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930:(1915–1980) eldest son of the 9th Earl. In 1959 following the death of his father and facing heavy inheritance tax demands, he sold the house, gardens and part of the park to the "Land Fund", which sold them on in 1963 to the Westwood Educational Trust Limited (a charity in the form of a private company limited by guarantee without share capital, formed in 1961) which established and operates the school which still occupies the site today. In 1968 the 10th Earl resided nearby at Puckle Hill, Shorne, near Gravesend, Kent, "a large, robust Arts and Crafts house constructed in 1923".
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Peerage of Ireland. In 1725 Bligh was further honoured when he was advanced as Earl of Darnley, in the County of Meath, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He died in 1728 and was buried with his wife in the "Hyde Vault" in Westminster Abbey, in the north ambulatory, near
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from 1905 to 1927. On his death the titles passed to his only son, the ninth Earl. In 1937 he succeeded his first cousin The Lady
Clifton (who died unmarried) in her ancient English barony by writ of summons being her heir-general, as eighteenth
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1079:"House of Lords Journal Volume 62: 5 March 1830 Pages 54-61 Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62, 1830. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, [n.d.]"
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added some Gothic details to the interior and added decorative detail to the hall. In 1817–18 he employed George and John Repton to effect some Tudor-style alterations.
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Clifton (E., 1608), Earl of Darnley (I., 1725), Viscount Darnley of Athboy (I., 1723), and Baron Clifton of Rathmore (I., 1721).
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Lord Darnley, tireless supporter of Hereford Cathedral, has died aged 75
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Thomas Bligh who was in turn the son of John Bligh, of Plymouth, a
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Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, also 3rd Earl of Darnley
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Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
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Overview (free company information from Companies House)
698:(1719–1781); third son of the 1st Earl. He served as a
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for earlier history of these titles). He represented
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873:Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley
841:Edward Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley (1851–1900)
755:Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley (1795–1835)
652:Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (1715–1747)
1294:– No. 67, ACS Publications: Nottingham, po.7
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405:Rosemary, Dowager Countess of Darnley
1510:2015 Edition, London, 2015, pp.320-1
1246:"Ludovic, Frances & Esme Stuart"
648:the steps up to Henry VII's chapel.
595:. Following his marriage in 1713 to
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153:Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold
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1292:Ivo Bligh, Famous Cricketers Series
913:Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley
661:Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold
583:(1687–1728), who married, in 1713,
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1508:Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage
1368:National Heritage List for England
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547:Earls of Darnley (Second creation)
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1271:"Earl of Darnley player profile"
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887:when touring Australia with the
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744:John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley
696:John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley
581:John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley
376:Lord Lieutenant of County Meath
254:John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley
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1137:historyofparliamentonline.org
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2872:Noble titles created in 1580
1228:Lady Elizabeth Cust (1891).
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1478:"Lord Darnley - News Blog"
1186:"Edward Hyde & family"
1021:. 29 July 1721. p. 2.
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1234:– via archive.org.
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458:Minister Plenipotentiary
356:British House of Commons
971:University of Edinburgh
889:English team in 1882–83
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1994:Annandale and Hartfell
1305:"Lord Clifton profile"
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1457:"Anite Public docs"
1400:on 21 December 2014
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967:Marlborough College
733:Bishop of Rochester
607:), a descendant of
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498:The family seat is
454:Envoy Extraordinary
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1064:The London Gazette
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2246:Westmeath
2235:Waterford
2199:Carnarvon
2193:Mansfield
2187:Fortescue
2170:Mansfield
2165:Clarendon
2133:Ilchester
2128:Hardwicke
2088:Aylesford
2078:Dartmouth
1999:Dundonald
1978:Balcarres
1940:Dalhousie
1843:Caithness
1779:Albemarle
1719:Berkshire
1088:19 August
877:cricketer
713:deer park
704:Maidstone
520:Gravesend
486:(in 1868)
476:in 2008.
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2754:Inchcape
2749:Jellicoe
2702:Plymouth
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2555:Bradford
2535:Cathcart
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2515:Lonsdale
2445:Ranfurly
2435:Listowel
2430:Kilmorey
2405:Limerick
2365:Annesley
2350:Longford
2335:Lisburne
2325:Kingston
2310:Courtown
2275:Drogheda
2160:Bathurst
2123:Guilford
2043:Rosebery
2033:Seafield
2015:Melville
1984:Newburgh
1965:Northesk
1925:Kinnoull
1905:Galloway
1863:Eglinton
1828:Crawford
1808:Scotland
1784:Coventry
1769:Portland
1763:Abingdon
1745:Carlisle
1735:Sandwich
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2470:Rosslyn
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2285:Darnley
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2073:Ferrers
2048:Glasgow
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2004:Kintore
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1920:Loudoun
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1725:Lindsey
1708:Denbigh
1696:Suffolk
1691:Lincoln
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168:Seat(s)
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2806:Attlee
2781:Gowrie
2734:Iveagh
2724:Beatty
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2590:Durham
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2021:Orkney
1989:Dundee
1955:Dysart
1945:Airlie
1935:Wemyss
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1838:Erroll
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