The War of the Succession in Spain: During the ... James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope PC (c. 1673 – 5 February 1721) was a British statesman and soldier who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721.
He is probably best remembered for his service during War of the Spanish Succession. He was also the first British Governor of Minorca, which he had captured from the Spanish, between 1708 and 1711. Background and education[edit] Stanhope was born in Paris in 1673, the eldest of the seven children of Alexander Stanhope (1638–1707), and his wife Katherine (died 1718), the daughter and co-heir of Arnold Burghill, of Thinghall Parva, Withington, Herefordshire, by his second wife Grizell, co-heir of John Prise of Ocle Pyrchard, Herefordshire.
He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in May 1688. Political and military career, 1690-1712[edit] Flanders Campaigns[edit] Spanish Campaigns[edit] He remained a prisoner in Spain for over a year and returned to England in August 1712. Family[edit] ECCO, Eighteenth (18th) Century Collections Online, C18th Literature. "ECCO is an amazingly rich resource: it puts a magnificent library of eighteenth-century printed material on the desktops of scholars and students.
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Please note: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. In Britain, "Bolingbroke" is pronounced Bullingbrook or Bullenbrook.
Early life[edit] Henry St John was most likely born at Lydiard Tregoze, the family seat in Wiltshire, and christened in Battersea.[6] St John was the son of Sir Henry St John, later 1st Viscount St John, and Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Warwick. Although it has been asserted that St John was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, his name does not appear on registers for either institution and there is no evidence to support either claim.[7] It is possible he was educated at a Dissenting academy.[8] Oliver Goldsmith reported that he had been seen to "run naked through the park in a state of intoxication".
Swift, his intimate friend, said that he wanted to be thought the Alcibiades or Petronius of his age, and to mix licentious orgies with the highest political responsibilities. Early career[edit] Bolingbroke gradually superseded Oxford in the leadership. Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, With His Original Correspondence : Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim and Other Authentic Sources - Google Books. Henri de Ruvigny, earl of Galway, a filial memoir; with a prefatory life of his father le Marquis de Ruvigny - Google Books.
Franco-Spanish Leaders and Commanders. Daniel Defoe. Exhibition > Spanish Succession. The Spanish Succession The Two Great Questions Consider'd.
I. What the French King will do, with Respect to the Spanish Monarchy. II. What Measures the English Ought to Take. [See larger image] When King Charles II of Spain died in 1700, he had no heir. This copy has many hand-written annotations, comments and manicula in the margins. The Danger of the Protestant Religion Consider’d, from the Present Prospect of a Religious War in Europe. [See larger image] Published shortly after Two Great Questions Consider'd. This copy also has marginal notes written in throughout the text. View the Next Section |View the Previous SectionBack to Top. Spanish succession, War of, 1701-1714. Battle of Almansa. The Battle of Almansa, fought on 25 April 1707, was one of the most decisive engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession.
At Almansa, the Franco–Spanish army under Berwick soundly defeated the allied forces of Portugal, England, and the United Provinces led by the Earl of Galway, reclaiming most of eastern Spain for the Bourbons. It has been described as "probably the only Battle in history in which the English forces were commanded by a Frenchman, the French by an Englishman. "[1][2] War of the Spanish Succession. Background[edit] Europe at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession.
In the late 1690s the declining health of King Charles II of Spain brought to a head the problem of his succession, a problem which had underlain much of European diplomacy for several decades.