List: Younger sons of dukes

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•  Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

  Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC (1 June 1855 – 18 May 1947), known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  

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•  Lord Guilford Dudley

  Lord Guilford Dudley, also spelled Guildford (1536 – 12 February 1554), was the husband of Lady Jane Grey who, declared as his heir by Edward VI, de facto occupied the English throne from 6/10 July till 19 July 1553. Guilford enjoyed a humanist education and was married to Jane about six weeks before the King's death in a magnificent celebration.

  

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•  John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

  John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

  

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•  FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

  Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC (30 September 1788 – 29 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British soldier.

  

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•  Lord Frederick Cavendish

  Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, who was appointed to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882.

  

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•  Lord Edward FitzGerald

  Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 – 4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. He was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster and, was born at Carton House, near Dublin.

  

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•  George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville

  George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville PC (26 January 1716 – 26 August 1785), known as Lord George Sackville until 1770 and as Lord George Germain from 1770 to 1782, was a British soldier and politician who was Secretary of State for America in Lord North's cabinet during the American War of Independence. His ministry received much of the blame for Britain's loss of thirteen American colonies.

  

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•  Lord Randolph Churchill

  Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. Lord Randolph was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest (1822–1899), daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. He was the father of the future wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Winston Churchill, who wrote the first major biography of Lord Randolph.

  

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•  William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

  William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c. 1510–1573), English Lord High Admiral, was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Agnes Tilney (d. May, 1545), daughter of Hugh Tilney of Boston and Eleanor Tailboys. Agnes was Elizabeth Tilney's first cousin. He was popular with Henry VIII of England, and was deputy Earl Marshal at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. Anne was daughter to his elder half-sister Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire.

  

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•  John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

  John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (24 November 1427 – 8 May 1473) was an English nobleman, the youngest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In 1461 he was made a Knight of the Bath. He fought on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Hexham in 1464. In 1469 he was made Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall for life. He was created Earl of Wiltshire on 5 January 1470 by King Edward IV. In 1471 he was made Chief Butler of England, and in 1472 a Knight of the Garter.

  

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•  Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

  Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c. 1479 – 6 April 1523) was an English nobleman. Henry, born in Brecknock Castle, Wales, was the younger son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and of Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham and Bedford, and thus a nephew of King Edward IV of England. His father was attainted and executed for rebelling against King Richard III in 1483, when Stafford was 4.

  

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•  Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

  Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC (24 August 1561 – 28 May 1626) was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden.

  

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•  Lord Charles Wellesley

  Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley (16 January 1808 – 9 October 1858) was a British politician, soldier and courtier. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington. He married Augusta Pierrepont, daughter of Henry Manvers Pierrepont, on 9 July, 1844. Wellesley represented the Conservative Party as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Hampshire from 1842 to 1852, and the MP for Windsor from 1852 to 1855.

  

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•  Lord Granville Somerset

  Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC (27 December 1792 – 23 February 1848) was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.

  

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•  Lord George Hamilton

  Lord George Francis Hamilton GCSI, PC, JP (17 December 1845 – 22 September 1927) was a British Conservative Party politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  

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•  Lord William Bentinck

  Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB, GCH, PC (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman. He served as Governor-General of India from 1828 to 1835.

  

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•  Lord George Gordon

  Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 – 12 November 1793) was a politician in the United Kingdom best known for lending his name to the so-called "Gordon Riots" of 1780. A colourful personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and became a member of parliament for Ludgershall. His life ended after a number of controversies, notably one surrounding his conversion to Judaism for which he was ostracised. He died in prison.

  

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•  Lord Edward Somerset

  General Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset GCB (19 December 1776 – 1 September 1842) was a British soldier. He was the third son of the 5th duke of Beaufort, and elder brother of Lord Raglan. Joining the 15th Light Dragoons in 1793, he became captain in the following year, and received a majority after serving as aide-de-camp to the duke of York in the Dutch expedition of 1799. At the end of 1800 he became a lieutenant-colonel, and in 1801 received the command of the 4th Light Dragoons.

  

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•  Lord John Cavendish

  Lord John Cavendish PC (22 October 1732 – 18 December 1796) was a British politician.

  

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•  Lord Henry Percy

  Lieutenant-General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy VC KCB (22 August 1817 – 3 December 1877) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

  

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•  Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle

  Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle PC (21 March 1887 – 3 April 1958), styled Lord Eustace Percy between 1899 and 1953, was a British diplomat, Conservative politician and public servant. He most notably served as President of the Board of Education under Stanley Baldwin between 1924 and 1929.

  

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•  Lord Robert Montagu

  Lord Robert Montagu PC (24 January 1825 – 6 May 1902), was a British Conservative politician. He served as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1867 and 1868.

  

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•  Lord Nicholas Windsor

  Lord Nicholas Windsor (Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor; born 25 July 1970) is the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and a great-grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom.

  

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•  Lord Edward Cavendish

  Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cavendish (28 January 1838 – 18 May 1891) was a 19th century British politician. Born in Marylebone, Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, Lady Blanche Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (a daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and a niece of the 6th Duke of Devonshire).

  

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•  Lord Charles Somerset

  General Lord Charles Henry Somerset PC (2 December 1767 – 18 February 1831) was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator. He was governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa, from 1814 to 1826.

  

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