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Earl of Pomfret

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and sold the manor of Westoning in 1767 to John Everitt. Two sons, the third and fourth Earls, succeeded. The titles became extinct upon the death of the fourth Earl's son in 1867.
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in Northamptonshire. The house came into the Hesketh family (who were later created Barons Hesketh) through the marriage in 1846 of
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in 1641, aged nineteen and succeeded by his son. The latter was raised in 1692 to the
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and had his estates confiscated. Some of the estates, including
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Argent, a fess sable between three lions' heads erased gules
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Argent, a fess sable between three lions' heads erased gules
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in 1721. The latter was succeeded by his son, who became a
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In 1615, he was confirmed by 543:A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3 536: 438:, with the territorial designation, in the 344: 392:Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret 367: 476: 474: 472: 314: 311:Fermor Baronets, of Easton Neston (1641) 161: 508: 480: 451:Also in official documents recorded as 416: 218:, were restored after the accession of 16:Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain 590: 532: 530: 502: 469: 289:Sir Thomas George Hesketh, 5th Baronet 351:William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster 527: 357:Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster 185:Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster 82:Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster 13: 398:George Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret 386:George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret 380:George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret 374:Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret 283:The seat of the Fermor family was 167:George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret 92:George Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret 14: 619: 195:The Fermor family descended from 191:Ancestral titles and achievements 569:Dictionary of National Biography 547:Institute of Historical Research 35: 29: 334:Sir William Fermor, 2nd Baronet 328:Sir William Fermor, 1st Baronet 560: 445: 428: 1: 603:Noble titles created in 1721 7: 512:Collin's Peerage of England 404: 274:Gentleman of the Bedchamber 10: 624: 537:William Page, ed. 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George I
Peerage of Great Britain
Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster
George Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret
heirs male of the body
Easton Neston
Latin

George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret
Peerage of Great Britain
Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster
Richard Fermor
Henry VIII
an adherent of
Catholicism
Easton Neston
South Northamptonshire
Edward VI
George Fermor
James I
Anne of Denmark
the Crown
Westoning
Bedfordshire
Baronetage of England
Peerage of England
Gentleman of the Bedchamber
George III

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