1699) Joseph Patrick McDonnell

Joseph Patrick McDonnell (1846 – 1906). Irish-American labor leader and journalist. He edited the New York Labor Standard, and was one of the founders of the International Labor Union.

He was born in Dublin, Ireland, into a middle-class family, and after secondary school went to Trinity College Dublin. He moved to London in 1868, where he gave lectures calling for the release of Irish political prisoners and for Irish independence. 

In 1871 McDonnell met Karl Marx, who proposed him as a member of the general council of the International Workingmen's Association (IWMA - often called the First International). In August 1871 he was made IWMA secretary for Ireland. In 1872 McDonnell sailed to New York City with his new bride, Mary McEvatt, to represent the IWA in America. From 1873 to 1878 McDonnell was very active in the socialist movement in New York, speaking at many venues.

In 1879 McDonnell was among the founders of the New Jersey Labor Congress, later renamed the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the State of New Jersey. From 1883 until 1897 McDonnell chaired the legislative committee of the New Jersey Federation of Organized Trades, which remained a relatively small body that was further weakened by the dispute between the Knights of Labor and the craft unions. Despite its weakness, the legislative committee drafted laws and lobbied for their passage by the New Jersey legislature, and often achieved at least partial success. The thrust of the laws was to eliminate abuses of labor, improve working conditions and help labor organize unions, cooperatives and building and loan associations. The Federation obtained ballot reforms, protection against eviction, public libraries and a compulsory education law. It was mainly due to McDonnell's efforts that Labor Day was declared a holiday by New Jersey, to first state to do so.

- "He described McDonnell as having "clean-cut small features, wonderful eyes and an abundance of red curly hair."  https://nyirishhistory.us/article/courage-for-any-venture-j-d-mcdonnell-fenian-editor-and-labor-leader/

- "... he grew into a man of slight build with red curly hair and a somewhat oval face."   https://www.dib.ie/biography/mcdonnell-joseph-patrick-a5647

 

 

 

1698) Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre

Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (1539 – 1594). English courtier.
He was the son of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (c. 1515–1541) and Mary Neville.
His father was convicted of the murder of a gamekeeper and hanged like a common criminal at Tyburn in 1541, and in the aftermath, the family was stripped of its lands and titles.
In the following years, his mother battled to have the properties restored on behalf of her children, and on her ascension in 1558, Queen Elizabeth restored the title of Baron Dacre to Gregory, his elder brother Thomas having died of the plague at age 15. 

Detail of a portrait by Hans Eworth, 1559

 

1697) Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre

Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (c. 1516 – 1541). English nobleman. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fiennes (d. 1528) and Jane, daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley.
In 1536 he married Mary, daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny and his third wife, Mary, by whom he had three children.
On 30 April 1541 Dacre led a party of gentlemen to poach on the lands of Sir Nicholas Pelham of Laughton. During the escapade, they encountered John Busbrig (or Busbridge), James Busbrig, and Richard Summer who were servants of Pelham. The encounter turned into an affray during which John Busbrig was fatally wounded. Dacre and several others were charged with murder.
Dacre originally entered a plea of not guilty but was later persuaded to change it to guilty and throw himself upon the King's mercy in the hope of a reprieve. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he was not executed by beheading but was hanged at Tyburn on 29 June 1541.
Dacre's family were stripped of their lands and title, but the title was restored to his second son Gregory in 1558 (the elder son Thomas died before the restitution, aged 15).

 

1696) Mary Fiennes, Baroness Dacre

Mary Fiennes, Baroness Dacre (1524 – after 1565). Daughter of George Neville (also Nevill), 5th Baron Bergavenny by his third wife, Lady Mary Stafford, youngest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.
She married three times. First in 1536, with Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (c. 1515–1541). Lord Dacre was convicted of the murder of a gamekeeper and hanged as a common criminal at Tyburn in 1541. The family was stripped of its lands and titles by Henry VIII.
In the following years, Mary battled to have the properties restored on behalf of her children, and on her ascension in 1558 Elizabeth restored the title of Baron Dacre to Mary's second son Gregory, her eldest son Thomas having died at age 15 on 25 August 1553.
In 1546 Lady Dacre married John Wooton or Wotton of St. Clere's manor in North Tuddenham, Norfolk. After his death, she married Francis Thursby of Congham in Norfolk.

Detail from a portrait by unknown artist, c1541–1558

Mary Neville and her son Gregory Fiennes by Hans Eworth, 1559

Detail from a portrait by Hans Eworth

 

1695) Thomas Boleyn

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG, KB (c. 1477 – 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent. English diplomat and politician. He was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. By Henry VIII, he was made a Knight of the Garter in 1523 and was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Rochford in 1525, and in 1529, he was further ennobled as Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond.

 

According to Wikipedia, the sitter of this portrait (by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1533) is James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, a maternal cousin of Thomas Boleyn's. For many other sources, however, the sitter is Thomas Boleyn.

1694) Lady Mary Keyes

Lady Mary Keyes (née Grey; 1545 – 1578). Youngest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Frances Brandon, and through her mother she had a claim on the crown of England.
Mary had two sisters, Lady Jane Grey and Lady Katherine Grey.

 

- "Mary, only a little over four feet tall, with red hair, freckles..." http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryGrey.htm

 

1693) Henry and Charles Brandon

Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1535 – 1551), styled Lord Henry Brandon before 1545. English nobleman, son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his fourth wife, Catherine Willoughby.

 
Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537 – 1551), known as Lord Charles Brandon until shortly before his death. English nobleman, son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his fourth wife, Catherine Willoughby.

Half-brothers of Frances Grey. 

During an epidemic of the sweating sickness, the two youths died, Henry first and his younger brother was said to have died half an hour later.

Charles Brandon, portrait miniature by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541

Henry Brandon, portrait miniature by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541