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(Encyclopedia) Clarence, George, duke of, 1449–78, son of Richard, duke of York, and brother of Edward IV. In defiance of Edward, Clarence married Isabel Neville and joined her father, Richard Neville, earl of War...

(Encyclopedia) Clarence, Lionel, duke of, 1338–68, third son of Edward III of England. His marriage (1352) to Elizabeth de Burgh gained him the title and lands of the earl of Ulster. Governor of Ireland from 1361 ...

(Encyclopedia) Eleanor of Aquitaine ăkwĭtānˈ, ăkˈwĭtān [key], 1122?–1204, queen consort first of Louis VII of France and then of Henry II of England. Daughter and heiress of William X, duke of Aquitaine, s...

(Encyclopedia) Lane, Sir Ralph, c.1530–1603, leader of the first attempted English settlement in America, on Roanoke Island, N.C. Sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition of over 100 colonists left England in Ap...

(Encyclopedia) Jukes: see Dugdale, Richard Louis. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, David: see Garnett, Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, Edward: see Garnett, Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sheridan, Frances: see Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ingoldsby, Thomas: see Barham, Richard Harris. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, Constance (Black): see Garnett, Richard. ...