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16th Earl and Countess of Warwick: Warwick Castle gatehouse and barbican Gatehouse and barbican completed. [1] In 1469 Warwick rebelled against Edward IV and imprisoned him in the castle, until Royalist protests forced him to release the king. [2] Although Anne had brought both castle and earldom to the marriage, on Richard's death she lost both.
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a meander of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone during the 12th century.
John Fisher (died c. 1590), politician and writer, was Town Clerk of Warwick for 27 years. John Ley (1583–1662), cleric and member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, was born in Warwick and attended its free school. Abiezer Coppe (1619–1682), Ranter and religious pamphleteer, was born in Warwick and attended The King's School.
David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Earl of Warwick, 8th Earl Brooke (15 May 1934 – 20 January 1996) was a British peer and landowner, the last private owner of the Greville family seat at Warwick Castle. Known as Earl Brooke before he succeeded his father, he was a member of the House of Lords from 1984 until his death.
Robert Greville was born May 1607 near Helpringham, only surviving son of Fulke Greville (1575–1632), an "obscure Lincolnshire squire", and his wife Mary Copley. [1] His sister Dorothy (1605–1650) married Arthur Haselrig, who was one of the Five Members in January 1642, while Godfrey Bosvile (1596–1658), a half-brother from his mother's first marriage, became a close friend and political ...
The Greville family are an English aristocratic family headed by the Earl of Warwick. The Barons Greville were members of a junior branch of the family. Pages in category "Greville family"
The Greville family was in possession of Warwick Castle, and the title and castle were thereby re-united for the first time in over a century. The 1759 creation is extant and currently held by Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick. However, Warwick Castle was sold by the family in 1978, and they currently live in Australia.
After Dark featured a different topic each week, with guests selected to provoke lively discussion. Subject matter included "the treatment of children, of the mentally ill, of prisoners, and about class, cash and racial and sexual difference", as well as "matters of exceptional sensitivity to the then Thatcher government, such as state secrecy or the Troubles in Northern Ireland"; "places ...