In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, John Horace Round and Frederic William Maitland, both historians of medieval Britain, arrived at different conclusions as to the character of English society before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

After the Restoration, Charles ' Scottish affairs were managed by senior noblemen, the most prominent of whom was John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, his Secretary of State and High Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament.

* 1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

* May 24 – John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, ( d. 1682 )

Maitland told Knox to refrain from stirring up emotions over Mary's insistence on having mass celebrated and he quoted from Martin Luther and John Calvin about obedience to earthly rulers.

From left to right: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray | James Stewart ( Moray ), James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault | James Hamilton ( Châtellerault ), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley | Lord Darnley, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox | Matthew Stewart ( Lennox ), William Maitland of Lethington | William Maitland ( Lethington ), William Kirkcaldy of Grange | William Kirkcaldy ( Grange ), James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton | James Douglas ( Morton ), John Knox, and George Buchanan

* May 2 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

In late 1594, Anne began a furious campaign for custody of Henry, recruiting a faction of supporters to her cause, including the chancellor, John Maitland of Thirlestane.

The John Land Apopka Expressway ( Toll 414 ) opened on May 15, 2009, relieving some of US 441's traffic, taking the route from what is now the US 441 junction with SR 429, and then passing south of the city to rejoin US 441 at its junction with Maitland Boulevard South of the city.

In the first half of the 20th century, King City was the heart of a Kentucky bluegrass seed harvesting region stretching from Kearney, Missouri through King City to Maitland, Missouri, which claimed to harvest more bluegrass seeds than the entire state of Kentucky with King City resident John Weller claiming to the be the " King of Blue Grass Raisers .".

The town is named for John Skirving Maitland who was a surveyor for the Nodaway Valley Railroad ( the construction company for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad ) that arrived in Maitland in 1880 when its superintendent John Fisk Barnard bought the land for the town from John S. and Delila Swope.

File: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale by Jacob Huysmans. jpg | John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale ( 1616-1682 ).

Image: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale by Jacob Huysmans. jpg | John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale ( 1616-1682 ).

* 1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English statesman ( d. 1840 )

* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )

The most nearly complete collection of Aldine editions ever brought together was in the Althorp library of the 2nd Earl Spencer, now in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

* 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English statesman ( d. 1701 )

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

The title of Baron Abergavenny, in the Nevill family, dates from Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny ( d. 1476 ), who was the youngest son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, first Duke of Lancaster.

* John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1865 – 1868

* John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1891 – 1894

* John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1896 – 1902

* John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1902 – 1905

One of the chief commanders at both Crecy and Poitiers was John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, mentioned above.

* Back to Basics, a government policy slogan portrayed by opponents and the press as a morality campaign to compare it with a contemporaneous succession of sex scandals in John Major's government which led to the resignation of Tim Yeo and the Earl of Caithness, among others ( 1994 )

Sir Robert Gordon, a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, acquired the lease in 1830 and made major alterations to the castle, with baronial-style extensions designed by John Smith of Aberdeen.

It is now held by Clement Attlee's grandson John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee.

Four-fifths of the cost for the venture was paid for by noble lords, who were among the most powerful men in England: the Earl of Orford, The Baron of Romney, the Duke of Shrewsbury and Sir John Somers.

The board complained that Pfeiffer was too removed from management and the troops, as he surrounded himself with a " clique " of Chief Financial Officer Earl Mason, Senior Vice-President John Rose, and Human Resources Chief Hans Gutsch.

Rosen assumed the capacity of interim CEO and began " cleaning house ", as shortly afterward many of Pfeiffer's top executives resigned or were pushed out, including John Rando, Earl Mason, and John Rose.

The dukedom was created in 1702 by Queen Anne ; John Churchill, whose wife was a favourite of the queen, had earlier been made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the Scottish peerage ( 1682 ), which became extinct with his death, and Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ) by King William III.

* John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), became Duke of Marlborough in 1702

: Lord Blandford's heir apparent: George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland ( b. 1992 ), his elder son

Oxford was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding.

He was born on 12 April 1550 at the de Vere ancestral home, Castle Hedingham, the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and his second wife, Margery Golding.

Both the 16th Earl and the Countess of Oxford had established court connections: John accompanying Princess Elizabeth from house arrest at Hatfield to the throne, and Margery being appointed a Maid of Honor in 1559.

In the early 19th century, Lauderdale, who moved to West Tennessee, became a major in General John Coffee's cavalry of volunteers.

Sleepy John is buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery in Durhamville, Lauderdale County.

Sleepy John is buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery in Durhamville, Lauderdale County.

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Jacob Huysmans, circa 1665

Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale ( b. c1620 Lethington-d. 9 June 1691, Haltoun House ), was the second son ( The Great Seal of Scotland gives him as third son ) of John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale ( died 1645 ).

In February 1671, he succeeded Sir William Bellenden as Treasurer-Depute, and shortly afterwards, following the quarrel between the John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale and the Earl of Tweeddale, became his brother's chief assistant in the management of Scottish affairs.

As provided in the charter, when Sir John inherited the Earldom of Lauderdale on the death of his elder brother Richard, he reverted to the surname of Maitland.

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By early 1664, Ashley was a member of the circle of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, who ranged themselves in opposition to Lord Clarendon.

Image: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale by Jacob Huysmans. jpg | John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale ( 1616-1682 ).