An army under James Stanhope reached Madrid together with the Archduke Charles, but it was forced to capitulate at Brihuega when a relief army came from France.

Both William's paternal uncles Thomas and John were MPs while his aunt Lucy married the leading Whig politician and soldier General James Stanhope.

* December 12 – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, is demoted from his office as Secretary of State for the Northern Department in the British government and replaced by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope.

Robert Walpole became a Privy Councillor and rose to the position of Paymaster of the Forces in a Cabinet nominally led by Lord Halifax, but actually dominated by Lord Townshend ( Walpole's brother-in-law ) and James Stanhope.

Among those implicated were John Aislabie ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer ), James Craggs the Elder ( the Postmaster General ), James Craggs the Younger ( the Southern Secretary ), and even Lord Stanhope and Lord Sunderland ( the heads of the Ministry ).

By the time of the next director's elections in 1718 politics had changed again, with a schism within the Whigs between Walpole's faction supporting the Prince of Wales and James Stanhope supporting the King.

* Gamaliel Bartlett ( 1796 – 1859 ), first postmaster at Stanhope, appointed in 1823 by President James Monroe.

* The Right Honourable James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope PC

* Westminster Abbey, to James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ( 1733 )

Those signing that nomination letter were: Philip Stanhope ; Martin Folkes ; James Burrow ; Cromwell Mortimer ; John Eames.

Alexander Stanhope was the father of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope while his half-brother Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston was the great-grandfather of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington.

However, he was succeeded in the earldom and barony by his distant relative James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, who became the thirteenth Earl of Chesterfield and thirteenth Baron Stanhope.

* James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield, 7th Earl Stanhope ( 1880 – 1967 )

St John made friends with the Whigs James Stanhope and Edward Hopkins and corresponded with the Tory Sir William Trumball, who advised him: " There appears indeed amongst us England a strong disposition to liberty, but neither honesty nor virtue enough to support it ".

* 1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader ( d. 1734 )

Carnegie, right, with James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce.

Feeling against Catholics, and especially against James, Duke of York, was running strongly ; the Exclusion Bill had been passed by the House of Commons, and the popularity of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, was very great.

During the Anglo-French War ( 1627 – 1629 ), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, Nova Scotia and Alexander ’ s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “ New Scotland ” at Port Royal.

At the behest of Charles and Buckingham, James assented to the impeachment of the Lord Treasurer, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, by the House of Commons, who quickly fell in much the same manner as Bacon had.

Many scholars consider the epistle to be written in the late 1st or early 2nd centuries, after the death of James the Just.

* Some see parallels between James and 1 Peter, 1 Clement, and the Shepherd of Hermas and take this to reflect the socio-economic situation Christians were dealing with in the late 1st or early 2nd century.

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, who led a successful pro-royalist campaign in the Highlands in 1644-46.

In 1644, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose attempted to raise the Highlands for the King.

* 1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander ( b. 1670 )

* 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.

* 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English noble ( d. 1744 )

* 1871 – James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician ( d. 1940 )

* 1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.

* 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn PC ( 12 August 1575 – 23 March 1618 ).

He was the eldest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley ( 4th son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran ), and of Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton.

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger ( 13 December 1769 – 17 April 1844 ) was an English lawyer, politician and judge.

Abinger, James Scarlett, 1st Baron

Abinger, James Scarlett, 1st Baron

Abinger, James Scarlett, 1st Baron

* 1722 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish nobleman, soldier, and politician ( d. 1773 )

* 1773 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician ( b. 1722 )

* 1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots

The great figures of reformist Whiggery were Charles James Fox ( died 1806 ) and his disciple and successor Earl Grey.

In 1437, King James I of Scotland was approached by an Irish seer who was later identified as a banshee who foretold his murder at the instigation of the Earl of Atholl.

In 1798, James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife, acquired Balmoral, and leased the castle.

The title of Earl of Marlborough, which was created for Churchill in 1689, had been created one time previously in British history, for James Ley, in 1626.

Dahomey was chosen for some of the filming locations in the movie, The Comedians ( 1967 film ), with an all-star cast that included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Brown, Alec Guinness, Raymond St. Jacques, Gloria Foster, Zakes Mokae, Paul Ford, Georg Stanford Brown, Peter Ustinov, Douta Seck and Cicely Tyson.

In post-production, James Earl Jones dubbed that character's voice.

In February 1567, Darnley was murdered by conspirators almost certainly led by James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.

Gathering on Sanssouci in the Marble Hall, with Voltaire, Casanova, d ' Argens, La Mettrie, James Francis Edward Keith | James Keith, George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal | George Keith, Friedrich Rudolf von Rothenburg, Christoph Ludwig von Stille, Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz and Algarotti.

Instead it's an intelligent, beautifully read ..." Stacy Keach played the role with an all-star cast at Joseph Papp's Delacorte Theatre in the early 70's, with Colleen Dewhurst's Gertrude, James Earl Jones's King, Barnard Hughes's Polonius, Sam Waterston's Laertes and Raul Julia's Osric.

Botham ( second from left ) with fellow commentators Willis and Gower, politicians Alastair Campbell | Alistair Campbell and James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar | James Erskine.

* 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.

* 1977 – Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

* 1931 – James Earl Jones, American actor

* 1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair – A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland ; Douglas is captured.

Darth Vader ( David Prowse / James Earl Jones ) is also established as the Jedi's main enemy.