Jacobite Creation
In 1716 Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, was created Duke of Northumberland, together with other subsidiary titles in the Jacobite Peerage, by The Old Pretender. The title had no legal validity in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Read more about this topic: Duke Of Northumberland
Famous quotes containing the word creation:
“Like witches they flew along rows
Keeping creation at ease;
With a tendril for needle
They sewed up the air with a stem;”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
Related Phrases
Related Words