In his landmark work, The Singer of Tales, Albert Lord refers to the work of Francis P. Magoun and others, saying “ the documentation is complete, thorough, and accurate.

With the exception of Lord Burghley, the most important politicians had died around 1590: The Earl of Leicester in 1588, Sir Francis Walsingham in 1590, Sir Christopher Hatton in 1591.

On 18 June 1604 Oxford granted the custody of the Forest of Essex to his son-in-law, Lord Norris, and his cousin, Sir Francis Vere.

As a new peer he then styled himself as " Francis, Lord Verulam ".

Irish Cape Governors included Lord Macartney, Lord Caledon and Sir John Francis Cradock.

* 1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.

The British Association came to his aid, and the Earl of Ellesmere — then Lord Francis Egerton — gave him yet more efficient help.

Patrick Abercromby was the third son of Alexander Abercromby of Fetterneir in Aberdeenshire, and brother of Francis Abercromby, who was created Lord Glasford by King James II.

Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, by Francis Hayman ( c. 1762 ).

* Francis Bacon of England ( 1561 – 1626 ), philosopher, jurist, scientist, writer, and politician ; specifically Member of Parliament, Attorney General for England and Wales ( 1613 – 1617 ), and Lord Chancellor ( 1617 – 1621 )

* July 31 – The first engagement between the English and Spanish fleets, off Plymouth, results in a victory for the English under command of Lord Howard of Effingham and Sir Francis Drake.

** Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier ( d. 1823 )

Francis A. Swan, Lord of the Manor and parish rector from 1819 until his death in 1878.

( He had inherited the roles of Lord of the Manor and rector from his father Francis Swan in 1878.

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Horatio Lord Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott

Famous names include the physicist, Lord Kelvin, ' father of economics ' Adam Smith, James Watt, John Logie Baird, Joseph Black, Sir John Boyd Orr, Professor Sam Karunaratne, Francis Hutcheson and Joseph Lister.

For example, when Sir Francis Burdett, chairman of the London Hampden Club, proposed a resolution in favour of universal suffrage, equally sized electoral districts, and voting by secret ballot to the House of Commons, his motion found only one other supporter ( Lord Cochrane ) in the entire House.

William Allingham – Henry C. Beeching – Oliver Madox Brown – Olive Custance – John Davidson – Austin Dobson – Lord Alfred Douglas – Evelyn Douglas – Edward Dowden – Ernest Dowson – Michael Field – Norman Gale – Edmund Gosse – John Gray – William Ernest Henley – Gerard Manley Hopkins – Herbert P. Horne – Lionel Johnson – Andrew Lang – Eugene Lee-Hamilton – Maurice Hewlett – Edward Cracroft Lefroy – Arran and Isla Leigh – Amy Levy – John William Mackail – Digby Mackworth Dolben – Fiona MacLeod – Frank T. Marzials – Théophile Julius Henry Marzials – George Meredith – Alice Meynell – Cosmo Monkhouse – George Moore – William Morris – Frederick W. H. Myers – Roden Noël – John Payne – Victor Plarr – A. Mary F. Robinson – William Caldwell Roscoe – Christina Rossetti – Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Algernon Charles Swinburne – John Addington Symonds – Arthur Symons – Rachel Annand Taylor – Francis Thompson – John Todhunter – Herbert Trench – John Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley – Rosamund Marriott Watson – Theodore Watts-Dunton – Oscar Wilde – Margaret L. Woods – Theodore Wratislaw – W. B. Yeats

Even her movements could pose a political problem, as Francis Walsingham explained: " I see not her Majesty disposed to use the services of my Lord of Leicester.

The European colony in Suriname was founded in the 1650s by Lord Francis Willoughby, the British governor of Barbados.

As Lord Francis Hope, this grandson received his legacy in 1887.

Lord Francis lived beyond his means, and it eventually caught up with him, leading to marriage troubles, financial reverses, and he found that he had to sell the diamond.

Lord Francis sold the diamond for £ 29, 000 (£ as of ), to Adolph Weil, a London jewel merchant.

As the couple left Windsor for their honeymoon at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, they were cheered by the schoolboys of neighbouring Eton College, who included Lord Randolph Churchill.

Recent speakers at the LSE have included Kofi Annan, Hilary Benn, Ben Bernanke, Tony Blair, Hazel Blears, Cherie Booth, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Noam Chomsky, Bill Clinton, Alistair Darling, Niall Ferguson, Joschka Fischer, Vicente Fox, Milton Friedman, Muammar al-Gaddafi, John Lewis Gaddis, Alan Greenspan, Tenzin Gyatso, Will Hutton, Paul Krugman, Richard Lambert, Jens Lehmann, Lee Hsien Loong, John Major, Nelson Mandela, Mary McAleese, Dmitri Medvedev, John Atta Mills, Mario Monti, George Osborne, Robert Peston, Sebastián Piñera, Kevin Rudd, Jeffrey Sachs, Gerhard Schroeder, Carlos D. Mesa, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Costas Simitis, George Soros, Lord Stern, Jack Straw, Aung San Suu Kyi, Baroness Thatcher, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rowan Williams.

On his death in 1677 the manor was sold on again to the Lord High Treasurer, Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby.

* Barrie M. Osborne, class of 1966, producer of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Leeds was a Member of Parliament for Eye in 1774 and for Helston from 1774 to 1775 ; in 1776 having received a writ of acceleration as Baron Osborne, he entered the House of Lords, and in 1777 Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household.

* Lord George William Frederick Osborne ( 21 July 1775 – 10 July 1838 ), later 6th Duke of Leeds ; married Lady Charlotte Townshend, daughter of the 1st Marquess Townshend, on 17 August 1797 and had issue.

His second son from his first marriage, Lord Francis Osborne, was created Baron Godolphin in 1832.

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG ( 20 February 1632 – 26 July 1712 ), English statesman ( commonly known as Lord Danby and of Carmarthen when he was a prominent political figure ), served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.

He was great-grandson of Sir Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of London, who, according to the accepted account, while apprentice to Sir William Hewett, clothworker and lord mayor in 1559, made the fortunes of the family by leaping from London Bridge into the river and rescuing Anne ( d. 1585 ), the daughter of his employer, whom he afterwards married.

Thomas Osborne, the future Lord Treasurer, succeeded to the baronetcy and estates in Yorkshire on his father Edward's death in 1647, and, after unsuccessfully courting his cousin Dorothy Osborne, married Lady Bridget, daughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, in 1651.

On 19 June, on the resignation of Lord Clifford, he was appointed lord treasurer and made Baron Osborne of Kiveton and Viscount Latimer in the peerage of England, while on 27 June 1674 he was created Earl of Danby, when he surrendered his Scottish peerage of Osborne to his third son Peregrine Osborne.

#* Lord Lieutenant of Angus ( Georgiana Osborne )

Lord Chichester married Lady Mary Henrietta Juliana, daughter of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, in 1801.

Augusta Maria Byron, later Augusta Maria Leigh ( 26 January 1783 – 12 October 1851 ), styled " The Honourable " from birth, was the only daughter of John " Mad Jack " Byron, the poet Lord Byron's father, by his first wife, Amelia Osborne ( Baroness Conyers in her own right and the divorced wife of Francis, Marquis of Carmarthen, who was later to become 5th Duke of Leeds ).

As the power of the Cabal Ministry waned Thomas Osborne, Lord Danby assumed more influence in his role as Lord High Treasurer.

* George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds ( 1802 – 1872 ), eldest son of the 5th Duke's second son, The Lord Godolphin

:* George Osborne, Earl of Danby ( 1861 ), eldest son of the 9th Duke ( then Lord Carmarthen ), died in infancy during his grandfather's lifetime

* D ' Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds ( 1884 – 1964 ), grandson of Lord Godolphin's third son, died without issue, at which point all of his titles became extinct

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Old Tuxedo, Central Tuxedo, South Tuxedo, Sir John Franklin, North River Heights, Central River Heights, South River Heights, Wellington Crescent, Osborne Village, Crescentwood, Earl Grey, Rockwood, Grant Park, Riverview, Lord Roberts, Beaumont, Wildwood, Fort Garry, Maybank, and the western half of the Pembina Strip in the City of Winnipeg.

* John Osborne, Jr. – Exact ( 1852 ), Coastguard ( 1863 ), Wild Agnes ( 1864 ), Lord of the Vale ( 1865 ), Bothwell ( 1870 ), Thorn ( 1872 ), Holy Friar ( 1874 ), Constantine ( 1876 ), Simnel ( 1880 )