In 1593 William Shakespeare dedicated his narrative poem Venus and Adonis to the 3rd Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, and then in 1594 likewise with The Rape of Lucrece (pictured).

Imprisoned for treason to Elizabeth I, then reprieved, Wriothesley was instrumental in the settlement of America.Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton was an important Elizabethan military ...

Imprisoned for treason to Elizabeth I, then reprieved, Wriothesley was instrumental in the settlement of America.Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton was an important Elizabethan military ...

Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland, Duke and Earl of Southampton, Earl of Chichester, Baron of Newbury and Nonsuch, Knight of the Garter, was buried on 3rd November 1730 in the Duke of Ormond's vault ...