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  2. 5 days ago · Under the duchess's will, proved 1736, Histon rectory passed to her daughter Lady Mary Godolphin, who married Thomas Osborne, duke of Leeds.

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      HISTON. THE large village of Histon lies north of Cambridge,...

  3. Oct 21, 2024 · The family of Osborne, of which his grace Thomas. Osborne, duke of Leeds, is descended, was of this town; Richard Osborne, esq. of Ashford, being father of Sir Edward Osborne, cloth-worker, lord-mayor of London in the 25th year of queen Elizabeth, the duke's direct ancestor.

  4. 2 days ago · Sir Edward Osborne. Apprentice to Sir William Hewet (Lord Mayor 1559–60), whose daughter he rescued from drowning at London Bridge, and afterwards married. He was great-grandfather of the first Duke of Leeds (the Lord Treasurer Danby of Charles II.'s reign) and ancestor of the present Duke. 1573. Sir Thomas Pullyson.

  5. 4 days ago · List of knights and ladies of the Garter. The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member ...

  6. Oct 18, 2024 · One of the best known, Thomas Howard, third duke of Norfolk, was uncle to Henry VIII's wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and he used both of them to increase his own influence at court. He also played a role in securing the throne for the Catholic Mary Tudor.

  7. Oct 17, 2024 · He was twice married, firstly to Lady Martha Osborne, daughter of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (d. 11 September 1689, aged 25), and secondly, on 10 March 1691, to Isabella van Nassau (bapt. 20 April 1668, d. in childbirth on 30 January 1692 at London), sister of Henry Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham. He had no children by his ...

  8. Oct 12, 2024 · The first Baronetage was created in 1611. The Baronetage of England was replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1707. This list is not currently complete. For a more complete list, click here.

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