A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 3George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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George Godfrey Cunningham. Villiers , Duke of Buckingham . BORN A. D. 1627. - DIED A. D. 1688 . THIS brilliant but abandoned nobleman was the son of George Vil- liers , first duke of Buckingham , by Lady Catherine Manners . He was an ...
George Godfrey Cunningham. Villiers , Duke of Buckingham . BORN A. D. 1627. - DIED A. D. 1688 . THIS brilliant but abandoned nobleman was the son of George Vil- liers , first duke of Buckingham , by Lady Catherine Manners . He was an ...
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... duke's high reputation and of his single authority , and the states - general began to be influenced by a fac- tion hostile to the plan of conceding the supreme authority to the duke . The king of France , encouraged by the success that ...
... duke's high reputation and of his single authority , and the states - general began to be influenced by a fac- tion hostile to the plan of conceding the supreme authority to the duke . The king of France , encouraged by the success that ...
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... duke of Marlborough's services . The queen proposed that the honour and manor of Woodstock and hun- dred of Wotton , should be granted by the crown to the duke . A bill was accordingly passed , enabling her majesty to alienate the ...
... duke of Marlborough's services . The queen proposed that the honour and manor of Woodstock and hun- dred of Wotton , should be granted by the crown to the duke . A bill was accordingly passed , enabling her majesty to alienate the ...
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