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On Charles II.'s restoration in 1660 he joined his father 

 in London, and was appointed Gentleman in Ordinary to the 

 Widowed Queen of Bohemia ; she came to England the 

 following year and tradition says she then married the " Little 

 Lord Craven," whose vast wealth and boundless liberality to 

 the house of Stuart had made him one of the chief per- 

 sonages of that period. (1) But this rumour, much as we may 

 wish to believe that a lifetime of devotion was finally 

 rewarded by the attainment of its object, is discredited by the 

 best authorities, (2) yet the fact remains that she lived in his 

 house in Drury Lane from May 26th, 1661, until a fortnight 

 before her death, which occurreu 1 on Feb. 23rd, 1662, and 

 that she left him many family portraits and relics in her will. 

 Three months after her death, on June 4th, 1662, Charles 

 gave Edmund Andros a Commission as " Ensigne of the 

 Company in our Regiment of Guards, wherof Sir John 

 Talbot is Captaine." < 3 ' In November 1 666 we find him 

 fc ' desiring a license to transport 1000 tod of woole to 

 Guernsey," a petition which was referred to the Lord 

 Treasurer with a note to the effect that he was "a person 

 that hath well deserved in his Majesty's service, and whom 

 his Majestie is graciously inclined to doe a good turne to." W 



A few years previous to the breaking out of the Dutch 

 War, complaints had been repeatedly made by both English 

 and Dutch of the frequent interruption they experienced in 

 their foreign trade. These complaints related more especially 

 to the hostile proceedings of the Dutch West India Company, 

 and of the English Chartered African Company, un- 

 authorized by their respected Governments, and they became 

 more serious towards the end of 1663. In February 1664 

 Captain, afterwards Sir Robert, Holmes, with a squadron and 

 some land forces, made a descent on the Dutch Settlements 

 on the coast of Guinea ; he captured several vessels and took 

 some of their principal forts. From there he sailed to North 

 America, and in August 1664 he reduced the Dutch Settle- 

 ment called New Netherlands, which name he changed to that 

 of " New York " in honour of the King's brother James, 

 Duke of York. That autumn a new corps, called the 

 " Admirals," was ordered to be raised ; it was intended for 

 sea-service, and was probably the origin of the Marine 

 Regiments formed in the reign of Queen Anne. (5) In 

 January, 1666, war was declared against England by both the 



(1) Verney Papers (Camden Series) pp. 189-90. 



(2) Genealogist. Vol. V. p. 405. 



(3) Guille MSS. (4) Record Office— Car 11. No. 317 p. 226. 



(5) See Colonel Mackinnon's "Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards," 

 Bentley, 1833, pp. 113-15. 



