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5 days ago · At the birth of her first son, Charles Beauclerk, afterwards the great Duke of St. Albans, Nell Gwynne was living in lodgings in Lincoln's Inn Fields, being up to that time regularly engaged at the theatre close by.
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CHAPTER VI. THE STRAND (NORTHERN TRIBUTARIES).—DRURY LANE...
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2 days ago · Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649.
Jun 27, 2024 · St. Albans, Charles (Beauclerk) 1st Duke of see Burford, Charles (Beauclerk), Earl of St. Albans, Charles (Beauclerk) 2nd Duke of Gentleman of the Bedchamber 11 Aug. 1738 (LC 3/65, p. 81). D. 27 July 1751.
1 day ago · Werden's eldest daughter, Lucy, was married to Charles Beauclerk, second Duke of St. Albans, and in 1726–7 the Duke himself was also living in his father-in-law's new house.
Jun 20, 2024 · Amongst those who gave up all for their faith in Christ was Alban, the first recorded martyr—or protomartyr—of Great Britain. Alban, also often considered Britain’s first saint, was no king, bishop, or priest. He was a layperson and had only been a Christian for a few days before his execution.
4 days ago · The Rt. Hon. Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans (8 May 1670 – 10 May 1726), created Earl of Burford and Baron Heddington, in the county of Oxfordshire, on 21 December 1676 at the age of 6, and Duke of St. Albans in 1684 at the age of 14.
2 days ago · At the north corner of St. Peter's Street and Victoria Street stood the Castle Inn, mentioned by Shakespeare in describing the death of the duke of Somerset at the first battle of St. Albans, who it is said fell in the doorway of the inn.
