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    Derbyshire. Chandos was a close friend of Edward the Black Prince and a founding member and 19th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348. Chandos was a gentleman...
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    The Dukedom of Chandos /ˈʃænˌdɒs, ˈʃɑːnˌdɒs/ was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Chandos peerage was first created as a barony by Edward III...
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  • John Chandos may refer to: John Chandos (died 1369), English knight John Chandos (MP) (died 1428), MP for Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency) John...
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  • Chandos is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Fay Chandos, pen name of Irene Mossop (1904–1988), prolific...
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  • John Chandos McConnell (27 July 1917 – 21 September 1987) was a Scottish film and television actor. He won a scholarship to RADA in 1936. During the Second...
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    as a siege, a Breton army, led by Duke John de Montfort, assisted by English forces commanded by John Chandos, opposed a Breton army led by his rival...
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    passed through descent within the Chandos title until Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos sold it to the Earl of Ellesmere in...
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  • Chandos Herald (fl. 1360s-1380s) for Chandos le héraut is the name used to refer to the author of a poem about the life of The Black Prince in Anglo-Norman...
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  • The Dragon Knight is a series of fantasy novels begun in 1976 by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. The first book, based on the short story "St. Dragon...
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  • Thumbnail for Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
    Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, GCSI, PC, DL (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889)...
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    Herald of Sir John Chandos (1910), Pope, Mildred K.; Lodge, Eleanor C. (eds.), Life of the Black Prince, Oxford: Clarendon Press Herald, Chandos (1883). Francisque...
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    at the hands of the monks of Waverley Abbey, up to the coming of Sir John Chandos. Playing host to King Edward III of England, Nigel asks to be taken into...
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    Duke of Chandos (a title which became extinct on his death in 1789), and assumed by Royal licence the additional surnames of Brydges-Chandos in 1799....
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    Catherine Van Hatten, the daughter of John Van Hatten and Lydia Davall. Chandos died in Cannons on 9 August 1744. Chandos and several members of his family...
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    Joan Baez (redirect from Joan Chandos Baez)
    Joan Chandos Baez (/baɪz/ BYZE, Spanish: [ˈbaes]; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk...
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    Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, KG, DSO, MC, PC (15 March 1893 – 21 January 1972) was a British businessman from the Lyttelton family who was...
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  • Duke of Chandos (a title which became extinct on his death in 1789), and assumed by Royal licence the additional surnames of Brydges-Chandos in 1799....
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    (1303–52) Sir Hugh Wrottesley (d. 1381) Sir Nele Loring (1320–86) Sir John Chandos (c. 1320–69) Sir James Audley (c. 1318–69) Sir Otho Holand (c. 1316–59)...
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    May 1557. In his will, he styles himself as Sir John Bruges, Knight, Lord Chandos of Sudeley. Lady Chandos died on 29 December 1559 and was buried on 6 January...
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    the 1369 Loire campaign, the Earl of Pembroke shared command with Sir John Chandos; although the latter was appointed seneschal of France by the Black Prince...
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    mercenary troops, sought help, King Edward III of England ordered Sir John Chandos the constable of Aquitaine and other commissioners to ensure that the...
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    defeated by John IV and the English warlord John Chandos. Charles is killed in action, ending the Blois pretensions in Brittany. 1365 – John IV is recognized...
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  • 1415) October (?) - Thomas Grey, English chronicler December 31 - Sir John Chandos, English knight whose herald produced The Life of the Black Prince (born...
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    Buckingham and Chandos (1776–1839), purchased from Towneley in May 1816. Kept in the library of Stowe House. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville...
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    1364, John won a decisive victory against the House of Blois in the Battle of Auray, with the support of the English army led by John Chandos. His rival...
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     According to the English herald Sir John Chandos: ...The conference attended by the King of France, Sir John Chandos, and many other prominent people of...
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    seat of the Chandos-Pole family, at Radbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The Manor of Radbourne has been held by the Chandos family from...
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  • baronets Sir John Reade, 6th Baronet (1762–1789) of the Reade baronets Sir John Chandos Reade, 7th Baronet (1785–1868) of the Reade baronets Sir John Reade,...
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    Charles de Blois, his British allies were led by John Chandos. Years after the Breton Civil War, John IV returned from exile in England a second time with...
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    Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, KG, GCH, PC, FSA (11 February 1797 – 29 July 1861), styled...
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