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    Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721 – 23 August 1778), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1747 and 1778. Sedley was...
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    Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (March 1639 – 20 August 1701), was an English noble, dramatist and politician. He was principally remembered for his wit...
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  • 1695-1730) of the Sedley baronets of South Fleet, illegitimate son of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721-1778), MP...
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    Sedley, 4th Baronet (died 1656) Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701) Sir Isaack Sedley, 1st Baronet (died 1627) Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c...
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    child of the restoration poet Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Bt. Her mother was Lady Catherine Savage, daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers. She grew up "notoriously...
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  • mistress of King James II Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (1721–1778), British politician Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701), English wit, dramatist...
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    Earl of Portmore and his wife Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, MP, of Aylesford, Kent, and former mistress...
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    had been created a Baronet, of Holland, in the Baronetage of England on 20 February 1677. Lord Portmore married Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester...
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    him badly shaken. When he urged James to put away his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, James said that he had not realised Sunderland...
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    careers. In historiography of the American war he is usually referred to as Sir William Howe to distinguish him from his brother Richard, who was 4th Viscount...
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