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Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn [ai] 16 July 1990 3 May 2002 Life peeress Conservative: Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe: 14 February 1991 Life peeress Labour: Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon: 14 June 1991 5 November 2021 (Retired) Life peeress Labour: Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu [aj] 19 June 1991 Life peeress ...
Hearst Castle (is) a palace in every sense of the word". [310] Victoria Kastner, for many years the in-house historian of Hearst Castle and author of a number of books on its design and history, concludes her history of the castle with an assessment of San Simeon as "the quintessential twentieth-century American country house". [311]
Mary, Lady Bankes (née Hawtry; c. 1598 – 11 April 1661) was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1645. She was married to Sir John Bankes , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Attorney-General of King Charles I .
Stafford (called "William") also was a main character in The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory, who escorts Mary Boleyn to Hever Castle, first starting in 1527. They become friends soon after the death of Mary's first husband, William Carey and William (Stafford) buys Mary's children, Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys , and Henry Carey, 1st ...
Mary reportedly had a haemorrhage on 24 March 1953. [5] A bulletin released at Marlborough House at 11:40 am announced that there were concerns for her health condition. [3] A second bulletin at 1:40 pm stated that her condition had "become more grave" and there was "a serious weakening of the heart action". [3]
She became the keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots at Lochleven castle in 1567, with her eldest son William Douglas, later Earl of Morton. [ 13 ] In the 1570s Margaret Erskine looked after her granddaughters at the New House of Lochleven and kept up a correspondence with their mother, Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray .
Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton (born after 1541 – c. 1606) [1] was a Scottish noblewoman, being the daughter of George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes.She was the wife of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, who as Laird of Lochleven Castle was the custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots during her captivity from June 1567 until her escape on 2 May 1568.
Elizabeth Russell, Lady Russell (née Cooke; formerly Hoby; c.1540–1609) was an English poet and noblewoman. [1] [2] She was an influential member of Queen Elizabeth I's court and was known in her time for her refined poetry as well as her musical talent. [3]