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(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, James, 1st earl of Murray: see Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Murray, William: see Mansfield, William Murray, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Marshal, William: see Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bentinck, William: see Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of , nŏtˈĭngəm [key], 1621–82, lord chancellor of England. He took no part in the politics of the English civil war, but in 1660 he entered Parliament and bec...

(Encyclopedia) Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess, 1760–1842, British colonial administrator; brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington. He became earl of Mornington on his father's death ...

(Encyclopedia) Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Seymour, William: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron, 1731–1806, lord chancellor of England. Called to the bar in 1754, he enjoyed considerable success in legal practice. He was made a king's counsel in 1762 and ente...

(Encyclopedia) Stockton, 1st earl of: see Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold. ...