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Sir Richard Bellings (sometimes spelt Bealings) (1622 – 30 October 1716) was an Irish courtier who served as the Knight secretary to Catherine of Braganza.〔(The Role of Anti-Catholicism in England in the 1670s )〕 He was one of a number of Irish Catholics given office in England following the Restoration.〔Dennehy p.186〕 In 1662 Charles II sent Sir Richard Bellings to Rome to arrange the terms of England’s conversion to Romanism.,〔[http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=h&p=c&a=b&ID=26 Charles II the 'Merry Monarch' [Biography]]〕 On 1 June 1670 he was one of the signatories of the Secret Treaty of Dover for England. Others who signed it were Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, Sir Thomas Clifford, Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour and Jean-Baptiste Colbert for France. That secret treaty engaged Charles II to declare himself a Roman Catholic, for which Louis XIV was to pay him two millions of francs, and, in the event of anticipated disturbances in England, provide military support. It was the signing of this treaty which effectively created an alliance with England and France and against Holland, in March 1672. This was the second Dutch War of the reign of Charles the Second. ==Family== Bellings's father was Richard Bellings (1613–1677) was a lawyer and political figure in 17th century Queen Catherine. Their son Richard took the surname Bellings-Arundell, in accordance with his Grandfather's Will (law) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Bellings (courtier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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