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pale Or (for England); II, Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III, Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland). In Scotland, the first and fourth quarters are occupied by the Scottish lion, and the second by the English lions. The crests, mottoes, and supporters also differ in and outside Scotland. Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India.
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Brock sculpture of Queen Victoria is 11 ft height, and is made from marble. The pedestal, made of granite is 13 ft. in height. The cost of the statue and the pedestal came up to BINR 25,500. The statue was shipped from England and arrived in Bangalore in July 1905. The statue of Victoria at Bangalore is a copy of the one made by Brock in 1890 for his hometown Worcester, England. The statue is also similar to other Victoria statues standing in London, Hove, Carlisle, Belfast, Brisbane and Cape Town. Other than Bangalore, Brock also sculpted the Queen Victoria
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traditional style of clothing in Northern India, especially in what is today the modern state of Rajasthan. Its capital is Jaipur. Sir Pratap Singh, a younger son of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, popularised in England the style of riding-trousers worn in Jodhpur, a design that he apparently improved and perfected and first had tailored in India around 1890. Singh was an avid polo player. When he visited Queen Victoria in England during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations of 1897, he brought his entire polo team, who caused a sensation among the fashionable circles of the United Kingdom by their riding clothes.
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Joseph Edgar Boehm Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet (Vienna, 6 July 1834 – 12 December 1890 London, England) was a medallist and sculptor, best known for the "Jubilee head" of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. His oeuvre is substantial and he exhibited 123 works at the Royal Academy, from 1862 to his death in 1890. He married Louisa Frances Boteler. His daughter, Florence Louise Boehm, married Lt.-Col. Randolph Albert Fitzhardinge Kingscote (b. 6 February 1867, d. 8 December 1940) on 16 July 1890. Boehm (originally "Böhm") was born
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Royal College of Physicians of Ireland The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), () is an Irish professional body dedicated to improving the practice of general medicine and related medical specialties, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. The "Royal" in the title comes from the Royal Charters that were granted in 1667, by King Charles II of England, and in 1692, by King William III and Queen Mary II of England. It was known as the King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland until 1890 when, under charter of Queen Victoria, it adopted the present title.
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landscape painting, miniatures, and portraits. Carlisle's miniatures depicting Queen Victoria and Princess Mary are held in the National Portrait Gallery. Carlisle was an internationally renowned artist who exhibited her works at the Royal Academy of Arts in London; the Paris Salon; Walker’s Art Gallery, London; Charles Cobb Gallery, Boston; Knoedler & Co., New York; and Steckel Gallery, Los Angeles. Mary Helen Carlisle Mary Helen Carlisle (1869 - 1925) was a British painter. Carlisle was born in Grahamstown, South Africa, and went to school in England. Her first exhibition was at the Royal Academy in 1890, and she studied art in
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as 'Westgate' in "The Pickwick Papers" in 1836, and then as the 'Nun's House' in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" in 1870. In 1870s, it became a private house once more, owned by Samual Shaw, a wholesale coal merchant. Who was born in Wandsworth, Surrey. This was to be their last home in England, before leaving for Canada. It became a young men's hostel in 1890 and then a temperance restaurant in 1897. In 1903, Rochester City Council converted the building into a municipal library and museum in celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Eastgate was then used as a
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On the death of Dean Stanley, Boehm was commissioned to execute his sarcophagus in Westminster Abbey. Among his ideal subjects, the "Herdsman and Bull" is notable. Boehm's most famous pupil was the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria. She was at his house, at 76 Fulham Road in London, when Boehm died suddenly on 12 December 1890, provoking unsubstantiated press speculation about a sexual relationship between the two. Joseph Edgar Boehm Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet (Vienna, 6 July 1834 – 12 December 1890 London, England) was a medallist and sculptor, best known for the "Jubilee
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in 1883. Bolton's additional published works were, "How Success is Won" (Boston, 1884); "Lives of Poor Bon's who Became Famous" (New York, iSSsi; "Girls who Became Famous" (New York, 1886); "Stories from Life" (New York, 1886); "Social Studies in England" (Boston, 18861; "From Heart and Nature, Poems" (New York. 1887); "Famous American Authors" (New York, 1887); "Famous American Statesmen" (New York, 1888); "Some Successful Women" (Boston, 1888); "Famous Men of Science" (New York, 1889); "Famous European Artists" (New York, 18901; "English Authors of the Nineteenth Century" (New York. 1890); "English Statesmen of Queen Victoria's Reign" (New York, 1891); "Famous Types
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up as possible brides for Albert Victor. The first, in 1889, was his cousin Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, but she did not return his affections and refused his offer of engagement. She would later marry Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, another of Albert Victor's cousins, in 1894. The second, in 1890, was a love match with Princess Hélène of Orléans, a daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, a pretender to the French throne who was living in England after being banished from France in 1886. At first, Queen Victoria opposed any engagement because Hélène was Roman
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in Hamburg (1887), Munich and Berlin (1888). Pictures of her were also exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World Exposition. Probably on the recommendation of her brother and Heinrich von Angeli, who worked for the British royal house as a painter, she received the title of court painter of Queen Victoria in 1890. With interruptions and usually only during the summertime she was in England until 1899, portraying the royal family and persons of the court in numerous watercolors. Her paintings are still today in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Josefine Swoboda also received numerous orders from the Austrian imperial
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John Francis Amherst Cecil John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890 – 22 October 1954) was the first secretary of the British Embassy, Washington, known for his marriage to Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt. John Francis Amherst Cecil was born in 1890 in London, England to Lord William Cecil (1854–1943) and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (1857–1919). His father, a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria until her death in 1901 and an Extra Gentleman Usher from 1924 under King George V until 1937, was a younger son of the William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825–1895) and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham
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Henry White (priest, born 1833) Rev. Henry White (1833 – 7 October 1890, London) was a priest of the Church of England and the chaplain of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy. After education at King's College London and Worcester College, Oxford, Henry White was ordained deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury John Bird Sumner. White's first curacy was at Dover, but in 1860 Queen Victoria appointed him to the chaplaincy of the Chapel Royal, Savoy, where he ministered until his death at age 56. He was appointed Hon. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen
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compound armoured casemates on the main deck. She also carried sixteen 3-pounders, and four 14 inch torpedo tubes (two submerged and two above water). She was commissioned at Chatham on 1 January 1891. Sitting Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Thompson died in England, just after being named to Queen Victoria's Privy Council in 1894 and was repatriated to Halifax, Nova Scotia by "Blenheim", which was painted black for the occasion. Prince Henry of Battenberg died from malaria while on active duty on board off Sierra Leone in 1896. "Blenheim" repatriated his body from the Canary Islands. Queen Victoria appointed the
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1890 Birthday Honours The 1890 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were published in the "London Gazette" on 20 May 1890 and in "The Times" on 21 May 1890. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, "etc.") and then divisions (Military, Civil, "etc.") as appropriate. The Queen appointed the following to
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Sunday 4 March 2019 at Southgate HC. Those who are used to the regularity of Varsity (Cambridge-Oxford) events on the Tideway (since 1845), at Twickenham (since 1921), rackets at Queen’s Club (from 1888), or cricket at Lord’s each year since 1851, will be unprepared for the University Hockey Match to be making eleven moves since 1890. But the peripatetic nature of the event has meant that some of the legendary sports grounds in Southern England have hosted the match. Between the two great celebrations for Queen Victoria’s Golden (1887) and Diamond (1897) Jubilees, the first University Hockey Match took place
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England, on March 31, 1887. On the steam ship "State of Nebraska," the show's entourage included eighty-three saloon passengers, thirty-eight steerage passengers, ninety-seven Indians, eighteen buffaloes, two deer, ten elk, ten mules, five Texas steers, four donkeys, and one-hundred and eight horses. The show was part of the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and toured through Birmingham, Salford, and London for five months. The show returned to Europe in 1889-1890 where it visited England, France, Italy, and Germany. In 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, William F. Cody and other Wild West show promoters brought
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Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: 1890 Birthday Honours The 1890 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were published in the "London Gazette" on 20 May 1890 and in "The Times" on 21 May 1890. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, "etc.") and then divisions (Military, Civil, "etc.") as appropriate.
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Netherlands until 1887, she was third in line to the throne from birth. When Prince Frederick died a year later in 1881, she became second in line. When Wilhelmina was four, Alexander died and the young girl became heir presumptive. King William III died on 23 November 1890. Although 10-year-old Wilhelmina became queen of the Netherlands instantly, her mother, Emma, was named regent. In 1895, Queen Wilhelmina visited Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who penned an evaluation in her diary: Wilhelmina was sworn-in and inaugurated at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on 6 September 1898. On 7 February 1901
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at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury in August 1876. Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club followed on 329 runs behind, but in the second innings Crutchley made 84 and put on 227 for the fifth wicket with W. G. Grace, who made a world record individual score of 344 in 380 minutes. He married the Hon. Frederica Louise Fitzroy, daughter of the 3rd Baron Southampton and Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria, on 12 February 1890. Queen Victoria was the godmother of their only child, Victor, born in 1893, who became an admiral in the Royal Navy and was awarded
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I in VICTORIA as the result of a broken punch. Double florin The double florin (4/-) was one of the shortest-lived British coin denominations ever, only being produced during four mint years, between 1887 and 1890. The silver coin weighed and was in diameter. The obverse side of the coin shows a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a veil, with the inscription "" (Victoria - By the grace of God), while the reverse side shows four cruciform-crowned shields bearing the emblems of England (x2), Scotland, and Ireland, with sceptres between the shields, in the style of Charles II's gold coins
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Double florin The double florin (4/-) was one of the shortest-lived British coin denominations ever, only being produced during four mint years, between 1887 and 1890. The silver coin weighed and was in diameter. The obverse side of the coin shows a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a veil, with the inscription "" (Victoria - By the grace of God), while the reverse side shows four cruciform-crowned shields bearing the emblems of England (x2), Scotland, and Ireland, with sceptres between the shields, in the style of Charles II's gold coins designed by John Roettiers; the inscription on the reverse reads,
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Knight Commander of the Star of India (KCSI) for his services. In 1887, he returned to London as Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, but the following year returned to India to conduct Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence on a tour of the country, returning to England in 1889. He was made an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria (holding the post until 1893), and was offered the governorship of Cape Colony, but refused it. In June 1890, Bradford was appointed to succeed James Monro as Commissioner of Police. His immediate concern was to restore stability
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win the Distinguished Service Order. He then left military circles to become Principal of Lahore Veterinary College from 1890. Queen Victoria created him a Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1895. Probably due to ill-health he returned to England in December 1896 and began studying Law as an alternative career. He was aged 43 at this time. He qualified as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in November 1899. He returned to South Africa as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. This move was however short-lived and he returned to veterinary science in 1901
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W.J. Jeffery & Co W.J. Jeffery & Co was a London gun and rifle maker. W.J. Jeffery & Co was founded by William Jackman Jeffery (1857–1909), who started his career in the gun trade in 1885 working in the front shop of Cogswell & Harrison. In 1887 Philip Webley appointed Jeffery manager of P. Webley & Son's London showroom at 60 Queen Victoria Street. Webley later abandoned their London operation and in 1890 Jeffery formed a partnership with a man by the name of Davies and Jeffery & Davies started trading from 60 Queen Victoria Street. This partnership was short
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yet like Britain's Queen Victoria, she learned to serve her people in spite of her grief and loss. Viliami Tungī Mailefihi Viliami Tungī Mailefihi (1 November 1888 – 20 July 1941) was a Tongan high chieftain and Prince Consort of Queen Sālote Tupou III. He served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 1923 until his death in 1941. Prince Tungi was the son of The Honourable Siaosi Tukuʻaho (Lord Tungi of Tatakamotonga) who served as Prime Minister of Tonga from to 1890 to 1893. Tungī's grandfather was Tungī Halatuituia. The line of Tungī chiefs hailed from the exalted village of
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Lord's Pavilion The Lord's Pavilion is a cricket pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. Designed by Thomas Verity and built in 1889–1890, the pavilion has achieved Grade II architectural designation. Like the rest of Lord's, the pavilion is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) but is also used by Middlesex County Cricket Club and the England national cricket team. The current pavilion was opened in 1890 at a cost of £21,000 after the original pavilion was destroyed by fire. Until 1999 women – except Queen Elizabeth II – were not permitted to enter the pavilion as members during
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RMS Empress of Japan (1890) RMS "Empress of Japan, also known as the "Queen of the Pacific", was an ocean liner built in 1890–1891 by Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). This ship – the first of two CP vessels to be named "Empress of Japan" – regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1922. During the First World War she served as armed merchant cruiser, becoming HMS "Empress of Japan for the period that she was a commissioned ship of the Royal Navy. Over
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Matthew Cornock Matthew Cornock (23 June 1890 – 1961), also commonly known as Matt Cornock, was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Stenhousemuir, Albion Rovers, Forfar Athletic and Queen of the South and in the English Football League for Barnsley. A centre forward or inside forward, Cornock also played non-league football in England and Junior football in Scotland. Cornock was born in Chapelhall, near Airdrie in Lanarkshire. He played football for a local club and then joined Division One club Airdrieonians in May 1909. At the end of his first season with the club, during
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income over ten times that of the first fruits and tenths. The Ecclesiastical Commission reported (1836) the following data on low-income livings: After 1836, Bounty augmentations were generally to match third party benefactions to livings worth less than £200 a year. In 1890, the total amount distributed was £176,896. On 2 April 1947, by the Church Commissioners Measure 1947, the functions and assets of Queen Anne's Bounty were merged with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to form the Church Commissioners. The archives of Queen Anne's Bounty are now held by the Church of England Resource Centre, and not directly accessible by the
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coach house and stables built by Lingard Monk in 1890. They are constructed in orange brick and have an L-shaped plan. They are also listed at Grade II. Fulshaw Hall Fulshaw Hall is a former manor house south of Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1684 for Samuel Finney, a merchant who emigrated to Pennsylvania. In 1735 the house was extended by his son Samuel Finney II. He extended the cross wings and added a service wing, but ruined himself financially in the process. His son Samuel Finney III, miniature painter to Queen Charlotte, restored the house in 1765.
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the venue, no players were selected from the Blackburn Rovers side who had won the FA Cup in the final on 21 March. England took an early lead and were 2–0 up at half time and, although Scotland pulled a goal back through Frank Watt late in the game, England managed to hang on in a close game to clinch victory and the championship. <nowiki>*</nowiki> England score given first Key 1890–91 in English football The 1890–91 season was the 20th season of competitive football in England. Everton started the 1890–91 season in superb form with five straight victories, with Fred
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J. R. Shepherd House The J. R. Shepherd House, at 58 W. Center St. in Paris, Idaho is a historic Queen Anne style house that was built in 1890. The house has been called the most architecturally exquisite in Paris, and it is the largest Queen Anne house in the city. Builder H. R. Shepherd built the house in 1890 for his brother J.R., a local businessman who ran the city's Mercantile Store. The house's design inspired other city residents to construct Queen Anne homes; one of these, the Dr. George Ashley House, is also listed on the National Register.
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E. J. May Edward John May (1853–1941) was an English architect. E.J. May was the last pupil of Decimus Burton. He then went to the assist Eden Nesfield who was at the time working in partnership with Richard Norman Shaw. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1873, and won the RIBA Pugin Prize in 1876. Shaw commended May as Estate Architect at Bedford Park, London in 1880 and May held that post until 1885. He lived at 6 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park from 1881 to 1890. He was architect to the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society
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2012. The services provided by North Bristol NHS Trust at Cossham include outpatients for various specialties and physiotherapy services. Records of the Cossham Memorial Hospital are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 41171). Cossham Memorial Hospital Cossham Memorial Hospital is a community hospital, founded in 1907, in Hillfields, Bristol, near Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England. The hospital was built by Frederick Bligh Bond in a Queen Anne style between 1905 and 1907, as a memorial to Handel Cossham, a former MP and Mayor of Bath who died in 1890. Sited on Lodge Hill, the clock tower is the highest point in Bristol
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Cossham Memorial Hospital Cossham Memorial Hospital is a community hospital, founded in 1907, in Hillfields, Bristol, near Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England. The hospital was built by Frederick Bligh Bond in a Queen Anne style between 1905 and 1907, as a memorial to Handel Cossham, a former MP and Mayor of Bath who died in 1890. Sited on Lodge Hill, the clock tower is the highest point in Bristol and can be seen for miles around. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. Major renovation work has been carried out at the hospital, finishing in
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She died in 1929 at the age of 59 years. Chicago May Chicago May (1871-1929) was the nickname of Mary Anne Duignan, an Irish-born criminal who became notorious in America, Britain and France. She referred to herself as the "Queen of crooks". She was born in Edenmore, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland. In 1890, at the age of 19, she stole the proceeds earned by her parents from a recent cattle fair and ran away to Liverpool, England where she bought new clothes and booked a ticket to America. Upon arrival in New York she supported herself by prostitution and picking
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Lahey drowned in February 1890, when the RMS Quetta sank in Torres Strait, en route to England. Their daughter Alice, was one of only two European women to survive the shipwreck. Hatherton was occupied by various people including members of the Nicklin and Lahey families as well as the Hon Arthur John Carter, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council, until 1911 when the building was acquired by the Methodist Church. The church had established its first children's home, named the Queen Alexandra Home for Children, the previous year at Robgill, in Indooroopilly, donated by May Jordan McConnel. The home was
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Chicago May Chicago May (1871-1929) was the nickname of Mary Anne Duignan, an Irish-born criminal who became notorious in America, Britain and France. She referred to herself as the "Queen of crooks". She was born in Edenmore, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland. In 1890, at the age of 19, she stole the proceeds earned by her parents from a recent cattle fair and ran away to Liverpool, England where she bought new clothes and booked a ticket to America. Upon arrival in New York she supported herself by prostitution and picking pockets. She moved to Nebraska to stay with her uncle,
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he had built was a model of Queen Anne style architecture. He built the house with old-growth heart pine like the export product from Pensacola. The Marzoni House has twelve foot ceilings and a plethora of custom built detail work and a corner octagonal tower. Very little of the house has been rebuilt. Marzoni House The Marzoni House, built in 1890, is an example of Queen Anne architecture. It was added to the list of National Historical Places in May 10, 2016. The Marzoni House, built in 1890 for Louis D. Marzoni, son of Antonio Marzoni, a newspaperman who ran
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The design of the Sam Athay House, also NRHP-listed, also follows the design here. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. J. R. Shepherd House The J. R. Shepherd House, at 58 W. Center St. in Paris, Idaho is a historic Queen Anne style house that was built in 1890. The house has been called the most architecturally exquisite in Paris, and it is the largest Queen Anne house in the city. Builder H. R. Shepherd built the house in 1890 for his brother J.R., a local businessman who ran the city's Mercantile Store.
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being sold to BBC Scotland in 1935, who moved from premises in West George Street. Queen Margaret College leaves a strong legacy within the University, in the form of the Queen Margaret Union, Queen Margaret Settlement, and Queen Margaret Halls of Residence in Kelvinside. In 1890, the students of the College founded the Queen Margaret Union to cater for social and cultural activities. The Union was originally housed in the College's basement until 1906, when the College's growth meant the space was required for teaching. The Union subsequently occupied accommodation at 31 Buckingham Terrace, close to the College building, the
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in Sheffield, Grimsby and Sunderland. The FA Cup was won by Blackburn Rovers, who beat The Wednesday 6–1 in the 1890 FA Cup Final to lift the trophy for the fourth time. In the 1890 British Home Championship, England played matches against Wales and Ireland on the same day, 15 March 1890, winning both comfortably. The team for the Wales match were mainly amateur players, whereas the team against Ireland were all professional players. The Irish goal was scored by Jack Reynolds, who later played for England. In the deciding match against Scotland, the teams drew 1–1 and shared the
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History of Australian cricket from 1890–91 to 1900 This article describes the history of Australian cricket from the 1890–91 season until 1900. As in England, cricket in Australia from about 1890 until the First World War has been recalled as a "Golden Age". The 1890s saw the emergence of great Australian players like Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Monty Noble and above all Victor Trumper, the supreme stylist who epitomised the glitter of this era not only in Australia but in England also. The highlight of the decade was the establishment of the famous Sheffield Shield to be contested as a
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her daughter appears to have remained there and become the housekeeper for the subsequent owners. The most notable owner of this period was Gerald England Tunnicliffe (1890-1969) who took up residence in the 1920s and remained there for the next 40 years. Gerald England Tunnicliffe was born in 1890 in London. His father was John England Tunnicliffe who was a solicitor and partner in the firm Maude and Tunnicliffe in The Strand in London. Gerald was also educated to be a solicitor and worked in his father’s firm. In 1928 he married Mary Williams in Kensington. He seems to have
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Portugal, evoked such clear expressions of monarchist support for the House of Orléans that on 22 July the French Republic took the precaution of banishing the heads of France's former ruling dynasties, the Orléans and Bonapartes, from the country. Nearly all of the Orléans promptly left France, with Hélène and her parents going on to visit Tunbridge Wells in England and then travelling to Scotland before taking up residence in October at Sheen House in East Sheen, England. In 1890 they moved on to Stowe House in Buckingham, England. Most of Hélène's siblings had married well, including Amélie, Queen of
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Queen Margaret Union The Queen Margaret Union (QMU) is the one of four students' unions at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1890, it caters to the social and cultural needs of its members by providing a range of services including entertainment, catering, shop facilities, bars and games. The Queen Margaret Union was founded in 1890 by students of the Queen Margaret College in the West End of Glasgow to provide an outlet for their social and cultural needs. The QM Union originated in the basement rooms of the college until 1906, when the expansion of the college meant
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Union's facilities include: The archives of the QMU are maintained by the Archives of the University of Glasgow (GUAS). Queen Margaret Union The Queen Margaret Union (QMU) is the one of four students' unions at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1890, it caters to the social and cultural needs of its members by providing a range of services including entertainment, catering, shop facilities, bars and games. The Queen Margaret Union was founded in 1890 by students of the Queen Margaret College in the West End of Glasgow to provide an outlet for their social and cultural needs. The
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Throckmorton Plot The Throckmorton Plot was an attempt, in 1583, by English Roman Catholics to murder Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with her first cousin once removed, Mary, Queen of Scots. The plot is named after the key conspirator, Sir Francis Throckmorton (a cousin of Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton, Elizabeth's first lady in waiting); Francis confessed to the plot under torture. The plot aimed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, who had ruled England since 1558. The Roman Catholics wished to free her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who had been held under house arrest in England since 1568,
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Queen Sinjeong Queen Sinjeong (21 January 1809 - 4 June 1890) (신정왕후 조씨) also known as Queen Dowager Hyoyu (효유왕대비) was the only wife of Crown Prince Hyomyeong of Joseon and mother of king Heonjong of Joseon. She served as nominal regent of Joseon during the minority of Gojong’s reign, whom she had selected to place upon the throne, in 1864-1873, although she left all de facto power to the king's father Heungseon Daewongun and only kept the formal title as regent. Sinjeong was the spouse of Crown Prince Hyomyeong, who died in 1830. Her son, Heonjong of Joseon, became
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their titles. The Garter King of Arms's proclamation in the United Kingdom of the styles and titles of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother at her funeral on 9 April 2002 illustrates her dual status as a queen dowager and a queen mother: There were several former queens consort of England, Scotland, and later the United Kingdom, who were never queen mothers. The following queens were dowagers between the given dates, whether queen mothers or not: Of England: Of England and Ireland Of England, Ireland and Scotland Of the United Kingdom: Note that in some of the countries mentioned below it
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Richard Cattell Richard Cattell (1871–1948) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1895 to 1900, and also captained his country. He was also a priest in the Church of England. Richard Cattell was born on 23 March 1871 in Erdington. He was educated at Trinity College, Stratford-upon-Avon and Exeter College, Oxford. He was a rugby blue in 1893. Cattell played two games for Leicester Tigers on their Easter tour to Wales in 1890. He played against Cardiff and Newport on Monday 7 April 1890 and Tuesday 8 April 1890 respectively. Along with Abel Ashworth he became the first
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77. At the time of her death, she was the last sibling of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to die. Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, GCVO ("née" Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon, 6 May 1890 – 17 November 1967) was the third daughter of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne by his wife, Nina Cecilia, and an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. On 24 May 1916, Rose married The Hon. William Leveson-Gower, who succeeded to his childless brother's earldom in 1939. As a result of her marriage, Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon was styled as Countess
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Marquess of Dorset, and Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville, one of the wealthiest heiresses in England in the latter half of the 15th century. Elizabeth's paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England, and thus her father was the half-brother of Edward V of England and Richard, Duke of York, the 'Princes in the Tower', and of their sister, Elizabeth of York, queen consort to Henry VII of England. Eleanor had 13 siblings, including her eldest brother Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (the grandfather of Lady Jane Grey, briefly Queen of England), who
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Norrie Fairgray Norman 'Norrie' Fairgray (born 1890, date of death unknown) was a Scottish professional footballer. Fairgray played for Maxwelltown Volunteers, Kilmarnock F.C., Lincoln City, Chelsea F.C., Motherwell F.C. and home town club Queen of the South. He was born in Dumfries. Fairgray was signed for Chelsea in 1907 by the then Chelsea Manager David Calderhead who was an ex Queen of the South Wanderers player. Calderhead had been Fairgray's manager at Lincoln. At Chelsea he scored 5 goals in 84 games. Fairgray signed for Queen of the South in August 1919. He played in the Club's first-ever competitive game,
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a first round tie in the Scottish Qualifying Cup v Thornhill at Palmerston Park. Norrie Fairgray Norman 'Norrie' Fairgray (born 1890, date of death unknown) was a Scottish professional footballer. Fairgray played for Maxwelltown Volunteers, Kilmarnock F.C., Lincoln City, Chelsea F.C., Motherwell F.C. and home town club Queen of the South. He was born in Dumfries. Fairgray was signed for Chelsea in 1907 by the then Chelsea Manager David Calderhead who was an ex Queen of the South Wanderers player. Calderhead had been Fairgray's manager at Lincoln. At Chelsea he scored 5 goals in 84 games. Fairgray signed for Queen
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Henry Tinsley Henry James Tinsley (20 February 1865 – 10 December 1938) was an English first-class cricketer, who played nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1890 and 1891, four games for Lancashire from 1894 to 1896, and one match for the North of England in 1890. He also appeared for Staffordshire in 1906. Born in Welham Grange, Malton, Yorkshire, England, Tinsley was a right arm fast bowler, who took four first-class wickets at 14.25, with a best of 3 for 15 against Lancashire. He scored 122 runs at 5.80, with a highest score of 18 against Middlesex. He
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took four catches in the field. Tinsley died in December 1938, in Heworth, York. His brother, Alfred Tinsley, played fifty eight matches for Lancashire. Henry Tinsley Henry James Tinsley (20 February 1865 – 10 December 1938) was an English first-class cricketer, who played nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1890 and 1891, four games for Lancashire from 1894 to 1896, and one match for the North of England in 1890. He also appeared for Staffordshire in 1906. Born in Welham Grange, Malton, Yorkshire, England, Tinsley was a right arm fast bowler, who took four first-class wickets at 14.25,
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audience, this biography needs to be introduced to older readers who have the background to appreciate and understand this woman who dominated and named an age.." "Kirkus Reviews" called "Good Queen Bess" "An admirably clear, attractive summary." "Publishers Weekly" wrote "The authors .. vivify another colorful character" Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England is a 1990 Children's biography by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema. It describes the life and times during her reign from 1558 to 1603. "BookList" wrote "This biography of Queen Elizabeth I does
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upper house of the legislature, was changed from the traditional life-appointments to limited elected terms. In the election of 1890, Pua ran and was successful elected to the House of Nobles for a four-year term. He sat in the legislative assemblies of 1890 during the reign of King Kalākaua and during the 1892–93 session under his successor Queen Liliʻuokalani. In July 1891, Pua with other legislators and dignitaries accompanied the queen on her customary royal tour of the island of Kauai. He was a member of the Hawaiian National Reform Party in the 1890 election and possibly became a National
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others and for throwing outlandish extravagant parties aided by her nieces. She was the envy of the German colonists who started to move into Kokopo around 1890 and passing trades ships. It was during this period she became affectionately known as the “Queen of New Guinea”. Commercially from 1880–1900 years, her enterprises in Kokopo surpassed most in the region and the Pacific and she was most certainly the commerce queen of New Guinea. In 1893 Emma married Paul Kolbe, a German colonial official and former army captain who was nearly fifteen years her junior. Her commercial empire was still in
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"Lurline", and Captain Martineau,of "Harvest Queen", to be arrested and charged with violating the speed ordinance as a test case. Crewmen on board steamboats in the 1890s did not wear life-preservers. Drownings often occurred if they fell into the river. In late May, 1890, while "Harvest Queen" was coming upriver from Astoria to Portland, George P. Ward, of Portland, a watchman, was drowned when he was struck with a gang plank as the boat was preparing for a landing and knocked into the river. According to a later, more detailed account, at about midnight, Ward, who had recently acquired a
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missed the final game, the Championship decider, against Scotland. The 1886 Championship also saw the last international match for Hancock's brother, Frank, who had moved to Wales and represented the Welsh team. Frank missed the game against England which would have seen the brothers face each other, but was captain of the Welsh side that faced Scotland seven days later. Hancock played one final game for England, four years later, in the 1890 Championship. This game saw the reintroduction of England after two years away from the international scene, and resulted in the country's first defeat to Wales. In 1890,
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John Shuter John Shuter (9 February 1855 Thornton Heath, Surrey, England – 5 July 1920, Blackheath, Kent, England) was a cricketer who played for England and Surrey in the late 19th century. He is best remembered for captaining Surrey to a string of wins in the County Championship around the time it became official in 1890, aided by the bowler George Lohmann and back up by John Sharpe and William Lockwood. Shuter first led Surrey to the County Championship in 1887. They then came first in 1888, tied with Lancashire and Nottinghamshire in 1889, and won again in 1890, 1891
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possibility of the extinction of the House of Orange-Nassau. After the death of Queen Sophie in 1877, William remarried, to Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1879. One year later, Queen Emma gave birth to their daughter and the royal heiress, Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina was queen of the Netherlands for 58 years, from 1890 to 1948. Because she was only 10 years old in 1890, her mother, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, was the regent until Wilhelmina's 18th birthday in 1898. Since females were not allowed to hold power in Luxembourg, due to Salic law, Luxembourg passed to the House of
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18, 1881. From 1881 to 1890, "Harvest Queen" was operated on the middle river, under the command of Capt. John McNulty. On Sunday, May 18, 1890, under command of Captain Troup, "Harvest Queen" was run through the Cascades to the lower river, witnessed by the largest crowd ever assembled for such an event. Four hundred people came down from The Dalles on the steamer "D.S. Baker". One thousand people boarded the "R.R. Thompson" at Portland, with eight hundred more embarking on the "T.J. Potter". Bands aboard the steamers entertained the passengers. "Ione" also transported excursionists. In addition, three passenger trains
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wooden or slate roofs. Front gardens often had wooden fences. In Australia, the Queen Anne style was absorbed into the Federation style, which was, broadly speaking, the Australian equivalent of the Edwardian style, derived from the influence of Richard Norman Shaw, an influential British architect of the late Victorian era. The Federation period went from 1890 to 1915 and included twelve styles, one of which was the Federation Queen Anne. This became the most popular style for houses built between 1890 and 1910. The style often utilised Tudor-style woodwork and elaborate fretwork that replaced the Victorian taste for wrought iron.
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she felt responsible for the welfare of her Indian servants because they were so far from their own land. Reid performed an operation to open and drain the swelling, after which Karim recovered. Reid wrote on 1 March 1890 that the Queen was "visiting Abdul twice daily, in his room taking Hindustani lessons, signing her boxes, examining his neck, smoothing his pillows, etc." In 1890, the Queen had Karim's portrait painted by Heinrich von Angeli. According to the Queen, von Angeli was keen to paint Karim as he had never painted an Indian before and "was so struck with his
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Teuhe Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (1840 – 21 August 1891) was a Polynesian queen who reigned, during the 19th century, on the kingdom of Huahine under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to the Teururai family of Huahine. She was born at Huahine, ca. 1840. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Tehaapapa II and King Arii-mate of Huahine. She was proclaimed as Queen Teuhe during an insurrection against France on February 22, 1888 and fled to Tahiti to seek protection under her former husband, Pomare V, 22 July 1890. She married
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at Shorncliffe in 1856 and became Equerry to Prince Albert in 1858 and, following Albert's death, he became Equerry to The Queen. In 1881 he was appointed Commander of the Bombay Army and colonel of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until 1886, when he was transferred to be Governor of Gibraltar and colonel of the 1st Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was promoted full general on 1 April 1883. On his return to England in 1890 he transferred to be colonel of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards until his death. He was made Knight Commander of the Order
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visited England in 1887 to attend the celebrations of the golden wedding of the queen-empress, and was made Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India on 20 June 1887. His administration was poor. The resident had been separately removed from Indore since 1854, but since 1899 the British appointed a new resident specific for better oversight of the state. The currency of the state was replaced in 1902 by the currency of British India. He abdicated on 31 January 1903 in favour of his son Tukojirao Holkar III, (born in 1890) . In 1865 he married
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station broadcast "Kew's forgotten queen". The documentary told the story of North's life. Marianne North Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries and the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. North was born in Hastings, England, the eldest daughter of a prosperous land-owning family descended from the Hon. Roger North, younger son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North. Her father was Frederick North, a Norfolk Deputy Lieutenant and Justice
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cousin Edward Everett Bindley, ended in divorce in 1890. She remarried to silent film actor Darwin Karr by 1910. She was widowed when he died in 1945. Florence Bindley died in 1951, aged 82 years, in Los Angeles, California. Florence Bindley Florence Bindley (July 24, 1868 – May 14, 1951) was an American musical theatre, vaudeville, and music hall performer. Florence J. Elmer was from Newark, New Jersey, but was raised partly in England. She started on stage at age 3, as "Baby Bindley", dancing and playing novelty instruments made by her father. At age 6, she performed for Queen
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the coachhouse and the nearby Matfield House Cottages. The cricketer Frank Marchant, captain of Kent County Cricket Club from 1890 until1897, was born in the house in 1864. Matfield House Matfield House is a grade I listed Georgian house in the village of Matfield, Kent, England. The house was built in 1728 in the Queen Anne style for Thomas Marchant, a yeoman farmer from Horsmonden and his heiress wife Mary. It is constructed in two storeys of pink and red brick in Flemish bond overlooking the Matfield village green. The associated stable block is also grade I listed. One of
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had died in 1890 from a hunting accident in Africa. The death of Frank came as a terrible blow to both Arthur and his brother William. As a memorial, he and Arthur funded the building of a hospital for mariners in the town of East Cowes, Isle of Wight, named the Frank James Memorial Hospital. William James died in 1912. Venetia James was related to, and godmother of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, the future queen consort of the United Kingdom who, following the death of her husband King George VI, became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. When Venetia died in
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Administrator of the Colony of the Gambia, and on 1 December 1888 he was appointed Administrator on that colony's separation from Sierra Leone. While working in the Gambia, he was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) on 1 January 1890. In 1891, the native King of Gambia had been organising abusive acts towards the British colonists. Carter (from his official residence in Bathurst) sent an envoy with a message that if the abuses continued, "he might expect a visit of a disciplinary nature from the marine forces of the Queen of England." The King
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became best known for his large historical paintings such as "Israel in Egypt" (1867; Guildhall Art Gallery, London), followed by "St George for England" (1869), a mosaic for the Central Lobby of the Palace of Westminster, depicting St George and the Dragon. "Visit of the Queen of Sheba" (1871–75) and "King Solomon" (1890). He was admitted as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1869. Poynter held a number of official posts: he was the first Slade Professor at University College London from 1871 to 1875, principal of the National Art Training School from 1875 to 1881 and director of
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century. Construction is mainly of local flints with stone dressing, and the roof is tiled. Extensive alterations and restorations were carried out in 1845 and 1890. Inside the church is some interesting alabaster work, including the pulpit, and oak carvings by a native of Oberammergau. The churchyard contains the unmarked grave of Jane Wenham, erroneously believed to be the last person to be sentenced to death for witchcraft in England. She was condemned by a Hertford court in 1712 but was given a reprieve from the death sentence and later granted a Royal pardon by Queen Anne. Originally from Walkern
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William Grant Mitchell William Grant Mitchell (23 May 1865 – 14 January 1904) was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians. Mitchell was educated at Bromsgrove School before gaining entry to Caius College, Cambridge in 1884. Mitchell played for Cambridge University, and in 1886 won a sporting Blue when he played in The Varsity Match. In 1890, Mitchell, now playing for Richmond was selected to represent England as part of the 1890 Home Nations Championship. England
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and later became editor of the "Caledonian". He studied architecture and worked in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1881 he partnered with Bertrand E. Taylor. He is known for Queen Anne architecture styling including steeply pitched rooflines and turned columns. At Rollins College he designed Knowles Hall (1886), Pinehurst Cottage (1886), Lakeside Cottage (1886), and Lyman Gymnasium (1890). George D. Rand George Dutton Rand (24 May 1833 – 2 November 1910) was an American architect. He was a partnered with Frank W. Weston to form Weston & Rand, until Weston returned to England upon his mother's death. George D. Rand lived part
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Tudor Edwards Arthur Tudor Edwards (7 March 1890 – 25 August 1946) was a Welsh thoracic surgeon, who worked at the Westminster Hospital, the Royal Brompton Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton and pioneered lung surgery in particularly pulmonary tuberculosis and lung tumours. Edwards was born in Swansea on 7 March 1890, the elder son of William Edwards and his wife Mary Griffith Thomas. He was educated at Mill Hill School, London, St John's College, Cambridge and at Middlesex Hospital, London, where he qualified as a doctor in 1913. He was appointed house surgeon and surgical registrar at the Middlesex
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in 1870 and Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen in 1873. From 1869 to 1874 White was Chaplain to the House of Commons and was reappointed in 1889. On Sunday 11 October 1891 the "Henry White Memorial Window" by Clayton and Bell was unveiled at the Royal Chapel, Savoy. Henry White (priest, born 1833) Rev. Henry White (1833 – 7 October 1890, London) was a priest of the Church of England and the chaplain of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy. After education at King's College London and Worcester College, Oxford, Henry White was ordained deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860
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in mind were Queen Mary I of England and Mary of Guise, the Dowager Queen of Scotland and regent on behalf of her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. This biblical position was not unusual in Knox’s day; however, even he was aware that the pamphlet was dangerously seditious. He therefore published it anonymously and did not tell Calvin, who denied knowledge of it until a year after its publication, that he had written it. In England, the pamphlet was officially condemned by royal proclamation. The impact of the document was complicated later that year, when Elizabeth Tudor became Queen of
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Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed two-and-a-half years after Elizabeth's birth. Anne's marriage to Henry VIII was annulled, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her half-brother, Edward VI, ruled until his death in 1553, bequeathing the crown to
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He preached, for example, on St. Francis de Sales as well as funeral orations on Queen Henrietta Maria of France and Henrietta Anne of England. Bossuet's funeral orations in particular had lasting importance and were translated early into many languages, including English. Such was their power that even Voltaire, normally so antagonistic toward clergy, praised his oratorical excellence. An edition of Bossuet's sermons was edited by Abbé Lebarq in 6 vols. (Paris, 1890, 1896), as the "Œuvres oratoires de Bossuet". His complete works were edited by Lachat in 31 vols. (Paris, 1862–1864). When Bossuet was chosen to be the tutor
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made her name well known to the readers of the "Boston Transcript". Her travels were sponsored by New England newspapers, which published her reports. The years 1889, 1891, and 1892 found her exploring unfrequented areas in British America and the Queen Charlotte Islands. In 1890, she visited all the Hawaiian Islands, which furnished material for a long series of articles as well as for several illustrated lectures. She traveled to Porto Rico, immediately after the hurricane, and went into Central Africa in 1902 (before the Uganda railway was completed) as the special correspondent. She went to South America during the
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Hermann Georg Fiedler Hermann Georg Fiedler (1862–1945), was a German scholar, who became Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (1907–37). He was previously lecturer in German at Mason College (which later became Birmingham University). H.G. Fiedler was born in 1862 in Zittau, Germany. In July 1888, he received a doctorate from the University of Leipzig in German philology and literature under Friedrich Zarncke. In October 1888, Zarncke helped in Fiedler becoming a lecturer in German at Queen Margaret College and the University of Glasgow until 1890. In October 1890, Fiedler was then appointed
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engineer of a railroad India. In 1890, he became ill and when he returned to England, died inside the ship and was buried at sea. Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (Hampshire, 16 October 1845 – High Seas, 19 July 1890) was an engineer and writer. Lovelace Bigg-Wither (1805–1874), who was Lord of the Manor at Manydown, was his father. Charles Bigg Wither, a younger brother of his father, was thus his uncle. Between 1871 and 1875, he participated in an expedition in the Brazilian province of Paraná in southern Brazil. Upon returning to England, he published the book ""Pioneering
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Moore was curator of the Botanical Gardens in England in 1887. He wrote two books: "Science and Faith" (1889) and "Essays Scientific and Philosophical" (1890), and was a contributor to "Lux Mundi" (1889). H. O. Wakeman's "History of the Church of England" (1897) is dedicated to Moore. Aubrey Moore Aubrey Lackington Moore (1848–1890) was an English Anglo-Catholic priest and one of the first Christian Darwinians. He has been described as "the clergyman who more than any other man was responsible for breaking down the antagonisms towards Evolution then widely felt in the English Church". Moore was born on 30 March
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its origins. In early 1890, a competition for the design of the municipal chambers was announced, despite the site for the building not having been decided. The competition required that the cost of the building be less than ₤5000. Twenty designers were submitted and the winner was from architects Messrs John Hall And Son of Queen Street, Brisbane. The design was attributed to John Smith Murdoch who was later to be become Commonwealth Deputy-General of Works and Chief Architect of the Commonwealth. By the end of 1890, the site had been purchased (£2600) on the south-west corner of Vulture Street
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negotiated with the Duke of Burgundy to make him guardian of her male children and regent of Brittany. Finally, she surrendered the custody of her sons and her power as regent of Brittany to the duke of Burgundy, who swore to respect the Breton rights and law, and departed for England with her daughters. On 7 February 1403, Joan married Henry IV at Winchester Cathedral. The 26th, she held her formal entry to London, where she was crowned queen of England. Queen Joan was described as beautiful, gracious and majestic, but also as greedy and stingy, and was accused of
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Marzoni House The Marzoni House, built in 1890, is an example of Queen Anne architecture. It was added to the list of National Historical Places in May 10, 2016. The Marzoni House, built in 1890 for Louis D. Marzoni, son of Antonio Marzoni, a newspaperman who ran "The Florida Democrat and mechanic's and workingman's advocate" and Pensacola Observer which ran from 1846 to 1856 and fought on the American Civil War. Louis D. Marzoni, born in 1856, ran a grocery store in Pensacola and worked for a lumber company. He later started a shipping firm, Smith & Marzoni. The house
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Anne was born in the reign of her uncle Charles II, who had no legitimate children. Her father, Charles's younger brother James, was thus heir presumptive to the
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of Aberdeen and Temair) who both lived in Hamilton on Bay Street South (1890-1898) with their four children. They presided over the opening of the Hamilton Public Library on September 16, 1890. Lord Aberdeen was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1893. Historically, the Durand neighbourhood along Markland Street and Aberdeen Avenue, east of Queen Street, was home to the 'industrialists'. This south of downtown neighbourhood is quite possibly the largest concentration of early 20th-century castles/mansions in Canada. The grand homes were home to the families whose names graced the signs of the north end factories and made their fortunes
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In 1883 he was living at Thorpe Abbotts in Brockdish, South Norfolk. His wife died in 1889 or 1890 and he founded the Lady Kay Scholarship in her memory, open to students at Jesus College, Cambridge who have the intention of seeking Holy Orders in the Church of England. Edward Ebenezer Kay Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay (2 July 1822 – 16 March 1897) was a British jurist. He was an English High Court judge (Chancery Division) from 1881 to 1890, and a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1890, when he was made a Privy Councillor, until his retirement in January
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her son, who had succeeded to the throne as Frederick III, succumbed to cancer of the larynx. She did, however, see her beloved grandson Wilhelm become king and emperor that year, but died a year later on 7 January 1890, aged 78, at the Altes Palais Unter den Linden. Augusta was buried in the "" beside her husband. Among others, the following were named for her: Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Augusta Marie Luise Katharina; 30 September 1811 – 7 January 1890) was the Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress as the consort of William I,
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Municipal Buildings won in open competition in 1877, with construction starting in 1882. Alfred Waterhouse, R.A. acted as assessor, and the Prince and Princess of Wales opened the building in January 1889. In Darlington, major works include the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (1875-6), Bank Top board school (1882), the Pease Public Library (1884), rebuilding of the King's Head Hotel (1890-3), Greenbank Hospital (1885), Poor Law Offices (1896), the Technical College (1896-7), North of England School Furnishing Company, Blackwellgate (1897), and Rise Carr Board School (1902). He was for two years successively President of the Darlington School of Art and President
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was a miscalculation, as Charlotte produced no children. As a princess of Württemberg she lived initially in Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart, but as queen in the "Wilhelmspalais" in Stuttgart. From June to October the royal couple moved to their residence at Friedrichshafen. Finally in November/December Wilhelm and Charlotte regularly took a two-week hunting holiday in Schloss Bebenhausen (the former Bebenhausen Abbey) at Bebenhausen near Tübingen, which after the revolution of 1918 became Charlotte's permanent home. In 1890, William brought his new wife to England, where the Duchess of York commented, "We liked Charlotte very much, she is a good honest soul
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the Order of the Bath on 19 December 1885, appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen on 18 January 1886 and promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 1 May 1888. He was appointed to the staff of the German emperor Wilhelm II during his visits to England in 1889 and 1890. He retired in February 1895 and died of influenza at Lordington House on 3 March 1895; his ashes were scattered at Compton Church. In 1853 Hornby married Emily Frances Coles (sister of Captain Cowper Coles), with whom he had three sons and two daughters. One of
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January 1929) who married James Walter Snook on 6 October 1890. Thomas Henry Brooker Thomas Henry Brooker (30 December 1850 – 11 July 1927) was a politician in colonial South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1905, representing West Torrens (1890-1902) and Port Adelaide (1902-1905). He was Minister for Education and Minister for Industry in the Jenkins ministry from May 1901 to March 1902. T. H. Brooker was born in Kensington, England, and arrived at Port Adelaide with his parents, William Brooker (c. 1826 – 24 January 1909), bricklayer, and his
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had two of her sixteen children abroad. In less than a year Margaret gave birth to a son, Thomas of Brotherton who was named after Thomas Becket, since she had prayed to him during her pregnancy. The next year she gave birth to another son, Edmund. Many who fell under the king's wrath were saved from too stern a punishment by the queen's influence over her husband, and the statement, "Pardoned solely on the intercession of our dearest consort, queen Margaret of England", appears. In 1305, the young queen acted as a mediator between her step-son and husband, reconciling the
Margaret of France, Queen of England