Sir Edward Fitton the Elder (31 March 1527 – 3 July 1579), was Lord President of Connaught and Thomond and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. Fitton was the eldest...
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Edward Fitton may refer to: Edward Fitton (the elder) (1527–1579), English MP for Cheshire Edward Fitton (the younger) (c. 1548–1606), English MP for...
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player Dexter Fitton (born 1965), English cricketer Doris Fitton (1897–1985), Australian actress and theatrical director Edward Fitton the elder (1527–79)...
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Elizabethan plantation of Ireland. Fitton was the son and heir of Sir Edward Fitton (the elder) of Gawsworth, Cheshire and his wife Anne Warburton, daughter of...
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March 28 – Isabella Markham, English courtier (d. 1579) March 31 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Irish politician (d. 1579) April 14 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish...
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1579 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
June 25 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1541) July 3 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Irish politician (b. 1527) August 5 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish...
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her elder sister Anne, who married John Newdigate in 1587 at the age of twelve, and two brothers. One of her brothers was Edward Fitton. Mary Fitton became...
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Philip Mainwaring (category Members of the Privy Council of Ireland)
Mainwaring, of Peover, Cheshire and Margaret Fitton, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton (the elder) of Gawsworth Old Hall and Ann Warburton. He was admitted at Gray's...
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1520s (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
March 28 – Isabella Markham, English courtier (d. 1579) March 31 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Irish politician (d. 1579) April 14 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish...
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criminal offence. Fitton was the second son of William Fitton of Awrice (or Awne), County Limerick and his wife Eva Trevor, daughter of Sir Edward Trevor of Brynkynallt...
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1570s (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
June 25 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1541) July 3 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Irish politician (b. 1527) August 5 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish...
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Lord President of Connaught (redirect from President of the province of Connaught)
justices and the Attorney General for the Province of Connacht. The office was abolished in 1672. 1569-1572 Sir Edward Fitton 1579-1581 Sir Nicholas Malby 1584-1597...
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Roger Mainwaring (judge) (category Barons of the Irish Exchequer)
made his last will. Roger came to Ireland in 1569 in the entourage of Sir Edward Fitton, the elder, his future father-in-law, who had been appointed Lord...
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1527 in Ireland (category Years of the 16th century in Ireland)
Galway by William Morris. March 21 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Lord President of Connaught and Thomond and the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland (died 1579)...
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Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1545)
parliamentary constituency for the county of Cheshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great...
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eight women dressed in silver skirts and gold waistcoats led by Mary Fitton. The others masque dancers were "Lady Dougherty" (Dorothy Hastings), Mistress...
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William Howard (judge) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
the grandfather of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Secondly to Alice Fitton, the daughter and heiress of Sir Edmund Fitton of Fitton Hall in the parish...
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Judicial Watch (category Government watchdog groups in the United States)
Tom Fitton, who became president of the organization. In October 2016, The New York Times wrote: "Judicial Watch's strategy is simple: Carpet-bomb the federal...
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Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire)
Sir Edward Fitton and knighted in 1586. In 1588–89, he was Mayor of Liverpool and in 1588 and 1596 High Sheriff of Lancashire. He was knight of the shire...
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bef. 1564 – bef. 1573 Sir Edward Fitton bef. 1573–1579 Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the elder) 1579–1597 Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the younger) 1597–1601 Sir John...
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Richard Lassels (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
in his writings to the great collector the earl of Arundel, another acquaintance of Fitton's. During this time he translated the twelfth volume of Cardinal...
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Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
one of the most distinguished judges in the reign of Elizabeth I. His mother was Penelope Fitton, sister and co-heiress of Sir Edward Fitton, of Gawsworth...
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Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
his wife, Anne Fitton, the elder daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, baronet, of Gawsworth, Cheshire, by Alice Holcroft (d.1627). He was the grandson of John...
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William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury (category Knights of the Garter)
marriage, though their marriage proved childless. In the mid-1590s, William took in Mary Fitton, the daughter of a family friend. Intended to be her protector...
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Saint Joseph (redirect from Joseph the Betrothed)
Mention Your Request Here: The Church's Most Powerful Novenas by Michael Dubruiel, 2000 ISBN 0-87973-341-1 page 154 Fitton, Rev. James (1877). "Devotions...
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Earl of Pembroke (redirect from The Earl of Pembroke)
manuscript, while his mistress, Mary Fitton, has been identified with the "dark lady" of the sonnets. In both cases, the identification rests on very questionable...
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Stephen Proctor (section The Yorke family)
lead-mining entrepreneur. The iron patent was sold to Edward Fitton in 1592 and he later complained that it was worthless. In the 1540s, Thomas Proctor leased...
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James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (category Members of the Privy Council of England)
in the 1st Foot Guards on 11 April 1689. When his elder brother, the 9th Earl of Derby, as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire was ordered to call out the Lancashire...
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Francis Plowden (politician) (category Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies)
the death of the Earl of Tyrconnell on 14 August 1691, Plowden was appointed a Lord Justice of Ireland alongside Richard Nagle and Alexander Fitton,...
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1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal) (category 1946 in the United Kingdom)
Great Britain Ltd. Dorothy Winifred Joan Fitton, Firewoman, No. 27 (Manchester) Area, National Fire Service. Edward Fitzpatrick, Engineroom Storekeeper, SS...
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