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of this master, a tithe of which would nearly have occupied his whole life. Obiit 1725.
Lady Essex, by Lely. Late Mr. Durant and Son, by Reynolds, Count Schutz, by Vandyck. Edward VI. and Sir John Cheke, his tutor; a copy, by Rembrandt. -Ld. Cromwell, ts? his Wife by Hol- bein. George Duke of Buckingham, when young. Nell Gzvynne, by Lely. She was, according to her own description, the Protestant mistress of Charles II. which title saved her from the fury of a mob, irritated at the Duchess of Portsmouth, avowedly attached to the Catholic and French interest. She was raised from the humble station of an orange-girl at the Theatre to that of princi- pal comic actress; probably encouraged by Lacy and Hart, celebrated and capital performers, with both of whom, she is recorded by the lampooners of the day, to have been a favourite at the same lime. From them, she lived with Lord Buckhurst, who is .>aicl to have surrendered her to the King For an Earldom of Dorset. Her eldest son bore the title of St. Alban's, which is still enjoyed by the Beauclerks; who derive from the same source the office of Hereditary Grand Falconer, to which. is attached, amongst others, the enviable privilege of driving sans royal livery within the railing of My de-Park. Obiit. 1687.
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