The first man to hold this title, who enjoyed it for sixteen years before being killed at Northampton, while a later holder of the title was executed in 1521 for treason due to his opposition to Thomas Wolsey.
The first man to hold this title, who enjoyed it for sixteen years before being killed at Northampton, while a later holder of the title was executed in 1521 for treason due to his opposition to Thomas Wolsey. It was fused with Normanby in 1703 when it was awarded to John Sheffield, and was fused with Chandos when the title was given to Richard Nugent Temple Grenville. The most famous holder of this position held it as a viscount, earl, marquess, earl and eventually duke before being assassinated by John Felton, a Puritan extremist, in 1628 before he could go to La Rochelle to aid the Huguenots. For 10 points, name this title in the British peerage, most famously held by James I's probable gay lover, George Villiers.
The first man to hold this title, who enjoyed it for sixteen years before being killed at Northampton, while a later holder of the title was executed in 1521 for treason due to his opposition to Thomas Wolsey.
{Duke of Buckingham}