London’s Watergate

We are not done with the Dukes of Buckingham – see MoreFamily History. When you have read that you will know George Villiers is the 1st Duke of Buckingham of the second Creation.

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When an hereditary peerage dies out it can be re-created. There is no better example than the Dukes of Buckingham with four Creations.

A Wolf Azure, Ducally Gorged

A wolf azure, ducally gorged is how you may feel after Christmas dinner and too much plum pudding with brandy butter. It is also a supporter, sinister, on the Bellew arms.

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Come into the Garden

“Come into the garden, Maud,       For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud,       I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,       And the musk of the rose is blown.” (From Maud, Part I, Alfred Lord Tennyson)

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