George Villiers, first duke of Buckingham

(1592-1628)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628 NRA: Villiers George (1592-1628) 1st Duke of Buckingham DNB: Villiers, George, first duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), royal favourite LBT ID: DuBucki1 VIAF ID: 76491060 LOC ID: n83206565	B/BAP: 1592-08-28 DIED: 1628-08-23
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English courtier and favorite of King James who traveled to Madrid with Prince Charles in pursuit of a spouse (1623).
REFERENCES TO George Villiers, first duke of Buckingham: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 11 November 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 Maurice, Frederick Denison, 1805-1872, “Sketches of Contemporary Authors. Sir Walter Scott” in The Athenaeum 1 (11 March 1828) 217-19 Found 1: ¶ Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXVI. 1821 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Mr. Perceval Found 1: ¶ 8 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIII. Found 1: ¶ 53