Difference between revisions of "John Sheffield"
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
(Created page with "John Sheffield <ref name="term_79613" /> <p> Duke of Buckinghamshire, son of the Earl of Mulgrave, whose title he succeeded to in 1658; served in the navy during the Dutch wa...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
John Sheffield <ref name="term_79613" /> | |||
<p> Duke of Buckinghamshire, son of the Earl of Mulgrave, whose title he succeeded to in 1658; served in the navy during the Dutch wars of [[Charles]] II.; held office under James II., and was by [[William]] III. created Marquis of Normanby; a staunch Tory in Anne's reign, he was rewarded with a dukedom, lost office through opposing Marlborough, but was reinstated after 1710, and in [[George]] I.'s reign worked in the Stuart interest; wrote an "Essay on Poetry," &c. (1649-1721). </p> | John Sheffield <ref name="term_79613" /> | ||
==References == | <p> Duke of Buckinghamshire, son of the [[Earl]] of Mulgrave, whose title he succeeded to in 1658; served in the navy during the Dutch wars of [[Charles]] II.; held office under James II., and was by [[William]] III. created Marquis of Normanby; a staunch [[Tory]] in Anne's reign, he was rewarded with a dukedom, lost office through opposing Marlborough, but was reinstated after 1710, and in [[George]] I.'s reign worked in the Stuart interest; wrote an "Essay on Poetry," &c. (1649-1721). </p> | ||
== References == | |||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_79613"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/sheffield,+john John Sheffield from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79613"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/sheffield,+john John Sheffield from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:59, 15 October 2021
John Sheffield [1]
Duke of Buckinghamshire, son of the Earl of Mulgrave, whose title he succeeded to in 1658; served in the navy during the Dutch wars of Charles II.; held office under James II., and was by William III. created Marquis of Normanby; a staunch Tory in Anne's reign, he was rewarded with a dukedom, lost office through opposing Marlborough, but was reinstated after 1710, and in George I.'s reign worked in the Stuart interest; wrote an "Essay on Poetry," &c. (1649-1721).
