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3 days ago · Charles Stuart was, however, a paradox. Despite being so drawn to Catholicism, he was also the ruler who looked the other way when the last Catholic martyr, the then-archbishop of Armagh, Oliver Plunkett, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn for his alleged part in the fabricated “Popish Plot.”
Jun 27, 2024 · The second Parliament. On the 8th of May the new Parliament met, and the King proceeded to the House of Peers, with unusual Solemnity, being attended by all the great Officers of State, the whole Body of the Nobility in their Robes; Drums, Trumpets, &c.
Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of Richmond and Lennox (born July 8, 1647—died Oct. 15, 1702) was a favourite mistress of Charles II of Great Britain. She also held the title of Duchess of Richmond and Lennox.
5 days ago · Clarendon, who had lived with the king in exile, was his chief political adviser, and Charles’s brother James, duke of York (later James II), was his closest confidant and was entrusted with the vital post of lord admiral.
5 days ago · The first occupant of this house was Charles Arbuthnot, diplomatist and politician, and confidential friend of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he afterwards lived. He was succeeded at No. 3, Carlton Gardens, by Charles, third Baron Southampton.
4 days ago · By the beginning of the 17th century, it contained more than a quarter of a million people and by the end nearly half a million, most of them poor migrants who flocked to the capital in search of work or charity. London was the centre of government, of overseas trade and finance, and of fashion, taste, and culture.
2 days ago · CHARLES SACKVILLE, duke of Dorset, son of the former duke, was made Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum on the 10th of February following, 1766, and continued in these offices till his death, on January 6, 1769.
