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On September 14 , 1444 , Humphrey Stafford , Anne's son, was created Duke of Buckingham. He was an important supporter of the House Of Lancaster in the Wars Of The Roses , and was killed at the Battle Of Northampton in July 1460 . He was succeeded by his grandson, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke Of Buckingham , who aided Richard III in his claiming the throne in 1483 ( Edward IV Of England 's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville having been declared null and void and Edward's sons illegitimate by Act of Parliament Titulus Regius ), but who then led a revolt against Richard and was executed later that same year. His son, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke Of Buckingham , was restored to the title upon Henry VII 's ascension to the throne in 1485 , but he was ultimately executed for treason in 1521 due to his opposition to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey , Henry VIII's chief advisor. At this time the title became extinct. It was created anew for James I 's favourite, George Villiers , who was successively Earl (1617), Marquess (1618), and Duke of Buckingham (1623). Buckingham, who continued in office as chief minister into the reign of James's son, Charles I , was responsible for a policy of war against Spain and France, and was assassinated by a Puritan fanatic in 1628 as he prepared an expedition to relieve the Huguenot s of La Rochelle . His son, George Villiers, 2nd Duke Of Buckingham , was a notable advisor in the reign of Charles II , and, along with Lord Ashley made up the protestant axis of the famous Cabal . When he died in 1687 , the title again became extinct. The title of Duke of Buckingham and Normanby was created in 1703 for John Sheffield, Marquess of Normanby, a notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served under Queen Anne as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President Of The Council . He died in 1721 and was succeeded by his son. Following the death of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby without heirs in 1735 , the title became extinct. In 1784 , George Nugent Temple Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple , a son of Prime Minister George Grenville , was created Marquess of Buckingham in the peerage of Great Britain. He served as Lord-Lieutenant Of Ireland , among other offices. His son, Richard Nugent Temple Grenville was created '''Duke of Buckingham and Chandos''' in 1822 . His grandson, the 3rd Duke, was a prominent Conservative politician. When he died in 1889 , the Dukedom became extinct. In November 2005 a man known as Christopher Buckingham was successfully prosecuted, and jailed for 21 months, for using an illegally obtained passport. His fake identity included a title (Lord Buckingham of Little Billing, Northampton) that had become extinct with the death of the Duke of Buckingham. The man used a trick made famous in the Frederick Forsyth novel The Day Of The Jackal to steal the identity of Christopher Edward Buckingham, a baby who died aged 8 months in 1963. His true identity is unknown. DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM, FIRST CREATION ( 1444 )
DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM, SECOND CREATION ( 1623 ) '' Dukes of Buckingham of this creation bore the subsidiary titles of ''Marquess of Buckingham'' ( 1618 ), ''Earl of Buckingham'' ( 1617 ), ''Earl of Coventry'' ( 1623 ), ''Viscount Villiers'' ( 1616 ), and ''Baron Whaddon'' ( 1616 ), all in the Peerage of England ''
DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM AND NORMANBY ( 1703 ) '' Dukes of Buckingham and Normanby bore the subsidiary titles of ''Marquess of Normanby'' ( 1694 ), ''Earl of Mulgrave'' ( 1626 ), and ''Baron Sheffield'' ( 1547 ), all in the Peerage of England ''
MARQUESSES OF BUCKINGHAM, 2ND CREATION ( 1784 )
DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS ( 1822 ) '' Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos bore the subsidiary titles of ''Marquess of Buckingham'' ( 1784 ), ''Marquess of Chandos'' ( 1822 ), ''Earl Temple'' ( 1779 ), and '' Earl Temple Of Stowe '' ( 1822 ) ''
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