Anderson, Henry Charles Lennox (1853 - 1924) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
ANDERSON, HENRY CHARLESLENNOX (1853-1924), public servant, was born on 10 May 1853 at sea, son of Robert Anderson, later a police inspector, and his wife Margaret, née Hewson.
Gordon Richardson described him as 'the ablest man ever to call himself a librarian in this country', gaining an international reputation in 'the classic age of librarians'.
Anderson died of heart failure on 17 March 1924 at Wollstonecraft and was buried in the Presbyterian section of Rookwood cemetery.
The most famous incident was when CharlesLennoxRichardson was slashed to death by Satsuma samurai for not dismounting when their Daimyo passed while riding from Yokohama to Kawasaki Daishi shrine.
All these attacks were launched from Yokohama whose port was full of naval warships and military as well as merchants, sailing ships and steamers.
The Richardson affair led to a large garrison of British and French troops being stationed in Yokohama and thereby indirectly led to start of cricket as well as the introduction of most other contemporary sports into Japan.
) (also known sometimes as the Kanagawa Incident, and archaically as the Richardson Affair) was a samurai attack on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which resulted in the bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863.
Four British subjects (a Shanghai merchant named CharlesLennoxRichardson, two other men named Clark and Marshall, and Mrs.
Borrodaile) were travelling on the Tōkaidō road through the village of Namamugi (now part of Tsurumi ward, Yokohama) en route to a shrine in present-day Kawasaki.
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his motion to repeal the Fugitive slave bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852.
Charles Sumner, against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of 36 30' : in the Senate, February 21, 1854, The by Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
Charles Sumner, on the Boston memorial for the repeal of the Fugitive slave bill, and in reply to Messrs.
I10164: Edna Marie ABER (6-DEC-1893 - 4-JAN-1988)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Compton's Encyclopedia (via America Online, 1995): "CHARLES II (born 1630, ruled 1660-85) was the second son of Charles I. He was 19 years old and safe in France when his father was beheaded in 1649.
The Royalists of Scotland at once proclaimed young Charles their king; so he went to Scotland and in 1651 was crowned king of the Scots at Scone.
[Charles II kept 'King Charles' spaniels in his bedchamber - 17th century diarist John Evelyn wrote that they 'rendred it very offensive, and indeede made the whole court nasty and stinking' - Charles II was so devoted to the dogs that he took them along to Council meetings.] For his descendants, see chart at http://www.friesian.com/flanders.htm.
The RSO is the resident symphony of the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts.
In addition to the critically-acclaimed season of six subscriptions series performances, The Richardson Symphony is also widely regarded as a leader in education and community outreach programs.
In addition, the orchestra is actively involved in elementary education programs in the Richardson Independent School District and in programs benefiting students at the University of North Texas and University of Texas at Dallas.
Within a week of his arrival as a young student interpreter aged 19, the Namamugi Incident (Namamugi Jiken) in which a British merchant was killed on the Tokaido took place on September 14, 1862.
Satow was on board one of the British ships which bombarded Kagoshima in 1863 to punish the Satsuma clan's daimyo (Shimazu Hisamitsu) for the slaying of CharlesLennoxRichardson and the refusal to pay an indemnity demanded as compensation.
In 1864 Satow was with the allied force (Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States) which attacked Shimonoseki to enforce the right of passage of foreign ships through the narrow Kanmon Strait between Honshu and Kyushu.
Camilla, who was given that nickname by Charles' first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is but the latest in a long line of royal shack-ups in her family.
Her maternal grandmother, Sonia, was also said to be the mistress of William III, and her grandfather CharlesLennox was the illegitimate son of Charles II.
Andy was at one time a good friend of Prince Charles and was himself a godson of the beloved Queen Mother, Charles' grandmother.
Osborn Shelves d 49 Burney, Charles Parr, 1785-1864 [Commonplace book]: autograph MS [1803 or later] 369 p.; 24 x 20 cm.
Preface is dated 1832 Aug 12 and the poems are dated 1825-1832; the author explains in his preface that most of his poems were written for the literary society of the Society of Friends to which he belonged; several are addressed to George Herron.
Includes proposals by Charles Parr Burney (1785-1864) for the establishment for a Porson Prize and by Miss J. Caroline Burney for the establishment of a Burney Prize.
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause ex-parte, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed, unless the Respondents put in their Answer thereto in the mean time.
It is Ordered, That the said John Richardson may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as desired.
That part of the county bordering on the river Leven obtained the appellation of Levenach, afterwards corrupted into Lennox, and in the reign of William the Lion belonged to a powerful Saxon family, of whom Alwyn was by that monarch created Earl of Lennox.
The earldom was subsequently raised to a dukedom; and on the demise of the sixth duke without issue, the title and estates were conferred upon CharlesLennox, whom Charles II created Duke of Richmond.
During the disputes relating to the succession to the throne after the death of Alexander III., the county was frequently the seat of war; and the castle of Dumbarton was alternately in the possession of the contending parties.
Charles Gross comments that 'for the period covered (circa 1600-1754), this is the most exhaustive parliamentary history of boroughs'.
The earliest date seems almost certainly correct, however, as the text has a reference to the Duke of Richmond's 'late Bill' in which he 'has nobly vindicated the Rights of Englishmen, and to their fullest extent, as stated in the foregoing Declaration'.
This must surely refer to CharlesLennox, the third Duke of Richmond's failed attempt in June 1780 to bring forward his reform bill, the three main features of which were annual parliaments, manhood suffrage, and electoral districts.
