Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent [SEP] spouse
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent


Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent (née Lady Elizabeth Talbot) (1582 – 7 December 1651) was a medical recipe collector, and the wife of Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent. She was a daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish. She married Grey on 16 November 1601, at St Martin-in-the-Fields. They lived at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, where she managed the large household. They had no children, and the Earl died in 1639. Afterwards she
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Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent


Grimsthorpe in Lincolnshire after the accession of Queen Elizabeth, Susan being five years of age. In 1570, at the age of sixteen, Susan married Reginald Grey of Wrest, and, of course, left Grimsthorpe. Known at time of his marriage as "Master Grey", Susan's husband was restored as Earl of Kent by 28 March 1572, and Susan became "Countess of Kent". A year later, on 15 March 1573, the earl died. Because the Earl and Countess of Kent had been childless,
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Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent


however, the heir to the earldom was the earl's thirty-three-year-old younger brother, styled until then Henry Lord Grey of Ruthin. Susan Bertie Grey, now nineteen and Dowager Countess of Kent, and presumably unable to continue living in the new Earl of Kent's inherited residence, may at this time have been invited to live at Court. If so, the invitation was presumably issued at the behest of Queen Elizabeth I, who often kept a benevolent watch over younger ladies of the peerage in Susan
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Elizabeth Trussell, Countess of Oxford


Elizabeth Trussell became a royal ward. Her wardship and marriage were initially purchased from King Henry VII by George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 21 December 1503), who intended her as a bride for Sir Henry Grey (d. 24 September 1562), the 2nd Earl's son by his second marriage to Katherine Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, by Anne Devereux, the daughter of Sir Walter Devereux. However, after the 2nd Earl's death, Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent
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Frederick Richard Say


he exhibited in 1830 portraits of Frances Parker, Countess of Morley, of Saltram House and of Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, one of the daughters of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (and also painted portraits of the spouses of both, at an unknown date). John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley, and his family were good friends of the Greys, who often went to Devon in the summer for Lady Grey’s health. Maybe as a result, Say was soon after commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of
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may have married the writer, John Selden, who had worked for the Earl and to whom she left most of her property. She was a favourite attendant of Queen Anne of Denmark, and in 1610 danced in the court masque "Tethys' Festival" as the "Nymph of Medway". After her death, her collection of medical recipes was published, originally as "A Choice Manual, or Rare Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery Collected and Practised by the Right Honourable the Countess of Kent, late deceased." Later
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Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel


Alethea Howard, 14th Baroness Talbot, 17th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 13th Baroness Furnivall, Countess of Arundel (1585 – ), née Lady Alethea Talbot (pronounced "Al-ee-thia"), was the wife of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel. She was the youngest daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Mary Cavendish; and the sister of two other countesses: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent. Lady Alethea Talbot was born in Sheffield
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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (d. 1649)


Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Mary Talbot) (c.1580 – March 1649) was the wife of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. Mary was the daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his wife Mary, and was thus a granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick. She had two sisters, both of whom also married into the nobility: Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel, and Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent. She married Herbert on 4 November 1604 at Wilton, Wiltshire, and had
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Mary Grey, Countess of Kent


creation was granted a special remainder to Mary's heirs male by her husband Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, and failing which, to her heirs female "without division". This was a unique remainder for the English peerage as it can not fall into abeyance between female co-heiresses but is inherited by the senior co-heiress alone. Mary, Countess of Kent and Baroness Lucas, died in November 1700 and was succeeded in the barony by her eldest son Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, who in
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Mary Grey, Countess Grey


Mary Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey (; 4 March 1776 – 26 November 1861) was a British aristocrat and Countess of Grey as wife of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby was born on 4 March 1776 in Whitehaven. She was the only daughter of William Ponsonby (1744–1806), the future 1st Baron Ponsonby and his wife, the Honourable Louisa Molesworth (1749–1824), daughter of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth. She married on 18 November 1794 Charles Grey MP
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Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent


to the house by English Heritage in 2017. She married the future duke in 1694, and they had at least six children: As a result of her husband's acquisition of titles, Jemima became Countess of Kent and Baroness Lucas of Crudwell in 1702, Marchioness of Kent, Countess of Harold and Viscountess Goderich in 1706, and Duchess of Kent in 1710. The gardens at Wrest Park, originally laid out by the duke, were later extended and remodelled by the couple's granddaughter, Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey.
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Mary Grey, Countess of Kent


Mary Grey, Countess of Kent (died 1 November 1702), "suo jure" 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (née Mary Lucas), was an English peeress in her own right. She was the only surviving child of John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas (1606–1671) of Shenfield, Essex. On 2 March 1662/63 she married Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent. Following her marriage Mary was created, at her father's request, "suo jure" Baroness Lucas of Crudwell on 7 May 1663. This new
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent


editions of the book added the subtitle "Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick." "As also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying &c.". The book was popular, going through twenty-two editions. Some of the recipes reflect the influence of English Paracelsianism. Medical recipes were an interest she shared with her younger sister, Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel. A book published in 1653 by W. J. Gent, titled
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare (c.1497- after 1548), was an English noblewoman, and the second wife of Irish peer Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare. Her father was Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset. She went to France in 1514 as one of the Maids of Honour of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and remained to serve the latter's successor, Queen Claude, in the same capacity. Lady Elizabeth Grey was born in about 1497, a daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset
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Edith Villiers, Countess of Lytton


Edith Villiers, Countess of Lytton (15 Sep 1841 – 17 September 1936) was a British aristocrat. Wife of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, she led the Indian Imperial court as Vicereine of India. She was later a court-attendant of Queen Victoria. Her children included the suffragette Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton. Edith Villiers was born on 15 Sep 1841 into the aristocratic Villiers family. She was the daughter of Edward Ernest Villiers (1806–1843) and Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell. She was the granddaughter of
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Mary Grey, Countess Grey


(1764–1845), the future 2nd Earl Grey and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was the son of Charles Grey (1729–1807), later 1st Baron Grey and 1st Earl Grey, and his wife Elizabeth Grey "née" Grey (1743–1822). They had ten sons and six daughters: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. Mary Grey, Countess Grey, was widowed on
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Sium sisarum


Eggs, and one quarter of a pound of Ringo roots, and preserved Lettice, a sliced Lemon, four blades of Mace, three or four branches of preserved Barberries, and a half a pound of Butter, then let it stand one hour in the oven, then put a caudle made of white Wine, Verjuyce, Butter, and Sugar, put into the pye when it comes out of the oven. — From Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent, "A True Gentlewomans Delight", 1653 Take your skirrets and
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Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond


Black Tom died soon after and he was succeeded by Walter Butler. Preston, therefore, challenged this succession and on 3 October 1618 Elizabeth and her spouse were awarded more than half of the Ormond estate, including Kilkenny castle, although it was several years before they were able to take up residence there due to the obstruction of Walter's lawyers. In July 1619, Preston and Elizabeth were ennobled as the earl and countess of Desmond. Tensions between Elizabeth and her family members led to her departure from Ireland in August 1624 and
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Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury


. He became a patron of the arts, as was his daughter Alethea, who became Countess of Arundel by her marriage to Thomas Howard in 1606. Talbot's second daughter, Elizabeth, married Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent. The eldest, Mary, married William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. As well as bringing up their three daughters, Gilbert and Mary Talbot spent a good deal of time with their orphaned niece, Arbella Stuart. The downfall of Arbella, who as the closest relative of King James I
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Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent


Susan Bertie (born 1554) was the daughter of Catherine Duchess of Suffolk, "née" Willoughby, by her second husband, Richard Bertie. Susan was the noblewoman memorialized by Lanyer at the beginning of the "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum" (1611) as the "daughter of the Duchess of Suffolk." At sixteen years of age, she married Reginald Grey of Wrest, who was later restored as the fifth Earl of Kent. Widowed at age nineteen, Susan, now Dowager Countess of Kent, remarried to Sir
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


of King Henry VIII, and Elizabeth Grey's erstwhile companion at the French court, Anne Boleyn, whom the King had married in January of that year. Later, Elizabeth Grey was allegedly part of the conservative faction at court who plotted against Queen Anne. Elizabeth's husband, the Earl of Kildare, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of corruption and plotting rebellion in Ireland, died in 1534. Elizabeth had remained with him, nursing him throughout his imprisonment from July 1534 until his death on 12 December
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Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois


"Not to be confused with Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester" Elisabeth of Vermandois also known as Isabelle Mabile or Isabelle de Vermandois (1143 – Arras 28 March 1183) was ruling Countess of Vermandois from 1168 to 1182, and also Countess of Flanders by marriage to Philip I, Count of Flanders. She was the eldest daughter of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois and his second spouse Petronilla of Aquitaine. Elisabeth was overall the second child of her father; she had an elder brother named Hugh who was their father
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Tethys' Festival


the other women who appeared in Milford Haven harbour as; Arbella Stuart the "Nymph of Trent"; the Countess of Arundel the "Nymph of Arun"; the Countess of Derby the "Nymph of Derwent"; the Countess of Essex the "Nymph of Lee"; the Countess of Dorset the "Nymph of Air"; the Countess of Montgomery the "Nymph of Severn"; the Countess of Haddington the "Nymph of Rother"; Elizabeth Grey the "Nymph of Medway". Four sisters, daughters of
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Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington


Cecily Bonville had many notable descendants, including Lady Jane Grey, Lady Catherine Grey, Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Elizabeth Vernon and Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset. One of Cecily Bonville's West Country estates, Sock Denny Manor in Somerset was farmed for £22 in 1527-28, and again, ten years after her death, in 1539-40, . In February 1537, her daughter Cecily Sutton wrote to Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, complaining
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Anne Woodville


king, Edward IV. On 14 April 1471, William fought at the Battle of Barnet on the side of the Yorkists who won a decisive victory. Anne had three children by her first husband William: William died on 26 June 1480. Shortly afterwards, Anne married George Grey, son and heir of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent. As George did not succeed to the title of Earl of Kent until 1490, Anne was never styled Countess of Kent, due to her death in 1489. The marriage produced one
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Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox


Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox née Cavendish (31 March 1555 – 16 January 1582) was an English noblewoman and the wife of Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox. She was the mother of Arbella Stuart, a close claimant to the English and Scottish thrones. Elizabeth Cavendish was born in Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, on 31 March 1555, the daughter of Bess of Hardwick and her second husband Sir William Cavendish. Catherine Grey was one of her godmothers. Bess was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I and
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


son, Thomas, and three daughters. By his marriage to Elizabeth, who was Henry VIII's cousin, Gerald gained much influence at court. Elizabeth was styled as the Countess of Kildare. The match, while advantageous to Gerald, was also partially based on the physical attraction the couple had for one another. Historian Mary Anne Everett Green described Gerald as having been quite handsome in appearance, and he in turn was pleased by Elizabeth. He had been a kindly husband to his first wife, and his second marriage was
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Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey


Sir Philip Butler. Elizabeth Cockayne was the daughter of Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Ida de Grey. Ida was a daughter of Welsh Marcher Lord Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Eleanor Le Strange of Blackmere. Through her mother, Ida was a direct descendant of Welsh Prince Gruffydd II ap Madog, Lord of Dinas Bran and his wife Emma de Audley. Elizabeth was co-heiress to the manors of Fisherwick and Shelfield in Walsall, Staffordshire by right of her descent from Roger Hillary,
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Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent


Anthony Grey (1645 – 19 August 1702) was Earl of Kent from 1651 to his death. He was the only son of Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, and his second wife Amabel Benn daughter of Anthony Benn, Recorder of London. His sister Elizabeth Grey married Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard. They were parents of Henry Maynard, 4th Baron Maynard, Grey Maynard, 5th Baron Maynard, and Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard. Anthony married Mary Lucas, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell, only surviving child of
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Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent


Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent (c. 1583 – 21 November 1639) of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire was Earl of Kent from 1623 to his death. He was born the only son of Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent and his wife Susan Cotton and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. On 16 November 1601, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Henry married Elizabeth Talbot (1582 – 7 December 1651), a daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish. There were
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David I Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl


David I Strathbogie (died 6 August 1270) was the first of the Strathbogie Earls of Atholl. David was the son of John de Strathbogie and Ada, "suo jure" Countess of Atholl. He died at Tunis (or Carthage) in the Eighth Crusade, in the company of Louis IX of France, having married before June 1266, Isabel (d. 1292), daughter of Richard de Dover, feudal baron of Chilham, Kent, by his spouse Maud, "suo jure" Countess of Angus. In 1266
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Royal tours of Canada by the Canadian Royal Family


Gloucester, Mary, Princess Royal, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex. Elizabeth II has conducted three official tours of Canada in the 21st century. In 2002, Elizabeth II toured the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and the territory of Nunavut, for her Golden Jubilee. In 2005, the Queen was in Alberta again to mark the province's 100th anniversary of
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William Calthorpe


, Elizabeth Wydville, Ascension Day, 26 May 1465. Calthorpe's first wife was Elizabeth (1406-1437), daughter of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1362-1440), by whom Sir William had a son and two daughters. His second wife was Elizabeth (c. 1441-18 February 1505), eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Miles Stapleton, of Ingham, Norfolk, by his spouse, Katherine de la Pole (c. 1416-1488)), who settled the manor
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Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin


Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (; 8 May 1819 – 9 March 1898) was the daughter of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and his second wife Louisa Elizabeth Lambton (née Grey), daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. She travelled to Canada twice: the first time when her father went to Canada to investigate the Lower Canada Rebellion in 29 May – 1 November 1838. She later returned to Canada with her husband, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, from 1847 to 1853
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Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln


close friend. Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald was born in Maynooth, County Kildare, Leinster, Ireland, a daughter of Gerald "Gearóid Óg" FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Grey. Her half-brother was Thomas "Silken Thomas" FitzGerald. Her paternal grandparents were Gerald Garret Mor FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison FitzEustace, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset and Cecily Bonville. Her maternal great-grandmother was Queen Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


, and Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville, one of the wealthiest heiresses in England in the latter half of the 15th-century. Elizabeth's paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England. Elizabeth had 13 siblings, including her eldest brother Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, who succeeded their father when he died in September 1501, when she was about four years old. Two years later, their mother, Cecily married Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, which caused many
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Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent


Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent, formerly Jemima Crew (1675 – 2 July 1728), was the first wife of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent. Jemima was a daughter of Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew, and his second wife, the former Anne Armine, herself the daughter of Sir William Airmine, 2nd Baronet. A portrait of Jemima with her two sisters, Armine and Elizabeth, as children, was taken by Jemima to her new home at Wrest Park when she married; it was restored and returned
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Isabella Percy, Countess of Beverley


Isabella Susan Percy, Countess of Beverley (19 December 1750 – 24 January 1812), formerly Isabella Susan (or Susannah) Burrell, was the wife of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and the mother of the 5th Duke of Northumberland. Isabella was the second daughter of Peter Burrell, a barrister, of Beckenham, Kent, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Lewis. Her brother was Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr. Two of her sisters married into the aristocracy: Elizabeth, who married the Duke of
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Richard de Grey


John de Humez. His eldest son John, b. about 1225, who died shortly after his father on 5 Jan 1272, married Lucy, the daughter of Sir Reynold de Mohun of Dunster. John's eldest son was Henry de Grey ca. 1255-1 Sep 1308, of Codnor, Derbyshire; Grays Thurrock, Essex; Aylesford; and Hoo, Kent. Henry campaigned in Gascony 1294-1297 and was with Edward Longshanks at the siege of Carlaverock in 1300. Henry campaigned in Scotland as late as 1306. Henry
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Lady Katherine Grey


Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568), born Lady Katherine Grey, was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. A granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary, she emerged as a prospective successor to her cousin, Elizabeth I of England, before incurring Queen Elizabeth's wrath by secretly marrying Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. Arrested after the Queen was informed of their clandestine marriage, Katherine ("as" Lady Hertford) lived in captivity until her death, having borne two
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Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex


respectively to Edward IV of England and William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Her first cousins included (among others) John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Richard Grey, Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V of England, Margaret of York, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Anne of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, Catherine of York, Bridget of York and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. Her father
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Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton


was the great-great-great-granddaughter of Henry IV of England through his son Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. By her mother, Elizabeth was the great-granddaughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford and his wife Lady Mary Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and his wife Cecily Bonville. By her mother, Elizabeth was also a great-granddaughter of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Anne Stafford, daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Lady Katherine
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


. The Earl had received a gunshot wound at the end of 1532 in an attack he had led against the O'Carroll clan at Birr. Elizabeth retired to her brother Leonard's manor of Beaumanoir, in Leicestershire, while her younger sons were raised at court alongside Prince Edward. Later her son, Edward joined her. Elizabeth's stepson, "Silken Thomas" and her five brothers-in-law were executed for rebellion at Tyburn in 1537. Her own brother Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane, the incumbent Lord Deputy of
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Richard Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor


Priory in Kent. Grey was the son of Henry de Grey (died 1379), and succeeded his grandfather John de Grey (1305–1392) to the Grey of Codnor barony. In 1387 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Basset of Sapcote, who died after 1446 and they had two sons and three daughters: John (–1430), who succeeded as fifth baron; Henry (–1443), who succeeded his brother as sixth baron; Elizabeth, who married John la Zouche; Eleanor, who married Thomas Newport
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Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey


Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey and Countess of Hardwicke (9 October 1723 – 10 January 1797) was a British peeress. She was a daughter of John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland and Lady Amabel Grey. Her maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and his first wife, the former Jemima Crew. On 22 May 1740, she married Hon. Philip Yorke (later Earl of Hardwicke) and they later had two daughters: On 5 June that year, she succeeded as Marchioness Grey
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Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby


in line. However, both her cousins Lady Jane Grey and Lady Mary Grey died without issue, and their sister, her other cousin, Lady Catherine Grey, died without the legitimacy of her two sons ever being proven (this was later established but only after the death of Elizabeth I). Margaret quickly moved up to becoming the first in line to the throne but died prior to the death of Elizabeth I. In 1552 John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland suggested a marriage of his youngest son Guildford to Margaret, yet
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Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne


Frances Dora Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne ("née" Smith; 29 July 1832 – 5 February 1922) was a British noblewoman. She was the paternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and thus a great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Her father was Oswald Smith (7 July 1794 – 18 June 1863), of Blendon Hall, Bexley, Kent (Bexley being annexed to London only in 1894) and her mother was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805–19 November 1891)
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Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea


Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English peer and Member of Parliament. Finch was the son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. He married Cecille Wentworth in 1609. Finch represented the constituencies of Winchelsea and Kent as a Member of Parliament. Finch inherited the earldom of Winchilsea from Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea on her death in 1634 and was succeeded on his own death in 1639 by his son Heneage Finch,
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Eliza Courtney


Eliza Courtney (20 February 1792 – 2 May 1859) was the illegitimate daughter of the Whig politician and future Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and socialite Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, while Georgiana was married to William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. The Duchess was forced by her husband to relinquish Eliza shortly after her birth, to be raised by Charles Grey's parents, Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey. The Duchess came to visit Eliza in secret. Eliza named her firstborn
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Joan Holland


was niece of Richard II of England, son of her paternal grandmother, Joan of Kent by her second marriage to Edward, the Black Prince. Joan had five sisters: Alianore became Countess of March ; Margaret became Countess of Somerset and later Duchess of Clarence; Eleanor became Countess of Salisbury; Elizabeth married Sir John Neville; and Bridget became a nun at Barking Abbey. Her eldest brother, Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, was beheaded in 1400 by a mob of angry citizens at Cirencester for his role in the
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Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster


Philippa of Clarence (16 August 1355 – 5 January 1382) was the "suo jure" Countess of Ulster. She was born at Eltham Palace in Kent on 16 August 1355, the only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster. Her father was the third son, but second son to survive infancy, of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Philippa married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, in 1368 at the age of thirteen
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


the King's Lieutenant of Ireland (1533). Extant letters she wrote home to England, show that Elizabeth had taken a keen interest in the Irish political situation. Together Gerald and Elizabeth had at least six children: In 1531, a private Act of Parliament assured her an income of £200 per annum as well as the Irish manor of Portlester. In October 1533, Elizabeth brought her daughter, Elizabeth FitzGerald to the English court. The girl, aged six, became a companion to the infant Princess Elizabeth, daughter
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Earl of Hardwicke


the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Lord Hardwicke married Lady Jemima Campbell, only daughter of John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, and granddaughter and heiress of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, who succeeded her grandfather as Marchioness Grey in 1722 (a title which became extinct on her death). They had two daughters of whom the eldest, Lady Amabel, was created Countess De Grey in her own right in 1816. Lord Hardwicke was succeeded by his nephew, the third Earl. He
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Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln


FitzGerald died at Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. She is buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. She had no children by her last husband. By her father's first marriage to Elizabeth Zouche (died 6 October 1517), Elizabeth's half-siblings included: By her father's second marriage to her mother Elizabeth Grey (c. 1497-after 1548), Elizabeth's siblings included: Elizabeth's portrait was painted in 1560 by Steven van der Meulen. It is currently on display at Agecroft Hall, in Richmond,
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Appeal of Conscience Foundation


Award Sep 22, 2009 Address by Muhtar Kent Muhtar Kent, Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company received the 2009 Appeal of Conscience Award Sep 22, 2009 Address by Bernard J. Arnault Bernard J. Arnault, Chairman & CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton received the 2009 Appeal of Conscience Award Sep 23, 2008 Address by Jeffrey R. Immelt, President & CEO, GE Jeffrey Immelt received the 2008 Appeal of Conscience Award Sep 23, 2008 Address by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor Bloomberg delivers speech accepting the 2008 Appeal of
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Goodrich Castle


was slighted the following year, which rendered it impossible to defend. The Countess of Kent, the new owner of the castle, was given £1,000 in damages, but chose not to rebuild the fortification as it was by then virtually uninhabitable. After the Civil War, Goodrich Castle remained with the Earls of Kent until 1740, when it was sold by Henry Grey to Admiral Thomas Griffin. Griffin undertook some restoration of the castle but retained it as a ruin. During the 1780s the concept of the picturesque ruin was popularised
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Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle


point was a widower. In 1513, Elizabeth and Brandon were betrothed, and he was made Viscount Lisle in anticipation of their marriage - she was then only eight years old. In 1515, he married Mary Tudor, the queen dowager of France and Henry VIII's younger sister (without having obtained the consent of the King). Having married he was obliged to surrender the title and Elizabeth's wardship. This was passed on to Katherine Plantagenet, Countess of Devon, who married Elizabeth to her son, Henry Courtenay,
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King Edward VII's Hospital


which supports the treatment of all ranks of former servicemen, as well as the general public. Through the hospital's Sister Agnes Benevolent Fund, active or retired personnel in the British armed services, as well as their spouses, can receive a means tested grant that can cover up to 100% of their hospital fees. In recent years, the hospital has been used by various members of the British Royal Family. Previous royal patients at the hospital include Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Countess
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Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln


1558, Lady Elizabeth was at court as one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting. Elizabeth was one of those who, in 1561, had tried to warn Lady Catherine Grey to confess her clandestine marriage to Edward Seymour to the Queen before the latter discovered the truth from other people. That same year, Lady Elizabeth fell briefly into disfavour with the Queen and was accused of "frailty" and "forgetfulness of duty". These charges were made by the Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker who also declared that she
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


also happy. According to historian Barbara Jean Harris, Elizabeth married Gerald against her father's will; however in 1527 her mother forgave her by granting Elizabeth a dowry of £1000. She added the following as means of explanation for the money: "forasmuch as the said marriage is honourable and I and all her friends have cause to be content with the same". In 1523, Elizabeth returned with her husband to Ireland, where he served as Lord Deputy of Ireland (1524–1525, 1532–1534), and as Deputy to
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Elizabeth Woodville


Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile) (c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England, as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. At the time of her birth, her family was mid-ranked in the English aristocracy. Her mother Jacquetta of Luxembourg had previously been an aunt by marriage to Henry VI. Elizabeth's first marriage was to a minor supporter of the House of Lancaster, Sir John Grey of Groby. He died at the
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


's successor, Queen Claude, consort of the new King Francis I, in the same capacity. Elizabeth's fellow English Maids of Honour, who also were allowed to remain behind in Queen Claude's household, were Anne Boleyn, and Mary Boleyn. Elizabeth was one of Queen Catherine of Aragon's attendants at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. She married Gerald "Gearóid Og" FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare in London in about 1522. His first wife, Elizabeth Zouche had died, leaving him a
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Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton


. Elizabeth was born at Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England in 1313 to Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. She was the third of four daughters. She had one younger brother, Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere, who married Elizabeth Montagu, but did not have any children. Her paternal grandparents were Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly. Elizabeth's father was hanged, drawn and quartered on 14
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Lady Mary Grey


. She died three days later on 20 April 1578, aged 33. The Queen granted her an imposing funeral in Westminster Abbey, with the Duchess of Suffolk's daughter Susan Bertie, now Countess of Kent, as chief mourner. She was buried in her mother's tomb in the Abbey, where her grave is still unmarked. In spite of the intrigues involving her sisters, it does not appear that Mary Grey ever made a serious claim to the throne. After her death, according to the terms of Henry VIII's
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Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1982)


This tradition of the Albanian royal family is part of the tradition of religious tolerance in Albania. Wedding guests included friends and relatives from around the world including relatives of Queen Susan's from Australia. Guests also included members of other royal families from neighbouring countries and further afield. These included Queen Sofia of Spain and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Prince Michael of Kent is a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and his wife Princess Michael of Kent is related to Prince Leka through her mother, Countess Marianne Szapáry, who was a
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Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln


supported the plot to place Lady Jane Grey upon the throne in lieu of Princess Mary Tudor; Lady Jane also had been a member of Catherine Parr's household, so it is possible that Lady Elizabeth had developed a fondness for the young girl, which may have prompted her to back Jane's claim. When the plot failed, Lady Elizabeth and her husband managed to regain the trust of Princess Mary, who subsequently became queen. Shortly after the ascension of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne, following Queen Mary's death in
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Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond


her nieces was the Countess of Lincoln, the celebrated "Fair Geraldine", by her brother Gerald's second wife, Lady Elizabeth Grey. Margaret was also known by her Irish name of "Mairgread Gerroid", or else playfully as "Magheen" or "Little Margaret", due to her tall stature. In 1485, she married Piers "Ruadh" Butler, son of Sir James Butler of Polestown (modern day Paulstown) and Sabh Kavanagh. The marriage was political; arranged with the purpose of ending the long
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Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex


Frances Radclyffe (née Sidney), Countess of Sussex (1531–1589) was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I and the founder of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She was the daughter of Sir William Sidney, of Penshurst Place in Kent, a prominent courtier during the reign of King Henry VIII, and his wife, the former Anne Packenham. She was the sister of Sir Henry Sidney, and the aunt of both the poet Sir Philip Sidney and the first Sidney Earl of Leicester. In 1555, she married
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Earl of Kent


a sister of Edward IV's queen Elizabeth Woodville. (He was half-first cousin - both being grandsons of Reynold 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthin - to Queen Elizabeth's first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby.) He later married Catherine Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The third earl, Richard, was the son of the second earl and Anne Woodville. He wound up heavily in debt, probably through gambling, and was forced to alienate most of his property. A good part
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Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset


Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. Eleanor St John was therefore the first cousin of Henry VII. In 1509, Thomas Grey (now known as Lord Ferrers of Groby) married secondly Margaret Wotton (1487–1541), daughter of Sir Robert Wotton (c. 1463–1524) of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, and the widow of William Medley. She had two notable brothers, Sir Edward Wotton (1489–1551), Treasurer of Calais, and Nicholas Wotton (c. 1497–1567), a diplomat who in 1539 arranged the marriage between Henry VIII and
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Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre


Sir Robert de Greystoke and Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy. Dacre took her at night from Brougham Castle in Westmorland where, as a ward of the King, she was in the custody of Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford. Elizabeth was the eldest granddaughter and heiress of Ralph de Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke. She had only recently succeeded her grandfather in the barony, when by their marriage, Dacre became the "jure uxoris" Baron Greystoke. The extensive
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Kensington Palace


palace until her death in 1981. In 1955, the widowed Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent moved into Apartment 1, with her children, which had been vacant since Princess Louise's death in 1939. It was at this time that the apartment was divided and Apartment 1A created. The stylish Duchess of Kent continued to live in the apartment until her death at Kensington Palace of a brain tumour in 1968. Following their wedding on 6 May 1960, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, and
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MV Havengore


as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in a flotilla of over a thousands vessels during the Thames pageant on 3 June 2012. Members of the Royal Family who embarked on the "Havengore" for Thames pageant were The Duke of York, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. The craft also participated in observances on the Thames marking Queen Elizabeth's surpassing of Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning British monarch
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


, immediately went on the run in Ireland, where in County Tyrconnell, along with other disgruntled clans, formed the Geraldine League. When the federation was defeated in Monaghan in 1539, he fled to the Continent. As a result of Gerald's successful escape, Leonard Grey was attainted and executed for High Treason in July 1541 at the Tower of London by the orders of Henry VIII. Gerald first went to France, and then Italy, where he would remain until his return to England in 1548, in the company of
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Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham


upon the death of her maternal grandfather Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, who also held that title. As she had no male heirs, the title later became extinct upon her own death in 1797, but in 1816 her elder daughter Lady Amabel Yorke (1750–1833) (wife of Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth) was created Countess de Grey in her own right. Lord Grantham and his wife lived at Grantham House in Whitehall Yard, Westminster. By his wife had two sons: He died on 20 July
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Joan of Kent


marriage to the King, and appealed to the Pope for the return of his wife. Salisbury kept Joan confined to his home until, in 1349, Pope Clement VI annulled Joan's marriage to the Earl and sent her back to Thomas Holland. Over the next eleven years, Thomas Holland and Joan had five children: Descendants of Joan of Kent through her children Lady Joan and Thomas Holland include Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (mother of King Henry VII), and queens consort Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York
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Solomon family


4 December 1869) married Israel Myers (c. 1806 – 17 August 1894). She may have arrived in Hobart in January 1833. Isaac Solomon (5 April 1816? 1818? – 27 July 1901) arrived in Sydney in 1833, married Isabella Solomon, (a.k.a. Spyer?) (17 Sep 1820 – 1 December 1863), daughter of his half-brother Moss Samuel, at the Bridge Street Synagogue, Sydney on 15 June 1842. Later had home "Elizabeth Villa" on Kent Terrace, Norwood,
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Sarah Dixon


Sarah Dixon (baptised 28 September 1671 – 23 April 1765) was an English poet probably born in Rochester, Kent, where she was baptised. She took to writing "during a Youth of much Leisure", although her earliest surviving dated poem is from 1716. The 500 subscribers to her anonymous "Poems on Several Occasions" included Elizabeth Carter and Alexander Pope, and the society hostess Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry. She was the daughter of James Dixon, barrister at the Middle Temple, and Elizabeth Southouse, and
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Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex


Sir Richard Wingfield (died 22 July 1525). Catherine Woodville died 18 May 1497. After her death, Sir Richard Wingfield married Bridget Wiltshire, daughter and heiress of Sir John Wiltshire of Stone Castle, Kent. Elizabeth Stafford's only paternal aunt was Margaret Dayrell who was wife to James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley. Her maternal uncles included (among others) Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers and Lionel Woodville, Bishop of Salisbury. Her aunts included Elizabeth Woodville and Mary Woodville, married
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Eleanor Grey


, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland, a daughter of John of Gaunt by his third wife, Katherine de Roët, making her a direct descendant of Edward III. Eleanor Grey died on an unknown date sometime around 1503. Her memorial brass is located at St Columb Major Church in Cornwall although it is not clear if she is actually buried there. Eleanor appears on the memorial brass of Sir John Arundell, but her name is incorrectly stated as 'Elizabeth', which is her middle name.
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Mary Dudley


Mary Sidney (née Dudley) (c. 1530–1535 – 9 August 1586) was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Elizabeth I, and the mother of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke. A daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, she was marginally implicated in her father's attempt to place Lady Jane Grey on the English throne and affected by his attainder. Mary Dudley was one of Queen Elizabeth's most intimate confidantes during the early years of her reign. Her duties included
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


Ireland had put down the rebellion. Her eldest daughter, Elizabeth was sent to the household of Princess Mary at Hunsdon, and it was during that time that the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey would immortalise the ten-year-old girl as "The Fair Geraldine" in his sonnet, "The Geraldine" which he wrote while he was briefly imprisoned for striking a courtier. Her eldest son, Gerald, who could not succeed to the earldom of Kildare as a result of its having been forfeited to the Crown
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Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton


Kingston and Erith in Kent, a portion of Finmere in Oxfordshire as well as property in London. On 27 June 1316, when she was just three years old, Elizabeth married her first husband Sir Edmund Mortimer (died 16 December 1331) eldest son and heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville. The marriage contract was made on 9 May 1316, and the particulars of the arrangement between her father and prospective father-in-law are described in Welsh historian R. R. Davies' "Lords
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John Bourchier, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby


Sir John Bourchier ( 1438 – 1495) was a 15th-century English knight and nobleman. He was steward of the Honour of Richmond. Bourchier fought in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 on the side of King Richard III. Bourchier was the fourth son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and his wife Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex. Before 2 May 1462, Bourchier married to the heiress Lady Elizabeth Grey, widow of Sir Edward Grey, "jure uxoris" 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 18
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Succession to Elizabeth I of England


the age of twenty-one, while Arbella was only twelve. While the Stuart line of James and Arbella would have had political support, by 1600 the descendants of Mary Tudor were theoretically relevant, and on legal grounds could not be discounted. Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, and Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, both had children who were in the line of succession. Frances and Eleanor were Mary Tudor's daughters by her second husband, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Frances married Henry Grey, 1st
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Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire


Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (née Lady Elizabeth Howard; c. 1480 – 3 April 1538) was an English noblewoman, noted for being the mother of Anne Boleyn and as such the maternal grandmother of Elizabeth I of England. The eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney, she married Thomas Boleyn sometime in the later 15th century. Elizabeth became Viscountess Rochford in 1525 when her husband was elevated to the peerage, subsequently becoming Countess of Ormond in 1527 and Countess of Wiltshire in
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Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex


Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, KG (also spelled "Radcliffe") (1507 – 17 February 1557) was a son of Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussex and his wife Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex. His maternal grandparents were Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Catherine Woodville. He was a second cousin to among others Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Arthur, Prince of Wales, Margaret, queen consort of Scotland, Henry VIII of England, Elizabeth Tudor, Mary,
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare


quarrels over their inheritance. On one occasion, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was forced to intervene on behalf of King Henry VIII of England, and he ordered both Cecily and Thomas to contribute to the dowries of Elizabeth and her three surviving sisters. She was appointed one of the Maids of Honour to Princess Mary Tudor in 1514, and accompanied her to France when the princess set out to marry King Louis XII. She remained at the French court when Queen Mary's other English ladies were sent home, and stayed on to serve Mary
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Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (1928–1954)


on a possible marriage between them. Prince Nikola died unmarried in 1954, survived by his parents, Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; older brother Prince Alexander and younger sister, Princess Elizabeth; also his maternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark) and his maternal aunts, Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. Nikola died in a road accident at Datchet, now in Berkshire, England, some five miles from the home
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Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln


Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln (c.1570–1638), formerly Elizabeth Knyvet(t), was an English noblewoman and writer who was Countess of Lincoln from 1616 until the death of her husband Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, in 1619, when she became Dowager Countess. Elizabeth was the younger daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Knyvet, MP, and his first wife Elizabeth; her maternal grandfather was a merchant, Sir James Stumpe. She married the future earl on 21 September 1584. They had eighteen children, including
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Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent


Charles Grey (1540s – 26 September 1623) was Earl of Kent from 1615 to his death. Grey was a son of Henry Grey (1520–1545) and Margaret St. John. His paternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent and Anne Blennerhassett. He was a younger brother of Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent and Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent. He married Susan Cotton, daughter of Sir Richard Cotton. They had two children: He served from 1615 to his death as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.
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Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent


Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent (1541 – 31 January 1615) was an English peer. He was a son of Henry Grey (1520–1545) and Margaret St. John and grandson of Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent. He was a younger brother of Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent and an older brother of Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire from 1586 to his death. In 1587 he was one of the official witnesses at the execution of Mary, Queen of
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Earl de Grey


in 1806; the Grey family was extremely distantly related to the Earl Grey). The Countess de Grey was the widow of Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth, eldest son of Hugh Hume, 3rd Earl of Marchmont. The Countess de Grey was childless and was succeeded in the barony of Lucas according to the normal descent of that title and in the earldom de Grey according to the special remainder by her nephew, Thomas Robinson, 3rd Baron Grantham, who assumed the surname of de Grey on succeeding to the title.
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John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke


Barony of Hastings passed to his cousin, John Hastings, 6th Baron Hastings, heir by the half blood through his great grandfather. Also the parish of Tunstall, Kent passed to his cousin Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn. His cousins litigated for years regarding property rights, but resolution was delayed during the minority of Edward Hastings, 7th Baron Hastings, brother of the 6th Baron Hastings. When 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn prevailed at law as heir by the whole blood through his paternal grandmother Elizabeth de Hastings, 7th
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Scot's Hall


. He served in King Henry VIII's campaigns in France, and was active in local government in Kent and a Member of Parliament for New Romney. He was the grandfather of both Reginald Scott, author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, a source for Shakespeare's Macbeth, and Thomas Keyes, who married Lady Mary Grey. He married, before 22 November 1506, Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire. Sir
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Wickhambreaux


Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey then his son Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent. On his death, with no issue, it passed to Joan, daughter of Eleanor de Holland, husband of Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton, who married John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville and held the manor till 1421. It then passes to John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft from his second marriage to Joyce (c. 1404–1446), younger daughter and co-heiress of Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton by his spouse Eleanor Holand
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Royal tours of Canada by the Canadian Royal Family


County, and Toronto, while his spouse, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, went to Welland to be installed as Colonel-in-Chief of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. The Countess has accompanied her husband, Prince Edward on a number of tours to Canada. Their tour of Canada in 2002 marked the Countess' first tour outside of the United Kingdom. In 2009, Countess of Wessex opened the Air Force Museum of Alberta in Calgary, spending some hours visiting its displays. The Countess of Wessex has also conducted private
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Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim


Louisa Jane McDonnell, VA (née Grey; 15 February 1855, St. James's Palace – 2 April 1949), was the daughter of Hon. Charles Grey (a son of the 2nd Earl Grey and Private Secretary to Prince Albert) and his wife, Caroline Eliza "née" Farquhar. On 1 June 1875, Louisa married the 6th Earl of Antrim (thus becoming the Countess of Antrim) in the Chapel Royal at St. James's. They had three children: In 1890, the Countess became a Lady of
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George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent


George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (1454 – 25 December 1505) was the son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy. He was the Second Earl of Kent from 1490 to 1505. George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, was the second son of the 1st Earl, his elder brother having died in 1480. He was made a Knight of the Bath by King Richard III in July 1483. He was a Justice of the Peace for Huntingdonshire from 1480
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Elizabeth Stubbs House


Elizabeth Stubbs House is a historic home located at Little Creek, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1866, and is a two-story, three bay, frame and weatherboard dwelling with rear wings. It has a grey slate, concave, mansard roof with gable dormers. It features oversized dentil moldings on the roof cornice and on the door and window lintels, cut out scrolls on the dormers, and patterned square and hexagonal slate roof tiles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982
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