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Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth

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his abrupt return to England caused a good deal of comment. The reason was apparently ill health. His one notable achievement as Governor had been to order the attack by Sir
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On 9 April 1668, he married, secondly, Ursula Widdrington, daughter of Sir
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Lady Elizabeth Windsor (died 1736), who married, as his fourth wife,
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in his favour, on 16 June 1660. From 1661 to 1663, he served as
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in 1645. The same year he distinguished himself in the
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Index

PC
Baron Windsor
succeeded
estate
Hewell Grange
Redditch
Battle of Naseby
Charles I
garrison
High Ercall
Baron Windsor
abeyance
Governor of Jamaica
Samuel Pepys
Christopher Myngs
Santiago de Cuba
Navigation of the Warwickshire Avon
James, Duke of York
Andrew Yarranton
Pershore
Tewkesbury
Evesham
Stratford-upon-Avon
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
River Salwarpe
River Stour
Gentleman of the Bedchamber
Charles II
Danby
Titus Oates

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