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Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
Anglo-French military leader (1670-1734)
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)
Charles Townshend
British politician; (1725-1767)
Arabella Churchill
Mistress of James II of England (1648-1730)
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
British Whig statesman (1674-1738)
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
British Field Marshal and Marquess (1724-1807)
Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford, First Lord of the Admiralty (1653–1727)
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
English poet and politician (1648–1721)
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
British Army general
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer
British politician (1708-1781)
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
British noble
Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford
British noble (1783–1857)
Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk
English noble
Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk
British peer (1685-1777)
Diana Spencer, Duchess of Bedford
British noblewoman (1710-1735)
Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel
Irish Countess
Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
French noble
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
Lord Privy Seal (1759-1841)
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
British politician (1716–1771)
Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle
British Army general (1752-1795)
Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
British noble (1731-1754)
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
British aristocrat, wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; younger sister of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1761-1821)
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle
British nobleman and politician (1785-1851)
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
English politician and memoirist (1656-1741)
Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter
Marquess of Exeter
Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford
British peer and politician
George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
British diplomat
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield
British politician and diplomat (1755-1815)
Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk
English Earl
Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey
British diarist and political writer (1751-1833)
Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater
English noble (1681-1744)
John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater
English politician (1646-1701)
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland
British peer
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron
British Baron (1669-1736)
George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend
British Marquess (1753-1811)
George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend
British Marquess
Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
British nobleman
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
English noble
George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford
British politician
George Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford
British politician
Henry Pelham-Clinton
British noble; (1720-1794)
Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth
English politician and Viscount (1640-1714)
George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey
English Earl (1773-1859)
Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensbury
British duchess
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
English earl
Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
English Viscount (1700-1764)
Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln
English noble
Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys
British politician; (1695-1770)
John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter
English politician and Earl
Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland
English politician
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
English Royalist soldier and statesman
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
British politician (1685-1762)
Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex
English Countess
William North, 6th Baron North
English soldier and Jacobite (1678-1734)
Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea
British peer and Member of Parliament who served as First Lord of Trade 1711–1712.
Jane Capell, Countess of Essex
British noblewoman; (c.1694–1724)
Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford
British earl and politician