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See also:ROCHFORD, See also:EARL OF , an See also:English See also:title See also:borne by the See also:family of See also:Nassau de Zulestein from 1695 to 1830. 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 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 Nassau de Zulestein (1645–1709) was See also:born at Zuylestein, near See also:Utrecht, his See also:father being See also:Frederick Nassau de Zulestein (1608-1672), a natural son of Henry Frederick, See also:prince of See also:Orange, ' and his See also:mother an English See also:lady, See also:Mary Killegrew: One of the most trusted companions of his kinsman, William of Orange, Zulestein was' sent to See also:England in 1687 and again in 1688 to See also:report on the See also:condition of affairs; and later in 1688 he sailed with the prince on his famous expedition. After the Revolution he was naturalized and served 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 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, being created See also:Viscount Tunbridge and earl of Rochford in 1695. He was succeeded by his son William (1681-1710), who was killed at the See also:battle of Almenara, and then by another son Frederick (1682–1738). Frederick's son, William Henry, the 4th earl (1717–1781), was a diplomatist and a statesman. Having gained experience as See also:envoy at See also:Turin from 1749 to 1753, he' was See also:ambassador at See also:Madrid from 1763 to 1766 and at See also:Paris from 1766 to 1768. From 1768 to 1775 he was one of the secretaries of See also:state. This earl See also:left no See also:children when he died on the 28th of See also:September 1781, and his See also:nephew, William Henry, the 5th earl (1754-1830), dying in September 183o the earldom became See also:extinct. The estates of the earls of Rochford were in See also:Suffolk and See also:Essex, their See also:principal See also:residence being St Osyth Priory in the latter See also:county.
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