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(Encyclopedia) Warwick, Richard de Beauchamp, earl of, 1382–1439, English nobleman; son of Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. He fought for Henry IV against Owen Glendower in Wales and the Percys at Shrewsbury ...
(Encyclopedia) Northumberland, Henry Percy, 4th earl of, 1446–89, English nobleman. When his father, the 3d earl, was killed fighting in the Lancastrian army at Towton (1461), he was imprisoned by Edward IV and th...
(Encyclopedia) Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of kĭldârˈ [key], 1722–73, Irish nobleman. He sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1741 until 1744, when he succeeded as earl of Kildare. He was created Vis...
(Encyclopedia) Desmond, Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th earl of dĕzˈmənd [key], d. 1583, Irish nobleman. He spent his life fighting Thomas Butler, 10th earl of Ormonde, who represented English interests. He was twice imp...
(Encyclopedia) Maitland, William (Maitland of Lethington), 1528?–1573, Scottish statesman. In 1559 he deserted the regent Mary of Guise and joined the revolt of the Protestant nobles. When Mary Queen of Scots retu...
(Encyclopedia) Lancaster, Edmund Crouchback, earl of: see Lancaster, house of.
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(Encyclopedia) Warwick, John Dudley, earl of: see Northumberland, John Dudley, duke of.
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(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Charles, 4th earl of Orrery: see Orrery, Charles Boyle, 4th earl of.
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(Encyclopedia) Howard, Frederick, 5th earl of Carlisle: see Carlisle, Frederick Howard, 5th earl of.
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(Encyclopedia) Bruce, James, 8th earl of Elgin: see Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of.
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