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Duke of Southampton is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1675 for Charles FitzRoy , an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress, the 1st Duchess of Cleveland . Together with the dukedom, Charles Fitzroy also received the subsidiary titles of Earl of Chichester and Baron Newbury .
Also Duke of Dover in Great Britain from 1708 until 1778 and Duke of Buccleuch from 1810 William II: Argyll [17] 23 June 1701: Campbell Extant Also Duke of Greenwich in Great Britain from 1718 until 1743 and Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom from 1892; sat in the House of Lords as Earl of Greenwich 1705–1743, and as Baron Sundridge 1782 ...
The Wellington-Winchilsea Duel took place on 21 March 1829 at Battersea, then in Surrey on the outskirts of London. It was a bloodless duel fought between the British Prime Minister Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea .
The Wellington Memorial at the entrance to Stratfield Saye House. The Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column stands at the entrance to Stratfield Saye on the eastern Heckfield side. The Corinthian column, which can be viewed from the A33, is topped by a bronze statue by Baron Carlo Marochetti. The column was erected in 1863. [8]
Duke of Wellington: 1814 Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington: 79 2014 United Kingdom 22. Duke of Sutherland: 1833 Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland: 84 2000 United Kingdom 23. Duke of Abercorn: 1868 [Notes 2] James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn: 90 1979 Ireland 24. Duke of Westminster: 1874 Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster ...
Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By virtue of his being male, from the moment ...
The work was produced for Lord Talbot, a cousin of the Prime Minister Lord Liverpool, and was later acquired from his descendants for the Wellington Collection. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A mezzotint based on the portrait was produced in 1814 by William Say is now in the National Portrait Gallery .
HMS Duke of Wellington, a 131 gun first-rate ship of the line was named after the first Duke of Wellington. HMS Iron Duke, named after Wellington, was the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland in World War I, one of three so named in the Royal Navy. TSS Duke of York, a steamer temporarily renamed Duke of Wellington.