Biography of Anthony Van Dyck 1599-1641

On 22 Mar 1599 Anthony Van Dyck was born in Antwerp.

Around 1621 Anthony Van Dyck (age 21). Portrait of Thomas Howard 21st Earl Arundel 4th Earl Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 35).

In 1623 Adriaen Hanneman (age 20) travelled to England where he lived for sixteen years where he met and was influenced by Anthony Van Dyck (age 23), Daniel Mijtens (age 33) and Cornelius Johnson (age 29).

In 1624 Anthony Van Dyck (age 24). Portrait of Emanuel Filibert of Savoy (age 35).

Emanuel Filibert of Savoy: On 16 Apr 1588 he was born to Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy (age 26) and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy (age 20). On 04 Aug 1624 Emanuel Filibert of Savoy (age 36) died of plague.

Around 1624 Anthony Van Dyck (age 24). Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola (age 92) aged ninety-two.

Around 1625 Cornelius Johnson (age 31) had a studio in Blackfriars. As did Anthony Van Dyck (age 25). Blackfriars was within the boundaries of the City of London, but was a liberty and so avoided the monopoly in the City of members of the London painters' Guild.

Around 1628 Anthony Van Dyck (age 28). Portrait of Anne Wake.

Around 1628 Anthony Van Dyck (age 28). Portrait of Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 25).

Around 1632 Anthony Van Dyck (age 32). Portrait of Thomas Wharton (age 16).

Thomas Wharton: On 16 Feb 1615 he was born to Thomas Wharton (age 27) and Philadelphia Carey. In or before 1647 Thomas Wharton (age 31) and Mary Carey (age 31) were married. They were second cousins.. She the daughter of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 66) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover. On 08 Nov 1684 Thomas Wharton (age 69) died.

Around 1632 Anthony Van Dyck (age 32). Portrait of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1632 Anthony Van Dyck (age 32) was knighted.

Around 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of Venetia Stanley (age 33).

Venetia Stanley: In 1600 she was born to Edward Stanley (age 37) and Lucy Percy at Tong Castle, Shropshire. In 1625 Kenelm Digby (age 22) and Venetia Stanley (age 25) were married. On 30 Apr 1633 Venetia Stanley (age 33) died.

In 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 32) known as Charles I with M.De St Antoine.

In 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 39).

Around 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh (age 46).

Around 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 45).

Around 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle (age 33).

Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle: In 1600 she was born to Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 35) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 36). She was named for her mother's friend Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford (age 20). In 1617 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 37) and Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 52) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 53). In 1622 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 42) was created 1st Earl Carlisle. Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle (age 22) by marriage Countess Carlisle. On 05 Nov 1660 Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle (age 60) died.

Around 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of Dorothy North Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 28).

Dorothy North Baroness Dacre Gilsland: In 1605 she was born to Dudley North 3rd Baron North (age 22) and Frances Brocket. On 04 Jan 1625 Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 28) and Dorothy North Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. On 21 Apr 1698 Dorothy North Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 93) died.

Around 1633 Anthony Van Dyck (age 33). Portrait of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox.

Around 1634 Anthony Van Dyck (age 34). Portrait of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox wearing his Leg Garter and Garter Collar.

Around 1634 Anthony Van Dyck (age 34). Portrait of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 31) and Anne Cecil.

Anne Cecil: She was born to William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury. In 1629 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 26) and she were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 37) and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury. He the son of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 64) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland. In 1637 she died.

Around 1634 Anthony Van Dyck (age 34). Portrait of Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 49).

Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange: On 29 Jan 1584 he was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and Louise Coligny Princess Orange. In 1625 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 40) and Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 22) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. On 23 Apr 1625 Prince Maurice I of Orange (age 57) died. His brother Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 41) succeeded II Prince Orange. In 1627 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 42) was appointed 425th Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 26). On 14 Mar 1647 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 63) died. His son William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 20) succeeded II Prince Orange. Mary Stewart Princess Orange (age 15) by marriage Princess Orange. Evelyn's Diary. 10 Sep 1677. His lady (age 43) (being one of the Brederode's daughters, grandchild to a natural son of Henry Frederick, Prince of Orange) [Note. Evelyn confused here. Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 43) was the daughter of Louis Nassau Beverweert who was the illegitimate son of Prince Maurice I of Orange. Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange was the younger brother of Prince Maurice I of Orange.] is a good-natured and obliging woman. They love fine things, and to live easily, pompously, and hospitably; but, with so vast expense, as plunges my Lord (age 59) into debts exceedingly. My Lord (age 59) himself is given into no expensive vice but building, and to have all things rich, polite, and princely. He never plays, but reads much, having the Latin, French, and Spanish tongues in perfection. He has traveled much, and is the best bred and courtly person his Majesty (age 47) has about him, so as the public Ministers more frequent him than any of the rest of the nobility. While he was Secretary of State and Prime Minister, he had gotten vastly, but spent it as hastily, even before he had established a fund to maintain his greatness; and now beginning to decline in favor (the Duke being no great friend of his), he knows not how to retrench. He was son of a Doctor of Laws, whom I have seen, and, being sent from Westminster School to Oxford, with intention to be a divine, and parson of Arlington, a village near Brentford, when Master of Arts the Rebellion falling out, he followed the King's (age 47) Army, and receiving an HONORABLE WOUND IN THE FACE, grew into favor, and was advanced from a mean fortune, at his Majesty's (age 47) Restoration, to be an Earl and Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and first favorite for a long time, during which the King (age 47) married his natural son, the Duke of Grafton (age 13), to his only daughter (age 9) and heiress, as before mentioned, worthy for her beauty and virtue of the greatest prince in Christendom. My Lord is, besides this, a prudent and understanding person in business, and speaks well; unfortunate yet in those he has advanced, most of them proving ungrateful. The many obligations and civilities I have received from this noble gentleman, extracts from me this character, and I am sorry he is in no better circumstances.

Around 1634 Anthony Van Dyck (age 34). Portrait of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 49).

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of Thomas Killigrew (age 22).

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 26).

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of Olivia Boteler.

Olivia Boteler: She was born to John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler and Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield. She was appointed Lady in Waiting to Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England. Around 1607 Endymion Porter (age 20) and she were married. On 13 Dec 1663 she died.

In 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.

Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire: She was born to Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss. On 10 Apr 1608 William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire (age 18) and she were married. He the son of William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 55) and Anne Keighley (age 45). In 1625 Robert Heath (age 49) brought a case against the miners of the High Peak. Through the offices of Heath the tithe right was eventually transferred, in a possibly corrupt way, to Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire. Evelyn's Diary. 04 Aug 1662. Came to see me the old Countess of Devonshire, with that excellent and worthy person, my Lord her son (age 44), from Roehampton, Surrey. In 1675 she died. She was buried at Derby Cathedral.

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 27) and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 35) and their daughter.

Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby: In Dec 1599 she was born to Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars 1566-1604 (age 33) and Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau (age 20) in Chateau Thouars. On 26 Jun 1626 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 19) and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 26) were married. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. She by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin. She the daughter of Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars 1566-1604 and Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau (age 46). He the son of William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby (age 65) and Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 50). On 29 Sep 1642 William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby (age 81) died. His son James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 35) succeeded 7th Earl Derby. Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 42) by marriage Countess Derby. Between Sep 1651 and Nov 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 44) who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 51) resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet (age 44) and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby (age 23) and execy=uted by firing squad at Hango Hill on 02 Jan 1663. On 31 Mar 1664 Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 64) died.

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland.

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck (age 35). Portrait of Anne Carr Countess of Bedford (age 19).

Anne Carr Countess of Bedford: On 09 Dec 1615 she was born to Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 28) and Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 25). On 11 Jul 1637 William Russell 1st Duke Bedford (age 20) and Anne Carr Countess of Bedford (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 50) and Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset. He the son of Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford (age 44) and Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford (age 57). On 09 May 1641 Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford (age 48) died. His son William Russell 1st Duke Bedford (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Bedford, 5th Baron Russell of Cheneys. Anne Carr Countess of Bedford (age 25) by marriage Countess Bedford. On 10 May 1684 Anne Carr Countess of Bedford (age 68) died.

Around 1636 Anthony Van Dyck (age 36). Portrait of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox.

Around 1636 Anthony Van Dyck (age 36). Portrait of Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox.

Around 1636 Anthony Van Dyck (age 36). Portrait of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 42).

Around 1636 Anthony Van Dyck (age 36). Portrait of Archbishop William Laud (age 62). Wearing a black Chimere over his white Rochet.

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol (age 24) and William Russell 1st Duke Bedford (age 20).

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 36).

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 40).

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox.

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of Thomas Howard 21st Earl Arundel and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel.

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of Mary Ruthven Countess Atholl.

Mary Ruthven Countess Atholl: She was born to William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie. Before 14 Nov 1578 John Stewart 5th Earl Atholl 1563-1595 (age 15) and she were married. They were second cousins.. She the daughter of William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie (age 35) and Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie. He the son of John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl -1579 and Margaret Fleming Countess Atholl (age 49). On 25 Apr 1579 John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl -1579 died. His son John Stewart 5th Earl Atholl 1563-1595 (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Atholl. She by marriage Countess Atholl. Before 25 Mar 1596 James Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 1566-1603 (age 30) and she were married. They were half fourth cousins.. She the daughter of William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie. On 25 Mar 1596 James Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 1566-1603 (age 30) was created 1st Earl Atholl at Holyrood Palace. She by marriage Countess Atholl.

Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox.

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Mary Hill (age 23).

Mary Hill: William Killigrew and she were married. Around 1615 she was born. In 1690 Mary Hill (age 75) died.

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol (age 25).

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet (age 26).

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of William Killigrew (age 32).

William Killigrew: In 1606 he was born to Robert Killigrew (age 26) and Mary Woodhouse. In May 1626 William Killigrew (age 20) was knighted. In Mar 1628 William Killigrew (age 22) was elected MP Penryn. In 1629 William Killigrew (age 23) was appointed Governor of Pendennis Castle. In 1664 William Killigrew (age 58) was elected MP Richmond. Pepy's Diary. 26 Jul 1665. Up, and after doing a little business, down to Deptford, Kent with Sir W. Batten (age 64), and there left him, and I to Greenwich, Kent to the Park, where I hear the King (age 35) and Duke (age 31) are come by water this morn from Hampton Court. They asked me several questions. The King (age 35) mightily pleased with his new buildings there. I followed them to Castle's (age 36) ship in building, and there, met Sir W. Batten (age 64), and thence to Sir G. Carteret's (age 55), where all the morning with them; they not having any but the Duke of Monmouth (age 16), and Sir W. Killigrew (age 59), and one gentleman, and a page more. Great variety of talk, and was often led to speak to the King (age 35) and Duke (age 31). In 1695 William Killigrew (age 89) died.

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Isabella Edmondes Baroness De La Warr (age 31).

Isabella Edmondes Baroness De La Warr: Around 1607 she was born to Thomas Edmondes Lord Treasurer (age 44). Before 1626 Henry West 4th Baron De La Warr (age 23) and Isabella Edmondes Baroness De La Warr (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness De La Warr. Around 1677 Isabella Edmondes Baroness De La Warr (age 70) died.

Around 1638. Follower of Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 38).

Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland: Around 1600 she was born to John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 34) and Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield (age 27). On 07 Feb 1626 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 29) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 26) were married. He the son of Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. In Jul 1627 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was created 1st Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight. Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 27) by marriage Countess Newport in the Isle of Wight. After 1666 (age 56) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 66) were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland. On 26 May 1669 Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 69) died.

In 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Elizabeth Brydges Countess Castlehaven (age 19).

Elizabeth Brydges Countess Castlehaven: In 1619 she was born to Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 39) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 38). In or before 1678 James Tuchet 3rd Earl Castlehaven (age 61) and Elizabeth Brydges Countess Castlehaven (age 58) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. She by marriage Countess Castlehaven. He the son of Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven and Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven. In 1678 Elizabeth Brydges Countess Castlehaven (age 59) died.

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Catherine Howard Countess Newburgh.

Catherine Howard Countess Newburgh: She was born to Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. In May 1638 George Stewart 9th Seigneur D'Aubigny (age 19) and she were married. They married in secret against the wishes of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 37). She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 55) and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. He the son of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. Around Sep 1648 (age 26) and she were married. She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. In 1650 she died.

In 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Thomas Killigrew (age 25) and (probably) William Crofts 1st Baron Crofts (age 27).

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 25).

Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield: She was born to Francis Hastings and Sarah Harrington. In 1604 Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 20) and she were married. They were half second cousins.. In 1628 Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 44) was created 1st Earl Chesterfield. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. On 28 Aug 1636 she died.

Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon: The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl (age 21), was born at Ashby, January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater (age 29) and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys (age 38), of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor (age 18), youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven (age 57), and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana. In 1613 she was born to John Davies Poet Lawyer (age 43) and Eleanor Tuchet (age 23). On 07 Aug 1623 Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon (age 15) and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 10) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. He the son of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 37) and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 35). On 14 Nov 1643 Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 57) died. His son Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Huntingdon, 11th Baron Botreaux, 10th Baron Hungerford, 8th Baron Moleyns and 8th Baron Hastings. Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 30) by marriage Countess Huntingdon. Evelyn's Diary. 19 Aug 1671. I dined at the Hamburg Resident's, and, after dinner, went to the christening of Sir Samuel Tuke's (age 56) son, Charles, at Somerset House, by a Popish priest, and many odd ceremonies. The godfathers were the King (age 41), and Lord Arundel of Wardour (age 63), and godmother, the Countess of Huntingdon (age 58). [Note. This must refer to the Dowager Countess of Huntingdon wife of Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon since his successor Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon (age 20) didn't marry until 1672.]. On 14 Nov 1679 Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 66) died.

In 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Diana Cecil Countess Oxford.

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Rachel Massue Countess Southampton (age 35).

Rachel Massue Countess Southampton: In 1603 she was born to Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny (age 26). In or before 1636 Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester (age 28) and Rachel Massue Countess Southampton (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton (age 63). On 16 Feb 1640 Rachel Massue Countess Southampton (age 37) died.

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of William Russell 1st Duke Bedford (age 21).

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of James Hay 2nd Earl Carlisle (age 26).

Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Anne Boteler 1st Countess Newport.

Around 1639 Anthony Van Dyck (age 39). Portrait of Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby (age 65) in his Garter Robes.

1639. Follower of Anthony Van Dyck (age 39). Portrait of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 48).

Around 1639 Anthony Van Dyck (age 39). Portrait of Thomas Wharton.

Thomas Wharton: Around 1588 he was born to Philip Wharton 3rd Baron Wharton (age 33) and Frances Clifford Baroness Wharton. On 11 Apr 1611 Thomas Wharton (age 23) and Philadelphia Carey were married. They were fourth cousins.. She the daughter of Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 51) and Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 48). On 17 Apr 1622 Thomas Wharton (age 34) died.

Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of Alice Bankes.

Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of Elizabeth Villiers Countess Morton (age 31).

Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 43).

Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of Kenelm Digby (age 37).

Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of Charles Seton 2nd Earl Dunfermline 1615-1672 (age 24).

Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of sisters Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick (age 20).

Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester: She was born to Thomas Cheeke and Essex Rich. On 20 Dec 1642 Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 40) and she were married. She by marriage Countess Manchester. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (deceased) and Catherine Spencer.

Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick: In 1620 she was born to Thomas Cheeke (age 49) and Essex Rich (age 31). After 1638 Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick 1611-1659 (age 26) and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick (age 18) were married. They were first cousins.. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 50) and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick. In 1652 Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick (age 32) died.

On 27 Feb 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40) and Mary Ruthven were married.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 39).

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland.

Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland: Around 1564 she was born to Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex (age 22) and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 20). On 17 Jul 1583 Thomas Perrot (age 30) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 19) were married. The marriage took place without the consent of the Queen to whom Dorothy was lady in Waiting for which Thomas was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison. She the daughter of Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 39). On 21 Jun 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 53) committed suicide at Tower of London. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London. His son Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 21) succeeded 9th Earl of Northumberland, 12th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 20th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Poynings. Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 21) by marriage Countess of Northumberland. In 1594 Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 29) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 30) were married. They were third cousin once removed.. She the daughter of Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 50). He the son of Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland and Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland (age 49). On 05 May 1605 Princess Mary Stewart was christened at the Palace of Placentia. Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 29) carried the child. The infant's clothing, a train of purple velvet, embroidered with gold and furred with Ermines, was supported by two countesses, being so long that it fell to the ground. (age 60) performed the christening. The Queen's (age 30) brother Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 26), the King's (age 38) first cousin Arabella Stewart (age 30) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 41) were godparents. The King (age 38) presented Queen Anne (age 30) (who was not present) with new jewelry. On 03 Aug 1619 Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 55) died.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of John Mennes Comptroller (age 42).

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Henry Percy (age 37) and the dwarf Jeffrey Hudson.

Henry Percy: In 1604 he was born to Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 39) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 40). In Apr 1659 Henry Percy (age 55) died unmarried in Paris. Evelyn's Diary. 06 Sep 1680. I dined with Sir Stephen Fox (age 53), now one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. This gentleman came first a poor boy from the choir of Salisbury, then he was taken notice of by Bishop Duppa, and afterward waited on my Lord Percy (brother to Algernon, Earl of Northumberland), who procured for him an inferior place among the clerks of the kitchen and Greencloth side, where he was found so humble, diligent, industrious, and prudent in his behavior, that his Majesty being in exile, and Mr. Fox waiting, both the King (age 50) and Lords about him frequently employed him about their affairs, and trusted him both with receiving and paying the little money they had. Returning with his Majesty (age 50) to England, after great want and great sufferings, his Majesty (age 50) found him so honest and industrious, and withal so capable and ready, that, being advanced from clerk of the kitchen to that of the Greencloth, he procured to be paymaster of the whole army, and by his dexterity and punctual dealing he obtained such credit among the bankers, that he was in a short time able to borrow vast sums of them upon any exigence. The continual turning thus of money, and the soldiers' moderate allowance to him for keeping touch with them, did so enrich him, that he is believed to be worth at least £200,000, honestly got and unenvied; which is next to a miracle. With all this he continues as humble and ready to do a courtesy as ever he was.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 32) and the dwarf Jeffrey Hudson.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington (age 29).

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 32) and her son Charles James Stewart.

Charles James Stewart: On 13 May 1629 he died. On 13 May 1629 he was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 28) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 19).

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 28).

Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington: On 18 Sep 1613 she was born to Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 22) and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 20). On 05 Jul 1635 Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington (age 22) and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 21) were married at Skipton Castle. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 44) and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 42). He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 68) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork. On 11 Dec 1643 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 52) died. Earl of Cumberland extinct. His daughter Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifford. Pepy's Diary. 23 Oct 1667. Thence to Mrs. Martin's, and there staid till two o'clock, and drank and talked, and did give her £3 to buy my goddaughter her first new gowne.... [Missing text: "and I did hazer algo con her;"] and so away homeward, and in my way met Sir W. Pen (age 46) in Cheapside, and went into his coach, and back again and to the King's playhouse, and there saw "The Black Prince" again: which is now mightily bettered by that long letter being printed, and so delivered to every body at their going in, and some short reference made to it in heart in the play, which do mighty well; but, when all is done, I think it the worst play of my Lord Orrery's (age 46). But here, to my great satisfaction, I did see my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 19) and his mistress (age 23), with her father (age 55) and mother (age 54); and I am mightily pleased with the young lady, being handsome enough-and, indeed, to my great liking, as I would have her. I could not but look upon them all the play; being exceeding pleased with my good hap to see them, God bring them together! and they are now already mighty kind to one another, and he is as it were one of their family. The play done I home, and to the office a while, and then home to supper, very hungry, and then to my chamber, to read the true story, in Speed, of the Black Prince, and so to bed. This day, it was moved in the House that a day might be appointed to bring in an impeachment against the Chancellor (age 58), but it was decried as being irregular; but that, if there was ground for complaint, it might be brought to the Committee for miscarriages, and, if they thought good, to present it to the House; and so it was carried. They did also vote this day thanks to be given to the Prince and Duke of Albemarle (age 58), for their care and conduct in the last year's war, which is a strange act; but, I know not how, the blockhead Albemarle hath strange luck to be loved, though he be, and every man must know it, the heaviest man in the world, but stout and honest to his country. This evening late, Mr. Moore come to me to prepare matters for my Lord Sandwich's (age 42) defence; wherein I can little assist, but will do all I can; and am in great fear of nothing but the damned business of the prizes, but I fear my Lord will receive a cursed deal of trouble by it. Pepy's Diary. 28 Sep 1668. By and by comes Sir W. GoDolphin to see Mr. Sidney, who, I perceive, is much dissatisfied that he should come to town last night, and not yet be with my Lord Arlington (age 50), who, and all the town, hear of his being come to town, and he did, it seems, take notice of it to GoDolphin this morning: so that I perceive this remissness in affairs do continue in my Lord's managements still, which I am sorry for; but, above all, to see in what a condition my Lord is for money, that I dare swear he do not know where to take up £500 of any man in England at this time, upon his word, but of myself, as I believe by the sequel hereof it will appear. Here I first saw and saluted my Lady Burlington (age 55), a very fine-speaking lady, and a good woman, but old, and not handsome; but a brave woman in her parts. Here my Lady Hinchingbroke tells me that she hath bought most of the wedding-clothes for Mrs. Pickering (age 26), so that the thing is gone through, and will soon be ended; which I wonder at, but let them do as they will. Here I also, standing by a candle that was brought for sealing of a letter, do set my periwigg a-fire, which made such an odd noise, nobody could tell what it was till they saw the flame, my back being to the candle. On 06 Jan 1691 Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 77) died. Her son Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baron Clifford. Jane Seymour Baroness Clifford by marriage Baroness Clifford.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon.

Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon: She was born to Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery. On 08 Nov 1616 Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer (age 65) died. His grandson Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon 1610-1643 (age 6) succeeded 2nd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 2nd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire. She by marriage Baroness Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire. In 1628 Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon 1610-1643 (age 18) was created 1st Earl Carnarvon. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. Before 1632 Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon 1610-1643 (age 22) and she were married. She the daughter of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 47) and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery. On 03 Jun 1643 Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon died of smallpox.

Before 09 Dec 1641. After Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset (age 19).

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 24).

Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland: On or before 05 Oct 1617 she was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 21) and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 19). She was baptised on 05 Oct 1617. In 1635 Edmund Waller (age 28) met Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 17), then eighteen years of age, and formed a romantic passion for her, referring to her in a number of his poems under the name of 'Sacharissa'. In 1643 Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland (age 22) was created 1st Earl of Sunderland. Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 25) by marriage Countess of Sunderland. Evelyn's Diary. 09 Jul 1652. We went to see Penshurst, the Earl of Leicester's, famous once for its gardens and excellent fruit, and for the noble conversation which was wont to meet there, celebrated by that illustrious person, Sir Philip Sidney (age 33), who there composed divers of his pieces. It stands in a park, is finely watered, and was now full of company, on the marriage of my old fellow-collegiate, Mr. Robert Smith, who married my Lady Dorothy Sidney (age 34), widow of the Earl of Sunderland. On 05 Feb 1684 Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 66) died.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 32).

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 42).

Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset: On 30 Sep 1599 she was born to Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 33) and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 32). On 03 Mar 1617 William Seymour 2nd Duke Somerset (age 29) and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 17) were married at Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. She the daughter of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 50). Before 24 Oct 1660 William Seymour 2nd Duke Somerset (age 72) was restored 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Earl Hertford. Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 61) by marriage Duchess Somerset. On 23 Apr 1674 Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 74) died.

Before 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42). Portrait of Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess Oxford (age 61).

Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess Oxford: In 1580 she was born. In 1626 Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford 1575-1632 (age 50) and Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess Oxford (age 46) were married. She by marriage Countess Oxford. In 1653 Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess Oxford (age 73) died.

On 09 Dec 1641 Anthony Van Dyck (age 42) died.

Between 1643 and 1647. Follower of Anthony Van Dyck. Portrait of John Craven 1st Baron Craven (age 32).

John Craven 1st Baron Craven: Before 10 Jun 1610 he was born to William Craven (age 62) and Elizabeth Whitmore (age 25). On 10 Jun 1610 John Craven 1st Baron Craven was baptised at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward. On 12 Mar 1627 William Craven 1st Earl Craven (age 18) was created 1st Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire with a special remainder to his brothers John (age 16), who was later created Baron Craven of Ryton, and Thomas, both of whom predeceased William, rendering the remainder ineffective. Between 1634 and 1643 John Craven 1st Baron Craven (age 32) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Craven (age 17) were married. In Nov 1640 John Craven 1st Baron Craven (age 30) was elected MP Tewkesbury during the Long Parliament. On 21 Mar 1643 John Craven 1st Baron Craven (age 32) was created 1st Baron Craven of Ryton in Shropshire. Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Craven (age 26) by marriage Baroness Craven of Ryton in Shropshire. In 1648 John Craven 1st Baron Craven (age 37) died. Baron Craven of Ryton in Shropshire extinct.

Evelyn's Diary. 15 Feb 1649. The painter, La Neve has an Andromeda, but I think it a copy after Vandyke from Titian, for the original is in France. Webb, at the Exchange, has some rare things in miniature, of Breughel's, also Putti, in twelve squares, that were plundered from Sir James Palmer (age 64).

Evelyn's Diary. 08 May 1654. I went to Hackney, to see Lady Brook's garden, which was one of the neatest and most celebrated in England, the house well furnished, but a despicable building. Returning, visited one Mr. Tomb's garden; it has large and noble walks, some modern statues, a vineyard, planted in strawberry borders, staked at ten feet distances, the banqueting-house of cedar, where the couch and seats were carved à l'antique; some good pictures in the house, especially one of Vandyke's, being a man in his shirt; also some of Stenwyck. I also called at Mr. Ducie's, who has indeed a rare collection of the best masters, and one of the largest stories of H. Holbein. I also saw Sir Thomas Fowler's aviary, which is a poor business.

Evelyn's Diary. 09 Jun 1658. I went to see the Earl of Northumberland's (age 55) pictures, whereof that of the Venetian Senators was one of the best of Titian's and another of Andrea del Sarto, viz, a Madonna, Christ, St. John, and an Old Woman; a St. Catherine of Da Vinci, with divers portraits of Vandyck; a Nativity of Georgioni; the last of our blessed Kings (Charles I.), and the Duke of York, by Lely (age 39), a Rosary by the famous Jesuits of Brussels, and several more. This was in Suffolk House, Suffolk Street: the new front toward the gardens is tolerable, were it not drowned by a too massy and clumsy pair of stairs of stone, without any neat invention.

Pepy's Diary. 15 May 1663. The Portugalls have choused us1, it seems, in the Island of Bombay, in the East Indys; for after a great charge of our fleets being sent thither with full commission from the King (age 32) of Portugall to receive it, the Governour by some pretence or other will not deliver it to Sir Abraham Shipman, sent from the King (age 32), nor to my Lord of Marlborough (age 45); which the King (age 32) takes highly ill, and I fear our Queen (age 24) will fare the worse for it. The Dutch decay there exceedingly, it being believed that their people will revolt from them there, and they forced to give over their trade. This is talked of among us, but how true I understand not. Sir Thomas showed me his picture and Sir Anthony Vandike's, in crayon in little, done exceedingly well.

Note 1. The word chouse appears to have been introduced into the language at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In 1609, a Chiaus sent by Sir Robert Shirley, from Constantinople to London, had chiaused (or choused) the Turkish and Persian merchants out of £4,000, before the arrival of his employer, and had decamped. The affair was quite recent in 1610, when Jonson's "Alchemist" appeared, in which it is alluded to.

Pepy's Diary. 13 Sep 1665. After dinner we officers of the Navy stepped aside to read some letters and consider some business, and so in again. I was only pleased at a very fine picture of the Queene-Mother (age 55), when she was young, by Van-Dike; a very good picture, and a lovely sweet face.

Pepy's Diary. 26 Apr 1667. Thence I to St. James's, to meet Sir G. Carteret (age 57), and did, and Lord Berkely (age 65), to get them (as we would have done the Duke of Albemarle (age 58)) to the meeting of the Lords of Appeale in the business of one of our prizes. With them to the meeting of the Guinny company, and there staid, and went with Lord Berkely. While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King (age 36) and Queen (age 28) sitting, [Charles I and Henrietta Maria.] by Van Dyke; and did it very finely.

Evelyn's Diary. 16 Nov 1676. My son (age 21) and I dining at my Lord Chamberlain's (age 58), he showed us among others that incomparable piece of Raphael's, being a Minister of State dictating to Guicciardini, the earnestness of whose face looking up in expectation of what he was next to write, is so to the life, and so natural, as I esteem it one of the choicest pieces of that admirable artist. There was a woman's head of Leonardo da Vinci; a Madonna of old Palma, and two of Vandyke's, of which one was his own picture at length, when young, in a leaning posture; the other, an eunuch, singing. Rare pieces indeed!

Evelyn's Diary. 15 Jan 1679. I went with my Lady Sunderland (age 33) to Chelsea, and dined with the Countess of Bristol (age 59) [her mother] in the great house, formerly the Duke of Buckingham's, a spacious and excellent place for the extent of ground and situation in a good air. The house is large but ill-contrived, though my Lord of Bristol, who purchased it after he sold Wimbledon to my Lord Treasurer (age 46), expended much money on it. There were divers pictures of Titian and Vandyke, and some of Bassano, very excellent, especially an Adonis and Venus, a Duke of Venice, a butcher in his shambles selling meat to a Swiss; and of Vandyke, my Lord of Bristol's picture, with the Earl of Bedford's at length, in the same table. There was in the garden a rare collection of orange trees, of which she was pleased to bestow some upon me.

Before 1684. Circle of Anthony Van Dyck. Portrait of Bishop Peter Gunning (age 69).

Evelyn's Diary. 24 Jan 1685. I din'd at Lord Newport's (age 64), who has some excellent pictures, especialy that of Sr Tho. Hanmer, by Van Dyke, one of the best he ever painted; another of our English Dobson's painting; but above all, Christ in the Virgin's lap by Poussin, an admirable piece, with some thing of most other famous hands.

Evelyn's Diary. 27 Jan 1685. I din'd at Lord Sunderland's (age 43), being invited to heare that celebrated voice of Mr. Pordage, newly come from Rome; his singing was after the Venetian recitative, as masterly as could be, and with an excellent voice both treble and basse; Dr. Walgrave accompanied it with his theorba lute, on which he perform'd beyond imagination, and is doubtlesse orie of the greatest masters in Europe on that charming in strument. Pordage is a priest, as Mr. Bernard Howard (age 44) told me in private. There was in the roome where we din'd, and in his bed-chamber, those incomparable pieces of Columbus, a Flagellation, the Grammar-schoole, the Venus and Adonis of Titian; and of Vandyke's that picture of the late E. of Digby (father of the Countess of Sunderland (age 39)), and Earle of Bedford (age 68), Sr Kenelm Digby, and two Ladys of incomparable performance; besides that of Moses and the burning bush of Bassano, and several other pieces of ye best masters. A marble head of M. Brutus, &c.

Evelyn's Diary. 24 Mar 1688. There are many good pictures, especially of Vandyke's, in both these houses, and some few statues and small busts in the latter.

Evelyn's Diary. 21 Jun 1693. I saw a great auction of pictures in the Banqueting house, Whitehall [Map]. They had been my Lord Melford's (age 42), now Ambassador from King James (age 59) at Rome, and engaged to his creditors here. Lord Mulgrave (age 45) and Sir Edward Seymour (age 60) came to my house, and desired me to go with them to the sale. Divers more of the great lords, etc., were there, and bought pictures dear enough. There were some very excellent of Vandyke, Rubens, and Bassan. Lord Godolphin (age 48) bought the picture of the Boys, by Murillo the Spaniard, for 80 guineas, dear enough; my nephew Glanville, the old Earl of Arundel's head by Rubens, for £20. Growing late, I did not stay till all were sold.

Evelyn's Diary. 23 Apr 1696. I went to Eton [Map], and dined with Dr. Godolphin, the provost. The schoolmaster assured me there had not been for twenty years a more pregnant youth in that place than my grandson (age 14). I went to see the King's House at Kensington. It is very noble, though not great. The gallery furnished with the best pictures [from] all the houses, of Titian, Raphael, Correggio, Holbein, Julio Romano, Bassan, Vandyke, Tintoretto, and others; a great collection of porcelain; and a pretty private library. The gardens about it very delicious.

Letters of Horace Walpole. 05 Aug 1752. From Sevenoaks [Map] we went to Knowle. The park is sweet, with much old beech, and an immense sycamore before the great gate, that makes me more in love than ever with sycamores. The house is not near so extensive as I expected:330 the outward court has a beautiful decent simplicity that charms one. The apartments are many, but not large. The furniture throughout, ancient magnificence; loads of portraits, not good nor curious; ebony cabinets, embossed silver in vases, dishes, etc. embroidered beds, stiff chairs, and sweet bags lying on velvet tables, richly worked in silk and gold. There are two galleries, one very small; an old hall, and a spacious great drawing-room. There is never a good staircase. The first little room you enter has sundry portraits of the times; but they seem to have been bespoke by the yard, and drawn all by the same painter; One should be happy if they were authentic; for among them there is Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Gardiner of Winchester, the Earl of Surry, the poet, when a boy, and a Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, but I don't know which. The only fine picture is of Lord Goring and Endymion Porter by Vandyke. There is a good head of the Queen of Bohemia, a whole-length of Duc d'Espernon, and another good head of the Clifford, Countess of Dorset, who wrote that admirable haughty letter to Secretary Williamson, when he recommended a person to her for member for Appleby: "I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court, but I won't be dictated to by a subject: your man shan't stand. Ann Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery." In the chapel is a piece of ancient tapestry: Saint Luke in his first profession is holding an urinal. Below stairs is a chamber of poets and players, which is proper enough in that house; for the first Earl wrote a play,331 and the last Earl was a poet,332 and I think married a player333 Major Mohun and Betterton are curious among the latter, Cartwright and Flatman among the former. The arcade is newly enclosed, painted in fresco, and with modern glass of all the family matches. In the gallery is a whole-length of the unfortunate Earl of Surry, with his device, a broken column, and the motto Sat superest. My father had one of them, but larger, and with more emblems, which the Duke of Norfolk bought at my brother's sale. There is one good head of henry VIII, and divers of Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, the citizen who came to be lord treasurer, and was very near coming to be hanged.334 His Countess, a bouncing kind of lady-mayoress, looks pure awkward amongst so much good company. A visto cut through the wood has a delightful effect from the front: but there are some trumpery fragments of gardens that spoil the view from the state apartments.

Note 329. Only son of Dr. Richard Bentley, the celebrated Divine and classical scholar. He was educated at Trinity College, under his father. Cumberland, who was his nephew, describes him as a man of various and considerable accomplishments; possessing a fine genius, great wit, and a brilliant imagination; "but there was," he adds, "a certain eccentricity and want of prudence in his character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to the cultivation and encouragement of his talents."-E.

Note 330. Evelyn in his Diary for July 25, 1673, says, "In my way I visited my Lord of Dorset's house at Knowle, near Sevenoaks, a greate old-fashion'd house."-E.

Note 331. Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, while a student in the Temple, wrote his tragedy of Gordobuc, which was played before Queen Elizabeth, at Whitehall, in 1561. He was created Earl of Dorset by James the First, in 1604.-E.

Note 332. Charles Sackville, sixth Earl of Dorset. On the day previous to the naval engagement with the Dutch, in 1665, he is said to have composed his celebrated song, "to all you Ladies now on Land."-E.

Note 333. On the contrary, he married the Lady Frances, daughter of the Earl of Middlesex, who survived him.-E. [Note. This appears to be a mistake insofar as Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset married Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset who was the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex. Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex married firstly Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset and secondly Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex. There, however, references to his marrying an actress Alice Lee with whom he appear to have had a daughter Mary Sackville Countess Orrery.]

Note 334. Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, married two wives: the first was the daughter of a London citizen; the second, the daughter of James Brett, Esq. and half-sister of Mary Beaumont, created Countess of Buckingham. To this last alliance, Lord Middlesex owed his extraordinary advancement.-E.

Charge of the Light Brigade

Adeline Horsey Recollections. I believe my husband replaced a great deal of the original furniture at Deene [Map] with more modern examples, but many valuable old pieces still remain. The pictures are very beautiful, including a priceless Vandyke representing Queen Henrietta Maria, in the happy days of her early married life, as a regal, gracious figure arrayed in shimmering satin. There is a lovely portrait of Louise de Keroualle and her son, the Duke of Richmond, who married a Brudenell, and there are many examples of Lely, Sir Joshua Reynolds and other eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists. One painting by Sant represents the Prince Consort and the Royal children listening to the account of the Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Cardigan, and there are also some interesting pictures of hunting-field incidents, depicting Cardigan and his friends on their favourite mounts.