Sir Michael Stanhope
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The Secret Diary of Edward VI (and other monarchs)
accession, Archbishops of Canterbury, British Library, death, diaries, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Enfield, executions, George V, Henry VIII, King’s Council, Lord Conyngham, marriage, Master of Horse, memorials, Nicholas II, Prince Albert, Prince Alfred, Prince Phillip of Greece, privacy, proclamation, Richard III, Russia, Sir Anthony Browne, Sir Michael Stanhope, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Victoria, Victoria Duchess of Kent, William IV, willsYes, Edward VI and other monarchs wrote diaries. Here are some extracts : Edward VI, early 1547: “After the death of King Henry th’eight his son Edward prince of Wales was come to at Hartford by th’erle of Hartford and S[ir] Anthony Brown Master of t’horse for whom befor was made great preparation that he…
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Janet Wertman writes here about Emma Stanhope’s marriage to Edward Seymour, the Lord Protector to Edward VI. Seymour was ousted and executed in January 1552 alongside Emma’s brother, Sir Michael Stanhope. As shown in the last series of “Who do you think you are?”, Sir Michael was the ancestor of the BBC Security Correspondent Frank…
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More Lord Protectors and Defenders of the Realm
“Tudor” policy, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Annette Carson, codicil, Edward IV, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward V, Edward VI, Frank Gardner, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Humphrey of Gloucester, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John of Bedford, Lord High Constable, Lord Protector of the Realm, Richard III, Sir Michael Stanhope, willMany readers of Carson’s “Richard Duke of Gloucester as Lord Protector and High Constable of England” will be curious, given “Tudor” criticism of the Duke’s twin roles in 1483, of their practice in the next century, by comparison. The occasion in question was, of course, the accession of Edward VI as the only surviving son…
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