Encyclopedia > George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666– 1735) served as a Privy Counsellor from 1712. 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ...
of Sir Thomas Higgons of Grewel, Hants, by the Lady Bridget Granville (granted the precedence of the daughter of an earl), dau.
The said: Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon was the child of: Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon born at: Ashby de la Zouche, Leics on: 18 Jan. 1608/09 died at: Donnington Park, Leics on: 13 Feb. 1655/56 married on: 7 Aug. 1623 to: Lucy Davies, dau.
of Sir Ralph Neville, K.G., 1st Earl of Westmoreland by Joan (Beaufort), dau.