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A Nobleman (fict) brings news of Henry's arrest to the Yorkist leaders in Henry VI, Part 3. Norfolk: The Duke of Norfolk is a supporter of the Yorkists in Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III. The Duke of Norfolk (hist & hist) is an associate of Buckingham in Henry VIII.
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister is a three-volume roman à clef by Aphra Behn playing with events of the Monmouth Rebellion and exploring the genre of the epistolary novel. The first volume, published in 1684, lays some claim to be the first English novel. Some scholars claim that the attribution to Behn remains in dispute.
These are informally known as letter nobility (Norwegian: brevadel). Other families are Rosenvinge and Tordenstjerne, both ennobled in 1505. However, the custom of ennobling by letters patent increased drastically in the late 17th century and the 18th century, when numerous persons and families received such noble status.
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
Hawk, Sir Mulberry is a lecherous, parasitic nobleman in Nicholas Nickleby. Heep, Mrs Widowed mother of Uriah Heep in David Copperfield, "dead image of Uriah, only short". She is as "'umble" as her son, whom she dotes on. Heep, Uriah A hypocritical clerk of Mr Wickfield's who is continually citing his humility. He deviously plots to ruin ...
An elderly baronet who sent a letter summoning Hercule Poirot to his house, where Poirot finds his dead body. Sir Robert Chiltern An Ideal Husband: A member of the House of Commons. Sir Francis Clavering Pendennis: A member of Parliament and a gambler. Sir Hugh Clavering The Claverings: An affluent and selfish baronet. Sir Pitt Crawley Vanity Fair
Times style is to always capitalize the first letter of a clue, regardless of whether the clue is a complete sentence or whether the first word is a proper noun. On occasion, this is used to deliberately create difficulties for the solver; e.g., in the clue [John, for one], it is ambiguous whether the clue is referring to the proper name John ...
Gabriel de Rochechouart, father of Madame de Montespan, was a member of the House of Rochechouart, one of the oldest French noble families.. The Nobles of the Sword (French: noblesse d'épée) were the noblemen of the oldest class of nobility in France dating from the Middle Ages and the early modern period, and arguably still in existence by descent.