Sir Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539 – 19 October 1608) was an English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland. Geoffrey (spelt Jeffrey...
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Edward Fenton (died 1603) was an English navigator, son of Henry Fenton and Cicely Beaumont and brother of Sir Geoffrey Fenton. He was also a publisher...
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Fenton (1708-1760) Leonard Fenton (1926-2022) Simon Fenton Anthony Fenton Tom Fenton Carl Fenton George Fenton Julian Fenton Paul Fenton Shane Fenton...
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the only daughter of Secretary of State for Ireland 1580–1608, Sir Geoffrey Fenton, and Alice (née Weston). Her maternal grandfather was Robert Weston...
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same day that he married his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, Principal Secretary of State. In 1606 he was appointed as Privy Councillor...
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the voyage can be found in the book Into the Heart of Borneo. Fenton won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1984 for Children in Exile: Poems 1968–1984...
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daughter of Henry Fenton and Cicely Beaumont, and a sister of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, the Principal Secretary of State in Ireland to Elizabeth I. Both his...
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to the crown. In 1600 Queen Elizabeth I granted the estate to Sir Geoffrey Fenton, her secretary of state for Ireland, and it passed by marriage from...
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Michael Fenton Stevens (born 12 February 1958) is an English actor and comedian. He was a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and sang the lead on the...
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official duty. His success owed much to the patronage of his uncle Sir Geoffrey Fenton, of his cousin by marriage Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and of...
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Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and his second wife, Catherine Fenton, only daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, Principal Secretary of State for Ireland, and Alice...
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but he stayed on until his death in 1581 when he was replaced by Sir Geoffrey Fenton. He had applied to become Irish Master of the Rolls in 1564, and despite...
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Speaker of the UK House of Commons. by 1576: John Chalenor 1581: Sir Geoffrey Fenton and another 1603: Sir Richard Cooke 1612: Sir Dudley Norton 1616: Francis...
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Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and his second wife, Catherine Fenton, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton. His brother was the chemist Robert Boyle, and his sister...
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created Earl of Cork in October 1620. Catherine Fenton, Countess of Cork, was the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, the former Secretary of State for Ireland...
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19 Martin Delrio, Netherlandish-born Spanish theologian (born 1551) Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician (born c. 1539) before December – George...
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– Edmund Whitelocke, soldier and courtier (born 1565) 19 October – Geoffrey Fenton, writer and politician (born c. 1539) December John Dee, mathematician...
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extinct on 17 March 1670, with the death of his son William Fenton. Sir Geoffrey Fenton, Principal Secretary of State in Ireland, had a grant, 27 August...
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upon the captains and gentlemen that hath well deserved ...." Sir Geoffrey Fenton wrote to London on 14 November about the prisoners that a further "20...
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Geoffrey Fenton (1539-1608), the poet and politician was born in Sturton Le Steeple. Edward Fenton (died 1603), the navigator and brother of Geoffrey...
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October 19 Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (b. 1551) Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician (b. 1539) Maria Pypelinckx, Dutch writer...
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Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Chief Advisor to Elizabeth I (1558–1598) Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland William FitzWilliam replaced John Perrot...
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Carnell Geoffrey Breton as Piers de Vreese Zak Douglas as Jamil Vincent Paul Ebrahim as Gregory Olivia Marie Fearn as Cecile Ray Olivia Fenton as Ella...
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number of prominent officials, including Archbishop Loftus and Sir Geoffrey Fenton, believed that the match could be in the public interest. Bagenal and...
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Bingham's government of Connaught; caused the council secretary Sir Geoffrey Fenton to be imprisoned for debt;[citation needed] and in May 1587 was accused...
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f/d) Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, England, p/nf) Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608, England, nf) James Fenton (1931–2021, N Ireland, p) James Fenton (born 1949...
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building his hospital at Croydon. June – Sir John Norreys and Sir Geoffrey Fenton travel to Connaught to parley with the local Irish lords. 21 November...
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Geoff Hurst (redirect from Geoffrey Hurst)
Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE (born 8 December 1941) is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he became the first player to score a hat-trick...
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antiquary and editor Elijah Fenton (1683–1730), poet Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608), writer, translator and politician Gertrude Fenton (1841-1884), novelist...
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disbanded. He was commended by the archbishop of Dublin, Adam Loftus, and Geoffrey Fenton, the latter commenting that he was "not without his portion of that...
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