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John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
English poet and politician (1648–1721)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 7 April 1648, 8 September 1647
- Died
- 24 February 1721
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Sheffield
- Mother
- Lady Elizabeth Cranfield
- Child
- Charlotte Herbert, Sir Charles Sheffield, 1st Baronet, Katharine Sophia Herbert, Mary Sheffield, John Sheffield, Marquess of Normanby, Robert Sheffield, Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
- Occupation
- statesperson, politician, writer, poet
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Chamberlain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, England
- Awards
- Knight of the Garter
- depicted by
- John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, John Sheffield, 1647-1721, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Order of the Garter
- military branch
- British Army
- noble title
- Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- writing language
- English
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