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unusual facts about Duke of Albemarle



Clarendon Ministry

Lord Clarendon was impeached by the House of Commons and forced to flee; the Duke of Albemarle sold his position to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and Sir George Carteret simply left his position, eventually being forced out of the House two years later.

Piel Island

In 1662, following the restoration of Charles II, the lordship of Furness was given to the Duke of Albemarle and this included the castle and parts of the island.

William Coventry

"I perceive," writes Pepys on 23 August 1667, "Sir William Coventry is the man and nothing done till he comes", and on his removal in 1669 the duke of Albemarle, no friendly or partial critic, declares that "nothing now would be well done."

William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

The Earldom of Albemarle which he inherited from his mother, included a large estate in Yorkshire, notably the wapentake of Holderness, including the castle of Skipsea, and the honour of Craven, as well as estates in Lincolnshire and elsewhere.


see also

George Albemarle

George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne and 1st Duke of Albemarle (in the Jacobite peerage) (1666–1735)