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Search - Our Old Nobility - By Noblesse Oblige - Howard Evans

Our Old Nobility By Noblesse Oblige Howard Evans
Author: Howard Evans

CONTENTS . CHAP. LIII. THE ASHLEY-COOPERS . LIV. ,, POWLETTS , . . LV. ,, YORKES . LVI. ,, BRIDGEJIANS . LVII. ,, GREYS OF NOWICK . . LVIII. ,, LOFTUSES . . LIX. ,, WARDS . . LX. ,, VILLIERS . . LSI. ,, GREVILLES . LXII. ,, STUARTS OF DLANTYRE AND GALLOWAY . LXIII. ,, PERCEVALS . LXIV. ,, GORES LXV. ,, NELSONS . LXVI. ,, DUNCOMBES LXVII. ,, HEAT... more »HCOTES . LXVIII. ,, STANLEYS OF ICNOTVSLEY . LSIX. ,, TALBOTS . LXX. . ,, FITZAIAURICES LXSI. ,, DALRYJIPLES PAGE i 6 Contents. CHAP. LXXII. THE SORSERSETS LXXIII. ,, WYNDHAMS LXXIV. ,, DUNDASES BOYLES LXXVII. ,, TRENCHES LXXVIII. ,, HOWARDS LXXIX. ,, PRATTS . LXXX. ,, . RYDERS . LXXXI. ,, EDENS . LXXXII. ,, THYNNES. LXXXIII. ,, VANES . LXXXIV. ,, WEMYSS-CHARTERIS-DOUGLASES LXXXV. ,, WALPOLES . LXXXVI. ,, ERSKINES . LXXXVII. ,, VERNONS. . LXXXVIII. ,, GREYS . LXXXIX. ,, BRUCES . XC. ,, AGAR-ELLISES . XCI. ,, HABSILTONS o XCII. ,, NEVILLES XCIII. ,, BUTLERS . . XCIV, ,, CAMPBELLS XCV. . ST. hSAURS . XCVI. ,, SIDNEYS . PAGE 90 95 99 105 I I 0 CHAP. XCVII. ,, FITZGERALDS . . XCVIII. ,, MOLYNEUX XCIX. ,, WELLESLEYS C. ,, POWER OF THE LANDED . CI. MODERN PEERAGES . CII. THE GROWTH OF THE LANDED INTEREST CIII. CONCLUSION . vii PAGE . 207 . . 2.1 I . 216 . 221 . 225 . 230 235 OUR OLD NOBILITY. LIII. HE Earl of Shaftesbury, whose seat is at St. Giless House, near Wimborne, Dorset, owns in Dorset 15,579 acres. Han ts . 3,057 9 Total 18,636 ,, With a rentroll of 14,617. The Peerage dates from the Restoration, and, though the Ashleys were persons of considerable estate long ere that time, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury, was the real founder of the greatness of the house. The estates seem to have been acq ed, for the most part, by purchase or marriage. In the time of the Plantagenets, Wimborne St. Giles belonged to the Plessy family. It was brought by a Plessy heiress to the Hamelyns, and by a Hamelyn heiress to the Ashleys. Sir Anthony Ashley, who was knighted in the taking of Cadiz, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, rendered a useful service to his country by introducing cabbages from Holland. He appears to have purchased Hlnton Martel, in Dorset, in the reign of James I. It was the heiress of Sir Anthony who brought the Ashley estates into the Cooper family. The Coopers appear to have for a long time settled at Paulet, in the county of Somerset, and Richard Cooper, of Paulet, married Sir Anthony Ashleys heiress, and their son, Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, succeeded in I 63 I to an ample I 2 Our Old Nobility. estate, which has been considerably enlarged at different times. For instance, in 1671 the Earl of Shaftesbury purchased Crichel of Lord Arundel of Wardour, and about the same time he purchased the manor of Benvick and six farms on Cranbourne Chase of the Earl of Salisbury the latter, however, were afterwards resold. At other times lands at Edmundsham, Fordington, Horton, and other places have also come into the family by purchase. The character of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury, has been described in two of Drydens masterly poems, Absalom and Achitophel, and The Medal. In the former, describing Shaftesbury under the character of Achitophel, he thus depicts him - g For dose designs and croolted counsels fit Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit Restless, unfixed in principles and place In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And oer informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity Pleased with the danger when the waves went high, , He sought the storms but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit...

ISBN-13: 9781408638453
ISBN-10: 1408638452
Publication Date: 1/31/2008
Pages: 246
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