Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1647-1721

LC control no.	n 50056207
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1647-1721 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Buckingham and Normanby, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1647-1721 Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1721 Buckinghamshire, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1647-1721 Mulgrave, John Sheffield, Earl of, 1647-1721 Normanby, John Sheffield, Marquess of, 1647-1721 Sheffield, John, Duke of Buckingham, 1647-1721
Birth date	1647-09-08
Death date	1721-02-24
Place of death	London (England)
Field of activity	Great Britain--Politics and government Great Britain -- Court and courtiers English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 English literature--18th century
Profession or occupation	Politicians Great Britain--Court and courtiers Authors, English
Found in	His The tragedy of Julius Caesar and The tragedy of Marcus Brutus, 1970: t.p. (John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham) DNB (Sheffield, John, third Earl of Mulgrave, afterwards first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; b. 4/7/1648; d. 2/24/1720-1) Oxford comp. to Eng. lit., 1946 (Sheffield, John, third Earl of Mulgrave, and afterwards first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1648-1721) Baker, D.E. Biog. dramatica, 1812: v. 1, pt. 1 (Sheffield, John, Duke of Buckinghamshire; b. 1649; d. 2/24/1720) Oxford DNB WWW site, July 2, 2012 (Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby; b. Sept. 8, 1647; d. Feb. 24, 1721, Buckingham House; politician and author; succeeded his father as third Earl of Mulgrave, 1658; created Marquess of Normanby, 1694; created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1703; as the letters patent specified that he was to be "Duke of the County of Buckingham," he was sometimes referred to as Duke of Buckinghamshire) OCLC, Aug. 4, 2014 (usage includes: Right Honourable the Earl of Mulgrave; Marquis of Normanby; John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, afterwards Marquess of Normanby, now Duke of Buckingham)
Associated language	eng