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    Earl of Pomfret (alias Pontefract) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1721 for Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster. The title became...
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    Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret (1698 – 8 July 1753) was an English peer and courtier. He was the only son of William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster...
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    Earl (/ɜːrl, ɜːrəl/) is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess...
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    Lady Sophia Fermor, a daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret and a fashionable beauty and "reigning toast" of London society who was younger than...
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    previously the seat of the Fermor family (Earls of Pomfret since 1721), and came into the Hesketh family through the marriage in 1846 of Sir Thomas George...
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    George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (6 January 1768 – 7 April 1830) was the third holder of the title of Earl of Pomfret in the Peerage of Great Britain. He...
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    2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785), styled Viscount Leominster or Lempster until 1753, of Easton Neston house, Northamptonshire was Earl of Pomfret in the...
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    2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785) (son of the 1st Earl), then in financial difficulties, and were bought by his mother Henrietta Jeffreys, daughter of John...
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  • the family Bramidae. Pomfret may also refer to: Pomfret (surname), a surname Earl of Pomfret, formerly a title in the Peerage of Great Britain Pontefract...
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    Pomfret is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 916 at the 2020 census. The town was named after the Earl of Pomfret. Pomfret...
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    Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (3 December 1824 - 8 June 1867) was an English peer. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret, who he succeeded...
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    Lady Charlotte Finch (category Daughters of British earls)
    Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, and Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys. The couple were educated and frequently travelled with their growing brood of children to...
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  • (1823–1902), English banker and politician Earl of Pomfret This page lists people with the surname Pomfret. If an internal link intending to refer to...
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  • General Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret FRS (12 October 1770 – 29 June 1833), styled The Honourable Thomas Fermor until 1830, was an officer...
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  • Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785), British Army officer George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768–1830) George Richard William Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (1824–1867)...
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    Arundel marbles (category Collection of the Ashmolean Museum)
    gift of 1755, when the extravagant 2nd Earl of Pomfret sold back to his mother, Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret, those that had been at his house at...
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  • Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, English peer and courtier George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret, British army officer and Gentleman of the Bedchamber George...
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    (1st–5th Earls) John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract (1556–1630) (Alternative spelling Baron Savile of Pomfret) Thomas Savile, 2nd Baron Savile of Pontefract...
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    daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, by whom he had issue including Sophia Finch and her younger brother George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea...
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  • George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret 1763–?: John Peyto-Verney, 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke 1763–1770: George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester 1763–1800:...
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  • Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh (category Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
    manage his family's businesses. Hesketh automatically became a member of the House of Lords but took no active part in politics until he met Prime Minister...
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    of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford. His paternal grandparents were King Charles II of England and his mistress Nell Gwynne. He was styled Earl of...
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    March 1775), married Lady Juliana Fermor, fourth daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Pomfret Hannah Penn (1703–1706) Margaret Penn (7 November 1704–February...
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    year was created Earl of Pomfret, or Pontefract, Yorkshire. He was afterwards elected a K.B., and in September 1727 was appointed master of the horse to Queen...
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    the only surviving child of Joceline Percy, 11th and last Earl of Northumberland. He set out on a Grand Tour at the age of 17, visiting Italy from 1701...
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  • England consisted exclusively of earls and barons. It remains a matter of debate whether early Anglo-Norman counts/earls held their title by tenure (as...
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    death of his son, the second Baron, in 1702, who had no male heir: his daughter, the writer Henrietta Fermor, married the 1st Earl of Pomfret. The estates...
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    Hannah Callowhill Penn (category Colonial governors of Pennsylvania)
    March 1775), married Lady Juliana Fermore, fourth daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Pomfret Hannah Penn (1703–1706) Margaret Penn (7 November 1704–February...
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    François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre (category Members of the Privy Council of Ireland)
    refugee in the aftermath of the Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685, La Rochefoucauld joined William III's Army and served under the Earl of Galway during the Williamite...
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    John Penn (writer) (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall)
    of Pomfret), elder brother to Granville Penn, and a grandson of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. He studied at Eton College. On the death of his...
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