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  Dunmore Beach Club on Harbour Island
I had a reservation at the Dunmore Beach Club, which was created to cater to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and their friends, and still has a private-club atmosphere.
Rates at the Dunmore range from $439 to $749 a night for a suite at peak season, and that includes three meals a day.
As I walked Dunmore's winding drive that afternoon, Baron Bates of New York City was heading to town on a golf cart with his wife, Dorry, trudging behind.
www.harbourislandguide.com /bahamian-isle-4.htm   (283 words)

  
  peerage of the uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Baron Talbot of Malahide in the Peerage of Ireland
Baron Henniker of Stratford-upon-Slaney in the Peerage of Ireland
Baron Henley of Chardstock in the Peerage of Ireland
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 List of Baronies
Baron Zouche of Haryngworth1308la Zouche, Bisshop, Curzon, FranklandExtant\n-\n
1604ColvilleExtantCreated Baron Colville of Culross in 1885 and Viscount Colville of Culross in 1902.\n-\nLord Hamilton, Mountcastle, and Kilpatrick
1801Tottenham Loftusextantalso Marquess of Ely, Earl of Ely, Viscount Loftus and Baron Loftus in Ireland\n-\n
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/l/li/list_of_baronies.html   (3284 words)

  
 Revolution II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730—February 25, 1809), known as Lord Dunmore, was the British governor of the Province of New York from 1770 to 1771 and the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until just before the American Revolutionary War began in June 1775.
The title Earl of Dunmore was granted in 1686 to the Lord Charles Murray, son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl.
Furthermore, the Earldom is associated with the title Baron Dunmore, created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for the fifth Earl.
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 user:mintgbritish and irish peers requiring disambiguation (a - d)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Baron Clermont by VICTORIA on ?/?/1852 - I (EXTINCT 1898)
Baron Curson of Kedleston by VICTORIA on ?/?/1898 - I (EXTINCT 1925)
Baron Dunsany by HENRY VI on ?/?/1439 - I (WRIT)
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 North Atlantic Skyline - Augustinian Friary, Dunmore, Co. Galway.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
North Atlantic Skyline - Augustinian Friary, Dunmore, Co. Galway.
This friary was founded by Walter de Birmingham, Lord Baron of Athenry in 1425, and was occupied by up to 30 friars until the Dissolution, in 1641.
These photos were taken on Saturday November 27, 2004.
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 Dunmore, 4th Earl of Biography / Biography of Dunmore, 4th Earl of Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1732-1809), was the British colonial governor of Virginia during the dramatic years preceding the American Revolution.
Lord Dunmore was appointed governor of New York in 1770 by Lord Hillsborough, British secretary of state for the Colonies.
Dunmore's American career is well covered in Thomas J. Wertenbaker, Give Me Liberty: The Struggle for Self-government in Virginia (1958), and Clifford Dowdey, The Golden Age: A Climate for Greatness--Virginia, 1732-1775 (1970).
www.bookrags.com /biography-dunmore-4th-earl-of   (571 words)

  
 The Revolution's Black Soldiers [Free Republic]
When tensions between Dunmore and Virginia's ruling elite increased in early 1775, the ground was well prepared for his lordship to "arm all my own Negroes and receive all others that will come to me who I shall declare free," as he wrote to Dartmouth on March 1.
Dunmore could argue that since the colonists were clamoring for English law, they could get a taste of it, Somersett and all.
Dunmore invited only those slaves to his banner who were owned by rebels, and of those, only males could bear arms.
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 Peerage of Scotland
Scottish Barons are not peers, but merely holders of feudal baronies, which can be bought and sold.
Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart in the Peerage of the UK
Baron Lucas of Crudwell in the Peerage of England
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/pe/peerage_of_scotland.html   (812 words)

  
 The American Revolution
Dunmore and the British were soon expelled from Virginia, but the prospect of armed former slaves fighting alongside the British must have struck fear into plantation masters across the South.
Baron von Closen, a member of Rochambeau's French army at Yorktown, wrote in July 1781, "A quarter of them [the American army] are Negroes, merry, confident and sturdy."
Baron von Closen described the regiment as "the most neatly dressed, the best under arms, and the most precise in its maneuvers." The regiment received its baptism of fire at the battle of Rhode Island (Newport) on August 29, 1778, successfully defeating three assaults by veteran Hessian troops.
www.nps.gov /revwar/about_the_revolution/african_americans.html   (1329 words)

  
 Electric City - EC Content - 06/10/2004 - They See Dead People The Hasty Sisters bringing to life the denizens of the ...
Smith was a coal baron whose land-holdings traversed the Lackawanna Valley.
Beneath the numbers lie the 19th and early 20th century's "friendless," mostly women and children who were unable to fend for themselves in an era marked by its appalling lack of concern for the poor.
With this, the theater-goers are invited to take their leave of those sleeping in the Dunmore Cemetery, people who lived again in the Hastys' production and will continue to live in the minds of those who see it.
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 Worldroots.com
Lockhart described him as "endowed with good natural parts, though by reason of his proud, imperious, haughty, passionate temper, he was in no ways capable to be the leading man of a party which he aimed at".
Lord Charles Murray was the second son of the 1st Marquess of Atholl and became Lieutenant Colonel of Dalzell's Dragoons in 1679, then Colonel of that regiment from 1685 until 1688.
In 1686 his father became Earl of Dunmore and, as the eldest son and heir, was styled Viscount Fincastle.
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 3RD EARL OF SUSSEX - LoveToKnow Article on 3RD EARL OF SUSSEX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
, 3RD EARL OF was next conferred in 1717 on Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount de Longueville and i6th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (c.
Spending his early years abroad, the prince was married in Rome in 1793 to Lady Augusta (d.
The ceremony was repeated in London and two children were born, but under the Royal Marriage Act of 1772 the Court of Arches declared the union illegal.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SU/SUSSEX_3RD_EARL_OF.htm   (414 words)

  
 Streets Where History Walked - Norfolk Highlights - Chapter 15
Other old Norfolk streets that still retain their pre-Revolutionary names are Fenchurch, York, Duke, Yarmouth, Dunmore, and Botetourt streets, but the origins of their names, except for the last two, are obscure.
Dunmore Street was named for John Murray, Fourth Earl of Dunmore (1732-1809), governor of Virginia from 1771 to 1775.
Dunmore began the destruction of pre-Revolutionary Norfolk on January 1, 1776, when his ships opened fire on the town.
www.norfolkhistorical.org /highlights/15.html   (609 words)

  
 Earl of Dunmore -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The earldom is in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland, as are two associated subsidiary titles, namely, Viscount of Fincastle and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet.
Furthermore, the Earldom is associated with the title Baron Dunmore, created in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for the fifth Earl.
Malcolm Kenneth Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore (b.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ea/Earl_of_Dunmore.htm   (185 words)

  
 The History of the Kingdom of The West: The Eleventh Year
Their Highnesses were presented with four enormous chocolate chip cookies and the arms of Caid done in fudge.
Arabella's son was squiring for me and it dawned on me that Arabella was a perfect choice, we were already friends, (platonic,) and she had her own household affiliations and support structure, should I prevail in the lists.
Her sister and brother-in-law were Baroness Ximena Aubel de Cambria and Baron Piers Howells de Cambria (Barony of the Angels) and head of House Irini.
history.westkingdom.org /Year11/CaidFall.htm   (673 words)

  
 The Revolution's Black Soldiers
That was the signal for the publication of Dunmore's long-anticipated proclamation to American slaves.
By December 1, about 300 runaways were carrying muskets and wearing the garb of Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment, the words "Liberty to Slaves" emblazoned on their chests.
Under Dunmore and Clinton, the British recruited fl troops who were not pro-British but were "pro-fl," hoping that military service would lead to freedom.
www.americanrevolution.org /blk.html   (5777 words)

  
 The History of the Kingdom of The West: The Twelfth Year
Lady Brann Morgan Dunmore of Galloway was the autocrat.
Baron Piers Howells de Cambria and Baroness Ximena Aubel de Cambria resigned their posts as Baron and Baroness of the Angels.
Baron Piers agreed to remain as Vicar until their successors could be chosen.
history.westkingdom.org /Year12/CaidSummer.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Norfolk Public Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Norbonne Berkeley, Baron of BOTETOURT was the most popular of the English governors (1768-70) and we have a short street commemorating his short term.
Magazine Lane was the site of the Powder Magazine, constructed by the British in 1774 ostensibly for the purpose of placing all of the borough's powder in a central location, but perhaps also to make it less accessible to citizens already on the verge of rebellion.
It is said that the naming of Dunmore Street celebrates the point from which he left Norfolk for the last time.
www.npl.lib.va.us /history/history11.html   (253 words)

  
 Berkeley County History
Most historians believe that the county was named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt (1718-1770), Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770.
He served as a colonel in England's North Gloucestershire militia in 1761, and represented that division of the county in parliament until he was made a peer in 1764.
Although nearly half of Lewis' commissioned officers were killed during the battle, including his brother, Colonel Charles Lewis, and seventy-five of his non-commissioned officers, the Indians were forced to retreat back to their settlements in Ohio's Scioto Valley, with Lewis's men in pursuit.
www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/Berkeley/berhistory.html   (3729 words)

  
 Hogarth Shipping Co Ship Photographs - Cathkin Barrow
Baron Cawdor (Rodger and Co-Port Glasgow 1905) * Glasgow University Archives/DC101-0926,
Baron Minto (Napier and Miller 1908) * GUA/DC101-0929,
Baron Polwarth (Napier and Miller 1911) * GUA/DC101-0931,
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 Antigonish County Place Names
A beach on the south shore of George Bay at the entrance to Tracadie Harbour.
Formerly a township and settlement named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, who had served as commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America during the latter part of the American Revolution.
It was once a thickly settled farming district with a sawmill but in 1870 the school section was annexed to Knoydart in Pictou County to form the border sections of Ardness.
www.parl.ns.ca /placenames/antigonishd.html   (596 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2962
She was the daughter of Robert Nairne, 1st Baron Nairne and Margaret Graham.
She married William Murray, 2nd Baron Nairne, son of Sir John Murray, 1st Marquess of Athole and Lady Amelia Anne Sophia Stanley, in February 1690.
She was the daughter of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore and Catherine Murray.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 68   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Murray, Charles Adolphus, Earl of Dunmore 7th, b.
Murray, Kenneth Randolph, Earl of Dunmore 11th, b.
Napier, Robert Cornelis, Baron Napier of Magdala 1, b.
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /genealogy/royal/gedx68.html   (416 words)

  
 Mystery Games and Parties
The only sign of civilization between the two bridges is the historic Dunmore Lodge, once a grand old Lodge catering to the elite of society it is now little more than a glorified bed and breakfast.
Tonight's guest of honor is the German Ambassador Baron Octavius Von Schreiber.
Prime Minister Thomas Caverly and Lord William Haversham, his Minister of Finance, have invited the Baron to discuss his promise to have three of his countries largest industries open plants in Britain.
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 A Place Called Blair
The progenitor of the Perthshire Blairs was Alexander de Blair, who married Ela, daughter of Hugo de Neyden of that Ilk, and received a charter of lands in Fifeshire before 1229.
His descendant, Patrick de Blair, became the first Baron of Balthayock when he received a charter for the lands from Nicholas de Erskine, Lord of the Kinnoul, in 1370.
Fort Blair was established in 1774 by Lord Dunmore, Colonial Governor of Virginia, during his campaign against the Shawnee Indians.
www.blairsociety.org /blplace.htm   (6600 words)

  
 June dates in Virginia history - Virginia Historical Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Baron de la Warr, arrives in Jamestown to begin his term as Virginia Governor.
Revolutionaries seize weapons from the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg after Lord Dunmore, royal governor, flees the capital.
Governor Dunmore had angered many Virginians by issuing a proclamation that promised freedom to slaves who left their patriot masters and joined Crown forces.
www.vahistorical.org /education/june.htm   (307 words)

  
 Welcome to The American Presidency
In 1748 he went as an assistant on a surveying party sent to the Shenandoah Valley by Thomas, 6th Baron Fairfax, a neighbor of Lawrence and owner of vast tracts of land in northern Virginia.
In April 1775 the governor of Virginia, John Murray, 4th earl of Dunmore, canceled Washington's Kanawha claims on the pretext that his surveyor had not been legally qualified to make surveys.
Washington was chairman of a meeting at Alexandria in July that adopted the Fairfax Resolves, and he was elected one of the delegates to the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia in September.
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 An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera: Authors: 48
Virginia (Colony) -governor 1768-1770 (Norborne, Baron de Botetourt).
Virginia (Colony) Governor 1768-1770 (Norborne Baron de Botetcourt.).
Virginia (Colony) Governor 1771-1775 (John Murray, Earl of Dunmore.).
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 Amazon.com: Pushkin's Button: Books: Serena Vitale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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"Baron d'Anthes - may his name be triply cursed." Read the first page
Natalya Nikolaevna, Baron Heeckeren, Third Section, Tsar Nicholas, Jacob van Heeckeren, Catherine Goncharova, The Contemporary, Dutch Embassy, Princess Vyazemskaya, Horse Guards, Dolly Ficquelmont, Tsar Alexander, Sophie Karamzina, Peter the Great, Winter Palace, Nevsky Prospect, Alexander Turgenev, Eugene Onegin, Count Benckendorff, Count Nesselrode, Prince Vyazemsky, The Hague, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarskoe Selo
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 The Times-Tribune - COURT NOTES 11/04/2006
Joseph Timothy Coughlin, Scranton, and Maria Theresa Baron, Dunmore.
Lucille Mancuso, Dunmore, to Sandor and Christina Erdos, Archbald; a property at 327 Dolph St., Jessup, for $59,360.
Victoria Morahan, 839 Jessup Drive, Dunmore; seeking in excess of $50,000 related to an accident Dec. 17, 2004, Harper and Ward streets, Dunmore; Myles P. McAliney, attorney.
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He was assassinated with King Alexander of Yugoslavia during the latter's visit to France in 1934.
An indefatigable intriguer in military, political, and financial affairs throughout Europe, he was for a time (1736-43) the nominal king of Corsica under the style of Theodore I. Maris, Jacob
Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 2ND BARON A UCKLAND, 2 ND BARON AUCKLAND OF A UCKLAND, B ARON EDEN OF NORWOOD (b.
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