| LC control no. | n 2009072404 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Guilford, Francis North, Earl of, 1704-1790 |
| Variant(s) | North, Francis, 1704-1790 Guilford, Francis North, Lord, 1704-1790 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1704-04-13 |
| Death date | 1790-08-04 |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Politics, Practical |
| Affiliation | Eton College Trinity College (University of Oxford) |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians |
| Found in | Polite letters, 2009: t.p. (Francis North, Lord Guilford, 1704-1790) Ways and means, or, A trip to Dover, 1788: p. [vii] (Prologue written by the Hon. Francis North) Oxford dictionary of national biography, online, viewed 4 January 2023 (North, Francis, first earl of Guilford (1704-1790), politician, was born on 13 April 1704; he entered Eton College in 1718, and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 25 March 1721; at the general election in August 1727, he was returned to the House of Commons for Banbury; he succeeded his father as third Baron Guilford on 17 October 1729, inheriting the family estate at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, and took his seat in the House of Lords on 13 January 1730; on 17 October 1730, Guilford was appointed by George II as a gentleman of the bedchamber to Frederick, prince of Wales; on 31 October 1734, he succeeded his second cousin William, Baron North and Grey, as seventh Baron North of Kirtling in Cambridgeshire; he was created Earl of Guilford on 8 April 1752; on 29 December 1773, he was appointed treasurer to Queen Charlotte; Guilford died at his residence in Henrietta Street, Marylebone, Middlesex, on 4 August 1790, and was buried at Wroxton, Oxfordshire, on 18 August) |
| Associated language | eng |
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