John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, KB
(10th March 1696 – 26th January 1782)
He was educated at the university of Oxford, and after holding many highly important public offices, died at Holyrood House in his 86th year. He was twice married, and had three sons, who all predeceased him.
Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Normandy, Defender of the Faith
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
born 21st April 1926. Crowned Queen Elizabeth II, 2nd June 1953.
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich
(Philippos of Greece and Denmark)
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
born 10th June 1921
King George II
(George Augustus
in German Georg II August
10th November 1683–25th October 1760)
Queen Elizabeth's 5th Great-Grandfather
King George the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. In some cases (especially in treaties), the formula "Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire" was added before "etc.from 11 June 1727 until his death.
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, Baron Hawkesbury of Hawkesbury
(26 April 1727 – 17 December 1808)
Lord of the Treasury in both the Grafton and North administrations.
Father of British Prime Minister Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. English statesman. Eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson (d. 1750) and grandson of Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt, of Walcot, Oxfordshire, was born in Winchester. The family was descended from Anthony Jenkinson (d. 1611), sea-captain, merchant and traveller, the first Englishman to penetrate into Central Asia.
Signed on 2nd June 1803
George Onslow
(13th September 1731-17th May 1814)
1st Earl of Onslow, Viscount Cranley PC
Treasury Commisioner in the Grafton administration
See also Index to Transcribed Atholl Papers. Longtime army officer. (aka. Commissioner Cochrane).
Commissioner of Excise in Scotland (1761). Commissioner of Customs in Scotland (1764)
Son of William Cochrane of Ochiltree, and Mary Bruce. Brother of James Boswell's maternal grandmother, Euphemia (d. 1721), making Cochrane Boswell's grand-uncle. James Boswell breakfasted with Basil Cochrane on 30th October 1762, "a man of great common sense and prudence". The two had a fairly close relationship.
Treasury Commisioner in the Grafton administration
Member of Parliament for Nairnshire. He was the son of John Campbell of Cawdor and Mary Pryse. He married Sarah Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Bt. and Mary Kemp, on 20 September 1752.. He lived at Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Children of Pryse Campbell and Sarah Bacon: Sarah Campbell, Admiral Sir George Campbell d. 28 Jan 1821, John Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin b. c 1753, d. 1 Jun 1821
Jacobite Duke of Albemarle, Marquis Monck and Fitzhemmon, Earl of Bath, Viscount Bevil, and Baron Lansdown of Bideford
politician, poet and writer
This is a treasury order‚ signed on 7th June 1712 by a First Lords of the Treasury, Robert Harley, the Earl of Oxford. The order was also signed by Robert Benson‚ chancellor of the exchequer‚ ordering the payment of 171 pounds to George Lord Lansdowne (George Granville) for half a year’s rent of his park “which was laid into Her Majesty’s (Queen Anne) Great Parke at Windsor”‚ signed overleaf ‘Lansdowne’ on receipt. 14½ x 9 inches‚ complete‚ with the integral blank leaf tipped on to an old album page. It looks as if his signature had been witnessed by a John Evans.
John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding 4th Viscount of Berehaven
Viscount Fitzhardinge is an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 14 July 1663 for Charles Berkeley, later Earl of Falmouth, with the subsidiary title of Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne, also in the Peerage of Ireland. It passed by special remainder to Charles' father, Charles, then to Maurice, elder brother of the first viscount, and then to their younger brother, John. The title became extinct on John's death in 1712, the year of this signature..
An affectionate note dated 18th April 1887 written on the back of a letter by W. H. Smith to Admiral Sir Alfred Phillips Ryder. It can't be in the hand of Ryder as his wife, Louisa Dawson (Ryder), had died in 1855, and their son, Edward Lisle Ryder had died in 1877..It is my belief that this letter had somehow found it's way back to Smith following the death of Ryder and that Smith had, because of the personal nature of it's content, given it to his wife Emily.
Lowther was a Tory MP and the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded on 11 May 1844. He represented Cockermouth 1816–1826, Wigtown Burghs 1826–1831, Cockermouth again 1831–1832, and York 1835–1847. He died unmarried, and was succeeded by his brother Charles Hugh Lowther. This is his signature from Christmas 1826
Doctor of Divinity; Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and Master of the Temples in London
A controversial figure and an English church leader. Sherlock was a staunch supporter of Church of England orthodoxy, who defended in print and in the pulpit, the Church of England against Catholicism and dissenters, often courting widespread controversy. He became Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral in 1691 making way for his predecessor, John Tillotson, to become Archbishop of Canterbury. This is his signature from 24th June 1692.
Note: Kings College London have published incorrect information on this matter. They say it was the 9th Earl that fought the duel: they are quite wrong. Just by checking the dates of birth and death should suffice. 'Handbags At Dawn'
George James Finch-Hatton
11th Earl of Winchilsea and 6th Earl of Nottingham (31st May 1815 – 9th June 1887)
In 1734 he left Althorp, and with him went the Sunderland title. His younger brother, John Spencer, inherited the house and became the 1st Earl Spencer..
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
(6 March 1766 – 5 March 1840)
The son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. For most of his life he was known by his father's secondary title of Marquess of Blandford.
He was the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer and Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton, the daughter of James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
She was the former wife of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer.
Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work. Signed at Ladywell House in Fyfe.
Ruth Roche
Baroness Fermoy
(2nd October 1908 – 6th July 1993)
A great friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
The maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Raine Spencer, Dowager Countess Spencer
(born 9th September 1929)
Stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Daughter of Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (see above)
She is a British socialite and politician. She is the daughter of the novelist, Barbara Cartland and Alexander McCorquodale. Aged 23, she became the youngest member of Westminster City Council. As Lady Lewisham, and later Lady Dartmouth, she remained in local government for the following 17 years.
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
(born 20th May 1964)
The second and only surviving son of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and Frances Burke Roche (later Frances Shand Kydd), The youngest of his three older sisters was Diana, Princess of Wales; the other two are Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes.
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (13th February 1849 – 24th January 1895)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lord Randolph was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest. He was the father of the future wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Winston Churchill, who wrote the first major biography of Lord Randolph. Resignation speech in the Commons. See also Smith and Northcote on this site. This is an envelope (4th December 1885) addressed to his mother, The Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest (1822 – 1899), the only daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Posted from the India Office.
The wife of Sir Winston Churchill and a life peeress in her own right.
Winston Spencer-Churchill
(born 10th October 1940)
Known as Winston Churchill
A retired British Conservative Party politician
Grandson of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
The Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer - McCorquodale
(born 19th March 1955)
The eldest daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and
the Honourable Frances Roche, and the older sister of Diana, Princess of Wales.
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
(born 13th April 1926)
The son of Lt.-Col. John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Hon. Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. His principal seat is Blenheim Palace, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He is also a relation of The Duke of Devonshire and generational cousin of the war-time Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. He is also a distant relative of Diana, Princess of Wales. This envelope has also been signed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Roy Jenkins.
taken on a tour in the 1970s & two photo's from 1970
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough,
(13th November 1871 – 30th June 1934) He was a first cousin of Winston Churchill.
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
(6th August 1845 – 2th May 1914), Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known before 1900
Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife, for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, "Unto the hills around do I lift up" and for the frequency with which the name "Lorne" is given to male children in Canada, a custom uncommon elsewhere
(Great-great-great uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales)
He converted from Anglicanism to the Roman Catholic Church and entered the Passionist Order in 1841 and spent his life working for the conversion of England to the Catholic faith. He is also known as Father Ignatius of St Paul,and the 'Apostle of Prayer for England'. This is a letter dated 16th December 1834, one month following the death of his father, the 2nd Earl.
In March 2007, the Church announced that the first stage of Father Ignatius’ cause for beatification had been completed and that all the necessary documents had been forwarded to Rome. The next step in this process would be a declaration from the Holy See that Father Ignatius could be styled ‘Venerable’.
An English Member of Parliament and a Lord of the Treasury.
Sir Henry Vane (Harry Vane)
(1613 – 14th June 1662)
Son of Henry Vane (the Elder).
He was a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. Vane served on the Council of State during the Interregnum, but refused to take the oath which expressed approval of the king's execution. At the Restoration in 1660, after much debate in Parliament, he was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act.
Signed in Whitehall, London, Sunday 24th June 1640
John Smith
(13th September 1938 - 12th May 1994)
A Scottish Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament for Monklands East from 1970 and the Leader of the Opposition from July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack in May 1994.
He was buried next to a sea facing wall on the island of Iona in the cemetery adjacent to the Abbey.
MURDERER Doctor William Palmer
(6th August 1824 – 14th June 1856)
An English doctor who was convicted of murder in one of the most notorious cases of the 19th century. He was publicly executed
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville, Baron Montagu of Kimbolton
(1602 – 5th May 1671)
For a time Oliver Cromwell's superior. and the son of a First Lord who had been born at Boughton, Northamptonshire, and a step brother of another First Lord, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax. Edward was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War.
For Sir Robert Long (referred to in this document)see Chancellors
Sarah, Duchess of York (née Sarah Margaret Ferguson, born 15 October 1959), is a charity patron, spokesperson, writer, film producer, television personality and former member of the British Royal Family. She was married to Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, from 1986 to 1996.
Mother of Raine Spencer, Dowager Countess Spencer (born 9th September 1929) Stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
A successful English author, known for her numerous romance novels. She also became one of the United Kingdom's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues. Other than her fictional romance books, she also wrote health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance. This is her signature on a letter to BBC Radio Nottingham in 1990: pink ink of course!
"Something of the night about him"
Ann Widdecombe
Michael Howard's hand written notes during his live interview with Richard Oliff
Queen Alexandrina Victoria
(24 May 1819 – 22nd January 1901)
Defender of the Faith, Empress of India.
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20th June 1837, and the first Empress of India of the British Raj from 1st May 1876, until her death. Her reign as the Queen lasted 63 years and 7 months, longer than that of any other British monarch before or since, and her reign is the longest of any female monarch in history. The time of her reign is known as the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific and military progress within the United Kingdom.
In the world of celebrities, one landmark case put before the Press Complaints Commision was in 1995 when Lady Victoria Spencer was depicted in the News of the World leaving a clinic for eating disorders; her husband complained and the paper was forced to apologise.
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
(24th December 1638 – 9th March 1709)
An English courtier and diplomat.
His signature appears at the bottom of this document that has also been signed by First Lord Charles Montague, Stephen Fox and Chancellor John Smith
A document signed in 1847 by Queen Victoria and by her Chancellor Sir Charles Wood
