Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby was an English soldier. Outlawed after a killing in 1594, he regained favour after successful military service in Ireland and was raised to the Peerage of England in 1
Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby in a portrait of the 1630s by Anthony van Dyck.
The Danby gateway to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden built in 1633.
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton,, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Montagu. Shakespeare's two narrative poems, V
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby
…of retainers, burst into the room, and shot Long dead on the spot. The brothers then fled on horseback to Whitley Lodge, near Titchfield, the seat of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. With Southampton's assistance, they succeeded after some days in making their way out of the country. A coroner's inquisition was held, and the brothers…
Wriothesley southampton
Southampton's mother, Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (1552–1607)
Southampton in his teens, c. 1590–1593, attributed to John de Critz
Shakespeare's dedication to Southampton of The Rape of Lucrece, 1594