Field Marshal George Hamilton 1666-1737 Earl of Orkney, by Martin Maingaud.

# Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Britain,

Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.

Gaunt, the Earl Marshal Henry Percy, and a number of other friends accompanied Wycliffe, and four begging friars were his advocates.

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke | William the Marshal ( l ), one of John's most senior military leaders, by Matthew Paris

* 1217 – The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

# Marjorie ( 1200 – 17 November 1244 ), married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke.

* William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, knight and statesman

* George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain.

* William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( d. 1219 )

* April 16 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

* October 18 or 19 – John, King of England, dies at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire ; he is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry, with William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as regent.

* May 20 – First Barons ' War in England: Occupying French forces are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln by English royal troops led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and survivors forced to flee south.

* May 14 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( b. 1146 )

* April 6 – William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

At the Salisbury parliament of February 1297, Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, in his capacity as Marshal of England, objected to a royal summons of military service.

During the period of turmoil between the supporters of King Henry III and the barons who sought to curtail his power, the town was the scene of a major battle in 1233, in which the king's forces were routed by the troops of Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke.

He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, but the England he inherited had undergone several drastic changes in the reign of his father.

Hostilities broke out with William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, in 1220.

William Marshal had died in 1231, and his brother Richard had succeeded him as Earl of Pembroke.

Eleanor had previously been married to William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and she swore a vow of perpetual chastity upon his death, when she was sixteen, which she broke by marrying de Montfort.

The following July, less than a year after his crowning as King Henry III of England, she left him in the care of his regent, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and returned to France to assume control of her inheritance of Angoulême.

# Eleanor ( 1215 – 1275 ), who would marry firstly William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ; and secondly Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, by whom she had issue.

During Britain's participation in the Seven Years War, for example, the powers of government were divided equally between the Duke of Newcastle and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, leading to them both alternatively being described as Prime Minister.

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nottingham, after the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands, or alternatively after Lord High Admiral Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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.

* June – The first battle of the Bishops ' Wars is fought by Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose, when they lead a Covenanter army of 9, 000 men past Muchalls Castle over the Causey Mounth to fight at the Bridge of Dee.

William Keith, the Earl Marischal, was impressed and urged Knox to write to the Queen Regent.

" On 20 August 1589, Anne was married by proxy to James at Kronborg Castle, the ceremony ending with James's representative, George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, sitting next to Anne on the bridal bed.

finally being forced back to the coast of Norway, from where she travelled by land to Oslo for refuge, accompanied by the Earl Marischal and others of the Scottish and Danish embassies.

There was formerly an Earl Marshall of Ireland and Earl Marischal of Scotland.

See Earl Marischal.

The route was that taken by the Earl Marischal and Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of over 9000 men in the first battle of the Civil War in 1639.

George Keith, the fifth Earl Marischal was a moderniser within the college and supportive of the reforming ideas of Peter Ramus.

Top right are those of George Keith, the fifth Earl Marischal.

Such prestigious office was often made hereditary in the high nobility, e. g. the English Earl Marshal, or the Scots Earl Marischal.

Robert de Keith's great-grandson, William, was raised to the peerage as Earl Marischal by James II in about 1458.

On 8 February 1561 / 2 at Holyrood, Moray married Agnes Keith, daughter of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal.

The route was that taken by the Earl Marischal and Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the first battle of the Civil War in 1639.

With the Earl Marischal he led a force of 9000 men across the Causey Mounth through the Portlethen Moss to attack Royalists at the Bridge of Dee.

The dispute which began in his lifetime concerning the hereditary office of Lord High Constable between the families of Erroll and of the Earl Marischal was settled finally in favour of the former ; thus establishing the precedence enjoyed by the earls of Erroll next after the royal family over all other subjects in Scotland.

It was created in 1677 for Sir John Keith, third son of William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal ( see Earl Marischal for earlier history of the family ).

* Earl Marischal

The route was that taken by Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the first battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1639.