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Fitzgerald, Gerald, 8th earl of Kildare
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Fitzgerald, Gerald, 8th earl of Kildare [I] ( c. 1457...Fitzgerald's father, the 7th earl, was a prominent Yorkist and...supported Lambert Simnel : the earl is said to have crowned him in Dublin and Thomas Fitzgerald was killed...
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Macartney, George, 1st Earl Macartney
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Macartney, George, 1st Earl Macartney (1737–1806). Born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Macartney had a varied career. He was envoy to St Petersburg (1764–7); a chief secretary for Ireland...
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Gerald, Earl of Desmond
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...failed military career of the 2nd Earl Gerald of Desmond (d. 1583...Garret] Óg, the 11th Earl of Kildare, who lies under...R. D. Joyce , ‘Earl Gerald and His Bride’...Hero in Irish Folk History (Dublin, 1985), 78–86...
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FitzGibbon, John, 1st earl of Clare
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
FitzGibbon, John, 1st earl of Clare [I] (1748–1802...Limerick, attended Trinity College, Dublin, and Christ Church, Oxford, and...advanced to a viscountcy in 1793 and made earl of Clare [I] in 1795. He was one...
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Parsons, William, Third Earl of Rosse
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PARSONS, WILLIAM, THIRD EARL OF ROSSE ( b. York, England...of Lawrence Parsons, second Earl of Rosse, and a descendant...a year to Trinity College, Dublin. He next attended Magdalen...local militia. In 1845, as the earl of Rosse, he was elected Irish...
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Oxford, Robert de Vere, 9th earl of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Oxford, Robert de Vere, 9th earl of (1362–92). According to a chronicler, the 9th earl was one of the young men brought up with...was raised in the peerage, to marquis of Dublin in 1385 and duke of Ireland in 1386. When...
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Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, 2nd earl of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, 2nd earl of (1475–99). Warwick's father was George, duke...Tower. In 1487 Lambert Simnel claimed to be him and was crowned in Dublin, whereupon Warwick was taken publicly to St Paul's to quell...
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marquis
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...catch on. The first marquis, Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford , was made marquis of Dublin in 1385 by Richard II, but within a year had...promoted duke of Ireland. The next, John Beaufort, earl of Somerset, was promoted marquis of Dorset in...
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Fingall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Fingall, Fingal [Ir. finn gall , fair foreigner]. Name once used for the portions of Co. Dublin north of the Liffey ; gives the title of earl to the Plunkett family. There is also a Lough Fingal, having no Fenian associations, in south Co. Galway, 4 miles NE of Kinvarra.
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Stoke, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...1487. Lambert Simnel , posing as Edward, earl of Warwick , and nephew to Edward IV, raised support in Ireland and was crowned in Dublin as Edward VI. He landed near Lancaster and was supported by the earl of Lincoln . His forces met with those...
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