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Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628
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Reliquiæ Wottonianæ: or, a collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages, and other incomparable pieces of language and art. Also additional letters. [With his life by Izaak Walton] To several persons, not before printed / by ... Sir Henry Wotton.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.Date: 1672- Books
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Full, true, and particular account of the conquest & partition of France, by the King of Prussia, Duke of Brunswick, Emperor of Germany, Prince of Orange, King of England, Elector of Hanover, and the Empress of Russia: as also, of their triumphal entry into the city of Paris; and their glorious overthrow of French anarchy, tyranny and oppression.
Date: [1792]- Books
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The characters of Robert Earl of Essex, favourite To Queen Elizabeth, and George D. of Buckingham, favourite To K. James I. and K. Ch. I. With a comparison. By the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Clarendon.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.Date: 1706
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A portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham by C. Janssen. Colour process print, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 2058926iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
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The life of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, (prime Minister to King James and King Charles the First,) who was stabb'd by Felton, August 23. 1628. Containing I. His descent, Rise, and Male-Administration; with his Impeachment, and the Proceedings in the several Parliaments against him; particularly for his Plurality of Offices; his Neglect of guarding the Seas; his exhansting the Revenues of the Crown; his extorting 10,000 l. from the East-India Company, &c. With the two famous Speeches of Sir Dudly Diggs, and Sir John Elliot, for which they were, by the King's Command, sent to the Tower. II. The Speeches, Arguments, &c. of Sir Edward Coke, Mr. Selden, Sir Francis Seymour, and others, with the Duke's Artifices to Screen himself from the Impeachment of the Commons. III. The unbounded Power of this voracious Minister, proved to be the Cause of the Overthrow of the Church and Monarchy of England, by the Grand Rebellion. IV. The particulars of his assassination; with the Judges Arguments concerning the Manner of the Execution of Felton.
Date: 1740