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The title of Earl of Torrington was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation was in 1660 as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle. Following the extinction of this title in 1688, the title was created anew in 1689, but became extinct upon the death of the first earl in 1716.

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Earl of Torrington

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The title of Earl of Torrington was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation was in 1660 as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle...

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Herbert family

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the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays. Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, took the Invitation to William to The Hague, disguised as a simple...

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Torrington

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Torrington, Connecticut Torrington, Wyoming Battle of Torrington, fought in 1646 during the English Civil War Earl of Torrington, a title in the British...

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William III of England

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became Earl of Portland, and Arnold Joost van Keppel was created Earl of Albemarle. These relationships with male friends, and his apparent lack of mistresses...

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Earl of Strafford

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son of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733). John Byng's mother was Anne Conolly, whose mother was Lady Anne Wentworth, a daughter of Thomas...

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Battle of Bantry Bay

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The English fleet was commanded by Admiral Arthur Herbert, created Earl of Torrington after the Battle; the French fleet by François Louis de Rousselet...

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Fleet in being

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being" can be part of a sea denial doctrine, but not one of sea control. The term was first used in 1690 when Lord Torrington, commander of the Royal Navy...

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Viscount Torrington

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Viscount Torrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Peerage was created in 1721 for the statesman Sir George Byng, 1st Baronet, along...

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List of earldoms

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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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Mhairi Black

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the youngest MP since Christopher Monck, Earl of Torrington, who entered the House of Commons at the age of 13 in 1667, Monck was followed by other teenagers...

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Oatlands Palace

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Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, who was later the admiral in command of the English and Dutch Fleets at the Battle of Beachy Head. The house...

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Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom

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In 1385 Richard, Earl of Arundel, was appointed Admiral of England, reuniting the offices of Admiral of the North and Admiral of the West, separate...

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George Byng

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English peer George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831), Royal Navy officer George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1806–1886), British peer and politician...

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Battle of Solebay

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Battle of Schooneveld in 1673. The Earl of Sandwich refusing to abandon his ship during the battle Cornelis de Witt watches the battle on board of the Zeven...

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