The Bridgeman family originally stems from Devon.One member of the family, John Bridgeman, grandson of Edward Bridgeman, served as Bishop of Chester from 1619 to 1652. His son, Orlando Bridgeman, was a prominent lawyer and politician.In 1660 he was created a baronet, of Great Lever in the County of Lancaster, in the Baronetage of England.His great-grandson, the fourth …

History. The Onslow family descends from Arthur Onslow, who represented Bramber, Sussex and Guildford in the House of Commons.He was the husband of Mary, daughter of Thomas Foote, Lord Mayor of London in 1649, who had been created a Baronet in 1660 (a title which became extinct on his death in 1687). In 1674, Onslow was himself created a Baronet in the Baronetage …

John Morton (c. 1420 – 15 September 1500) was an English cleric, civil lawyer and administrator during the period of the Wars of the Roses.He entered royal service under Henry VI and was a trusted councillor under Edward IV and Henry VII.Edward IV made him Bishop of Ely and under Henry VII he became Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and a cardinal.

Earl Nelson, of Trafalgar and of Merton in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created on 20 November 1805 for the Rev. William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson, one month after the death of his younger brother Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, the famous naval hero of the Napoleonic Wars and victor of the Battle of …

Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper (Lord Coventry from 1628) 1625 1640 Charles I (1625–1649) Lord Finch, Lord Keeper: 1640 1641 ... Thomas Parker 1st Baron Parker: 12 May 1718 7 January 1725 Whig: Earl of Macclesfield in 1721 Walpole–Townshend: In Commission: Joseph Jekyll, Master of the Rolls;

King Henry VIII School is a coeducational independent day school located in Coventry, England, comprising a senior school (ages 11–18) and associated preparatory school (ages 3–11).The senior school has approximately 800 pupils (120 in each of years 7–11 and 100 in each year of the Sixth Form). The current fees stand at £13,785 per year, with bursaries and scholarships …

The lord president of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for chairing the meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the approval of the sovereign.

A Royal Warrant of Precedence is a warrant issued by the monarch of the United Kingdom to determine precedence amongst individuals or organisations.. Most warrants of this type are issued to grant a rank to a member of the nobility or gentry that they would normally have enjoyed when their relative (usually their sibling) inherits a title, but failed to assume automatically due …

The title Earl of Moray, Mormaer of Moray or King of Moray was originally held by the rulers of the Province of Moray, which existed from the 10th century with varying degrees of independence from the Kingdom of Alba to the south. Until 1130 the status of Moray's rulers was ambiguous and they were described in some sources as "mormaers" (the Gaelic term for "Earl"), in others as …

Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry: 1631 Trial of Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (Coventry was Lord Keeper) [citation needed] Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel: 1641 Trial of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (Howard was the Earl Marshal; Wentworth the former Deputy of Ireland)

Earl of Derby (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i / DAR-bee) is a title in the Peerage of England.The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby, under a creation of 1139.It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279. Most of the Ferrers property and (by a creation in 1337) the Derby title were then ...

Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1925 for the Liberal politician H. H. Asquith.He was Home Secretary from 1892 to 1895, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 to 1908, Leader of the Liberal Party from 1908 to 1926 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. Asquith was made Viscount Asquith, of …

Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938–2004), and his Swedish wife Christina Eva Montan (born c. 1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany. His godfathers were Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and Simon Elliot, later brother-in …

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