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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 .
2nd Duke of Cleveland, Earl of Southampton, and Baron Nonsuch, 1st Duke of Southampton, Earl of Chichester, and Baron Newbury: Henry Vane 1676–1676: Gilbert Vane 1678–1753 2nd Baron Barnard: King George I 1660–1727: Sophia von Kielmansegg 1675–1725 Countess of Darlington, Countess of Leinster: Earldom of Darlington (1st creation ...
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton [a] (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550 [3]), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with ...
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, twice serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Humphrey Stafford (c. 1425 – 22 May 1458), generally known by his courtesy title of Earl of Stafford, was the eldest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville (d. 1480).
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