List of Privy Counsellors (1679–1714)
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 appointed between the reorganisation of the Privy Council in 1679 and the death of Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...

 in 1714.

1679

  • The Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683) (expelled 1679)
  • The Lord Finch
    Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
    Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, PC , Lord Chancellor of England, was descended from the old family of Finch, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of Sir Heneage Finch, recorder of London, by his first wife Frances Bell, daughter of Sir Edmond Bell of...

     (1621–1682)
  • The Earl of Anglesey
    Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
    Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey PC was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 for Charles II...

     (1614–1686)
  • The Duke of Albemarle
    Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
    Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, KG, PC was an English statesman and failed soldier.He was the son of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle....

     (1653–1688)
  • The Duke of Monmouth
    James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
    James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC , was an English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter...

     (1649–1685)
  • The Marquess of Winchester
    Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton
    Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, PC , son of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester. He became the sixth Marquess of Winchester on his father's death in 1675, was Member of Parliament for Winchester and then for Hampshire from 1660 to 1675...

     (1624–1699)
  • The Earl of Arlington
    Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
    Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington KG, PC was an English statesman.- Background and early life :He was the son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Middlesex, and of Dorothy Crofts. He was the younger brother of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston; his sister was Elizabeth Bennet who married Robert Kerr,...

     (1618–1685)
  • The Earl of Salisbury
    James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
    James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1660 to 1668, was an English nobleman....

     (1648–1683) (expelled 1681)
  • The Earl of Bridgewater
    John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater
    John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater PC was an English nobleman.He was a son of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Lady Frances Stanley...

     (1623–1686)
  • The Earl of Sunderland
    Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
    Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland KG, PC was an English statesman and nobleman.-Life:Born in Paris, son of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, Spencer inherited his father's peerage dignities at the age of three, becoming Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and Earl of Sunderland...

     (1679–1702) (expelled 1681; readmitted 1682)
  • The Earl of Essex
    Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
    Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex PC , whose surname is sometimes spelled Capel, was an English statesman.-Early life:...

     (1631–1683)
  • The Earl of Bath
    John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
    John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English royalist statesman, whose highest position was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland....

     (1628–1701)
  • The Viscount Halifax
    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax PC was an English statesman, writer, and politician.-Family and early life, 1633–1667:...

     (1633–1695) (expelled 1685)
  • Hon. Henry Compton (1632–1713)
  • The Lord Robartes
    John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
    John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor PC , known as The Lord Robartes between 1634 and 1679, was an English politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War...

  • Lord Russell
    William Russell, Lord Russell
    William Russell, Lord Russell was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who opposed the succession of James II during the reign of Charles II, ultimately resulting in his execution for treason.-Early life and marriage:Russell was the third...

     (1639–1683)
  • Lord Cavendish
    William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire KG PC was a soldier and Whig statesman, the son of William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Cecil.-Life:...

     (1641–1707)
  • Hon. Henry Coventry
    Henry Coventry
    The Honourable Henry Coventry was an English politician, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1672 and 1674 and the Southern Department between 1674 and 1680.-Origins and education:...

     (1619–1686)
  • Sir Francis North
    Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford
    Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford PC KC was the third son of the 4th Baron North, and was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in succession to Lord Nottingham....

     (1637–1685)
  • Sir Henry Capel
    Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell
    Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury KB, PC was a seventeenth century English politician.-Background:...

     (1638–1696)
  • Sir John Ernle
    John Ernle
    The Right Honourable Sir John Ernle was an English Member of Parliament, sitting first in the Cavalier Parliament of 1660-1679 and becoming one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April 1689.-Antecedents:Ernle was descended from...

     (1620–1697)
  • Sir Thomas Chicheley
    Thomas Chicheley
    Sir Thomas Chicheley was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II. His name is sometimes spelt as Chichele....

     (1618–1699) (expelled 1687)
  • Sir William Temple, Bt (1628–1699)
  • Sir Edward Seymour, Bt
    Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
    Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician.-Life:...

     (1633–1708)
  • Henry Powle
    Henry Powle
    Henry Powle was Speaker of the House of Commons of England from January 1689 to February 1689. He was also Master of the Rolls and represented the constituency of Windsor...

     (1630–1692)
  • William Sancroft
    William Sancroft
    William Sancroft was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury.- Life :Sancroft was born at Ufford Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk, son of Francis Sandcroft and Margaret Sandcroft née Butcher...

     (1617–1693)
  • The Duke of Lauderdale
    John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
    Sir John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane KG PC , was a Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry.-Background:...

     (1616–1682)
  • The Marquess of Worcester
    Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
    Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC was an English peer. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1646 until 3 April 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester....

     (1629–1699)
  • The Viscount Fauconberg
    Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg
    Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg PC was an English peer. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War drawing close to Oliver Cromwell and married Cromwell's third daughter Mary...

     (1628–1700)
  • The Duke of Newcastle
    Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle
    Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC , styled Viscount Mansfield until 1676, was the only son of the William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his first wife, Elizabeth Basset. His maternal grandparents were William Basset and Judith Austen, daughter of Thomas...

     (1630–1691)
  • The Lord Holles
    Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
    Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC was an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642.-Early life:...

     (1599–1680)
  • Hon. Laurence Hyde
    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester KG PC was an English statesman and writer. He was originally a supporter of James II but later supported the Glorious Revolution in 1688.-Early life:...

     (1642–1711)

1680

  • Hon. Daniel Finch
    Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
    Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC , was an English Tory statesman during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.-Early life:...

     (1647–1730)
  • Sidney Godolphin
    Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
    Sir Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, KG, PC was a leading English politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries...

     (1645–1712)
  • Sir Leoline Jenkins
    Leoline Jenkins
    Sir Leoline Jenkins was a Welsh academic, jurist and politician. He was a clerical lawyer serving in the Admiralty courts, and diplomat involved in the negotiation of international treaties .-Biography:...

     (1623–1685)
  • The Earl of Ossory (1634–1680)
  • The Earl of Clarendon
    Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
    Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon PC was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of James II of England, who had married his sister.-Early life:...

     (1638–1709)
  • Sir Robert Carr, Bt (1637-1682)

1681

  • The Earl of Oxford
    Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
    Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend....

     (1626–1703)
  • The Earl of Chesterfield
    Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield
    Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield PC was a peer in the peerage of England.-Personal life:He was the son of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope and his wife, Katherine Wotton. He inherited the title of Earl of Chesterfield on the death of his grandfather in 1656...

     (1633–1713)
  • The Earl of Ailesbury
    Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
    Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS was the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin....

     (1638–1685)
  • The Earl of Conway
    Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway
    Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway PC, FRS was an English peer and politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1681 and 1683.-Life:...

     (1623–1683)
  • The Earl of Craven (1606–1697)

1682

  • George Legge
    George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
    Admiral George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth PC was an English naval commander who gave distinguished service to both Charles II and James II.-Biography:...

     (1648–1691)
  • The Duke of Ormonde
    James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
    James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...

     (1610–1688)
  • The Earl of Lindsey
    Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey
    Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, PC, FRS was a British Hereditary Peer. He was the son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey and Martha Cokayne. His mother died shortly after his birth about July 1641.From 1661 to 1666 he was Member of Parliament for Boston in...

     (1630–1701)
  • Sir Francis Pemberton
    Francis Pemberton
    Sir Francis Pemberton was an English judge and briefly Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in the course of a turbulent career.-Early life:...

     (1625–1697)

1683

  • The Earl of Huntingdon
    Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
    Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon PC was an English politician. He was the son of Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, born in the 27th year of his parents' marriage, and became Earl of Huntingdon on 13 February 1656 on his father's death...

     (1650–1701)
  • The Earl of Peterborough
    Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough
    Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, KG, PC, FRS was an English soldier, peer and courtier.-Early life:Styled Lord Mordaunt from 1628, he was the eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough...

     (1624–1697)
  • Sir George Jeffreys
    George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
    George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, PC , also known as "The Hanging Judge", was an English judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor .- Early years and education :Jeffreys was born at the family estate of Acton Hall, near Wrexham,...

     (1648–1689)

1684

  • The Earl of Moray (1634–1701)
  • The Earl of Middleton
    Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton
    Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton, Jacobite 1st Earl of Monmouth, PC was a Scottish and English politician who held several offices under Charles II and James II & VI...

     (1650–1719)

James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

, 1685-1688

  • Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708)
  • The Duke of Queensberry
    William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry
    William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC also 3rd Earl of Queensberry and 1st Marquess of Queensberry was a Scottish politician....

     (1637–1695)
  • The Earl of Perth
    James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
    James Drummond, 1st Duke of Perth KT PC , also 4th Earl of Perth and 7th Lord Drummond, was a Scottish statesman, and Jacobite.-Family:...

     (1648–1716)
  • The Earl of Mulgrave
    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC , was a poet and notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council.-Career:...

     (1648–1721)
  • The Earl of Berkeley
    George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley
    George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley PC FRS was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 until 1658 when he succeeded to the peerage.-Life:...

     (1628–1698)
  • Sir Edward Herbert
    Edward Herbert (judge)
    Sir Edward Herbert , titular Earl of Portland, was an English judge who served as Chief Justice of the King’s Bench during the reign of James II.-Early life and career:...

     (1648–1698)
  • The Viscount Preston
    Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston
    Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC was an English politician and diplomat. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon.-Origins and education:Graham was born at Netherby,...

     (1648–1695)
  • The Earl of Plymouth (1627–1687)

1688

  • The Lord Crew
    Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew
    Nathanial Crew, 3rd Baron Crew was Bishop of Oxford from 1671 to 1674, then Bishop of Durham from 1674 to 1721. As such he was one of the longest serving bishops of the Church of England....

     (1633–1721)
  • The Earl of Powis
    William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis
    William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC was an English nobleman.He succeeded his father, the 2nd Baron Powis, as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667, and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King Charles II and Viscount Montgomery, of the Town of Montgomery, and Marquess of Powis in 1687 by King James II,...

     (1617–1696)
  • The Lord Arundell of Wardour
    Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour
    Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour, PC was a Peer of England during the 17th century, and the most famous of the Lords Arundell of Wardour. He served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Steward, and was appointed to the Privy Council...

     (1606–1694)
  • The Lord Belasyse
    John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
    John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse PC was an English nobleman, soldier and Member of Parliament, notable for his role during and after the English Civil War.-Early life:...

     (1614–1689)
  • The Lord Dover (1636–1708) (Earl of Dover in the Jacobite Peerage
    Jacobite peerage
    After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...

    )
  • The Earl of Tyrconnell (1630–1691)
  • The Earl of Castlemaine
    Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine
    Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine PC was an English courtier, diplomat, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He was also a noted Catholic writer...

     (1634–1705)
  • The Duke of Hamilton
    William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
    William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC , born Lord William Douglas, was the son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly...

     (1635–1694)
  • Sir Nicholas Butler
  • Edward Petre
    Edward Petre
    Sir Edward Petre, 3rd baronet SJ was an English Jesuit who became a close adviser to King James II and was appointed a privy councillor.-Early life:...

     (1631–1699)

1689

  • The Earl of Danby
    Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
    Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG , English statesman , served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.-Early life, 1632–1674:The son of Sir Edward Osborne, Bart., of Kiveton, Yorkshire, Thomas Osborne...

     (1631–1712)
  • The Duke of Norfolk
    Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk
    Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, Earl Marshal was a politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer.He married Mary Mordaunt, the only daughter and heiress of...

     (1653–1701)
  • The Marquess of Winchester
    Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton
    Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, PC , son of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester. He became the sixth Marquess of Winchester on his father's death in 1675, was Member of Parliament for Winchester and then for Hampshire from 1660 to 1675...

     (1625–1699)
  • The Marquess of Halifax
    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax PC was an English statesman, writer, and politician.-Family and early life, 1633–1667:...

     (1633–1695)
  • The Earl of Lindsey
    Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey
    Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, PC, FRS was a British Hereditary Peer. He was the son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey and Martha Cokayne. His mother died shortly after his birth about July 1641.From 1661 to 1666 he was Member of Parliament for Boston in...

     (1630–1701)
  • The Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire KG PC was a soldier and Whig statesman, the son of William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Cecil.-Life:...

     (1640–1707)
  • The Earl of Dorset
    Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
    Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex was an English poet and courtier.-Early Life:He was son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset...

     (1638–1706)
  • The Earl of Oxford
    Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
    Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend....

     (1626–1703)
  • The Earl of Shrewsbury
    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC was an English statesman. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that faith until 1679 when—during the time of the Popish Plot and following the advice of the divine John Tillotson—he converted to the Church of England...

     (1660–1718) (expelled 1692; re-admitted 1694)
  • The Earl of Bedford
    William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
    William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage and sat in the House of Lords...

     (1613–1700)
  • The Earl of Macclesfield
    Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
    Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier.-Life:The eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard, he was a member of an old Lancashire family, his great-grandfather having been Sir Gilbert Gerard of Ince, in that county, one of the most distinguished judges...

     (1618–1694)
  • The Viscount Fauconberg
    Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg
    Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg PC was an English peer. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War drawing close to Oliver Cromwell and married Cromwell's third daughter Mary...

     (1628–1700)
  • The Earl of Monmouth
    Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
    Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth...

     (1658–1735)
  • The Viscount Newport
    Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford
    Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford PC , styled The Honourable between 1642 and 1651, was an English soldier, courtier and Whig politician.-Background:...

     (1620–1708)
  • The Lord Lumley
    Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough
    Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution.-Origins:...

     (1650–1721)
  • Hon. Henry Compton (1632–1713)
  • The Lord Montagu
    Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
    Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu was an English courtier and diplomat.-Life:He was the second son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton and Anne Winwood, daughter of the Secretary of State Ralph Winwood...

     (1638–1709)
  • The Lord Delamere
    Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington
    Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author.-Life:...

     (1652–1694)
  • The Lord Churchill
    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...

     (1650–1722)
  • William Bentinck
    William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
    Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, Baron Bentinck of Diepenheim and Schoonheten, KG, PC was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. He was steady, sensible, modest...

     (1649–1709)
  • Hon. Henry Sydney
    Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
    Henry Sydney , 1st Earl of Romney was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and sister of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.Henry was a brother of...

     (1641–1704)
  • Hon. Sir Robert Howard
    Robert Howard (playwright)
    Sir Robert Howard was an English playwright and politician, born to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth.-Life:...

     (1626–1698)
  • Sir Henry Capell
    Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell
    Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury KB, PC was a seventeenth century English politician.-Background:...

     (1637–1696)
  • Henry Powle
    Henry Powle
    Henry Powle was Speaker of the House of Commons of England from January 1689 to February 1689. He was also Master of the Rolls and represented the constituency of Windsor...

     (1630–1692)
  • Edward Russell
    Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
    Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III.-Naval career:...

     (1653–1727)
  • Richard Hampden
    Richard Hampden
    Richard Hampden was an English Whig politician and son of John Hampden. He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1689 and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 18 March 1690 until 10 May 1694....

     (1631–1695)
  • Hugh Boscawen
    Hugh Boscawen
    Hugh Boscawen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1701.Boscawen was the son of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan, Cornwall and was baptised on 21 August 1625....

     (1625–1701)
  • Hon. Thomas Wharton
    Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton
    Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...

     (1648–1715)
  • Sir John Lowther, Bt
    John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale
    John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician....

     (1655–1700)
  • Arthur Herbert
    Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington
    Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington was a British admiral and politician of the late 17th and early 18th century. Cashiered as a rear-admiral by James II of England in 1688 for refusing to vote to repeal the Test Act, which prevented Catholics from holding offices, he brought the Invitation to...

     (1647–1716)
  • William Harbord (1635-1692)
  • The Duke of Schomberg
    Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
    Friedrich Hermann , 1st Duke of Schomberg , KG , was a marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army....

     (1615–1690)
  • Sir John Holt (1642–1710)
  • The Earl of Pembroke
    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne....

     (1656–1733)

1690

  • Sir Henry Goodricke, Bt
    Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet was the son of Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet whom he succeeded in 1670. He inherited the family estate of Ribston Hall in North Yorkshire and in 1674 replaced the old house with a new mansion.-Career:...

     (1642–1705)
  • The Marquess of Winchester
    Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton
    Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton KG PC was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Hampshire and a supporter of William III of Orange....

     (1661–1722)
  • The Lord Godolphin
    Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
    Sir Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, KG, PC was a leading English politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries...

     (1645–1712)

1691

  • Sir John Trevor
    John Trevor (speaker)
    Sir John Trevor was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 and from 1689 to 1695. Trevor also served as Master of the Rolls from 1685 to 1689 and from 1693 to 1717...

     (1637–1717)
  • The Earl of Bridgewater
    John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater
    John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater was the eldest son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Elizabeth Cavendish. His maternal grandparents were William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his first wife Elizabeth Basset.He served as a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire as...

     (1646–1701)
  • John Tillotson
    John Tillotson
    John Tillotson was an Archbishop of Canterbury .-Curate and rector:Tillotson was the son of a Puritan clothier at Haughend, Sowerby, Yorkshire. He entered as a pensioner of Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1647, graduated in 1650 and was made fellow of his college in 1651...

     (1630–1694)

1692

  • The Earl of Rochester
    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester KG PC was an English statesman and writer. He was originally a supporter of James II but later supported the Glorious Revolution in 1688.-Early life:...

     (1641–1711)
  • The Earl of Ranelagh
    Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh
    Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh PC FRS , known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland.-Background:...

     (1636–1712)
  • The Lord Cornwallis
    Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
    Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty. He succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis in 1673...

     (1655–1698)
  • Sir Edward Seymour, Bt
    Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
    Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician.-Life:...

     (1633–1708)
  • The Viscount Falkland (1656–1694)
  • The Lord Lexinton
    Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton
    Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton PC was an English diplomat.-Family:He was the son of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton and his third wife Mary St. Leger.On 14 September 1691, he married Margaret Hungerford Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton PC (6 January 1662 – 19 September 1723) was an English...

     (1661–1723)

1693

  • Sir John Somers
    John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
    John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS was an English Whig jurist and statesman. Somers first came to national attention in the trial of the Seven Bishops where he was on the their defence counsel. He published tracts on political topics such as the succession to the crown, where he elaborated his...

     (1651–1716)
  • Sir John Trenchard
    John Trenchard (Secretary of State)
    Sir John Trenchard was an English politician belonging to an old Dorset family. His father was Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton , and his grandfather was Sir Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton...

     (1649–1695)
  • The Lord Coningsby
    Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby
    Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times from 1679 until 1716 when he was created a peer and sat in the House of Lords-Early life:...

     (1657–1729) (expelled 1724)

1694

  • Viscount Dursley
    Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley
    Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley PC KB FRS , was a British nobleman and diplomat, known as Sir Charles Berkeley from 1661 to 1679 and styled Viscount Dursley from 1679 to 1698....

     (1649–1710)
  • The Earl of Stamford
    Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford
    Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford PC was a British peer and politician.He was the only son of Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby, and inherited his title from his grandfather....

     (1654–1720)
  • Charles Montagu
    Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
    Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS was an English poet and statesman.-Early life:Charles Montagu was born in Horton, Northamptonshire, the son of George Montagu, fifth son of 1st Earl of Manchester...

     (1661–1715)

1695

  • Thomas Tenison
    Thomas Tenison
    Thomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.-Life:...

     (1636–1715)
  • Sir William Trumbull
    William Trumbull
    Sir William Trumbull was an English statesman who held high office as a member of the First Whig Junto.-Biography:...

     (1639–1716)
  • The Duke of Schomberg
    Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
    Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG was a general in the service of Prince William of Orange, later King William III of England.-Military career:...

     (1641–1719)
  • The Earl of Tankerville
    Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
    Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville , 1st Viscount Glendale, and 3rd Baron Grey of Warke, was a British nobleman and statesman. He was the son of Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke and Catherine Ford, daughter of Sir Edward Ford of Harting in West Sussex. He was baptized the day of his birth at...

     (d. 1701)
  • Hon. Peregrine Bertie
    Peregrine Bertie (junior)
    Peregrine Bertie DL was a British politician, the second son of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey.Educated at the Middle Temple in 1679, Bertie first entered the House of Commons in 1685 in Boston, alongside his brother, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, and generally inclined towards the Tories...

     (1663–1711)
  • John Smith
    John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    John Smith was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer.Smith's father was also called John Smith and he had a sister called Anne, who became Lady Dashwood. He was educated St John's College, Oxford, was at the Middle Temple and was first elected a Member of Parliament...

     (1655–1723)

1696

  • The Duke of Ormonde
    James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
    James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...

     (1665–1745) (expelled 1715)
  • Sir Joseph Williamson
    Joseph Williamson (politician)
    Sir Joseph Williamson, FRS was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699....

     (1633–1701)

1697

  • The Earl of Jersey
    Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
    Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey son of Sir Edward Villiers of Richmond and Frances Howard, the youngest daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and Elizabeth Hume, was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697.His grandfather, Sir Edward...

     (1656–1711)
  • James Vernon
    James Vernon
    James Vernon was an English politician and Secretary of State for both the Northern and the Southern Departments during the reign of William III.-Origins and education:...

     (1646–1727)

1698

  • The Lord Ferrers
    Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers
    Sir Robert Shirley, 7th Baronet, of Staunton Harold, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Earl Ferrers was an English peer and courtier....

     (1650–1717)
  • The Earl of Manchester
    Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester
    Charles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, 4th Earl of Manchester , son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded to his father's earldom in 1683...

     (1660–1722)

1700

  • Sir Nathan Wright
    Nathan Wright
    Sir Nathan Wright was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under King William III and Queen Anne.His descendants are the Kelsey family. Gerry Kelsey was Head Gardener for the Duchess and Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle,West Sussex....

     (1654–1721)
  • Sir Charles Hedges
    Charles Hedges
    Sir Charles Hedges , of Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, an English lawyer and politician, was a judge in Admiralty Court who later served as one of Queen Anne's Secretaries of State.-Life:...

     (1650–1714)

1701

  • Hon. Henry Boyle
    Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton
    Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, PC , was an Anglo-Irish politician of the early eighteenth century.-Biography:...

     (1669–1725)
  • The Earl of Lindsey
    Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
    Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 1st Marquess of Lindsey, PC was a British statesman and nobleman.Bertie was born to Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey and Elizabeth Wharton...

     (1660–1723)
  • The Earl of Carlisle
    Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
    Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British statesman and member of the peerage of England.Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of...

     (1669–1738)
  • The Duke of Somerset
    Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
    Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , sometimes referred to as the "Proud Duke". The son of Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, and Elizabeth Alington , he succeeded his brother Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset, to the dukedom when the latter was shot in 1678...

     (1662–1748)

1702

  • The Earl of Radnor
    Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor
    Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor PC FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 until 1685 when he inherited a peerage as Earl of Radnor...

     (1660–1723)
  • The Earl of Burlington
    Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
    Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC was a peer, courtier and politician....

     (1660–1704)

1702

  • The Marquess of Normanby
    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC , was a poet and notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council.-Career:...

     (1648–1721)
  • The Earl of Abingdon (1672–1743)
  • Sir John Leveson-Gower, Bt
    John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower
    John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Granville. He was born on 7 Jan 1675 in Stittenham, Yorkshire....

     (1675–1709)
  • John Grobham Howe (1657–1722)
  • The Earl of Nottingham
    Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
    Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC , was an English Tory statesman during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.-Early life:...

     (1647–1730)
  • The Earl of Northampton
    George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton
    George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, PC , styled Lord Compton from 1664 to 1681, was a British peer....

     (1664–1727)
  • The Viscount Weymouth (1640–1714)
  • The Lord Dartmouth
    William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth
    William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth , only son of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, succeeded to his father's barony in 1691. In 1702 he was appointed a member of the Board of Trade and Plantations, and eight years later he became Secretary of State for the Southern Department and joint keeper of...

     (1672–1750)
  • John Granville (1665–1707)
  • Sir Thomas Trevor
    Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor
    Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor PC was knighted in 1692 as Solicitor General and in 1695 became Attorney-General....

     (1658–1730)
  • Sir George Rooke
    George Rooke
    Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke was an English naval commander. He is known for his service in the wars against France and particularly remembered today for his victory at Vigo Bay and for capturing Gibraltar for the British in 1704.-Early life:Rooke was born at St Lawrence, near Canterbury...

     (1650–1709)
  • The Lord Poulett
    John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett
    John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett KG was the son of John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett and his wife Susan Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke....

     (1663–1743)

1703

  • John Sharp (1645–1714)
  • The Earl of Thanet
    Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
    Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC was an English nobleman and politician.He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl...

     (1644–1729)
  • The Lord Guernsey
    Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford
    Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford, PC, KC was an English lawyer and statesman.-Early life:Second son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, he was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on November 18, 1664...

     (1649–1719)

1704

  • The Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
    Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG PC was a British politician and courtier.-Family:He was a son of Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent and Mary Grey, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell...

     (1671–1740)
  • Robert Harley
    Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
    Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer KG was a British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory Ministry. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as First Lord of the Treasury, effectively Queen...

     (1661–1724)
  • Thomas Mansell (1667–1723)

1705

  • The Duke of Newcastle
    John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
    John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC was the son of the 3rd Earl of Clare and his wife Grace Pierrepont. Grace was daughter of The Hon. William Pierrepont and granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull....

     (1662–1711)
  • The Earl of Peterborough
    Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
    Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth...

     (1658–1735)
  • The Lord Cholmondeley
    Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
    Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, PC , styled The Honourable from birth until 1681 and then known as Viscount Cholmondeley to 1706, was an English peer and politician....

     (1662–1724)
  • Thomas Erle
    Thomas Erle
    Lieutenant-General Thomas Erle PC was an English army general and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and of Great Britain from 1678 to 1718. He was Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance....

     (1650–1720)
  • William Cowper
    William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
    William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns...

     (1665–1723)

1706

  • The Earl of Derby
    James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
    James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven...

     (1664–1736)
  • The Earl of Sunderland
    Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
    Sir Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG PC , known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman...

     (1675–1722)

1708

  • The Marquess of Dorchester (1665–1726)
  • The Earl of Bindon
    Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk
    Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon PC was an English nobleman, styled Lord Walden from 1691 to 1706....

     (1670–1718)
  • The Earl of Mar
    John Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar
    John Erskine, 22nd and de jure 6th Earl of Mar, KT , Scottish Jacobite, was the eldest son of the 21st Earl of Mar , from whom he inherited estates that were heavily loaded with debt. By modern reckoning he was 22nd Earl of Mar of the first creation and de jure 6th Earl of Mar of the seventh...

     (1675–1732)
  • The Viscount Townshend
    Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
    Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Bt, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy...

     (1674–1738)
  • The Duke of Queensberry
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover was a Scottish nobleman.He was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and his wife Isabel Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.Educated at the University of Glasgow, he was appointed a...

     (1662–1711)
  • The Earl of Seafield (1664–1730)
  • The Duke of Montrose
    James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
    James Graham, 1st Duke and 4th Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish aristocratic statesman in the early eighteenth century....

     (1682–1742)
  • The Earl Rivers
    Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers
    Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC was the second son of Thomas, 3rd Earl; and after the death about 1680 of his elder brother Thomas, styled Viscount Colchester, he was designated by that title until he succeeded to the peerage....

     (1654–1712)
  • The Earl of Essex
    Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex
    Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier. He was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex and Elizabeth Percy. After his father's suicide in 1683, Capell became the 2nd Earl of Essex...

     (1670–1709)
  • The Earl of Loudoun (d. 1731)
  • Thomas Coke
    Thomas Coke (privy counsellor)
    Thomas Coke was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1698 and 1715.Coke was the son of John Coke and his wife Mary Leventhorpe, daughter of Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 4th Baronet. He was born at Melbourne, Derbyshire where he was baptised on 19 February 1675....

     (1674–1727)

1709

  • The Duke of Argyll
    John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
    Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich KG , known as Iain Ruaidh nan Cath or Red John of the Battles, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Early Life:...

     (1680–1743)
  • The Duke of Roxburghe
    John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe
    John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, PC, FRS was the second son of Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe, and Margaret Hay, daughter of John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale. He was younger brother to Robert Ker, 4th Earl of Roxburghe....

     (1680–1741)
  • Sir John Holland, Bt
    Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet
    Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet was a British politician.He was a Privy Counsellor, Comptroller of the Household and Member of Parliament for Norfolk from 17 Dec 1701 to 29 Jul 1710....

     (d. 1724)
  • The Earl of Orford
    Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
    Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III.-Naval career:...

     (1653–1727)

1710

  • The Earl of Bradford
    Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford
    Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford PC , styled The Honourable from 1651 to 1694 and subsequently Viscount Newport until 1708, was an English peer and Whig politician.-Background:...

     (1644–1723)
  • Sir Thomas Parker
    Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
    Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC, FRS was an English Whig politician.-Youth and early career:He was born in Staffordshire, the son of Thomas Parker, an attorney at Leek. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge...

     (1666–1732) (expelled 1725)
  • Sir Richard Onslow
    Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow
    Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow PC was a British Whig Member of Parliament, known as Sir Richard Onslow, 2nd Baronet from 1688 until 1716. He served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1708 until 1710 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1714 until 1715...

     (1654–1717)
  • The Earl of Anglesey (1676–1710)
  • Henry St John
    Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
    Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his atheism. In 1715 he supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 which sought to overthrow the...

     (1678–1751)
  • Sir Simon Harcourt
    Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
    Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, PC was Queen Anne's Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. He was her solicitor-general and her commissioner for arranging the union with Scotland...

     (1661–1727)
  • Lord Hyde
    Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon
    Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester, PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was styled Lord Hyde from 1682 to 1711.-Life:...

     (1672–1753)
  • The Earl of Anglesey
    Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey
    Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey PC, PC was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was a Member of Parliament in both the British and Irish lower houses before succeeding as 6th Viscount Valentia and 5th Earl of Anglesey, joining both the upper houses...

     (1678–1737)
  • The Duke of Beaufort
    Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
    Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, KG PC was the only son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, and Rebecca Child...

     (1684–1714)

1711

  • The Earl of Orrery
    Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
    Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences....

     (1674–1731)
  • The Earl of Orkney
    George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
    Field Marshal George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney KT was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. The son of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, he fought for William of Orange in Ireland and the Low Countries...

     (1670–1737)
  • The Marquess of Annandale (d. 1721)
  • The Earl of Winchilsea
    Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea
    Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea PC was a British peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Maidstone until 1689. He was the son of William Finch, Lord Maidstone and Elizabeth Wyndham....

     (1672–1712)
  • Robert Benson
    Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley
    Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, PC was an English politician of the 18th century.-Life:Robert Benson was born in Wakefield. He went to school in London before studying at Christ's College, Cambridge...

     (1676–1731)
  • Hon. Henry Paget
    Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (first creation)
    Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge PC was a British nobleman and politician.-Family:He was the son of William Paget, 6th Baron Paget, and his wife Frances, daughter of Francis Pierrepoint and a granddaughter of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull...

     (1663–1743)
  • The Earl of Strafford (1672-1739)
  • William Bromley
    William Bromley (Speaker)
    Sir William Bromley was an English Tory politician. He was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714....

     (1663–1732)
  • John Robinson (1650-1723)
  • The Earl of Clarendon
    Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
    Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon , styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is perhaps best known for the claims of his cross-dressing while in office.-Career:Born The Hon...

     (1661–1723)
  • The Earl of Islay
    Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
    Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

     (1659–1724)
  • The Lord North (1678–1734)

1712

  • The Duke of Atholl
    John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
    John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, KT, PC was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and soldier. He served in numerous positions during his life, and fought in the Glorious Revolution for William III and Mary II....

     (1659–1724)
  • The Lord Lansdowne
    George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
    George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC was an English poet, playwright, and politician who served as a Privy Counsellor from 1712.-Early life:...

     (1666–1735)
  • The Earl of Portmore (1656–1730)
  • John Hill
    John Hill (courtier)
    Major-General John "Jack" Hill was a British army officer and courtier during the reign of Queen Anne. While of no particular military ability, his family connections brought him promotion and office until the end of Anne's reign....

     (d. 1735)
  • The Lord Guilford
    Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford
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    George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
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    Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
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