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 YORK. 217 Apparently taking place 16 April 1661 ;(*) a*. M.A. of Cambrid|;e, 1642, and M.A. of Oiford, 1 Nov. 1642. To hia br., Charles II., when In exile, he was P.O. and li. High AdmirRl,(^) 1649 ; Gov. of Jersey, Feb. to Sep. 1650, and Lieut. -Qen. of the Foroes, 1654. He served as a volunteer (under Tnrenne) in the French army, 1652, and became Lieut. Gen. then;in, 1654 ; served (in the Netherlands) in the SpantHh army, 1657 and wns Od. of a Ueg. of Horse therein, 1658. He was er. 10 May 1659, EAKL OF ULSTIilR [I.],(«) and (nfter the Kestoration) 31 Dtc. 1660, DUKK OF ALBANY^ [S.];(*') was Capt. Gru. of the Artillery Coni|»Hny of Ixindon 1660; L. Wanlon and !«. Linutonant. of the Cinqiic p«>tt8, 1660-73 ; Tj. Hinii Admiuai^ for the first time, l((G]-73, benif; in command nt the victory over the French fleet, 4 Deo. 1664, and over the Dutch (off Hnrwich) 3 June 1665 ; Ch. Coramissr. for the govern* ment of Tangier. 1662-73 ; F.U.S., 9 Jan. 1605 ; Capt Gen. of the Force*, 1670-73 ; Com. in chief of the forces against Holland, April to June 1678 ; L. High Admiral of Scotland, 1673 ; L. High Commiasr. to the Pari, [a] 1681 ; L. High Admiral, for second time, 1684-85. He m. firstly (or more pmbably wss contracted) 21 Nov. 1659 at Breda, the marriage being (again ?) celebrated 3 Sep. 1660,(^) at Worcester House, in the Strand (her father's residence), Anne, 1st da. of Edward (Htdr), Ist Karl ok CrJiitiiitDON, the celebrated L. CHiancellor, by his first wife, Frances, da. of Sir Thomaa ATLBSfiUnv, Dart. She,(*) who was h, 22 March 1637/8, at Cranbome Unlge, near IVimlsor, d. (as Duchess of York) at St. James* palace, 81 March and was bur. 6 April 1671 at Westm. Abbey, aged 83,(0 being mother of two Queens Ilegnant, v?f., Mary II. and Anne. He m. secondly, first by proxy at Modena, 30 Sep., and a«rain in person, at Dover, 21 Nov. 1673, Maty Beatrice Kleanora, da. of Alphouso IV. (cVKMle), ])UKK or MoDKNA, by Laura,*da. of llieronymus Martinosszi, of Kome,(S) and I^uia Maigaret, his wifn, aiater and coheir of the celebrated Canlinal Mazarini. Sbe,(*) who was b. 5 Oct. 1658, at Modena, became daeon Consort, 6 Feb. 1685/6, at which date her said husband ascended the throne as James II., when ali Am lUmourt tnaytd in the Onmn, (») See copy of Garter plate in " Sandford " (p. 657), but Uiis date is not given in Belts's ^ Mitiory of the OarUrt** where the dispensaiiou of 1644/6 is alone mentioned. (^) In 1649, Mile, de Montpensier [Mimcrie$] writes of htm as '* Fort joli, bien fait, et bean de visage ; il etoit blond, et parloit bien Fraucaia.** In 1650, John Chevalier [Hoskins* CharleM IL in Channd Idand*] calls him " Tall fur hia sge sn«l slight in figure, bu^ romarlcably lively and pleasant in hia manner." — A channing portrait of him "after D. Toniera, 165i;* engmve<I in ** /A»yfr," fully bean out his good looks. He is elsewhere described [Stuart Papers in MacphersonJ ns " something above the middle stature, well-shaped, very nervous and strong. His face was rather long, his complexion fair, his countenance engaging, but his outward carriage was a little stiff and ofinstraiued.'* («) See p. 219, note'* b." (H) « ify Lord Chancellor [Hyde] had lately got the Duke of York and Dnohesse, her Woman, my Lord Ossory, and a Doctor to make oatli, before most of the Judges of the Kingdom, oonceniing all the circumstances of their raarriai^e, and, in fine, it is confessed that they were not fully married till about a month l>efore she was [22 Oct. 1660] brought to bed, but that they were contract-ed long before, and time enough for the child to be legitimaUi " [/V/»y«, 23 Feb. 1660/1.] On 18 Feb. 1660/1, Thomas Butler, Uyled Karl of Ossory, made oath, that on 2 Sep. last, he did see these iHirties married and did give and present the snid Ijidy in marriage. (• See her Kite quarlient in The Oenealogiet, N.S., vol. viii, pp 44-40. (0 "^ A plain woman and like her mother, my Lady Chancellor '* [Pep^e, 20 April 1661.] *' A very handsome woman and had a great deal of wit " [Ueresby s Memoire.] " This Princess had a majestic air, a pretty good shape, not much beautv, a great deal of wit and a just discernment of merit*' [Grammout's MemoinJ] "She had a great knowledge and a lively sense of things. She soon uiideratood what belonged to a Princess, and to<»k State on her rather too much. . . . She was generous and friendly, but was too severe an enemy" [Burnett's ''Own Timet,*'] (s) ** She is a proper handsome Lady. She hath very good eves, very good features and a very good complexion, but she wonts the sir that should set off all this, and, having been bred in a Monastery, knows not how to set one foot before another with any gracefulness " [Letter of Lord Conway to Lord Essex, 29 Nov. 1678.]