882), a grandson of an Irish peer, James Agar, 1st viscount Clifden (1734–1789), was created baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and of Truro in 1869, after having represented See also:East Cornwall in seven parliaments. His son and successor, Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, the 2nd baron (b. 1844), succeeded his kinsman as 6th viscount Clifden in
1899.
In 1765 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 Bourerie, 2nd viscount See also:Folkestone (1725–1776), son of See also:Sir See also:Jacob Bouverie, See also:bart. (d. 1761), of See also:Longford, See also:Wiltshire, who was created viscount Folkestone in 1747, was made earl of Radnor. Descended from a Huguenot family, William Bouverie was a member of parliament from 1747 until he succeeded to the See also:peerage in See also:February 1761. He died on the 28th of See also:January 1776. His son and successor, Jacob, the 2nd earl (1750-1828), who took the name of Pleydell-Bouverie in accordance with the will of his maternal grand-father, Sir See also:Mark See also:Stuart Pleydell, bart. (d. 1768), was the father of William Pleydell-Bouverie, the 3rd - earl (1779–1869), a politician of some See also:note. In 1900 his great-grandson, Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1868), became 6th earl of Radnor.
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