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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:WENTWORTH , 1st See also:earl of See also:Cleveland (1591-1667), was the eldest son of 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, whom he succeeded as 4th See also:Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead in 1593. In 1614 he inherited from an aunt the See also:estate of Toddington in See also:Bedfordshire, till then the See also:property of the Cheyney See also:family, and here he made his See also:principal See also:residence. In 1626 he was created earl of Cleveland, and in the following See also:year he served under 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 in the expedition to La Rochelle. Adhering to 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's cause in the See also:parliamentary troubles, he attended his kinsman See also:Strafford at his See also:execution, and afterwards was a See also:general on the royalist See also:side in the See also:Civil See also:War until he was taken prisoner at the second See also:battle of See also:Newbury. Cleveland commanded a See also:cavalry See also:regiment at See also:Worcester in 1651, when he was again taken prisoner, and he remained in the See also:Tower till 1656. He died on the 25th of See also:March 1667. His See also:early extravagance and the fortunes of war had greatly reduced his estates, and Nettlestead was sold in 1643. Cleveland was described by See also:Clarendon as " a See also:man of See also:signal courage and an excellent officer "; his cavalry See also:charge at Cropredy See also:Bridge was one of the most brilliant incidents in the Civil War, and it was by his bravery and presence of mind that See also:Charles II. was enabled to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape from Worcester. At his See also:death the earldom of Cleveland became See also:extinct. He outlived his son Thomas (1613-1645), who was called up to the See also:House of Lords in his See also:father's lifetime as Baron Wentworth, and whose daughter Henrietta Maria became Baroness Wentworth in her own right on her grandfather's death. This See also:lady, who was the See also:duke of See also:Monmouth's See also:mistress, died unmarried in 1686. The See also:barony of Wentworth then reverted to Cleveland's daughter See also:Anne, who married the and See also:Lord See also:Lovelace, from whom it passed to her See also:grand-daughter Martha (d. 1745), wife of See also:Sir Henry See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, and afterwards to a descendant of Anne's daughter See also:Margaret, See also:Edward See also:Noel, who was created See also:Viscount Wentworth of Wellesborough in 1762. The viscountcy became extinct at his death, and the barony again passed through the See also:female See also:line in the See also:person of Noel's daughter See also:Judith to the latter's daughter Anne See also:Isabella, who married Lord See also:Byron the
r In the 16th See also:century Lillingstone See also:Lovell was in See also:Oxfordshire, that portion of the See also:county being surrounded by See also:Buckinghamshire, with which it was afterwards incorporated.
poet; and from her to Byron's daughter See also:Augusta Ada, whose See also:husband was in 1838 created earl of Lovelace. The barony of Wentworth was thereafter held by the descendants of this nobleman in See also:conjunction with the earldom of Lovelace.
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