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Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset
Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset (1579–1651) was an English courtier and politician. Career Somerset was the third son of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester. In 1601, Somerset was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency), Monmouthshire. He became a member of Gray's Inn on 7 August 1604. In 1604, he was re-elected MP for Monmouthshire and sat until 1611. Somerset was sent to Scotland with Charles Percy by the Privy Council of England, Privy Council to notify James VI and I of the death of Elizabeth I. He was appointed Master of Horse to Anne of Denmark in 1603. His father was Master of Horse to King James. Somerset argued with a Scottish courtier Catherine Murray, Lady Abercairny, William Murray of Abercairny about this role at York in June 1603. On 1 January 1604, he danced at Hampton Court in ''The Masque of Indian and China Knights''. In November 1604, Somerset fought with a Scottish aristocrat John Stewart, Earl of Carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Sr
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile (from aside) and 3/4. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior British Armed Forces, military officers or senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servants, and the monarch awards it on the advice of His Majesty's Government. The name derives from an elaborate medieval ceremony for preparing a candidate to receive his knighthood, of which ritual bathing (as a symbol of Ritual purification, purification) was an element. While not all knights went through such an elaborate ceremony, knights so created were known as "knights of the Bath". George I constituted the Knights of the Bath as a regular Order (honour), military order. He did not revive the order, which did not previously exist, in the sense of a body of knights governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign of the United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jones (of Treowen)
William Jones (died July 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614. Jones was the son of John Jones of Treowen. In 1614, Jones was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire This is a list of Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, an office which was created in 1536 but not fully settled until 1540. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the shrievalty of Monmouthshire was abolished, and replaced ... in 1615. He was responsible for rebuilding the family house at Treowen where he lived in 1628. Jones married Jane Gwillim (or ''Gwilym''), daughter of Moore Gwillim of Monmouth. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, William Year of birth missing 1640 deaths English MPs 1614 High sheriffs of Monmouthshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Montagu (MP)
Walter Montagu (died 1615) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614. Montagu was the second son of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton. He was knighted on 11 May 1603. He became High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1608. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire in the Addled Parliament. Montagu died in 1615 and was buried at Llanmartin. Montagu married Ann Morgan daughter of Henry Morgan of Pencoyd Pencoyd is a hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish, which also includes the hamlet of Netherton and part of the hamlet of Harewood End, both to the east of Pencoyd hamlet, is approximately south from the city and county .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Montagu, Walter Year of birth missing 1615 deaths English MPs 1614 High sheriffs of Monmouthshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herbert (Secretary Of State)
Sir John Herbert (1550 – 9 July 1617) was a Welsh lawyer, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1611. He was Secretary of State under Elizabeth I and James I. Life Herbert was the son of Matthew Herbert of Swansea and was descended from an illegitimate son of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. Herbert may have been educated at Christ Church, Oxford, although this is questioned. He was admitted an honorary member of the College of Doctors of Law in November 1573 and awarded an MA. He was a commissioner of the High Court of Admiralty from 1575 to 1584 (with David Lewis) and Master of Requests from 1586 to 1601 (with William Aubrey from 1590). Queen Elizabeth appointed him secretary to the Council of the North and Keeper of the Signet. In 1586, Herbert was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Grampound. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford in 1587. In 1588, he was elected MP for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Morgan (of Llandaff)
Henry Morgan (died 1632) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601. Morgan was the eldest son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire This is a list of Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, an office which was created in 1536 but not fully settled until 1540. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the shrievalty of Monmouthshire was abolished, and replaced ... in 1603. Morgan married Cicely Welsh, daughter of Arnold Welsh of Llanwern. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Henry Year of birth missing 1632 deaths English MPs 1601 High sheriffs of Monmouthshire People from Llandaff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arnold (MP For Monmouthshire)
John Arnold may refer to: Politicians *John Arnold (Kentucky politician), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1995–2013 * John Arnold (MP for Ipswich) (died 1410), MP for Ipswich, 1388–1399 * John Arnold (MP for Hampshire) (died 1433), MP for Hampshire, 1413 * John Arnold (MP for Monmouthshire) (died 1606), MP for Monmouthshire, 1597 *John Arnold of Monmouthshire (c. 1635–1702), Ultra-Protestant and MP for Monmouth, 1680–1689, 1695 and Southwark, 1689–1695 * John H. Arnold (politician) (1862–1944), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1915–1917 * John W. Arnold (1842–1900), American politician; Illinois Senate, 1890–1894 Music *John Arnold (1720–1792), English music editor and composer of psalmodies in the West Gallery style *John Dent Arnold (1890–1948), American lyricist with composer Harry Baisden of World War I songs * John Ayldon (John Arnold, 1943–2013), English opera singer Others * John Arnold (American football) (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Herbert (MP For Monmouthshire)
Henry Herbert may refer to: British peers * Henry Herbert (MP for Monmouthshire) (died 1598), MP for Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency), Monmouthshire * Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1534–1601), Custos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant * Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (1693–1749), English colonel, Groom of the Stole, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1733–1750 * Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (1734–1794), Lord of the Bedchamber, Governor of Portsmouth and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1756–1780 and 1782–1794 * Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke (1939–2003), British aristocrat, film director and producer * Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1654–1709), English MP for Bewdley and for Worcester, Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire * Henry Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (a. 1678–1738) * Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury (c. 1640–1691), English aristocrat, soldier and politician * Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl Of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and 3rd Earl of Ossory PC (Ire) (; – 1614), was an influential courtier in London at the court of Elizabeth I. He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland from 1559 to his death. He fought for the crown in the Rough Wooing, the Desmond Rebellions, and Tyrone's Rebellion. He fought his rival, Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond in the Battle of Affane in 1565. Birth and origins Thomas was born about February 1531 in southern Ireland. He was the eldest son of James Butler and his wife Joan FitzGerald. At the time of his birth, his father was still heir apparent but would succeed as 9th Earl of Ormond in 1539. His father's family was the Butler dynasty, who were of Anglo-Norman origin. The family descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. Thomas's mother was a child of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond. Her family, the Geraldines, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David De Barry, 5th Viscount Buttevant
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri De La Tour D'Auvergne, Duke Of Bouillon
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (28 September 1555 – 25 March 1623), duc de Bouillon (''jure uxoris''), was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France. He was a prominent Huguenot figure. Biography Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne was born at the castle of Joze-en-Auvergne, near Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne. His parents were François de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne and Éléonore de Montmorency, eldest daughter of Anne, 1st Duc de Montmorency. After the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 he participated in the siege of La Rochelle, but subsequently re-converted to Protestantism. Compromised in the conspiracy of La Mole and Coconnat in 1574, he joined the party of the Malcontents headed by François, Duke of Alençon (younger brother of kings Charles IX and Henry III) in 1575. In 1576 he joined the Protestant party of Henry of Navarre (the future Henry IV), negotiating the Peace of Nérac between Protes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri De La Trémoille, 3rd Duke Of Thouars
Henri de La Trémoille, 3rd Duke of Thouars (22 December 1598 – 21 January 1674) was the 3rd Duke of Thouars, 2nd Duke of La Tremoille, and Prince of Talmond and Taranto. He was the son of Claude de La Trémoille and his wife, Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau, and a descendant of the medieval general Louis II de La Trémoille. Family La Trémoille married his first cousin, Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne, in 1619. She was the daughter of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, and his second wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau. They had five children: Henri Charles, Louis Maurice, Élisabeth, Marie Charlotte de la Trémoille, and Armand-Charles. Henri-Charles inherited his father's Breton holdings in 1661. Career La Trémoille's father, Claude, had converted to Protestantism during the French Wars of Religion, but La Trémoille converted to Catholicism around the time Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII suppressed the Huguenot rebellion at the siege of La Rochelle in 1628. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
