Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
earl marshal , under earl.
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A Mr. Dallaway, a clergyman, was his private secretary, as earl-marshal; with whom I once dined at the duke's table; a large, heavy-looking man, who,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 Various
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Gwydyr was under the necessity of personally exerting his authority, with considerable vehemence, in order to compel the attendants of the earl-marshal to quit situations intended for persons more immediately connected with the ceremony.
Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip
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Although a Catholic, he was allowed, by Act of Parliament in 1824, to exercise the hereditary office of earl-marshal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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In 1677 he succeeded his brother as duke, having previously been made hereditary earl-marshal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Thomas succeeded his grandfather, as duke, in 1554, and became earl-marshal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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CRAW'FORD (_Lindsay, earl of_), the young earl-marshal of
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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The duke had his seat under a canopy of state, and beneath him sat the Earl of Surrey as deputy earl-marshal.
Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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The eldest son of the earl of Surry, now in the seventeenth year of his age, was honored with the title of his father; and he began his distinguished though unfortunate career by performing, as deputy to the duke of Norfolk, the office of earl-marshal at the queen's coronation.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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And on this account he could not so well approve of his affecting the place of earl-marshal or master of the ordnance, on account of their affinity to a military greatness, and rather recommended to his seeking the peaceful, profitable and courtly office of lord privy seal.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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On October 18th, 16/8, he was sworn of the priyy-council to his Majesty; and in the same reign was one of the gentlemen of the royal bed-chamber j and in commission for executing the office of earl-marshal of England, as deputy to Henry Duke of Norfolk.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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