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Charles Gordon Mosley (14 September 1948 – 5 November 2013) was a British genealogist who specialised in British nobility. He was an author, broadcaster, editor, and publisher, best known for having been Editor-in-Chief of Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (106th edition)—its first update since 1970—and of the re-titled 107th edition, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (2003).
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage , baronetage ...
Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (Heritage Books, London, 1840) Charles Mosley (Ed.), Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons (107th Edition, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, 2003)
Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 1, page 9. Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda ( Stroud ...
In 1853 Burke was appointed Ulster King of Arms. [1] In 1854, he was knighted. In 1855, he became Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. [2] After having devoted his life to genealogical studies he died in Dublin on 12 December 1892. He was succeeded as editor of Burke's Peerage and Landed Gentry by his fourth son, Ashworth Peter Burke. [2]
Osborne married Editha Proby (died 19 January 1745), daughter of William Proby of Fort St George in India. [3]Sir John and Lady Osborne had five surviving daughters and one surviving son, Rt. Hon. Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet, who succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1743.
Richard Wingfield was born on 29 October 1762, the son of Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt, and Lady Amelia Stratford.He succeeded his father as the 4th Viscount Powerscourt on 8 August 1788, inheriting extensive lands in County Wicklow and the title of Baron Wingfield of Wingfield, County Wexford.
John Clinton married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Sir John Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, whom he married before 1490.. His second wife was Anne West, [3] daughter of Thomas West, 8th Baron de la Warr [4] (d. 1525), whom he married before 1501.