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George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
English politician (1592–1628)
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI and I. Buckingham remained at the height of royal favour for the first three years of the reign of James's son,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Duke of Buckingham
Title in the peerages of England, Britain, and the UK
Duke of Buckingham, referring to the market town of Buckingham, England, is an extinct title that has been created several times in the peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. There were creations of double dukedoms of Buckingham and Normanby and of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John Felton (assassin)
English army officer (1628)
Lieutenant John Felton was an English army officer who assassinated George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham by stabbing him to death in the Greyhound Pub at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628. Charles I of England trusted Buckingham, who made himself rich in the process but proved a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)