• The title Earl of Holderness also known as Holdernesse existed in the late 11th and early 12th centuries as a feudal lordship and was officially created...
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    Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, PC (17 May 1718 – 16 May 1778), known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician...
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  • John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c. 1580 – January 1626), known as Sir John Ramsay between 1600 and 1606, and as the Viscount of Haddington between...
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    Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland...
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  • married, in 1676, Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness, by whom she had no children. She died childless at the age of about 62, and was buried at Westminster...
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    3rd Earl of Holderness, PC (24 November 1681 – 20 January 1721) was a British peer and politician. Darcy was the second (but eldest surviving) son of John...
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    Baron Conyers (category Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England)
    Conyers and Darcy de Knayth originated the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Earl of Holderness as Lord Darcy and Conyers. William Conyers, 1st Baron...
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    Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, and they had two surviving children: Hon. Robert Darcy (1718–1778); later 4th Earl of Holderness. Lady Caroline Darcy...
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    resort area, Holderness is home to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and is located on Squam Lake. Holderness is also home to Holderness School, a co-educational...
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    Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (1622 – 13 December 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and later became...
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    family (made the Earls of Holderness in 1682) to Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, who died in 1778. Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness was elected...
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    Earl of Holderness on 5 December 1682. Lord Holderness had two children: Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (c. 1621/1622-13 December 1692) Grace Darcy...
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  • Conyers Darcy, was granted the title of Earl of Holderness. The two titles remained united until the death of the fourth earl, when the earldom became extinct...
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  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness (1681 – 1721), British peer and politician Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718 – 1778), British diplomat...
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    Portuguese countess. She was the only surviving child of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, and his wife, the former Mary Doublet. Her portrait was...
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  • Countess of Holderness is a title normally given to the wife of the Earl of Holderness. Women who have held the title include: Frances Darcy, Countess of Holderness...
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  • John Darcy, Lord Conyers (category Members of Gray's Inn)
    known by the courtesy title of Lord Conyers during the later life of his grandfather Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness, who died on 14 June 1689 aged...
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    to Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, and thirdly (as his third wife) to Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness, by whom she had no children...
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    Countess of Holderness (c.1721 – 13 October 1801), formerly Mary Doublet, was the wife of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness. Mary was the daughter of Francis...
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  • Other titles granted to Prince William were Marquess of Berkhampstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney. Since the Prince died...
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  • (born 1975), former Australian rules footballer Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718-1778), British diplomat and politician Susan Darcy (born 1956)...
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    Earl of Holderness and 1st Viscount of Haddington, but on whose death in 1626 both peerages became extinct). In 1627 he relinquished the earldom of Melrose...
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    received a charter of the barony of Dalhousie and also of the barony of Melrose on the resignation of John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness. In 1618 he was...
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  • Edward Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick 1719–1721: Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness 1719–1727: Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgwater (Duke of Bridgwater from...
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    Council for New England (category History of the Thirteen Colonies)
    Hamilton Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche...
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    War of the Austrian Succession. On 6 November 1735, he married Lady Carolina Louisa Darcy (d. 1778), daughter of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, and...
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    Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, KG (1536 – 14 December 1624), known as Lord Howard of Effingham, was an English...
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    Charles II of England and Scotland, who made him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness. His sister Electress Sophia was the mother of George I of Great...
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    the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cumberland, Dukes and Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press...
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    Conspiracy. For saving the king, John Ramsay was created Earl of Holderness. In 1618, the Earl of Holderness's brother, George Ramsay, was created Lord Ramsay...
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