English statesman. Appointed Lord High Admiral in 1619. Favourite of King James I of England (possibly more) and then of Charles I but so unpopular with others that he was murdered, leaving behind a babe in arms, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham.
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
In the mid 16th century this site was the timber yard for the nearby Whitehal...
The streets laid out on the site of York House were named: Villiers Street, D...
A Metropolitan borough of the County of London. It was amalgamated with the M...
Suffragette. Born in Lewisham. As a child, she survived poliomyelitis and had...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
