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Royalist Statesman Wentworth Lord Strafford Title Honors
A lengthy biographical sketch recounts the careers of prominent British nobles and military officers from the late 17th to early 18th century. It details battles, service under William III, embassies to Prussia and the Imperial Court, multiple promotions, and eventual elevation to Earl of Strafford and Viscount Wentworth Wentworth-Woodhouse. It notes marriages, offspring, royal favor, and occasional public mentions of royal celebrations and deaths of contemporaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willan
Landen
William
Mahain
Hort Guards
Lord Raby
Royal Regiment of Dragoons
King Wiliam
Duke of Zell
Gover
Flanders
Prussia
England
Earl
Strafford
Wentworth
Wentworth-Woodhouse
Stainborough
Peter Wentworth
Anne
Hague
Utrecht
Europe
Windsor
Order of the Garter
Sophia
Berlin
Denmark
Poland
Hanover
Prince of Wales
Earl’s House
Sir Henry Johnson
Bradenham
Bucks
Kat
Anne Smithson
Hugh Smithson
Stanwick
County of
York
Viscount Wentworth
Earl of Strafford
William Conolly
Kingdom of Ireland
Ely
Lucy
Henrietta
Viscount -Townshend
Prince Frederick of Hesse
Duke of Marlborough
Princess of Wales
London
Westminster
Sadler’s Company
Kew
Duke
Dutchess of Norfolk
Grosvenor Square
Arundel Castle
Sussex
Philip Howard
Eighis Grace
Proley
Grace
Robert Ham
Esas
Aid
Longford
Charles Fry
Southampton Row
Bloomsbury
Great Buffeltreet
Anne Nicoll
Daniel Nicoll
Hendon
Middlesex
East-Barnet
George Hadley
Ormond-Street
Chambers
St. Hellen’s
Seers
Francis Jernegan
George Jernegan
Coffey
County of Norfolk
Covent-Garden
Terras
St. James’s Street
Cockburne
Canbury House
Islington
Turner
Shoe-Lane
Nightingale
King-Street
Golden-Square
Cornwall
Chester
Staines