The Dukes (83 page)
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
(
1
94°- ). 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
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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 not 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.