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British royal favourites

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British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792)

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

politician from England (1592-1628)

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

British duchess (1660-1744)

Indian royal domestic servant in the UK (1863–1909)

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

English statesman and poet

governess, adviser and companion to Queen Victoria of England

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

Dutch and English nobleman (1649-1709)

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

British politician (1645-1712)

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset

British nobleman and politician (1587–1645)

Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham

English Lady of the Bedchamber

Scottish personal servant and favourite of Queen Victoria (1826–1883)

Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle

alleged intrigant at the royal court of Charles I of England

English noble (1745-1826); most notorious of the famous Lennox sisters

Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle

son of Oswald van Keppel and his wife Anna Geertruid van Lintelo (1670-1718)

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

British politician

Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery

British countess