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Captain Of The Yeomen Of The Guard
The Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a Government of the United Kingdom, UK Government post usually held by the Government Whip (politics), Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. The present Captain is Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler, The Baroness Wheeler, who was appointed to the position in the Starmer ministry in July 2024. 1485–present 15th century *1485: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford *1486–1509: Sir Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, Charles Somerset (created Baron Herbert 26 November 1506) 16th century *1509: Sir Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy, Thomas Darcy *1509: Sir Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney, Henry Marney *1512: Sir Henry Guildford *1513: Sir John Gage (Tudor politician), John Gage *1516: Sir Henry Marney *1530: Sir William Kingston *1539: Sir Anthony Wingfield *1550: Sir Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche, Thomas Darcy (created Baron Darcy of Chiche 5 April 1551) *1551: Sir John Gates *1553: Sir Henry Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler
Margaret Eileen Joyce Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler (born 25 March 1949) is a British life peer currently serving as a Labour member of the House of Lords since 2010 and as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 2024. In the 2005 Birthday Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Trade Unions. She was created a life peer on 20 June 2010 taking the title Baroness Wheeler, ''of Blackfriars in the City of London The City of London, also known as ''the City'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and Districts of England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in England. It is the Old town, his ...'', and was introduced in the Lords on 14 July 2010. Parliamentary career * Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords (10 July 2024 – present) * Shadow Spokesperson for Health and Social Care (4 June 2018 – 5 June 2024) * Opposition Deputy Chief Whip i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy Of Chiche
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (4 December 1506 – 28 June 1558) was an English courtier during the reign of Edward VI. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1550 and 1551 before his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Household. He was placed under house arrest for his support of Lady Jane Grey as Edward's successor. Early and family life Thomas Darcy, born in 1506, was the only son and heir of Roger Darcy (d. 30 September 1508) by Elizabeth Wentworth, the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth, and aunt of Queen Jane Seymour. After the death of Roger Darcy, Elizabeth (née Wentworth) married secondly, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Wyndham (d. 1522) of Felbrigg, Norfolk, by whom she was the mother of Vice-Admiral Thomas Wyndham. She married thirdly, as his third wife, John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. Through his mother he was the first cousin not only of Henry VIII's Queen for a short time, and the mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Kensington
Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom. English title (1623) The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1623 when the Honourable Henry Rich was made Baron Kensington. He was the younger son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (see Earl of Warwick for earlier history of the Rich family). Henry was made Earl of Holland in 1624. His son, the second Earl, succeeded as 5th Earl of Warwick on the death of his cousin in 1673. These titles all became extinct on the death of Edward Rich, 5th Baron Kensington, 5th Earl Holland and 8th Earl Warwick, in 1759 (see Earl of Warwick for a more detailed description of the descent of the titles). The barony was revived in 1776 for a female-line grandson of the fifth Earl of Warwick (see below). Irish title (1776) Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, married Francis Edwardes, Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Rich, 1st Earl Of Holland
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (baptised 15 August 1590, died 9 March 1649), was an English courtier and politician executed by Parliament of England, Parliament after being captured fighting for the Cavaliers, Royalists during the Second English Civil War. Younger brother of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, a Puritan activist and commander of the Roundhead, Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Henry was better known as an "extravagant, decorative, quarrelsome and highly successful courtier". A close friend of Charles I of England, Charles I and his favourite the George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Buckingham, Rich performed various diplomatic errands, including negotiations for Charles' marriage to Henrietta Maria of France in 1625. He took part in the unsuccessful attack on Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1627 and held a number of important positions at court during the 1630s. When the First English Civil War began in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl Of Kellie
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Best (guard Captain)
John Best may refer to: Politicians *John Best (died 1560), MP for Westminster (UK Parliament constituency), Westminster * John Best (died 1574), in 1553 MP for Colchester (UK Parliament constituency), Colchester * John Best (British politician) (1821–1865), British barrister and politician * John Best (Canadian politician) (1861–1923), Australian-born politician in Canada Sports * John Best (basketball) (born 1971), American basketball player * Johnny Best (boxer), 1940s Australian middleweight boxer * John Best (soccer) (1940–2014), US/English soccer defender * John Orr Best (1910–1996), American soccer referee and member of the List of members of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, National Soccer Hall of Fame Others * John Best (bishop) (died 1570), Bishop of Carlisle 1560–1570 * John Best (guard captain), 1592–1597 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard * John C. Best (1865–1902), Canadian murderer * John William Best (1912–2000), Royal Air Force pilot * Johnny B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh (; – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I. Raleigh was born to a landed gentry family of Protestant faith in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was the younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville. Little is known of his early life, though in his late teens he spent some time in France taking part in the religious civil wars. In his 20s he took part in the suppression of rebellion in the colonisation of Ireland; he also participated in the siege of Smerwick. Later, he became a landlord of property in Ireland and mayor of Youghal in east Munster, where his house still stands in Myrtle Grove. He rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Goodere (politician)
Sir Henry Goodere (1534–1595) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament for Stafford (1563) and Coventry (1571), and a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. Family background He was the son of Francis Goodere of Polesworth Hall and Ursula Rowlett. Career He went to meet Mary, Queen of Scots in 1568 at Workington when she first came into England from Scotland. He gave her a cipher code to write to her friends. Goodere was held in the Tower of London in 1571 and interviewed by his family relative William Cecil and the Earl of Southampton on suspicion of treason, in connection with a plan for Mary to marry the Duke of Norfolk and the Ridolfi plot. He was questioned about a plan for Mary to escape and be escorted by Gerard Lowther to one of his houses, a former abbey. Goodere wrote a poem defending the Scottish queen, "If former good could answer present ill". His political enemy Thomas Norton responded to the poem with another verse. He was released and subsequently knighted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Hatton
Sir Christopher Hatton (12 December 1540 – 20 November 1591) was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason. Early years Sir Christopher was the second son of William Hatton (died 28 August 1546) of Holdenby, Northamptonshire, and his second wife, Alice Saunders, daughter of Lawrence Saunders (died 1544) of Harrington, Northamptonshire. His wife, Alice Brokesby was the daughter of Robert Brokesby (died 28 March 1531) of Shoby, Leicestershire, and of Alice Shirley. On his father's side, the Hatton pedigree is said to be "traced beyond records". In the reign of Henry VII, Henry Hatton of Quisty Birches in Cheshire married Elizabeth, sole heiress of William Holdenby of Holdenby, Northamptonshire. Their son, John Hatton, settled at Holdenby and had three sons, of whom Christopher Hatton's father, William, was the eldest. He is said to have had two brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Knowlys
Sir Francis Knollys, KG of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire (c. 1511/c. 1514 – 19 July 1596) was an English courtier in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, and was a Member of Parliament for a number of constituencies. Early appointments Francis Knollys was born 1511, the elder son of Sir Robert Knollys (d. 1520/1521) and Lettice Peniston (d. 1557/1558), daughter of Sir Thomas Peniston of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, henchman to Henry VIII. He appears to have received some education at Oxford. He married Catherine Carey, first cousin (as well as possible half-sister) of Queen Elizabeth I. Henry VIII extended to him the favour that he had shown to his father, and secured to him in fee the estate of Rotherfield Greys in 1538. Acts of Parliament in 1540–41 and in 1545–46 attested this grant, making his wife in the second act joint tenant with him. At the same time Francis became one of the gentlemen-pensioners at court, and in 1539 attended Anne of Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William St Loe
Sir William St Loe (1518–1565) was a 16th-century English soldier, politician and courtier. He was the third husband of Bess of Hardwick, his second wife. His official positions included Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Chief Butler of England and Member of Parliament for Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), Derbyshire. Lineage He was the eldest son of John St Loe, Sir John St Loe, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, MP for Somerset and Gloucestershire, of an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman warrior family first mentioned at the court of Henry I of England, Henry I in 1100, and his wife, Dame Margaret. Their seat was a manor house, Sutton Court, Chew Magna, Somerset, built upon the foundations of a 13th-century castle. Several generations of St Loes kept at the ready a force of a hundred mounted soldiers for the king's service and were repeatedly chosen as "Attendant Knights" at royal funerals. Biography Sir William's tutor was the distinguished scholar and grammarian John Palsgr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Rogers (comptroller)
Sir Edward Rogers ( – 3 May 1568Officers of the Greencloth, List of Comptrollers) was an English gentleman who served as an Officer of State in various capacities during the Tudor period. He rose to become Comptroller and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Elizabeth I of England from 1560 to 1568. Life Edward Rogers was born in about 1498, the son of George Rogers of Langport (d. 1524) and his wife Elizabeth. Before 1528, he married Mary Lisle, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Lisle of the Isle of Wight. They had three daughters and a son:History of the Rogers of Wiltshire, Somerset & Devon * George, his father's heir and executor (d. 1582) * Jane, married Thomas Throckmorton * Anne, married Thomas Harmon * Mary, married John Chettel Royal service Rogers was made Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII before 1534.National Portrait Gallery, notes to portrait of Sir Edward Rogers At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he was granted the former nunnery at Cannington in Somer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
