of (1876-1932), 309 Roxburghe, Duchess of (May Goelot,
wife of 8th Duke), 248, 309 Roxburghe, Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of (1954- ), 9, 19, 306, 309 Russell, Bertrand Russell, Earl
(1872-1970), 90, 156 Russell, Lady Ela, 152 Russell, Lordjohn, 139, 141, 143, 164, 239. 264
Russell, Rachel Wriothesley, Lady, 153,
158, 166, 348-9 Russell, William Russell, Lord (1639-1683), 141, 152-6, 348 Russell, Lord William (1767-1840), 152 Russell, Lord William (1790-1846),
134, 140, 144 Rutland, Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of
(c. 1492-1543), 350 Rutland, Roger Manners, 5th Earl of
(1576-1612), 355, 356 Rutland, Francis Manners, 6th Earl of
(1578-1632), 254, 356-7 Rutland, John Manners, 3rd Duke of
(1696-1779), 353 Rutland, Charles Manners, 4th Duke of
(1754-1787), 351, 352, 356 Rutland, Duchess of (Lady Mary
Somerset, wife of 4th Duke), 352-3 Rutland, John Manners, 5th Duke of
(1778-1857), 250-1 Rutland, John Manners, 7th Duke of
(1818-1906), 351, 355, 357 Rutland, Henry Manners, 8th Duke of
(1852-1925), 354 Rutland, Duchess of (Violet Lindsay,
wife of 8th Duke), 25, 353-4 Rutland, Charles Manners, 9th Duke of
(1886-1940), 354-5 Rutland, Charles Manners, 10th Duke of
(I9I9~ )» >9. 20, 355, 358 Rutland, Duchess of (Anne Cumming-
Bell, 1st wife of 10th Duke), 358 Rutland, Duchess of (Frances Sweeney, 2nd wife of 10th Duke), 358
St Albans, Charles Beauclerk, 1 st Duke of
(1670-1726), 100-1, 105 St Albans, Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke
of (1696-1751), 121 St Albans, George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of(1730-1786), 121
St Albans, Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke
of (1765-1815), 121-2, 126 St Albans, Duchess of (Louisa Manners,
2nd wife of 6th Duke), 122 St Albans, William Beauclerk, 9th Duke
of(1801-1849), 124-6 St Albans, Duchess of (Harriot Coutts, nee Mellon, 1st wife of 9th Duke), 122-6
St Albans, Duchess of (Elizabeth Gubbins,
2nd wife of gth Duke), 126 St Albans, Charles Beauclerk, 11 th Duke
of (1870-1934), 126 St Albans, Osborne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of, "Obby" (1874-1964), 126-7
St Albans, Charles de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of (1915- ), 10, 14, 19, 24, 58, 127-8 St Albans, Duchess of (wife of 13th Duke), 127
St Maur, Earl (1835-1869), 70-73 St Maur, Lord Edward (1841-1865),
70-72 St Maur, Edward, 77 St Maur, Lady Guendolen, 70, 73 St Maur, Harold, 73-7, 78 St Maur, Lady Hermione, 70, 77 St Maur, Ruth, 73-7 St Maur, Lady Ulrica, 70, 73, 75 Selkirk, Earldom of, 321-2 Sellar, Patrick, 339
Seymour, Sir Edward (1633-1708), 66 Seymour, Francis Compton, 77-8 Seymour, Queen Jane (1509-1537). 4°-' Seymour, Thomas, Lord Seymour of
Sudeley (1508-1549), 42-5 Seymour, Lord, 31, 80 Shakespeare, William, 10 Smith, Ian, 390-1
Smithson, James (1765-1829), 267-8 Somerset, Lord Arthur (1851-1926), 225-6 Somerset, Lady Augusta, 221-2 Somerset, Lord Charles (1767-1831), 215-16
Somerset, Lord Henry (1849-1932), 223-5
Somerset, Lady Rose, 221
Somerset, John Beaufort, Earl of, 211
Somerset, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of
(d. 1464), 212 Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of, the Protector (1500-1552), 18, 33, 34. 40, 42-5. 67, 400 Somerset, Duchess of (Anne Stanhope,
2nd wife of 1st Duke), 67 Somerset, William Seymour, 2nd Duke of
(1588-1660), 34, 63-4, 213-4 Somerset, William Seymour, 3rd Duke of (1652-1671), 64
Somerset, Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of
(1658-1678), 64 Somerset, Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of, "The Proud Duke" (1662-1748), 34, 64-6, 258, 259 Somerset, Duchess of, wife of 6th Duke,
see Lady Elizabeth Percy Somerset, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of
(1684-1750), 67, 259 Somerset, Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of
(1695-1757), 67 Somerset, Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of
(1718-1793), 67 Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour,
1 ith Duke of (1775-1855). 67-9 Somerset, Duchess of (Lady Charlotte
Hamilton, 1st wife of nth Duke), 63 Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour,
12th Duke of (1804-1885), 69-74, 398 Somerset, Duchess of (Jane Georgiana Sheridan, wife of 12th Duke), 69-74 Somerset, Archibald Seymour, 13th Duke
of (1810-1891), 73-4, 77 Somerset, Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke
of (1846-1923), 76-7 Somerset, Edward Hamilton Seymour,
16th Duke of (1860-1931), 77-9 Somerset, Evelyn Francis Seymour, 17th
Duke of (1882-1954), 79 Somerset, Duchess of (Edith Parker,
wife of 12th Duke), 79 Somerset, Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of (191 o- ), 9, 17, 23, 30, 33. 41. 79. 2" Somerset, John Seymour, 19th Duke of, 80 Somerset, Duchess of (Judith Rose Hull,
wife of 19th Duke), 80 Stuart, Lady Arabella (1575-1615), 63-4. 173
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of
(1517-1547), 34,41-2, 271 Sutherland, Robert, 6th Earl of, 335 Sutherland, John, nth Earl of, 336 Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland, Duchess-Countess of (1765-1839), 335. 336-40 Sutherland, George Granville Leveson- Gower, 1st Duke of (1758-1833),
335. 336-40, 377 Sutherland, George Granville Leveson- Gower, 2nd Duke of (1786-1861), 340-1
Sutherland, Duchess of (Lady Harriet
Howard, wife of 2nd Duke), 341 Sutherland, George Granville Leveson- Gower, 3rd Duke of (1828-1892), 34'-4
Sutherland, Duchess of (Ann Hay- Mackenzie, 1st wife of 3rd Duke: "Duchess Annie"), 341-2
Sutherland, Duchess of (Mrs Blair, 2nd
wife of 3rd Duke), 342-4 Sutherland, Cromartie Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of (1851-1913), "Strath", 16, 342-4 Sutherland, George Granville
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of (1888-1963), 336, 344 Sutherland, John Egerton, 6th Duke of (i9'5~ ), '9. 25, 256, 334, 345-6 Sutherland, Duchess of (Lady Diane
Percy, wife of 6th Duke), 345 Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland, Mrs Janson, Countess of (1921- ), 29,
334. 344-5 Swann, Rosa Elizabeth, "Lady Seymour", 75-6
Talbot, Lord, 216-17 Tavistock, Marchioness of (Louisa Jowitt), 144-6
Tavistock, Robin Russell, Marquess of
(194°- ). 30, 169 Teck, Duchess of, 320 Teck, Princess Mary of, see Queen Mary Thynne, Lord Henry, 73, 75 Turks, Henrietta, 170 Tullibardine, Marquess of (1684-1709), 298
Vane, Lord Adolphus, 302-3 Vere, Lord, 10 Vernon, Dorothy, 350 Villiers, Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709), 40-95, 103, 235-6, 312, 418
Walpole, Sir Robert, 307 Walter, Lucy (1630?-1658), 83-4, 88 Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769-1852), 16, 233-5, 236-7, 238-41, 251, 252, 364 Wellington, Duchess of (Catherine
Pakenham, wife of 1st Duke), 238 Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke
of (1807-1884), 251, 252 Wellington, Henry Valerian Wellesley,
6th Duke of (1912-1943), 252 Wellington, Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke
of(1885-1972), 252-3 Wellington, Duchess of (Dorothy
Wellesley, wife of 7th Duke), 252 Wellington, Arthur Valerian Wellesley,
8th Duke of (1915- ), 21, 233, 253 Westminster, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of (1825-1899), 373, 377, 381-2, 384 Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of, "Bend Or" (1879-1953), 377-9 380-1, 382-3, 384
Westminster, Duchess of (Loelia Ponsonby, 3rd wife of 2nd Duke), 380-1
Westminster, William Grosvenor, 3rd
Duke of (1894-1953), 382-3, 384 Westminster, Gerald Grosvenor, 4th
Duke of (1907-1967), 384 Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of (1910- ), 9, 15, 16, 19, 27, 383-4
Wilson, Harriette (1789-1846), 217-20,
275. 275-6, 290-1 Worcester, William Somerset, 3rd Earl of
(d. 1589), 212 Worcester, Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of
(1553-1628), 212-3 Worcester, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of (1601-1667), '5)213
York, Prince Andrew, Duke of, 9-10* * *
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[1] But n
ot in precedence, see pages 15-16.
[2] i.e. Dux Devon is always known as the Duke of Devonshire to avoid confusion.
[3] In 1887 Ruth married William Cavendish-Bentinck. Their son, born 1897, is the present Duke of Portland, having inherited. the dukedom from his brother in 1980. So Ferdy St Maur is after all the ancestor of a duke, though of the wrong duke.
[4] In fact, the dukedom of Grafton did not receive the seal until a month later.
[5] The road which runs along the west side of St James's Park. Both James I and Charles II kept large numbers of exotic birds. The road was opened to the public in 1828.
[6] Near Eastbourne, on the Duke's Compton Place estate.
[7] Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albermarle, is a direct descendant.
[8] Neither Blenheim Palace nor Stratfield Saye may ever be sold.
[9] Now at Durham University.
[9] The Land Purchase Act of 1885.
[10] The London Palladium now stands on the site of Argyll House.
[11] James Lees-Milne describes him at length in Ancestral Voices. Short, with white hair and a white face, a shrill woman's voice, often hysterical, Lees-Milne thought he was 'very eunuchy' and Lady Victor Paget described him as an elderly hermaphrodite. Inveraray was awash with books on lepidoptera, numismatics, medieval liturgy, and other recondite subjects on all of which the Duke was an authority. He told how the male guests used to march out of the castle in file after breakfast, each with his own footman carrying an umbrella, to an outside lavatory where they sat facing each other ten in a row, and having finished marched back to the castle.
[12] Another example of an ostentatious departure was the funeral of the Duke of Rothes, more elaborate and impressive than either Wellington's or Churchill's. The cost of whole regiments of ceremonial guards, soldiers, banners, trumpets, heralds and coaches effectively ruined the family finances forever.
[13] For more detailed information, the reader is directed to Nigel Hague, Leasehold Enfranchisement (Sweet and Maxwell).
[14] The essence of the offence of Treason lies in the withdrawal of allegiance which is owed to the Sovereign by all British subjects wherever they may be. Those wishing to pursue the matter might with profit consult Halsbury's Laws of England, wherein grounds for the charge of Treason are listed, among which is the action of a person who 'levies war against the Sovereign in her realm, or gives them aid or comfort in the realm, or elsewhere.' The Treason Act of 1351 has been amended by Treason Act, 1795, Treason Act, 1817, Treason Felony Act, 1848, and the Statute Law Revision Act of 1948.
[15] Just as, in 1933, the brewer Mr Nail-Cain bought Lord Melbourne's old house, Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire and took the name "Lord Brocket" for his peerage. He now lives at the Duke of Leinster's old seat, Carton.
[16] Not to be confused with Rachel Lady Russell, her grandmother.
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