He was a Tory supporter of Court policy, a client of Lord Rochester in contemporary eyes, but with manifest talent as a civilian lawyer, who usually voted his own individual interest.

Leading the list is Lord Rochester, played by Alan Cumming with an electrical dash, a smirking, slithering effeminate proto-dandy whose favorite pastime is "corrupting the young."

Roger Downes, a friend of Lord Rochester was killed in a London brawl and his head was sent to the family home Wardley Hall.

Having been made a Privy Councillor, Ormonde succeeded Lord Rochester as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1703.

He bore his share in the excesses for which Sir Charles Sedley and Lord Rochester were notorious.

Lord Rochester was succeeded by his son, the second Earl.

"The good Parry wants to speak to me, I believe: please order them to row to the shore, my Lord Rochester."

Halifax said: "I have seen people kicked down stairs but my Lord Rochester is the first person that I ever saw kicked up stairs".

There were two Tory ministries under James II; the first led by Lord Rochester, the second by Lord Belasyse.