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Deaths and succession within notable British nobility listings
A chronological diary entry records the deaths and successions of prominent families. George Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, dies at age 13. Henry Clinton succeeds as minor. Horatio Walpole becomes Cofferer in place of the late Henry Clinton. Lindsay and Townsiend also die, with marriages and births noted. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Churchill are among those who die. Thomas Ward is appointed British Resident at the Russian Court. Further details trace lines of James II era nobles, including Fitz-Fames and Fitz-James, with titles and offices referenced.
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Montpellier d
France
George Clinton
Earl of Lincoln
Henry Clinton
Horatio Walpole
Robert Walele
Garter
Houthold
Earl of
Lincal
Deceas
Lindsay
John Lindfiay
Earl of Crawford
Stirling
Castle
Scroop Egerton
Duke of
Briageswater
Thomas Townsiend
Charles Lord Viscount Towniend
Selwyn
Dawell
Kent
Walpole
Arbuthnot
Réativot
Thomas Ward
Great Britain
Rufia
Rufian Court
Aracella Churchil
Winston Churchill
Wotton-Baffet
Wilts
John Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
K. James II
Berwick
Tincrouth
Boworth
Mott
Spain
Henry Fitz- James