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Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (16 December 1605 – 17 March 1663) was an English diplomat and landowner who held the presidency of Munster, Kingdom of Ireland.
Life
He was the second, but the eldest surviving son, of the 1st Earl of Port ...
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Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland
Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland (9 October 1609 – May 1688) was a younger son of the Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He was born at Nayland in Suffolk, England.
His elder broth ...
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Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland (19 May 1639 – 3 June 1665), was the only son and heir of the 2nd Earl of Portland and Lady Frances Stuart.
The only son of
Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (16 December 1605 – 17 March 1663) was an English diplomat and landowner who held the presidency of Munster, Kingdom of Ireland.
Life
He was the second, but the eldest surviving son, of the 1st Earl of Port ...
, Weston was christened at
St Margaret's, Westminster
The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England. It is dedicated to Margaret the Virgin, Margaret of Antioch, and forms part of a single World Heritage Site with the Pal ...
, on 19 May 1639. He succeeded his father as
Earl of Portland
Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, Duke of Portland, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of t ...
in 1663. In May 1665 he went as a volunteer with the
Duke of York
Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of List of English monarchs, English (later List of British monarchs, British) monarchs ...
when he took command of the English fleet to fight the Dutch. Weston was at sea on the ''Royal James'', when he was killed by a cannon shot in the
Battle of Lowestoft
The Battle of Lowestoft took place on during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A fleet of more than a hundred ships of the Dutch Republic, United Provinces commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam, Jacob van Wassenaer, Lord Obdam, at ...
, having made a will a few days before, on 29 May 1665.R. E. C. Waters, ''Genealogical memoirs of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley'' (1878), p. 105 Since he never married, his title and entailed property passed to his uncle, Thomas Weston.
Earl of Portland
Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, Duke of Portland, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of t ...
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Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...