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Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Buckingham
Dukes of Buckingham, Edward of Buckingham, executions, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Greys, Henry of Buckingham, Hester Grenville, India, Lady Kinloss, Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal, Madras, Nevilles, Plantagenet descent, Prime Ministers, Sheffields, Staffords, Stowe House, Temple-Grenvilles, Villiers, Viscount Palmerston, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the YoungerWhen Ricardians come across the title Duke of Buckingham, they immediately link it to Henry Stafford who was the second Duke of the first creation of this Dukedom and the prime suspect in the disappearance of Edward V and Richard of York, better known as the “Princes” in the Tower. The Dukedom of Buckingham has…
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A cursed title?
BBC, Bendor Grosvenor, Britain’s lost Masterpieces, CABAL, Charles I, Charles II, Dukes of Buckingham, Edward of Buckingham, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Glasgow, Grenvilles, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VIII, high treason, Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, James VI/I, Kelvinside, Leicestershire, Northampton, portraits, Richard III, Rubens, Sheffields, titlesThis very informative BBC documentary, presented by Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, showed how a portrait, presently on display in Glasgow, was proved to be an original Rubens. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was a courtier and soldier, serving under both James VI/I and Charles I as well as being a possible partner of the former.…
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