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John Frederick Geffening was born on 4 February 1787 in Colombo, Ceylon, the son of Reverend Bernhard Abraham Giffening (1762-1812), the head of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, and Maria Sophia née Francius (1754-1812). In 1796 the British formally took control of the Dutch colonies in Ceylon, with all the Dutch colonists who agreed to ...
Villiers (/ ˈ v ɪ l ər z / VIL-ərz) is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the dukedoms of Buckingham (1623–1687) and Cleveland (1670–1709), as well as the earldoms of Anglesey (1623–1661), Jersey (since 1697), and Clarendon (since 17
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Earl of Buckingham is a peerage title created several times in the Peerage of England. It is not to be confused with the title of Earl of Buckinghamshire . It was first created in 1097 for Walter Giffard , but became extinct in 1164 with the death of the second earl.
John Villiers (c. 1591 – 18 February 1658) [1] was an English courtier from the Villiers family. The eldest son of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont , later Countess of Buckingham , he was the brother of King James I's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham .
John Sheffield was the only son of Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, and succeeded his father as 3rd Earl and 5th Baron Sheffield in 1658. [2]At the age of eighteen he joined the fleet, to serve in the Second Anglo-Dutch War; on the renewal of hostilities in 1672 he was present at the Battle of Sole Bay, and in the next year received the command of a ship.
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1963: David John Robarts of The Glebe House, Lillingstone Lovell. Buckingham. [318] 1964: Elliott Merriam Viney of Green End House, Aylesbury [319] 1965: Noel Stephen Paynter of Lawn House, Edgcott [320] 1966: Sir Henry Roderick Moore of Bourton Grounds, Buckingham [321] 1967: John Hubert Emlyn Jones of Ivinghoe Manor, Leighton Buzzard ...