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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  Merrivale Ceremonial Centre
Crossing's final thoughts on Merrivale are that the stones in the rows and circles are small, and the final effect cannot be said to be striking, which could be taken to mean he was not at all impressed, which could be anybody's initial thoughts until the whole complex is taken into consideration.
It is possible that the Merrivale circle is one of two known Dartmoor circles to have originally had a second ring constructed immediately outside the first.
Walker concludes his theory by stating that due to the preservation of the Merrivale stone rows and the fact that the sun's position relative to the earth has only changed by about 1º over the last 4,000 years, the accuracy of the alignments is virtually as it was in the year 2000BC.
www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk /merri_centre.htm   (7444 words)

  
 List of Barons in the peerages of the British Isles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord Napier and The Baron Ettrick (1627, known as the Lord Napier and Ettrick)
The Baron Sheffield, Stanley of Alderley and Eddisbury (1783, known as the Lord Stanley of Alderley)
The Baron Henley and Northington (1799, known as the Lord Henley)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Barons_in_order_of_precedence   (323 words)

  
 National Portrait Gallery A-Z of Portrait Sitters (W)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henry Edward Duke Merrivale, Baron Walkhampton (1855-1939), Lord Justice of Appeal.
Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave (1862-1936), Justice of the Peace and Chairman of Central London Electricity Distribution Committee and Rolls Royce.
Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, Baron Wester Wemyss (1864-1933), Admiral of the Fleet.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/a-z/sitW.asp   (2487 words)

  
 Cinderella Bib. - Pantomime
The Baron returns, and they all sing "home sweet home." The Prince appears with some money for the family since he loves Cinderella "altho' humble be her birth." Dandini plays like he's the Prince so that the real Prince can give Cinderella his attention.
The Baron Von Anthracite, his two daughters, and valet Yosemite sing a quartette, "We are a daisy family." Cinderella, the drudge of the family, sings a duet with Yosemite, "A cent for this and a cent for that." Riffraff presents himself as an important admirer.
The Baron and Yosemite indulge in an innings of baseball.
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/cinder/cin8.htm   (18790 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of Barons in the peerages of the British Isles
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of Barons in the peerages of the British Isles
This is a list of Barons ("Lords of Parliament" in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Barons of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/List_of_Barons   (310 words)

  
 Baron Merrivale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baron Merrivale, of Walkhampton in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1925 for the Conservative politician and judge of the High Court of Justice, Sir Henry Edward Duke.
Jack Henry Edmond Duke, 3rd Baron Merrivale (b.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baron_Merrivale   (80 words)

  
 HEREDITARY BARONIES IN THE PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
106 Barony of Talbot of Malahide 19 November 1856(The Barony is held by the Irish Baron Talbot of Malahide).
111 Barony of Leconfield of Leconfield 14 April 1859(The Barony is held by Baron Egremont of Petworth).
173 Barony of Northington of Watford 28 June 1885(The Barony is held by the Irish Baron Henley of Chardstock).
www.hulthenhem.se /peer/baronuk.htm   (6735 words)

  
 or · The Hereditary Peerage
Barons Deramore of Belvoir: 1st Thomas Bateson 1885·11·18 – 1890·12·1 2nd George William De Yarburgh-Bateson 1890·12·1 – 1893·4·29 3rd Robert Wilfred De Yarburgh-Bateson 1893·4·29 – 1936·4·1 4th George Nicholas De Yarburgh-Bateson 1936·4·1 – 1943·11·4 5th Stephen Nicholas De Yarburgh-Bateson 1943·11·4 – 1964·12·23 6th Richard Arthur De Yarburgh-Bateson 1964·12·23 – 2006·8·20
Ashcombe of Dorking and of Bodiam Castle, 4·th Baron
Brougham and Vaux of Brougham and Highhead Castle, 5·th Baron
www.unterstein.net /or/ThePeerage.html?select=onlyBarons   (378 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Lord High Scrap -- Dec. 24, 1934   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The most painful debate in the House of Lords in 50 years!" croaked 79-year-old Baron Merrivale of Walkhampton, fusty onetime Lord Justice of Appeal, last week.
One was the Lord Chief Justice of England, tiny, rolypoly Baron Hewart.
The implications of such a strike were incalculable, for Baron Hewart is the permanent, non-political No. 1 justice of the English bench, whereas Viscount Sankey.
www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,711618,00.html   (1242 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Castle Skull: Books: John Dickson Carr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries : The Plague Court Murders/the Red Widow Murders (Library of Crime Classics) by Carter Dickson
Okay, so Herr Baron doesn't click his heels, but he does bow from the hip, has "a cropped skull...eyes of a chill, greenish hue," and dueling scars.
There is also a cast of rich, decadent, and/or eccentric Americans, British, French, and Belgians who inhabit a mansion across the Rhine from Castle Skull, most of whom are suspected, in turn, of torching the actor, Alison after shooting him three times with a Mauser.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0821719742?v=glance   (825 words)

  
 British Fiction, 1800–1829: Update 4
andc.’ In actuality, The Mysterious Baron, or the Castle in the Forest, a Gothic Story (1808: 91), which was published by C. Chapple, is attributed on its own title-page to ‘Eliza Ratcliffe’, the dedication of this work (‘to Miss Mary Ann Davies, of Fleet-Street’) introducing it as ‘the first essay of a female pen’.
Behind this, of course, lies the similarity of both names to Ann Radcliffe, the high priestess of Gothic romance, and the possibility that either or both were fabrications based on a desire to cash in on the latter’s fame.
As for ‘Eliza Ratcliffe’ of The Mysterious Baron, on internal evidence she would appear more likely to have had a hand in Ida of Austria rather than Manfroné, though the reality might be that there is no true linkage between any of these three titles.
www.british-fiction.cf.ac.uk /guide/update4.html   (12656 words)

  
 The Pulp Heroes: M
Sir Henry Merrivale was crated by John Dickson Carr and appeared in two dozen novels and short story collections, beginning with The Plague Court Murders (1934).
Merrivale, the “Old Man,” is a loud, vulgar, profane baronet (of one of the oldest titles in England) who often shouts and usually embarrasses those around him, who are far too prim, proper, and dignified for such a coarse and blustery character as Merrivale.
The premise is that the original Baron Muenchhausen was accidentally injected with embalming fluid and that he only awakened in 1915, when he was forced to leave Germany because of the crimes he committed in his lifetime.
www.geocities.com /jjnevins/pulpsm.html   (13227 words)

  
 Farrar's Building - History (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He succeeded Lord Merrivale as President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division in 1933, when Morris became head of chambers.
Platt was made a Baron of the Exchequer in 1845.
He was son of Baron Channel and, like Harcourt and Platt, was at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a notable oarsman.
www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /text.asp?r0=11   (4701 words)

  
 The Last Miss Bennet
Kitty was amazed that the lady was the baron's mother and knew her name, even as she took her hand.
Anne did not look pleased as she seated herself, the baron had a resigned look on his face, and they were not speaking to each other.
Her little tendre for the baron had fallen by the wayside, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t still willing to be friendly, and when the three ladies were driven to the park, escorted by the colonel, she thought perhaps Kitty had formed one for the man. She wasn’t quite sure.
bennetgirls.com /Cindy/kitty.html   (19771 words)

  
 John Dickson Carr Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
"All in a Maze" : Merrivale (1956) [SS]
FLAMES OF DEATH: The burning body of actor Myron Allison performed a sparkling danse macabre on the castle battlement before plunging to the earth below in a final blaze of glory.
Baron von Arnheim (from Berlin) corresponds with, now we are getting serious, a main figure baron von Arnheim from Prussia in Musil's "Man without qualities", one of the most emminent novels in the 20th century.
www.mysterylist.com /carrclub/bookview3.php3?id=5   (1808 words)

  
 English Setting Books - H to J
Frederica Merrivale has come to London for the social season, in order to give her beautiful younger sister Charis a chance to make a good marriage.
Then she discovered the handsome smuggler bore the same name as her grandfather and the mystery deepened.
The scandal of Anne Kerr's foolish, stormy affair with a Scottish nobleman's son was averted when her parents quickly married her off to the scoundrel's cousin, a respectable English baron.
romancereaderatheart.com /england/BooksHJ.html   (2448 words)

  
 CNN - Labor takes aim at Britain's House of Lords - Apr. 9, 1997
They wear wigs and have titles like viscount, baron and earl.
Lord Merrivale, who inherited his title through his grandfather's service to the crown, counters that being elected to parliament does not guarantee more knowledge about the country's issues.
Labor Party leader Tony Blair calls the upper chamber an anachronism full of dotty old eccentrics, occasionally hauled in from their country homes as Tory voting fodder.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9704/09/britian.lords   (397 words)

  
 Turn of the Century Authors - C
Escorted by handsome Major Marcus Merrivale, they struggle toward England, unaware that a shared secret they cannot discuss is a ticking bomb, waiting to dash their desires.
They do not realize that the harsh necessities of war are killing the world they once knew, or that the sly invasion into their lives of a sinister enemy will challenge friendship and destroy love--and that Lucinda's cherished dreams may never come true....
The daughter of a lumber baron, Olana Whittaker is struggling to make it on her own as a journalist for the Gold Coast Chronicle.
romancereaderatheart.com /century/AuthorsC.html   (4487 words)

  
 THE ROMANCE READER reviews: Regency Christmas Courtship by B. Metzger, E. Layton, A. Pickens, N. Butler, and G. Buck
Unfortunately, a certain Baron Kittredge and his high-in-the-instep mother know about Dora Davenport and are expecting a full-on country Christmas.
When the tenant moves out unexpectedly, Elnora is forced to go to Merrivale Chase and try to piece together a holiday of pastoral delights, a real challenge when she finds the house neglected and stripped nearly bare of its furnishings.
Things are complicated by the appearance of Lieutenant Gowan Merthyr, an attractive Welshman sent by Elnora’s cousin to help her refurbish the house.
www.theromancereader.com /metzger-xmas.html   (740 words)

  
 Death From a Top Hat
Pinkerton, Nero Wolfe, etc., etc. Now try to invent a detective whose personal idiosyncrasies (the formula says they are necessary) are unique without being fantastic, a sleuth whose manner of deduction is original and fresh.
With a pencil I made several additions in the margin: Nick Charles, the Baron Maxmilian Von Kaz, and Drury Lane.
All the garden varieties of homicide have been exploited: shooting, stabbing, bludgeoning, drowning, suffocating, gassing, strangling, poisoning, decapitating, pushing from high places.
www.ramblehouse.com /deathfromatophatchapter.htm   (1848 words)

  
 The Wold Newton Universe - Articles, Part VIII
Regretting the past 40 years, he pleaded with Sir Henry Merrivale (the current M) [23] for a redemption by becoming a new head of a branch of the BSS.
In response, Merrivale made him the new co-head of The Ministry, giving him the alias of Mother.
The heads of the BSS have tended to have names with the letter M (Moriarty, Mycroft, Merrivale, his successor, Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, his successor, Barbara Mawdsley) and thus that is their code letter.
www.pjfarmer.com /woldnewton/Articles8.htm   (17058 words)

  
 The Pulp Heroes: R
Race was a doughty cracker who began doing good and bringing glory to his school and country at Merrivale Academy.
Soon enough he moved on to winning the "Junior League Pennant" as a star running back, quarterback, and linebacker, and from there went to winning a cross-country car race, fighting the Huns from his biplane, and wowing the boys out West at a dude ranch.
Unfortunately, Baron Velska of Burgonia has also heard of this method, and has also begun experiments using it.
www.geocities.com /jjnevins/pulpsr.html   (10444 words)

  
 Read David Rochester's Novel
The first day that Baron St. James appeared at morning prayers, I examined him with interest, as did the entire population of the school, for he was considered to be a personage of great importance.
Her skirts were awash with blood, and with the last of her strength she had written a note to her mother, saying that she had bled to death from ending a pregnancy.
She had an interest in music in common with the young man, and she had been supposedly forced to submit to him one afternoon when they were playing together, as they did every now and then in the interest of neighbourly relations.
unsuitableprofession.blogsource.com   (17535 words)

  
 Cast of Cinderella
Bob Christiansen (Baron Hardupp) As producer, director, set-builder and actor, Bob has excelled in every aspect of theater, but we’re particularly happy to have him as a comedian, the hard-pressed, hen-pecked baron.
A recent graduate of Bonita Vista High School where he sang with their famous Music Machine show choir for three years, Jimmy is juggling his college studies with theater work, building a career that’s headed for stardom.
Cori L. Faulkner (Hedda Steam) As first lady of the town of Merrivale, Cori is appearing in her third production this year.
www.coronadoplayhouse.com /cinderella/cinderellacast.html   (1264 words)

  
 Bodleian Library: Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts: Western manuscripts
Official papers of J.F. Cradock, 1st Baron Howden (1762-1839), army commander and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, mainly 1806-14; and of J.H. Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden (1799-1873) as minister plenipotentiary in Madrid, 1850-8.
Papers of Richard Wogan Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot of Malahide (Irish Peerage), James, 3rd Baron, James, 4th Baron and 1st Baron de Malahide (United Kingdom Peerage), and Richard Wogan, 5th Baron Talbot of Malahide, with family and estate papers, 13th-20th cent.
Papers of Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale (1855-1939), Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1916-18.
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk /dept/scwmss/wmss/online/online.htm   (2476 words)

  
 Great Britain
Basnett, Andrew: a retired professor of botany in England by E.
Baron, The: criminal-turned-crime-fighter in England by John Creasey
Merrivale, Sir Henry: holder of one of the oldest baronetcies in England, physician, barrister, head of military intelligence for the war office in England by John Dickson Carr
www.stopyourekillingme.com /CC/cl-GB-rest-England.html   (3259 words)

  
 Romance A-C
Blaming his cousin Jonathan for his wife's death, Chance Walker decides to woo Jonathan's new love interest, the widowed Lady Fancy Merrivale, and as he falls in love with her, he encounters unexpected danger.
A two-in-one volume features "Forsaking All Others," in which a photographer learns to love again, and "A Promise to Cherish," in which a woman grabs the wrong suitcase at the airport--and discovers Mr.
Set in Braveheart-era Scotland, "A Year and a Day" is Virginia Henley's most tempestuous and emotional love story to date, bringing together an innocent Scottish maiden and a battle-scarred English baron who is desperate for an heir.
www.gnubooks.net /en-us/dept_45.html   (2592 words)

  
 The Valve - A Literary Organ | One Fish (not Stanley) In Search of An Author
John Emerson mentioned Beowulf, which brought to mind John Gardner’s sublime Grendel, and the scene in which Grendel listens as the new storyteller tells Hrothgar and his men their own life story.
He makes them out to be heroes, when we (and they) know that they were simply robber barons who pillaged and murdered their way to power.
In the act of telling, the storyteller transforms his listeners into his characters, until even Grendel the iconoclast longs to be a part of a story that he knows to be false.
www.thevalve.org /go/valve/article/if_we_must_have_fish   (8549 words)

  
 John Dickson Carr Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (1945) [ Merrivale] Points:
The Reader Is Warned (1939) [ Merrivale] Points:
Merrivale, March, and Murder (1991) [ Merrivale et al.] Points:
www.mysterylist.com /carrclub/bookview5.php3?id=5   (1797 words)

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