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Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth

Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, PC, was the son of Dixie Hickman and his wife Elizabeth Windsor, sister and heiress of Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. He assumed the additional surname of Windsor and succeeded to the Windsor family's estate around Hewell Grange near Redditch in 1645. The same year he distinguished himself in the Battle of Naseby. Hickman-Windsor impressed King Charles I by relieving his garrison at High Ercall.

Family
He married, firstly, Anne Savile, daughter of Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet, and Anne Coventry, on 12 May 1656. They had three children: • Lady Mary Windsor (died 1694) • Other Windsor, Lord Windsor (1659–1684), father of Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth • Ann Windsor (died in infancy) On 9 April 1668, he married, secondly, Ursula Widdrington, daughter of Sir Thomas Widdrington and Frances Fairfax. They had six children: • Dixie Windsor (died 1743) • William Windsor (died 1682) • Andrews Windsor (1678–1765), to whom his father gave the Upper Avon Navigation • Lady Ursula Windsor (died 1737) • Lady Elizabeth Windsor (died 1736), who married, as his fourth wife, Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Baronet. • Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor (died 1738), to whom his father gave the Lower Avon Navigation ==References==
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