Roger North, 2nd Baron North
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Roger North, 2nd Baron North was an English peer and politician at the court of Elizabeth I.
Portrait of Roger, 2nd Lord North
Kirtling Tower
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Kirtling Tower was a medieval castle and Tudor country house in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England, of which the gatehouse still remains.
Roger North, 2nd Baron North
…after the death of Sir Francis Knollys. North played card games called "maw" and Primero with Elizabeth on 6 August 1576. The queen came to his house at Kirtling for three days on 1 September 1578. The visit cost Lord North £642. He gave the queen a jewel worth £120. North was a personal friend of Robert Dudley…
Kirtling Tower, from, A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1840)
Kirtling Tower gatehouse (2013)