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(Encyclopedia) Digby, John: see Bristol, John Digby, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, John: see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fitzgibbon, John: see Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, John: see Bute, John Stuart, 3d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Alexander John I, prince of Romania: see Cuza, Alexander John. ...

(Encyclopedia) John Frederick I, 1503–54, elector (1532–47) and duke (1547–54) of Saxony; last elector of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin. Like his father, John the Steadfast, whom he succeeded, Jo...

(Encyclopedia) Fisher, John (Saint John Fisher), c.1469–1535, English prelate, cardinal, bishop of Rochester (1504–34). Known for his scholarship at Cambridge, he was chosen confessor to Margaret Beaufort, mothe...

(Encyclopedia) Hay, John: see Tweeddale, John Hay, 2d earl and 1st marquess of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Rawlinson, Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron, 1864–1925, British general; son of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson. He served in the Myanmar expedition of 1886–87, in the Sudan campaign (1898), and i...

(Encyclopedia) Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, 1st earl of gədŏlˈfĭn [key], 1645–1712, English statesman. He early established a lasting friendship with John Churchill (later duke of Marlborough), and their polit...