Really Horrible History Facts

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Walter Raleigh, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath, John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor, Richard Carew, Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian, Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, 8th Baronet, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, Lady Mary Holborow. Excerpt: Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath (bapt. 31 August 1661 4 September 1701) was an English soldier , politician , diplomat , courtier and peer . Born with the courtesy title of Lord Lansdown (after the territorial designation of his father's viscountcy of Granville ) in 1661, he was the eldest son of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife, the former Jane Wyche. On 22 May 1678, he married Lady Martha Osborne, the fourth daughter of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds . They had no children. On 19 November 1680, Granville was elected as Member of Parliament for Launceston following the by-election caused by the death of Sir John Coryton, Bt. but was defeated by William Harbord in the following general election of February 1681. In 1683, he fought in the Battle of Vienna on the Habsburg side and was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire for his services, on 27 January 1684. Granville returned to Parliament after being elected MP for Cornwall in 1685 and was also ap...