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60:Lady Theodosia Hyde, Baroness Clifton
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583:The Constitutions of the Free-Masons
70:in 1722 and, in 1728, his father as
726:Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet
77:Lord Darnley was a Grand Master of
615:Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
301:Active 1717–1813, united with the
99:William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
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33:Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley
605:Society of Antiquaries of London
413:Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1011:Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet
140:Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 322
56:John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley
1016:Sir Robert Lawley, 4th Baronet
569:Antient Grand Lodge of England
303:Ancient Grand Lodge of England
293:Premier Grand Lodge of England
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574:United Grand Lodge of England
307:United Grand Lodge of England
1247:Burials at Westminster Abbey
1222:Fellows of the Royal Society
911:Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
620:Spalding Gentlemen's Society
670:Unlawful Societies Act 1799
610:Royal College of Physicians
338:John Theophilus Desaguliers
124:on 1 August 1747, aged 31.
97:who, under the auspices of
83:Fellow of the Royal Society
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1086:Sir Robert de Cornwall
564:History of Freemasonry
87:Lord of the Bedchamber
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630:English Enlightenment
254:Marquess of Carnarvon
150:www.burkespeerage.com
62:, he was educated at
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836:Lord James Cavendish
786:Earl of Macclesfield
706:Earl of Chesterfield
491:Marquis of Carnarvon
443:Marquis of Carnarvon
1126:Meyer Löw Schomberg
996:Marquess of Lothian
981:Duke of Marlborough
966:Duke of Queensberry
237:The Earl of Loudoun
107:Margaret Woffington
1076:James Moore Smythe
1006:Earl of Winchilsea
956:Earl of Burlington
936:Viscount Townshend
891:John Baptist Grano
846:William Richardson
816:Richard Manningham
665:Foundling Hospital
640:Walpole ministries
590:Freemasons' Tavern
533:Duke of Cumberland
527:Duke of Manchester
196:Peerage of Ireland
162:Peerage of England
54:The eldest son of
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1121:Hipólito da Costa
1061:Thomas Dunckerley
1001:Earl of Balcarres
971:Earl of Deloraine
921:Francis Columbine
826:Richard Rawlinson
756:Richard Cantillon
635:Order of the Bath
377:Earl of Inchiquin
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122:Westminster Abbey
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1237:Earls of Darnley
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1021:Alexander Brodie
976:Earl of Portmore
951:Duke of Kingston
931:Earl of Pembroke
906:Adolphus Oughton
876:George Shelvocke
861:Duke of Ancaster
841:Earl of Hopetoun
831:Charles Stanhope
811:Ephraim Chambers
806:Alexander Stuart
711:Charles Delafaye
696:William Stukeley
579:James Anderson's
515:Duke of Beaufort
419:Earl of Crawford
407:Viscount Montagu
365:Duke of Richmond
359:Earl of Dalkeith
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946:Earl Waldegrave
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1056:Baron Hervey
771:James Vernon
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649:Kit-Cat Club
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856:John Anstis
796:James Jurin
791:John Browne
761:John Machin
746:Charles Cox
541:(1792–1813)
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479:Baron Byron
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116:he died at
64:Westminster
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1101:John Soane
896:Baron King
776:John Senex
691:John Byrom
467:Baron Ward
222:John Bligh
205:John Bligh
188:John Bligh
128:References
101:, opposed
79:Freemasons
16:Irish peer
886:John Ward
655:Gormogons
645:Whiggism
557:articles
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555:Related
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