The Lord Guilford | |
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 Portrait of Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford by John Riley, circa 1682 | |
| Lord Keeper of the Great Seal | |
| In office 1682–1685 | |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Nottingham |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Jeffreys |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis North 22 October 1637 |
| Died | 5 September 1685 (aged 47) Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford, PC, KC[1] (22 October 1637 – 5 September 1685) was the third son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, and his wife Anne Montagu, daughter of Sir Charles Montagu of Boughton House and Mary Whitmore. He was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in succession to Lord Nottingham.[2]
- ^ Lundy 2011, p. 3023 § 30223 cites Mosley 2003, p. 1691
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guilford, Barons and Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 691. This cites:
- Lives of the Norths by the Hon. R. North, edited by A. Jessopp (1890).
- E. Foss, The Judges of England, vol. vii. (1848–1864).
