 Abt 1587 - Abt 1645 (~ 58 years)
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| Name |
Robert Carr |
| Suffix |
1st and last Earl of Somerset |
| Birth |
Abt 1587 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt Jul 1645 |
| Notes |
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RUSSELL.htm#William%20RUSSELL%20(1°%20D.%20Bedford)
http://www.thepeerage.com/p1222.htm#i12220
Robert Carr, 1st and last Earl of Somerset was born circa 1587.«sup»3«/sup» He was the son of «u»Sir Thomas Kerr <http://www.thepeerage.com/p1223.htm#i12222>«/u» and «u»Janet Scott <http://www.thepeerage.com/p1223.htm#i12223>«/u». He married «u»Frances Howard <http://www.thepeerage.com/p10302.htm#i103019>«/u», daughter of «u»Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk <http://www.thepeerage.com/p10302.htm#i103012>«/u» and «u»Katherine Knyvett <http://www.thepeerage.com/p10302.htm#i103014>«/u», on 26 December 1613. He died circa July 1645 at «u»London, England «/u», without male issue.«sup»4«/sup» He was buried on 17 July 1645.
Robert Carr, 1st and last Earl of Somerset gained the title of «i»1st Earl of Somerset«/i» in 1613. In 1616 he was, with his wife, found guilty of murder, but was pardoned in 1624. He has an extensive biographical entry in the «i»Dictionary of National Biography.«sup»5«/i»«/sup»
«b»See his biography: http://www.thepeerage.com/e600.htm
1. «/b»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 108. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i».
2. Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (France) to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family".
3. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume XII/1, page 66.
4. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume XII/1, page 68.
5. Matthew H.C.G., editor, «i»Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM«/i» (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), Carr, Robert. Hereinafter cited as «i»Dictionary of National Biography«/i».
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| Person ID |
I58903 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
23 Mar 2009 |
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