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George Calvert Lord Baltimore, (whole length) secretary to Sir Robert Cecil, and afterwards appointed secretary of state to James I. by whom he was raised to the peerage, and obtained a grant of the province of Maryland from Charles I.
Villiers Duke of Buckingham, a whole length by Cornelius Jansen,
Arabella Countess of Strafford, (whole length) second wife to Earl Thomas, and daughter of John Holies Earl of Clare. It was by the marriage of her daughter Anne to Edward Lord Rockingham, that the Went worth property became vested in the family of the late Marquis.
Katharine of Portugal, a small half-length by Lely.
The grand dining-room, forty feet square, and twenty feet high:
Lord Strafford and his Secretary; the former supposed to be dictating to the latter his defence; one of the grandest works of Vandyck. The titles of this nobleman were, the Hon. Thomas Earl of Strafford; Viscount Wen tworth; Baron Went worth of Wentworth, Woodhouse, Newmarch, Oversley, and Raby; lord lieutenant-general, and general governor of Ireland; lord president of the council established in the northern parts of England; lord-lieutenant of the county and city of York; knight of the garter; and one of the privy council.
